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Christ: The most unbelieving of all is the one who prays more than others and thinks that from that he will be given more than others. Because he doesn't know what he believes. Like a beggar, incapable of anything else, humbly prays for the fulfillment of desires. What are you begging from God? Or do you think he made a mistake by sending you what you have, and you want to teach him how to correct that mistake? That means your God is not reasonable. Why then do you call him God, why do you believe in him and why do you pray to him? You don't know what you're bowing to. And you have little true faith.

I tell you that having little faith is worse than not believing at all. For denying God, you will come to God.

Christ: Who do you listen to and whom do you go to church to worship? And who are the most revered people in it? Scribes? Pharisee? High priests? All, however many of them come before Me, are thieves and robbers, and worse than that. For it is not your bread or your gold that is stolen, but your very life.

With their mouth and tongue they honor God, but their heart is far from him. And they are likened to painted coffins, which look beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and all kinds of uncleanness.

And those hypocrites shut the Kingdom Heavenly to men for they themselves do not enter it, and they do not admit those who wish to enter. And they like people to call them: teacher! teacher! Don't call them teachers. They are blind leaders of the blind, and if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the pit. And for centuries they hide the keys to true knowledge and replace them with half-truth, which is dressed up in the clothes of Truth, and therefore it is more dangerous and more terrible than a lie.

Christ: Ask not false treasures, not earthly blessings from the Heavenly Father, as sinners ask, but one thing: to make straight the paths leading to His Kingdom, so that you see the Most High during your earthly life.

For if you do not see God during your lifetime, you will not see it after.

Christ: Do not try to see God, but Divinity! Divinity in which He manifests Himself in everything that exists, Divinity, which fills the entire universe.

Christ: A man does not need a man-made temple to speak with God, for the house of the Most High is the whole earth and sky, and the stars, and all people.

Christ: Praying for the soul is pointless. No one will save your soul if you don't take care of yourself. And no one will bring the Kingdom of God and will not give it to you if you do not find it yourself.

Christ: Woe to him who sets boundaries on earth and divides people. For there are no boundaries in heaven, and there should not be on earth. Truly I say to you: this division is the cause of enmity and strife, whether it is division by borders, or by language, or by faith - everything is one! And if a person is divided within himself, then the same enmity will be inside him, and there will be darkness in him, and there will be no rest for him.

Christ: Everything that is alive and that seems inanimate is invisibly connected with each other, and everything separately is part of a single!

Christ: Do not be afraid to get lost when you are looking for your way, only the strongest are capable of this. And those who left the flock, the Shepherd loves more than others, for only they can find the coveted path.

Christ: It is not the fault of the cattle that they are in the corral, for that corral was built for them by the owner. Man, to his shame, did what no living creature is capable of: he erected a prison for himself with his own hands and placed himself in it.

And woe that his children are born in this prison. They grow up and do not know another life, except for the life of their fathers, and after that they cannot see it, for their eyes have become blind from the darkness of imprisonment. And they do not see anyone who would live differently, and therefore they believe that their life is the only possible way of existence. For if the eyes have never seen the light, how will you know that you are in darkness. And people are struggling to decorate their prison: some with expensive decorations, some with a beautiful slave. But there is no benefit from this: you have to get out of prison!

Christ: You must first know yourself. When you know yourself, then you will be known and accepted by the Most High, and you will know that you are the son of the Living Father. And through you, as well as through all his creatures, He reveals Himself.

When you know yourself, then you will find your true self, and all the secrets that are hidden from you will be revealed to you. If you do not know yourself, then you are in poverty and you are poverty.

Christ: If you do not understand the beginning, then it is impossible to understand the end. So it is impossible to know what is around you if you do not know what is inside you, for then there is no one who knows, to whom it is given to understand the mysteries of the Heavenly Father.

Christ: Do not separate the sky from the earth, for it is a continuation of the earth, so do not separate yourself from the earth, for you are a continuation of it, and it is a continuation of you. Therefore I say: you are the beginning of everything and the end of everything. When you see this, then you will see the Kingdom of God.

Christ: Not only to believe, but to test everything for yourself, to acquire and to know - this is what I call for. And what you know, there is no need to believe.

Christ: There are some who will not taste death before they see the Kingdom of God.

Christ: The commandments are given to those who hear with their ears and do not understand, who look with their eyes and do not see. For the fulfillment of the law cannot give life, does not bring grace, and does not make one righteous. Only capable of this true faith acting by Love.

Disciple: Why then was the law given?

Christ: It is given to those of little faith, in whom the Word of God does not fit, in order to save them from crimes until they gain true understanding.

Christ: If you do not love your neighbor, but say that you love the Most High, you are lying! In the person of Your Heavenly Father, love life itself, as a great gift from Him, love all that is in you from end to end. To love your neighbor means this: to love every Creation of God with all your heart without deceit.

Christ: If you do not love your neighbor, but say that you love the Almighty, you are lying!

Christ: Even if you are the first righteous person in the world and live according to the Law of God, and speak the language of angels, and have all knowledge and all faith, but if at the same time you do not have love and harbor malice in your heart, even to an insignificant worm, then you only brass ringing, and there is no benefit to your soul in it.

Christ: To become Love means to become equal to God, it means to become God! For Love is God! And there is no other way to His Kingdom: With men it is impossible, but with God all things are possible. If there is Love in you, then God will be in you and you will be like God.

Christ: The light that is inside you will show you the way, True Love that will settle in your heart will itself open the right door. Perfect Love and the Holy Spirit come together, for they are one.

Christ: A man's life does not depend on the abundance of his possessions. But you care and fuss about many things, but your soul needs only one thing - that the Word of God, as if a seed, takes root in you and bears its fruit.

Christ: One must not be God-fearing, but God-loving. For God loved you before, so love Him with True Love, Love in which there is no fear, for Perfect Love casts out fear, because there is torment in fear. He who fears is not perfect in Love.

And even if you distribute everything that you have, and give your body for burning, but Love will not illuminate your deeds, it will not be of any use to you.

Christ: He who has everything, needing himself, has nothing.

Christ: Everything is open before heaven, do not lie, and what does not come from your heart, do not do it.

Christ: If you have true power, then earthly desires and passions will leave your soul, with which it, like a mad one, has been boiling until now, and with them false knowledge and judgments will leave, and your soul will become Empty, but it will be filled with Purity and Light!

Christ: A fool is one who has no doubts.

Christ: Be pure like a dove and wise like a serpent. The light that will save you, you will find yourself inside you.

Christ: And even if the pages of the Gospel are lost, they can be restored from the heart.

The question of why Jesus did not leave us any written testimonies is a real concern for many. It seems illogical that His teaching was recorded in the Gospels not by Himself, but by His followers. I will try to give some thoughts about this situation, but first let's deal with what the gospel is as a literary genre. The Greek word "Gospel" itself now has a single meaning - the story of the earthly life of Jesus, but in the pre-Christian era it was perceived somewhat differently. This word was used to denote news of changes in the rule of the empire - the birth or accession to the throne of a new emperor, a victory over an enemy or rival in the struggle for power. Naturally, such news should have been perceived as joyful.

Therefore, the genre itself Christian gospel Initially, it was not a biography, but served as a way of announcing the news of the accession of the long-awaited Messiah - the King of the Jews. And the herald-herald in this case could not be the king himself. Therefore, Jesus did not write a single line Himself.

In general, His biographies, preserved in the New Testament, differ in many ways. We do not know anything about His childhood and youth, practically nothing is known about His earthly family and relatives. We don't know what He looked like - for a long time early church many believed that Jesus had an unsightly appearance and people were attracted to Him by the beauty of his soul. It seems that God took special care to hide the secondary from people, and leave them only the very essence, the most important thing for which He came to earth.

However, we can still accept the theoretical possibility that Jesus could have taken up a pen. Although in ancient world autobiographies were not distributed, there were still some examples of them - take, for example, the works of Josephus Flavius. At the end of his life, Joseph was forced to write a lot about himself: firstly, in order to rid himself of the reputation of a traitor, and secondly, in order to say something in defense of his people, who were in an unenviable position after the outcome of the Jewish war. But what could Jesus have written in His Gospel? The very essence of the gospel message is His death and His resurrection. And the period of time that He spent on earth between the resurrection and the ascension did not include the writing of autobiographical or apologetic works. After all, autobiographies are written so that descendants do not forget about a person when he passes away. What Jesus did for us simply could not be forgotten and will never be forgotten.

February 24, 2009

And then many sick and crippled came to Jesus and asked him:

If you know everything, tell us why we suffer these painful calamities? Why are we not healthy like other people? Teacher, heal us so that we can regain our strength and so that our sufferings leave us. We know that you are stronger than any of the diseases. Deliver us from Satan and from all his troubles. Master, show us compassion!

And Jesus answered them:

Blessed are you who hunger for the truth, for I will satisfy you with the bread of wisdom. Blessed are you who knock, for I will open the door of life for you. Blessed are you who desire to reject the power of Satan, for I will lead you to the kingdom of our Mother's angels, where Satan has no power.

And in amazement they asked him:

Who is our Mother and who are Her angels? And where is her kingdom?

Your Mother is in you and you are in Her. She gave birth to you and She gave you life. She gave you your body, and the day will come when you will return it to Her. Blessed will you, who have recognized Her and known Her kingdom, if you embrace the angels of your Mother and accept Her laws with your heart. I tell you truly, whoever follows Her will never see sickness. For the power of our Mother is above all. And she brings down Satan and his kingdom, and has power over your bodies and over all who live on Earth.

The blood that flows in us is born from the blood of our Earthly Mother. Her blood falls from the clouds, bubbles from the bosom of the Earth, murmurs in mountain streams, spreads in lowland rivers, sleeps in lakes, roars with its power in stormy seas.

The air we breathe is born from the breath of our Earthly Mother. Her breath turns blue in the heights of the heavens, rustles on the tops of the mountains, whispers in the forest foliage, sways with the wheat of the fields, slumbers motionless in the endless valleys, blows with the heat of the deserts.

The strength of our bones was given to us by our Earthly Mother, from Her rocks and stones. With naked bodies they look into the sky from mountain peaks, sleeping giants lie on the slopes of hills, stand as idols in deserts and hide in the deepest bowels of the Earth.

The tenderness of our flesh and the elasticity of our muscles are born from the flesh of our Earthly Mother, this flesh flourishes yellow and red in the fruits of the trees, nourishes us from every furrow of the arable land.

Our entrails are born from the womb of our Earthly Mother and are hidden from our eyes, like the invisible depths of the earth.

The light of our eyes, the hearing of our ears, are born from the color and sound of our Earthly Mother, they embrace us from all sides, just as the waves of the sea embrace a fish, as the air winds embrace a bird.

Truly I tell you: Man is the Son of the Earthly Mother, and from her the Son of Man receives his body, and the newborn emerges from the womb of his mother.

Truly I tell you: you are one with the Earthly Mother - She is in you, and you are in Her. From Her you were born, with Her you live, and into Her you will return. Therefore, follow Her laws, for only the one who honors his Earthly Mother and follows Her laws will live long and enjoy every moment of life.

For your breath is Her breath, your blood is Her blood, your bones are Her bones, your flesh is Her flesh, your insides are Her insides, your eyes and your ears are Her eyes and her ears.

Truly I say to you: if you neglect at least one of Her laws, if you harm any part of your body, terrible diseases will come to you, and there will be sobs and there will be gnashing of teeth. I tell you: if you do not follow the laws of our Mother, then you will remain in death.

But if you accept Her laws with your heart, you will know the love of the Earthly Mother. She will heal all your diseases, and they will never come to you again. It will give you a long life and protect you from adversity, and from fire, and from water, and from the bite of a poisonous snake. For the Earthly Mother gave you life, and she keeps it in you. She gave you your body, and only She alone is able to heal you. Blessed is he who loves his Mother, blessed is he who rests on Her breast. For your Mother loves you even when you have turned away from her. And how much more blessedly will you know Her love if you turn to Her again.

