Jesus Christ is the same yesterday today and forever

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Jesus Christ is always the same, and his teachings, like the teachings of the Father, are eternal.



Jesus says: “My words are spirit and life.” 
Not knowing his words is equivalent to not knowing Himself, to not knowing the way to salvation.

And again, not knowing the Word, ignoring voluntarily and through laziness what has been given to us by God himself, places us in great danger of being led astray by “peregrine” doctrines, that is, vague, changeable, which succumb to the passing of time because of their falsity.

There is only one truth, and that is that of Jesus: “I am the way, the truth, and the life.”

These various and strange doctrines, therefore, can only lead far away, along paths that are too flat and simple, which do not make one grow, teach nothing, and do not help the soul.

But what are these doctrines? How do they present themselves? How can we recognize them?

Let us analyze the letter to the Hebrews. In the passage immediately preceding the one already cited, it says: “Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you; consider carefully the outcome of their way of life, imitate their faith.”

The Fathers of the Church are distinguished, among others, by two important characteristics:

  1. they announce the word of God;
  2. they are an example of very strong and steadfast faith.

The false prophet does not announce the word of God or does so only in part. Thus we witness the proliferation of religious and lay people who, while proclaiming themselves Catholic, focus their preaching on worldly issues, without any true spiritual message.

In other cases, even where the spiritual message is present, it is watered down with one’s ideas or with interpretations that change based on the social context.

Let us think of the many priests who do not believe in hell and the devil, or who in any case fail to speak about it for fear of alienating the faithful. Or, again, of that current affectionately called “Catholic-guitarist”, which sees faith as a game, God as a clown without justice who always forgives, and the Holy Mass as a celebration focused on the entertaining man.

Such an attitude is synonymous with distance from God, from the truth, from the true Christian spirit that Jesus intended to transmit. This is the first task that Jesus assigned: to announce the Gospel to the whole world.

Those who have the truth and love for the Lord at heart are not afraid of judgment, they do not hold back for fear of offending or not respecting the canons that society imposes. Those who have the Truth at heart announce it as it is, as God proposes it, without having the proud pretension of knowing better than the Creator what is right.

Why are these false prophets so harmful?

Because, with their false doctrines, they risk leading those who listen to them down the wrong path, distancing them from the sacraments and from those truths of faith that must be embraced to grow ever more in the love of God.

From here comes the second characteristic, which is, exemplary faith.

It is easy to understand that those who speak well, to be credible, must personally set a good example. This does not mean being perfect or never falling, and it is precisely for this reason that the best quality, indeed, indispensable, for spiritual progress is humility.

God, as we know, moves inexorably away from the proud. The humble, on the other hand, recognizes his misery and accepts the paternal rebuke. Humility is therefore not a lack of self-esteem or senseless do-goodism that tolerates everything.

Humility is this recognition of one’s smallness before God, such as to become children who entrust themselves totally to Him. The humble person can therefore be decisive, determined, and just, without failing in his mission.

Too often, goodness and humility are confused with weakness; a glance at the lives of the greatest saints would be enough to realize that, in reality, humility is always present even in the impetus of Saint Paul, in the wisdom of Saint Augustine, in the spiritual intelligence of Saint Teresa of Avila.

These demonstrate what the letter to the Hebrews seeks to teach: the center of Christian life is the word of God and the faith that is strengthened by it. Only in this way can we gain the comforting awareness that Jesus is always the same, that he does not change as the world changes, and that he does not mutate as the very fragile human doctrines do.

Jesus came to earth at the appointed time, but not only for that time but for all the future. 

So, as Solomon did, it is important to ask God, with incessant prayers, for the gift of wisdom. The ability to take that path that leads to Him, and which is increasingly difficult to find amidst the deceptive paths of the world.

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