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Chapter 73
What has been mentioned thus far applies not only to the papacy, but
also to all denominations. Wherever Christ is not preached in His true
spirit, there in its place is false prophet-hood instead of a true
church. Even if one or another sect states, “Behold, we have no
pictures, therefore our denomination must be the purest”, thus do I
reply: “Icon or no icon determines nothing, only living in accordance
with God’s word. Teachings, even if they be cleansed of all ceremony
and made suitable for the acceptance of pure reason, are meaningless
if they remain merely teachings and no one lives by them.”
It is, however, true that in the Roman Catholic Church there are a
thousand colossal abuses. In spite of this they have many good
things, because they also preach of love and humility. If that be
complied with and nothing else, you will not be forlorn. But what
should I say about a church that does not teach anything but belief,
and repudiates works? It is clearly written: Belief without works is
dead. I Myself said it many times, “But be ye doers of the word, and
not hearers only!”
Of what benefit is the light of the sun to the Earth, if it were not
linked to the energetic warmth? Of what benefit would be all the
knowledge of the sciences if we did not apply them? And of what
benefit would it be, in the cold of winter, merely to believe that
burning wood in the stove would heat the room?
I am not like a patriarch, and I am not like a pope, and I am not like a
general superintendent; but I am like an extremely good and just
Father to all My children. And it gives Me great joy when you actively
compete when it comes to love, but I find no joy when you scold one
another and each and every one wants to be the wisest and most
infallible.
From what has been said, anyone who is of good will may easily
gather what he has to do to become a righteous human being,
knowing what he has to choose from and what to avoid. In this
respect, therefore, everything has been explained. Amen!
Source: http://www.scribd.com/doc/21005284/Earth-and-Moon-
Jakob-Lorber