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Commandments of love.... cold love....

God's will is to fulfil the commandments of love.... And it is precisely these commandments which people oppose, for their nature does not allow them to deny themselves anything for the sake of their fellow human beings.... God knows that people's nature lacks love, but He also knows that there is no other path to beatitude than through love.... And that is why He gave the commandments of love for God and neighbour, which admittedly also have to be fulfilled voluntarily if they are to promote maturity of soul. God knows that the commandments can be fulfilled because the spark of love was placed in every human being's heart when he was embodied as a human being.... Every human being has this divine spark of love within himself, thus it is not impossible for anyone to ignite it.... Every human being can be good if he wants to be.... And 'being good' means practicing love, being helpful towards fellow human beings and doing everything that is pleasing to God, Who Himself is love. But the human being must be stimulated to do this, which happens through the commandments of love. Every person could certainly feel within himself how he should behave, he could also walk right on earth without commandments because the spark of love glows within him.... Yet selfish love is still very strong in the human being, and this selfish love has therefore been contrasted with the commandments of love, so that the human being can now decide freely.... For this is his test of earthly life, to choose the divine or the God-opposing. Because people are influenced by the adversary, there must also be a counter-influence so that the human being need not succumb to the adversary's influence. But God's adversary has great power, especially in the time of the end.... For he knows how to stir up selfish love in people more and more and portray the divine commandments as inappropriate, so that people no longer pay attention to the latter but do everything in order to satisfy their selfish love. Love has grown cold among people.... Although it glows in every person's heart it will not be ignited into a flame which consumes everything that comes within its reach.... And it will be completely smothered the closer it gets to the end.... And then God's adversary will have won his game insofar as he will have succeeded in pushing the souls away from God, Who Himself is love.... For these souls, because they are without love, are endlessly far away from God. But he himself has achieved nothing other than that these souls, which he believes to have won, are snatched from his power again and banished anew in the form.... The divine commandments of love can prevent this if the human being respects them.... if he fights against self-love in order to be able to fulfil God's commandments.... if he first does something in order not to violate the law, even if he is not yet filled with the inner urge to practice love.... But strength is supplied to the willing person, and what he first does under the pressure of a commandment he will soon do voluntarily and with a joyful heart, because love is strength which fills him ever more. For this reason people should take notice of God's will, they should be given the word of God which only ever preaches love, which emphasizes the divine commandments as the most important.... because it is extremely important that they are fulfilled or they would not have been given by God.... Yet He wants to help people who still have little love within themselves, who are still strongly afflicted with self-love.... He wants to show them the path to beatitude, and that is why He gave people the commandments of love, for He knows people's weakness, their deficiency and their inner urges.... But He also knows how He can remedy all these weaknesses.... Love must be practiced on earth, and anyone who does not do it voluntarily must be encouraged to do so by commandments so that he unites himself with God, Who is love Himself, so that he becomes free from the adversary whose unkindness tore him and his followers into the abyss....

Amen

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Translated by: Doris Boekers

ZAPOVIJEDI LJUBAVI.... OHLAĐENA LJUBAV....

