Sermon on the Mount 2

September 779 in the year of the Romans-2

Excerpts from the Sermon on the Mount in authorial form

The consciousness of God's eternal being and existence, as well as the lively awareness of the eternal being of one's own psychically-spiritually-living and personal self, shall dwell within many. Even many amongst this trimmed and perverse people, selected and fallen under the sway of the ancient wicked adversary from all other nations of the earth, could not wholly close themselves off to the living sentiment of the soul's and spirit's continued existence and continuation; they had long since accepted the teachings of those peoples who proclaim the life of the soul and spirit after the shedding of the earthly body, in defiance of the death threats and death decrees of their El Shaddai-Yahweh.

Now I am here! I have fulfilled and confirmed the predictions of My prophets. They could not see or hear Me in their time, yet they now see Me, hear My word, behold My works – like you – and their joy is immeasurably great!

And as the multitudes that listened were astonished, the Lord spake unto them:

Be not amazed at this, for I say unto you that all those whom ye think are dead in their graves, see Me, hear My word – and those among them who actively follow it shall enter into My kingdom unto true eternal life! Many a one, whose countenance betrayed doubt, or who expressed his disbelief through words, heard from Him:

Many people believe not in that which they do not know, nay, even not in that which they think they know – yet they believe in that which possesses only the semblance of truth, without such being an immutable fact. Whether a person believes in the fact and truth of eternal life or not alters not this fact in the slightest; rather, it greatly impacts that individual himself!

Many of My children shall enter into My kingdom; yet because many cannot be so pure, they shall behold Me as Christ for all eternity! Their joy, their bliss, and their peace shall not be one jot lesser than the joy, bliss, and peace of those who shall behold Me in My power! Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. Be not concerned solely for your life, what ye shall eat, nor for what ye shall wear! Is not life more than sustenance, and the body more than raiment? Truly, man must care for and work for both on earth since, by virtue of his soul and spirit, he is more than the animals of the forest, water, and air; they sow, plant, and harvest not, yet live unfetteredly free, each after its own kind; thus man cannot live in community alone, for he lives not only for himself but is duty-bound to the community through work and cooperation in good deeds that secure the life of all those connected together.

Woe unto him who, in sound health, perceives the work he can do as a burden and plague, wishing to reap effortlessly from the labor of others; woe, woe unto him also who allows the laborers to hunger, thirst, suffer, and toil, gathering riches from which he presents himself gloriously and powerfully to the poor. So do the great ones of this perverse and treacherous people, who take Solomon's glory as a model, and whom they praise as the wisest of their fathers for having driven peoples into servitude, allowing a thousand women to sing praises of his wisdom and glory, and for having known how to gather six hundred sixty talents of gold each year, without accounting for the gold taken from merchants, traders, interest-bearing princes of other nations, and his own land stewards. Just as the collectors of gold, as overseers of every purchase and sale through the mark upon their foreheads or their right hands, instill fear and horror in all other men, great and small, rich and poor, free and enslaved, and no one dares to buy or sell aught without them, likewise do the superiors, great ones, foremost, and mighty instill fear and horror in all others, for they bear the same mark imprinted upon their countenance, without needing to bind it about them as did the overseers of every purchase and sale. Their fathers secretly termed it the mark of the beast and the number of its name, for it bore Solomon's name and the number six hundred sixty. Yet amidst all his splendor and glory, Solomon ultimately starved, having tolerated not sustenance. Then the Lord continued to speak to the multitudes:

What ye do unto the least among you, ye do unto Me! Blessed is he who can give and does so with joy, whose left hand knows not what the right hand doeth, and who does not say: "I give!" Woe unto him who gives not; and if he gives, all the world knows of it, more than he has given from his abundance! Woe also unto them who abuse the benevolence of others and interpret it as the duty of the other, demanding it of him and seeking merely to live off gifts without concern!

Woe unto him who becomes rich through the work of his fellow men and who forsakes those in need and hunger, who have labored at scant wages to earn him his wealth!

Woe unto him who shortens the wages of the laborer and holds him as a slave, that he may soon become wealthy himself. – Woe also unto the laborer who is not satisfied with sufficient wages and endangers the property and workplace of the well-to-do through excessive demands! Blessed are the rich and the poor, if they perceive one another as neighbors and meet each other in harmony, for without the laboring others, one would not be rich; and who then shall give to the poor, those who can no longer work?

Woe unto those who do not give to these and allow them to perish; for I say unto you that they shall perish many times over in the beyond until they reach the path that leads to those whom they allowed to perish on earth!

