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VOLJA SE VREDNOTI V OBREDNIH DEJANJIH

Bog obdaruje ljudi po njihovi veri... To je treba razumeti tako, da si ljudje duhovno prisvajajo, kar jih uči njihova vera, in bodo tako izpolnili vse, kar se od njih po veri zahteva. V tej izpolnitvi Bog ceni človekovo voljo, ki je torej dobra, ker se nagiba k Bogu... Človek hoče delati, kar je Bogu všeč, kar ga uči vera. In če ta k Bogu usmerjena volja določa njegove misli in dejanja, je to tudi Bogu všeč, čeprav človek ni v resnici, ker je poučen v napačnem prepričanju. Zato bodo tudi tisti ljudje, ki nimajo prave vere, srečni, če si le prizadevajo za pravo življenje pred Bogom in vedno delajo, kar se jim zdi prav pred Bogom. Vedno jim je dana možnost, da sprejmejo pravo vero, prinaša se jim čista resnica. Če pa človek verjame, da tega ne more sprejeti, saj sam verjame, da je v resnici, pa vendar vodi pravilen način življenja, bo, hvala Bogu, tudi on priznan pred Bogom, ker ta človek želi dobro, ker želi izpolniti Božjo voljo. Tako da bo vsako dejanje, ki ga opravi, ovrednoteno glede na njegovo voljo... In vsak obred, ki je sam po sebi ničvreden, bo z voljo služiti Bogu postal Bogu všečno dejanje. Dober človek si torej lahko pridobi Božje zadovoljstvo z vsakim dejanjem, takoj ko ga opravi v Božjo slavo, takoj ko verjame, da z njim služi Bogu, čeprav samo dejanje nima globlje vrednosti. Toda v nasprotju s tem so nekateri obredni postopki brez vrednosti, če niso utemeljeni v tej Bogu všečni volji. In na enak način lahko človek z vso svojo voljo stremi k Bogu brez takšnega obreda, in to voljo Bog prav tako visoko ceni; človek, ki ignorira vse zunanje stvari, a zavestno želi služiti Bogu, je lahko celo veliko bližje Bog.

Torej kakršna je človekova vera, tako se bo na njem tudi izrazilo Božje delovanje, saj Bog človekove vere ne bo razočaral, dokler ni usmerjena proti Bogu. Napačno pa je domnevati, da le človek, ki strogo izpolnjuje vse zunanje stvari živi Bogu všečno. Nič od tega, kar je na zunaj prepoznavno, ne odloča o resnični vrednosti pred Bogom, ampak samo volja, ki jo Bog vidi, ne glede na to, ali človek opravlja dejanja, ki se od njega zahtevajo po veri...

AMEN

The will is valued in ceremonial acts....

God considers people according to their faith.... This is to be understood in such a way that people take spiritual ownership of what their faith teaches them and thus also fulfil everything that is demanded of them through faith. In this fulfilment God values the will of man, which is therefore good, because he leans towards God.... Man wants to do what is pleasing to God, what faith teaches him. And if this God-centred will determines his thoughts and actions, this is also pleasing to God, even though the person is not in the truth, i.e. he has been instructed in a false faith. This is why people who lack the right faith will also be blessed if they only strive for a way of life that is right before God and always do what seems right to them before God. They will always be given the opportunity to accept the right faith, the pure truth will be made accessible to them. However, if he believes that he cannot accept it because he believes himself to be in the truth, he will nevertheless lead a right, God-pleasing way of life and this will be recognized before God because the person wants what is good, because he wants to fulfil God's will. And so every action he performs will also be recognized according to his will.... And every ceremony, which in itself is completely worthless, becomes an act pleasing to God through the will to serve God with it. Thus, a good person can gain God's favour through any act as soon as he performs it for God's glory, as soon as he believes he is serving God with it, even though the act itself has no deeper value. On the other hand, a certain ceremonial act is worthless if it is not based on this God-centred will. And likewise, a person can strive towards God with all his will without such a ceremony, and this will is valued just as highly by God, that person can even be far closer to God who disregards all outward appearances but consciously wants to serve God. But just as man's faith is, so too will God's work appear in him, because God will not let man's faith be put to shame as long as it is not directed against God. However, it is wrong to assume that only the person who strictly fulfils all outward appearances lives in a manner pleasing to God. Nothing externally recognizable determines the right value before God, only the will that God sees, regardless of whether the person carries out the actions that are demanded of him through faith....

Amen