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This is My Word
Alpha and Omega

The Gospel of Jesus.
The Christ Revelation, which
the world does not know.

           The True Vine
                                    


CHAPTER 73

The True Vine

Each branch of vine in Me bears fruit (1-2).
The one who does not abide in Me sins (3). To live in Christ (4). The clear eye of the soul attains the gift to discern between truth and error (5). The faithful bear good fruits in My name (6-8). The one who perceives is no longer blind (9). Why Christ reveals Himself again today (10-11). The knowledge of the laws obligates one to actualize (12). No man will be able to say, "I did not know anything about Christ” (13)

 

1. And then Jesus said to them, "I Am the true vine, and My Father is the vine-dresser. Each branch in Me that bears no fruit is taken away, and each branch that bears fruit is pruned, so that it may bear still more fruit.

2. Abide in Me, and I in you. Just as the branch can bear no fruit of itself unless it remains on the vine, you cannot either unless you abide in Me. I Am the vine and you are the branches. The one who abides in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for without Me you can do nothing. (Chap. 73:1-2)

 

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

The fruit can ripen only when it abides in Me, the Christ, that is, when man devotes all his aspirations to Me by striving to fulfil the will of God in order to become the law of God. Every vine - that is, every soul and every person who actualizes his Inner Life through Me, thus purifying himself through My power - will become the fruit which in turn brings forth fruit; for the good fruit gives of itself selflessly.

Recognize that every person radiates what is in him, the divine or the nondivine.

 

3. Those who do not abide in Me are cast away as useless shoots, and these wither away; they are gathered and cast into the fire, and are burned. But if you abide in Me and My words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it will be given to you. (Chap. 73:3)

 

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

All those who live with the world and, through their sinful life, deny the Christ of God will suffer the fire of their own thoughts, words and deeds. For what man sows he will reap. Every nondivine thought, every unlawful word and every selfish deed is useless because it is without power. It is human embellishment and will wither away.

The one who does not abide in Me sins. The soul and the person who has committed the sin will have to bear it. The fire of sin brings about the purging of the soul. However, the one who abides in Me, the Christ of God, abides in the Father, too, for the Father and I are one. His prayers will be answered, for he asks only what is the will of God.

 

4. Verily, I Am the true bread that comes from heaven, the substance of God that is one with the life of God. And just as there are many grains in your bread, so are you who believe and do the will of My Father also one in Me. Not as your ancestors who ate manna and died, for the one who eats this bread will live eternally. (Chap. 73:4)

 

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

The life in God is the spiritual bread. It is the nourishment of the soul. The one who eats of it will neither hunger nor be in need as a human being.

The one who fulfils the will of God and lives out of the truth receives the truth in all facets. Then his thinking and acting are filled with the power of God, and his earthly life, too, will also be a fulfilled life.

People in Me, the Christ, live; they do not vegetate. Only the person who wastes his life vegetates, because he aligns his thoughts and his aspirations with the earthly world and thus belongs to it. After his earthly death, he will also be spiritually dead, because he clung only to the world and was not turned towards God; his soul does not know where it came from and where it is going.

The one who lives in God is the essence from God and knows the path of his soul because it lives in Me, the Christ; for I Am the way, the truth and the life.

 

5. As the wheat is separated from the chaff, so must you part from the falsities of this world; yet you need not leave the world, but shall live apart in the world, for the life of the world. (Chap. 73:5)

 

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

The one who wants to live in God will also separate himself from the falsities of this world, which he increasingly recognizes, the more the eye of his soul becomes clear.

Only the clear eye of the soul attains the gift of discernment between truth and error. The clear eye of the soul is attained by the person who brings clarity into his life by thinking and living in accordance with the will of God.

The one who strives for God will also live with those who likewise strive to do the will of God, for like attracts like. From this ensues the meaning of the following statement: Who is My mother, who are My brothers? Those who do the will of My Father.

The one who lives in God does not shun this world. He lives in this world, but is not with this world. The one who lives in God lives in this world for all those people who seek the life in God in order to fulfil it.

 

6. Verily, verily, the wheat is parched by fire; so must you, too, My disciples, pass through tribulations. But rejoice; for, having suffered with Me as one body, you will reign with Me in one body and give life to the world.

7. In this, the Father is glorified, that you bear many fruits; so will you be My disciples. As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, even as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in the Spirit of love.

8. I told you all this, that My joy may remain in you and that your joy be perfect. This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No man has a greater love than to lay down his life for his friend. You are My friends if you do all that I command you. (Chap. 73:6-8)

 

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

These words of comfort and love were meant not only for the apostles and disciples, but they are meant for all people in all generations who strive to follow Me.

Many who follow Me will come into tribulation, for the adversary pressures them to break with God, to conform to the world and to fawn upon it.

The one who suffers for the gospel's sake bears the cross with Me. He will stand at My right when I appear as ruler of the Kingdom of Peace. And all who die in sin will see those upon whom they have inflicted grief and torment.

The Eternal, in whom I, the Christ, Am, will be glorified by My faithful who bring many ripe fruits to Him in My name and through My power. The one who abides in Me keeps the commandment of selfless love and will lay down his life for the commandment of love. Those who abide in Me will love one another selflessly and radiate selfless love into the hearts of all seeking people. The one who abides in Me will be filled with true joy and will also bring joy to those who let their hearts be filled with selfless love.

