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2843 Acknowledging the work of redemption.... wrestling with dark forces....

August 8, 1943: Book 37

Countless souls are in battle with the forces of darkness, unable to free themselves from their control and in urgent need of help. For in their blindness they themselves are unaware of the spiritual adversity they are in; they do not know that they are at the mercy of the evil power unless the beings of light bring them help while they are still on earth. The ignorance of these souls prevents them from taking up arms against evil themselves. They don't know that they have the strength to do so and that they only need to request it. And they lack the knowledge because they do not have faith and love, otherwise the power of evil over them would also be broken and the danger of succumbing in battle would be over. Yet unbelief and heartlessness signify increased weakness of will and lack of strength, and thus the forces of darkness have great control over the souls, and therefore beings who are full of love, be it on earth or in the beyond, have to help them in their adversity. They must try to impart the knowledge of their state of weakness and its cause.... They must teach them to practice love so that they thereby attain faith.... They must introduce them to the hardship of their souls, which they may not yet feel on earth but which they will recognize with unspeakable remorse in the beyond after the death of the body and which they will no longer be able to remedy as easily as on earth. In love and patience they must try to influence people who are still blind in spirit, so that they expand their knowledge, that they allow themselves to be taught and reflect on what they have heard. Only then can people come to believe, and only then will they obey the commandment of love and be able to escape the power of evil. It is not easy to work on ignorant and unbelieving people because there is one thing they do not acknowledge.... Christ's act of salvation.... because their will is extremely weakened as a result and they do not avail themselves of the blessings of the act of salvation. And this is why the significance of the act of salvation should be explained to them, but again it can only be grasped when the human being makes an effort to be lovingly active, otherwise it is completely incomprehensible to him and he constantly rejects what he is asked to believe. But he has to struggle all the more against the powers of darkness, for he now stands alone in the battle against them because He cannot help him Whom he does not want to acknowledge.... And this is why the whole world is currently enslaved by the forces of darkness because it no longer acknowledges the divine redeemer and thus, in its weakened will, is no longer able to resist the prince of the underworld.... light and darkness fight with each other, the darkness is powerful and casts a spell over many souls.... But the light fights with God, for through the work of redemption God in Jesus has faced the adversary and overcome him.... and thus the human being will also be the conqueror of the enemy as long as he chooses the divine redeemer Himself as his commander-in-chief, as long as he fights with Him, Who has assured him of His strength as the grace of the act of salvation, which He acquired for humanity through His death on the cross. The divine redeemer can and will help all people who acknowledge Him, and no one will succumb in the battle against evil who commends himself to His grace. Yet if he alone wants to fight against that power he will succumb, for his strength is not enough to resist. And this is why faith in Jesus Christ as redeemer of the world is necessary.... And that is why love is to be practiced so that the human being may attain faith.... And thus love has to be preached to all people so that the human being will gain wisdom through love, so that he will become enlightened and successfully fight the battle against darkness, so that the souls' hardship will be reduced and they will be able to free themselves from the power of darkness....

amen

Translated by Doris Boekers