Truly I say to you: Her love is unfathomably great, higher than the heights of mountains, deeper than the depths of the sea. And the one who loves his Mother will never be abandoned by Her. As a hen protects her chickens, as a lioness defends her cubs, as a mother takes care of a newborn baby, so the Earthly Mother will protect the Son of Man from any misfortune and from any evil.

Truly I say to you: evil and adversity are innumerable and they lie in wait for the Son of Man at every step. Beelzebub, the ruler of all demons, the source of all evil, hid in the bodies of all the Sons of Men. He cultivates death, he is the lord of all misfortunes, and, dressed in captivating lies, he leads the Sons of Men into temptation and temptation. He promises wealth and power, luxurious palaces, clothes of gold and silver, many servants and concubines, fame, glory and honor, the fulfillment of all lusts and desires, he promises an idle life in gluttony, drunkenness, and laziness. And he tempts everyone with that to which a person is most malleable.

But on the day when the Sons of Man become slaves to his false pleasures, he takes a terrible price from them, taking away all the abundance of life that the Earthly Mother has bestowed upon us. He takes away their breath, their blood, their bones, their flesh, their entrails, their eyes and their ears. And the breath of the Son of Man becomes meek, intermittent and painful, a stench penetrates into it, like the breath of unclean animals.

And his blood becomes thick and fetid, like the waters of a stagnant swamp, it curls up and turns black, like the darkness of death. And his bones become brittle and knotty, they are exhausted from the inside, and then burst into pieces, like stones falling into an abyss. And his flesh is overgrown with fat and becomes watery, it begins to rot and decompose, covered with crusts and abscesses. And his insides are filled with vile filth, emanating the stench of decay, and vile worms multiply within him. His eyes grow cloudy and dim, until darkness reigns in them, and his ears cease to hear, and deathly silence takes possession of them. And so the erring Son of Man loses his life. For he did not heed the teaching of his Mother and trampled on Her laws, one by one. And he squandered all the gifts of the Earthly Mother: breath, blood, bones, flesh, entrails, eyes and ears, and after all, the very life that the Earthly Mother crowned his body.

But if the erring Son of Man repents of his sins and renounces them, and returns to his Earthly Mother, and accepts her laws into his heart, then he will be freed from the claws of Satan, refusing his temptations, and then the Earthly Mother will accept her erring Son and send him his angels to serve him.

I tell you truly: when the Son of Man rejects Satan who dwells in him and ceases to do his will, at that very moment the angels of his Mother will appear to serve him with all their might and help him in liberation from the power of Satan.

For no one can serve two masters at once. Either he serves Beelzebub and his devils of death, or he serves the Earthly Mother and her angels of life. Truly I say to you: blessed are those who follow the path of life and do not follow the paths of death. For the forces of life grow strong in them, and they avoid the claws of death.

And all those who gathered around listened to him with amazement, for his words were filled with power, and he did not teach what the priests and scribes were talking about.

And although the sun had already set below the horizon, they did not disperse to their homes. They sat around Jesus and began to ask him:

Master, what are these laws of life? Stay with us and teach us. We will listen to your words so that we can be healed and walk the straight path.

And then Jesus himself sat down among them and said:

I tell you truly, no one can be happy except by keeping the Law.

And others asked:

We all keep the laws given to us by Moses, exactly as they are written in the scriptures.

And Jesus answered:

Do not look for the Law in your books with scriptures, for the Law is Life, but the scriptures are dead. I tell you truly, Moses received the laws of God not in writing, but by the Living Word.

The law is the living word of the living God, given to living prophets for living people. In everything that is life, this law is written. You can find it in grasses, in trees, in rivers, in mountains, in the birds of the air, in the fish of the sea, but first of all look for it in yourself.

For truly I say to you, every living thing is nearer to God than the scriptures, in which there is no life. God created life and all His beings in such a way that they could bestow upon man the true Laws of God by the Eternal Word.

God wrote these laws not on the pages of books, but in your hearts and in your Spirit. They are in your breath, and in your blood, in your bones, and in your flesh, in your bodies, in your eyes, in your ears, and in every little part of you. They are in the air, in the water, in the earth, in plants, in the rays of the sun, in the depths of the sea and the heights of the mountains. They all speak to you so that you can hear the language of the living God and understand His will.

But close your eyes so that you do not see, and shut your ears so that you do not hear. I tell you truly, the writings are the work of human hands, but the life that exists is the work of God.

Why don't you listen to the living Word of God, which resounds to you in His creations, but worship the dead writings, created by people?

How can we read the laws of God if not in the scriptures? Where are they recorded? Read them to us from where you see them, for we do not know other scriptures than those received by us from our ancestors. Tell us about the laws of which you speak, so that, having heard them, we may be healed and lead a right life.

Jesus told them:

You cannot understand the words of life because you are in death. Darkness has covered your eyes and your ears are deaf. Truly I say to you: there is no benefit to you from the study of dead scriptures, if with your life you reject the one who sent down to you what is written in them. Truly I say to you: in your affairs there is no God, there are no His laws; they are not in gluttony, they are not in drunkenness, they are not in a life spent in excesses and luxury; and even less - in pursuit of profit, they are not in hatred for your enemies. For all this is far from the true God and his angels, but comes from the kingdom of darkness and the ruler of evil. And you carry all this within yourself, and therefore the word of God does not enter you, and you cannot be filled with its power, for all evil and abomination dwell in your body and in your spirit. If you want to open yourself to the word of the living God and let its power into you, do not defile your body and your spirit, for the body is the Temple of the Spirit, and the Spirit is the Temple of God. Therefore cleanse this Temple, so that the Ruler of the Temple may dwell in it, and that you may offer Him a place worthy of Him.

And from any temptations of your body and spirit sent by Satan, seek refuge with your Father, under His heavenly shadow, where Satan has no power.

Refresh yourself and fast. Truly, I say to you, Satan and his misfortunes are driven out only by fasting and prayer. Retire and fast in solitude, not showing your fast to anyone. The living God will see him, and great will be your reward. Fast until Beelzebub and all his evil leave you, and the angels of the Earthly Mother appear and serve you. For truly I say to you, unless you fast, you will never be free from the power of Satan and all the diseases that come from him. Fast and pray sincerely, seeking to let in the power of the living God for your healing. And while you are fasting, avoid the Sons of Men and aspire to the angels of the Earthly Mother, for the one who seeks will find.

Strive for the fresh air of the forests and fields, and there you will find the angel of the air. Throw off your shoes and clothes and allow the angel of air to embrace your body. Then take a long, deep breath so that the angel of air can penetrate you. Truly, I say to you, the angel of air will cast out from your body the impurities that have defiled it inside and out. And then the foul-smelling and impure things will rise up and leave you like clouds of smoke and dissolve into the ocean of air. For truly, I say to you, holy is the angel of the air, who purifies the unclean and overcomes the fetid with fragrance. None of the people can come before the face of God, except through the angel of the air. Verily, all of you must be born again from the air and from the Truth, for your body breathes the air of the Earthly Mother, and your Spirit breathes the Truth of the Heavenly Father.

After the angel of air, rush to the angel of water. Throw off your shoes and clothes and let the angel of water embrace your whole body. Give yourself completely into his arms, and whenever you give movement to the air with your breath, give movement to the water with your body. I tell you truly, the angel of water will cast out from your body the impurities that have defiled it inside and out. And the unclean and foul-smelling things will rise up and be removed from you, just as dirt is removed from clothes during washing and is dissolved in the stream of a river. Truly, I say to you, holy is the angel of water, who purifies the unclean and gives fragrance to the foul-smelling. None of the people will appear before the face of God, except as an angel of water. Verily, all of you must be born again from water and from the truth, for your body takes a bath in the river of earthly life, and your Spirit in the river of Eternal Life. For you received your blood from our Earthly Mother, and the Truth - from our Heavenly Father.

But do not think that it is enough for the angel of water to embrace you only from the outside. Truly I say to you, the impurity within you which you do not see is far greater than what you see outside. And he who cleanses himself on the outside, but remains unclean on the inside, is like a tomb, brightly painted on the outside, but filled with death and decay. And therefore I truly say to you: allow the angel of water to cleanse you from within, so that you can be freed from your past sins, and so that inside you become pure, like river foam playing in the rays of the sun.

So, find a large pumpkin, the stem of which is equal in length to the height of a person. Take out everything that is inside it so that it becomes hollow and fill it with water from the river that the sun has heated. Hang it from a tree branch and kneel before the angel of water and allow the stem of the gourd to enter your anus so that water can enter your intestines. And then remain on your knees on the ground in front of the water angel and pray to the living God to forgive you all your past sins and pray to the water angel to free your body from everything unclean and painful. Then allow the water to leave your body so that it can take with it all the unclean and fetid things that belong to Satan. And you will see with your own eyes and smell with your nose all the impurity and abomination that defiled the temple of your body, and the sins that lived in your body, causing you all kinds of suffering. Truly I say to you, cleansing with water delivers you from all this. Repeat your cleansing with water every day of your fast until you see that the water flowing out of you has become clear like the foam of the river. Then go into the river, and there, in the arms of the angel of water, give thanks to the living God for freeing you from your sins. And this sacred purification by the angel of water marks the birth in new life. For your eyes will continue to see, and your ears will continue to hear. And do not break the Law any more, after the cleansing has been done, so that the angels of air and water may dwell in you forever and serve you forever and ever.

And if anything from your past sins and impurities remains in you, rush to the angel of sunlight. Throw off your shoes and clothes and let the angel of sunlight embrace your entire body. Then inhale slowly and deeply so that the angel of sunlight can penetrate you. And the angel of sunlight will cast out the impure and fetid from you, just as the darkness of the night disappears under bright rays. rising sun. For truly, I say to you, holy is the angel of sunlight, who purifies the unclean and gives fragrance to the foul-smelling. No human being can stand before God except through the angel of sunshine. Verily, all must be born again from the Sun and Truth, for your body is bathed in the light of the Sun of the Earthly Mother, and your spirit is bathed in the rays of the Truth of the Heavenly Father.

The angels of air, water and sunlight are brothers. They were given to the Son of Man that they might serve him, and that he might pass forever from one to the other.

And their embrace is also holy. They are the inseparable children of the Earthly Mother, so do not separate those whom the Earth and Heaven have made one. Allow these three brother angels to embrace you daily, and may they abide in you throughout the fast.

For truly, I say to you, the forces of devils, sins and uncleanness will leave in a hurry the body embraced by these three angels. Just as thieves scatter at the sight of the owner of the house - through the door, through the window, through the roof, where they caught someone, through that exit that is closer - so will your bodies and all the devils of evil, all past sins, all impurity and all diseases that have defiled the Temple of your body. When the angels of the Earthly Mother enter your bodies and the Lord of the Temple again occupies it, then all stench will hastily be removed through your breath and your skin, all dirty water through your mouth and your skin, through your anus and sexual organs. And all this you will see with your own eyes, smell with your nose and be able to touch with your hands. And when sins and impurities disappear from your body, your blood will become pure, like the blood of the Earthly Mother and like river foam playing in the rays of sunlight. And your breath will become pure, like the breath of fragrant flowers, your flesh will become pure, like the flesh of fruits ripening under the leaves of trees, the light of your eyes will become clear and pure, like the bright light of the sun shining in the blue sky. And all the angels of the Earthly Mother will serve you. And your breath, your blood, your flesh will be one with the breath, blood and flesh of the Earthly Mother, and your Spirit will be able to unite with the spirit of your Heavenly Father.

