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Esfuerzo del oponente de Dios para enajenar a los hombres de Él....

El desarrollo espiritual en la vida terrenal es tan extremadamente importante y, sin embargo, en su mayoría es ignorado, y este es la obra del oponente de Dios, cuyo objetivo es impedir, tanto como sea posible, que los humanos reflexionen sobre su propósito real de su vida terrenal. Soló la reflexión activa lleva al hombre a la meta, lo lleva en muy poco tiempo a reconocer su tarea. Pero tan pronto como las exigencias del mundo se acercan a él de tal manera que reclaman por completo su pensamiento, el oponente de Dios ha logrado su objetivo de apartarle de cualquier pensamiento espiritual, y el ser humano ya no hará ni lo mínimo por su alma, porque no sabe nada acerca de la necesidad de ella.

Porque para trabajar sobre su alma, el hombre debe saber que ésta está en un estado deficiente. Debe imaginar la causa de la misma, también debe conocer las consecuencias y reconocer las primeras en un estilo de vida terrenal incorrecta.... solo entonces se esforzará por cambiarse a sí mismo y así comenzará a trabajar en su alma. Pero el oponente de Dios trata de impedir todo esto poniendo la vida terrenal en primer plano y aprovechando cada oportunidad para atraer a la gente con lo que pertenece al mundo. Y el hombre cede demasiado voluntariamente a las tentaciones mundanas, se deja atraer y las sigue, luchando por las alegrías y los bienes del mundo, dejándose completamente cautivar por el mundo.

Una persona que todavía encuentra placer en el mundo, nunca reflexionará seriamente sobre el significado y propósito de su vida terrenal, nunca cuidará de su vida interior, sino que siempre prestará atención al exterior; disfrutará de la vida al máximo y nunca perderá la oportunidad de ayudar al cuerpo a disfrutar mientras no piensa en su alma en absoluto, y es por eso que nunca puede desarrollarse hacia arriba tan pronto como presta demasiada atención al mundo, porque este es parte de aquel que quiere destruir el alma, que cree que puede empequeñecer la fuerza y el poder de Dios y por eso también busca alejar al hombre de Dios.

Y la humanidad le sigue de buena gana, no se defiende, no se niega, sino que hace todo lo que le exige el adversario de Dios y se cree muy fuerte en su poder. La voluntad de la gente misma aumenta este poder, el ser humano se entrega al poder contrario de Dios donde debe y puede resistir si eleva sus pensamientos a Dios y Le pide poder de Él. Porque con bastante frecuencia se le dice lo que debe y no debe hacer, con bastante frecuencia se le presenta su propio propósito en la vida y se le anima a pensar en ello.

Si no lo hace, es su culpa, porque Dios verdaderamente no deja faltar oportunidades donde el hombre pueda llegar a reconocer el propósito de su vida. Si el hombre deja pasar estas oportunidades debe responder por ellas, como a la inversa, la gracia sobre la gracia fluye hacia él, si se esfuerza por cumplir su tarea de vida por su propio impulso y eleva sus pensamientos a Dios. Porque Dios se apodera de toda mano extendida que se eleva hacia Él en suplica, como tampoco nunca obliga a la voluntad de la persona a inclinarse hacia Él si se esfuerza hacia Su adversario....

amén

Striving of the adversary of God to alienate people from Him....

Spiritual development is so extremely important in earthly life and yet is mostly disregarded, and this is the work of God's adversary whose endeavour is to prevent people as much as possible from thinking about their actual purpose in life. Only active reflection leads people to the aim, it brings them to recognize their task in a short time. But as soon as the demands of the world approach him in such a way that they fully occupy his thinking, God's adversary will have achieved his aim of dissuading him from every spiritual thought, and then the human being will not do the slightest for his soul because he is not aware of its hardship. For in order to work on his soul he has to know that it is in a defective state, he has to imagine the cause of it, he also has to know about the consequences and recognize the former in a wrong earthly living.... Only then will he strive to change himself and thus tackle the work on his soul. But God's adversary tries to prevent all this by placing earthly life in the foreground and using every opportunity to entice the human being with what belongs to the world. And the human being all too willingly accepts worldly temptations, he allows himself to be lured and follows him by striving for the pleasures and goods of the world, by allowing himself to be completely captivated by the world. A person who still enjoys the world will never seriously think about the meaning and purpose of his earthly life, he will never care for his inner life but only ever pay attention to the external; he will enjoy life to the fullest and not miss any opportunity to help the body to enjoy itself while he will not think about his soul at all, and therefore he can never develop ascendancy as soon as he pays too much attention to the world, for it is part of him who wants to ruin the soul, who believes he can diminish God's might and strength and therefore also seeks to distance the human being from God. And humanity willingly follows him, it does not resist, it does not refuse but does everything God's adversary demands, and he believes himself to be over-strong in his power. People's will itself increases this power, the human being hands himself over to God's opposing power where he should offer resistance and can do so if he raises his thoughts to God and requests the strength from Him. For often enough it is held up to him what he should do and what he should refrain from doing, often enough his own task in life is presented to him and he is stimulated to think about it.... If he does not do so, it is his fault, for God truly does not lack opportunities where the human being can come to recognize his purpose in life. If he lets these opportunities pass he will have to answer for them, just as, conversely, he will receive grace upon grace if he strives to fulfil his task in life of his own accord and raises his thoughts to God. For God takes hold of every outstretched hand which appeals to Him, but just as He never forces the human being's will to incline towards Him if he strives towards His adversary....

Amen