Preach love to people and you will proclaim the teaching which I gave to people on earth and thus also be My true representatives. It is irrelevant in which form you offer this teaching of Mine and in which form you follow it if only love is decisive for your earthly life. If only you always give love, you will follow Me and then your earthly life will earn you redemption. Love will set you free from the captivity of the one who caused your fall into sin …. Love will intimately unite you with Me and earn you adoption as children of God …. But only love can do this …. Where there is love, every outward form is unnecessary; but I pay no attention to the form because it is not from Me. For I truly do not need any outward signs to reveal the inner attitude, I look into the heart and know about the most hidden corners, I know about every thought, and so the mind of no human being is truly hidden from Me, and thus I also judge the human being accordingly. So what is the value of form? He who walks on earth without love is far from Me, even if he fulfils every form; but whose heart is filled with love, I am close to him, even without him making this known outwardly. The time will come when you humans will be prevented from practicing those forms which still seem important to you today, and love alone will be decisive as to whether you belong to My church and whether you follow My teaching, for if you practice love you will live according to My teaching and thereby also prove your faith in Me and My act of salvation, for then you will follow Me …. and thus you will acknowledge Me …. And then everything that goes beyond the scope of My teaching will also appear unimportant to you. My teaching only includes the commandments of love …. To love God above all else and your neighbour as yourself …. that is all I ask of people, and if these commandments are fulfilled then the human being has done everything he is supposed to do on earth. And he will enjoy My constant love and grace and his earthly life will be blessed. Whatever else he does in outward appearances will neither harm nor benefit him, and his salvation will never again depend on it. Only the degree of love of the human heart determines the soul’s degree of maturity, and only the innermost feeling is decisive as to whether and when I bestow My love and grace on a person ….

Amen

As soon as a person declares himself willing to participate in the redemption of immature souls, he places his will to work at the service of the lord. He voluntarily offers himself to Him as an assistant, he wants to do what is pleasing to God …. to serve God, i.e. to take care of the souls of his fellow human beings in love and to lead those who are still far from God to Him. This activity will always meet with God’s approval because it corresponds to the actual purpose of earthly life, which consists of the redemption of the struggling, still unfree spirits. Whoever offers himself to serve God for this work of redemption is therefore in truth His servant who submits himself to the divine will and is active for Him with His support on earth. Being in God’s service is extremely beneficial, because a servant of God is constantly supplied with His grace. God gives him the ability in the same measure as man is willing to serve. God needs labourers for His vineyard in large numbers, and where a person is devoted to God in love, this love expresses itself in a voluntary offer to work, and God accepts his request. He instructs him well beforehand so that he is now able to carry out the work which God now assigns to him. The human being concludes the contract with God in his innermost heart alone, he offers himself to Him without being influenced by the world or his fellow human beings; his love for God and his fellow human beings alone drives him to give himself to God as His servant who is always subject to Him, and no ceremony and no outward appearance is required, for only the human being’s will to be redemptively active and to serve God and his fellow human beings is decisive …. Thus the lord calls these His servants, these He considers with His word, these He teaches in the spirit and He gives them strength and grace so that they can now also fulfil their ministry and be active labourers in His vineyard …. A great task lies ahead of them …. they must be the mediators between God and people …. on His behalf they must inform them of His will, they must instruct people to do everything God asks of them, for only by fulfilling the divine will does the human soul become free; it frees itself from the shackles of a power that holds it captive, it is redeemed from this power through the love of God and those people who serve Him in deepest love and humility ….

