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Books 14–16 · BD 0781–0800

Books 14–16 · BD 0781–0800

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The work as the bearer of truth …. foresight of spiritual need ….

B.D. 0781 from February 19th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Such is your task that the lord reveals Himself to you in order to be able to express Himself unreservedly where the necessity for people’s salvation is evident. All struggle in earthly life is at present only for the gaining of earthly power, and thus all spiritual interests remain in the background. Yes, it will come so far that one will try to drown out everything spiritual, that one will only look at and judge the whole life purely earthly and declare war on every spiritual attitude. And so humanity turns more and more to materialism and completely fails to recognize its actual task on earth. And the lord wants to confront such misery on earth and now, for His part, renew and restore the spiritual connection to people where it has been completely lost. People may want to reject this path and refer to God’s previous work, which did not require such obvious evidence …. They, too, will one day recognize how necessary God’s intervention has now become, they, too, will realize in the time to come how endangered humanity’s spiritual situation is and how only obvious evidence of spiritual strength and spiritual activity can put a stop to this dangerous state and how, on the other hand, the true purpose of life can only be sought in spiritual knowledge …. how, despite external hardship and distress, spiritually lively and active people are far more content and inwardly more secure in life than those who strive for earthly values without real knowledge of God. Whatever wealth, honour and worldly pleasures are offered to them externally cannot offer the slightest substitute for spiritual knowledge and also cannot banish the emptiness in their hearts …. and to now provide humanity with clear proof that their striving for earthly good is worthless and senseless …. clearly recognizable in an instant through the power of the Most High …. to make them understand the idleness of their lives …. an event is planned that will visibly point upwards. In the spiritual distress of humanity shaken by this event, the desire for enlightenment or clues will awaken …. Many a person will want to hear and know who until then had rejected everything. However, they will now believe much more in such evidence, which obviously testifies to God’s activity, than in the traditions that have existed up to this time, which will still be rejected in the same way because they are incomprehensible to people and are not recognized as pure truth. For easily explainable reasons, the heavenly father seeks to bring the right light to all these willing people in a form that fully corresponds to people’s thinking and spiritual requirements and only needs the will of the individual in order to be received with the heart. As a future bearer of divine truth this work shall find its way into humanity, and therefore no concerns and worries will need to worry hearts, for the spiritual power behind the creation of this work will also protect it from every danger from outside. The time is approaching when a renewed onslaught will be made on all spiritual endeavours and more and more demands will be made on you humans …. A general spiritual flattening will be the result, ever more eagerly one will endeavour to eradicate what could still lead mankind to faith in Jesus Christ …. A state of such sad spiritual emptiness will result that even a comfortable earthly life will no longer give people satisfaction, but they will nevertheless be completely opposed to a spiritual teaching …. for they are simply unable to give their thoughts that direction but are full of worldly wisdom, and their thinking therefore does not allow for a conversion into the spiritual realm. Exalted above the teachings that testify to an eternal deity, aware of their wise intellectual thinking and thoroughly materialistic, belief in God, in a saviour, is simply unacceptable to them. The darkness of the spirit has taken over and so unspeakable difficulties have to be overcome if the soul of such a person is to be transformed …. This human condition is imminent. Only a vanishingly small proportion hold on to their faith and will therefore be hostile. It is precisely these few who need strength and comfort in great measure, for many temptations will approach them in order to make even these few apostate from the lord. Thus the lord has made provision and sends nourishing and strengthening food to people everywhere …. Those who pay attention recognize the threads that weave invisibly from heaven to earth …. Whoever lifts his eyes to God also feels His love …. soon you people who want to be believers will feel the first signs of spiritual confusion …. and if you are not completely stable you will waver and look for comfort and strength …. It can then also happen that you no longer recognize the language of heaven if you only look for and expect it where it has been offered to you so far …. People will try to shake or take everything away from you and will want to achieve this so (cunningly) that you will be in dire straits and then have to prove your firm faith in the saviour. And whoever then has the saviour within himself will remain firm in his heart and not give Him away for the sake of external advantage. And you will have to take the strength to resist from His word and you will have to suffer much for the lord, yet it will always be bearable if you make use of His gifts from above, for they will be given to you in wise foresight of what is to come. Therefore, be careful how quickly this time will come upon you …. Blessed is he who does not take offence at the word that divine love gives you …. who eagerly commits himself to it and draws all his strength from it …. for he will survive the time of trial ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 16 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Distribution of the proclamations is very much desired. Only complete and unaltered proclamations must be passed on. (Also see B.D. No 8899)

Unfolding and results of the spirit of God …. laws of nature …. lawgiver ….

B.D. 0782 from February 20th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

The spirit from God unfolds to its highest bloom in the human being when all thinking is exclusively turned towards the eternal deity, for then there are no limits set to the spirit of God and it can be fully active …., i.e. it can also make itself felt in perpetual spiritual instruction. The only demand still placed on the earth child is to constantly listen inwardly. Contact must remain established between the giving spirit of God and the receptive earth child, for one without the other would produce no spiritual results that could become the possession of the human being. The slow growth into such a regulated spiritual activity will bring about a knowledge of things that surpasses all human knowledge and whose explanation eludes general knowledge. People attach little importance to such proclamations which, in their opinion, bring little real advantage, and so they leave the many indications unused which, however, could open up new areas for them and thus also enrich earthly knowledge. Thus, researchers have focussed their attention on linking the entire existence of living beings to unexplored natural laws, to which they attribute the origin of every being. It is indisputable that the laws of nature also underlie the creation of every living being, but only in the second instance, so to speak …. For the eternal deity is the lawgiver in all of nature …. Everything must indeed conform to the laws of nature, but these are also subject to divine will and are therefore not the direct cause of all creations, but rather these creations have come into being in a divinely ordained order, and this order is therefore what humanity understands as natural law. Ultimately, only the existing law is now recognized, but not the lawgiver from eternity …. If people are to be enlightened about the errors concerning creation in particular, this is only possible in one way …. through spiritual research work, which can only be carried out accurately if the most reliable source of all knowledge is used …. if the divine power itself is utilized in order to be guided into the truth. The results are truly incontrovertible, they can be used as a basis for further development work and are of such inestimable value that no earthly worldly wisdom can be equalled. What the most arduous scientific work cannot achieve can be fathomed effortlessly in this way, and what requires years of study will be conveyed to people most clearly in the shortest possible time and can be accepted as purest truth without any misgivings. But mankind does not choose this path and instead seeks to research, ponder and prove …. and yet can never come to an irrefutable result, for the lord of heaven and earth Himself reserves the final fulfilment for Himself ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 16 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

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Canonisation ….

