BD 3202 27.7.1944

Resistance makes the Word of God ineffective ....

The strength from God can only work where it is not opposed, and therefore the Word of God can sound completely ineffective at the human being's ear as soon as he closes his heart, thus he does not want to receive it as God's Word. For the strength from God is something which has to be ardently desired; it does not flow to the human being against his will. And that is why the Word does not come alive but only remains a dead Word which neither blesses nor increases knowledge. It is neither recognised as truth nor as a divine mission, it will neither inspire faith nor spiritual striving, but then the reason for rejection is never to be sought in the Word itself, but only in the human being's will, which is still full of resistance against God, although he does not admit this.

He remains in defence without being able to justify this properly, for he accepts without resistance the mental transmissions which are imparted to him by God's opposing power. And this is the cause of every blatant rejection, for God's adversary works with all zeal to suppress the pure truth and to dissuade people from it. And he has succeeded so that the human being is no longer able to recognise the divine gift which everyone can recognise if only he is willing and desirous of the truth.

The Word of God is offered in such a way that its origin can very well be recognised, for the Word speaks for itself but only ever for the one who intimately unites with God and desires to receive the truth from Him. If, however, the Word is received unwillingly, if it is opposed, then the desire for truth is excluded, and then it will neither be understood nor have a beneficial effect on the human being, it will not be followed and thus not result in the blessing which the lived Word inevitably brings to the human being .... it cannot enlighten the spirit and give the human being the bliss of knowledge. And thus the Word will then be ineffective, its strength will not be felt because the human being closes himself off to it.

It is the greatest grace when God comes to people in the Word, it is a measure of grace which is placed at his disposal without merit on the part of the human being, yet it is entirely up to him whether he uses this gift of grace, whether he allows the Word to speak to him, whether he acknowledges it as a divine gift, whether he thus allows the grace to take effect in him, for this depends on his will alone. If the will resists, then the human being will have no success whatsoever for his soul, then it will not contribute greatly to his higher development unless he practices love and thus unconsciously gives up his resistance against God ....

but then he will also recognise His Word, he will no longer reject it, even though he still hesitantly allows it to take effect on him. However, it will touch him more and more and he will slowly become convinced of the truth of what is presented to him through the Word of God ..... Then his resistance will be broken and the Word of God can take effect on him ....

Amen

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