Amen

All success is based on overcoming resistance, and so the soul can only develop upwards if it masters the resistance placed in its way by the opposing power. Without resistance there is no development of strength and therefore no further development. For the latter is synonymous with increased strength, i.e. an increase in that which is the original substance of all spirituality. The spiritual can only mature in itself through union with the same spiritual, therefore strength must be increased through the influx of strength. But the latter must be requested, i.e., through the will to resist the being must keep itself ready to receive this influx, which is never denied to it. Readiness to receive is also the believing prayer, which man sends up to God full of trust, because then he opens his heart to every supply of favour, which always means supply of power for him. Prayer is the most successful resistance insofar as that man requests strength from God for his battles, that he so to speak lets Him defeat the resistance and nevertheless matures his soul through exactly this supply of favour. Man acquires this through his will, which strives towards God and is accepted by God’s love, thus the prayer is answered. The human being need by no means fear that his request will not be granted if he presents his need to Him in complete faith, if he admits his lack of strength to Him and asks for an increase …. if he is willing to resist and only feels too weak to do so …. Then God will surely grant him His assistance, He will take care of his weakness and the soul will not fail to succeed. However, a person will never be able to overcome the obstacles given to him by his own strength. But he can certainly also be supported by the opposing side, but then the will for God will never dominate men, but the will for counter power will be clearly recognizable by the worldly attitude of him, to whom now also nothing seems to be insurmountable. God’s adversary equips him with strength because he is in bondage to him, and therefore that human being who is apostate from God and obviously turned towards the adversary is often able to achieve great things or overcome the greatest resistance …. for his strength is likewise increased, yet not for the soul’s progress but for the increase of that which is beneficial for the body, which always signifies a spiritual regression. He may have apparent success, i.e. material success, but spiritually he will become increasingly less powerful, for he turns away from the original source of strength and therefore cannot be flooded by Him either. Without a supply of strength from God, however, there is no progress but only a spiritual decline, i.e. an ever-increasing distance from God ….

Amen

The demon of hatred and unkindness is poisoning the world, and this means the beginning of spiritual collapse, spiritual decay …. it means the downfall both spiritually and earthly. What has completely become unkindness must be considered lost for eternity, i.e. it cannot acquire eternal life on earth, but death, i.e. complete lifelessness, is its fate for eternal times. Consequently, earth has become unnecessary as a station of redemption for this spiritual substance since it has not utilized any opportunity, and therefore the spiritual substance’s time on earth has come to an end …. an epoch of redemption comes to an end, as it is proclaimed in word and writing. A time of development lasting thousands of years ends with a judgement, with a separation of the redeemed and the unredeemed …. of the spiritual that is turned towards God and the spiritual that is completely distant from God. God judges His creatures, i.e., He finally separates His own from the followers of Satan, He gives the former a free life in bliss and binds the opponents once again in the form, in matter, which they desired and forgot God about, thus completely alienating themselves from Him. These are the living and the dead …. who will now be judged, who will receive their reward and punishment from God according to His words, for God is just and He distributes according to merit. Those will live who have recognized God, who love Him and fulfil His will; but those will be condemned to eternal death who did not acknowledge Him and turned to His adversary and whose life was nothing but lovelessness. God certainly has infinite patience with His creatures and He still postpones the day; yet His patience is not valued by humanity, for those who do not acknowledge God also lack all faith in God’s judgement and every reference to it is unsuccessful. And so it will come unexpectedly for those people who have no faith and cause greatest terror, but bring salvation to the believers in greatest distress, for they are in utmost distress for the sake of their faith. And now the separation has to take place because there is no longer any possibility of improvement for the unbelievers who live in utter lack of love, for all previous trials, suffering and earthly hardship are unsuccessful and satan’s power over these people is immense, for they surrender to him and seek the lives of the believers. This is the time of complete decline that precedes the last judgement, which signifies the end of the present earth and the beginning of a new era that is spiritually extraordinarily significant because God will banish evil once again for an unthinkably long time ….

Amen

All mankind will be judged on the last day, and everyone, whether good or bad, will receive his reward. And so there will be a separation of the good from the bad, the righteous from the unrighteous, the believer from the unbeliever, and God Himself will sit in judgement and reward or punish everyone according to merit. This judgement is inevitable and concludes a significant period of time, a time of grace, which was granted to the unredeemed on earth through God’s immense love. This time was a time of incessant struggle between the spiritual substance full of light and the darkness, it was a time of battle between all beings striving to ascend, and during this time the spiritual substance had the opportunity to develop into a being of light if only it wanted to …. Yet God also set a limit for the beings by predetermining the period of time since eternity which was available to the beings for their redemption …. And this time was truly measured such that it was completely sufficient for complete redemption, yet it was not utilized to the extent that it could be utilized and countless opportunities remained unnoticed because the spiritual substance did not use its free will or misused it and chained itself anew to the power from which it was supposed to liberate itself. The being now has to answer for this free will and its use on the day of judgement, and depending on its will it will turn to heaven or to hell …. to light or to darkness …. its fate will be nothing other than what it has created for itself through its will …. It will be spirit in all freedom, if it has striven for this on earth, or be banished again in solid matter, which it has desired on earth with all its senses. The former is a state of bliss, the latter a state of torment and unimaginable suffering …. renewed captivity through endless times in agonizing remorse and helplessness …. Yet God is just …. for in His love He endeavoured throughout eternity to lead this being to freedom. All means of help were at his disposal, He acquired the graces of the act of salvation for the beings through His incarnation and His death on the cross, He was infinitely long-suffering and patient, yet He had to leave them one thing …. free will …. And according to this He must now also judge people when the day has come that ends this time of grace. For this free will has degenerated, it is only used to work for God’s adversary and thus it has to be bound again for endless times. The last judgement is the beginning and the end …. a new era begins and the old one has ended, earthly life has come to an end for all beings that were embodied on earth, partly in the works of creation, partly in the flesh. But a new creation comes into being, which again harbours the spiritual in itself, which has not yet finished its earthly path but was close to the last embodiments. For this spiritual had not yet regained its free will and therefore cannot be called to account on the day of judgement. But the whole of humanity will have to answer to God on the last day and its sinfulness will be revealed, and only a small number of righteous people will be able to stand before the eyes of God and enter the kingdom of peace ….

