To previous theme: 65 To end of this theme To next theme: 67
Home English Contents Miscellaneous
Home > Miscellaneous > Themes > Theme 66. Church of Christ
^
Church of Christ.
28. July 1954. B.D. NR. 6010.
The communion of Jesus Christ exists out of all believers, who see in Jesus Christ their redeemer, who believe in him as in the son of God, who descended to earth, to offer the sin sacrifice as man for the whole mankind - and who therefore want to follow him. All deeply believing men are to be understood by the "church of Christ", which he himself has founded on earth; all, who seriously strive for to be Christians of action; all, who are not just form Christians; all, who stand in living faith and place themselves consciously under the cross of Christ. Jesus Christ must get acknowledged by the members of his church, and from this acknowledgement then also grows the duty for them, to live according to his teaching: - to therefore consciously lead a love life, as he himself has held it up as an example to men and calls upon to do it through his call: "Follow me." Who obeys this call and acknowledges him, he also belongs to the community, which is called "church of Christ". This is the invisible church, which however can be represented and also is represented in every denomination, because there are men everywhere, who believe with intimate love in Jesus Christ, who are also completely absorbed in love for their fellowmen - who can be called real Christians, because through their way of life they prove the belonging to him, who has crowned his love work on earth with his death on the cross. This community therefore exists everywhere, where real Christians live - for all these belong into the church of Christ, and where now two or three of such Christians come together in his name, there he himself stays in the midst of them, the founder of the church of Christ, and he fills them with his spirit. Therefore also the thoughts and words of them will be alright and even more to be judged, than the word of a preacher, who is still no living representative of the divine love teaching, whose words still do not show the inner life, the spirit, which is the mark of the members of the church of Christ. And this spirit will always express itself in a way, that the word of God is preached and interpreted quite simply - which can also happen in a simple conversation, in the smallest circle, in the most natural way, wherever members of the church of Christ are together. For no formality confirms this membership, but alone the love spirit of the individual, who pushes towards Jesus Christ in living faith in him as God's son and redeemer of the world, in whose human cover God himself has embodied himself, to redeem men from sin and death..
Amen. B.D. NR. 6010.
Symbol of the church of Christ.
6. January 1956. B.D. NR. 6445.
The work of my spirit is the symbol of that church, which I myself have founded on earth. Again and again I must say it to you, that you recognize my church only thereon, that you are only then followers of the church of Christ, when the spirit can work in you - when your thinking is enlightened, even so you are not appointed to do extraordinary things. For an enlightened thinking proves the power of my spirit, but which can only then express itself, when the preconditions are fulfilled - when unselfish love work has established the relationship of the spirit spark in you and its father spirit. Then you will also be able to believe alive, for love in you has awakened faith to life, and the spirit in you now sees lightly and clearly, which teachings are according to truth, which you then also support with conviction to your fellowmen. So long you still walk along in error, so long your faith is just a form faith without life, so long the spirit still does not work in you, and so long you can also still not say, to belong to the church of Christ - the church founded by me myself on earth. Already that you men do not know this or, when it is told you, do not want to believe, proves, that you still do not belong to my church; it proves, that your spirit is unenlightened, and it proves, that your earth walk is not full of love, otherwise your thinking would change automatically, and you could recognize the truth of these my words. After all, let yourselves seriously be admonished to a way of life in unselfish love. For that is the first condition, to bring the spirit spark in you to awakening, that it now works in you - that it gives you cognition of truth. But do not keep to outer forms; do not keep to that, what unenlightened men tell you, what they have again taken over from unenlightened men and now rigidly support as truth. Get hold of truth yourselves, by you asking me for it. After all, do not be satisfied with a teaching material, which is presented to you, but consider it before, before you yourselves confess your faith in it, and ask me for help, to recognize truth. And so this is your serious will, I will truly direct your thinking right, because I want, that you reach truth, and do everything, to supply it to you, only your free will for it is required, that you seriously desire truth. I cannot declare to agree with your lethargy in thinking; I cannot praise you men for it, that you believe thoughtlessly, what you are told, without you having expressed your opinion yourselves on it before. I do not condemn you, when you believe not being able to accept something despite best will - also when it is truth. But I condemn you, when you accept, without thinking, because spiritual material is to become conviction in you, but this is only possible, when you concern yourselves with it in thoughts and - to now think right - ask me myself for support. How do I enjoy such a request, which I truly fulfil, but how rarely does such a request rise up to me. And for that reason it will also be impossible for you, being able to believe alive; it will be impossible, that my spirit works in you, because you do not give it the right, to express itself. And for that reason you will also never be able to boast about yourselves, to belong to my church founded on earth, which symbol is "the work of the spirit" in man, which "guides you into all truth", which also lets you recognize, that your life is an idling, so long you do not live in love and connect yourselves with me through love.
Amen. B.D. NR. 6445.
^
Home > Miscellaneous > Themes > Theme 66. Church of Christ
Home English Contents Miscellaneous
To previous theme: 65 To beginning of this theme To next theme: 67