Subject: Something From The Man Of Bethlehem.
Partt 2. April 26, 2008.
Here is some more information from a person
well known.
........................................................
........................................................
Scholars..... Rich and poor....Pound....
In agreement with our Lord and Saviour we are giving
you a proclamation today which shall enable you to also
uphold to scholars that your endeavour is ordained by
God and well-pleasing to Him. So many people fight a
harsh and difficult struggle in order to exist, while
good fortune falls into other people's lap, and they
have little sympathy for the hard****p and suffering of
the former. If you believe that they were abandoned by
the Lord then you should take a closer look and you
will notice that where the human being has to fight for
his daily life His commandments are far more likely to
be fulfilled than where people are granted an easier
fate....
And thus you will notice that a troubled human being
is far more likely to direct his thoughts such that
they will lead to his salvation.... but that the person
living a carefree life considers any idea of
justification before the Heavenly Father inconvenient
and will quickly reject it once it arises in him. If
you compare this to how willingly Christ accepted His
fate for love of humankind, because He thereby wanted
to alleviate the suffering of the earthly children's
course of life, then it follows, how little the Lord
wanted to burden you and how much he endeavoured to
reduce this load by patiently taking the suffering of
humankind upon Himself. The magnitude of His love was
capable of enduring other beings' suffering, and in
order to sacrifice Himself on behalf of others, the
Lord let Himself be nailed to the cross.
Consequently all those who.... meekly and patiently
..... bear their suffering on earth are taking part in
Christ's act of Salvation, for the human being will
only achieve perfection through suffering.... thousands
and thousands of souls will be saved for the eternal
kingdom through suffering. The other person, however,
who is not burdened by anything, will not gain many
blessings from his life on earth, for he will close
himself to all admonitions placed into his heart and
remains far behind the former.... So if you wonder why
the Lord takes such different care of His Own, why He
lets one person mature through adversity and grief, but
protects the other from heartache and problems then the
Lord will answer this Himself:
`I gave everyone the pound so that he shall use it'.
In the same way as the human being relates to God he
will also receive.... `Is there anyone amongst you at
whose heart I haven't knocked?.... Is there anyone
amongst you whom I have not approached in order to be
admitted by him?' The poor man gives of the little he
has.... but the rich man turns a deaf ear to the pleas
of those who turn to him for help. And thus the Lord
will be admitted by the poor but rejected by the rich
whenever He desires to be admitted by him. Hence the
Lord chooses who has been of faithful service to Him
and remains far away from those who obstinately refused
to hear His call.... But soon you will experience how
the Father protects His Own and informs them of His
love.... Then you, too, will awaken, who have hesitated
for so long to admit the Lord into your heart. For the
time you were granted on this earth is short.
.........................
Purpose of suffering - Trials.... Lethargy of the
spirit....
Many things in life discourage the human being.... it
is like a bond which binds the heart of such a person.
Time and again doubts in the goodness and mercy of God
arise when grief and suffering occur too often.... and
yet they only give you an inner maturity which
otherwise would take much longer to achieve. And since
your earthly life only lasts a short time it is
necessary that such depressing or painful occurrences
must take place frequently and sometimes one after
another so that you may derive blessings from them,
that you look upon your life earnestly and carefully
and that your desire turns more and more away from the
world and its attractions, which are a serious danger
to you. Life often seems unbearable for the individual,
sometimes such an earthly child tires and loses heart
..... it drifts without making any effort to change this
discouraged existence. And yet it would be so easy for
you as soon as the right attitude towards God shows you
the way you have to go. But consider the many seemingly
insurmountable obstacles in your life.... would you
have escaped from them if you had not been given help
from above every time....
But you do not always recognize this help as sent
from above, yet every occurrence is a flow of God's
grace.... whether good or bad.... it always has the
same purpose: to have a refining effect on you, My
earthly children. If you can see in every test a means
of improvement then you will also recognize your own
shortcomings and failures, and with this recognition
comes the quiet will to overcome them.... Then every
trial has already served its purpose.... and therefore
you must realize in every difficult situation that they
are necessary to achieve a higher degree of maturity
..... that they are steps on the ladder which leads the
soul to perfection, so to speak. A life without
struggle would only mean to stay on the same level,
however, the battle against oneself is far more
difficult to carry out than the battle against enemies
who approach the human being from outside.
Every awakening from the lethargy of the spirit is a
step forward.... the alert human being will remember
his spirit and not let it starve, for lethargy is a
relapse and cannot be called `enlivening' in any way,
it will defeat every urge to be active and can never
have a beneficial influence on the soul. Therefore do
not be alarmed when life's difficulties seem hard to
bear.... if they make you aware of your shortcomings
and you fight them then they will disappear again in
not too long a time, for the Lord only allows such
trials until they have served their purpose and
improved the heart of the human being. Because it is
not His will that you should suffer except that through
this you are made worthy of everlasting joy....
Partt 2.
John Winston. johnfw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
|