Amen

The battle of light and darkness will also come to light where spiritual endeavour is present, for the power of darkness tries to prevent all brightness of spirit, it tries to confuse human thinking and thus make the activity of the beings of light more difficult. The beings of light can only be effectively active where the human being allows himself to be guided believingly and humbly, i.e. where no will of his own weakens this activity. The latter is the case when the human being believes he already has knowledge before the spiritual forces are able to begin their work on him …., i.e. when the spirit’s work encounters a certain resistance because the human being is not prepared to surrender the knowledge he has previously gained. He then tries to find a connection intellectually and there are then two directions fighting with each other for supremacy. Then the power of darkness will use all means to cloud the human being’s intellect and complete clarity can then hardly be given to him. The wisdom from God can be accepted without hesitation, and it is also offered clearly and comprehensibly enough as long as the human being only listens to this voice, i.e. does not try to combine human wisdom with it. The person who wants to attain full wisdom must be faithful and humble …. He must accept without doubt what is offered to him and yet persevere in the deepest humility. He must not arrogantly consider himself so perfect that he can also solve any problem intellectually if it has not yet been solved for him spiritually. This is an anticipation of the working of the spirit, which can also switch off the latter, i.e. make it impossible. The human being must again and again submit himself to the lord in deep humility, he must ask for His gift of grace and let God alone speak, he must refrain from any opinion of his own and he must separate the spiritual good gained through the divine working of the spirit from the results gained through intellectual pondering ….

Amen

Every spiritual discussion between you will enlighten you about man’s relationship with God, if you are concerned with making a just judgement. You will first have to focus your attention on the motives which determine a person to seek a dialogue. A person who is closely united with God will always desire to hear the word of God, and this desire will express itself such that he will seek out the place where it is offered to him. And the word will penetrate him and make him happy, he will receive it and feel the strength of the word, i.e. he will experience the word as beneficial. He has God in himself, he lives in God and is therefore in the right relationship with Him. However, a person can also want to talk about things which are not connected to the divine word, in which case the divine word is not desired first and then the desire for God is only weakly present, and the person’s attitude towards God is also not as it should be in order to achieve spiritual success through a mutual exchange of thoughts. The hunger for truth, for the word of God, must urge the human being to seek contact with people of the same spirit, but this hunger will inevitably demand to be satisfied; thus the longing human being will desire to hear what satisfies his desire, and then it will also be easy to recognize him as God-connected, who wants to speak and hear God wherever He expresses Himself. For the God-connected person senses it when God speaks to him through a person’s mouth …. thus the God-connected person can only accept, for he knows very well how to distinguish the working of divine strength from deception …. the God-connected person recognizes the voice of God and listens to it. But where little attention is paid to this voice, the person still lacks an intimate connection with God, and thus even a dialogue will not result in the gracious consequences that God-connected people can draw from it ….

Amen

The approaching bad weather catastrophe is of crucial importance for all people insofar as that it will also change world events, and that people will then be facing other responsibilities and happenings whose effects are no less difficult and distressing. The survivors will have to go through worrying times at first, for they won’t know if and when this natural disaster will repeat itself. Also, many people won’t know the whereabouts of their loved ones, many will stay behind all alone and forsaken, and sorrow and grief will be everywhere, there will hardly be a house without unhappy people, and in the country where God’s voice has spoken there will be no town without ruins. And then love will have to prove itself, and one will have to help bear the suffering of the other if people want to live a life which is at least endurable and not despair altogether. The suffering on earth has taken on different shapes but people cannot be entirely alleviated of it as long as they haven’t converted to God and tried to fulfil their spiritual task. And this is why even those who so far have remained untouched by world events will have to be affected. And thus the world conflagration will be followed by an incredibly difficult time which is felt wherever heartlessness is prevalent.

