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Act of forgiveness of sins.... Jesus Christ as redeemer....

The act of forgiveness of sins can also only be regarded as a ceremony if the spiritual prerequisites for the forgiveness of the guilt of sin are lacking. If the human being feels sinful and carries his guilt of sin to God, if he sincerely repents of his sins and asks God for forgiveness, his sin will also be forgiven by God and for the sake of Jesus Christ the guilt will be remitted, because the human being Jesus died on the cross for the purpose, that the guilt of sin of all humanity of the past, present and future was redeemed. And so the first prerequisite for the forgiveness of sin is faith in the redemptive work of Christ and the will to belong to those who have been redeemed from their guilt of sin through the blood of Christ. Sincere repentance towards God and thus the realisation of having transgressed against God through sin, of having violated His commandment of love, is a further prerequisite that justifies the act of forgiveness of sin. A person can indeed express repentance with words, while his heart is not touched, thus he does not suffer under the pressure of his sins and thus does not realise how seriously he has transgressed against God and His commandments. Then the guilt of sin cannot be taken away from him either, then he remains afflicted with his sin (13.11.1947) until he is aware of his guilt and it presses him, so that he appeals to God for forgiveness. However, the human being has no reason to mention his sins to his fellow human beings. (14.11.1947) It is true that this has one thing in itself, that he practices humility by openly confessing his weaknesses and faults, but this open confession to a person has nothing to do with the forgiveness of his sins. "Whose sins you forgive, are forgiven them; and whose sins you retain, are retained.".... You cite these words of Jesus as a reason, but you do not consider that Jesus spoke to His disciples, to those who had attained a spiritual maturity through their way of life, which made them clairvoyant and clear-hearing. Furthermore, Jesus spoke of the sins whose consequences were physically visible and occasioned the sinners to seek help, i.e. averting their suffering, from the disciples whom they recognised as great men of God.... From this arose the act of general forgiveness of sins after the confession of sins to a person, which, however, is again only to be regarded as a transformation of Christ's teaching, as a deception insofar as people mostly believe (make) the forgiveness of their sins dependent on the confession of them, but this confession often becomes a formal matter, whereas deep inner repentance, the confession of guilt against God and detestation of sin and the earnest desire to amend one’s life only faintly touch the human heart, but the forgiveness of sins is dependent on this alone. This inner confession of guilt must be made to God. No mediator is necessary for this and thus auricular confession is once again only a commandment added by people to Christ's teaching which, however, is extremely well observed but contradicts God's will, Who wants to have every outwardness replaced by true inner devotion to God, by completely spiritual experience and living out His commandments. For every outwardness is a great danger for people that they observe themselves too little, that they only make the humanly added requirements their concern and thereby become shallow and lukewarm in their work on their souls. For people's spiritual decline proves that the will to detest sin, which is the result of profound repentance, does not exist or has not become an act, which would absolutely be the case if the act of forgiveness of sin had not been given such a form but was always only an inner concern of each individual. Then the human being would educate himself to an improved way of life, if only he were of good will. But in this way even the willing become lukewarm and indifferent through false teachings and presentations of the forgiveness of sins, which is not intended by God as it is presented to people. Only true inwardness is of value before God, and every external form does not please Him and therefore does not meet His approval.

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ČIN OPRAŠTANJA GRIJEHA.... ISUS KRIST KAO SPASITELJ....

Čin opraštanja grijeha isto se može smatrati samo ceremonijom ako duhovni preduvjeti za oprost grijeha nedostaju. Ako se čovjek osjeća grješan i pred Boga iznosi svoj grijeh, ako se iskreno kaje za grijehe i Boga moli za oprost, pred Bogom će mu taj grijeh i biti oprošten, i radi Isusa Krista krivica otpuštena, jer za to je čovjek Isus umro na Križu, kako bi bila poništena krivica grijeha čitavog čovječanstva prošlosti, sadašnjosti i budućnosti.

