The Lord's Earnestness and the proper Forgiveness of Sins ❤️ The Great Gospel of John Jakob Lorber

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The Lord’s Earnestness & The proper Forgiveness of Sins

THE GREAT GOSPEL OF JOHN – Volume 8, Chapters 193 & 193

Revealed by Jesus Christ thru the inner Word to Jakob Lorber

Chapter 193 – The earnestness of the Lord.

193,1. Now a stranger came to Me and said: “Lord and Master, can You heal every sickness of men as You have now healed the young Egyptian, and from who have You learned this wonderful way of healing the sick?”

193,2. Said I: “Listen, you curious Arabian, nothing is impossible for Me, and what I have, I have from My Father in Heaven. But no one knows this Father except I alone, and no one knows Me as completely as My Father knows Me. Be satisfied with that and do not ask Me anything else, for you and your tribe are still far from the Kingdom of God. Your heaven consists of your women and female slaves, and those who praise such a heaven as being THE Heaven, they are still far from Me and My Father.”

193,3. After these words the Arab kept quiet and did not ask Me anything else.

193,4. However, when the Essenes who were present noticed how I had so quickly dealt with the question of the Arab, they thought that I was perhaps in not such a good mood, and that someone might have offended Me.

193,5. But I said to them: “How can you think something like that of Me even though you know Me? I am not like a weakling, afflicted with all manner of passions, instead I have come into this world to help all those who will believe in Me, living and acting according to My teaching. And so I am now as I was before, even before this Earth was created. I even love those who still do not know Me and never have known Me. To them as well will the gospel be preached at the right moment. Whoever takes that to heart will receive eternal life, but whoever does not accept the gospel will remain in the old judgment and death.

193,6. So, in future, take care that even the many dead who come to you, seeking all kinds of help with you, will receive My teaching and wake up in the spirit and may become alive, for by that you will truly help them. I wish for everyone to be happy, and because I want that and have come into this world to open the gates to eternal life for all men, I am not one way today and another way tomorrow, but always the same as the Father in Heaven, He who is in Me, lives, works, directs and maintains.

193,7. Since, in full earnest, I want only the best for all men, without restricting their free will, I cannot play and joke with them, but always deal with them in seriousness, showing them the ways faithfully and truthfully through teaching and deeds, by which they may attain the eternal and true life of their soul, if they want it.

193,8. Now, if I have come to the people in this world with intentions such as these, how then could I ever, like a man, be in a bad mood, and who could offend Me? He who has recognized Me, believes in Me and acts according to My teaching will certainly not offend Me, and he who did not recognize Me, or who does not wish to recognize Me, even if he could recognize Me, cannot offend Me. He merely offends himself, for he becomes an enemy of his own life.

193,9. But I only seek those who are sick in soul and body, to help them, and not the healthy who do not need help. Of what kind of love, wisdom and justice would a doctor be accused if he were to hate the sick, persecuting and chastising them for being sick? So, think better of Me and remember that He who speaks to you now is a true and righteous Doctor for the soul and spirit, and in case of emergency, for the body as well.”

193,10. When the Essenes heard that from Me, they asked for forgiveness because they simply had such a human opinion of Me.

193,11. And the strangers said amongst themselves: “This really is an odd yet miraculous Doctor. He does not speak as a simple man would, but as a God would. One must listen to Him and conform to His words.”

193,12. But I said to the Essenes: “Why do you still ask forgiveness of Me when I have just shown you clearly how and why no one could ever offend Me? I say to you: Forgive each other your sins and foolishness, and awaken your love for God and your fellow men, for then I will forgive you your sins as well.

193,13. But if someone is a fool, blind and mute, would it be of help to him if I said to him: I forgive you your foolishness, your blindness and your muteness? No, no one would benefit from this, for by that the fool will remain a fool, the blind will remain blind and the mute will remain mute. But if I were to heal the fool, the blind and the mute from their illness by word, advice and deed, then thereby they will all be truly helped.

193,14. So then, let him who commits folly recognize the foolishness, cast it off and never do it again; then it will be forgiven him in Heaven. Yet as long as he does not do so, continuing from time to time to ask God for the forgiveness of his sins, they will not be forgiven, not until he will forgive his own sins by completely casting off his old foolishness. So, let everyone sweep before his own door first. Thereafter, he may go to his neighbor and tell him: “Behold, I have cleansed myself of my filth and I am now well with myself; please allow me to clean your hallway now, by making up for all the injustice that was done to you, if you like.” Yes, when the two neighbors make up and reconcile with each other amicably, then will everything be made up for and reconciled in Heaven as well. But if this is not done, then it is of no use to ask Heaven for the forgiveness of one’s sins.”

Chapter 194 – The proper forgiveness of sins.

194,1. (The Lord:) “He who sees well may, if he were to spy a splinter in the eye of his brother, indeed say to him: “Brother, allow me to remove that splinter from your eye.” But he who carries not only a splinter, but an entire beam of sins and foolishness in his own eye, let him attempt to remove it. Only after his own eye has been made pure can he help his brother in removing the splinter from his eye.