People cannot imagine that a natural disaster of this magnitude is about to happen on earth, and at first its extent will not be recognised either, for it will take a long time before the news of it will have travelled around the world, and this uncertainty worsens the suffering and worry, since all outside contact will have been cut off and will be difficult to re-establish. And the ruling authority will put pressure on people and bring them in to carry out work which will almost go beyond their strength, and they will be unable to defend themselves and live a wretched life without any prospect of improvement. And yet, such suffering is necessary if people are to be lead to their real purpose, that is, to establish contact with God and to appeal to Him for advice and help. And then the Word of God shall be made accessible to them, then they shall be informed of God’s activity, of His will and His divine teaching of love, then they shall be referred to life after death, to the transience of all worldly things, to the meaning and purpose of earthly life and their task, which consists of shaping their souls and of living a way of life on earth which corresponds to God’s will ….

The hour will soon arrive when God will speak to humanity such that it will turn the whole world into turmoil. For one night will bring unspeakable misery to those people whose countries will be affected by this disaster, and the dawning day will be dreadful, for it will present the survivors with a sight of devastation which exceeds all fears and all imagination. Yet God’s will is irrevocable, for He knows that human thinking needs to be shaken up, he know the souls’ adversity, and in order to help them in their adversity everything will come to pass as it has been predestined since eternity ….

Amen

In a world of scorners and blasphemers the truth will hardly be able to establish itself, for they negate everything of a divine nature and therefore also the truth which comes from God. But every person who knows the truth, who thus recognises it, is nevertheless duty bound to advocate it, even towards those who always want to fight against the truth. To deviate from the truth with them would be the same as complying with the adversary of truth. The truth will always be fought, for it comes from above …. however, materialistically minded people only want to acknowledge that which comes from below, from the world, and that will always contradict the truth. If the truth is to be spread on earth its advocate may by no means love the world, nor may he fear people who want to prevent him from spreading the truth, instead, by completely renouncing all earthly advantages, he must rather be willing to sacrifice his life than to withhold the truth or speak contrary to his conviction. This requirement is indeed not an easy one to comply with; after all, a person’s physical life is still too valuable as to give it up for the sake of a truth which is not desired by fellow human beings and is more likely to be rejected. And yet it is expected by God as soon as He has deemed people worthy to receive the truth from Him. Recognising the pure truth is also a commitment to pass it on and to inform an uninformed person of God’s activity. And if people treat this gift with hostility the human being must not become intimidated and speak fearfully or keep silent, instead, he should even fearlessly stand up for the truth where the ruling power demands silence. It is, after all, God Himself he advocates …. And the informed person should never deny God which, however, he would do were he to divert from the truth, that is, were he to say something against better knowledge which does not correspond to truth or unquestioningly allows untruth to be spread when he recognises it as such. As soon as the human being denies God he becomes weak, on the other hand, if he endorses the truth, the flow of strength to stand firm against every hostile argument will come to him. And he will remain victorious over the scorners and blasphemers who only favour lies and will therefore always fight the truth ….

Amen

People certainly resist the messages from the kingdom of the beyond if they are thereby given guidelines for their earthly way of life, for they will always contradict what is beneficial for their physical well-being. Moreover, these messages can never be substantiated by evidence but have to be believed, but belief in them is again dependent on the will to recognize. For as soon as a person has the will to attain the right realization, he will seriously think everything through and also deal in depth with questions about the eternal divine. A questioner, however, can mentally receive the right answer and thus it is also possible for him to respond affirmatively to spiritual revelations, i.e. to consider them credible. However, where this will to recognize is lacking, the human being is dismissive without thinking about what is offered to him. He cannot believe because he does not want to believe, and spiritual mediations will rather touch him unpleasantly. His will is then under the opposing influence, i.e. he does not use his free will but allows himself to be dominated by God-opposing power. What is offered to a person from the spiritual kingdom will only find favour if it concerns earthly things or earthly events, yet such messages are of no value whatsoever for the soul’s higher spiritual development, on the contrary, they confuse people’s thinking insofar as they cannot be offered any guarantee as to whether they always correspond to the truth, for the givers of such messages are always beings who are still very attached to earth and try to transfer their own thoughts to people who are of the same spirit, i.e. who are likewise still too attached to earth. Such messages can sometimes be true, but then they are unimportant for the development of the soul. More often, however, they do not correspond to the truth, since earthbound beings are still too dominated by the power which fights the truth and makes use of precisely such immature beings in order to beguile people and guide them into wrong thinking. The human being has to be very critical of spiritual messages which are received without a heartfelt bond with God, for only the latter guarantees the pure truth, because the eternal truth Itself then expresses Itself as soon as the human being establishes a bond with It. But then the faith will also be a convinced one, for a person who unites himself with God also has the will to stand in the right realization …. He will not demand any evidence and yet his faith will be a living one even without it, for he will affirm with his heart what he now receives from the spiritual kingdom ….