B.D. 0783 from February 21st 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Being so securely protected you will truly not run the risk to offend against divine will, because countless spiritual beings are making an effort to safeguard the success of this work and your spiritual well-being and thus also guarantee their protection, so that you may receive what is spiritually offered to you, unimpeded and without hesitation. Many a question shall still be answered for humanity through you, many a problem shall be resolved and many a doubt removed, and thus your devotion and diligent work will constantly be required. The more willingly and joyfully you do this work, the easier it will be for the helpers in the beyond to make themselves understood, and thus a message is intended for you today which concerns a very controversial subject:

Canonisation is arousing the indignation of many a person, since it is, from their point of view, an interference with divine law and divine judgment. But those who felt entitled and destined to establish a community of Saints have in fact assumed to possess a competence of judgment which undoubtedly far surpasses human abilities. Because they will never be knowledgeable enough …. to conduct such canonisation in complete lawfulness. What do people know of another person’s inner life? …. Only God can look into a person’s heart, only He alone is able to measure the earthly child’s degree of love …. Only He can dispense in accordance with merit and knows to judge the innermost nature, the maturity of soul ….

Hence people established an unlawful spiritual community which as such became the centre of admiration and prayers, which truly cannot have been intended by the Heavenly Father, because it is more likely to result in the earthly child’s separation from the Father than in a heartfelt relationship with Him. The human being no longer approaches the Heavenly Father Himself in prayer but attempts to reach his goal through intercession, and this will always hamper the right relationship with the Father. The spiritual beings who take care of you are certainly always chosen by God for this office, they also stand by you with all their spiritual strength, they guard and protect you and are constantly concerned for your spiritual advancement; however, it depends on God’s will as to who is chosen for your protection, because you humans would not have the right knowledge to decide whom to turn to in order to mature spiritually and to obtain the greatest benefit for the salvation of your soul. When people on earth presume to anticipate the eternal Deity’s judgment, when they feel entitled to canonise or to condemn, it is similar to an anticipation of divine Judgment …. it is a supposedly irrefutable testimony of an honourable way of life which is pleasing to God, the evidence of which, however, can never be produced by a person ….

As long as he lives on earth the human being will err, and therefore his judgment will not be irrefutable either. Anyone who outwardly portrays himself to live in a God-pleasing way is very often still far removed from it within himself, and equally, a person passing by unnoticed in earthly life will very often be enlightened, with a pure inner life and a heart that became love on earth. And so people should not wrongly assume a right to which they are not entitled, because this canonisation is not beneficial for humanity, rather it is misleading those who are seeking the truth ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 16 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

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Living bond with God …. strength of faith …. humility …. grace …. perfection ….

B.D. 0784 from February 22nd 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Seeking a living bond with God is the first condition for striving for perfection. If you humans endeavour to confidently reveal yourselves to the father in heaven in all situations in life, this bond will be established and only then will you be in the right relationship with God. In all afflictions of body and soul you now know one Who can help you …. You turn to Him in prayer and your call will not be in vain. The father in heaven wants to call fully trusting children His own, and if your prayer ascends to heaven in faithful trust, He will not disappoint your trust either, for all blessing and strength lies in the living contact. Even the slightest doubt will shake the power of prayer, but a single sigh that reaches the ear of the father in heaven in full faith will be heard by virtue of strong faith. May you always remember this word if you are overcome by despondency and cannot find the right strength of faith …. If your faith is alive, then nothing separates you from the divine saviour, then you are devoted to Him in childlike love and surrender yourselves completely to His will …. You trust Him unreservedly and your faith and trust will also earn you the right reward …. The father will give you what you need. And if you now truly feel like children of your father, you will also try to completely comply with His will, for then you will also be in love, and love gives and fulfils all desires. If love now applies to the divine saviour, then the will to serve is also in you, for love willingly serves, it gives and sacrifices itself and is always willing to help. And if the earthly child is willing to serve, then it will also fulfil the right earthly purpose, for only by serving will it be able to mature to perfection. Only a serving being will be able to free itself from all dross, it will emerge pure and clear who places himself at the service of God and his fellow human beings, for this being will practice profound humility and only through humility will it enter into direct contact with the lord and saviour …. For the lord gives His grace to the humble …. But the grace of God is necessary for every earthly child if it wants to reach the highest and form itself into a God-like being …. You are to reach the highest and can only do so if you practice humility. The lower you regard yourselves, the sooner the lord will elevate you, He will grant you grace in abundance, and only through divine grace will you now be able to truly grasp earthly life in all its significance. Therefore, serve God and your dear neighbour with all love and loyalty, try to become worthy of His grace and remain united with God in deepest humility, then you will already reach the highest degree of perfection on earth and your life will be a blessed one ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 16 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Distribution of the proclamations is very much desired. Only complete and unaltered proclamations must be passed on. (Also see B.D. No 8899)

School of the spirit …. spheres of light …. bliss ….

B.D. 0785 from February 23rd 1939, taken from Book No. 16

You shall emerge from the school of the spirit well instructed and at all times bear witness to your teachers that they have introduced you to all knowledge, that they imparted eternal wisdom to you, and when you have successfully completed this school of the spirit, that you have penetrated into the depths of divine wisdom and are therefore also able to recognize the greatness and majesty of the creator, your purpose on earth will be completely fulfilled, for then you will have reached the spiritual level which allows you to enter higher spheres. You can leave the body of flesh behind and rise above matter without restraint, completely free within yourselves and released from all oppressive fetters. This stage will be a blissful one for you, as you will no longer be burdened by anything. Flooded with radiant light, nothing impure has access to you and your state is light and life …. You stand in the truth and realize that you can never perish. From the depth of consciousness all spiritual knowledge rises up and reveals the whole of creation to you, and everything will be reflected brightly and clearly before your spiritual eye …. and what you desire to see will come to life in all its diversity …. There will be nothing that remains veiled to you …. it will be an unspeakably satisfying state, a constant sense of well-being and yet again a constant desire to experience and see the wonders of creation again and again. The earth only harbours the glories of God’s creation to a limited extent, and yet these are so numerous to behold and marvel at that times will pass before a being of light has absorbed all these wonders of creation …. But now try to imagine that all celestial bodies, all creations which have arisen in the vast universe through God’s omnipotence, exhibit such evidence of divine activity of love in infinitely great numbers and that eternities will pass before a being which stands in the light has gained an insight into the countless miracles of creation, and thus the state of aversion or weariness can never ever occur, for this is a concept which can only be applied in earthly life but never in the eternal work of creation which is sublime above all earthly things, which shelters beings of light in endless numbers and yet does not deny one of these beings the complete fulfilment of its longing and desire. Every being of light has every opportunity to indulge in supernatural pleasures to an extent you cannot comprehend, yet love surpasses them all …. The law of love is decisive, as on earth, so also in those spheres, love is always the epitome of all spiritual …. for love is the power that flows through everything, and all bliss has its origin and its goal in love ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 16 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Distribution of the proclamations is very much desired. Only complete and unaltered proclamations must be passed on. (Also see B.D. No 8899)

Path of the soul before earthly existence …. doctrine of reincarnation ….

