Let Us Understand

"Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them." Paul (Hebrews, 10:8)

The ancient world did not understand the relationship with the Almighty except through magnificent offerings and severe holocausts.

Certain primitive people put forth sumptuously extravagant religious displays at the altars, involving human blood.

Such sad manifestations slowly dwindle through the ages; however, even today, some of these eccentrics and lamentable keen desires still exist in some areas.

Christianity brought about a complete renovation in the understanding of the Divine truths; still in some groups absurd promises sometimes surge which only favors the introduction of ignorance and vice.

The greatest notion of God that we could retain in the sanctuary of the spirit is the one that Jesus presented to us by revealing a loving and just Father who awaits our testimony of love and understanding.

On the very surface of Earth, any head of the family who is conscientious and strict, does not wish to witness his sons in constant motion in useless offerings, with the thought in mind of altering the affectionate vigilance. If such initiatives are not agreeable to the human parents, who are capricious and fallible, how could we possibly attribute this fault to the All Merciful One, with the intent of achieving the celestial merits?

It is indispensable to strive to change this criminal deceit.

Genuine happiness is only possible in the Christian home throughout the world, when its integrants fulfill the obligations they are assigned, even at the price of heroic decisions. With our Heavenly Father the program is no different because the Supreme Being does not require sacrifices and tears, but rather, serenity in accepting His sublime Will, and putting it into practice.

XAVIER, Francisco Cândido. Our Daily Bread. By the Spirit Emmanuel. Spititist Alliance for Books, 2003. Chapter 48.