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This is My Word
Alpha and Omega

The Gospel of Jesus.
The Christ Revelation, which
the world does not know.
Sermon on the Mount
(Part 3)

CHAPTER 27
Sermon on the Mount (Part 3)

Your negative thoughts, words and deeds are your own judges (1).
Splinter and beam - The need for self-recognition (2). Missionizing is wanting to convince - Live the truth and be an example (3). Asking, seeking, knocking; the inner gate does not open for the intellect (4). What you demand of your neighbour is what you yourself do not possess in your heart; an attitude of expectation leads to binding (6). The fight on the narrow path to life (7). Distinguishing between good and bad fruits (8-9). Take in the word of life with your heart - "This Is My Word”: a work of life and of love (13)

1. "Do not judge, so that you will not be judged. For you will be judged in the same way you judge others; and with whatever measure you measure, you will be measured again in turn. And as you do to others, so will it be done to you. (Chap. 27:1)

I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:

You have read that thoughts, words and deeds are magnets. The one who judges and condemns his neighbour in thoughts and with words will experience the same or similar things on himself.

Recognize that your negative thoughts, words and deeds are your own judges. "With whatever measure you measure” - whether in thoughts or in words and actions - so will you yourself be measured. Just as you belittle your neighbour, in order to exalt yourself, so will you be valued: You will know and suffer your own worth. And if you say, "What the one has is sufficient for him - the other one should receive more”, then one day you will possess only as much or even less than the one to whom you have conceded less: Just as you treat your neighbour in thoughts, words and deeds, so will you yourself fare some day.

2. How is it that you see the splinter in your brother's eye and are not aware of the beam in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother that you want to take the splinter out of his eye? And see, a beam is in your eye. You hypocrite, first take the beam out of your own eye; only then will you see clearly, in order to be able to take the splinter out of your brother's eye. (Chap. 27:2)

    I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:

Only the person who is not aware of the beam in his own eye talks constantly about the splinter in his neighbour's eye. Only the one who does not know his own way of thinking and living busies himself with trying to extricate the splinter from the eye of his brother. The one who does not know himself nor his beam - the sins in his soul which are reflected in his own eyes - has no eye for the truth. His eye is clouded by sin. Thus, he sees in his neighbour just what he himself still is: a sinner. Only the one who works on the beam in his own eye perceives more and more clearly. Then he will be able to recognize the splinter in his brother's eye more and more clearly and, in accordance with the law of love for one's neighbour, will help him to remove it.

Therefore, the one who speaks negatively about his fellow men, who belittles and slanders them, does not know his own faults.

You should recognize them by their fruits. Each one shows who he is, that is, his fruit. The one who becomes upset about his fellow men and makes fun of them shows who he truly is.

The one who first discards his own faults is also able to help his neighbour. This is why each one who speaks adversely about his brother's faults - and in so doing does not notice the beam in his own eye - is a hypocrite.

3. You should not give what is holy to the dogs nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them with their feet, turn round and rend you. (Chap. 27:3)

I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:

Going with the words of truth from place to place, from house to house, using your skills to persuade and convince and missionizing to every one you get hold of is not in accordance with the eternal law of free will. For that would mean that you do not hold the truth sacred, and do as is figuratively written, "You should not give what is holy to the dogs nor cast your pearls before the swine.” This means, you should not force the word of God upon your neighbour. The person who thinks that his neighbour should believe and accept what he thinks he is convinced of still has doubt himself and questions his own belief.

To missionize means to want to convince. The one who wants to convince is himself not convinced in his own inner being of what he extols.

So, be good examples in your belief and not those who missionize. You can offer the content of your faith and leave everyone the option, to believe in it or not, whether he wants to go along with you or not.

The freedom in God is an aspect of the eternal law. When your neighbour approaches you of his own free will and asks you about your belief, he is taking the first step towards you; and the one who is firm in his faith will then go towards his neighbour and answer him.

The one who is in divine communication with his neighbour will not tie him to his belief - but will communicate to him only as much as he himself has recognized and actualized. Only the person who has developed little selfless love wants to tie his neighbour to his belief.

Therefore, beware of the overly zealous ones who want to convince you of their belief. Offer the eternal truth in spoken and written word - and live accordingly yourselves; then those who have recognized the life in themselves will approach you.

4. Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you; for every one who asks will receive and the one who seeks will find, and to those who knock it will be opened. (Chap. 27:4)

I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:

Only the person who has not yet entered into his inner being, into the kingdom of love, asks, seeks and knocks at the gate to the Inner Life. The Kingdom of God is in the soul of every person.

The first step on the path to Inner Life, on the way to the gate of salvation, is to ask God for help and support. The next step is to search for the love and justice of God. The pilgrim finds the life, the love and justice of God in the commandments of life, which are signposts on the way within.

A further step is to knock at the inner door, in the little chamber of one's own heart. This gate to the heart of God opens itself only to the one who has sincerely prayed, searched and knocked. The inner gate does not open to the intellectual who seeks only outer values and ideals. The doubters will not be received either.

Therefore, the one who asks, seeks and knocks must do it out of love for God and not in order to test the love of God.

Recognize that the person who just wants to test whether the love of God really exists will himself be put to the test very soon. The gate of the heart is open to the one who lives in God. He need not ask anymore; he has already received, for God knows His children. The one who has entered into the heart of God has already received in his soul. This means that the fullness from God shines more intensively in his soul and radiates through him, through the person. The one who has entered into his inner being no longer needs to seek - he is at home in the kingdom of the inner being. And the one who consciously dwells there no longer needs to knock; he has already entered and lives in God, and God lives through him.

Only those will ask, seek and knock who still stand on the outside and do not yet know that, deep within their soul, they bear what makes them truly rich: the love and wisdom of God.

5. Which man among you here gives a stone when his child asks for bread, or a serpent when he asks for a fish? If you, who are evil, can nevertheless give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him.

6. Whatever you want that people should do to you, do it likewise to them, and whatever you do not want them to do to you, do not do it to them either; for this is the law and the prophets. (Chap. 27:5-6)

I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:

Recognize that you should not demand from your fellow man what you yourself are not willing to give.

When you expect your neighbour to do something for you, ask yourself the question: Why do you not do it yourself? The person who expects, for example, money and property from his neighbour, so that, in his laziness, he himself will not have to work, or the person who expects faithfulness from his neighbour while he himself is not faithful, or the one who wants to be accepted and received by his neighbour, yet neither accepts nor receives his fellow man - is selfish and poor in spirit.

Whatever you demand of your neighbour is what you yourself do not have in your heart.

It is unlawful - out of an attitude of expectation - to force one's fellow man into acts, statements or ways of behaving, which one, of oneself, would not be willing to do.

If you have recognized your expectant attitude in wanting something from your neighbour, turn back quickly and first do yourself what you demand of your neighbour.

All coercion is pressure, which produces in turn coercion and counter-pressure. Through such extortionary behaviour towards your fellow man, you tie yourself to him and make of yourself - as well as of the one who lets himself be blackmailed - a slave to a baser nature. Coercive methods such as: "I expect of you and you expect of me - each gives the other what the other demands” lead to binding.

What is bound has no place in heaven. Both the persons tied to one another will meet again one day, either in the fine-material life or in further incarnations.

This form of binding does not apply to one's place of work. When, in your professional life, you have freely taken a position in a certain field of work, and the responsible person gives you duties that you should carry out within the framework of your job, you have already given your consent to that upon joining the enterprise. You have freely taken your place in the field of work and on the work team, in order to do what is assigned to you. Thus, when you choose a job, you should also carry out what is assigned to you in accordance with the field of work you yourself have chosen. The statement "Whatever you want that people should do to you, do it likewise to them ...” therefore, does not apply to a self-chosen profession or field of work.

"Whatever you do not want them [the people] to do to you, do not do it to them either” means: If you do not want to be laughed at and ridiculed, or do not want to be robbed or lied to, or do not want to be deprived of your belongings, or do not want to be led by the nose, or do not want to be robbed of your free will, or do not want to be beaten or insulted, then do not do that to your fellow man. For what you do to the least of your brothers, that you do to Me - and to yourself. What you do not want to be done to you, you should not do to any of your neighbours either - for everything that comes from you returns to you. Therefore, examine your thoughts and guard your tongue!