B.D. 0786 from February 24th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

The human soul has travelled its path through thousands of embodiments of all kinds over an unimaginably long period of time. This time has brought about a certain maturity which should now lead to higher perfection in the last stage as a human being. The knowledge of this should be enough to apply the utmost strength to reach the state of perfection, but it is precisely this knowledge that is completely rejected by most people. Unfortunately, there is often the erroneous view that a soul does not first have to be formed into what it is, but is always inherent in the living being in the same way and that one can only speak of a soul in a human being if one wants to recognize something that continues to exist after death. The animal is denied any soul or spiritual substance …. and it is precisely this that leads to completely false views, in that the extremely compelling necessity of all living beings apart from humans is not recognized at all. It is therefore of the utmost importance to bear in mind the varied, indescribably frequent transformation of the outer shell in order to only then become aware of the full responsibility as a human being in earthly life. If every being was only meant to have a one-time embodiment, then the conditions of this embodiment would have to be so extraordinarily difficult if they were to lead to the state of maturity required for eternal bliss, for the distance of such a spiritual being from the eternal deity is too immeasurably great that it could be considerably reduced in such a short time. This is why the creator has intended all beings to reach this one mandatory state in which, according to divine will, every creature strives towards higher development without any responsibility of its own. To live through this preliminary stage of the human soul in all its diversity is of such immense importance that only from it arises the whole responsibility that man bears towards his soul, for this soul has struggled in the most incredible way and defied all resistance …. it has had to fulfil such infinite tasks and submit to God’s will in everything, it has travelled a path which was not easy …. but which was the only way to form the soul in such a way that it can pass the last great test of strength in the human being when the will to endure becomes powerful in it. Every human being is therefore as such a world in itself …. it is a work of creation that contains everything that exists on earth and is visible to the human eye in the finest miniaturization …. the human soul has passed through all these wonders of creation and now, in its final embodiment, has to endure a tremendous struggle if the millennia-long struggle up to the stage of the human being is not to have been in vain. Man should remain fully aware of this responsibility and ask God for strength to fulfil the last task on earth and thus bring redemption to the soul from infinitely long-lasting hardship ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 16 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Distribution of the proclamations is very much desired. Only complete and unaltered proclamations must be passed on. (Also see B.D. No 8899)

(Continuation of No. 0786)

B.D. 0787 from February 25th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Path of the soul before earthly existence …. doctrine of re-embodiment ….

Visualize the greatness and omnipotence of God and only then will you be able to grasp the immeasurable love which embraces you earthly children, that even the smallest living being is in the everlasting care of the heavenly father and can never ever be put to shame, for God’s love has countless ways and means in order to guide even the most unworthy …. being that consciously resists God’s will onto the path of realization after all, even if often after an unspeakably long time. Again and again new shells are assigned to the being, and again and again the development of these through so many resistances is a new opportunity to mature. However, achieving the highest possible spiritual maturity in earthly life is extremely profitable for the soul, for the struggle in earthly life is certainly difficult in itself and demands much overcoming, perseverance and labour, but again, it is precisely in earthly life that the being is offered abundant privileges which already enable it to mature in a relatively short time. However, where the human being’s will is blatantly opposed to the facilities offered to him, perfection is called into question and often even a regression is recorded …. Now the father’s love in heaven is always and forever intent on leading the being to its final destiny, and indeed, the soul is now also offered the opportunity in the beyond to work on its perfection and to elevate itself into the state which results in a detachment from all matter. This is a far more difficult beginning in a world where everything tangible only exists in the imagination of the being, where the soul is as it were still entangled in all desires and worldly cravings, where it is exposed to all hostilities of this kind and cannot free itself from them through its own strength, where all desires, which in earthly life contributed to the fulfilment of earthly desires, now become torment, as they can no longer be fulfilled and cause the soul this agonizing state until it consciously turns away from them and feels a desire for pure spiritual pleasure. Such a desire will be granted immediately by the more perfect spiritual beings active in love, who will do everything in their power to free an unhappy soul from its state. Help will be granted to the soul immediately, only its will has to become active on its own and turn away from that which still connects it to earth and worldly desire. Where and how this transformation of the beings takes place has always been a cause of dispute for people concerning re-embodiment on earth. So it is enough for you to know that infinite times have passed and countless shells in the most diverse forms have surrounded your soul …. that all these living beings took abode in, on and above the earth through God’s will, but always in the closest connection with the earth which just existed for the purpose of maturing …. that the last stage as a human being can likewise only be lived through on earth …. but that with the leaving of the earthly body the soul passes over into a kingdom now completely independent of the earth, no matter what state of maturity the soul has attained on earth. There are the most inconceivable opportunities for its further development even outside of this earth, and once the soul has left its physical earthly shell and the millennia-long stay on earth has not brought it the final maturity, such an unspeakably difficult struggle begins in the beyond, and a re-embodiment on earth would be about the same as if the father would show indulgence to an underage child who refuses to obey him again and again instead of giving it to a strict school which lets it recognize the wrong of its actions …. (interruption)

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 16 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Distribution of the proclamations is very much desired. Only complete and unaltered proclamations must be passed on. (Also see B.D. No 8899)

(Continuation of No. 786 and 787)

B.D. 0788 from February 25th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Path of the soul before earthly existence …. re-embodiment doctrine…

How far the heavenly father’s care for His children on earth extends is evident from the fact that every embodiment beforehand already guarantees the greatest possible spiritual development which can be achieved in this form, so that the human being’s soul is at a certain degree of maturity when it enters the body of flesh and the last embodiment is now completely sufficient for the attainment of childship to God if the human being makes it a matter of concern to utilize earthly life to the best of his ability for spiritual progress. If this time of grace has passed uselessly or unsuccessfully for the soul due to its own will or resistance, this is all the more regrettable as the being now has to bear the consequences of its resistance itself, i.e. at the same time all immature and unfinished spirituality also results in suffering and punishment …. The soul will suffer to the same extent as it recognizes its weaknesses and faults and can no longer free itself from these as it did on earth …. The time of grace of its own redemption is over, and if the work of redemption and love of the perfect beings would not start to help the soul and bring it up, the soul would now be hopelessly lost.

