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KRISTUSOVO UČENJE.... VRŠENJE DESETIH ZAPOVEDI.... ZAPOVED LJUBEZNI....

Človeka je le redko moč spodbuditi na to, da sprejme neko učenje, katero se mu zdi dolgočasno, in zato mu mora biti predstavljeno tako, da se je moč izogniti vsakemu nesporazumu (neskladju). Potrebno ga je najprej objektivno razložiti; in človek, ko ga (to učenje) živi, mora prepoznati, da edino Božja Ljubezen daje neko takšno učenje. Človeku je pokazano to, kar mora delati in kakšen bi on moral biti, da bi postal popoln.... On mora biti podučen; njemu morajo biti prenesene zapovedi in on se mora prostovoljno podrediti vsemu, kar se (od njega) zahteva. Potem je učenje od zgoraj uspešno; potem mu ono prinaša tisto, kar je njegov namen.... stopnjo duševne zrelosti, katera je predpogoj za vstop v večno življenje. Torej Kristusovo učenje zajema vse zapovedi, keterega prakticiranje daje doprinos k oblikovanju duše glede na Božansko voljo. Ljudem so dane smernice, katerih se morajo oni držati; oni so od Boga podučeni, kaj je pravilno in kaj je nepravilno, kaj morajo oni delati in kaj ne. In če oni sedaj želijo živeti Bogu-prijetno življenje, če Mu oni želijo služiti, (pri)dobiti Njegovo Ljubezen, potem se morajo oni strogo držati tega, da vršijo te zapovedi, celo če njim osebno one niso po volji (všeč). Vršenje Božjih zapovedi bo vedno zahtevalo samokontrolo, zahtevalo bo odrekanje ali premagovanje; in človek bo moral vedno nekaj pustiti (nečemu se odreči), če on želi popolnoma slediti Božanskim zapovedim, ker vršenje zapovedi vedno pomeni samoodrekanje. Bog je dal te zapovedi, ker ljudje težijo ravno k nasprotnemu od tega, kar Bog želi in izraža preko Svoje zapovedi. Zaradi tega mora On ljudem postaviti določene omejitve; oni se morajo takorekoč boriti proti močni želji (hlepenju) v njih, česar pa oni ne bi naredili, če Bog tega ne bi zahteval, posledica česar pa bi bilo to, da bi oni popustili notranji želji (hlepenju), in njihovo stanje bi bilo precej ogroženo. Bog je v Svojih zapovedih določil (vpeljal) vse, kar je ljudem potrebno spoštovati, in On je te zapovedi strnil v Svojo zapoved Ljubezni: ljubiti Boga iznad vsega in bližnjega kakor samega sebe. Kdor zvesto vrši obe zapovedi, on sam od sebe vrši vse, kar Bog preko Desetih Zapovedi zahteva od ljudi, da delajo. In tako bo Božansko učenje vedno opozarjalo edino na Ljubezen; in kdor se trudi živeti v Ljubezni, on ravno tako živi popolnoma v skladu z Božanskim učenjem. Njemu ne bo potrebno dati nikakršne posebne zapovedi; on bo namreč, ker živi v Ljubezni, sam od sebe s svojo Ljubeznijo srečal vsakega človeka. On se bo predvsem izogibal temu (vsemu), kar nasprotuje Božanskim zapovedim; in ker se je on že oblikoval v Ljubezen, on niti ne more delati ničesar drugega razen tega, da ljubi, in njegovo življenje bo vedno v skladu z Božanskim učenjem.

AMEN

Teaching of Christ.... fulfilling the ten commandments.... commandment of love....

Man can seldom be persuaded to accept a teaching which appears to him to be annoying, and therefore it must be offered to him in such a way that any discord is avoided. It must first be objectively justified and the human being must recognize that only God's love gives such a teaching for the sake of his ennoblement. Man is shown what he should do and how he should be in order to become perfect.... He must be instructed, commandments must be imparted to him and he must willingly submit to everything that is demanded. Then the teaching from above is successful, then it brings him what its purpose is.... the degree of maturity of the soul, which is a prerequisite for entering eternal life. The teaching of Christ now encompasses all the commandments, the fulfilment of which contributes to the shaping of the soul according to God's will. People are given guidelines to which they must adhere; they are taught by God what is right and what is wrong, what they should do and what they should not do. And if they now want to live in a way that is pleasing to God, if they want to serve Him and gain His love, they must adhere strictly to the fulfilment of these commandments, even if they do not particularly appeal to them. The fulfilment of God's commandments will always require self-control, it will demand renunciation or overcoming, and the human being will always have to give up something if he wants to fully comply with the divine commandments. Because fulfilling the commandments always means self-denial. God has issued these commandments because people strive for precisely the opposite of what God wants and expresses through His commandments. He must therefore impose a certain compulsion on people, they must, as it were, fight against a strong desire within them, which they would not do, however, if it were not demanded by God, and the consequence of this would be that they would give in to the inner desire and their state of maturity would be highly jeopardized. God has laid down in His commandments everything that is necessary for people to observe, and He has summarized these commandments in His commandment of love: to love God above all things and your neighbour as yourself. Whoever faithfully fulfils these two commandments will do everything that God tells people to do through the ten commandments. And so the divine teaching will only ever exhort us to love, and anyone who endeavours to live in love will also live entirely in accordance with the divine teaching. He will not need to be given any special commandments, for he will, out of himself, because he lives in love, also show his love to every person; he will shy away from everything that goes against the divine commandments, for since he has already moulded himself into love, he cannot do anything other than give love and will always live his life in accordance with the divine teaching....

Amen