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SAMONADVLADAVANJE.... OSNAŽENA VOLJA.... KRISTOV ČIN SPASENJA....

Prije Kristove smrti na Križu, Božji protivnik je imao veliku vlast nad voljom čovjeka, a ova se moć očitovala tako da ljudi nisu bili u stanju voditi način života u Ljubavi, ako nisu bili na iznimno intimno povezani s Bogom. Iskušenja kroz svijet su uvijek bila prevelika, a njihova volja preslaba da im se odupre. Ovo je još i danas njegovo oružje, da Božji protivnik nastoji oslabiti volju ljudi kroz užitke svijeta, a on ima potpuni uspjeh kod onih koji se uzdaju u njihovu vlastitu snagu, koji vjeruju da ne trebaju pomoć odozgor, koji ne vjeruju u Isusa Krista i Njegovo Djelo Otkupljenja, a otuda Ga niti ne mole za Njegovu milost, za Njegovu pomoć, koja im donosi povećanu volju. Bez Isusa Krista ljudi su još uvijek u potpunosti pod njegovom vlašću, od koje se nisu u stanju osloboditi, osim ako iskreno zazovu Boga za pomoć, onda će međutim oni također uskoro naučiti prepoznati značenje Djela Otkupljenja, i Isusa Krista Osobno kao Spasitelja cijelog čovječanstva, i onda će oni također svjesno iskoristiti milosti Djela Otkupljenja. Put naviše će im postati lagan, jer gdje je volja, tamo je također i snaga za izvršenje.... Oslabljena volja međutim, ima samo snagu činiti stvari koje vode u propast, a ova snaga mu dolazi odozdol, odnosno on koristi životnu snagu za zla djela, a jačanje ove životne snage će mu biti dostavljeno od Božjeg protivnika. Tako čovjek sa slabom voljom nije u zajedništvu s Bogom, nego sa Njegovim protivnikom, i ne može se osloboditi opčinjenosti potonjim, osim ako on zazove Boga za pomoć, koja mu je dodijeljena kao milost Djela Otkupljenja Isusa Krista. Posljedično, priznavanje Djela Otkupljenja mora biti prvi uvjet, inače čovjek ne može iskoristiti ovu milost. U vjeri u Djelo Otkupljenja, čovjek može ostvariti velike stvari, jer će njegova volja doživjeti snaženje, koje ga čini sposobnom za sve, ako on duboko vjeruje, budući se snaga volje koju je Isus Krist prekomjerno posjedovao njemu prenosi, on se može osloboditi moći protivnika, može stremiti k Bogu bez da bude ugrabljen nazad od ove moći. I on postiže svoj cilj, čak i kada mu brojne kušnje otežavaju njegovo nastojanje, ali on im pruža otpor, jer je njegova volja snažna, a odgovarajuća i dostava snage koju je Isus Krist Svojom smrću na Križu stekao za ljude, koji vjeruju u Njega i svjesno se koriste milostima Djela Otkupljenja.

AMEN

Self-overcoming.... strengthened will.... Christ's act of salvation....

Before Christ's crucifixion God's adversary had great power over the human being's will, and this power manifested itself in the fact that people were not able to live a life of love unless they were exceptionally intimately united with God. The temptations of the world were always too great and their will too weak to resist them. This is his weapon even now, that God's adversary seeks to weaken people's will through the pleasures of the world, and he is completely successful with those who trust in their own strength, who don't believe they need help from above, who don't believe in Jesus Christ and His act of salvation and therefore don't ask Him for His grace, for His help, which earns them increased will. Without Jesus Christ people are still completely under His control from which they are unable to release themselves unless they sincerely call upon God for help, but then they will also soon learn to recognize the significance of the act of salvation and Jesus Christ Himself as saviour of the whole of humanity, and then they will also consciously avail themselves of the blessings of the act of salvation. The path of ascent will become easy for them, for where there is the will there is also the strength to accomplish.... But the weakened will only has the strength to do things which lead to the abyss, and this strength comes to it from below, i.e., it uses the vitality for bad deeds, and the strengthening of this vitality is supplied to it by God's adversary. Thus the weak-willed human being is not in union with God but with His adversary, and he cannot free himself from the latter's spell unless he appeals to God for help, which is granted to him as a grace of Jesus Christ's act of salvation. Consequently, the recognition of the act of salvation must be the first condition, otherwise the human being cannot avail himself of this grace. In faith in the act of salvation the human being can accomplish great things, for his will will experience a strengthening which enables him to do anything if he deeply believes, for the strength of will, which Jesus Christ possessed in abundance, communicates itself to him, he can liberate himself from the adversary's power, he can strive towards God without being pulled back by this power. And he reaches his aim even if numerous temptations make his striving more difficult, but he resists them because his will is strong and accordingly also the supply of strength which Jesus Christ acquired through His death on the cross for people who believe in Him and consciously avail themselves of the blessings of the act of salvation....

Amen