Sa Mnom ne može biti sjedinjenja bez ljubavi, pošto je ljubav Moja temeljna priroda i jedino ono što je istovjetno/jednake prirode Mi se može pripojiti, otud čovjek koji Mi se želi pripojiti mora imati srce koje je ispunjeno ljubavlju.... Inače je takva veza nemoguća.... I zato bi vi također trebali biti u stanju razumjeti događaje na Posljednjoj Večeri, koja vas može sjediniti sa Mnom jedino ako se u vama zapalila ljubav.... jer jedino onda će Moje prisustvo u vama biti moguće.
Od koje su dakle koristi izvanjski običaji sve dok zanemarujete ono što je najvažnije.... prakticiranje ljubavi.... ‘Onaj koji ostaje u ljubavi ostaje u Meni i Ja u njemu (1 Ivanova 4:16)....’ Otud vi znate koji su uvjeti za Moje prisustvo i ne možete od Mene očekivati skretanje od ovog uvjeta ako samo izvršavate izvanjsku akciju koju ste sami izmislili pošto ste podbacili razumjeti duhovno značenje Mojih Riječi ‘Činite ovo u sijećanju na Mene (Luka 22:19)....’ Život ljubavi je preduvjet da bi se Mene Osobno primilo u vaše srce a Moji učenici, sa kojima sam Večerao, su živjeli takav život ljubavi.... Posljedično tome, oni su također razumjeli Moje Riječi sa kojima sam ih istovremeno postavio u njihovu učiteljsku službu.... Jer oni su trebali distribuirati kruh života kojeg su primili od Mene kada Sam im uručio zemaljski kruh.... Oni su trebali ponuditi živu vodu njihovoj braći, baš kao što Sam Ja njima predao pehar vina.... A pošto Sam Ja Osobno bio ‘Riječ koja je postala tijelom’ (Ivan 1:14) Ja Sam onima koji su sudjelovali u Večeri dao Samog Sebe i uvijek ću dati Samog Sebe onima koji Me žele primiti, Ja ću ih također hraniti sa kruhom života i dati im piti žive vode, oni će ‘jesti Moje tijelo i piti Moju krv’ (Ivan 6:53-57), tako ću im Ja Osobno biti prisutan, kao što Sam obećao. Međutim, bez ljubavi je takvo Općenje nemoguće.... Ja zasigurno mogu propovijedati ljubav svim ljudima, Ja im mogu pomoći vršiti akcije koje su ispunjene ljubavlju ali se Ja nikad ne mogu nastaniti u srcu koje sebe još nije oblikovalo u ljubav....
A sada uzmite u obzir koliko puno ljudi ima potpuno pogrešnu ideju, koji po njihovom vlastitom mišljenju zasigurno prilaze ‘stolu Gospodnjem’, ali kojima nedostaje prava vrsta ljubavi i čija srca su Me prema tome nesposobna primiti.... Uzmite u obzir koliko puno ljudi se drži ovog pogrešnog koncepta pošto vjeruju kako su izvršili svoju dužnost i prema tome niti ne streme duhovno, premda svatko zna da Sam Ja Osobno ljubav (1 Ivanova 4:16) i da Ja jedino od vas očekujem da ispunite zapovijedi ljubavi kako bi vas mogao oduševiti sa Svojim prisustvom. Ali ‘Mojoj Riječi’ se ne pridaje tolika pažnja koliko vršenju izvanjskih formalnosti, a Moja Riječ jedina bi već mogla ‘dati misliti’ tim ljudima kako Ja zahtjevam više od samo formalnih dužnosti....
Ustanovljene Riječi koje Sam rekao Mojim učenicima su od strane njih bile shvaćene duhovno. Ali ljudi bi također bili sposobni razumjeti njihovo duhovno značenje samo ako bi o njima najozbiljnije razmišljali. Ali onda bi razumijevanje također od njih zahtjevalo živjeti život ljubavi i time rad na njihovom unapređivanju, što je većina ljudi nevoljka napraviti. U drugu ruku, mnoge različite formalnosti ne zahtjevaju ovo samoodricanje i prema tome se revnosno izvršavaju, a ipak, one ne koriste duši, umjesto toga, one ju jedino prave mlakom/malodušnom i neobazrivom po pitanju njezinog zemaljskog zadatka koji se sastoji u tome da čovjek sebe obrazuje živjeti život ljubavi, pošto je to preduvjet za ulazak u blisko sjedinjenje sa Mnom, koji Moje prisustvo u ljudskom srcu čini mogućim na prvom mjestu. Jer sjedinjenje sa Mnom je prvi i posljednji cilj ljudskog bića kojeg bi on trebao i može postići na Zemlji samo ako se potrudi živjeti život ljubavi i time pokuša prilagoditi svoju prirodu Mojoj temeljnoj prirodi koja je u sebi Ljubav.
AMEN
TranslatorThere can be no union with Me without love, because love is My fundamental nature and only the same can join Me, hence the person who wants to join Me must also have a loving heart.... Otherwise such a bond is impossible.... Therefore you should also be able to understand the events of the Last Supper, which can only bring about your unity with Me if love has been kindled in you.... for only then will My presence in you be possible. So what use are external practices as long as you ignore what is most important .... practising love.... 'He who remains in love remains in Me and I in him....' Hence you know the condition for My presence and cannot expect Me to divert from this condition if you merely perform external action which you devised yourselves because you failed to understand the spiritual meaning of My Words 'Do this in remembrance of Me....' A life of love is the prerequisite to receive Me Myself in your heart and My disciples, with whom I took Supper, lived such a life of love.... Consequently, they also understood My Words with which I simultaneously appointed them to their teaching ministry.... For they were meant to distribute the bread of life which they had received from Me when I handed to them the earthly bread.... They were meant to offer the living water to their brothers, just as I passed to them the cup of wine.... And since I Myself was the 'Word that became flesh' I gave Myself to those who partook at the Supper and I will always give Myself to all those who want to receive Me, I will likewise nourish them with the bread of life and give them living water to drink, they will 'eat My flesh and drink My blood', thus I Myself will be present to them, as I have promised. However, without love such Communion is impossible.... I can certainly preach love to all people, I can help them to perform loving actions but I can never take abode in a heart which has not shaped itself into love as yet.... And now consider how many people have a completely wrong idea, who certainly take the path to the 'table of the Lord' in their own opinion, but who lack the right kind of love and whose hearts are therefore incapable of receiving Me.... Consider how many people hold on to this wrong concept because they believe themselves to have done their duty and therefore don't strive spiritually either, even though everyone knows that I Myself Am love and that I only expect you to fulfil the commandments of love in order to be able to delight you with My presence. But 'My Word' is not as much observed as the compliance of external formalities, and My Word alone could already make those people think that I require more than mere formal engagements.... The instituted Words which I spoke to My disciples were understood spiritually by them. But people would also be able to understand their spiritual meaning if only they thought about them seriously. But then the understanding would also require them to live a life of love and thus their work of improving themselves, which most people are unwilling to do. On the other hand, the many different formalities do not require this self-denial and are therefore eagerly carried out, and yet, they do no benefit the souls, instead, they only make them half-hearted and careless regarding their task in earthly life which consists of educating themselves to live in love, since this is the prerequisite for entering into a close union with Me, which makes My presence in the human heart possible in the first place. For union with Me is the human being's first and last goal which he should and can attain on earth if only he makes an effort to live a life of love and thus tries to adapt his nature to My fundamental nature which is Love in itself....
Amen
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