BD 3618 2.12.1945

Free will decision ....
Church organisation ....

The human being's decision of will has to be made by himself, i.e. the human being's will cannot be directed by either good or evil forces but it can only be influenced by both sides to decide in one direction. And therefore the transmission of God's Word, of Christ's teaching, can only ever be regarded as an influence on a person, for it is up to him to decide whether to accept or reject it.

And thus every ecclesiastical organisation can only ever be regarded as a means of guiding the human will in the right direction; but it can never claim to be the goal of right thinking and willing ..... thus the purpose can certainly be achieved through membership of such an organisation, but membership is never already proof of a correctly directed will, which is why human striving in every religious community must itself begin to give the will the right direction. For the human being can fulfil all requirements imposed on him by an ecclesiastical organisation, but this can be education and habit where his own will is still switched off. It can be an outward observance of Christ's teaching, a fulfilment of duties which lack deep love, even though they are carried out out of obedience to the Church.

A right decision of the will demands a mental immersion in spiritual questions and only then a conscious opinion on them. Blind obedience, on the other hand, is not a decision of the will, it is rather a shutting out of free will and can therefore produce no spiritual successes. And therefore people are often forced to take a stand insofar as they are led into doubt by God's love as to the truth of what is presented to them. Time and again the Word of God is brought to them so that they shall find contradictions between what Jesus Christ taught on earth and what an ecclesiastical organisation sometimes represents .... so that the contradictions stimulate them to think and thus the activity of the will begins to make a free decision.

For time on earth shall not pass by unused, which, however, is the case when a person leaves spiritual knowledge unexamined, when he has been pushed into a school of thought and does not make any effort to examine it for its truth. No one can lay claim to unconditional attainment of goals by belonging to a church organisation, his will must first have become active itself by mentally dealing with everything he is taught and again demanded of him ..... And the Word of God will always be his guide, he will learn to distinguish the voice of God from the voice of the world, he will be able to judge God's work and additional human work and then also decide correctly, as is his task on earth ....

Amen

* Translated with www.Deepl.com/Translator

   A new call

The redaktion@bertha-dudde.info is looking for translators.

Dear friends of the Revelation of God to Bertha Dudde,

for your information: Unfortunately, only a little less than a third of the work has been translated into English so far. So there is still a lot to do.

Therefore we are looking for translators who would like to help us to continue translating this work into English.

As a native English speaker with a love and understanding of these revelations, you have the right qualifications to help further translate this great work and participate in its dissemination. Your possible cooperation is expected with pleasure.

If you are interested, just contact us. Contact offer

Print version