However, it is a false assumption that a uselessly spent earthly life can be taken up again at will in order to make up for the neglected self-redemption. If such were intended by the lord of creation without exception, then there would truly be no need for the divine saviour’s work of redemption, for every being would then be free to repeat the once missed or badly used earthly life at will, and thus the immense blessing of the work of redemption would be considerably reduced, whereas, however, precisely for the short duration of earthly life through the act of salvation unlimited blessings were acquired for the human being in order to enable a complete liberation from matter during this time, even though it is up to every human being to choose this path of grace, resp. or to take upon himself the time of suffering in the hereafter with all its torments. God’s infinite love will not allow any being to fall prey to eternal destruction, and the possibilities of purification are endless, yet you will only be allowed to make use of your time on earth once, apart from the few cases where the lord has linked a special task or intention to it …. which, however, can never be generalized. The teaching of re-embodiment is always detrimental to people, for in a certain lukewarmness of spirit they will always seek comfort or justification in the fact that they can make up for everything they lack one day, and such a teaching will never be beneficial, for only restless work on themselves can bring them the success that they can one day look back on their life with satisfaction …. while the teaching of re-embodiment always leaves a loophole open which the weak, careless and lukewarm make use of. You should not forget your goal for one minute of your life, always strive for reunification with God and try to utilize your time on earth to the utmost, only then will you make yourselves worthy of the careful loving care that the lord God has bestowed upon you during the infinitely long path you have travelled until your earthly existence ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 16 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Distribution of the proclamations is very much desired. Only complete and unaltered proclamations must be passed on. (Also see B.D. No 8899)

Fight against evil …. care of the inner life …. habitual worries ….

B.D. 0789 from February 26th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

You will always have to make an effort to fight against the power of the evil one, for his cunning and trickery are unbelievable and will repeatedly throw you back if you do not make every effort to become his master. And he uses all available means and tries to turn the hearts of the believers away from their love for God and their struggle for perfection. And he very often succeeds in doing so, as he has all means on his side that are closer to the desires of earthly people, who are all too happy to demand fulfilment. Yet a believing heart that trusts in God will be able to resist all the incentives and temptations of this world and will be rewarded if it faithfully serves the father in heaven. And it can therefore expect the greatest advantage, which will not falter in the battle with the evil powers ….

Man should take the greatest care to cultivate his inner life, then the source of wisdom will also open up to him. He should endeavour to avert the slightest danger to his soul by taming himself and thus not allowing the opposing power to gain control over him. As soon as he realizes that all human impulses are in certain opposition to the demands of the soul, danger is imminent, and if he now gives in to these impulses, the first step has been taken towards stumbling or deviating from the right path. This becomes very clear to you when you strive for a living bond with God and have to recognize how you distance yourselves in spirit from the heavenly father if you give in to human impulses …. and what force you have to use in order to feel like a child of the father again. Entering into the right relationship with Him is often not as difficult as restoring the right relationship once it has been loosened. And this should warn you. There are always bad forces at work that want to destroy what the good forces have built up. Follow the inner voice that keeps telling you how much nobler it is to endure adversity than to rebel against injustice, which always stems from a lack of spiritual maturity. Everyone cares about what he considers to be the highest …. If this concern is for earthly needs, man’s mind is still very much earthly and he can hardly be expected to concern himself with spiritual goods. And in the same way the absorption in earthly worries is so incomprehensible to a spiritually advanced person because he has learnt to regard them as trivial and unimportant and he cannot understand that time, strength and will are not used more profitably for eternity. Earthly man so often does not want to do without worry out of old habit …. he has the opportunity to get rid of it if he trustingly entrusts everything to the eternal deity, but he prefers to remain burdened with it himself and avoids all help offered to him. And it is difficult to help such a soul to achieve inner peace. But then the fellow human being should exercise the greatest love and patience and repeatedly try to instruct such an erring person correctly as often as possible, for all resistance will fade one day and the victor will always remain who exercises patience, never allows unkindness to arise and asks the father in heaven for a blessing for his endeavour to guide the erring person correctly and to help him achieve inner peace.

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 16 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Distribution of the proclamations is very much desired. Only complete and unaltered proclamations must be passed on. (Also see B.D. No 8899)

Divine will …. apparent periods of destruction also God's work ….

B.D. 0790 from February 27th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

The whole universe is ruled by the will of the divine creator, and so it is never possible that only approximately His will can be worked against by forces which are nevertheless also subordinated to His will. The destructive influence of these can only assert itself spiritually on the creatures which animate the earth as long as they themselves are in free will and the opposing power tries to seize this will in order to increase the distance from God and finally cause a complete separation from Him. However, if you oppose these forces with your full will, they are powerless and cannot do anything in the universe. And this has to be made understandable to the human being, that everything depends solely on his will, that supreme happiness for eternity and likewise deepest night and damnation are solely caused by the human being’s will.... and that your state on earth is likewise caused by the human being’s will …. that you form and shape it yourselves depending on whether you turn towards or away from the divine creator by virtue of your free will. It is so easy to understand that all spiritual good power immediately comes into contact with you if you willingly surrender to it in the endeavour to meet the Highest …. your creator …. to serve Him. Then no opposing force will have power over you and it would have to remain completely inactive if the whole of humanity only wanted to place its will at the creator’s service. And if this is understandable to you, you will now also recognize the perfection of power of the one Who commands the entire universe. He guides and directs everything so that it will be indestructible for eternities …. that although enormous changes in the work of creation can be detected in the course of time, its basic elements remain indestructible …. and that the reason for such transformation or apparent periods of destruction is always to create a new possibility of further education for the innumerable spiritual beings. These transformations, which become necessary precisely because free will is not utilized in the right sense, are also related to the free will of the being. Although the evil spiritual forces are also entitled to free will, it finds its resistance in the material creation, and therefore every visible influence of spiritual power or higher will in nature or in existing works of creation will always have its origin in God, the almighty creator of heaven and earth, but such events can never be regarded as the expression of a counter-power of God, as a work of evil, for God alone rules over everything in the vast universe and the counter-power will never be sufficient to be able to intervene in God’s reign and activity. Let this be said to you humans in order to strengthen your faith …. so that you may turn your will to the father in heaven alone and thereby free yourselves from the power of the one who wants to corrupt you ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 16 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

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Overcoming earthly desires increases resilience ….

