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Danger of arrogance....

Anyone who takes My Word 'You are all sinners....' to heart, will also remain profoundly humble, he will not become arrogant nor judge harshly, for the knowledge of not yet being perfect himself will always make him bear in mind that he is a weak individual who needs My strength and support, and with a humble heart he will come to Me and appeal to Me for both.... In contrast, the character of someone sure of himself and his worth will betray pride, he will raise himself above his fellow human beings, and this arrogance will show itself in contempt of the other person, in unkind judgment and in the opinion of having superior knowledge and therefore no need of further instructions, be they of an earthly or spiritual nature.... the arrogant person will always believe himself to have attained the degree which entitles him to look down on his fellow human beings.

And arrogance is truly part of My adversary which made him fall into the deepest abyss, for he exalted himself above Me, his God and Creator, and he drew a vast host of created beings along with him into the depth. Much of this arrogant spirit still adheres to these fallen beings when they have to carry out their last test of will as human beings. Arrogance is a rather worrying sign of imperfection which the person then has to fight against in earthly life until he has attained profound humility towards Me, and then he will no longer show off to his fellow human beings either but will have full understanding of their failings, because he will recognise his own shortcomings himself.

But the right relationship with Me requires profound humility, and as soon as the human being recognises himself as sinful and admits to it, he will also take refuge in Jesus Christ and appeal to Him to deliver him from it.... Humility will make him call to Him from the bottom of his heart and he will find mercy before His eyes.... for 'I bestow My grace upon the humble....' And no one can deem himself to be perfect for as long as he lives on earth.... He can only possess a higher degree of awareness, but precisely this will make him consistently more humble, because he recognises the greatness of his God and Creator and the infinite love this God and Creator bestows upon His living creations, which will certainly make the living creation indescribably happy but it will not make it condescending.

Arrogance is still an indication of insufficient knowledge, for the adversary tries to obscure the light, the adversary still has a share in the human being who is assured of himself and his worth.... You all still have to fight very much against this evil, for time and again My adversary will breathe a sense of loftiness into you, time and again he will know how to find a weak spot where he is able to awaken self-deceit in you. And therefore you all should be on your guard and try to nip every sense of arrogance in the bud, for you should always remember that your Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ has taken the path of most profound humility, precisely in order to atone for your fall caused by pride.... You should bear His torments and suffering in mind which this atonement demanded of Him.... And you should know that your path across earth is the result of this fall into the abyss caused by pride.

The return to Me can only take place on the path of humility, and the earthly path should lead you to the realisation that you are weak, helpless beings who require My loving support in order to ascend again, and who only ever have to ask Me for My assistance if they want to travel the earthly path successfully. But the person whose spirit is still arrogant is still distant from Me and thus will hardly find Me. For true love, which includes his neighbour, cannot develop in him correctly since in his arrogance he will stay away from the person to whom he should give his love. And since the human being can only mature through a life of love the arrogant person will not make any spiritual progress but remain on the same level, if he does not sink even lower because My adversary still keeps him captive.

Therefore fight against this evil and exercise strict self-criticism, then you will discover faults which will make you feel small, and you will come down from the throne you have erected for yourselves by incorrectly assessing your worth.... Humility alone will make you mature, then you will receive blessings in abundance from Me, I will take care of you Myself, for you come closer to Me when you are humble, and your prayer to Me will be heart-felt and devoted, and I will grant your request and draw you to Me as My children, for then you finally have separated yourselves from My adversary, who became My adversary because he exalted himself over the One from Whose strength he had emerged....

Amen

OPASNOST AROGANCIJE

Tko si k srcu uzme Moju Riječ: 'Svi ste vi griješnici....', ostat će u najdubljoj poniznosti, neće se nadimati niti donositi težak sud, jer spoznaja o vlastitoj nesavršenosti će ga uvijek podsjećati na to da je slab čovjek koji treba Moju snagu i okrijepljenje, i ponizna srca će Mi dolaziti i za to Me moliti.

Tko je s druge strane uvjeren u svoju vrijednost, njegovo biće će karakterizirati arogancija, i ta arogancija će se ispoljavati putem omalovažavanja drugih, putem prosudâ lišenih ljubavi i putem uvjerenja o vlastitom posjedovanju višeg znanja i time o ne-potrebi daljnjeg vlastitog poučavanja, zemaljskog ili duhovnog.... arogantni čovjek će uvijek vjerovati kako je dosegao stupanj sa kojeg može gledati dolje na ljude. I uobraženost je zaista 'dionica' Mojeg protivnika, koja ga je povukla u najdublji bezdan, jer se uzdigao nad Mene, njegovog Boga i Stvoritelja, povukavši za sobom u ponor veliko mnoštvo stvorenih bića.