Amen

It is by no means divine will that people should be content with the knowledge offered to them by human beings. Rather, they should endeavour to enrich themselves with spiritual knowledge and receive this spiritual knowledge directly from the realm of the spiritual, from where it is offered to them unadulterated, as soon as they desire the pure truth. For only this knowledge signifies spiritual wealth for them, whereas all earthly knowledge is worthless when the human being concludes his earthly life. Consequently, he should not believe that spiritual knowledge is unattainable for him and yet be satisfied with what he is taught in school, for then he can never mature spiritually. The purpose of earthly life, however, is to mature spiritually, and God also gives him enough opportunities for this which he only needs to utilize. One such possibility is the reception of spiritual truths by way of a purely spiritual exchange of thoughts with the world beyond. This grace is available to every human being, but it is rarely desired and can therefore only rarely be given out. However, there is no other way which leads to the same spiritual success, and this is truly the most merciful possibility when God Himself imparts the truth to the earthly child through His messengers, through His spirit beings full of light, who are of the same will as Him and therefore only carry out His will. These therefore instruct the human being and teach him everything that is useful for his higher spiritual development, they make him knowledgeable and therefore also able to pass on this received knowledge. And spiritual knowledge will fill in all gaps, for the teachers in the beyond truly possess supreme wisdom and are therefore also able to impart it to earthly people, whereas the worldly wise can only impart inadequate knowledge since they only possess such knowledge themselves. For worldly wisdom will remain inadequate even if people deem themselves superior and want to reject spiritual knowledge as unimportant and unproven. Spiritual knowledge can only be received and understood by people who mould their souls accordingly. If this work on the soul does not precede it, then they will lack all understanding for it, and no matter how diligently they study they will not be able to replace the work on the soul. However, the human being should not be content with earthly or worldly knowledge but strive for spiritual knowledge, because this alone is of value for eternity. For only spiritual knowledge will bring him spiritual wealth, without which the soul cannot exist in eternity, i.e. cannot enter eternal life ….

Amen

If you want to hear My word, one thought is truly enough, which you send to Me in longing desire. I am always ready to be with you in word. I am willing to speak to you without reservation, for where a loving heart longs for Me, My voice will always resound and offer the most delicious gift …. the purest truth …. I know only one goal, to draw you up to Me, and in order to achieve this goal I let everything around you arise. If a heart now comes to meet Me, if it desires to be close to Me in deepest love, I have reached this goal, for this longing of his is already fulfilment …. I will no longer let anything fall that has once striven towards Me. And so you should know that you can all hear Me if only you seriously want to. You should know that I am ready to speak to you everywhere and at any hour if your love seeks Me, and you will truly be constantly nourished with My word and need never fear that I will withdraw this gift of grace from you. For My love will always remain the same, My love will never wear itself out, and My love is constantly concerned about you and wants to give you what you need in order to unite yourselves with Me forever. My love also wants to make you capable of love, and for this you need My word which informs you of what you are and what your task on earth is …. You need My word which teaches you love so that you come close to Me, so that you become what I am …. so that you may become love. And thus I teach all My children and bring Myself close to them in the word, and all may hear Me …. But then they must also listen to the voice in their heart, they must quietly withdraw into their little chamber, i.e. free themselves from the world and its temptations and then enter into dialogue with Me, and if they now listen attentively within they will also hear My word, the clearer and more distinctly the more intimately they connect with Me and the more they can shut themselves off from the world. They must be devoted to Me and pledge unwavering faithfulness to Me, then their spiritual ear will be sharpened and they will recognize My voice very well, for I speak words of love to those who long for these words ….