For, truly, no one can reach the Heavenly Father except through the Earthly Mother. Just as a newborn baby can understand the instructions of his father only after his mother suckles him, bathes him, lulls him and nurtures him. While the child is still too small, his place is next to his mother, and he must indulge in the cares of his mother. When the child grows up, the father takes him with him to work in the fields, and the child returns to his mother only when it is time for lunch and dinner. And then his father instructs him to become a skillful assistant in his father's work. And when the father sees that the son has understood his instructions and is doing his job well, he gives him all his possessions so that they belong to his beloved son, and so that the son can continue the work of his father.

Truly I say to you, blessed is the son who takes the advice of his mother and follows it. And a hundredfold blessed is the son who follows the teaching of his father, for it was said to you: "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long on earth". And I say to you, Sons of Man: honor your Earthly Mother and keep all her laws, so that your days are long on earth, and honor your Heavenly Father and you will gain eternal life in heaven. For your Heavenly Father is a hundred times greater than all fathers by birth and blood, and your Earthly Mother is a hundred times greater than all mothers by flesh. But the Son of Man is dearer in the eyes of the Heavenly Father and the Earthly Mother than children in the eyes of their fathers according to their kind and blood, and their mothers according to their flesh. But the Words and Laws of your Heavenly Father and your Earthly Mother are wiser than the words and will of all fathers by birth and blood and all mothers by flesh. And the greatest inheritance that exists is prepared for you when you come to own it - this is the eternal Kingdom of earthly and heavenly Life.

And your true brothers are all those who fulfill the will of your Heavenly Father and your Earthly Mother, and not those in whom the same blood flows with you. Truly I tell you: your true brothers in the Will of the Heavenly Father and the Earthly Mother will love you a thousand times more than your blood brothers. For since the time of Cain and Abel, when the bonds of blood were trampled, there has been no true brotherhood by blood. And brothers treat brothers like strangers. Therefore, I say to you: love your true brothers in the will of God, a thousand times more than blood brothers.

For your Heavenly Father is Love.

For your Earthly Mother is Love.

For the Son of Man is Love.

And by love the Heavenly Father, the Earthly Mother, and the Son of Man are united. For the Soul of the Son of Man was created from the Spirit of the Heavenly Father, and his body from the body of the Earthly Mother. And therefore be perfect, as the Spirit of your Heavenly Father and the body of your Earthly Mother are perfect.

And so love your Heavenly Father as he loves your Soul.

And so love your Earthly Mother as she loves your body.

And so love your true brothers as your Heavenly Father and your Earthly Mother love them.

And then your Heavenly Father will endow you with his Holy Spirit, and your Earthly Mother will endow you with her holy body. And then the Sons of Man, as true brothers, will Love each other with the Love bestowed by the Heavenly Father and the Earthly Mother, and they will become comforters to each other. And then all evil and all sadness will disappear from the earth, and there will be Love and Joy on earth.

And then the earth will be like heaven - the kingdom of God will come.

And the Son of Man will then reveal all his glory, and inherit the Kingdom of God. For the Sons of Men will abide in the Heavenly Father and in the Earthly Mother, and the Heavenly Father and the Earthly Mother will abide in them.

And in the kingdom of God the end of time will come. For the Love of the Heavenly Father gives everyone Eternal Life in the Kingdom of God. For Love is eternal and Love is stronger than death.

If I speak in human and angelic tongues, but have no Love, then I am like ringing bells or rattling cymbals.

If I am endowed with a prophetic gift, I know secret wisdom, and I have faith, like a hurricane that moves mountains from their place, but there is no Love in me, then I am like a barren void.

And if I gave away everything that I had, fed the poor, and gave away all the fire of my heart, but there is no Love in me, then I did not bring goodness or wisdom to the world.

Love is patient, Love is kind.

Love is not envious, Love does not create evil, does not know pride, self-interest, and hypocrisy.

Love forgives everything and believes everything, Love always hopes, love bears everything, Love will never get tired and will not be interrupted, even when all the languages ​​of the world are silent and all wisdom has passed. For our knowledge is incomplete and our delusions are transient, but when perfection comes, then everything particular is dissolved.

When the husband was a baby, he babbled like a baby, and he understood like a baby, but when he matured, he left the baby.

Today, we look at the world through the cloudy glass of our delusions and feed only on the crumbs of His Truth, but when we stand before His Face, we comprehend His teaching in all its greatness.

Today, we have been given three pillars: Faith, Hope and Love, but the greatest of the three is Ljubo v.

Now I am speaking to you in the living language of the living God, by the Holy Spirit of the Heavenly Father. And there is still not a single one among you who could understand everything that I brought you. Those who interpret the scriptures for you speak to you in dead tongues of diseased and infirm flesh. And they listen to them and understand them only because everyone around them is sick and in death, and none of them sees the Light of Life. The blind lead the blind along the dark paths of sin and disease and suffering, and end up in the abyss of death.

I have been sent by our Father to show you the Light of Life shining before you. The light burns itself and illuminates the darkness, while the darkness knows only itself, but does not know the Light. Much of what needs to be told to you, you will not be able to understand, for your eyes are accustomed to darkness, and the bright light of the Heavenly Father would blind you. Therefore, you will not yet be able to understand everything that I am telling you about the Heavenly Father who sent me to you.

Therefore, at first, follow only the laws of your Earthly Mother, about which I spoke to you. And when her angels cleanse and renew your bodies and strengthen your eyes, you will be able to endure the light of the Heavenly Father. When you can look at the noonday sun with unblinking eyes, then you can look at the dazzling light of the Heavenly Father, which is a thousand times brighter than the radiance of a thousand suns. For how can you endure the dazzling light of the Heavenly Father, if even the light of the sun is unbearable for you? I tell you truly: the sun is like a candle flame next to the radiance of the Truth of the Heavenly Father. And therefore you need both Faith, and Hope, and Love. I tell you truly, you will not want another reward.

When you accepted my words, You believe in the One who sent me, the Lord of everything, to whom everything is subject. For what is impossible for men is possible for God. When you have Faith to the angels of the Earthly Mother and observe her laws, your Faith will protect you, and diseases will never enter you. Have also Hope - in the boundless Love of your Heavenly Father, for the one who entrusts himself to Him will never be deceived, and he will never see death.

Love one another, for God is Love, and his angels will see that you walk in his ways. And then all the angels, as one, will appear before your face and begin to serve you. And Satan, with his sins and sicknesses and impurities, will leave you. Go and shun sin, repent and be cleansed so that you may be born again and sin no more.

Then Jesus got up, but everyone else continued to sit, for everyone was in awe of his words. And then appeared between the clouds full moon and enveloped Jesus in her bright light. And sparks streamed through his hair, and he stood between them in the moonlight, as if floating in the air. And not a single person moved, and not a single voice was heard. And no one knew how much time had passed, for time had stopped.

Then Jesus held out his hands to them and said:

May peace be upon you!

And he departed like a breath of wind shaking the green of the trees.

And for a long time a group of people sat motionless, then one by one they began to wake up, as if from a long sleep. But no one left - it seemed that the words of the one who left them still sounded in their ears. And they sat as if listening to some wonderful music.

But finally, one of them timidly said:

How good it is here.

If only this night could last forever.

And others:

If only he could always be with us. Truly, he is the messenger of God, for he has instilled hope in our hearts.

And no one wanted to go home, saying:

I don't want to go home, where everything is gloomy and bleak. Why should we go home where no one loves us?

Thus spoke those who were sick, lame, blind, crippled, poor, homeless, and contemptible in their misfortune. It seemed to them that they were born only to arouse pity in the houses where they took refuge for a few short days.

But even those who had both a house and a family said:

We will also stay with you. “For each felt that the words of the one who left had bound their little group with invisible threads. And they felt that they had received a new birth. They saw a shining world before them, although the moon was hidden in the clouds. And in the heart of each of them, wonderful flowers of unprecedented beauty, flowers of Joy, blossomed.

And when the bright rays of the sun appeared over the horizon, they all felt that it was the sun of the coming Kingdom of God. And with joyful faces they went to meet the angels of God.

And many sick and unclean followed the words of Jesus and rushed to the bank of the river. They threw off their shoes and clothes and accepted the fast, and they gave their bodies to the angels of Air, Water and Sunlight. And the angels of the Earthly Mother embraced them, taking possession of their bodies both inside and outside. And they all saw how evil, sins and impurity hastily leave their bodies.

And the breath of some of them became fetid, like gases from the intestines, some came out with dirty saliva and foul-smelling vomit. So the uncleanness came out through their mouths. For others, the impurity came out through the nose, through the eyes, through the ears. Many came out with a fetid, disgusting sweat that covered the whole body, all the skin. Many had purulent sores on their limbs, from which impurity came out with a terrible stench. And urine poured out of them profusely, and in many the urine became thick, like bee honey, the urine of others was almost red or black and hard, almost like the sand of a river. And out of many foul gases came out, like the breath of devils. And their stench became so terrible that no one could bear it.

And when they received cleansing, the angel of water entered their bodies, and everything disgusting came out of them, all the impurity of their past sins, and like a mountain waterfall, a stream of hard and soft abomination erupted from their bodies. And the land where their waters flowed was so polluted, and the stench was so terrible, that no one could stay there anymore. And the devils left their bodies in the form of numerous worms, writhing in impotent rage, after the angel of water drove them out of the entrails of the Sons of Men. And then the power of the angel of sunlight descended upon them, and the worms perished in desperate agony, burned by the angel of sunlight. And everyone trembled with horror, looking at all this abomination of Satan, from which the angels delivered their bodies. And they gave thanks to God, who sent his angels to save them. And there were those who were tormented by unbearable pains that did not leave them. And not knowing what to do, they decided to send to Jesus, for they passionately desired that he be with them. And when the two went in search of him, they saw Jesus coming towards them along the river bank.

And their hearts were filled with hope and joy when they heard his greeting:

May peace be upon you!

And there were numerous questions that they would like to ask him, but to their amazement, they could not begin in any way, for nothing went into their heads. Then Jesus himself said:

I came because you need me.

And one of them shouted:

Teacher, we really need you, come and relieve us of our pains!

And Jesus spoke to them in parables:

You are like the prodigal son who for many years ate and drank and spent his days in revelry and debauchery with his friends. And every week he made new debts without the knowledge of his father, spending everything in a few days. And lenders always lent to him, for his father was rich and always patiently paid his son's debts. But in vain did he exhort his son, for he never listened to the advice of his father, who begged him to give up endless debauchery and start observing the work of servants in his fields. And the son promised him everything every time if his father would pay his debts, but the next day it all started all over again. And so for more than seven years the son continued to lead his wild life. But, in the end, the father lost his patience and stopped paying his son's debts: If I keep paying, - he said, - there will be no end to my son's sins". And then the deceived creditors in their anger took his son into slavery, so that by daily work in the sweat of his face he would return what he owed. And then his excesses in food and drink ceased. From morning till night, he worked in the fields in the sweat of his brow, and all his members were sick from unaccustomed work. And he ate dry bread, and he had nothing more than tears, with which he could moisten him. And after three days he was so exhausted from the heat and fatigue that he went and said to his master: I can no longer work, for all the members of my body are in pain. How much longer will you torment me?»

« Until you pay me all your debts with the labor of your hands, and when seven years have passed, you will be free.».

And in despair the son answered, crying: But I can't bear even seven days. Have mercy on me, for all my limbs ache and burn».

The evil creditor shouted back: " Continue your work, if you could spend seven years all your days and nights in revelry, now you have to work for seven years. I will not forgive your debts until you pay them all to the last drachma».

And the son, whose limbs were exhausted with pain, returned in desperation to the field to continue his work. He could barely stand on his feet from fatigue and pain when the seventh day came - Shabbat, when no one works in the field. Then the son gathered all his remaining strength and staggered towards his father's house. And he threw himself at his feet and said: Father, forgive me for the last time and forgive me for all the wrongs that I have done to you. I swear that I will never again lead a wild life and that in everything I will be obedient to you. Deliver me from the hands of my oppressor. Father, look at me and my diseased limbs and do not harden your heart».

