About fasting and almsgiving
and of the Holy Spirit and the Spirit led Me up into the wilderness , and there I did not eat forty days , and then I went hungry . When satan saw that I was hungry , he tried to have a hold over Me and he said to Me : « If you are the Son of God , command that these stones become bread ». However , I answered him , « Man shall not live by bread alone , but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God ». Then satan took Me to an exceedingly high mountain to see his kingdom for a moment and he said to Me : « This dominion was given to me and I give it to whomever I want ; fall down and worship me and it will be Yours ». However , I answered him : « Get behind Me , satan , for it is written , “ You shall worship the Lord your God , and Him only shall you serve ». And again , he tempted Me the third time up there on the pinnacle of the temple , and satan said to Me : « If you are the Son of God , throw Yourself down , for it is written : ‘ He will give His angels charge concerning You ,’ and ‘ On their hands they will bear You up , so that You don ’ t dash Your foot against a stone ». Again , I answered satan the third time too , and I said to him : « You shall not test the Lord , your God ». ( See also Matt : 4 / 3-10 ) And when I told him this , satan left Me , and I went into Galilee , into Nazareth and everywhere , and I was preaching about Me with the power of the word of My kingdom and all were marveled , and the Father was in Me . Oh , behold , My people , what God means in man ! Learn , son , learn My work upon you , for the prophesying spirit knows satan and when he is satan , but the human spirit does not know him , and satan leads the man into temptation , well , well sons . Oh , do not take , My people , after the one who denigrates the man , for the man does not have this right . I , the Saint of the saints , have spoken this , son . However , you should take after the man who rebukes you for your getting wise , but do not take after food to worship satan for bread , and do not take after the goods of the world to long for them and to worship them and their master , and do not bow to test God either , for it is written : « You shall not test the Lord , your God ». My people , receive My exhortation ; receive it and seek first to remain and seek not to commit sin by not fulfilling My word . I have only and only teaching for you , for behold , My work of coming has got now enemies in your midst , My people , and My way on to the earth has been denigrated , and I will get up now for Me and try to cleanse from darkness those who work , either willingly or unwillingly , to make a spot on My work in order to test your faith and the faith of many who get comforted from My river of word , My people .
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Oh , sons of men , it is written in the order of Christ ’ s church a time of fast for the cleansing of man ’ s sins and for the preparation of the feast of My resurrection . Oh , not those who fast from food will be blessed , but those who are pure in their heart , those who are gentle , those who are merciful , those who are righteous , the peacemakers , those who are blasphemed for My name , those who are persecuted because of righteousness , and not those who abstain from food . In the time of the fast seek to be healed from wickedness and adorn your soul with humility and repentance , for if the fast from food does not bring God in you , humble and gentle as He is , to teach the people how they may also be , then you will not be able to learn the way to My kingdom , and you will not find those who are My little brothers who stand before Me for My glory , for My works between earth and heaven . Come to the spring of My word , which teaches you too the way of My kingdom in man and here you will find those who stand before Me for the whole human kind on the earth , for I come and speak for all the word of creation and of man ’ s calling from death to life , from the world to God . Come , you too , on the royal way , on the way of life ! Come and become ministers of My church , which watches before Me day and night , as it does not minister before the world , but it rather watches serving . Come to learn what church means and what it means to love it as it loves you ! Come to understand that
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