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“No one who speaks what is wrong will go undetected, or will avenging
Justice pass by such a one for the schemes of the godless will be examined,
and a report of his words will reach the Lord to convict him of his crimes.
There is a jealous ear that overhears everything, not even a murmur of
complaint escapes it. So beware of uttering frivolous complaints, restrain
your tongue from finding fault; even what is said in secret has
repercussions, and a lying mouth deals death to the soul. Do not court
death by the errors of your ways, nor invite destruction through the work of
your hands. For God did not make Death, he takes no pleasure in
destroying the living. To exist—for this he created all things; the creatures
of the world have health in them, in them is no fatal poison, and Hades has
no power over the world: for uprightness is immortal. But the godless call
for Death with deed and word, counting him friend, they wear themselves
out for him; with him they make a pact, worthy, as they are to belong to
him.”
(Wisdom 1:1-16)
The final phase of the work now begins. This is our inheritance: we are to
be pure and spotless before the Lord, to inhabit this earth, to subdue Satan
and that evil cohort within it, and to preserve what God has so freely given
us; follow Jesus to fulfill the Father’s will because Jesus and the Father are
One—His will be done!