Amen

Whom the lord loves, He leads through much tribulation and suffering in order to purify him while he still dwells on earth. And bear this in mind if He imposes suffering on you that seems unbearable to you. In His wisdom He has truly chosen the best for you, even if you cannot understand this on earth, yet your soul will thank Him profoundly when it has ended its earthly life. For then it will also realize how much further it has progressed through the path of suffering it was destined to take on earth. It is only a short time that you walk on earth, but life in eternity is endless. And life in bliss is truly worth the suffering that man had to endure on earth. On the other hand, anyone who is spared all kinds of tribulation on earth has a far more difficult path to cover in the beyond, for the soul first has to completely purify itself in the beyond, and this requires a much longer time and excessive effort. Life on earth is rich in favours, and every suffering, every sorrow is in a certain sense a favour, for it helps the soul to ascend. It is a means that God uses, which is much more successful than the divine teachings are if they are not heeded. Suffering must be heeded and brings about the actual change of thinking. But a carefree life on earth only makes people become more and more superficial, because the pleasures of life drown out all spiritual knowledge and spiritual desire and man becomes more and more alienated from God. For it is certainly true that suffering leads closer to God, provided that the human being is not so distant from God that he does not think of God even in suffering or rejects Him completely. At the moment the whole world is in a state distant from God and therefore does not recognize suffering as a divine mission or admission …. …. And this causes God to intervene even more tangibly and to shake people out of their spiritual calm. He has to send them even more suffering, He has to help where people are in great danger of no longer remembering their actual destiny but seek their salvation solely where God’s adversary is active …. in the pleasures of the world …. And God wants to keep this away from you, and therefore you have to take suffering upon yourselves and endure with patience everything that God lets come upon you as a blessing ….

Amen

Where the eternal deity expresses Itself so obviously, it is impossible to conclude that evil forces are at work; and yet this objection will be raised so often because it is the last weapon of God’s adversary. And precisely this objection is so easily refuted by the fact that no force opposed to God will teach people love and thus lead them to God. The teaching of love is always and forever God’s word …. thus anyone who preaches love, whether on earth or in the beyond, will always be in God’s service but will never be influenced by evil forces. People create their own confusion by speaking without thinking …. They try to mislead their fellow human beings, consciously and unconsciously. They themselves have too little power of judgement or do not use it, but even the slightest will to recognize what is right and to act correctly would give them clarity. Where God is at work, love will always apply as a principle, whereas the adversary’s work aims to displace love on earth. Where God works there will also be wisdom, i.e., something will be offered to people clearly and comprehensibly which again can only trigger love for God, and where God works there will also be strength and light, for these are the effects of what God’s love and wisdom lets flow to people. God’s love tries to educate people to love, but the unkindness of God’s adversary tries to destroy love. What now points to love cannot possibly be from the one who fights love. God’s love seeks to guide people into the truth, but God’s adversary also fights the truth. Everything that is commanded is clearly understandable and acceptable for every person who seriously strives for the truth. Consequently, there cannot be a power at work that endeavours to spread error in the world …. But he who scrutinizes will hardly be able to find an erroneous teaching, but his heart will affirm everything if he is not in bondage to the opposing power itself. And furthermore, a power expresses itself that cannot be denied. However, only He Who is the original source of power can radiate power …. God’s adversary also has power at his disposal, as he himself is also a recipient of power from God. However, he uses it to work against God, but never to work for Him, otherwise he would no longer be God’s adversary. And this is decisive for every expression of power, which spirit speaks from it …. Divine activity can always be inferred where love is recognizable, because love comes from God and leads to God, whereas evil forces refrain from any indication of love and their activity is directed against God and against everything good ….