And then tears appeared in the eyes of the father, he put his son in his arms and said: “ Let us rejoice, my son, for today great joy is given to me, for today I have found my beloved son, whom I have lost».

And he dressed him in the finest garments, and all day long they rejoiced. And the next morning he gave his son a sum of silver, so that he could pay his creditors everything he owed. And when the son returned, he said to him: My son, you see how easy it is to run up debts for seven years with a wild life, but paying them is difficult with the hard work of seven years.».

« Father, it's really hard to pay them back, even in seven days.».

And his father admonished him, saying: This time you were allowed to pay your debts in seven days instead of the prescribed seven years, the rest is forgiven you. But be careful not to make more debt in the future. For I tell you truly that no one but your father will forgive you your debts, because you are his son. With the rest, you would have to work hard for seven years, as determined by our laws.».

« My father, from now on I will be your loving and obedient son, and I will no longer incur debts, for I know that their payment is heavy.».

And he went to his father's field, and daily oversaw the work of his father's servants. And never did he force his workers to work too hard, for he remembered his own hard work. And as the years passed, his father's dominions increased more and more under his hand, for his father's blessing was upon his work. And gradually he gave his father ten times more than he had spent in seven years. And when the father saw that the son was wisely disposing of his workers and all his possessions, he said to him: My son, I see that my property is in good hands. I give you all my livestock, my house, my lands and my money. Let all this be your legacy, keep increasing it so that I can be proud of you».

And when the son received an inheritance from his father, he forgave the debts of all his debtors who could not pay him, for he did not forget that his debt was forgiven him when he could not pay it. And God blessed him with a long life, many children, and great wealth, for he was kind to all his servants and to his own livestock.

Then Jesus turned to the sick and said:

I speak to you in parables so that you can understand the laws that God has established. Seven years of excesses in food and drink and wild life are the sins of the past. The evil creditor is Satan. Debts are diseases. Hard work is suffering. The prodigal son is you. The payment of debts is the casting out of devils and diseases and the healing of your body. The sum of silver received from the father is the power of the angels, bringing freedom. The Father is God Himself. The father's realm is Earth and Heaven. Father's servants are angels. The field of the father is the world that will be transformed into the Kingdom of Heaven when the Sons of Man begin to live according to His laws and accept the help of the angels of the Heavenly Father. For I tell you that it is better for a son to obey his father and oversee his father's servants in the field, than to be indebted to an evil creditor and toil as a slave in the sweat of his brow to pay all his debts. It is better for the Sons of Man to honor the laws of the Heavenly Father and, in agreement with His angels, build the Kingdom of God than to be debtors of Satan, the lord of death, all sins and all illnesses, and suffer pain and proceed afterwards, to atone for their sins.

I tell you truly, great and many are your sins. For many years you have followed the temptations of Satan. You indulged in excesses in food, wine, and debauchery, and your past sins multiplied. And now you can redeem them, but redemption will be hard and difficult. Therefore, do not lose patience after the third day, like the prodigal son, but patiently wait for the seventh day, which is sanctified by God, and then stand before your Heavenly Father, so that he can forgive you your sins and your past debts. Truly I say to you: the Love for you of your Heavenly Father is immeasurable, for he also allows you to pay off in seven days the debts accumulated over seven years. Those who have sins and illnesses for seven years, but redeem them according to their conscience, steadfastly endure everything until the seventh day, our Heavenly Father will forgive the debts of all seven years.

What if we sin seven times for seven years? - asked one patient, whose suffering was terrible.

Even in this case, the Heavenly Father forgives you all your sins in a time equal to seven times seven days.

Happy are those who persevere to the end, for the devils of Satan write all your evil deeds in a book, in the book of your body and your spirit. I tell you truly, all your many sins have been written down from the very beginning of the world. And our Heavenly Father knows them all. For you may escape the laws made by kings, but none of the Sons of Men can escape the laws of your Heavenly Father. And when you stand before God, the devils of Satan will testify against you, and God will look at your sins written in the book of your body and your Spirit, and will be saddened with pity for the Son of Man. But if you repent of your sins, and with fasting and prayer rush to the angels of God, then for each day of fasting and prayer, the angels of God will cross out one year of your sins from the book of your body and your Spirit. And when the last page is also crossed out and cleansed of all your sins, you will stand before the face of God, and God will rejoice for the Son of Man and will cast off all your sins. He will deliver you from the claws of Satan and from suffering, he will bring you into his house and command all his angels to serve you. And he will give you long life, and disease will never enter you. And if you then accept the laws of God with your heart and sin no more, then the angels of God will record all your good deeds in the book of your body and your spirit. I tell you truly, not a single good deed from the very beginning of the world has gone unnoticed by God and unrecorded by the angels. For you may look in vain for a reward from your kings, but no good deed will be forgotten by God.

And when you stand before the face of God, his angels will testify for you about your good deeds. And God will see your good deeds recorded in your bodies and your spirit, and he will rejoice for the Son of Man. He will bless your body and your Spirit and your works, and will give you an inheritance of the Kingdom of Earth and Heaven, that you may have Eternal Life. Happy is he who can enter the Kingdom of God, for he will never see death.

There was complete silence at these words. And those who had already despaired were filled with hope from his words and continued to fast and pray. And the one who spoke first said to him:

I will persevere until the seventh day.

And the second also said to him:

I will also be persistent seven times seven days.

Jesus answered them:

Blessed are those who are firm in the Faith, for they shall inherit the earth.

And there were many sick among them, tormented by terrible sufferings, and they could hardly crawl to the feet of Jesus. For they could no longer walk on their feet. They said:

Teacher, we are in terrible pain, tell us what to do.

And they showed Jesus their feet, the bones of which were twisted and disfigured with knots, and said:

Neither the angel of air, nor the angel of water, nor the angel of sunlight, eased our pain, despite the fact that we accepted the cleansing and fasted and prayed and followed your words in everything.

Truly I say to you, your bones will be healed. Do not give in to despair, but look for the healer of bones, the angel of the earth, near you. For from whence your bones were taken, thither they will return.

And he pointed to where the running water and warmth sun rays softened the earth so that it turned into viscous clay.

Dip your feet in this filth so that the embrace of the angel of earth can draw all impurities and disease from your bones. And you will see how Satan, and with him your pains, will be removed from the embrace of the angel of the earth. And the knots on your feet will disappear, and the bones will become strong, and all your pains will go away.

And the sick followed his words, for they knew that they would be healed.

There were also other sick people who suffered greatly from their pains, but still stubbornly continued to fast. And their strength was running out, and the heat exhausted them. And when they tried to rise from their seats to come to Jesus, their heads would begin to spin, as if a gust of wind was knocking them over, and every time they tried to get to their feet, they fell back to the ground.

Then Jesus came up to them and said:

You are suffering because Satan and sickness wear down your bodies. But fear not, for their power over you will soon come to an end. For Satan is like a man of bad temper who entered his neighbor's house in his absence to carry away his belongings. But someone told the neighbor that the thief was outrageous in his house, and the owner ran home. And when that man, having collected everything he liked in one heap, saw the owner hurrying home, he fell into great anger because he could not steal everything, and began to destroy and spoil everything around in order to destroy it. If he did not get these things, let the other one not have them either. But then the owner of the house returned, and before the thief had time to accomplish his plan, he grabbed him and threw him away. Truly, I say to you, in the same way Satan entered your body, which is the Temple of God, like a thief. And he took possession of everything he wanted to steal: your breath, your blood, your bones, your flesh, your entrails, your eyes and your ears. But by fasting and prayer you called out to the Master of your body and his angels. And now Satan sees that the real Owner of your body is already returning, and the end of the power of the thief is coming. And now, in his anger, he gathers his strength to destroy your bodies before the Master returns. That is why Satan torments you so cruelly, because he feels that his end has come. But do not let your hearts tremble, for the angels of God will soon appear to occupy their abode and turn it again into the temple of God. And they will seize Satan and cast him away with all his diseases and all his filthiness. And you will be blessed, for you will receive a reward for the firmness of your faith, and diseases will never enter into you again.

And there was one among the sick, whom Satan tormented more than others. And his body dried up so that only a skeleton remained, and his skin was yellow like an autumn leaf. He was so weak that even on his hands he could not crawl up to Jesus and could only shout to him from afar:

Teacher, have pity on me, for since the creation of the world, not a single person has suffered like me. I know that you are truly sent by God and I know that if you wish, you can immediately expel Satan from my body. Do not the angels obey the messenger of God? Come, teacher, and drive Satan out of me, for he rages in anger within me, and the torment that he inflicts is unbearable.

And Jesus answered him:

Satan is harassing you so terribly because you have been fasting for many days and do not give him his tribute. You don't feed it with all those disgusting things with which you hitherto defiled the Temple of your Spirit. You exhaust Satan with hunger, and in his anger he makes you suffer too. Do not give in to fear, for I tell you truly, Satan will be destroyed before your body is destroyed. While you are fasting and praying, the angels of God protect your body so that the power of Satan cannot destroy you. And the wrath of Satan is powerless against the angels of God.

Then they all came up to Jesus and with loud weeping began to implore him:

Teacher, have pity on him, for he suffers more than all of us, and if you do not immediately expel Satan from him, we are afraid that he will not live to see tomorrow.

And Jesus answered them:

Great is your Faith. Let it be according to your Faith, and soon you will see the vile appearance of Satan face to face and the power of the Son of Man. I will cast out the mighty Satan from you by the power of the innocent lamb of God, the weakest of all the creatures of God. For the holy Spirit of God makes the weakest stronger than the mightiest.

And Jesus took milk from a sheep that was grazing in the grass. And he placed the milk on the sun-warmed sand, saying:

Look, the power of the water angel has entered this milk. And now the power of the angel of sunlight will enter into it.

And the milk became hot from the sun.

And now the angels of water and the sun will unite with the angel of air.

And suddenly the vapors of hot milk began to slowly rise into the air.

Come and breathe with your mouth the power of the angels of water, sunlight and air, so that it can enter your body and cast out Satan.

And the sick man, who was so much tormented by Satan, breathed deeply into himself the rising white vapor.

Satan will immediately leave your body, for he has been starving for three days already, finding no food inside you. He will come out of you to satisfy his hunger with hot fresh milk, for this food is desirable for him. He will smell this smell and will not be able to resist the pangs of hunger that have been tormenting him for three days now. But the Son of Man will destroy his body so that he can no longer torment anyone.

And then the patient's body was seized with chills, and he began to feel the urge to vomit, but he did not vomit. He gasped for air, for he was out of breath. And in the arms of Jesus, he fell into unconsciousness.

Here Satan leaves his body, look at him, - and Jesus pointed to the open mouth of the sick man.

And they all saw with amazement and horror Satan coming out of his mouth in the form of a disgusting worm that crawled straight to fresh milk. Then Jesus took two sharp stones in his hands and crushed the head of Satan and pulled out from the patient the whole body of the monster, which was almost the length of a man. When the vile worm left the human body, he immediately began to breathe, and all his pains ceased. And everyone watched with horror the disgusting body of Satan.

Look what a vile beast you have carried within you and fed for many years. I drove him out of you and killed him so that he could no longer torment you. Give thanks to God that his angels set you free, and sin no more, otherwise Satan will return to you. Let your body henceforth be a Temple dedicated to your God.

And all were amazed at his words and his power. And they said:

Teacher, you are truly a messenger of God and know all secrets.

And you, Jesus answered, be the true Sons of God, so that you too can wield his power and know all the mysteries. For wisdom and strength can come only from the Love of God. And therefore love your Heavenly Father and your Earthly Mother with all your heart and with all your Soul. And serve them so that their angels may also serve you. Let all your deeds be dedicated to God. And do not give food to Satan, for the wages of sin is death. With God comes the reward for goodness - His Love, which is the knowledge and power of Eternal Life.

And they all knelt down, thanking God for his love.

As he left, Jesus said:

I will return to everyone who perseveres in prayer and fasting until the seventh day.

May peace be upon you!

And the sick man from whom Jesus cast out Satan stood up, for the power of life returned to him again. He took a deep breath and his eyes cleared as the pain left him completely. And he threw himself on the ground where Jesus stood, and kissed the marks of his feet, and tears flowed from his eyes.

And it happened by the stream. Many sick people fasted and prayed with the angels of God for seven days and seven nights. And great was their reward, for they followed the words of Jesus. And after the seventh day their pains left them. And when the sun rose above the horizon, they saw Jesus coming toward them from the side of the mountains, his head surrounded by the bright halo of the rising sun.

May peace be upon you!

And they did not utter a single word, only threw themselves on the ground in front of him and touched the edge of his clothes in witness of their healing.

Thank not me, but your Earthly Mother, who sent you her healing angels. Go and sin no more, lest sickness enter you again. And let the healing angels become your guardian angels.

And they answered him:

Where should we go, Teacher, because the words of eternal life are with you? Tell us, what sins should we avoid, so that sickness never enters us again?

Jesus replied:

Let it be according to your Faith, - and he sat down on the ground between them, saying:

It was said: “Honor your Heavenly Father and your Earthly Mother and fulfill their orders so that your days on earth are long.” And the following commandment was given: "Thou shalt not kill" for Life is given to every being only by God, and what is given by God, man has no right to take away.

For truly I say to you: from one Mother comes all life on earth. And therefore he who kills, kills his brother. And the Earthly Mother will turn away from him and take away her breast, the source of life. And her angels will shun him, but Satan will find his abode in his body. And the flesh of the slain animals in his body will become his own grave. For truly I say to you: whoever kills, kills himself, and whoever eats the flesh of slain animals, eats from the body of death. For in his blood every drop of their blood turns into poison, in his breath their breath turns into a stench, in his flesh their flesh into festering wounds, in his bones their bones into lime, in his entrails their entrails into rot, into in his eyes their eyes are in a veil, in his ears their ears are in a sulfur plug. And their death will be his death. For it is only through serving your Father in Heaven that your debts for seven years are forgiven in seven days. But Satan never forgives you for anything, and you will have to pay him for everything. "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot, fire for fire, wound for wound, life for life, death for death." For the wages of sin is death. Do not kill or eat the flesh of your innocent victim, lest you become slaves of Satan. For this is the path of suffering, and it leads to death. But do the will of God so that his angels can serve you on the path of Life. So let the Word of God into you: “Look, I have given you all the grain-bearing herbs that are all over the earth, and all the fruit-bearing trees, for you to eat. And to every beast of the earth and every bird that soars, and to everything that crawls on the earth and in which there is the breath of life, I gave all green herbs for food. Likewise, the milk of all creatures that move and live on earth can be your food. Just as I gave them green herbs, I give you their milk. But flesh and blood are not your food. And ask your blood flowing, in which the soul; for the blood of all slain animals and for the souls of all slain people. And I, your God, am a mighty and just God. For iniquity, it will be asked from the children in the third and fourth generation of those fathers who despised my commandments, and it will be given to people who love me and live according to my commandments. Love your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength - this is the first and most important commandment. And the second one: "Love your neighbor as yourself."

And after these words, everyone remained silent, except for one, who exclaimed:

What should I do, teacher, if I see a wild beast tormenting my brother in the forest? Should I let my brother die or kill a wild beast? Am I breaking the law in this case?

And Jesus answered:

It was said: “I give all the animals that live on the earth, and all the fish of the sea and all the birds that soar, to you.” Truly I say to you: of all the creatures that live on earth, God created only man so that he would acquire His likeness. And therefore animals are for man, and not man for animals. So killing a wild animal to save your brother's life isn't breaking the law. For truly I say to you, man is greater than the beast. But if someone kills an animal for no reason, when the animal does not attack him, but because of the desire to kill either for the sake of his meat, or for the sake of his skin or for the sake of his fangs, then he commits evil, for he himself turns into a wild beast. And its end will be the same as the end of wild beasts.

Then another said:

Moses, greatest man Israel, allowed our great-grandfathers to eat the flesh of clean animals and forbade only the flesh of unclean animals. Why do you forbid us the flesh of all animals? What is the law of God? Moses or yours?

And Jesus answered:

God gave ten commandments through Moses to your great-grandfathers. "These commandments are heavy" they said, and could not restrain them. When Moses saw this, he was filled with pity for his people, for he did not want them to perish. And he gave them ten times ten commandments. For he whose feet are as strong as a mountain does not need crutches, but he whose limbs tremble moves better with the help of crutches than without them. And Moses turned to God: “My heart is full of sorrow, for my people will perish. For they lack understanding and are unable to understand your commandments. They are like little children who cannot understand the words of their father. Let me, O God, give them other laws so that they do not perish at all. If they cannot be with You, O God, let them not be against You so that they can support themselves, and when the time comes and they are ripe for Your words, you will reveal your laws to them. And for this purpose, Moses broke two pieces of stone, on which the ten commandments were inscribed, and instead of them he gave ten times ten. Of these ten times ten, the scribes and Pharisees made a hundred times ten commandments. And they have placed an unbearable burden on your shoulders, such as they themselves cannot bear.

For the closer the commandments are to God, the less we need them.

Therefore, the laws of the Pharisees and scribes are innumerable, the laws of the Son of Man are seven, the angels are three, God is one.

Therefore, I teach you only those laws that you can understand so that you can become Human and follow the seven laws of the Son of Man. Then the angels of the Heavenly Father will also reveal their laws to you, so that the Holy Spirit of God can descend on you and bring you to his law.

And everyone was amazed at his wisdom and asked him:

Go on, teacher, and teach us all the laws that we can perceive.

And Jesus continued:

God commanded our ancestors: "Thou shalt not kill." But their hearts were hardened, and they began to kill. Then Moses decided that they should not at least kill people and allowed them to kill animals. And then the hearts of your ancestors hardened even more, and they began to kill people, as well as animals.

But I say to you: do not kill either people or animals - nothing that will become your food!

For if you feed yourself with living food, it fills you with Life, but if you kill your food, dead food kills you also.

For Life comes only from Life, and only death comes from death!

For whatever kills your food also kills your bodies. And whatever kills your bodies also kills your souls.

And your bodies become what your food is, just as your Spirit becomes what your thoughts are.

Therefore, do not eat anything that has been destroyed by fire, frost, or water. For burnt, rotten or frozen food will also burn, decompose or frostbite your body. Do not be like the foolish farmer who sowed his land with boiled, frozen and rotten seeds. And when autumn came, nothing was born in its fields. How great was his grief! But be like a farmer who sowed his field with living seeds, and his field brought forth living ears of wheat, and a hundred times more than he planted. For truly I say to you: live only by the fire of life and do not cook your food with the fire of death, which kills your food, your bodies and also your Souls.

Master, where is this fire of life? some of them asked.

In you, in your blood and in your bodies.

And the fire of death? others asked.

It is a fire burning outside of your body, hotter than your blood. With this fire of death you cook food in your houses and in the field. I tell you truly, the fire that destroys your food and your bodies is the fire of malice that corrodes your thoughts, corrodes your spirit. For your body is what you eat, and your Spirit is what you think. Therefore, do not eat anything that has been destroyed by a fire stronger than the fire of life. Prepare and eat all the fruits of the trees, all the grasses of the fields, the milk of animals fit for drinking. For all this is nourished and nurtured by the fire of life, everything is a gift from the angels of our Earthly Mother. But do not eat anything that has acquired its taste from the fire of death, for such food is from Satan.

How can we cook our bread without fire, Teacher? some asked with great astonishment.

Let the angels of God prepare your bread. Moisten your wheat so that the angel of water can enter it. Then expose her to the air so that the angel of the air can also embrace her. And leave her from morning to evening under the sun, so that the angel of sunlight may descend upon her. And after the blessing of the three angels, sprouts of life will soon sprout in your wheat. Then crush your grain and make thin cakes, which your great-grandfathers made from Egypt, the abode of slavery. Then place them again under the rays of the sun, as soon as it appears, and when it rises to the very zenith, turn them over to the other side, so that here also the angel of sunlight can embrace them, and leave them like that until the sun has set. For the angels of water, air, and sunlight have nourished and nurtured the wheat in the fields, and they must also prepare your bread. And the same sun that, through the fire of life, allowed the wheat to grow and ripen, must bake your bread in the same fire. For the fire of the sun gives life to wheat, bread and the body. The fire of death destroys wheat, bread and the body. And the living angels of the living God serve only living people. For our God is the God of Life, not the god of death.

So, always eat from the table of God: the fruits of the trees, the cereals and grasses of the fields, the milk of animals and the honey of bees. For everything that is beyond this is from Satan and leads through the paths of sins and diseases to death. The food that you take from the abundant table of God will give strength and youth to your body, and diseases will never enter you. For the table of God gave food to Methuselah in ancient times, and truly I say to you: if you live as he lived, by the will of God Life will be given to you as many years on earth as were given to him.

For truly I say to you: the God of Life is richer than all the rich of the earth, and his table is more abundant and richer than the most abundant table at the feast of all the rich of the earth. Eat all your life from the table of our Earthly Mother, and disasters will never come to you. And when you eat from her table, eat everything as you find it on the table of the Earthly Mother. Do not boil on fire, do not mix food with each other, so that your intestines do not become like a swamp with fetid fumes. For I tell you truly, this is disgusting in the sight of God.

And do not be like a greedy servant who was admitted to his master's table, who ate everything he could reach, mixing all the food in his womb. Noticing this, the owner became angry and drove him from the table. And when everyone had finished their meal, he mixed everything that was left on the table, and calling the greedy servant, he said to him: "Take and eat it all with the pigs, for your place is among them, and not at my table."

Be restrained and do not defile the Temple of your body with various abominations. Be content with two or three kinds of food, which you will always find on the table of our Earthly Mother. And do not wish to consume everything that you see around you. For truly I say to you, if you mix all kinds of food in your body, the peace of your body will leave you, and an endless war will break out in your body. And it will be destroyed just as houses and kingdoms at war with each other create their destruction. For your God is a God of Harmony, but not a god of disorder. Therefore, do not go against His laws, so as not to be exposed from behind his abundant table, so as not to go to the table of Satan, where the fire of sins, illnesses and death will destroy your body and ulcerate your Soul.

And when you eat, don't eat your fill. Avoid the temptations of Satan and listen to the voice of God's angels. For Satan is always tempting you to fill yourself with more and more. But live by your Spirit, lest you become a servant of the lusts of your body. And your fasting is always pleasing to the angels of God. Therefore, keep track of how much you eat to get enough, and always eat less than a third.

Let the weight of your daily food be not less than one mina, but see that it is not more than two. Then the angels of God will serve you forever, and you will never fall into slavery to Satan and his diseases. Do not interfere with the angels of the Earthly Mother in your body with frequent meals. For truly I say to you, whoever eats more than twice a day paves the way for Satan. And the angels of God leave his body, and soon Satan takes possession of him. Eat only when the sun is at its zenith and again when it has set. And you will never let sickness come to you, for God's favor is on such a person. And if you want the angels of God to rejoice in your body, and for Satan to bypass you, sit at the table of God only once a day. Then your days on earth will be long, for God favors temperance in food. Eat food when the table of God is set before you, and eat everything that is on the table of God. For truly I say to you, God knows best what your body needs and when it is needed.

Nearly two thousand years have passed since the Son of Man taught the way, the truth, and the life. He gave health to the sick, wisdom to those who were ignorant, and happiness to the destitute. He conquered half of humanity and all of Western civilization. This fact proves the eternal vitality of the Master's words and their supreme and unique value.

We owe the existence of these two versions of the text to the Nestorian clergy, who, under the threat of the advancing hordes of Genghis Khan, were forced to flee from East to West, taking with them all the ancient scriptures and icons.

Ancient Aramaic texts date from the third century after the birth of Christ, while the Old Slavonic version is a literal translation of Aramaic manuscripts.

Exactly how the texts got from Palestine to the interior of Asia, into the hands of the Nestorian clergy, archaeologists cannot yet recreate exactly.

We have nothing to add to this text. He speaks for himself. The reader who devotes himself to the study of the following pages with full attention will be able to feel the eternal vitality and convincing evidence of these deepest truths, which humanity today needs more urgently than ever before.

December - January.

In this edition, we have found it appropriate to place this accompanying text, without changing it, at the end of the book.

Publishing house Public initiative KOB-A, 2015, translation, editing 2015, publication, translation, layout and editing are free from property copyrights.

« for the words that you gave me, I delivered to them,

and they received and truly understood that I came from you,

and believed that you sent me” (John 17:8).

Jesus Christ has given you the Gospel of Grace!

The Gospel repeatedly emphasizes that Christ was very active in teaching in the streets, in synagogues, at home, in the temple, by the sea, in desert places. Sometimes He spent several days in a row teaching people. The Savior considered preaching to be the main means of influencing people's hearts. Even enemies noticed that . Christ rightly said to His disciples “But blessed are your eyes that see, and your ears that hear, for truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous people desired to see what you see and did not see, and to hear what you hear and did not hear.” (Mat. 13:16-17).

Christ used a variety of speech techniques to bring the truths of the gospel to the hearts of the people. I will mention some of them.

Divine parables- about the sower, about the leaven, about the good shepherd, about the prodigal son ...

Divine instructions- the Sermon on the Mount, parting words to the disciples for the gospel, a sermon about the end times, a farewell speech in the Zion chamber ...

Divine denunciations: “You don’t know what kind of spirit you are”, “do not prevent the children from coming to Me”, “that you are fearful, of little faith”, “woe to you scribes and Pharisees” ...

Divine promises- “He who believes in the Son of God has eternal life”, “Behold I am with you all the days until the end of the age”, “Do not be afraid of the little flock, for the Father is pleased to give you the kingdom” ...

Divine threats: "If you do not believe that it is I, then you will die in your sins", "unless you repent, you will also perish" ...

There was an extraordinary novelty and power in Jesus' words. He did not come to better explain the Law and the prophets, although He often did this during His earthly ministry. He brought people. “And they all testified to Him, and marveled at the words of grace that proceeded from His mouth.” (Luke 4:22).

The Old Testament brought condemnation to people. His rules were deadly (2 Cor. 3:7). And this was not at all due to cruelty. God's law, - he is fair and kind, - but because of the cruelty of people. "... They adopted the law during the ministry of the angels and did not keep it" (Acts 7:53), - this is the sad result of human attitude to the law.

The apostle Paul wrote: “... And all who are established on the works of the law are under an oath. For it is written: Cursed is everyone who does not continually do everything that is written in the book of the law. And that no one is justified before God by the law, this is clear, because the righteous will live by faith. And the law is not by faith; but whoever fulfills it, he will live by him " (Gal. 3:10-12). Therefore, in Old Testament there are no promises of eternal life, but only its proclamation (Dan. 12:3). Only grace gives eternal life: “... for the law was given through Moses; Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ" (John 1:17).

Unfortunately, many people have not understood the essence of the gospel of grace. They try good deeds, or by the merits of the saints, or by the intercession of the church to merit salvation. At the funeral of the governor Mikhail Evdokimov, one old woman said: "With our love, Mishenka, you will answer before the Lord." What a flippant view of sin and justification! If a folk love justifies, then Christ died in vain! The message that Christ gave to the disciples, and they to the church, is the message of salvation by faith in grace!

Grace is divine help to sinful man, which came through Jesus Christ. In this sense, grace is historical, because it manifested itself in a specific place - Palestine, at a specific time - about the year 33 AD, it is attested by the specific writings of historians of that time and the testimony of eyewitness evangelists. Gospel Events clothed in flesh and blood earth history and therefore subject to rational verification. The unbeliever has no excuse for rejecting the gospel. “Which of you will convict me of iniquity? If I speak the truth, why don't you believe Me? Who is from God, he listens to the words of God. You do not listen because you are not from God.” (John 8:46-47)

An excellent explanation of the necessity of the gospel of grace can be found in the letter of the holy apostle Paul to Romans 5:12-21.

“Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all men, [because] all sinned in it. For [and] before the law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law. However, death reigned from Adam to Moses and over those who did not sin, like the crime of Adam, who is the image of the future. But the gift of grace is not like a crime. For if by the transgression of one many were subjected to death, how much more will the grace of God and the gift of the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, abound for many. And the gift is not like [judgment] for one sinner; for judgment for one [crime] is condemnation; but the gift of grace to justification from many crimes. For if by the transgression of the one death reigned through the one, how much more those who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the one Jesus Christ. Therefore, just as one crime condemns all men, so one righteousness brings justification to life for all men. For just as by the disobedience of one man many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one man many will be made righteous. But the law came after, and thus crime multiplied. And when sin abounded, grace abounded more than ever, so that, just as sin reigned unto death, so grace might reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Rom.5:12-21).

Although this text is one of the most difficult in the New Testament, it is nonetheless easy to understand. First, Paul talks about what trouble the act of our forefather Adam brought on us (v. 12), and then what blessing the act of the second Adam, Christ, brought us. He is convinced that without understanding these events, we cannot correctly comprehend ourselves and the reality around us. Indeed, through physical involvement with Adam, we share the tragic consequences of his choice. And these consequences are three.

1. Because of Adam's sin, the earth became Satan's kingdom

"Therefore, as by one man sin entered the world"

Adam was endowed by the Creator with enormous powers to manage God's economy: “The Lord God formed from the ground all the animals of the field and all the birds of the air, and brought them to man to see what he would call them, and that, whatever a man calls every living soul, so was its name.” (Gen. 2:19). Adam was the father of the future mankind. He received a responsible and honorable ministry from God. It is likely that the Lord informed him about the fall of the angels. Adam was entrusted not only with the management of the earth, but also with protection beautiful world from the invasion of sin and death.

Unfortunately, what happened happened - Adam believed the sweet lie that God is not so kind after all, since he forbids them to eat the fruits of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, that His word about the punishment of death should not be taken literally, that disobedience will bring more benefit than harm. Tasted first the Forbidden fruit Eve, and then treated Adam. Adam, seeing that Eve did not die, but remained just as beautiful, thought that God's threat of punishment by death should be understood as a strong exaggeration. And he ate The Bible sadly tells about the terrible crime of Adam.

“What a waste! - someone will think, - he didn’t kill his wife! Didn't blaspheme God! I just ate an apple!” Alas! Not a trifle! The Bible says: by one man sin entered the world.” Satan himself came in - a deceiver, a thief and a murderer - and made this world his fiefdom. When people blame God for the evil that reigns in the world, we should answer them: “In God's kingdom, everything is fine, only the devil's kingdom is bad! In the kingdom of the devil, people hate and kill each other, parents leave their children, and brother goes to war against brother. Lies, injustice, debauchery and cruelty dominate in the kingdom of the devil. In the kingdom of the devil, hurricanes rage, totter like a drunken earth, disease rages, hunger strikes.

Literaturnaya Gazeta once published the pessimistic forecast of the philosopher-logic Alexander Zinoviev that the history of the 21st century “in its tragedy, it will far surpass all the tragedies of the past... With the advent of the information age, the West, as the most developed supersociety, actually saddled social evolution, forced it to move in the direction it needed. The essence underlying the world leadership has remained the same - colonialism, the desire to prosper forever to the detriment of all other equally large societies. ... the colonized country is in all respects brought to such a state that it becomes incapable of independent existence. Militarily, it is being demilitarized to such an extent that there can be no talk of any resistance. The armed forces fulfill the role of containing the protests of the population and suppressing possible riots. National culture is being reduced to a miserable level…” According to Zinoviev's firm conviction, ours also falls into the list of countries that await such an unenviable fate.

2. Because of the sin of Adam, people became mortal

There is not a single person on earth who does not face death. Scientists cannot determine what triggers the aging mechanism that leads to death. The Bible says that the main cause of death is sin: “Sin entered the world and death through sin, so death has spread to all people». “Death is the highest law of our world, the sorrow of all sorrows, the embodiment and sum of all evil, the horror and mystery of our existence, a reminder that anger hangs over the man of this world and over this world of man…”(Karl Barth)

The Bible calls death the enemy of man - (1 Cor. 15:26). Therefore, we are mistaken if we mourn the death of a child and are indifferent to the death of an old man: “he has outlived, they say, his own, what is there to cry about?” From the biblical standpoint, the death of an old man and the death of a baby are different scenes of the same terrible tragedy. Death causes a deep offense to a person: how is it that everyone will live, but I will not be? I want to live! Isn't this feeling conveyed by the Russian poet Leonid Zavalnyuk in the poem "At the Reception"?

You are my dear doctor,

All ruddy, like a baby doll,

Anyway, I'll die.

Why are you feeling your pulse?

It seemed to be enough before.

And now... What's wrong with me?

I keep telling myself: “Not enough.

One life is not enough!

I just got used to it

To the circle of the earth

Ugly, unkind…

One life is not enough!

With brutalized metal

With endless war

Little Lord, little

One life is not enough!

This pitiful, cruel,

Without heavenly gifts

Little, do you hear, you, doctor-

Yes ... he said. - Healthy!

Adam created in us longing for life and fear of death. He made it impossible for us to live forever!

3. Because of Adam's sin, people became sinners from birth.

This is the greatest misfortune of man! The apostle Paul continues:

“…because in him [Adam] all have sinned” . There are no exceptions to this rule! Everything means Paul, and you, and me.

Sin must be thought about and spoken about seriously. Sin is not at all an unfortunate oversight that caused severe external consequences, but not affecting the core of the soul. Sin caused invisible to the eye spiritual consequences - the moral rebirth of man from the word and spirit of Satan took place. Adam spiritually died to all that is holy. The Bible says that he felt ashamed of his wife and fear of God. He was afraid to talk directly to Him. He did not take responsibility for the sin, but shifted the blame to his wife and to God. This was deceit. In a sense, Adam began to resemble the soul of the devil, for one of the names of Satan is evil. This vicious nature he passed on to his descendants.

Being a sinner is inexpressible great woe! To be a sinner means to be cast out of fellowship with God, to be an implacable opponent of God and an heir to eternal damnation. The Bible rightly compares the sinner to dust, dirt, withered grass, weeds, poisonous snake, a predatory wolf, a dirty pig, an earthworm, carrion, a thorny thornbush, a lightweight chaff, acrid smoke, broken dishes, moth-eaten clothes.

One of the ministers clearly explained. The essence of his thoughts is this. In a gang of pirates we can find many things that are good in themselves. Although they rebel against the laws of the government, they have their own laws and regulations, which they obey without question. They can do many things that the government requires, not because the government requires it, but because their own laws require it. For example, the government requires honesty, and they can be impeccably honest with each other in their transactions and in the division of spoils. And yet, in relation to the government and accepted norms, their whole life is full of evil and wickedness. As long as they remain pirates, the fact that they sail on their ship, mend their gear, raise sails, even what they eat and drink is a sin in the eyes of the government, for all this is only a means to continue in their pirate business, and is part of their rebellion. So it is with sinners.

All people in their natural state are rebels against God. Although they do some of what the Law of God requires, they do not for the sake of God and not for the sake of the Law. Instead of God, they are ruled by the laws of society, respect for public opinion, selfishness. And about God, to whom they owe their lives, they forget or reject His requirements.

What is the answer of God to this universal misfortune: anger? curse? reprisal? God's answer is amazing! It can be summed up in one word: BLESS!

Comparing the works of Adam and Christ, Paul describes the five accomplishments of God's grace in human destinies. He tells the Roman Christians: Compare what Adam did for you and what Christ did for you by His grace. Renounce the life of Adam and choose the grace of Christ!

1. Grace abounds for all people!

“But the gift of grace is not like a crime. For if by the transgression of one many were put to death, how much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, abounds to many.”

Grace is a source of mercy, constantly overflowing. It abounds not for itself, but for us! She is available! She is closer to us than we are to ourselves! It supports our earthly life. Ephraim Sirin taught: “Do not call God just. If God were just, you would already be burning in hell.” Father of the Lord Jesus Christ is rightly called in Scripture "God of all grace" (1 Peter 5:10).

Millions of people in the past have come to this spring and drank from it, and it has not run out. Millions of people in the present draw from the stream of grace many times a day, but it remains the same unattainably deep! The oceans are insignificant puddle compared to the ocean of grace!

Therefore, do not say that grace has dried up for you, that you have somehow exhausted it. If you cannot dry up the ocean, how much more can you not drain the grace of God. The only obstacle to its acquisition is unbelief, which, in essence, is turning one's back on grace. “But they did not listen and did not incline their ear, and lived according to the suggestion and stubbornness of their evil heart, and turned their backs to Me, and not their faces” (Jer. 7:24).

What a glorious hope shines upon man in the fact of the abundance of grace! I can make peace with God because of His extraordinarily great mercy. Brother and sister! Enjoy the availability and abundance of grace. May your entry into the flow of grace be more and more complete until it embraces you from all sides! “When that man went east, he held a cord in his hand, and measured a thousand cubits, and led me on the water; the water was ankle deep. And he [still] measured a thousand, and led me on the water; the water was knee-deep. And he measured a thousand more, and led me; the water was up to the waist. And he measured out a thousand, and already there was such a stream through which I could not go, because the water was so high that it was necessary to swim, but it was impossible to cross this stream. (Ezek. 47:3-5).

2. Grace justifies sinners!

“And the gift is not like [judgment] for one sinner; for judgment for one [crime] is condemnation; a gift of grace - to justification from many crimes».

ACQUISITION is a legal term meaning that a suspect is found not guilty and is released from prosecution. It happens on earth that a higher court overrules a lower court, but that cannot be the case with God's court. God's Judgment Decisions Are Decisions highest instance, they are final and not subject to appeal! If God's judgment declares you innocent, who can challenge that decision? “Who will accuse the elect of God? God justifies [them]. Who condemns? Christ Jesus died, but also rose again: He is also at the right hand of God, He also intercedes for us. (Rom. 8:33-34). Of course, we are not declared innocent because of our sinlessness, but only for grace! She justifies us continuously, which is why evangelical theologians rightly claim that believers in Jesus Christ have no unforgiven sins.

However, do not think that grace justifies crimes. It in no way justifies your anger, gloating, lust, etc. All of these remain flagrant transgressions. She's given to justify from crimes. Grace, as it were, "wedged" between us and our sin and averted God's punishment from us. As long as we live in a sinful body and on a sinful earth, we will make mistakes, and therefore sin. Even the holy apostles and miracle workers Peter and Barnabas made mistakes, but they were still under the protection of justifying grace and remained a precious gift from the Heavenly Father. So the proclamation of our innocence is not because we really innocent, but because the grace of Christ covered our guilt, and for its sake we are declared free from the wrath of God.

Is it not in the fact of justifying grace that man will find an effective means of solving the problem of guilt? If God has forgiven you, you can rejoice in it by stopping your senseless attempts to "forgive yourself."

The doctrine of justification raises an important question: Why did God not stop at pardon sinner, which would be a great gift for him? After all, to have mercy means to forgive, to show mercy, to have pity, to heed repentance. Why did God choose to justification, which is immeasurable more pardon? I would name three reasons:

1) There can be no criminals in the family of the great God.

It would discredit her! The family of God should be represented by highly respectable beings, without a criminal record stamp. By justifying for the sake of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, God has destroyed the personal work of the sinner.

2) The bride of Christ, like her heavenly bridegroom, must be spotless.

This is what Christ made her: Christ loved the Church and gave Himself up for her in order to sanctify her, having cleansed her with a bath of water through the word; to introduce her the glorious Church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or anything like that, but that she should be holy and without blemish". (Eph.5:25-27) Just as in ancient times the wife of Caesar was above suspicion, so now the bride of Christ has the presumption of innocence.

3) The justified are a new creation.

The Bible declares: “Therefore, whoever is in Christ [he] is a new creation; the old has passed, now everything is new.” (2 Corinthians 5:17) God gave the believer a new nature, a new name, a new surname, a new family, and forever separated him from his shameful past. True, this amazing new creation is hidden inside, behind a veil of flesh. When you look at the earthly shell of a person, you see only a nondescript cocoon. However, on the day appointed by God, the cocoon will burst and pure, dazzlingly beautiful will rush into boundless eternity. immortal soul. What joyous hope feeds the soul of a justified man!

Dear brother and sister! Are you living by this gift of grace, or are you needlessly tormented by guilt over the mistakes of past years?

I will never forget the woman who came to me with a confession of a serious sin. They lost their rest and appetite. She was tormented by insomnia and fears. She repented in the church, but one zealot of “piety” trampled on her timid hope of forgiveness: “Do you think God has forgiven you? Such sins need to be repented for a long time”… She was excommunicated from the church, she experienced the torments of hell. Depression pulled her into a bottomless funnel stronger and stronger. Looking into her eyes and calling her by name, I said, “Do you know that you were forgiven two thousand years ago when Christ bore the penalty for the sins of the whole world?”

It seemed to me that the woman was confused: “How am I already forgiven? Can such a grave sin be forgiven?”

I continued, “If He hasn’t atoned for your sin, then no one’s sin has been atoned for! All you have to do is receive by faith the forgiveness that awaits you! You are not only forgiven, but also justified, for after one thing another invariably follows!

The woman fell to her knees and with tears thanked the Lord for the forgiveness and justification granted two thousand years ago. Soon her condition improved completely.

In the excellent book by O. Rosenius "Guide to the World" I found a wonderful instruction:

“The only right way to be sure of salvation is to accept the promises of God or simply repeat after Him what He says, as one of the ancient ministers of the church said: “I am strengthened and comforted only when I repeat what God says.” Paul says that "faith comes by hearing." True faith and confidence comes when I accept with joy what Christ has done and what God has promised. And I receive this consolation not from the fact that I consider myself worthy of believing, but, on the contrary, from the fact that, finding many shortcomings in myself, I decide to believe.

3. Grace sanctifies the saved!

“For if by the transgression of the one death reigned through the one, how much more those who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the one Jesus Christ. Therefore, just as one crime condemns all men, so one righteousness brings justification to life for all men.

Paul introduces a new term into his discussion: gift righteousness. Righteousness is practical holiness in which a person gradually grows through the help of Christ. The apostle says that the gift of righteousness is not kept somewhere in a safe, but reigns in the life of a believer. It is something tangible, tangible. If I want to see holiness, then I will see it in words and deeds. This practical holiness is produced in the believer by grace.

Almost 130 years ago, priest A. D. Ushinsky wrote about the peasants affected by the preaching of the gospel: “The most mysterious thing seemed to me such a moral change in the concepts and in the way of life of the seduced ... peasants that they suddenly abandoned such a folk everyday custom as drunkenness, which seemed to have entered the flesh and blood of all our rural people, and assimilated ... in a short time together with a new religion, new, hitherto completely alien customs, concepts and rules of life«.

Grace does not allow a person to calm down in sin, it gently disturbs the conscience and calls for purification. When a revival took place in Wells, England, in 1905, it transformed the hearts of the miners in an amazing way. They resolutely broke with drunkenness, smoking, foul language, and gambling. Drinking establishments, dance halls were closed, the judges were sitting idle. By Sundays police officers regulated the movement of carriages that brought people to worship. At first, the mines produced less coal, because the horses did not obey the new commands of the repentant miners: “But, dear!” They were accustomed to swearing and cursing and did not understand what was required of them.

Grace and holiness go hand in hand. We will talk more about sanctification in the next chapter.

4. Grace teaches to cherish the sacrifice of Christ!

“For just as by the disobedience of one man many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one man many will be made righteous.”

When something is given for free, people tend to assume that it is a cheap, illiquid commodity. Often they groundlessly transfer these ideas to the gift of grace - since it is free, it means it is cheap. However, grace extremely road!

The Apostle Paul draws our attention to obedience one by which many are made righteous. Who are we talking about? Without a doubt, we are talking about Jesus Christ. He is the only one in the history of the world Who has not stained Himself by disobeying God. Scripture says that he “humbled himself, being obedient unto death, even the death of the cross” (Phil. 2:8).

Let us think seriously about the obedience of the Lord! He showed obedience even in eternity, when he said his “yes” to the Father’s plan to atone for the sins of people through the torment of the cross.

He showed obedience by putting on human body. According to the Christian writer Clive Lewis, it was about the same feat as a person - to voluntarily turn into a slug or a worm.

The feat of obedience was the earthly life of the Savior. Apostle John says: “There are many other things that Jesus did; but if one were to write about it in detail, then, I think, the world itself would not contain the books written. (John 21:25) Do you realize in what a stinking atmosphere for the soul Christ did works of love ? “Jesus, answering, said: O unfaithful and perverted generation! how long will I be with you? how long can I bear you?"(Mat. 17:17) It was a difficult feat for Jesus Christ, with His heightened sense of holiness, to live among the evil, adulterous and sinful generation. If, with all your decency and love for piety, you would end up in a “zone” for 30 years, where vile abuse sounds day and night, human dignity is constantly trampled on, honesty and kindness are despised, where the day seems like eternity, then you could only imagine in the slightest degree what meant for Christ to live 33 and a half years on earth.

Now go to the Garden of Gethsemane and listen to the weeping of Christ: "Let this cup pass from me!" look at the bloody sweat pouring down from His forehead. How can there be cheap grace, baptized with such torments? Now visit the judgment seat of the Lord at the high priests, at Herod and Pilate. See how they beat Jesus with sticks, spit on His face with relish, viciously ridicule His royal dignity, spew out streams of lies and curses at Him. Don't you acknowledge that the grace that has passed through such mockery, inexpressibly dear? But that's not all! "Let's go up to Golgotha, my brother! There the Messiah sent by God is crucified! The saint preached about the truth, He healed the sick, and now… He is executed! Let's fall before Him!"

Mel Gibson in the film "The Passion of the Christ" showed only the physical side of the torment of Christ. He was powerless to show the anguish of the Lord's soul. But the most important thing in the suffering of Jesus is the spiritual component. Instead of us, Christ was left by God. Instead of us, He took terrible torment. He went to hell instead of us. Was it cheap grace? Yes, condition for salvation is very simple - complete trust in the redemptive feat of Christ. “... And in everything in which you could not be justified by the law of Moses, every believer is justified by Him” (Acts 13:39) However price salvation is incredibly high!

Dear brother and sister! Keep precious grace in mind especially in the days of difficult temptations. An old gospel song speaks of moments when huge walls stand between God and man and when heaven seems far away. Then the soul feels itself forgotten by God. However, these feelings should never be trusted. If grace is so dear, if God went on such costs, how can He forget you? In this case, God would have neglected not so much you as the feat of His beloved Son. God is not like that! He tells you: “Will a woman forget her suckling child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? but even if she forgot, I will not forget you. Behold, I have drawn you on My hands." (Is.49:15-16)

Remember the precious grace in the days of well-being. On such days, we very quickly cease to feel dependence on God. “Why should we go to church when we are doing well?” - the Swedes were perplexed when their Russian guest began to gather for worship on Sunday. If grace is so dear, then the attitude towards it should be great jewelry. The apostle Paul wrote: “Therefore, having received an unshakable kingdom, let us keep grace, with which we will serve God well, with reverence and fear, because our God is a consuming fire” (Heb. 12:28,29)

5. Grace leads to eternal life!

“But the law came after, and thus the crime multiplied. And when sin abounded, grace abounded more than ever, so that, just as sin reigned unto death, so grace reigned through righteousness unto eternal life Jesus Christ our Lord"

There seems to be a contest between sin and grace. The law increased both the number of crimes and the guilt of the people. “Damned! Cursed! Cursed! - sounded over every thought and deed of a person . "For God has shut them all up in disobedience" (Rom. 11:32). But then mercy exalted itself above judgment - Jesus came, full of grace and truth, the only intercessor of sinners came. He came to seek and save the lost. Instead of punishment, He gives forgiveness, instead of sorrow, the joy of salvation, instead of restlessness, sonship. Grace takes upon itself the responsibility of bringing us to eternal life in spite of our weakness, the violent hostility of the world, and the deceptions of Satan.

No one but Luther could say so practically about the triumph of grace:

“Look how rich the Christian faith abounds. All the deeds and sufferings of Christ are given to her. She can trust in them as if she had done it herself. Because Christ truly did them not for Himself, but for us. He did not need them, it was for us that He collected this treasure so that we could possess it. Since Christ, through faith, is mine and I am His, the law cannot accuse me, just as it cannot accuse Christ. And if he nevertheless approaches me and wants to attack, then I tell him the following: “I have done everything that you demand and even more than that (through Christ, who vouched for me). Though my flesh still draws me to evil, I lift my eyes up to my Christ. He gives me everything that He Himself has; so His righteousness becomes mine.

So the law can't do anything to me. But if I look down, I still see a lot of uncleanness, on the basis of which the law has a right to me. The law says, "You have sinned against God." If I agree and say "Yes!" – then I am lost, and in order to say “no” I need a reliable foundation on which to lean. Where can I get "no"? Of course, I will not find it in my confessions. Only in Christ can it be found and presented to the law. He can say no to all law. He has a basis, because He is pure, sinless and righteous. This “no” He gives to me, because His righteousness belongs to me.”

The grace of Christ overcomes sin. Some of this has already happened here on earth. We have received “essential healing” (Francis Schaefer). However, we will see the fullness of the victory of grace in eternity, when we see ourselves like the Savior - glorious, without spot or wrinkle.

It happened many years ago, back in Soviet times. A believing boy was offended by a rich classmate. Once he told him in mockery: “Now, if they give you a camera with a flash for your birthday, then I will stop beating you. Is it bad to have a camera with a flash?

The believer decided that if he had a camera, he would not be laughed at and would be respected. Therefore, he asked his father to buy him a camera for his birthday. The father did not promise anything, but in his heart he decided to fulfill the desire of his son. He took on extra work and came home late and very tired.

Shortly before his birthday, the son noticed a box in the pantry, by the appearance of which he instantly determined that it contained a cherished gift. Curiosity got the better of him and he began to open the box. But as soon as he removed the flash, the bell rang and the boy began to hastily put the flash back into place. One awkward movement, and the fragile thing hit the floor. The glass broke. The flash has become unusable.

With fear, the birthday boy was waiting for his birthday. He could not admit to his father that he had broken the flash and hoped someday to repair it himself. The birthday has come. However, the boy did not get out of bed, citing pain in his stomach. The family gathered in full force at the festive table, and the birthday boy had to move to the table. It's time for wishes and gifts.

"Here's a welcome gift for you, dear son!" The father handed the familiar box to his son.

"Thank you dad!" - the son immediately hid the gift under the table.

“Show us the camera! Show daddy's present! — rushed to beg his brothers and sisters.

“Later we’ll see, not now,” the birthday boy fought back.

“Show, son, a gift!” Father intervened.

And now the son reluctantly unfolds the gift, opens the box, and removes the flash. He does not believe his eyes - the flash is intact!

His eyes met his father's: "Dad! It's you?"

"Me son!"

How it is like us! We have broken our souls and other people's destinies with sin and are waiting for God's merciless judgment. However, mercy is exalted over judgment, and we receive what we never dreamed of - the gift of eternal life.

Before closing the topic, let me remind you that the grace we have received calls us to active cooperation with it. Here is how one of the ancient Christian ascetics spoke about this:

“... when the action of Divine grace overshadows the soul, according to the faith of each, and the soul receives help from above; then grace overshadows it only in part. And do not think that the whole soul is illumined in someone; within it there still remains a great pasture of vice, and man needs great labor and effort, in harmony with the grace that acts in him. Grace takes possession of the pasture in the soul, and as the soul turns out to be virtuous and in harmony with grace for many years, it takes root to its deepest compositions and thoughts, until the whole soul is embraced by heavenly grace, which already reigns in this vessel. Therefore, one who is enriched by God's grace must remain in great humility and contrition of heart, consider himself poor and having nothing. Whoso humbles himself before God and people, he can keep the grace given to him, as it is said: humble yourself, you will be lifted up (Matt. 23, 12). Being God's chosen one, let him condemn himself, and being faithful, let him consider himself unworthy. Such souls please God and are given life by Christ. To Him be glory and power forever! Amen"

Viktor Semenovich Ryaguzov Samara

Christ taught people, but people who didn't learn anything didn't learn. They wrote themselves another Christ. And we are interested in the one who was the very first to be called Christ. The teaching of this particular Christ will be discussed.

Christ: The most unbelieving of all is the one who prays more than others and thinks that from that he will be given more than others. Because he doesn't know what he believes. Like a beggar, incapable of anything else, humbly prays for the fulfillment of desires. What are you begging from God? Or do you think he made a mistake by sending you what you have, and you want to teach him how to correct that mistake? That means your God is not reasonable. Why then do you call him God, why do you believe in him and why do you pray to him? You don't know what you're bowing to. And you have little true faith.

I tell you that having little faith is worse than not believing at all. For denying God, you will come to God.

Christ: Whom do you listen to and whom do you go to the temple to worship? And who are the most revered people in it? Scribes? Pharisee? High priests? All, however many of them come before Me, are thieves and robbers, and worse than that. For it is not your bread or your gold that is stolen, but your very life.

With their mouth and tongue they honor God, but their heart is far from him. And they are likened to painted coffins, which look beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and all kinds of uncleanness.

And those hypocrites close the Kingdom of Heaven to men, for they themselves do not enter it and do not allow those who want to enter it. And they like people to call them: teacher! teacher! Don't call them teachers. They are blind leaders of the blind, and if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the pit. And for centuries they hide the keys to true knowledge and replace them with half-truth, which is dressed up in the clothes of Truth, and therefore it is more dangerous and more terrible than a lie.

Christ: Do not ask for false treasures, do not ask for earthly blessings from the Heavenly Father, as sinners ask, but one thing: to make straight the paths leading to His Kingdom, so that you see the Most High during your earthly life.

For if you do not see God during your lifetime, you will not see it after.

Christ: Do not try to see God, but Divinity! Divinity in which He manifests Himself in everything that exists, Divinity, which fills the entire universe.

Christ: A man does not need a man-made temple in order to speak with God, for the house of the Most High is the whole earth and sky, and the stars, and all people.

Christ: Praying for the soul is pointless. No one will save your soul if you don't take care of yourself. And no one will bring the Kingdom of God and will not give it to you if you do not find it yourself.

Christ: That heaven of which I am speaking is within everyone and outside of everyone, and the Kingdom of God is in this sky and no other. And you don’t have to go far for it, and they won’t say: behold, it is here, or: behold, there. For the Kingdom of God is within everyone.

Christ: Woe to him who sets boundaries on earth and divides people. For there are no boundaries in heaven, and there should not be on earth. Truly I say to you: this division is the cause of enmity and strife, whether it is division by borders, or by language, or by faith - everything is one! And if a person is divided within himself, then the same enmity will be inside him, and there will be darkness in him, and there will be no rest for him.

Christ: Everything that is alive and that is inanimate seems to be invisibly connected with each other, and everything separately is part of a single!

Christ: Don't be afraid to get lost when you're looking for your way, only the strongest can do it. And those who left the flock, the Shepherd loves more than others, for only they can find the coveted path.

Christ: It is not the fault of the cattle that it is in the fold, for the owner built the fold for it. Man, to his shame, did what no living creature is capable of: he erected a prison for himself with his own hands and placed himself in it.

And woe that his children are born in this prison. They grow up and do not know another life, except for the life of their fathers, and after that they cannot see it, for their eyes have become blind from the darkness of imprisonment. And they do not see anyone who would live differently, and therefore they believe that their life is the only possible way of existence. For if the eyes have never seen the light, how will you know that you are in darkness. And people are struggling to decorate their prison: some with expensive decorations, some with a beautiful slave. But there is no benefit from this: you have to get out of prison!

Christ: You must first know yourself. When you know yourself, then you will be known and accepted by the Most High, and you will know that you are the son of the Living Father. And through you, as well as through all his creatures, He reveals Himself.

When you know yourself, then you will find your true self, and all the secrets that are hidden from you will be revealed to you. If you do not know yourself, then you are in poverty and you are poverty.

Christ: If you do not understand the beginning, then it is impossible to understand the end. So it is impossible to know what is around you if you do not know what is inside you, for then there is no one who knows, to whom it is given to understand the mysteries of the Heavenly Father.

Christ: Do not separate the sky from the earth, for it is a continuation of the earth, so do not separate yourself from the earth, for you are its continuation, and it is a continuation of you. Therefore I say: you are the beginning of everything and the end of everything. When you see this, then you will see the Kingdom of God.

Christ: Not only to believe, but to test everything for yourself, to acquire and to know - this is what I call for. And what you know, there is no need to believe.

Christ: There are some who will not taste death before they see the Kingdom of God.

Christ: The commandments are given to those who hear with their ears and do not understand, who look with their eyes and do not see. For the fulfillment of the law cannot give life, does not bring grace, and does not make one righteous. Only true faith, acting through Love, is capable of this.

Disciple: Why then was the law given?

Christ: It is given to those of little faith, in whom the Word of God does not fit, in order to protect them from crimes until they gain true understanding.

Christ: If you do not love your neighbor, but say that you love the Most High, you are lying! In the person of Your Heavenly Father, love life itself, as a great gift from Him, love everything that is in you from end to end. To love your neighbor means this: to love every Creation of God with all your heart without deceit.

Christ: If you do not love your neighbor, but say that you love the Almighty, you are lying!

Christ: Even if you are the first righteous person in the world and live according to the Law of God, and speak the language of an angel, and have all knowledge and all faith, but if at the same time you do not have love and harbor malice in your heart, even to an insignificant worm, then you are only copper ringing, and it is of no use to your soul.

Christ: To become Love means to become equal to God, it means to become God! For Love is God! And there is no other way to His Kingdom: With men it is impossible, but with God all things are possible. If there is Love in you, then God will be in you and you will be like God.

Christ: The light that is inside you will show you the way, True Love, which will settle in your heart, will itself open the right door. Perfect Love and the Holy Spirit come together, for they are one.

Christ: Man's life does not depend on the abundance of his possessions. But you care and fuss about many things, but your soul needs only one thing - that the Word of God, as if a seed, takes root in you and bears its fruit.

Christ: One must not be God-fearing, but God-loving. For God loved you before, so love Him with True Love, Love in which there is no fear, for Perfect Love casts out fear, because there is torment in fear. He who fears is not perfect in Love.

And even if you distribute everything that you have, and give your body for burning, but Love will not illuminate your deeds, it will not be of any use to you.

Christ: He who has everything, needing himself, has nothing.

Christ: Everything is open before heaven, do not lie, and what does not come from your heart, do not do it.

Christ: If you have true power, then earthly desires and passions will leave your soul, with which it, as if insane, has been boiling until now, and with them false knowledge and judgments will leave, and your soul will become Empty, but it will be filled with Purity and Light!

Christ: A fool is one who has no doubts.

Christ: Be pure like a dove and wise like a serpent. The light that will save you, you will find yourself inside you.

Christ: And even if the pages of the Gospel are lost, they can be restored from the heart.