7. Enter by the strait gate. For narrow is the path and strait is the gate that lead to life, and few are those who find them. But wide is the gate and broad is the road that lead to ruin, and there are many who walk on it. (Chap. 27:7)

I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:

"... narrow is the path and strait is the gate that lead to life” means that the darkling presents himself to every one who endeavours to walk the narrow path to life and shows him - as he did to Me, as Jesus of Nazareth - the treasures and comforts of this world. The satanic should be resisted and opposed every day anew. The one who is not watchful will be servile to him.

Recognize that every person who takes the first steps towards the life first feels confined and restricted, until he has finally made a decision. For he should now cease to do the human things which he thought and did until now.

The first steps lead into the unknown - they are called belief and trust. Until the first steps are taken, the path to life is strait and narrow. The first hurdles that should be overcome on the path to the heart of God are called: Change your way of thinking and cease your old human habits! Repent, forgive, ask for forgiveness and do not sin anymore! For every individual this means a personal effort and a readjustment of everything that was customary to him up until then.

However, the one who perseveres with My strength will leave the narrow path and reach the great road of light into the kingdom of the inner being, on which he will strive towards the gate to absoluteness, to the life in God, together with those who journey into the light.

Man is tested every day: for or against God.

The one who decides against Me, by keeping all human comforts and everything that makes him human, will not be led into temptation on the wide dark street, since he has sold himself to the tempter. Many, indeed, take this road to ruin. They are not tested like the ones who walk the narrow path to life.

The one who has sold himself to the tempter thereby also gives his unrestricted assent to what he has to harvest on account of his seed.

8. Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but are inwardly ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Can one gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?

9. Likewise, every good tree brings forth good fruit, but a bad tree brings forth bad fruit. Every tree that does not bring forth good fruit is only fit to be cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore, you should distinguish the good from the bad by their fruits. (Chap. 27:8-9)

I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:

At the end of the days of materialism, of the "time of avarice and greed”, many false prophets will appear. They will talk much about the love of God - and yet their works are works of men. Not the one who speaks of the love of God is a true prophet and a spiritually wise man, but only the one whose works are good.

Only the person who first examines his own attitude has the gift to discern whether he himself truly believes in the gospel of selfless love and also fulfils what is meant by the gospel, and what he himself has already actualized in selfless love towards his neighbour.

You can recognize your fellow man and sense the difference between the good, the less good and the bad, only when you have attained a certain degree of spiritual maturity.

The one who still condemns his neighbours and thinks and speaks negatively about them cannot yet value his fellow man. He lacks the gift of discernment. He only passes judgement and does not look more deeply.

If you yourself are still a bad fruit, how can you recognize the good fruit? The one who does not actualize the laws of God therefore lacks the gift to differentiate between what is good, less good and bad.

And so, the one who wants to judge his neighbour should first examine himself to see whether he possesses the gift to differentiate between the just and the unjust.

A good fruit can be discarded very quickly and the bad one approved when the rotten fruit makes a show of itself with much talking and acts with a lot of seemingly convincing words and gestures.

Recognize: Like attracts like. The rotten fruits are closer than the good fruits to the one who is himself still a rotten fruit. But the one who is selfless is a good fruit and the good, the selfless, is also close to him.

The one who is selfless also has the gift to differentiate between the good, the less good and the bad fruits. And so, the one who wants to differentiate between the good and bad fruits must first be a good fruit himself. Only the good fruit can recognize the bad. The bad fruit seeks like-minded bad fruits again and again, in order to act against the good ones. The bad fruits condemn, discard, judge and bind.

The good, ripe fruits are understanding, benevolent and tolerant, and are kind towards their neighbour. They do address the wrongs, but they keep their neighbour in their heart. This means that they no longer judge, condemn or convict.

I repeat: You shall recognize them by their fruits.

The good fruit knows the bad fruit, yet the bad fruit does not recognize the good fruit. The good fruit looks only upon the good, the bad fruit only upon the bad. The human being thinks, speaks and acts accordingly.

10. Not all who say to Me: Lord! Lord! will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but those who do the will of My Father who is in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day: Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name? Have we not cast out devils in Your name? Have we not done many wonderful works in Your name? Then I will declare to them: I have never known you; depart from Me, you evil-doers. (Chap. 27:10)

I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:

The one who only calls on My name and does not fulfil the will of My Father is poor in spirit, despite his seemingly spiritually effective speech and his seemingly courteous words, and will not enter into the King-dom of Heaven.

