B.D.

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15.10.1950

Seventh and eighth commandment....

For My child, who is serving Me with loyalty and steadfastness, another sign of My love and grace: You were also given
the commandment: ‘Your shall not steal.’ If you take whatever belongs to him you are quite obviously disregarding the
commandment of love for your neighbour. You should respect your neighbour’s possession, indeed even protect it against
his enemies, otherwise you do not feel the love for him that I require of you. You should love your neighbour as
yourselves…. and you will be grateful to anyone who respects your possessions; hence you should do the same in order to
gain your neighbour’s love too. Whatever you acquire unlawfully will not result in any blessing to you, rather it will burden
you and weigh your soul down which wants to ascend. You shall not steal.... This does not just concern earthly
commodities, which you should not take from other people. You can also cause him spiritual damage by denying him that
which benefits his soul and what My grace is giving to all people and what can be given to him by each one of his fellow
human beings. Thus, anyone who owns spiritual wealth has received this from Me.... However, your fellow human beings
also have the same right to partake in it.... and you should not diminish this right by withholding from him things which are
also intended for him. In that case you are more than less taking what belongs to him too, even if he has not yet taken
possession of it. Your behaviour will then reveal no love for your neighbour and even less love for Me, your God and
Creator of eternity. Any reduction of spiritual or earthly wealth is therefore covered by this commandment, and any
negligence of love for other people will reflect on yourselves, who shall receive as you give, and who shall lose what you
take away from people. And thus, spiritually and earthly you shall receive the reward you deserve….

And in the same spirit you should understand the following commandment ‘You shall not bear false witness against your
neighbour.’ Your mouth should always speak the honest truth, you should never damage your neighbour’s reputation, his
standing amongst his fellow human beings, by telling lies. Any defamation is a sin against this commandment, with every
lie the person is causing damage to other people and acting heartlessly and unfairly, to which he will have to be answerable.
When you are asked to bear witness to your neighbour be truthful and full of love for him. Try to understand his faults and
kind-heartedly point them out to him but do not take advantage of his weakness by trying to belittle him for your personal
gain. You can damage the other person with a thoughtless word and awaken thoughts of retaliation in him which will stifle
all love and make the person sinful. You should certainly remain truthful, thus not praise an undeserving person contrary to
your better knowledge and conscience, but distance yourself from every act of unkindness, distance yourself from all
belittling of other people for your own advantage. Any judgment of your neighbour that does not correspond to the truth is a
flagrant violation of this commandment for it lacks all love and brings no honour to you humans. Every lie is to be
condemned but when it is plainly intended to damage another person it becomes a double sin, a sin against the other person
and a sin against Me, Who is the eternal truth Himself…. It is a violation against the commandment of love against Me and
against your neighbour.... Amen