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IZPOLNJEVANJE BOŽANSKIH ZAPOVEDI.... SKUŠNJEVE SVETA.... (1 Janez 2:15-17)

Veliko lažje se je podrediti svetu (vklopiti se v svet), kot pa izpolnjevati Božanske zapovedi; namreč to, kar svet zahteva od človeka, je ravno tako želja samega človeka oz. ugaja telesu človeka tako, da on k temu tudi teži. Božanske zapovedi zahtevajo odrekanje tistemu, po čemer telo hrepeni, v korist bližnjega, ki je v težavi. Torej želje telesa morajo biti postavljene v drugi plan. Njim se je potrebno odreči zaradi duše; tedaj človek na Zemlji živi svoje življenje v skladu z Božansko voljo, in to mu prinaša duhovni uspeh....

Izpolnjevanje Božanskih zapovedi je torej premagovanje samega sebe, premagovanje vseh telesnih hlepenj in nenehno žrtvovanje tistega, kar ima človek rad in mu je pomembno.... To ni lahka naloga oz. to zahteva nenehno dostavo moči, ker se mora človek za preverjanje svoje svobodne volje upreti skušnjavam, ker hlepenje telesa vedno znova grozi, da ga zmede, in on nenehno potrebuje moč, da bi se temu uprl. Vendar pa brez notranje borbe ni mogoče priti do duhovnega napredka, in brez skušnjav sploh ni mogoče ostati stanoviten (Jakob 1:2-4).

Tako da se bo svet vedno želel vsiljevati. Božanske zapovedi bodo vedno zahtevale požrtvovalnost, medtem ko se svet pač trudi, da bi naredili, da je uživanje v svetovnih veseljih ljudem vsebina življenja; in potrebna je močna volja, globoka vera in zavestno usmerjanje k Bogu za to, da bi se lahko odrekli svetu in da bi se v izpolnjevanju Božanskih zapovedi brez zadržkov našlo zadovoljstvo (Psalm 119:47). Moč iz Boga mora človeka usposabljati za slednje; ona ga mora prežemati in mora omogočati, da človek (ob)čuti Božjo Ljubezen. Potem bo tudi njegovo delovanje v Ljubezni raslo. In človeka bo to osrečilo; on se ne bo več počutil kot žrtev, ampak ga bo nesebična Ljubezen do bližnjega osrečila. In on ne bo več pogrešal svetovnih stvari, ampak se jim bo voljno odrekal zaradi tega, kar je zamenjal za to.... za Božjo Ljubezen, Katera mu tedaj priteka v obliki moči in Katera mnogokratno premaguje vsa svetovna veselja. Tedaj pa tudi telo ne bo več hrepenelo po svetu, ampak bo ono sodelovalo pri duševnem delu in bo v tem našlo svoje zadovoljstvo. Namreč duša, ki ljubi, je premagala telo; nad njo dominira duh v njej in telo se podreja njegovim zahtevam. Ono (telo) se lahko ravno tako kot duša poduhovi, če je Božja Ljubezen v njem lahko dejavna preko nesebične Ljubezni do bližnjega....

AMEN

Fulfilling the divine commandments.... temptations of the world....

It is much easier to submit to the desires of the world than to fulfill the divine commandments, because what the world demands of people is also the desire of man himself, i.e. it appeals to the body of man and is now also sought by him. The divine commandments, however, demand renunciation of what the body desires in favor of the neighbor who is now in need. Thus the body's desire has to be put aside, it has to renounce for the sake of the soul, then the human being lives his life on earth in accordance with divine will, which brings him spiritual success. The fulfillment of the divine commandments is therefore an overcoming of oneself, an overcoming of all bodily desires and a constant sacrifice of what is dear and valuable to oneself.... It is not easy, i.e., it requires a constant supply of strength, because man must resist temptations in order to test his free will, because the body's desires threaten to make him fickle again and again and he constantly needs strength to resist them. But without inner struggle no spiritual progress can be achieved, and without temptation there is no merit in remaining steadfast. And so the world will always want to push itself forward, the divine commandments will always demand a willingness to sacrifice, while the world tries to make the enjoyment of earthly pleasures the human being's purpose in life, and it takes a strong will, a deep faith and a conscious striving towards God to surrender the world and to find complete satisfaction in the fulfillment of the divine commandments. The strength from God must enable the human being to do the latter, it must permeate him and make him feel God's love, then his activity of love will also increase, it will make the human being himself happy, he will no longer feel it as a sacrifice but unselfish neighbourly love will make him happy, and he will no longer miss the world but willingly give it up for what he exchanges for it.... for the love of God, which now flows to him in the form of strength and which surpasses all earthly pleasures many times over in value. Then the body will no longer desire the world either, but it will participate in the soul's work and find satisfaction in it, for a loving soul has conquered its body, it is dominated by the spirit within itself, and the body also submits to its desire, it spiritualizes itself like the soul, as soon as God's love can become effective in it through unselfish neighbourly love....

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