 

9. Henceforth, I do not call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master does. But I have called you friends, for I have taught you all the things that I have heard from My Father. You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should last. Whatever you will ask of the Father in My name, you shall receive. (Chap. 73:9)

 

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

The true servant is the friend of the Christ of God. The one who serves selflessly and bears good fruits is no longer ignorant. He knows the laws of God because he lives in them. He will no longer blindly meet the blind, but will recognize the blind, because his spiritual eyes have opened through the actualization of the eternal laws.

The one who perceives is no longer blind. He beholds the blind one as he is - and the way he shows himself. For the one who fulfils the will of God finds his way out of the wheel of reincarnation and attains spiritual rebirth. When this happens, I Am no longer Comforter and Redeemer to him, but brother and friend.

 

10. This is what I command you: That you love one another and also all creatures of God. When the world hates you, then know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of this world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of this world, since I have chosen you out of the world, therefore, the world hates you.

11. Remember the word that I said to you: The servant is not greater than the master. If they have persecuted Me, so will they persecute you, too; as they have kept My words, so will they keep your words, too. But they will do all things to you for My name's sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me. (Chap. 73:10-11)

 

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

The one who has chosen Me, Christ, has chosen to separate himself from this world. He will be hated by the world for My sake.

What happened to Me as Jesus will also happen to all those who love Me, for they do not love the intrigues of this world. The one who is of this world is also loved by this world and accepted as its own. Yet the one who turns to Me, the Christ, will be hated by the world, as I was and am hated by the world.

Recognize that the present generation [1989] is not much better than the preceding generations. What people did not recognize in former incarnations is not recognized in this generation either, namely, the works of love. What they have misinterpreted in former incarnations is also misinterpreted in this generation.

Many speak of My earthly life, of My work as Jesus of Nazareth - and yet do not understand what I taught. Today, many still interpret the words of the Eternal, in the Old Testament as well as in the New Testament, at their own discretion, including the words of God through Moses. If the world had changed, I would not have given My revelations anymore. Since the world has not changed, the Eternal and I, Christ, spoke and speak again now to people through the prophetic word, in order to rectify what is wrong, in order to lead the people out of the confusion of dogmas, conceptions and misunderstood words.

Many words from the eternal truth were and are quoted and misused for human intrigues. Many so-called Christians merely speak in a Christian manner, but think like the Antichrist. Thus, they only pretend to be Christians - inside, they are ravening wolves.

 

12. If I had not come and had not spoken to them, they would have been without sin. But now they have no cloak for their sins. The one who hates Me hates My Father, too. If I had not done among them those works which no one else did, they would have no sins; but now they do; and they have seen and hated Me and My Father. But all this must come to pass, so that the word that is written in their law may be fulfilled: They hated Me without cause. (Chap. 73:12)

 

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

"If I had not come and had not spoken to them, they would have been without sin” means that if I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have recognized their sins and would have imagined themselves to be without sin. Yet I came and spoke about the law of the Father and lived it as an example to them.

The one who quotes the eternal Father and Me, Christ, and the true prophets has also accepted the words of the Eternal, My words and those of the prophets. But the one who does not live accordingly - as he was commanded - sins against the law of God; he is a sinner. He no longer has a cloak, called ignorance, for what he does.

The Eternal gave His word at all times: All peoples heard Him through prophets and enlightened ones. Moses brought the Ten Commandments, the excerpts from the eternal law. As Jesus of Nazareth, I taught the law to people and lived it as an example to them.

The law which I brought to them says: Love God, your Father, with all your heart and with all your strength, and your neighbour as yourself. No person can say that he is uninformed!

Recognize that the one who does not love his neighbour selflessly does not love God either. The one who hates his neighbour also hates God, his eternal Father. The one who disrespects his neighbour also disrespects God, his eternal Father.

"If I had not done among them those works which no one else did, they would have no sins; but now they do; and they have seen and hated Me and My Father” means that if I had not done the works of God, many people would not know the works in God and would think that they have no sin. Yet, because they have seen My works or were told about them, they have thus been shown how they should think, speak and act. And if they do not do so, they can recognize their sins in this. In My thinking, speaking and acting as Jesus, they have seen and heard My Father, and they hear Him, the Eternal, in Me, the Christ, in what was handed down of the works which I did.

The one who does not think, speak and act out of selfless love and holds on to and does not destroy what he has done out of greed, stinginess and striving for power is a sinner. In many situations, he also sins against the Holy Spirit.

Therefore, the one who has seen Me or was told about My works has seen the Father and experienced Him in Me, the Christ.

The one who acknowledges the works of God through His prophets and the works of the Christ, thus also commits himself to think and live as I, Christ, have commanded the people.

 

13. But the Comforter will come, whom I will send to you from the Father, namely the Spirit of truth, which will proceed from the Father and will testify of Me: And all of you will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning. (Chap. 73:13)

 

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

In all generations, many people bore and bear witness of Me; so it is in this generation [1989]. No person will be able to say one day, "I did not know about Christ.” For the pioneers for the New Era who are in My mission will carry the truth, which I Am, into all countries. And the gospel of love will be offered to many people. The Christ of God is Comforter and Redeemer, the truth and the life in the stream of the eternal law.

Time does its part: Just as the present time is driving and rushing people, so are the causes coming into effect faster and faster. Many who still pursue materialism today will succumb to these effects. However, those people who are left at the end of the turn of time of the world will acknowledge the gospel of love, and many will also live accordingly.

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