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One , Who sent Me ». Oh , let the man deny himself and then take up his cross and follow Me , as if he does not deny himself , he cannot follow Me . What does it mean , son , that the man should deny himself to have his way with Christ ? Behold , I took up My cross and I follow My Father , after My Father ’ s will , not after My will . This is what it means for the man to deny himself . This is what I said : « I do not do My will , but the will of the One Who sent Me ». He , who wants to follow Me , let him deny himself , and if he does not deny himself , he does not want to follow Me ; he cannot be My will if he does not deny himself . Solomon spoke the word of the wisdom but he did not deny himself . He did not listen to God . He listened to himself , and he did not take up his cross to follow Me . This is with every man who worships himself , the idol , his carved image , his own self , sons . ( See the selection topic : „ About the graven image and the sign of the cross ”, r . n .) If Solomon had loved Me , He would have followed Me , he would have taken up his cross and would have loved Me if he followed Me , but he loved himself ; he listened to his own self , and prayed to God to give him wisdom to judge his people .
Israel , dear son , how beautiful is the man who denies himself , how beautiful ! There is no greater wisdom than this wisdom . He , who does not deny himself , does not have any cross , and the cross is the man ’ s denial of himself . Woe to the man without cross ! That one is not , and he has no one to be through . He , who is , is through the cross , through the denial of himself , son . I have come to you with the wisdom from above , as Verginica prays to Me to build a house of wisdom in you , so that you may be . I have spoiled you with the light of My word , so that I may ask for your obedience , My people , and that I may help you to deny yourself and to stay through Me ; to stay in obedience and to have a cross as I had . I did not do My will . Not I , but My Father wanted to come as Man on the earth , to be crucified and to do His will ; My Father ’ s will , not Mine . Behold , Israel , this is the wisdom and it is one : the man to deny himself . Who is he that denies himself ? It is the one who takes up his cross and goes on the way with God . The one , whom you do not see under his cross , is not denied himself . I , the Son of God , denied of My own self and I did the man ’ s will , as the man ’ s will was to be crucified on the cross . This is what the man asked ; to be put on the cross , and I submitted as the one who denies himself . I promised that I come to you with a lesson of wisdom from above , and I came , My people . I stay on the clouds of archangels ; I stay on the sky of angels and speak My wisdom upon you . I was the One , Who denied Himself taking up His cross and following in obedience , and he , who wants to be like Me , let him come to Me , deny himself and to come taking up his cross , taking up with him his self denial . The self-denial is the cross , for the cross is nothing else . There is no greater wisdom to call out among the sons of the people than this wisdom .
The man ’ s will is called sin ; it is called the sinful man . He , who sins , is an ugly man , a man with a gloomy face , a hidden man , a defeated man , an inward man , who knows that is guilty . What is a hypocrite man ? A hypocrite man is the Christian who sins , as that one hides himself with his sin , and his face becomes gloomy . The Christian with a clean heart is beautiful in his face and in his heart ; he is calm in his voice and has brotherly love ; he is calm in his behavior and clean in his heart .
You should beware , Christian , of the Pharisee ’ s yeast ; you should beware of hiding into yourself , of hiding your sins committed in the darkness , that is into hiding , not into the open like the world , which sins shamelessly . Keep away of hiding into yourself , son , as this kind of hiding is called hypocrisy ; only for the Pharisees , only for Christians , sons . The world sins openly and the Christian does it secretly . Not so , My people . The Pharisee ’ s yeast is not good ; it is no good for a Christian to be a Pharisee , but rather he should deny himself .
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