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● 2Cor 13:5 . . Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in faith.
Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you? --unless, of
course, you fail the test.
The reason I brought that up is because after nearly five decades in India,
Teresa complained that the place of God in her soul was blank; there was no
God in her and she felt that He did not want her. On top of that, she referred
to Christ as "the absent one".
There is a solid biblical explanation for Teresa's disconnect.
● John 14:21-23 . .Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the
one who loves me. And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I
will love him and reveal myself to him.
. . . Judas, not the Iscariot, said to him: Master, [then] what happened
that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?
. . . Jesus answered and said to him: Whoever loves me will keep my word,
and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling
with him.
Difficult to comprehend isn't it? -- that the most pious nun the twentieth
century produced actually failed to keep Jesus' word and comply with his
commandments.
"I am told God loves me; and yet the reality of darkness & coldness &
emptiness is so great that nothing touches my soul."
Duh.
Another thing: Teresa' s complaint "I feel God does not want me" was due to
the lack of a special communication.
● Rom 8:16 . .The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are
children of God.
The Greek word for "bears witness" means to corroborate; which Webster's
defines as: to support with evidence. Well; not once did the Spirit prove to
Teresa, beyond a shadow of sensible doubt, that God wanted her; that she
was a beloved member of heaven's family.
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● 2Cor 13:5 . . Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in faith.
Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you? --unless, of
course, you fail the test.
The reason I brought that up is because after nearly five decades in India,
Teresa complained that the place of God in her soul was blank; there was no
God in her and she felt that He did not want her. On top of that, she referred
to Christ as "the absent one".
There is a solid biblical explanation for Teresa's disconnect.
● John 14:21-23 . .Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the
one who loves me. And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I
will love him and reveal myself to him.
. . . Judas, not the Iscariot, said to him: Master, [then] what happened
that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?
. . . Jesus answered and said to him: Whoever loves me will keep my word,
and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling
with him.
Difficult to comprehend isn't it? -- that the most pious nun the twentieth
century produced actually failed to keep Jesus' word and comply with his
commandments.
"I am told God loves me; and yet the reality of darkness & coldness &
emptiness is so great that nothing touches my soul."
Duh.
Another thing: Teresa' s complaint "I feel God does not want me" was due to
the lack of a special communication.
● Rom 8:16 . .The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are
children of God.
The Greek word for "bears witness" means to corroborate; which Webster's
defines as: to support with evidence. Well; not once did the Spirit prove to
Teresa, beyond a shadow of sensible doubt, that God wanted her; that she
was a beloved member of heaven's family.
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