Kako je malen ipak čovjek, a kako se mudrim i moćnim zamišlja.... On vjeruje da može odbaciti Božanski dar, i svoju vlastitu mudrost želi postaviti iznad. A on ne promišlja da je i njegovo razumsko razmišljanje također Božji dar, kojeg on međutim zloupotrebljava, ako ga ne koristi tako da on uči prepoznati Boga. Bog je Praizvor.... ali onaj tko sebe samoga previsoko ocjenjuje, ne želi ništa pustiti iznad sebe, jer onda bi također morao i svoje znanje cijeniti manjim, nego što on to čini. Ali, on se nadmoćno podsmjehuje, kada mu je ponuđeno znanje koje daleko nadilazi njegovo znanje.... on se podsmjehuje jer on sam sebe zamišlja mudrijim, i stoga također vjeruje da je on sposoban donijeti sud. A on ne može steći znanje, zato jer on ne žudi takvome... I stoga Bog razdjeljuje znanje onima koji se osjećaju malenima i neukima, koji bi željeli povećati njihovo znanje i koji iznad sebe prepoznaju Biće, Koje zna sve, stoga također i duhovno siromaštvo Svojih stvorenja, koje On može ukloniti... blaženi koji se osjećaju siromašnima duhom, koji ne zovu njihovim vlastitim svjetovno znanje koje ih čini ohola duha.... blaženi koji su gladni mudrosti odozgor, koji žele crpiti s Izvora kojeg je Bog Osobno otvorio.... ovaj Izvor je dostupan svim ljudima, ali čovječanstvo prezrivo prolazi pored njega... No, živa voda koja izvire iz ovog Izvora je najdragocjenije što je na raspolaganju čovjeku.... On mu posreduje blago koje daleko nadilazi sva zemaljska dobra. Jer Božja mudrost je dar milosti, kojega čovjek više nikada ne želi izgubiti, kada ga je jednom primio... Božja mudrost ima vječnu vrijednost, Božja mudrost neopisivo usrećuje čovjeka, i Božja mudrost mu daje snagu za stremljenje uvis... Svjetovno znanje naprotiv blijedi i bezvrijedno je, odnosno ono služi jedino za vrijeme zemaljskog puta i također donosi samo zemaljsku korist. Ali duhovno znanje donosi malo uspjeha za zemaljski život, a ipak je čovjeku neprocjenjivo, jednom kada ga je pronašao. A oni koji ga odbacuju, time svjedoče jedino svoj svjetovni stav, i svoju malu žudnju za Istinom, inače bi ga oni morali prepoznati kao dragocjeni dar, i oni bi mu također težili.
AMEN
TranslatorHow small man is, and how wise and powerful he thinks he is.... He believes he can reject divine gifts and wants to superimpose his own wisdom on them. And he does not consider that his intellectual thinking is also a gift from God, which he misuses if he does not use it in such a way that he learns to recognize God. God is the origin.... but he values himself too highly, he does not want to accept anything above himself, otherwise he would also have to value his wisdom less than he does. But he smiles loftily when he is offered knowledge that far exceeds his own.... he smiles because he believes himself to be knowledgeable and therefore also capable of passing judgement. And therefore he cannot increase in knowledge because he does not desire it.... And God therefore distributes wisdom to those who feel lowly and ignorant, who would like to increase their knowledge and who recognize a being above them Which knows everything, thus also about the spiritual poverty of His living creations, which He can remedy.... And blessed are those who feel poor in spirit, who do not call worldly knowledge their own, which makes them arrogant in spirit.... blessed are those who are hungry for the wisdom from above, who want to draw from the fountain that God Himself has opened.... this spring is accessible to every human being, yet mankind passes it by with disdain.... But the living water that flows from this spring is the most delicious thing available to man.... It provides him with a treasure that far surpasses all earthly goods. For wisdom from God is a gift of grace that a person will never want to do without once he has received it.... Wisdom from God has eternal value, wisdom from God makes man indescribably happy, and wisdom from God gives strength to strive for the heights.... Worldly knowledge, on the other hand, fades and is worthless, i.e. it is only useful for the time of the earthly change and also only brings earthly advantage. spiritual knowledge, however, is of little use for earthly life and yet the human being will not give it up once he has found it. And those who reject it thereby testify to their merely worldly attitude and their little desire for truth, otherwise they would have to recognize it as a precious gift and would also strive for it....
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