2000.02.20
Behold , the one who has riches and does not know what he has got them for , that one is pitiful . But what has the man got riches for ? Let us have a heavenly council , sons from the manger . Let us join the earth with the heaven in a work of the Holy Spirit and let us rejoice the Father Sabaoth . The fruit of My work with you is My praise before the Father . Sons , what has the man got riches for ?
― You , Lord , are the One Who has and the One Who gives riches to the man . Some people work with them to urge many on the way of good deeds and prayer and gratitude for Your help , and of the cleanness of the mind and soul . Those rich men are Your stewards for the work of the saints on the earth and for the help of the destitute who wait from You in their wants . These rich people work for their own dwelling and wealth in the tents of Your saints , of Your righteous people , Lord . However , others have riches to receive their reward on the earth for the little that they give to those in need , but they are not dedicated themselves for You with those that You have been giving them to have . These do not advise the poor to You , since not even them look after You with those of Yours , and in this way , not even the people who obtained mercy seek You , but they only make use of the help from the rich ones .
― Oh , children of My coming , I have taught you to whom you should give of the work of your hands , of My wealth and yours , sons , and I told you that those whom you give should not have more than you , and you should also not have more than they have , for the rich man who has from Me and does not work this way is rich to the prejudice of his soul in his temporariness and eternity . He who has got riches and keeps them first for himself , that one loves them and cannot love both Me and them , since he has never been satisfied with them and that one has been looking for his mercifulness to make Me owe him . Behold , few are with you of those who have been taking My guide from you , the guide for life . The riches are the barrier to freedom . The same it happens to the rich ones in learning and science , and their wealth is their obstacle . The man who makes things for himself to have , that one is a sick man and cannot go to heaven and cannot be free . The rich man was hindered by his riches to love Me and to follow Me for his good deeds for the fulfillment of the life commandments . But the rich man cannot fulfill the first commandment , because his heart is bound to all he has been heaping to have for himself . The learned makes uses of those he has learnt and cannot catch up with the one with a clean mind and teaching ; he cannot , but only if he denies of his knowledge , to be freed from it , and then to be able to love Me , the humble and gentle One in heart . I have not learned from the man the knowledge of this world , which the man likens to those from God . How can the one who gathers much knowledge in his heart be gentle and humble in his heart ? The one who likes to know many things , he does this because of his haughtiness . What use is his mind for Me ? What good is it for others ? It is of no use to him but only as it was to the Pharisee who prayed to Me a prayer of gratitude against the Publican who confessed his sins humiliating himself before Me .
Oh , sons , where should those who pray to Me learn from what the prayer is , so that it may reach My heart ; the prayer of the man entangled in his own things ? The prayer , which makes Me glad and then the soul of the man , is that which brings Me into the heart of the man who is praying to Me , and here , I do not rejoice over the man who rejoices in Me , but I rejoice over the one in whom I can rejoice . I do not rejoice over the man who prays to Me , but I rejoice over the one in whom I can pray . Amen , amen , amen . The man , who I , the Lord , pray in , in the Holy Spirit , is the one who knows to pray and to be with Me by praying . But why should it be this way , sons ? Why should I pray in the prayer of the man to Me ? Why , sons , taught by God ?
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