194,2. He who teaches his fellow men, may he not do so with wise and well-assembled words alone, like the Pharisees and other false prophets are doing, but rather with his deeds and works, for then he will move his fellow men to a true and living observance. But if he teaches one or the other thing, all the while acting himself in contradiction with his teaching, he is like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, gathering the shortsighted and credulous sheep around him, giving them wise lessons, only to make them willing prey to his maw.

194,3. Will it then be of any use to such a wolf of a teacher if he, furtively perceiving his injustice, were to say to God: “Lord, forgive my sins, for often have I sinned against Your sheep”, but would still remain the old wolf he had always been? O, this asking and praying will be of absolutely no use at all, for he is still the same old wolf. He shall desist from being a wolf completely and become a lamb, for only then he will have forgiven his sins himself, and they will be forgiven in Heaven as well.

194,4. If your brother has offended you and done you evil, you have, by the love in your heart, the fullest right to forgive the sins he has committed against you. And then, if he were to come to you amicably, thanking you for your love and earnestly promising to do right by you, then the sins he has committed against you are also forgiven in Heaven, even if you will not allow yourself to be indemnified by him.

194,5. Yet if this brother of yours does not perceive the injustice he has committed against you and continues to persevere in his wickedness, then your love and patience will be highly accredited to you in Heaven, but your brother will retain his sins for as long as he has not forgiven them himself, which only happens when he truly recognizes them as sins, abhors them in himself, discards them entirely and does not commit them again.

194,6. Now, if this is so, and cannot possibly be otherwise, how then can some of you Essenes say to the people: “We are chosen for the people by the highest God to be His representatives, and we have the right to forgive the people their sins and vices they have confessed to us, valid in Heaven if the one who confesses his guilt carries out the penance that we impose upon him and brings this or that offering!”, the latter being especially regarded as important? But if even I Myself cannot forgive the sins of any person unless he has forgiven himself, in the manner that has been shown to you, then how can you, in God’s stead, and for an offering no less, forgive the people the sins that they have never committed against you?

194,7. Yes, as proper doctors you may indeed earnestly ask the people who are seeking your help to confess their sins and infirmities to you, so that you may give them proper counsel for the future, granting them the desired healing of their soul and body if strictly observed. However, in that case you shall not be representatives of God capable of forgiving sin, but merely helping brothers and friends of your fellow men who suffer in body and soul, for then their sins will be forgiven in Heaven, if they will follow your advice precisely, and they will have forgiven their sins themselves completely.

194,8. So if, in the future, you truly wish to help people, then above all teach them how they must help themselves, for if there is no earnest self-help in advance, then God cannot help them. This is especially the case for the soul of man, which has become weak and sick by all manner of sins, often already entirely dead. Because of his free will and proper intellect, the soul of man is, as far as God is concerned, left to its own devices and it must cleanse itself of all the dross of matter and the judgment thereof, so that, afterward, it may also be purified and strengthened by the Spirit.

194,9. So set aside all your old foolishness and empty deceits, and make yourselves free thereof. Purify your souls thereby, for then I will be able to say to you: “Now you are pure in My eyes as well”. I will strengthen you through My Spirit, and this will awaken you to greater vigor, and you shall become true and complete men.

194,10. Now that you know this and have heard it from My mouth, act accordingly, for otherwise My most truthful and living words will be of as little use as your empty, untruthful and dead words have ever been for men.

194,11. My words are indeed the power and life out of God Himself, but they will only become part of your life if you act accordingly. Therefore, be always true doers and not merely hearers of the Word that I have spoken to you, for then shall all your sins be forgiven in Heaven as well, and I will always be able to help you. Did you understand this well?”

194,12. The chief of the Essenes said: “O Lord and Master in Your divine Spirit of eternity, who could not have understood this? For this truth is as bright as the midday sun, and in its light we have only now perceived what man must do, how he must live and act to truly be a man according to God’s will and order. Therefore, from now on we too will not be mere hearers, but also fervent fulfillers of Your holy Word, remaining such until the end of times of the Earth.

194,13. This old and sinful stronghold of ours shall be torn down and destroyed, both materially and spiritually, and in its place we will build a stronghold free and open on all sides. In the future, no longer shall the firm walls of our old stronghold protect us from all kinds of enemies, but only the power and eternal might of Your divine Word.

194,14. And if Your teaching were to ever be polluted among the people by all manner of false teachers and prophets, then, within our free walls and hearts, it will remain pure in meaning, understanding, spirit and deed, the way it had emerged from Your holy mouth and entered into our hearts and souls. O Lord and Master, do speak Your almighty ‘amen’ over it, for then will we Essenes, as future free masons and builders of Your divine stronghold among the people on Earth, remain its most loyal guards.”

194,15. Said I: “Yes, over this I do speak the great ‘amen’ from the mouth of the Father who had sent Himself in My person, from Heaven to you, and already tomorrow will you discover the result of the great ‘amen’ that I have now spoken. But for today, let us consider the work finished. Nonetheless, he who wishes to ask something may still do so, and I will answer him.”