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„NITKO NE MOŽE SLUŽITI DVOJICI GOSPODARA....“

Tko ljubi život, sam sebi stvara smrt, a tko ga dobrovoljno preda, živjet će zauvijek. No, zemaljski je život samo pred-etapa za Vječnost, i ako sada ne želite ostaviti zemaljski život, vaša ljubav je još uvijek previše okrenuta zemaljskim stvarima, a sa takvom ljubavi srca ne možete postati blaženi, obzirom da ne možete otvoriti srce duhovnome i stoga niti voditi duhovni život.... Ali, duhovni život je oličenje blaženstva. Uzmite jednu posudu koja je postala potpuno neupotrebljiva, i stavite u nju vodu, i vaš napor da u njoj zadržite vodu će biti uzaludan. Ujedno će čak i najmanja zapreka biti smetnja, ako voda treba biti provedena kroz uski otvor.... A sada promotrite jedno srce potpuno okrenuto zemaljskom životu.... Ono može iznova i iznova slušati duhovne Istine, ali se one u njemu ne mogu zadržati, nego odzvanjaju bez da ih je čuo. Isto tako, duhovna Istina ne može prodrijeti u ljudsko srce, ako joj je pristup blokiran preprekama, koje su zemaljska zavođenja i podražaji svijeta. I iznova, ljudska duša bez Istine ne može sazrjeti, jer duša kao takva ima potrebu za duhovnom ishranom, dok je svo zemaljsko ispunjenje samo hrana za tijelo. Međutim, sa smrću tijelo propada, pa je jedino duša određena za Život u vječnosti. Ona je sada zakržljala i gotovo beživotna, ako čovjek ljubi samo zemaljski život i žudi jedino za njegovim ispunjenjem. „Tko preda svoje tijelo iz Ljubavi prema Meni, imat će život vječni, a Ja vam dajem, ali ne kako vam daje svijet....“ Ove Riječi Gospoda daju smjernice za život na Zemlji. Ono čemu ovdje možete težiti nije usporedivo sa zemaljskim radostima. Ne trebate služiti vašem tijelu i zadovoljavati svaku žudnju, jer ovo tijelo prolazi.... Međutim, ako žrtvujete Gospodu i Spasitelju sve što podrazumijeva tjelesna želja.... ako ostavite iza tjelesni život i mislite samo na Život duše na Zemlji, jednog dana ćete biti spremni za nebeske radosti, a ono čega se odreknete će vam biti tisuću puta nadoknađeno.... Ali ako vjerujete da možete činiti oboje istovremeno, ako vjerujete da možete služiti svijetu i istovremeno dostavljati duši duhovnu hranu, onda vas poziva Gospod: „Nitko ne može služiti dvojici gospodara....“ Tko se okreće zemlji i njenim užicima, ne pronalazi put prema Gore; tko žudi svijet, sluga je onoga koji vas pokušava povući dolje, i vi ne možete u isto vrijeme stići Gore i služiti Gospoda.... jer ste tada protivni onome što trebate napraviti, i prema Gore, kao i prema dolje. Napredak u duhovnome zahtjeva odricanje od svega svjetovnoga, a ako se nađete u situaciji da ste postavljeni ispred obje stvari i morate odlučiti, onda je vaša slobodna volja ta koja odabire, ali nikada nije moguće napraviti kompromis, a time i predložiti Nebeskom Ocu da odobri težnju prema obje strane.... Čovjek sam, na vlastiti poticaj mora odlučiti izabrati put prema Gore i odreći se svijeta, ili u želji za svijetom priskrbiti propast svoje duše i tako biti izgubljen za vječni život u Slavi. I stoga je neusporedivo bolje oskudijevati u zemaljskom životu i odreći se svih zemaljskih užitaka, nego biti zauvijek isključen iz nebeske Radosti i Blaženstva.

AMEN

"No one can serve two masters...."

He who loves life creates death for himself, and he who willingly gives it up will live for eternity. After all, earthly life is only the preliminary stage for eternity, and if you don't want to give up earthly life then your love is still too focussed on earthly things and you cannot be happy with such love in your heart, you are unable to open your heart to the spiritual and therefore also unable to lead a spiritual life.... Yet spiritual life is the epitome of bliss. If you take a container that has become completely unusable and put water into it, your efforts to keep the water in it will be in vain.... Similarly, even the slightest resistance is an obstacle if the water is to be passed through the finest opening.... And now consider a heart fully turned towards earthly life.... It can still and still hear spiritual truths, they will not be able to remain in it, but will fade away without being heard. And in the same way, spiritual truth cannot penetrate the human heart if the entrance to it is blocked by obstacles, which are earthly temptations and attractions of the world. And again, without spiritual truths the human soul cannot mature, for the soul needs them as spiritual nourishment, whereas all earthly fulfilment is only food for the body. However, at death the body ceases to exist, thus only the soul is destined for life in eternity. This is now atrophied and almost lifeless if a person only loves earthly life and desires its fulfilment. "Whoever gives up his body out of love for Me will have eternal life, and not as the world gives you, so I give you...." These words of the lord give direction for life on earth. What you are to strive for cannot be compared to the pleasures of the world. You should not serve your body and fulfil every desire, for this body is passing away.... But if you sacrifice all the desires of the body to the lord and saviour.... if you put the physical life in the background and only think of the life of the soul on earth, heavenly joys will one day be prepared for you, and what you give will be repaid to you a thousandfold.... But if you believe that you can do both at the same time, if you believe that you can serve the world and at the same time provide spiritual nourishment for your soul, then the lord calls out to you: "No one can serve two masters...." He who turns to the earth and its lust does not find the way upwards; he who desires the world is the servant of him who tries to pull you down, and you cannot reach upwards and serve the lord God at the same time.... for you are then in contradiction to what you are supposed to do, both upwards and downwards. spiritual progress requires the renunciation of everything worldly, and if you are placed in the position of being confronted with both and having to decide, then it is now your free will what you choose, however, it is never possible to reach a compromise and thus make a request to the heavenly father to approve of striving towards both sides.... The human being must decide of his own accord to choose the path upwards and give up the world, or to accept the downfall of his soul in the desire for the world and thus be lost for eternal life in glory. And that is why it is incomparably better to live in want on earth and forgo all earthly pleasures than to be eternally excluded from heavenly pleasure and bliss....

Amen