He who seeks God's eternal truth shall find Me and shall not pass by Me. He who knocks at the gates of heaven of My kingdom, My word shall open to him for true eternal life. Seek then, that ye may find Me truly; knock, and I will open unto you and give you that which pertains to your eternal salvation, even without your first asking Me for it. Indeed, good men already give to the needy and open to the knocker the door of their house; how much more will I do it, even without your first having to ask Me, ye who have all once been My children!

Be not astonished that I call you My children; for as I am the eternal truth, the true light and the true eternal life, I am the essence of all life and your father, even in this My human form. Because ye see this My human form, ye see not Me. I, however, see you as ye are, despite the form of the earthly body which ye bear and which I have taken on, that ye may see and hear Me. Just as the earthly body alters not your true essence of soul and spirit, for only the recognition thereof can change, how much less can My earthly body change Mine eternal essence, spirit, and life, I who have come that ye may truly recognize Me, and through My word, which I confirm by works, that none other can perform, reach true knowledge of God.

He who recognizes Me and strives to follow Me with action has already risen from the dead, and he shall live through Me even after earthly death, a true life. Tell Me, where among you are parents who would offer their children sand instead of millet and serpents instead of fish? Or would there be among you a father who, to save his whole family from dire peril, would not take hold of everything, do all, and sacrifice himself, but rather push his son forward to be sacrificed? Now then, if men who are otherwise not good strive to provide their children with good and are willing to sacrifice themselves for them, how much more will I do all this for My children, who are you, and from whom many will indeed recognize Me through My own self-sacrifice!

To teach you and actively confirm My word, I have come to you Myself, that each who hath eyes for true seeing and ears for true hearing may hear the truth of which I am eternally, and that he who recognizes Me through My word and works may follow me to his own earthly and eternal salvation. There are indeed also men in multitudes who are hostile to everyone, and who do not extend any good even to their own children; there are also fathers who push their sons forward and have them sacrifice themselves for their own ends, and who load their sons with that which it is their duty to do, urging the dependent good people by threats and curses. In such inhuman beings, however, dwells not a spark of the light of eternal truth from God; for they are children of darkness, to whom nothing is sacred, and who therefore hate not only the eternal, but every truth whatsoever, because the truth is pure and holy.

Therefore, ye shall not cast that which is holy unto dogs, nor the pearls of the pure unto swine, lest they trample them underfoot and turn again and tear you asunder. Love one another as I love you! No one hath greater love than he who is willing to willingly give his own earthly life for the welfare of his own! All that ye would that others should do unto you, do ye also unto them! Forgive, so he who asks for forgiveness may be deemed worthy of forgiveness through repentance and intended improvement. Be not stingy and resentful in forgiveness, should such occur that ye might hope for improvement, and seek not constantly the faults among all others, but first among yourselves! As I am the forgiveness, ye and no man has the right to withhold forgiveness from one another or from others for their transgressions and sins, just as I have no right to retain them and burden them therewith; for no man, thus not even one among you, is faultless and sinless pure, though many may not be far from it.

When God the Lord was asked how one should confront the wickedness of others and behave towards them, He spake:

If thy brother, neighbor, friend turn against thee without cause, unjustly doeth thee wrong or even evil, then reprove him, and set before him the injustice of his actions against thy peaceful and good will. If he is sensible, he will listen unto thee and change his deeds towards good; then forgive and forget what has been done to thee, and thou hast regained him and peace. But if he will not heed thee and continue to oppress thee or even more than before, he is not a man of good will, thus call him to account again, yet not alone, but with witnesses, that thy good intent may be proven. But if also this bears no fruit with him, and his actions against thee are such that thou sufferest harm to thy body, goods, and possessions from him, then avoid him. For he has proven that he is not thy neighbor, friend, and brother, but thy enemy; let him be less than any unknown stranger. Yet if he yet pursues thee and thou perceivest that his actions against thee are such as to harm thee or thy own in body, goods, and possessions, then turn to the authorities with thy witnesses and accuse him. But if they are far off and he turns against thee with violence, then repel him with strength, yet do no more violence than what is necessary. Not alone that, but if ye see that wickedness, treachery, greed, and other such characteristics attack your neighbors, friends, and brothers without cause with violence and even with weapons regarding their possessions, body, and life, then ye shall aid and help the threatened against the aggressors with force. In so doing, ye do a good work, even should the aggressors strike that which was meant to strike the chosen victims. And take heed:

Not the deed, nor the omission, nor the action itself as such is decisive for guilt and innocence, but the intent; it is this which even makes killing a good act, as the wicked intent renders it a grievous and devilish crime. Yet what is good and what is evil, each one knows, hears, feels, and experiences best in himself, that no one in sound understanding could state otherwise. He who takes My word to heart and endeavors to follow it with action and to follow Me, walks not in darkness, but in light, and shall possess the light of life. If ye abide in My word, ye shall know the truth, and the knowledge of the truth shall make you free.