B.D. 0791 from February 28th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

You all live too much to your flesh and pay too little attention to the soul, and therefore you will also lack resilience. Only those who desire the strengthening and nourishment of the soul will find it easy to overcome. But how often do you fall prey to temptation and still choose the comforts of the world, and this makes you weak. Only when the body willingly renounces everything that appeals to it and contributes to its well-being will it feel the power of resistance within itself, and it will not need to worry about succumbing in the struggle. Do not give in to the urges of the body, but desire only the good of the soul, and you will grow and mature in spirit. For those who love the lord with all their heart must give up everything for Him, they need nothing more if they carry Him in their heart, but the lord only comes when all love and all desire is for Him alone. You want to strengthen your faith in visible signs and do not realize how little you yourselves do to make faith strong in you. Pay attention to yourselves and your desires and try to silence the latter within you …. put up the right resistance to them …. and your strength will increase, you will grow stronger in faith and you will truly have no need to fear your own weakness. But a warning is issued to humanity not to reject the lord’s work lightly, for He has chosen this path in order to send news of unheard-of significance to the whole world. In a time that has probably never been more serious, the lord puts Himself in the middle and tries to save what can still be saved. And this in the same way that He expresses Himself directly. He Himself is embodied in every word, He continues to give His teachings to people, He also ensures that they are received by people, but their will still opposes the divine will too much. And so there is always only a small part which recognizes the lord Himself in His word. But very soon the deeds that He has announced in His word will also follow. And all will tremble before God’s power and wisdom. They will hear Him and fear Him, for even if He admonishes in love and patience, even if it is His intention to uplift people and proclaim the truth to their spirit, He will nevertheless also bear witness to His power and those who do not want to recognize Him will hear the voice of His wrath. Pay attention to that time and expect it so that it does not take you by surprise. Most people will indeed see nothing and even in the midst of the greatest events will not feel the nearness of the lord, for they do not see with spiritual eyes but only behold the world and its goings-on, and steering upwards is without success. But he who tries to overcome himself and does not respect the desires of the world will recognize the time brightly and clearly and stand in the midst of great world events, which will mean radiant light for one person but also dark night for another and the beginning of another time, a time of spiritual striving. Whoever then fully surrenders to the father’s guidance is travelling the right path …. the path to eternal home, to eternal peace ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 16 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

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Admonition to love and peace …. carrying the cross …. coming in a form ….

B.D. 0792 from March 1st 1939, taken from Book No. 16

How much you disregard My commandment, which teaches you love, if you, who want to be Mine, do not endeavour to make the time of suffering on earth bearable for each other. If you remember the short time on earth which you spend together then you are all just guests on earth and therefore all have to live in peace with each other if you don’t want to make your days on earth unbearable through your own fault. And now see, My children, how I take care of each individual and do not ask to what extent he is worthy of My care. In the same way, you too will have to accept each one in love if you want to stand upright in My eyes and make yourselves worthy of My grace. Thus all your endeavours on earth should first of all be carried out with love …. And this love shall apply to everyone, whether worthy or unworthy, just as I take hold of you with My love, who do not yet come before My face completely free of slackening. I do not condemn you but lovingly come to meet you, I am ready for you at any time when you call Me. And so I will also now reveal Myself to My child and answer the silent plea of its heart …. I will come to earth again and, as it were, carry the burden of the cross once more, for I will be ridiculed and mocked …. I am denied and dishonoured by words. And only a few come to meet Me in love, for I have become a stranger to people and so it is My intention to form hearts for Me which are willing to receive Me and which stand up for Me with the greatest willingness and devotion …. I want to be a constant guide for such willing children, I want to dwell in their hearts Myself so that they see Me and feel My closeness, and this shall give them true happiness during their earthly existence. Anyone who now serves Me and sacrifices his will to Me and does not slacken in this work for Me is the one whom I love and to whom I reveal Myself in the shortest possible time, in a form which will only be understandable to you afterwards, for you are to give and receive without your knowledge …. give your love to your dear neighbour and receive My love and Me in return. And you will certainly realize the great grace and accept My love with utmost humility and deepest gratitude, for I want to give extraordinary strength to those who want to work for Me and My name. And therefore none of My children who only desire to receive Me Myself will go away empty-handed. The hour has not yet come but I will come in the middle of the night …. I will come in broad daylight …. I will come in a form that will be the fulfilment of your longing and I will let My eyes rest gently on you …. and you will not be able to bear My radiant eye and therefore I have to cover Myself with the cloak of an earthly cover and have to face you like this and you will nevertheless feel a sweet happiness when you look at Me. Therefore, My child, take note of My ever-ready love …. and I want to express this love such that you will recognize it …. that you will henceforth only be active for your saviour and serve Him with constant love ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 16 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

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Divine guidance and direction …. Spiritualism …. Truth ….

B.D. 0793 from March 2nd 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Anyone who consciously turns to the Lord is in direct contact with the spiritual forces and will not need to fear interference by unauthorised powers. If you remain true in your heart to the divine Saviour, you will soon spiritually rise above your surroundings and be able to accept spiritual knowledge without interruption. And so you are requested to carefully listen to the voice of your heart, which wants to proclaim what the Father intends to give you. Every event happens with permission from above, yet you do not always understand it. Nevertheless, people are offered so many opportunities to embark on the only path that leads to the goal. Where the right kind of trust accompanies all events, their purpose will soon become obvious to them …. Behold, the path is not as clear to everyone that they would enter it without reservations, it must be pointed out to them, and this can only happen though wise guidance and direction of all steps which, in turn, in the eyes of a person, happen again by coincidence. However, if all of you remain in contact with the Lord, He Himself will show you how important and beneficial it is to utterly entrust yourselves to His guidance …. how you only ever fulfil the Creator’s wise plan if you don’t resist His instructions. One link of the chain glides into another, and you are merely the Creator’s visible implementers, He constantly works through you on earth …. He attempts to awaken the human hearts and introduce them to His actions of love. Consequently, you will take no step without consideration, and only someone who entirely avoids God withdraws himself from the divine Father’s loving guidance. Yet all of you who strive to fulfil His will are used by the Lord in order to save other souls again and lead them towards the eternal light. Therefore take note that you should always entrust yourselves to the divine guidance without resistance …. that you should let yourselves be impelled by the voice of your heart …. Pay attention to every stirring which wants to direct you, always accept the urging of your heart as a spiritual admonition and comply with this urge, then you will at all times be willing helpers for the Lord’s tireless act of love for His children …. And now try to accept spiritual knowledge without resistance, for a clarification needs to be given for a teaching interspersed with errors, which can never have originated from the eternal Deity.

People have often attempted to enter the spiritual bridge by spiritualistic means, and this has always evoked objections by all believers and those who want to believe without, however, having complete knowledge of an area which hitherto was concealed from them. Present day spiritual adversity considerably contributes towards the fact that people nevertheless digress into this area in the hope of finding some kind of help from there. Whatever the human being undertakes in order to find the truth, purely with the desire for this very truth, can never be sinful before God. This has to be said for clarification to those people, who only want to look upon all spiritualistic experiments as misconduct and transgression against the divine will. People on earth are often driven by the inner urge to ascertain the truth, and the doctrines of the church do not offer them enough certainty …. or, they love and hunger for the truth far too much as to unhesitatingly accept something they do not consider sufficiently reliable. They want to take the direct path, in a manner of speaking, they want to draw from the source …. they also want to believe if the truth seems acceptable to them and this thirst for knowledge is not always only the desire for something extraordinary …. It is not in connection with a worldly purpose but merely intended for clarification, and therefore the activity of such people thirsting for truth will never be wrong before God, i.e., it will never be a sin. Whereas each similar attempt relating to worldly desires …. which also includes contact with the dear departed, since this likewise contributes towards a person’s everyday happiness …. or which intends to satisfy a sensational hunger, can never find God’s approval because then …. please take note …. a purely spiritual exchange, which intends to guide the earthly child into truth, cannot take place and because the connection from the beyond to earth is only permitted to reveal the pure truth to the earthly child if it proves itself worthy of the privilege. That the latter is the first prerequisite for spiritual contact from the beyond to earth is already obvious by the fact that not each and everyone can establish contact with the world of the beyond, and so, on account of the extraordinary danger this poses to both the earthly child as well as the still immature spiritual being, such connections must very seriously be warned against ….