Tako da je prvi preduvjet za oprost grijeha vjera u Kristov čin spasenja i volja za pripadništvo onima koji su putem Kristove Krvi spašeni od njihove krivice grijeha. Iskreno pokajanje spram Boga i spoznaja grijeha protiv Boga, povrede Njegove zapovijedi Ljubavi, je jedan daljnji preduvjet koji opravdava čin oprosta grijeha. Čovjek doduše može riječima izraziti pokajanje, dok njegovo srce nije dotaknuto, on dakle ne pati pod pritiskom svojih grijeha i time ni ne prepoznaje koliko se teško ogriješio o Boga i Njegove zapovijedi. Tada krivica grijeha ni ne može biti uzeta od njega, tada on još ostaje odgovoran za svoj grijeh, (13 Studenog 1947) sve dok nije svjestan svoje krivice i ona ga pritišće, tako da on Boga moli za oprost.

Ali nema potrebe da čovjek drugim ljudima spominje svoje grijehe. (14 Studenog 1947) No jedno jeste potrebno, a to je da se vježba u poniznosti, ako svoje slabosti i greške javno priznaje, no to javno priznanje pred drugim čovjekom sa oprostom njegovih grijeha nema nikakve veze.... “Oni kojima vi oprostite grijehe, biti će im oprošteni, a oni kojima ih vi zadržite, biti će im zadržani.... “. Tu Isusovu izjavu navodite kao opravdanje, no pritom ne obraćate pažnju na to da je Isus govorio Svojim učenicima, onima koji su kroz svoj način života postigli jednu duševnu zrelost, koja ih je učinila vidovitima i sluhovitima.

Nadalje, Isus je govorio o grijesima čije su posljedice bile tjelesno vidljive i koje su bile poticaj za to da su grešnici, kod učenika, koje su prepoznavali kao velike Božje ljude, tražili pomoć, tj. otklanjanje svojih patnji.... Iz toga je nastao čin generalnog opraštanja grijeha nakon priznavanja grijeha drugom čovjeku, što se opet treba gledati kao deformiranje Kristovog učenja i stoga zavođenje, zato što ljudi najčešće vjeruju da oprost njihovih grijeha ovisi o priznavanju grijeha (drugom čovjeku), no to priznavanje češće postaje formalnost, dok međutim duboko unutarnje pokajanje, priznavanje krivice spram Boga i preziranje grijeha i ozbiljne želje za poboljšanjem samo lagano dodirnu srce čovjeka, a oprost grijeha je jedino od toga ovisan.

To unutarnje priznavanje grijeha mora se dogoditi u odnosu na Boga. Za to nije potreban posrednik i stoga je zvučna ispovijed opet samo Kristovom učenju nadodana ljudska zapovijed, koja međutim nailazi na izuzetno jaku pažnju, a nalazi se u suprotnosti sa voljom Boga, Koji želi da se svaka vanjština zamijeni istinskom unutarnjom predajom Bogu, potpunim duhovnim doživljavanjem i življenjem Njegovih zapovijedi. Jer svaka vanjština velika je opasnost za to da se ljudi premalo promatraju, da se zadovoljavaju samo ljudski nadodanim zahtjevima i time u svom duševnom radu postanu sve više plitki i mlaki.

Jer duhovno nazadovanje ljudi dokaz je za to da je volja za preziranjem grijeha koja je posljedica dubokog pokajanja, nije prisutna ili pak nije na djelu, što bi sasvim izvjesno bio slučaj da čin opraštanja grijeha nije doveden do takve jedne formalnosti, nego uvijek bio samo unutarnja stvar svakog pojedinca. Onda bi se sam čovjek odgajao ka jednom poboljšanom načinu života, samo kad bi bio dobre volje. A ovako i voljni postaju mlaki i ravnodušni kroz krivu poduku i predstavu oprosta grijeha, koja od strane Boga nije zamišljena tako kao što se predstavlja. Pred Bogom jedino istinska unutrašnjost ima vrijednost, i svaka vanjska forma ne nailazi na Njegovo zadovoljstvo i Njegovo odobravanje....

AMEN