The Church of Christ in its beginnings

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THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN ITS BEGINNINGS

 

My disciples received the Gospel of love from Me directly when I lived on

earth, and thus they were able to carry it into the world in its pure and

unadulterated form after I accomplished My act of Salvation and ascended to My

kingdom of light again. And they, on their part, also kept My teaching pure and

people came to know Me as their Redeemer from sin and death…. They were

instructed by My disciples that they would have to take the path to the cross

and

live a life of love in order to be able to fulfil the purpose of their

earthly lives and to enter My kingdom after their deaths. My disciples were

guided

into truth by Me and also passed on the same truth because My spirit was able

to work in them…. In the beginning, therefore, people accepted My pure

Gospel and also made an effort to live a life of love, and thus they, too,

became

spiritually alive and I was able to work in them Myself. And so My teaching

remained pure for a certain period of time, My disciples passed on their

teaching ministry because they recognised the spiritual state of those they

appointed as their successors….

Yet it did not take long before people assumed such a teaching ministry by

themselves, partly due to selfish reasons, partly due to overzealousness of

complying with My will but without waiting for the inner calling…. And so it

came to pass that this teaching ministry was eventually conferred

indiscriminately.... that the inner ability, the human being’s spiritual

state, was no

longer pertinent but that external circumstances played a part and thus

increasingly endangered the pure truth as well which, however, was not noticed

precisely because of the teachers’ unenlightened spirit…. The people,

however, to

whom the Gospel was preached were denied the right to form their own opinion

and to voice doubts about the absolute truth of what they were taught…. Those

who deemed themselves spiritual leaders were convinced of their mission and

authority and allowed no contradiction whatsoever. And those who were being

taught were obliged to accept without scrutiny that everything they were

offered was true. It was only possible for the truth to remain pure as long as

its

guardians were spiritually enlightened. Yet the number of those who were

placed into positions of authority without being enlightened by My spirit soon

predominated and all objections by a spiritually awakened person were

dismissed…. The former grew more powerful and the pure truth became

interspersed

with error…. with ideas which had originated in people’s intellect and were

endorsed by them as divine truth. And although spiritually enlightened people

time and again tried to eliminate this error…. My adversary succeeded in

asserting himself, for his followers’ power was already too great and the pure

truth was no longer recognised as such.

This explains to you that in the course of time something entirely different

established itself as the ‘church of Christ’ than what was founded by Me on

earth…. Only this explains how an organisation came into power, why time and

again divisions occurred within this organisation and why I only ever want

the ‘church founded by Me’ to be regarded as a spiritual edifice that

includes those people who live in truth due to a life of love, which results in

a

living faith and the awakening of the spirit. And this church has indeed kept

itself alive to this day, for time and again My spirit could pour itself out

over people who made an effort to live a life of love and to fulfil My will….

And so the pure truth which exposes all misguided teachings could always be

imparted to them again, and every genuinely truth-seeking person will receive

an explanation as to how humankind was able to fall into such confused

thinking and is unwilling to free itself from it. Yet it will also be

understandable to everyone that the masses will never be open to the truth but

willingly

accept error, and thus every individual person should try to free himself from

wrong spiritual knowledge as soon as My grace offers him the pure truth, for

just his sincere desire will enable him to differentiate between truth and

error, and then he will also belong to the church which I founded on earth

Myself….

 

Amen