Hence the partly correct point of view, that spiritualism very often opens the door to lower forces. Therefore, all such connections must be refrained from if the necessary spiritual maturity for it is non-existent and the will to first and foremost serve God and attain the truth is not exclusively the reason for such a beginning. But how wrong people’s point of view is to reject all contact with the world of the beyond can be seen from the fact that all spiritual beings have the power to express themselves, but that all these expressions, whether good or evil, will only be perceived if the human being wants to perceive …. that in each and every case the human being’s consent is a prerequisite …. in a manner of speaking, a certain willingness for reception …. then every being will also be able to clearly express itself. Admittedly, this does not happen in a way that a person receives tangible or visible information from the spiritual being, instead, it will always take effect in the form of thoughts …. and so are the proclamations by beings in the beyond within spiritual circles more or less thought transmissions from these spiritual beings to people’s minds. The person, as it were, willingly accepts what is conveyed to him as his mental knowledge, and can shape these proclamations according to his state of maturity …. With profound desire for truth he will only be informed of absolute truth, because through his desire he will only attract the spirits of truth or, as it were, call upon them for their tuition. And thus no offence should ever be taken concerning the reason for this work …. People must not claim the right to criticise what God the Lord in His wisdom has permitted, because a human being with profound love for truth appealed to the Father in Heaven for enlightenment which, in turn, could only exhaustively be given to him in this way.

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 16 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

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Hour of retribution …. (after lecture about Christ faithful)

B.D. 0794 from March 3rd 1939, taken from Book No. 16

The hour of retribution is near for all those who deliberately lead the people astray. But to those I say: Your actions are disgraceful. You poison the thinking of your fellow human beings and lead them on a path that leads to ruin, and you bear the responsibility for all these souls who are pushed into darkness through you. Although I will also find ways and means to help the many who go astray, yet if you have already made their will submissive to yours, their existence on earth as preparation for eternity will have failed and their state in the beyond will one day be boundlessly miserable. And you burden yourselves with such guilt by alienating your fellow human beings from Me, and therefore your fate on earth shall already be a marked one, and you will recognize Me when the hour of judgment awaits you. And your fate will prove to you that you are not allowed to blaspheme with impunity …. that you are not authorized to take away people’s faith in their saviour …. I suffered for you on the cross and took all guilt upon Myself to save you from the deepest night …. Now that you are walking in the darkest night again, you want to completely renounce Me and reject all My love that was meant for you from the beginning …. You do not want to accept My sacrifice, through your own fault you want to sink back into the darkest night from which My love raised you through death on the cross …. How unspeakably painfully you must suffer if you do not recognize the work of redemption, if you lose faith in Jesus Christ, Who redeemed you from death and sin. And now you mock the son of God …. You surrender Me Myself for the sake of prejudices that people have made for themselves and which can never be in the spirit of the eternal deity. But a time will pass and news of Me will reach the world, and My adversaries will be astonished because they cannot believe it …. and yet they will not give Me the honour but see in Me the hated representative of their enemies, and they will threaten and persecute everything that persists in Me and My teaching. And then the time has come which I mentioned at the time of My earthly life …. Where the living and the dead hear My voice …. Where I am in the midst of My own and protect them from the attacks of the enemies …. And I will be merciful to those who do not harm My own and keep the decree …. And I will be a good shepherd to My sheep so that they do not go astray in the wide open spaces, so that they are not devoured by wolves and wild animals who go about in sheep’s clothing and still want to bring down My few followers. But woe to those who do not recognize their shepherd …. They truly have a bad time ahead of them, for My word is unchangeable and it will be fulfilled as it is written ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 16 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

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Spiritual exchange of ideas …. distance from the world ….

B.D. 0795 from March 4th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

You must recognize everything which points you towards the task you have been given for earthly life as a purely spiritual exchange of thoughts, and likewise you must be able to separate all earthly desires from what the soul should strive for on earth. Everything that serves man for pleasure and joy, everything that creates well-being for the body and everything that causes a state of happiness on earth is never of advantage for the soul and its liberation. And the soul is deprived of the opportunity to mature to the same extent that the body’s earthly desires are fulfilled. Now a wall, as it were, is pushed in front of the one as soon as the other is taken into account. Man’s actions will only be beneficial for the soul when he ignores the desires of the body and concerns himself primarily with spiritual things. Every self-mortification will only contribute more and more to the spiritualization of the soul. A new area is opened up to it, which makes the concept of ‘life’ far more vividly understandable than the fulfilment of earthly pleasures. The more one-sidedly man lives, the more he will deepen himself, and always in the direction which demands the greatest interest from him. Thus a person who is purely spiritually active will soon penetrate knowledge that will bring his soul unimaginable benefits. It is therefore imperative to make use of every spiritual attention, for it is always beneficial for the soul if it is provided with nourishment, which every spiritual stimulation inevitably is for the soul …. Its state becomes considerably freer and therefore people’s every concern should be to provide themselves with as much spiritual stimulation as possible. And this, in turn, can only happen if distance is taken from the world and its desires, for only by renouncing them can all spiritual things reach their highest development. Where one willingly and voluntarily imposes sacrifices on oneself, one will find full substitutes to satisfy the soul. The pleasures of the world will ultimately appear stale to the human being and he will no longer find satisfaction in them, whereas the spiritual desire grows the more it is fulfilled, and this maturing within itself alone is the best proof that the soul can never be satisfied …. that it can still and still receive or be spiritually active and yet the feeling of being oversaturated could never stop it in its work on itself or let it become tired. People should therefore make every effort to gather spiritual possessions, they should always be on good terms with their friends and guides in the beyond throughout their earthly life and engage in a lively exchange of spiritual thoughts on the path of wanting to receive, no matter in what form. Every willing concession will be granted immediately, and every soul will be granted what it deeply desires …. If it wants to remain in the worldly, then it is up to it, but indisputably all immersion in the spiritual will earn it great power and drive it to ever more active work, and this is then the actual earth task, to which you men are to be pointed, that you fulfil it right ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 16 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

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Opportunities to mature …. world events …. spiritual thinking ….