Amen

Entering the bridge to the afterlife is granted to all people by God. Yet this privilege is not utilized enough. The more worldly a person’s attitude is, the less credible it seems to him that there is a connection from earth to the beyond, and where there is obvious proof of this they consciously resist examining it or somehow taking a stand on it. Thus they let a favourable opportunity to use the bridge to earth pass them by. And therefore they deprive themselves of the greatest spiritual success and cannot be forcibly led to the realization of their spiritual hardship. Anyone who enters the bridge to the beyond of his own free will has ended his spiritual hardship, for even if he himself is still in doubt as to his worthiness to be fed spiritually he will nevertheless receive a flow of strength which will help his soul to ascend, and the struggling soul on earth will never again succumb to the adversary’s power. It will be seized by God’s love and this will now protect it from spiritual downfall. For once a person has been granted the privilege of receiving instructions from the spiritual kingdom he has also entered the bridge to the beyond and can now leave earth unhindered at any time and let his spirit dwell in that kingdom, and every such flight upwards provides the soul with the richest knowledge. The earth is most closely connected with the beyond …. two completely different realms are connected by this bridge, and the human being, whose actual realm is the earth, can also gain unhindered insight into a realm that is not in contact with the earth. Thus God Himself sets no limits, He has not erected any barriers, instead He allows the human being complete freedom and this freedom can be utilized to such an extent that the human being can surpass every earthly ability and wisdom because the spiritual path leads him into all perfection. And this is such a great gift of grace from God, for the human being can already become full of light and strength on earth during his earthly life. He can bring unlimited spiritual treasures across this bridge into the earthly kingdom, and these spiritual treasures are imperishable and remain his property for all eternity …. Gathering this wealth is extremely beneficial and the human being should only ever praise and thank God that he was granted this favour on earth. But people who only strive for matter do not see this bridge to the beyond …. they walk past it, nor do they have any desire to enter it if their attention is drawn to it, for they do not see any material success and they cannot evaluate spiritual success. Entering the bridge to the beyond is a grace that can only be received if it is desired …. Whoever has a desire for the kingdom that is full of light and can therefore give light will also be shown the ways to enter that kingdom …. He can pursue the source unhindered and draw at any time …. For God’s love grants man access to that kingdom so that he can satisfy his hunger for light ….

Amen

A clear judgement of what is truth and what is error will only be possible for a person who has the firm will to stand in the right knowledge. But this will is usually lacking in those whose faith has already been forced into a certain mould, who therefore have no faith of their own but only call a traditionally adopted one their own. A certain obedience has been nurtured in them, which God also credits to them as a virtue, as they believe that they are thereby also living in a way that is pleasing to Him. Nevertheless, man lacks something of importance …. the free decision, i.e. a realization that causes the free will to accept or reject what has traditionally been handed down to him. He has been taught obedience in such a way that he does not even consider taking a mental stand on the teachings he has been given. He feels neither entitled nor capable of scrutinizing and judging …. but accepts without contradiction everything that is conveyed to him by teachers, because he only assumes that they are telling the truth. He completely ignores human errors and inadequacies and recognizes the teachers unquestioningly as authorized and infallible. Nor does he himself use the gifts with which God has endowed him, reason and judgement, which are the prerogative of man over the animal and should therefore be used accordingly. Consequently, he cannot make any spiritual progress either, for this absolutely requires that he himself is intellectually active, i.e. that he uses his intellect and his free will in order to gain knowledge. But he is prevented from doing so, or he allows himself to be hindered by existing doctrines of faith which make the use of intellect or free will unnecessary, thus they are supposed to be accepted without thinking, but this can never result in a living faith. This is a deplorable state of affairs which is an obstacle to higher spiritual development, for such teachings are not suitable for kindling love for God, i.e. for bringing people closer to God. Every thinking person will experience it as spiritual freedom if he can deal with his own thoughts; if he is not forced to live in other people’s thinking …. Likewise, he must also have the right to think through for himself what is offered to him as truth and to take a stand on it. For only then is his free will active and the human being makes a decision. Before that, however, it is not possible to speak of his own decision, and this is a shortcoming which greatly impairs the soul’s higher development, which is why the bearers of truth and light-giving beings tirelessly fight against it ….

Amen

As soon as the spirit frees itself in order to vibrate into spiritual regions a change takes place, for the soul, which gives freedom to the spirit, awaits its return, i.e., it desires to participate in the realizations which the spirit has gained in the kingdom of light. And thus the human being longs for the light, for knowledge, and can now be taught accordingly by its spirit. He can impart all knowledge to it, for he takes the spiritual knowledge from the spiritual kingdom down to earth; he tries to reproduce in images to the soul what he has received in that kingdom. This process is like the reproduction of an image that the eye has seen and has now been mentally captured in order to recreate it as an image. The more often the spirit dwells in those regions, the greater will be the soul’s desire to be instructed by it and the more able it will be to receive the spirit’s messages, for once it gives the spirit within itself the freedom to soar, it will also be willing to participate in its activity. The activity of the spirit, however, is the passing on of what it has received itself. In the spiritual kingdom every light being will want to externalize itself, i.e. want to radiate its light onto the spiritual, which still lacks such, consequently the spirit in man, when it connects itself with the light beings, must receive this spiritual radiation, it must so to speak take up what those give away and therefore increase itself in itself. And again it will want to give itself away, and that to the soul which harbours it …. which shapes itself accordingly in order to be able to receive light again. A soul that gives freedom to the spirit within itself also endeavours to work on itself in order to be in constant contact with the spirit and thus also with the spiritual world, which constantly nourishes the spirit within it. The soul will be able to speak of extraordinary successes, of spiritual higher development and significant progress if its whole endeavour is directed towards the connection with the spiritual world, for then it pays little attention to the body and unites itself with the spirit …. then it consciously fulfils the task it was given for earthly life …. It overcomes all physical desire, thus also all matter, and finds its happiness in maintaining intimate contact with the spirit and receiving priceless possessions from the spiritual kingdom. And then it is in the state which enables it to enter the spiritual kingdom after the death of the body carefree and unbound, where only its knowledge is valued, which means imperishable wealth for it in eternity ….

