Christ, the Savior
Bruno Gröning confessed quite clearly and very often to Christ. In many of his talks he spoke over and over again with the biggest respect of Him and his Teaching. He himself carried constantly a crucifix around his neck. He said: „Wasn’t Christ the biggest example (...) of humanity? Hasn’t He done what He had to do, everything which God asked of Him? He went to those places where God led him, not people. And He spoke everything that God spoke to Him. (...) It’s simply the Teaching of Christ which they should take to heart." (...) „Christ has given us so much Good for our life. Why haven’t the people taken to heart the Good, why haven’t they taken it up in themselves?“ (04.12.1958)
A central point of Bruno Gröning`s teaching is the call to all people to follow Christ, finally, seriously. „Only he can be a really true Christian who follows Christ in such a way as Christ expects from us, His Teaching says to us all that, my dear friends. And, hence, Christ was 33 years on this earth (...), so that He could provide all this for us, what God had to impart - to the whole of humanity, otherwise people wouldn’t listen any more to God. (...) he (the person) needs to be connected with God. (...) and Christ did not want anything else, God did not want anything different either; this is the really true divine Teaching, this is the real true Science of Christ, like He teaches it to us, as He has given it to humanity the right path: To be in connection with God, my dear friends, that is the main thing!“ (04.12.1058)
Christmas was for Bruno Gröning the holiest celebration in the year. He asked: „What does this festival mean to you, (...)? What does the birth of Christ mean to you? (...) why did God give Christ here a life on earth? (...) what did God want with that and what Christ had to do here? (...) does one not sing in the song ´Silent night, holy night` that Christ is the Savior? (...) `Christ, the rescuer is there!` Yes, my dear friends, you sing it, but you do not feel it, you do not believe in it, you have not taken this to your heart ! They have never obeyed of all which Christ has handed over to us by his Teaching here for our further life on earth.“ (04.12.1958) And in confidence he said: „Christ is always among the people, He is not dead, there is no death, there is only Salvation!“ (05.10.1958)
Nevertheless, the confession of Bruno Gröning to Christ and His Teaching does not mean that he would have been dogmatic or intolerant in any form. He has never stated that only the Christian path leads to God. On the contrary, he clarified: „It makes absolutely no difference how the person finds God, the main thing is, that he finds God!“ (Date unknown)
