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Speaking gift and right application....

God has often denied the human being the gift of speech in order to make him small and humble, for an exceptionally well-developed gift of speech will usually also make the human being arrogant. It is also a work of the adversary that he often makes the eloquent person submissive to his will and then uses him as a representative of everything that is directed against God. For a good speaker will find considerably more followers than a person who lacks the words to make his opinion known. The man who lacks words, on the other hand, will usually think more deeply, and thus the pure truth will also be more easily recognized by him, while the eloquent man speaks more superficially about everything that moves him and, since he likes to hear himself speak, uses his eloquence to talk ramblingly about trivial matters, so that his speeches are of no particular value. A certain self-love is often to be found in such people, and therefore they will never accept other people's opinions, but will only be satisfied if their opinion is recognized. And that is why they talk incessantly, to please themselves, but without conveying anything of value to their fellow human beings. If they wanted to use their gift of oratory by speaking for the lord, spreading the teachings of Christ and helping erring souls onto the right path, then they would use God's gift properly and it would only bring blessings for humanity and for the speaker himself. But precisely such people want to hear little of this and are more willing to speak against what is God's will, for where self-love is represented there is a lack of realization of the truth and they are therefore of little faith, which is why they cannot represent with conviction what they themselves do not understand and therefore do not believe. And therefore God has to awaken people and give them the gift of speech so that they should stand up for Him and His name and confess God's activity in the world. And these will speak according to His will, they will fight with the sword of their mouth, and their gift of speech will convince people because arrogance no longer speaks from those proclaiming the divine will but their wisdom was received in deepest humility of heart. And so the value of the spoken word can be recognized by whether humility or arrogance speaks from the speaker, and the effect on fellow human beings will be accordingly. The blind and ignorant will accept the speech of the arrogant, but those who see, to whom the light of the spirit already shines, will recognize divine truth if it is offered to them by speakers who want to serve God. If a person wants to pass on the word of God to his fellow human beings he will be able to speak as if with the tongues of angels, the words will be put into his mouth, as it were, and he will be able to speak like the greatest speakers and represent what he speaks to people with full persuasiveness. And thus the gift of speech can serve to reproduce the adversary's whisperings, but it can also be a divine gift of grace in order to represent divine wisdom. And the characteristic of both speakers will be love for one's neighbour or self-love....

Amen

DAR GOVORENJA I NJEGOVO ISPRAVNO KORIŠTENJE....

Dar govorenja je Bog često uskratio čovjeku, kako bi ga učinio malenim i skromnim, jer će iznimno dobro razvijen dar govorenja čovjeka ponajčešće učiniti oholim (bahatim). To je također djelo protivnika, da on rječitog čovjeka često čini poslušnim svojoj volji, i on ga onda koristi kao zastupnika svega onoga što je usmjereno protiv Boga. Jer, dobar govornik će pronaći znatno više sljedbenika nego čovjek kojemu nedostaju riječi da objavi svoje mišljenje. Šutljiv čovjek će, naprotiv, većinom biti dublji u razmišljanju, i stoga će i Čista Istina od ovoga biti lakše prepoznata, dok rječit čovjek više površno govori o svemu što ga pokreće, te budući da on sam sebe rado sluša govoriti, svoju rječitost koristi za to da opširno govori o sporednim stvarima, stoga se njegovom govoru ne treba pripisivati nikakva posebna vrijednost. Kod takvih se ljudi često susreće samoljublje, i stoga oni također nikada neće prihvatiti mišljenje drugog čovjeka, nego će biti zadovoljni jedino ako je njihovo mišljenje (pogled) priznato. I zato oni neprestano govore, za vlastito zadovoljstvo, a da bližnjima kroz to ne prenose nešto vrijedno. Ako bi oni htjeli koristiti njihov dar govorenja govoreći za Gospodara, šireći Kristovo Učenje, i pomažući zalutalim dušama doći na pravi put, onda bi oni ispravno koristili Božji dar, i to bi donijelo jedino blagoslov za čovječanstvo i za samog govornika. No, baš o tome takvi ljudi žele malo čuti, i oni su radije spremni govoriti protiv onoga što je Božja volja; jer gdje se prepriječi samoljublje, tamo nedostaje spoznaja Istine, i oni su stoga slabe vjere, zbog čega oni ni ne mogu uvjereno zastupati ono što oni sami se razumiju, stoga ni ne vjeruju. Otuda Bog mora probuditi ljude i pokloniti im Dar govorenja, da oni istupaju (zalažu se) za Njega i Njegovo Ime, i ispovijedaju Božje djelovanje u svijetu. A ovi će govoriti prema Njegovoj volji, oni će se boriti mačem svojih usta, i njihov Dar govorenja će ljude uvjeriti, jer više ne govori oholost iz onoga koji govore Objavu Božje volje, nego je mudrost ovih bila primljena u najdubljoj poniznosti srca. I stoga vrijednost izgovorene Riječi treba prepoznati po tome da li iz govornika govori poniznost ili oholost, i sukladan tome će biti i učinak na bližnje. Slijepi i neuki će prihvatiti govor oholog, no, oni koji vide, kojima već svijetli svjetlo Duha, prepoznat će Božansku Istinu, kada im je ona ponuđena od govornika voljnog služiti Bogu. Želi li čovjek prenijeti Božju Riječ bližnjima, onda će on moći govoriti kao anđeoskim jezikom, njemu kao da će riječi biti položene u usta, i on će biti sposoban poput najvećih govornika izgovarati riječi, i s punom snagom uvjerenja zastupati to što on govori ljudima. I stoga Dar govorenja može služiti za to da izrazi došaptavanja protivnika, no on također može biti Dar milosti, da predstavlja (zastupa) Božansku mudrost. Ali znak raspoznavanja oba govornika će biti Ljubav za bližnje ili samoljublje.

AMEN