B.D. 0796 from March 5th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

People have been and will continue to be offered undreamt-of opportunities which are intended to enable the human being’s spirit to completely unite with God already on earth, and to the same extent as the opportunities are utilized an increase in spiritual abilities will also be achieved …. i.e. the human being can do everything himself in order to attain perfection, because he now recognizes which gifts are at the spirit’s disposal by means of which he can become increasingly more perfect. To be ignorant also means to be incapable of taking care of further development; but he who is in knowledge is able to explore the power, to take it into his own possession and to work through this power. Scholarship in the earthly field is already profitable in an earthly sense …. how much more success must spiritual knowledge of things therefore bring, and how inexhaustibly can the spirit of man therefore benefit from such knowledge …. His spiritual possessions will increase many times over, and what unimaginable advantages can that person enjoy who utilizes all the opportunities offered to him solely for the purpose of further spiritual education. The more visible the success becomes, the more it will again be an incentive to strive ever more diligently in this field, and so it is therefore much easier for that person to progress who looks at everything life brings him in a spiritual sense …. who looks at nothing with earthly eyes and draws conclusions which are often quite erroneous …. but always assumes and recognizes the permission from above everywhere …. and now seeks to fathom what was probably decisive for the divine creator to influence people in precisely this way and no other …. As a human being he will never be able to understand the profound wisdom of God and many a world event will also remain incomprehensible to him; however, if his mind is only spiritually attuned, he will also have complete trust in divine guidance, by virtue of which he will unquestioningly recognize the providence. Everything depends on the will of man …. If he wants to penetrate spiritually into many a question, he will also receive a spiritual answer. However, if he only tries to fathom earthly world events as such, he will come up against inexplicable contradictions everywhere and will ultimately be broken himself by the seemingly incomprehensible authorizations of the divine creator. And this then leads to an unconscious rejection of a deity Who guides and directs the whole universe. But how should a person be able to understand God’s reign and activity if he does not make the slightest effort to think spiritually? Only someone who draws from the source of eternal truth, who awakens the divine within himself to life and gives it full freedom to investigate through his will and thus enriches his knowledge, truly has no need to ponder earthly events and allowances, for the solution to such questions will very soon become clear to him …. he will understand that it cannot be otherwise on this world if its inhabitants are also to be guided into the realm of the spiritual. The ultimate purpose of all life on earth and in the whole universe is and remains that the being should free itself from all matter that clings to it …. both mentally and in form …. Yet this can only be achieved by someone whose spirit aspires to ascend, who seriously utilizes all the opportunities offered to him to reach the state of maturity …. who associates everything with the necessary purification of the soul and tries to assist it as much as possible so that it will be released from its shackles. What is currently moving the earth is, spiritually speaking, of the greatest necessity …. All struggle, all suffering and all injustice must be fought through and endured, for the human soul, which is in extreme distress, should thereby be shaken up into free thinking, and this thinking should turn upwards, into the spiritual kingdom …. it should turn away from the world and all earthly interests. Only then will the hardship subside and life on earth become bearable for people.

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 16 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

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Lucifer …. fight and victory ….

B.D. 0797 from March 5th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

Unite, people on earth, and sing praises to the creator and sustainer of the entire universe and all creatures. His omnipotence and His wisdom are unlimited …. what He lets come into being will last for all eternity and what is created by His love will remain in this love forever …. Thus, out of love and for His own pleasure, He created man, angel, being (in the handwritten manuscript the terms man and angels have been crossed out) as a being equal to Him. His plan was to place a spiritual something equal to Himself next to Himself, which would be created like Him and radiate power into the universe. However, the created being, although it had primordial power within itself, had emerged from this primordial power, as it were, and now separated itself as a completely independent being. In its fullness of strength it felt so extremely strong and powerful that it became arrogant in its awareness of power and found no boundary between creator and creature. Through God’s love it was endowed with the same power, and the will to rule awoke in it and became stronger and stronger. It found no resistance in the omnipotence of God, for it was a God-like free being that He never wanted to subject to His compulsion. It was to preside over the divine creation and be the visible product of the divine creator’s will in supreme perfection: The being, for its part, had enough perfection of power to animate creation out of itself and it used this power and likewise created spiritual beings in great numbers and many of these created beings did not recognize the eternal deity as their lord and master, but like their spiritual producer Lucifer they tried to rebel against the divine creator, and since his power was exceedingly great and no limits were set to free will by God, so now a hard struggle began between all spiritual power, which was subject to the creator from the beginning, and that arrogant counter power called into existence by God. This battle is a mighty one, as both sides fight with different means. With infinite love the father of the universe tries to win back His beings who have apostatized from Him, yet the adversary fights with hatred and malice, and since the being’s free will is decisive …. because it played such an important role in the beings’ apostasy from God …. so this battle is an extremely unequal one, but God’s patience and love knows no bounds …. It always finds ways and means to win back the apostates through love and whether this battle lasts eternities, it will not be waged in vain, and God’s omnipotence, love and wisdom will nevertheless succeed in the great work that the unification of all spirits from God will take place and the last being is finally redeemed from the power of the adversary ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 16 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

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Forces from below ….

B.D. 0798 from March 6th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

My love often seeks you out and you make contact with Me. I want to keep you away from the traditional course of those who want to explore Me, who soon lose themselves in excessive brooding and are then no longer up to the demands of life. You see, humanity is turning away from Me and I therefore need willing earthly children who are completely devoted to Me and who are to carry out a mission intended to counteract the goings-on of humanity. What is neglected on the one hand to call Me in all tribulation, in doubts of faith and anxious questions, must be done all the more eagerly on the part of these earthly children …. They must always and everywhere seek Me, consult Me, draw strength from Me and without hesitation entrust every step to Me …. And I will always be ready to let Myself be found and distribute strength in abundance. For only in this way can I visibly work on earth again if My children always endeavour to do what I put into their hearts, as it were. Anyone who entrusts every question to Me for an answer, who listens to Me and accepts My admonitions as what they should be …. anyone who willingly follows Me is also conscientious in his earthly task and therefore suitable to be My helper. The teachings from above will reach you without interruption and the right bond with Me will also ensure you such in the future ….

