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The Good News
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Just imagine if Our Lord Jesus Christ is speaking to you and saying....
You must not feel the burden of your failures. Go on in faith, the clouds will clear, and the way will lighten -- the path becomes less stony with every step you take. So run that you may obtain. A rigid doing of the simple duties, and success will crown your efforts.
I had no words of reproach for any I healed. The man was whole and free who had wrecked his physical being by sin -- the man whose palsy I healed.
The woman taken in adultery was told "neither do I condemn thee, go and sin no more." She was not told to bear the burden of the consciousness of her sin.
Remember now abideth these three, Faith, Hope and Charity. Faith is your attitude towards Me. Charity your attitude towards your fellow man but, as necessary, is Hope, which is confidence in yourself to succeed.
miguel de Portugal Comments:
"....neither do I condemn thee, go and sin no
more." is amongst the most misunderstood, misused and abused instructions given by Jesus.
On their erroneous interpretation one may find the theological root of the failed Evangelization
effort. "Sin no more" does not mean that henceforth that individual will not sin anymore - that is
almost an impossibility without direct Divine intervention. That statement must be seen as what it
means: "Convert".
Once the conversion has taken place (that is - when the "leaven" of the Kingdom of Heaven is "hid" in the soul of the individual [Mat. 13:33] at the moment of conversion) - always through Divine intervention - the "whole"(soul) becomes leavened slowly but surely and the tendency of that individual to sin will begin to be reduced rapidly - with the most grave sins being immediately avoided and the lesser sins being rejected with a priority consistent with their gravity.
With the "Evangelizers" demanding the impossible, that is, stop all sin immediately, the poor soul only has two choices: (1) Lie about their conversion and, logically, drift even further away from God; or (2) Reject organized religion altogether which, in too many cases, entails the rejection of God by a conscious act or by joining some religion of which God is not a part. In either case, the "Evangelizers" have driven the soul away from God. This is precisely why the world is in the condition it is now after 2000 years of perverted "Evagelization".
Knowing as I know God - His awesome reality, His Love, His Mercy, His most desirable Justice (because it brings automatic Peace), His true Omnipotence in ALL aspects, I have this to say with absolute certainty: If the "Evangelizers" had done their work - bringing forth the true God and proclaiming the true Good News - it would be difficult to find a human being who would not insist, demand!, in becoming Christian.
Once the conversion has taken place (that is - when the "leaven" of the Kingdom of Heaven is "hid" in the soul of the individual [Mat. 13:33] at the moment of conversion) - always through Divine intervention - the "whole"(soul) becomes leavened slowly but surely and the tendency of that individual to sin will begin to be reduced rapidly - with the most grave sins being immediately avoided and the lesser sins being rejected with a priority consistent with their gravity.
With the "Evangelizers" demanding the impossible, that is, stop all sin immediately, the poor soul only has two choices: (1) Lie about their conversion and, logically, drift even further away from God; or (2) Reject organized religion altogether which, in too many cases, entails the rejection of God by a conscious act or by joining some religion of which God is not a part. In either case, the "Evangelizers" have driven the soul away from God. This is precisely why the world is in the condition it is now after 2000 years of perverted "Evagelization".
Knowing as I know God - His awesome reality, His Love, His Mercy, His most desirable Justice (because it brings automatic Peace), His true Omnipotence in ALL aspects, I have this to say with absolute certainty: If the "Evangelizers" had done their work - bringing forth the true God and proclaiming the true Good News - it would be difficult to find a human being who would not insist, demand!, in becoming Christian.
This is why we continue to proclaim -
THERE IS NO NEED TO DESPAIR - DON'T EVER GIVE UP
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Comments:
(1) miguel
de Portugal, although not the instrument for the above, assures the faithful, without a shred of
doubt, that what is read above is true and from
Jesus.
(2) The above will be replaced periodically and what is taken down will not be replaced any time soon.
(3) NO questions will be answered as to the source other than what was stated in item (1) above. However, theological questions arising from the above will be considered for our Public Forum.
(4) You are encouraged to share this page with anyone you so desire.
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(2) The above will be replaced periodically and what is taken down will not be replaced any time soon.
(3) NO questions will be answered as to the source other than what was stated in item (1) above. However, theological questions arising from the above will be considered for our Public Forum.
(4) You are encouraged to share this page with anyone you so desire.
Administration
The M+G+R Foundation