Božja volja je ispunjenje zapovijedi Ljubavi.... A upravo ovim zapovijedima, ljudi se protive, jer priroda njihovog bića ne dozvoljava da sami sebi nešto uskrate u korist bližnjega.... Bog zna da ljudskim bićima manjka Ljubav, ali On također zna da ne postoji nikakav drugi put do blaženstva, nego kroz Ljubav.... I stoga je On dao zapovijedi Ljubavi prema Bogu i prema bližnjemu, koje također moraju biti ispunjene u slobodnoj volji, ako one trebaju potpomoći zrelosti duše. Bog zna da zapovijedi mogu biti ispunjene, jer je u srce svakog čovjeka bila položena Ljubavna iskra, pri utjelovljenju kao čovjek.... Svaki čovjek u sebi ima ovu Božansku iskru Ljubavi, stoga nikome nije nemoguće zapaliti ju.... svaki čovjek može biti dobar, ako on to želi.... A, 'biti dobar' znači činiti Ljubav, biti spreman pomoći bližnjemu, i učiniti sve što je ugodno Bogu, Koji je Sam Ljubav. Ali, čovjek mora biti potaknut na to, što se događa upravo kroz zapovijedi Ljubavi. Svaki bi čovjek doduše mogao u sebi osjetiti kako se treba ponašati, on bi i bez zapovjedi mogao ispravno hodati Zemljom, jer u njemu tinja iskra Ljubavi.... No, sebična ljubav je još uvijek vrlo jaka u čovjeku, i zato su nasuprot ove sebične ljubavi stavljene zapovijedi Ljubavi, tako da se sada čovjek slobodno odluči.... Jer, to je njegov ispit zemaljskog života, da izabere Božansko, ili Bogu-protivno. Jer, sa strane protivnika je djelovano na čovjeka, pa također mora biti prisutno i nasuprotno djelovanje, tako da čovjek ne treba podleći utjecaju protivnika. Ipak, Božji protivnik ima veliku moć, posebno u vrijeme Kraja.... Jer on zna uvijek više raspaliti sebičnu ljubav u čovjeku, i prikazati Božanske zapovijedi kao neprikladne, tako da ljudi više ne poklanjaju nikakvu pažnju ovim potonjima, nego čine sve kako bi zadovoljili svoju sebičnu ljubav. Ljubav se ohladila među ljudima .... Ona zapravo tinja u svakom ljudskom srcu, ali neće biti zapaljena u plamen koji proždire sve što mu dođe na dohvat.... I bit će potpuno ugušena, što bliže se prilazi Kraju.... A onda je Božji protivnik dobio svoj meč, utoliko što mu je uspjelo odbiti duše od Boga, Koji je Sam Ljubav .... Jer, ove duše su beskrajno mnogo udaljene od Boga, budući su bez Ljubavi. No, on sam (protivnik) time nije postigao ništa drugo nego da ove duše, koje on smatra pridobivenima (osvojenima), budu iznova istrgnute iz njegove moći, i iznova prognane u formu.... Božanske zapovijedi Ljubavi mogu ovo spriječiti, ako čovjek njih poštuje.... ako se on bori protiv sebične ljubavi kako bi mogao ispuniti Božje zapovijedi.... ako on najprije čini nešto da ne zgriješi protiv zakona, čak i ako ga još ne ispunjava unutarnji poriv da prakticira Ljubav.... No, voljnome će biti dovedena snaga, i ono što on isprva čini pod pritiskom zapovijedi, uskoro će činiti dobrovoljno i radosna srca, budući je ljubav snaga, koja ga sve više ispunjava. Stoga ljudi trebaju primiti znanje o Božjoj volji, njima treba biti dovedena Božja Riječ koja uvijek propovijeda jedino Ljubav, koja ističe Božanske zapovijedi kao najvažnije.... jer je iznimno važno da budu ispunjene, inače one ne bi bile dane od Boga.... Ali, On želi pomoći ljudima koji još uvijek imaju malo Ljubavi u sebi, koji su još uvijek snažno opterećeni sebičnom ljubavlju.... On im želi pokazati put do blaženstva, i stoga je On dao ljudima zapovijedi Ljubavi, budući poznaje slabosti ljudi, njihovu manjkavost (nesavršenost) i njihova unutarnja nagonjenja.... Ali, On također zna čime može dokinuti sve te slabosti.... Na Zemlji mora biti prakticirana Ljubav, i tko to ne čini dobrovoljno, mora na to biti potican kroz zapovijedi, tako da se on sjedini s Bogom, Koji je Sam Ljubav, tako da se on oslobodi od protivnika, čije odsustvo Ljubavi (nemilosrdnost) povlači njega samoga i njegovu sljedbu u bezdan.

AMEN

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Translated by: Lorens Novosel