About the carved image ( icon ) and the sign of the cross
Me , the One broken and victorious under the cross , and neither I do recognize Myself in them . Amen .
I spoke clearly : « If anyone desires to come after Me , let him deny himself , and take up his cross , and follow Me », ( Matt : 16 / 24 ) to follow Me and not to follow themselves , children from under the cross , crushed and victorious under it and by it , for there is no victorious man between earth and heaven but only through the cross . Amen .
I was together with My disciples when I called the crowd and I said : « If anyone desires to come after Me , let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me . For whoever desires to save his life will lose it , and whoever will lose his life for My sake and for the Gospel , that one will find it , and it will save him from destruction , for what will profit a man , if he gains the whole world , and he forfeits his life ? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life ?» ( See Matt : 16 / 24-26 )
Oh , children crushed and victorious under the heavy cross of My coming after the man ! You shall know and tell everybody by this spoken word that on earth there are two kinds of Christians : earthly or fleshly Christians , and heavenly or spiritual Christians , under the cross . You , little sons with a heavy-footed walking on your way with Me , you shall never cry for yourselves or for the man . However , you should cry for Me and with Me , and let the sons of the world cry for themselves . He who cries for himself is rebellious and unthankful , and he who loves Me and follows Me by self-denial , and does not have to and it is not nice to separate from God before the angels or before the people , for I am not a doll , as many people want to treat Me , but I am the One full of tears for every man who plays with God before the angels and before the people shaking off his cross , his faith , his stature and his steadfastness by any difficult thing , and I , the Lord and My saints , did and do not do such a thing , but we are rather long enduring on earth and in heaven for the life and for the salvation of the man , fallen from life . Amen .
The cross is My coming through the glory on the cross , as I worked two thousand years ago . The cross is the sign of My coming to the man , and the man without a cross does not have My coming in his body . The cross is the victory upon death , and I call blessed those that get under it and do no longer come out from under it , for the man without a cross is worldly and he is like a child who loves his toys and the life of his free will , and not a life with tears and with heartache to keep him alive and true on earth as in heaven . The cross is the life without sin , without pleasures , without self-will , for the kingdom of God in man is not like the one on earth in man , but it is like that one on the cross , for through the cross I was a King with a kingdom , which does not fall down . Amen .
The one who forgets God for his own self , is the one who does not remain in God , and let him , who hears what I say , understand . The one who forgets God is the one who falls asleep when he goes to bed and when he gets up he does not blame himself because of the humility that would give his life , for the one without God is dead , it is him , and not God in him , because God is humble , He is the gentle and humble One by the spirit of humility , which makes God in man and man in God . Amen .
Oh , how easy those who want to deny themselves forget to take up their cross and to follow Me , and how easy do these forget not to worship other gods besides Me ! Behold , these
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