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Therefore, everyone should remember: even the sacrifice on the cross is not what matters, but when human beings rise above guilt and atonement to seek the cause and effect of their deeds in the spiritual realm, only then have they attained the truth.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"IV. 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Damit Menschen erlöst werden von dem Glauben, daß in äußerer Tatsächlichkeit Schuld und Sühne gefunden werde, daß sie eine Folge der äußerlich vererbten Sünde sein soll, darum nahm der Christus das Opfer des Kreuzes auf sich. Und so ist er wirklich für den Glauben aller Menschen gestorben, um ein Zeugnis dafür zu geben, daß nicht im physischen Bewußtsein das Bewußtsein für Schuld und Sühne zu suchen ist. 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