Only someone who renounces all doubts is able to receive God’s pure teaching, for it is his faith which allows him to recognize the truth correctly. And therefore the spiritual forces always choose the form appropriate to the state of faith, that is, an earthly child with profound faith will also be guided into the most profound knowledge, but on the other hand the doubting person will be offered the teaching such that it can easily trigger doubts again in order to recognize that a strong faith is necessary and to strive for it with all his zeal. He who has faith receives unlimited spiritual teachings, which he receives again without doubt. However, every doubting thought also weakens the ability to receive, and thus the reception of profound spiritual teachings is considerably more difficult and the teaching of the earth child only progresses slowly. If you consider all this, you will also find an explanation for the unsatisfied mood to which you are sometimes subject. The cognizant soul resists everything that hinders it and constantly desires spiritual nourishment, and the love of the divine saviour constantly grants it this. And so receive:

From below, i.e. from the area of the God-opposing power, a force can understandably never express itself which visibly and constantly points towards God; thus the endeavour of those regions will also always be to keep the beings in apostasy or to try by all means to alienate them from the eternal deity. In such a presupposition of the working of this power from below the received writings are already proof in themselves that they are of divine origin, for everything which obviously leads upwards must also emanate from there …. just as, conversely, the working of the powers turned away from God becomes recognizable through such teachings which would like to completely contradict the divine teaching. Thus the success of the received teachings must also correspond to these, the whole change of nature must be in harmony with the spiritual good that is imparted to the earthly child. And this must strengthen faith and also banish all doubt from the heart. The human being is indeed weak and very often succumbs to the temptations of evil, when he should be able to stand firm due to the extraordinarily many proofs of divine love …. but then he has to fight hard and must therefore atone for his fickleness and weak faith …. And again it is only prayer that allows him to overcome. Without divine help the human being cannot free himself from the state of fear and doubt, only the grace of the lord, implored in prayer, gives the earthly child renewed strength, and it then works with double zeal for the liberation of the spirit from the unworthy state, the captivity of the adversary, who often tries to shake the human being’s steadfastness of faith by quite harmless means and is also sometimes successful despite the best will and obvious realization of the living God …. But even if the spirit is willing, the human being’s body is still weak, and recognizing this, the adversary uses every opportunity to stir up doubt in the human heart and thus make hearts submissive to his influence. It is therefore of particular importance for the human being that he tries to become master of doubt …. that he endeavours to strengthen his faith and wholeheartedly requests this from the father, only then will he feel equal to the adversary’s temptations and never fall into temptation, he will become strong in spirit and the adversary will have no power over him ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 16 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

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Active will necessary …. faith without evidence ….

B.D. 0799 from March 7th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

It was up to your will to free yourself from the power of evil, since the will in you became action. In the same way, everyone’s will has to become active if he wants to fulfil his mission on earth properly, and therefore lukewarm resistance can by no means bring success, but victory over evil has to be achieved by using the whole will. The assumption that life on earth is lived in full possession of all spiritual power is erroneous. Certain spiritual powers are certainly available to the human being for the earthly career, but only to a limited extent, in relation to the actual fullness of all power from God, which the being has to expect in the beyond …. provided that the strength at its disposal for earthly life was utilized correctly. Now this strength increases on earth to the same extent as the human being allows himself to be permeated by God’s strength. And this again lies solely in his will. He will therefore have extraordinary strength at his disposal who continuously allows the will to become active in him …. who unswervingly completes the path of life on earth in faith in the saviour …. who complies with the call to serve Him …. and who remains faithful to Him in spite of all hostility and all talk against Him. The lord strengthens him and does not allow him to waver. If the lord demands your commitment, then only His word should be of value to you, but the objections of men should not affect you. Everyone is convinced of his spiritual sharpness, but in order to accept the word of the lord with faith, a person should be poor in spirit, i.e. have the least amount of spiritual goods …. the easier the word of the lord will be able to penetrate. But no man on earth can teach anyone who believes he is in wisdom without encountering resistance. And a doubting mind will understandably also lack understanding for divine truths. But the result will always remain that those who are in the knowledge of books will never be able to reach a judgement, for if the cause of origin is not explainable to them, they should not criticize the content, which they could just as little deny or refute if they were to provide evidence for their counterclaims. Very few people are capable of explaining the wise reign and activity of the deity, but how can a person without spiritual knowledge explain God’s visible activity …. How, for example, is the entire doctrine of creation, if the father in heaven Himself gives it to people, to be acceptable to them if man wants to demand proof for all these teachings …. and how, on the other hand, should the divine creator make His reign and activity understandable if not through His teachings conveyed to them, and thus the human being will either have to believe or reject everything …. for to substantiate everything taught with visible evidence in order to persuade him to believe would again not be appropriate, for it would require little or no human will. Something clearly proven must be accepted, so the human being would not be compelled to utilize his free will …. he would, on the contrary, inevitably be unable to close his mind to realization, and there could then no longer be any question of faith. The less a person demands proof and yet has profound faith, the more obvious the reign and activity of the eternal deity will be to him, and what gives the unbeliever cause for contradiction is for him precisely an indisputable sign of divine love, and he believes because he is seized by this love ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 16 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Distribution of the proclamations is very much desired. Only complete and unaltered proclamations must be passed on. (Also see B.D. No 8899)

Right worship service ….

B.D. 0800 from March 8th 1939, taken from Book No. 16

This is the true service of God, that man may live in faith, work in love and give glory to God as the only creator of all things. And if you serve God in this way, blessings will flow from it, you will make yourselves worthy of all favours, and your share will be eternal life in all its glory. And for this purpose God has given you life, that His kingdom which He has prepared for you may be granted to you, and you shall inherit the kingdom of God …. you are to do whatever the father asks, so that He may consider you as His children forever with all bliss …. so that you, who have been chosen for adoption as children of God, may share in all the delights of heaven. And thus the lord wills it, yet you pay no attention to His words and neglect to serve Him on earth in love and obedience. This causes the lord to admonish you further and further …. He is in closest contact with you, if only you acknowledge Him, and is extremely concerned that you do not go astray. He draws close to you in the most visible way and He considers His children exceptionally so that they shall recognize Him. And so it happens that He dwells in your midst where you make mention of Him. He then knocks at the door of your hearts and desires admittance, and whoever opens up to Him will receive His blessing and be relieved of all spiritual hardship. This is man’s task in time and eternity, that he receives the lord into his heart, for only in the presence of the divine lord and master lies unlimited happiness, both on earth and one day in eternity. The creature will always serve its creator and sing praise and honour to Him, so that His presence has become the epitome of all bliss. But He who now rules over all beings from eternity to eternity is truly indescribably great and wise …. His omnipotence reaches into the deepest depth of creation, and His wisdom cannot be grasped by man, and every being is His creation, His property and His will which has become form …. And so everything that lives should be subject to Him in love and service and be a true servant to Him in all reverence and devotion, shunning all outward appearances, but erecting an altar to the lord in the heart, on which he offers Him his love and gratitude and his will and vows renunciation of all worldly love …. Such worship is pleasing to the lord, who sees into the heart and judges only the degree of love that is the cause of every sacrifice offered to the lord. Whoever serves God in such a way that he brings souls to Him or is concerned about the salvation of his neighbour’s soul, his fate is in His hands, for love guides his will and will be rewarded by the love of the divine saviour, Who is the eternal love Himself ….

Amen

Bertha Dudde · Word of God Book 16 (EPUB, 2026-08-25) · Friends of the New Revelation, Wilhelm Wegers and Hans-Willi Schmitz.

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Distribution of the proclamations is very much desired. Only complete and unaltered proclamations must be passed on. (Also see B.D. No 8899)

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