You will not receive any special instructions from Me as to what kind of attitude you should adopt towards the humanly decreed commandments of the church. Whatever you do of your own free will is valued by Me, whatever you do under duress, be it for fear of punishment or even due to habit, means nothing to Me. Whatever people tell you to do shall also be rewarded by people, people shall never be assured of receiving a reward from Me which I Myself have never promised. Even so, I cannot sanction something that utterly opposes My will, because I gave people freedom of will which, however, is infringed upon by humanly decreed commandment, for a commandment is an obligation which excludes the use of free will. I Myself gave people only one commandment, the commandment of love which is fundamental law and must be observed so as not to violate My eternal order.... However, the commandment of love is nevertheless a commandment which allows people's freedom of will. There is no compulsion urging him to be lovingly active, and neither will he be punished by Me, it is just that he will punish himself because he pays no attention to the only means which signifies redemption for him from a self-inflicted state of constraint. I gave people the commandment of love which can be voluntarily complied with or rejected.... People issued additional commandments which do not meet My approval, for they are not borne by love for fellow human beings but are mere measures to increase power, because the affiliation to an organisation, which lays claim to be the true church of Christ, is made dependent on the fulfilment of these laws. Hence it places people under compulsion who, in the belief of committing a sin, will subsequently fulfil these commandments and thus direct their whole attention to them.... and neglect My commandment of love....
Love can only grow in freedom. Love and coercion oppose each other, and therefore I cannot recognise in the fulfilment of the ecclesiastical commandments any love for Me as long as they have been traditionally complied with, effectively as avowal of the authority which decreed these commandments. Besides, these commandments are not suitable to ignite love for Me because they portray Me as a Being which is afflicted by human weaknesses, demanding obedience, reverence and acknowledgement when, in fact, I only want to be loved. Before My eyes nothing is a sin but that which offends against love for Me and other people. No-one will ever acquire merit who complies with the commandments of the church just because they are commandments which should be fulfilled.... Free will shall choose Me on account of love, and this is why people don't need any other commandments but the one I Myself gave to them in realisation of the blessing which arises for every person from fulfilling it.
Amen
TranslatorVi ne boste od Mene prejeli nikakršnih posebnih učenj glede tega, kakšno stališče morate imeti do človeško predpisanih zapovedi cerkve. Jaz cenim vse, kar je storjeno v svobodni volji; karkoli storite pod pritiskom in zaradi zastraševanja, naj bo to zaradi strahu pred kaznijo ali celo zaradi navade, Meni ne pomeni ničesar. Karkoli vam ljudje rečejo, da naredite, mora biti tudi nagrajeno s strani ljudi; nikoli nimajo zagotovila, da bodo od Mene prejeli nagrado, katere Jaz Osebno nisem nikoli obljubil.
Torej Jaz ne morem odobriti nekaj, kar je povsem proti Moji volji; Jaz Sem namreč ljudem dal svobodno voljo, katera pa je načeta s človeško danimi zapovedmi, ker je to neka obveznost, ki izključuje uporabo svobodne volje. Jaz Osebno Sem ljudem dal samo eno zapoved: zapoved Ljubezni, katera je temeljni zakon in se mora izvajati tako, da ne bi bil načet Moj večni red.... Torej zapoved Ljubezni je kljub temu zapoved, ki dovoljuje človekovo svobodno voljo. Ne obstaja prisila, ki bi ga silila, da bo z Ljubeznijo dejaven, kakor tudi ne bo kaznovan s strani Mene; stvar je samo v tem, da bo on sebe kaznoval, ker ne usmerja pozornosti na edino sredstvo, katero zanj predstavlja osvoboditev iz stanja omejitve (zavezanosti), katero pa si je sam natovoril (vsilil).
Jaz Sem ljudem dal zapovedi Ljubezni, katere se lahko sprejme ali pa se jih zavrže.... Ljudje so uvedli dodatne zapovedi, katerim pa ne dajem Moje odobritve. One se namreč niso rodile iz Ljubezni do bližnjih človeških bitij, ampak so samo ukrepi, da bi se povečala moč; narejeno je namreč tako, da je priključitev neki organizaciji, ki trdi, da je resnična (prava) Kristusova cerkev, pogoj za izpolnitev teh zakonov. Zato ona postavlja ljudi pod prisilo, kateri bodo s tem, ko bodo verjeli, da grešijo, potem izpolnili te zapovedi in tako k njim usmerili svojo celotno pozornost.... ter zanemarili Moje Zapovedi Ljubezni....
Ljubezen lahko raste edino v svobodi. Ljubezen in prisila ena drugi nasprotujeta; in glede na to Jaz pri izpolnitvi cerkvenih zapovedi ne morem prepoznati nikakršne Ljubezni do Mene, vse dokler se jim tradicionalno podreja, pravzaprav kot priznavanje avtoritete tistemu, ki je dal te zapovedi. Poleg tega pa zapovedi niso prikladne (primerne), da bi prižgale Ljubezen do Mene, ker Me one prikazujejo kot Bitje, ki ima človeške slabosti: zahteva poslušnost, spoštovanje in priznavanje, ko pa Jaz pravzaprav edino želim biti ljubljen.
Pred Mojimi očmi ni nič greh razen tega, kar greši zoper Ljubezni do Mene in drugih ljudi. Nihče ne bo nikoli prejel zasluge, kdor se podreja zapovedim cerkve samo zato, ker so to zapovedi, ki morajo biti izpolnjene.... Svobodna volja mora izbrati Mene zaradi Ljubezni; in to je razlog, zakaj ljudje ne potrebujejo nobenih zapovedi razen tiste, katero Sem jim Jaz Osebno dal v spoznanju blagoslova, kateri za vsako osebo izhaja iz izpolnjevanja le te.
AMEN
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