WORD OF GOD

... through Bertha Dudde

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Following Jesus: Bearing the cross ....
You will always cross the ridge to the s!iritual "ingdo# i$ you
$ollow Jesus% the di&ine Redee#er% Who estalished this ridge
$or you hu#ans and wal"ed the !ath e$ore you. 'e 'i#sel$
ridged this road gul$ etween the earth and the s!iritual
"ingdo# through 'is act o$ (al&ation% 'e wal"ed the #ost
arduous and !ain$ul !ath to the cross and therey uilt the
ridge into the "ingdo# o$ light .... which can e crossed y
e&ery hu#an eing and will always lead to the right goal ....
)he !ath o$ $ollowing Jesus has to e ta"en% that is% *ust as 'e
had acce!ted all su$$ering out o$ lo&e $or the wretched hu#an
race so the hu#an eing% too% has to ta"e the !ath o$ lo&e and
su$$ering% he has to endea&our to $ollow 'i# in order to !urge his
soul .... e&en though the hu#an eing Jesus had ta"en all guilt o$
'is $allen rothers u!on 'i#sel$ and thus the i##ense original
sin is redee#ed through the cruci$i+ion% through the act o$
(al&ation .... 'is soul can only get cleansed and !uri$ied through
lo&e and su$$ering% and it has to acco#!lish this !urging while
still on earth i$ it wants to achie&e the degree o$ light which
guarantees its ha!!iness.
For the hu#an eing li&es on earth in order to $ree his soul $ro#
all i#!urities% $ro# all &ices and longings% wea"nesses and ad
haits% which still cling to you as a result o$ your !ast a!ostasy%
which it should and will e ale to shed i$ it !atiently tra&els the
earthly !ath in su$$ering and #a"es an e$$ort to li&e a li$e o$ lo&e.
For lo&e is the #ost assured #eans o$ !uri$ication% lo&e dissol&es
all i#!urities and layers which still urden a soul. ,nd
su$$ering .... hu#ly endured .... is li"ewise suitale to crystallise
the soul% which then has eco#e rece!ti&e to light and
translucent when it enters the real# o$ the eyond.
For this reason Jesus s!o"e the Words -Whosoe&er will co#e
a$ter .e% let hi# ta"e u! his cross ..../ 0o hu#an eing will e
entirely s!ared su$$ering% e&en i$ the weight o$ urden &aries with
each !erson. Yet earthly li$e is not the ulti#ate $ul$il#ent% it is
only e&er a !re!aratory stage $or the true li$e in the s!iritual
"ingdo# .... ,nd any load the soul is still urdened with on earth
can only raise its eatitude in the eyond% !ro&iding it is hu#ly
endured as God/s will.
)hus the hu#an eing shall ta"e the !ath o$ $ollowing Jesus o$
his own $ree will .... 'e hi#sel$ has to want that his soul should
attain greater #aturity on earth% he consciously has to decide to
$ollow Jesus% he also has to ac"nowledge 'is act o$ (al&ation and
#a"e use o$ it $or hi#sel$.
For no earthly e+istence% no #atter how sorrow$ul% will e&er hel!
the soul to !er$ection i$ the hu#an eing does not
acknowledge Jesus% i$ he does not #a"e use o$ 'is act o$
(al&ation and its lessings% i$ he does not elie&e in 'i# and the
$act that it was God Himself Who acco#!lished the act o$
(al&ation in the #an Jesus. )hen his earthly !ath can e as
wretched as anything% he will not deri&e any ene$it $ro# it $or
his soul% $or then he did not &oluntarily -$ollow Jesus/ ....
'owe&er% the #ore you hu#ans are $illed with lo&e the less you
will e weighed down y su$$ering% $or lo&e is the est #eans o$
release% the $ire o$ lo&e will dissol&e the soul/s e&ery layer% it will
#elt away e&erything that is unclean and hardened% lo&e will
achie&e the soul/s !uri$ication within a short ti#e% and the e+tent
o$ su$$ering can e reduced where lo&e is already dealing with
the soul/s !uri$ication !rocess ....
,nd there$ore the hu#an eing will ha&e to e o$ ser&ice to a
large e+tent in order to e+!ress his lo&e therey% $or lo&e i#!els
!eo!le to e acti&e% and as soon as it thus unsel$ishly a!!lies to
another !erson the hu#an eing will constantly !er$or# laours
o$ lo&e% and then he will tra&el the !ath o$ $ollowing Jesus% Who
ti#e and again was li"ewise i#!elled y lo&e to acco#!lish
hel!$ul acts% Who ai#ed to alle&iate his $ellow hu#an eing/s
su$$ering and distress and used re#ar"ale strength in order to
hel! his $ellow hu#an eings.
,nd thus a constant willingness to hel! will e a !ath o$ $ollowing
Jesus% ecause it de#onstrates lo&e% which can only e&er ha&e a
ene$icial e$$ect% oth $or the !ro&ider as well as $or the one who
acce!ts the hel! .... For lo&e is the #ost 1ower$ul% the Di&ine%
which has to lead to the soul/s !er$ection without $ail% which has
to !urge a soul and #a"e it rece!ti&e to light ....
lo&e is the $inal o*ecti&e on earth% ecause it leads to uni$ication
with the 2ternal 3o&e% ecause it restores the original state o$ the
created eing and there$ore also has to guarantee su!re#e liss%
which the eing then $inds in closest unity with its God and
Father o$ eternity% $ro# Whose lo&e it once had e#erged ....
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