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The importance of names
"...If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it". Matthew 16: 24-25As part of the personality cult, we find something that for man has converted in something of great importance, the name. Through history, we find countless examples about the importance to man of his individuality, the fact that others recognize him as unique and special, and that is how genealogic trees have been created and sciences that study the family's past to learn about the lineage, and to demonstrate the nobility or royal descent; as such barriers are created between one and another, the same as barriers which have been created between the borders of the countries with different names which converts all of us in foreigners. The human gender has the tendency to elevate monuments, of mankind diplomas and all types of recognitions to allow for their names to become known above the names of the rest of the mortals, and their deeds as well. Nevertheless, whom we really are has nothing to do with the name and last name that we carry on this life, because the spirit has had many lives, names and last names throughout his existence, even if we may not know anything about the past. What the spirit truly is, what makes him different from the rest are his deeds, love, the light that emanates from his elevation and advancement, in one word: His essence.
"My light descends to the darkness of
the mind of him who says that he does
not love the spirit because he does not
know him, instead he loves material
richness, the physical beauty that
compliments his vanity, the intelligence
that may be reason for admiration, the
name, titles, that is what he loves, and
that is to love what is not. A human
being is not his matter, nor his riches.
The human being is worth and exists only
because of his spirit".
Many may ask themselves why? If the names are not important,
why has our Father allowed the names of his apostles and of
so many other illuminated ones of previous times to prevail
in our days, as well as the names of those who have committed
great errors; those who ask themselves as such have not
understood that what our father has wanted to leave in us is
the testimony of the deeds of those beings, not their names
so that we may learn from the good examples and reject the
bad ones.
He who wishes for his name to pass on to history, he should be careful that it should be the result of good deeds, and thereafter, may he not ask for reward in heaven since he has already asked for it on Earth.
"Leave to those who are coming in the
future, the memory of your deeds as an
example. You must hasten now to erase
all your blemishes, so that they will
not be seen by your brethren".
"The Scriptures of the First Era
gathered the history of the people of
Israel, conserving the name of their
sons, their achievements, and their
errors; their deeds of faith and their
weaknesses; their splendor and their
downfalls, so that that Book would speak
to each new generation, of the evolution
of those people of their sacred
worship".
"That Book equally preserved the names
of the patriarchs, lovers of virtue and
justice; models of strength and faith,
as well as that of the prophets, seers
of the future, through whose lips the
Father always spoke when He beheld His
people on the verge of danger. It also
recorded the names of wrongdoers, of
traitors, the disobedient, because each
case, each example, is a lesson, and at
times a symbol".
If we analyze the lives of those great spirits who have given
us examples in the past, we will find that many of them had
even changed their names or negated them, some because of
obedience to Divine will, and others because of humility and
renunciation.
We have the example of Abram who changed his name because of faith and obedience to his Lord, to convert himself in Abraham which means "father of a multitude"; His wife Sarai changed her name for "Sarah" which means "Princess". Jacob, he who was seed of the twelve Israeli tribes changed his name to Israel, which means "God's strong one". He who was an apostle to Elijah in the First Era called himself Elisha which means "the small Elijah" in order to honor his master and to follow his foot steps. When John the Baptist came in the Second Era, in spite of having been confirmed by the Divine Master and by the prophesies and signs, that John was the prophet Elijah, when the Baptist was asked if he was Elijah, he simply responded. " I am the voice of He who claims in the wilderness"; that phrase with which the prophet Isaiah referred to him. They never understood in those simple words that the Baptist was recognizing in himself the prophet Elijah, but negated himself because of humbleness. The apostle Simon changed his name for the symbolic name of Peter due to obedience to his master, and Saul of Tarsus, he who was known as the great persecutor of the disciples of the Divine Master, as a sign of repent before the faults committed and as a sign of great humbleness and stripping himself of his past life, changed his name for "Paul" and dedicated the rest of his days to honor the divine work.
"Saul was surprised by My divine light
when he was looking for Peter to capture
him. My light reached the deepest part
of Saul's heart who kneeling before My
presence, defeated by My love, impotent
to carry out the mission against my
disciple, felt in his profound inner
self the transformation of his being,
and converted in the faith of Christ,
hurried to go in search for Peter, but
not to kill him, but instead to ask him
to instruct him in the word of the Lord
and to let him take part in his work".
"Since then Saul was Paul, signifying
with that change of name the absolute
spiritual transformation of that man,
his absolute conversion".
What the change of name or the denial of same means, what the
above examples show us, is humbleness, renunciation,
spirituality, a change of life, illumination, a true
transformation that will allow with our deeds to talk in the
name of our Father and not in our own name; because by doing
good, by loving our brethren, by giving help or by healing,
giving good advise or shedding light to those who are in
darkness, we will be talking in the name of our Father.
"Let your work be hidden, even if the
result is magnificent, and that your
name is not recognized should not be
meaningful to you, to the contrary,
think that as such you will be liked by
the Master".
"Jesus came to teach you love, not to
satisfy your vain curiosities; but how
few are able to love in His name.
Whenever you perform a good deed, you
say: I am honest, I am generous, I am
charitable; that is why I do this".
"I say to you: If you would perform
those deeds in the name of your Father,
you would be humble because kindness is
of God, and I have given it to your
spirit. Therefore, whoever attributes
his good deeds to his human heart, is
denying his spirit, and the One who
revested him with those virtues".
"Do not worry if I tell you that your
names will not pass on to history, if
you already are humble, you will know
how to give charity with your right
hand, trying that the left hand ignores
it".
"It does not matter that your names are
lost, what is important is your deeds,
because they will remain indelibly
printed in the path that you have
traced".
"Be watchful and pray, overcome in My
name, and then you shall surely have
reached your spiritual apotheosis, the
glory will come to meet you and there
will be smiles of peace and of true joy.
The "prodigal son" of the parable will
return to the paternal home, and you
will contemplate that Humanity, after so
many struggles and falls, will conquer,
at last, the peace promised to men of
good will".
All quotes taken from The Third Testament
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