GGJ5b

Jakob Lorber – The Great Gospel of John, vol. 5, part B
drink as your heart desires! Your words, My Barnabe, have given Me great
joy, and you shall all have even more than now the magnificence of God! And
now eat!‖
[GGJ.05_270,23] At this they all sat, thanked Me and began to eat and to
drink with a true heart‘s desire; and I and the disciples did the same. During
the eating and drinking however little was spoken; only at the end of the meal
all the neighboring guests rose, laid their hands on their chests and thanked
Me loudly for this heavenly good meal. But when they had come to the end of
their thanks, they wanted to go home; but I insisted to them that they stay
another while and discuss a little the events of this Sabbath that had just
passed.
Chapter 271
[GGJ.05_271,01] Then one said from out of their midst, ―Oh Master and Lord!
Behold, if one in his mind is full of a thousand thoughts about You, about
Your deeds and about Your teaching and one cannot reach clear rest by a
long shot, then speaking is difficult, because one does not know at all where
one should begin and where one should end! But in addition comes the fact
that You Yourself are present here, who also surely knows each of our
thoughts before it has ever popped up in us and is felt by us. What can we
then say in Your personal presence and what can we discuss? Yes, if You
want to say something else here, then we would indeed like to hear You, as
long as You would like to speak; but with our speech it would look very poor!‖
[GGJ.05_271,02] I said, ―Listen! Modesty is a good virtue, and one can only
recommend it highly to man; but to be too modest is often unwise, because
one only helps ones neighbor through a too great modesty to the overestimation
of his capabilities, however good, and gradually even to
arrogance, which is not good, but on the contrary it is very bad. For Me that
can indeed never be the case, but among others very easily.
[GGJ.05_271,03] You see, the often too great modesty of the otherwise very
honest people towards those who oppose them with particular talents and
capabilities, and who therefore have too great amazement and honor made
out of them kings and in the end the very most arrogant tyrants, as well as
also the very most arrogant priesthood! Therefore you should also constantly
find the golden middle in virtues such as humility, gentleness and modesty,
otherwise you, even if you were free now, would form such people
yourselves in time among you who would treat you all then with all harshness
and you would then sigh under their pressure.
[GGJ.05_271,04] I know indeed that My deeds and My words have taken
away your courage to say anything in front of Me; but it is not so much that,
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