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Isaiah 58 (summery)
Worship the Lord as He Wants to Be Worshiped.

1)      I give to you the truth word for word in plain language,
to tell those who call themselves God's children (church) why they are spititually
robbed and enslaved, why they are fair game for all, and no one to protect
them.

2)  " They go to church and seems delighted to learn about my ways and commandments".
     " They act as if they were my children that has done what is right,
       you would almost think they are a righteous people, that would never
abandon it's God".
"They love to make a show of coming to me, asking to take action on there behalf".
"They want God to be near them".

3) "We have worship and fasted before you, they say, why aren't you impressed".
"We asked you for forgiveness for our sins, why don't you hear our prayers".
"I will tell you why, It's because you live only for yourself,even while you fast and worship".
"You keep right on oppressing those below you".

4) "What good does your praying do while you constantly fight and quarrel amongst yourselves,this kind of fasting and worshipping will never get you anywhere with me".

5)"You bow your head before me like a blade of grass in the wind  in external humility, you repent with only your lips
but your hearts are far away from me."
"Is this what you call worshipping, do you really think this will please the Lord".

6)"The only kind of worshipping I want from you is, take a stand for righteousness, do not oppress those who work for you, treat them fairly and give them what they earn".

7)" I want you to share your food with the hungry and reach out to the lonely, give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from your relatives who need your help" .

8)" Help those in trouble and stop making false accusations and spreading vicious rumors" . "THEN YOUR LIGHT WILL SHINE FROM THE DARKNESS, AND THE DARKNESS AROUND YOU WILL BE AS BRIGHT AS DAY, YOUR GODLINESS WILL LEAD YOU FORWARD, AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD WILL PROTECT YOU FROM BEHIND, AND WHEN YOU CALL ON THE LORD, HE WILL ANSWER". "YES I AM HERE" HE WILL QUICKLY REPLY!!

Afflictions and trials are means to attain perfection.... BD No. 3163

The trials and affliction imposed on a human being are rarely recognised as a means to attain highest perfection. God knows every individual person's degree of maturity, He knows their hearts, and He truly does not miss the slightest movement which speaks for or against Him.

Therefore He also knows which degree of development each human can still reach, and accordingly He will bestow suffering or strokes of fate upon the person if the possibility still exists to thereby raise the soul's maturity.

 Before its embodiment as a human being the soul knew full well what would happen to it during its life on earth, it entered its final embodiment in full agreement by hoping it would emerge from it victoriously. It beheld its pleasures as well as its sufferings on its path of life and yet did not let them frighten it from going, since, on the other hand, it also knew of God's help and His grace and foresaw the possibility to completely outgrow matter and dispose of its shell for good.

For this reason so many a soul accepts a particularly difficult earthly fate, because it also foresaw the consequences of a correctly lived earthly life and knows the final goal and deems it reachable. Yet in earthly life it loses its past awareness, and therefore it fails to make use of the opportunities and is in danger of not reaching its goal.

Therefore God provides it with help by creating opportunities on earth which enable the soul to mature fully. And then the human being will have to surmount greater opposition, as suffering and sadness are given to him on earth for which he has to appeal to God for strength in order to overcome them.

A life without battle would always keep him at the same stage of development and he would have lived his life in vain. It is not that he has to atone for his sins on earth, like it is wrongly taught, but it only matters that he moves from the abyss, in which he still finds himself, to higher spheres, that he transforms himself into a being of light, that he works at improving himself by discarding everything which still prevents him from receiving an undreamt of abundance of light.

He must effectively purify a still opaque shell through suffering and misery, he must remove every impurity from it so that the light will then be able shine through it, for this purification has to take place of a person's own will, it cannot be implemented by God without the human being's will. Suffering and love are the only means to be cleansed from all impurities, and a great extent of suffering is the expression of great divine love at the same time, which wants to help the person to become such that God can make him infinitely happy in eternity.

Sorely afflicted people on earth are therefore especially seized by His love, even though it seems incomprehensible to them. Life on earth is short compared to eternity, and one day the soul will look back with gratitude and praise on its short time on earth in which the suffering resulted in its higher maturity which it would never have attained without suffering.

 A person on earth has immeasurable blessings at his disposal so that he can endure even the worst suffering if, in heartfelt prayer draws strength from God, for He has assured him of this. He will let no-one leave Him without having strengthened him who confides his adversity to Him in firm faith so that He can and will help him.

 For the suffering is never greater than the One Who imposes it, Who has truly enough power to help people in every need. Therefore, always keep His love, wisdom and omnipotence in mind if you are burdened by severe suffering and you will feel comforted and patiently wait for His help....
Amen