But the one who accomplishes selfless deeds without expecting reward or acknowledgement is the one who does the will of My Father, for he acts as he thinks and speaks.

Selfless deeds result only from God-filled sensations and thoughts. If a person's thoughts are impure, then his words are insipid and his deeds egocentric.

Recognize that the one who appears to speak out of the I Am, that is, who seems to speak My word and appears to accomplish deeds in My name and lives well from this, has already received his reward. He will receive no further reward in heaven. The one who does selfless works of love and works for his earthly bread will receive the just reward in heaven.

Recognize that the spiritual bread is the spiritual nourishment for the soul. The bread for the body should be earned according to the law of "pray and work”.

The spiritual bread comes from the heavens and will be offered to those who keep the law of love and of life and also fulfil the commandment "pray and work”.

God gives men the earthly food through the earth. The fruits of the earth require preparation through the work of the hands. And in this way, the worker is worthy of his wage.

Recognize the difference between the bread for the soul and the bread for the earthly body. Both do flow from one source; yet the one is spiritual and is offered to the soul, and the other is condensed substance, matter, and is given to the physical body. That which the great Spirit, God, gives man for his physical body requires human work; for example, it must be sown, cultivated, harvested and processed. For this, man should also be paid by man.

Only the one who does everything out of love for God and man will be received into the Kingdom of God.

11. Therefore, I compare the one who hears these words of Mine and follows them with a wise man who built his house solidly upon a rock. And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew about this house. And it did not fall in, for it was founded upon a rock.

12. And the one who hears these words of Mine and does not follow them should be compared with a foolish man who built his house upon sand. And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house and it fell in, and great was its collapse. But a city which is built solidly, walled solidly in a circle or on the top of a hill and founded upon a rock can never fall nor be hidden.”

13. And it happened that when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at His teaching. For He addressed the head and the heart when He taught and did not speak like the scribes who taught only by the authority of their office. (Chap. 27:11-13)

I, Christ, explain, correct
and deepen the word:

The one who hears and follows My word develops his spiritual life. He founds his life on Me, the rock. He will then stand firm against all storms and floods. After this earthly life, his soul will consciously enter into the spiritual life and will be no stranger there, because the human being already lived in the kingdom of the inner being when on earth.

The prophetic spirit is the fire in the prophet and in all enlightened ones. God did not and does not speak through them as those spoke "who taught only by the authority of their office”. The prophets and enlightened ones spoke and speak with the full authority of the Eternal, the speaking God, whether people want to admit it or not.

It is written, "He addressed the head and the heart.” What the intellect, the head, takes in is talked over and argued by the "head-thinkers”. Despite this, many a tiny seed falls into their heart. The one who receives the word of life with his heart also moves it in his heart and causes the good seed, the life, to sprout immediately.

But the one who wants to grasp the word of God only with his intellect will have to later recognize - possibly only after some blows of fate - what he rejected by his suspicion and intellectual presumption. He will have to recognize that the seed, the word of God that was given from the horn of plenty of life through prophets and enlightened ones, would have spared him much.

The book "This Is My Word” will be valid all the way into the New Era, into the time of Christ. My life then, as Jesus of Nazareth, and My word as Christ today [1989] are the foundation.

The way I thought, taught and lived as Jesus of Nazareth will be a standard for the way of living and thinking of the people of the New Era in the Kingdom of Peace of Jesus Christ. In this way, I Am very close to them. They will greet Me in the spirit as their brother and will accept and receive Me as the ruler of the Kingdom of God on earth.

This book is a work of love and of life. From it, the people in the Kingdom of Peace will also learn how I initiated and built up the Era of Light on earth. They will learn that I worked through many faithful ones who fought and suffered with Me for the New Era. Thus, this book "This Is My Word” is a historic document. It will be read now - in the declining old world - as well as then - in the New Era which is rising up more and more.

The people will also recognize from it the fulfilment of the divine Mission of Redemption, which started with My work as Jesus of Nazareth and then as the Redeemer, as the Christ of God - and now as the builder of the New Era, in which I prepare My coming as the ruler of the Kingdom of Peace, in which I Am brother to those who live with Me and with the many whose hearts are pure in the brotherhood of Christ.