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0663 Reshaping the former teaching of the lord.... danger of rigid doctrine....

November 11, 1938: Book 14

The love and wisdom of God wants to initiate man into all the mysteries of God's being. It wants to give light where it is desired, but worldly wisdom obscures the light from heaven, it teaches in a complicated form what is offered to man from above in the simplest form. And this has given rise to a complete remodelling of the lord's former teaching, which Jesus proclaimed on earth. This teaching was so simple and only gave repeated references to God's will to keep His commandments.... to cultivate love for God and one's neighbour and to always observe that the lord's will is always fulfilled. However, in order to achieve earthly gain, in not too long a time a state developed that strongly interspersed the initial pure and simple teaching of Christ with subsequently added doctrines and regulations, and the newly formed structure was no longer the pure, unadulterated word of God and thus also lost its power.... People have to struggle through arduous spiritual work in order to arrive at the same results which are intended by God, and so a person can certainly also arrive at that which is the goal and purpose of his life through the current pseudo-doctrine, but often only by circuitous routes if there is not the far greater danger that he will not reach realization and a false belief will not allow him to find the right path.... i.e., that is, if he is all too satisfied with the rigid form, but his heart does not find the intimate connection with the father's heart. He who has love finds the way, but he who without love also fulfils the other requirements remains astray and finds it very difficult to find the right relationship with the father. And therefore all formal faith should be avoided, the human being should endeavour to be active in love, he is then most likely to fulfil God's commandments and live in the true teaching of Christ.... whereas the person who fulfils all the requirements of his church simply because it demands it of him will never be imbued with the true teaching of Christ and thus will not feel the blessings of faith to the same extent as an earthly child who is turned towards God in love, who longs for God in his heart and strives to fulfil His will. So let a person always make sure that his heart is always involved in everything he does and thinks, that he is never satisfied with just one form but that he devotes himself wholeheartedly to serving God and living in a way that is pleasing to Him, then he will be in full possession of the true teaching of Christ and remain in it for all eternity....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers