About fasting and almsgiving
Oh , the man does not have time for God on the earth , but I come to teach the man the way to God .
Oh , man , those who are My little brothers , about whom I wrote into My Gospel for the judgment of the world , they are those who can set you on the way of the commandments of life , as they set themselves . You shall visit them , for they have let themselves into My care like the birds of the sky and like the flowers of the field as I taught My brothers , who followed Me and whom I set to stand before Me for My works upon people , for My kingdom , to give it to the people who will understand it and will take it as their life . Oh , behold how beautifully one can understand the good answer for the day when I , the Lord , will sit on the throne of glory and separate the sheep from the goats , as it is written !
Learn from Me , men ’ s sons ! With your steps seek those who have left off the lust of the eyes , the lust of the flesh and the pride of life to be Mine into the midst of the people , who cannot leave the spirit of the world . Seek those who denied themselves to love only Me and My life in them before men , and take their example and learn too , for blessed are those who will have part in the first resurrection , for the second death will not have any power against them , as it is written .
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Oh , My people of today , oh , I teach you the mystery of mercy so that you may not go wrong against God by this feeling . You should not have mercy on the man ’ s hardships or sufferance , no , no , because this does not lead man to the good , but you should rather have mercy on the lack of God in man , and because of which many evil things come upon him , for he alone calls them upon him , because where the Lord is not in man and with man , as the Lord ’ s face asks , there is a reward from the tempter and the tempter asks for permission from the Lord upon man , for the man ’ s works are divided and many are to the will of the devil , and the spirit of the devil is used by man because of his lack of God in him . I teach you the work of mercy , son . Oh , the mercy that harms the man and his neighbor destroys everything that might remain for God in man , for man bows to man and slaps My hand when I apply correction to man or atonement by sufferance so that I may not let him completely as payment for satan , who gives the man work without holy things in it . Oh , when you help the one to whom I sent reproof for his waking up , what do you do man ? Are you any better than Me ? Do you do better to that one ? On the other hand , you make him feel aggrieved and do not let him into My making hand when he goes wrong . I want to free the man from the sin of haughtiness and I do this through everything I have sent him , for when haughtiness is in man it has its head hidden so that the man may not know its face , but I know that the man ’ s entire fall comes from haughtiness and from his lack of repentance , and he who cannot humble himself against his pride , I , the Lord , want to help him giving him sufferance , weakness and atonement , and what are you doing if you bow to lecture him , to sympathize with him and to understand him in his wandering away ? Do you really believe that your work comes to Me when you slap My hand , when I work for the man ’ s salvation and for his protection from eternal death ? Oh , when man does not humble himself against his haughtiness then you help him not to humble and you make him think that he is worthy for your bowing before him . Oh , what foolishness , what foolishness from both sides and what sin this is against each other ! Oh , what foolishness when man does not want to know
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