Uz sva ta bića je 'prikačeno' još dosta duha uobraženosti, kad kao ljudi imaju polagati zadnji ispit volje. I uobraženost je sasvim izvjestan znak nesavršenosti, protiv čega se čovjek mora boriti u zemaljskom životu, i to sve dok ne dospije do najdublje poniznosti prema Meni i, tad se i u odnosu na svoje bližnje neće više isticati, nego će imati puno razumijevanje za njihove slabosti, jer i sam uviđa svoju nepotpunost.

Ali za pravu povezanost sa Mnom je potrebna najdublja poniznost, i kad čovjek spozna i prizna svoju griješnost, potražit će utočište kod Isusa Krista i molit će Ga da ga oslobodi. Poniznost će mu 'tražiti' da Ga iskreno (za)zove i (za)moli, a On će ga milostivo pogledati.... 'jer, poniznome poklanjam Svoju milost....'

I ni jedan čovjek za sebe ne može tvrditi da je savršen sve dok živi na zemlji. Može jedino posjedovati viši stupanj spoznaje, ali upravo to će ga neprestano naginjati na sve ve­ću skrušenost, jer spoznaje veličinu svoga Boga i Stvoritelja i beskrajnu ljubav, koju Taj Bog i Stvoritelj poklanja Svojim stvorenjima, koja to stvorenje neopisivo usrećuje, ali mu ne daje da postaje uobraženo.

Uobraženost je još uvijek znak nepotpune spoznaje, jer protivnik pokušava zamutiti svjetlo, no još uvjek ima svoj udio kod čovjeka, kada je ovaj uvjeren u sebe i svoju vrijednost. Svi vi se još imate boriti protiv ovog zla, jer uvijek iznova će vam Moj protivnik upuhavati pogrešni osjećaj uzvišenosti, uvijek će uspijevati pronaći površinu za napad kad u vama može probuditi taštinu. I zato svi morate biti oprezni i truditi se svaki osjećaj arogancije zagušiti u klici, jer uvijek se trebate sjetiti toga da je vaš Spasitelj i Iskupitelj Isus Krist išao putem najdublje poniznosti, kako bi okajao vaš oholi pad. Trebate se sjetiti Njegovih patnji i muka koje je to okajanje zahtjevalo. I trebate znati kako je vaš zemaljski put posljedica vašeg nekadašnjeg pada u ponor koji je prouzročila ta oholost.

Povratak Meni može uslijediti jedino putem poniznosti, i zemaljski put bi vam trebao pružiti spoznaju, da ste slaba, bespomoćna bića koja trebaju Moju ljubavnu pomoć, kako bi se ponovo uzdigla u visinu, i koja Me uvijek moraju pitati za pomoć, ako svoj zemaljski put žele preći sa uspjehom.

Ali tko je još arogantnog duha, još je udaljen od Mene, i on će Me teško pronaći. Jer u njemu se ne može razviti ispravna ljubav, koja obuhvaća bližnjega, već će se on u svojoj aroganciji držati podalje od onoga kome treba pokloniti svoju ljubav, i kako čovjek može sazrijevati jedino putem života ljubavi, arogantni neće postići duhovni napredak, već će ostati na istom stupnju razvoja, ako ne i tonuti, jer ga Moj protivnik drži svezanog.

Zbog toga, borite se protiv ovog zla, i oštro se kritizirajte, tada ćete otkrivati greške koje vas smanjuju, i sići ćete s trona koji ste si sami podigli u pogrešnoj procjeni vaše vrijednosti. Sama poniznost će vam omogućiti da sazrijevate, jer tada ćete od Mene primati milost u izobilju, Ja Sâm ću se onda pobrinuti za vas, jer u poniznosti Mi prilazite bliže, i vaša molitva će biti intimnija i predanija, i Ja ću vam uslišiti molitvu, Ja ću vas privući Sebi kao Svoju djecu, jer tada ste se definitivno razdvojili od Mog protivnika, koji je Mojim protivnikom postao jer se uzdigao iznad Onoga iz Čije sile je sâm proizašao.

AMEN