2902 Grace of the work of redemption.... strengthened will....

September 29, 1943: Book 37

Through the grace of the divine work of redemption, the will of man is decisive as to whether he receives the power to exercise it. Whoever acknowledges Jesus Christ as the redeemer of the world, whoever regards His death on the cross as having been suffered for the whole of humanity, whoever believes that the man Jesus, Who had an abundance of power and strength at His disposal through His work of love, freely offered the sacrifice of atonement to God in order to redeem people from their guilt of sin.... anyone who, through this faith, places himself in the circle of those for whom Christ died on the cross.... need only want to come to God, to reach the goal for the sake of which he is on earth, then the strength will also come to him for the sake of Jesus Christ and his path will be the right one before God. Faith in the work of redemption builds a barrier to the adversary which he cannot tear down, and a person can never go astray and take the wrong path, he can never fall prey to the forces of darkness if this faith is alive in him.... "He who believes in Me has eternal life...." Jesus Christ has broken the adversary's power through His death on the cross, He has bought a strengthened will for people so that all those who believe in Him and have the will to do what is right before God can feel the grace of the act of salvation, the strengthened will upwards, which now also gives them the strength for a right way of life on earth. Only the human being's will should freely decide for or against God; but where Christ is rejected as redeemer of the world and son of God, there the will will also be fickle, for the adversary still has his full power over him and will not allow the human being's will to be carried out. But man himself is too weak to resist, for he is still in the bonds of the power that works against God. The human being in his weakness would have completely fallen prey to its power had Jesus Christ not made him free through His act of salvation, but he must also acknowledge this and thereby acquire the justification that Christ also died for him.... And thus he must claim the graces of the act of salvation, then he will be victorious over that power which wants to distance him from God. The will for God and faith in Jesus Christ as redeemer of the world is the only decisive factor, and then a person need never fear to miss the right path. God Himself will lead him by the hand, Who embodied Himself on earth in Jesus Christ in order to redeem people who are of good will....

amen

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