He who knows Me, knows the Father. I am not of this world, but have come from heaven. I am the truth, the light, the life, and the beginning! He who knows Me, knows Him who sent Me; he who sees Me sees the Father – and from now on ye know Him and have seen Him! God is the truth, and I am the truth! My peace be with you!

On the Knowledge of Truth

No great spirit is required to grasp the truth; it suffices that the discernibly capable spirit brings forth so much good will and is willing to discern good from evil, even when good or evil encounters not himself but the others. He who would distinguish and bring forth solely goodness towards all and do nothing but good is truthful himself, even should he have never heard anything from Him who alone is the eternal truth and the true eternal life – God – and therefore knows not the true eternal God. Thus, no great spirit is required for the knowledge of truth; it suffices for every discernibly capable spirit to possess good will, to love, and to practice good; for once My essence, My name, My word, My works, and My spirit are presented before his spiritual eye, as I am truly and as ye know Me, even the least discernibly capable spirit shall, through his good will, recognize that I am the eternal truth, and he shall rejoice to have found the true eternal God in Him who alone is the eternal truth and the true eternal life. This essence, this name, this word, this works, and this spirit shall be laid before his spiritual eye as I am truly and as ye know Me, and also the least discernibly capable spirit shall recognize, through his good will, that I am the eternal truth. He will rejoice to have found the true eternal God in Him who alone is the eternal truth and the true eternal life. Should the smallest discernibly capable spirit grasp and recognize Me, how much easier must the great spirit find Me, to whom it is but light to penetrate things of whose existence the small spirit possesses not even an inkling. Yet what use is it even to the greatest spirit to have all its attributes and abilities, if it disregards the strength of good will and fails to strive to evoke just that power, but rather, as soon as it begins to manifest itself beside the multitude of its other attributes, forcefully suppresses and stifles it? For such a one desires neither to recognize nor to concede that over all the great and greatest beings of a personal, psychically-spiritually living, recognizable trinity, there exists indeed a one-person God; this being in the eternal essence of His own self, in the unchanging, unalterable spirit of truth which is eternally His own and in the life force, which is likewise eternally inherent to this spirit and the essence of God, is threefold.

To recognize this and to fully understand it requires no great spirit; even the smallest discernibly capable spirit can fully recognize and grasp it as soon as this fact and truth are presented to him clearly with simple words, and he is made aware that he himself is naught but a psychically-spiritually living trinity that has come from eternity and shall remain eternally; furthermore, that he can come increasingly closer to the trinity of God's essence the more knowledge of God and good will he endeavors to cultivate. Thus, not the capability of discernment, not smallness and poverty, not the greatness of spirit nor even true knowledge of God renders a man godlike in himself or brings him nearer to God; but rather, good will alone remains the decisive factor in this regard; for where such is not aroused and genuinely manifested, there the spirit, despite all capability of discernment, and in spite of all knowledge of truth, remains far from God and thus cannot become like Him, for he who lacks good will can never be true and good, and therefore will practice not goodness, love, compassion, forgiveness, justice, and self-sacrifice, all the less the more he demands of others to practice these for himself.

There is no need to point out whether men of small and humble spirit possess more good will as their own and also actuate it than men of great, penetrating, and strong spirit. For he who considers all that men of great spirit have given and continue to give to congregations of smaller, willing, and thereby easily guided spirit, from which hell to the other the congregations of smaller spirit, entranced by the learning and belief of the learned and great, are plunged, and through which bog of psychically-spiritual disposition the spirit drags them, he sees, hears, and feels if he possesses eyes for seeing, ears for hearing, a body for feeling, and his psychically-spirituality for correct thinking. Alas, the multitudes of smaller spirit allow the greater and grand spirit to think for them; willingly or out of necessity, they follow him through every bog, every darkness, and even through hell itself, whilst they lament how God and the gods permit all this, how much misery, pain, and torment they allow, or even instigate, ordain, and approve! If they know not themselves, if they know not what they truly are, whence they have come to earth, why they are to traverse this earthly life, why they are here, and whither they are to go in truth, if they know all this not – how then can they first know God as the eternal truth?

I have become man, am here, and say to the congregations, both small and of great spirit, not only who you are, whence you come, why you are here, and whither you are to go, but also who I am, why I have taken on this human body, and there ye see precisely how much good will the congregations of smaller spirit possess, and what contrary will of good intention the great spirit presents unto Me!

End of Part 2