Amen

Every day and every hour should be used to bring redemption to erring souls. The spiritual revelations can only be imparted to people through a person who is always and constantly willing to be the link between God and people. He must surrender his free will to God and then receive the divine word, which should give people the strength to work on themselves. Love for his fellow human beings should determine him to only ever be active for them, and this activity should be prioritized over every other, as it is the most important activity a person should carry out on earth. And there is not much time left, it inexorably presses forward, and it will not be long before the world faces the last judgment, before a time of grace has come to an end which was intended for the redemption of the spiritual substance. And that is why this last time is to be used as far as possible; it is not to be missed what could contribute to redemption; it is to be fought for every soul with love and perseverance, and it is to be worked incessantly for the kingdom of God, which endures until all eternity. For the earth will come to an end; everything that the eye sees is transient …. but the kingdom that is not of this world is eternal and everlasting, and those who want to acquire this kingdom must be incessantly active, they must strive for spiritual progress and likewise help their fellow human beings to progress, they must not be tired or slacken in their endeavours and in their soul’s work, they must always remember the spiritual hardship of their fellow human beings and try to remedy it, they must only have one goal in mind …. the redemption of souls from the dark spiritual night, from the bonds of the one who wants to corrupt them and strives for their eternal downfall. And therefore every day and every hour which is utilized for the salvation of people’s souls is important and valuable, and every work whose goal and purpose is the redemption of souls from the power of darkness is blessed ….

Amen

Everything in the world has its time, i.e. everything visible must undergo its higher development in a certain order, and the duration of this higher development has been determined by God since eternity. However, the beingness in the stage of free will can shorten the time of higher development as soon as it seriously strives for spiritual maturity. Consequently, the duration of development as a human being is completely up to him; he is not forced to live in a way that is conducive to the human being’s degree of maturity, but he has to bear the consequences himself, as the time made available to him passes without having contributed to the soul’s higher development. The human being cannot prolong this time at will, and since he does not know at all how long God’s grace will grant him to mature, he must be all the more eager to achieve the highest possible degree of maturity on earth. The death of the body then ends every opportunity on earth to mature spiritually, and even if the soul is still offered the opportunity to perfect itself in the beyond, it will always remember with self-reproach the time on earth when it failed to strive while it was still in full possession of its strength. God has therefore left the will of man free up to now by also preserving the life of those people who had become apostate to Him. And He will not force them to accept His teaching in the future either, but He has set limits to the time of redemption by limiting this time from eternity …. For He saw the will of man and knew from eternity that the will would not utilize the time of grace of redemption. And thus He takes life from people, which they no longer appreciate and recognize as God’s grace, and with life also the distant possibility of spiritual higher development ….

Amen

God has granted the beingness an extremely long time and given it every opportunity to mature …. But the possibilities are no longer utilized and therefore earthly life is pointless because it is unsuccessful. Spiritual currents remain unheeded and the inevitable consequence of this is that matter, which should actually be reduced, increases …. that the hunger for matter casts a spell over people, that they strive to return to that which they have overcome and from which they should finally free themselves. God does not hinder man and gives him what he desires. The slightest will for spiritual power is enough to be allowed to receive it unmeasured. But likewise also the will for the immature spiritual, the desire for union with matter, is enough that this will is fulfilled. God distributes according to merit and will …. therefore, as soon as the human being turns away from the spiritual towards what is still earthbound, he no longer strives for the soul’s higher development and no longer needs the earth as an educational centre of the spirit. Nevertheless, the earth must continue to exist as such because this has been God’s eternal plan …. Who has destined the earth for eternal times. And thus the earth will arise anew, it will harbour within itself the spiritual substance which did not recognize its purpose on earth, which did not have the desire to develop itself upwards, which was devoid of all love and only wanted to rule but not to serve …. Again the spiritual must tolerate endless times of compulsion around itself before it can leave the solid form again and strive upwards again under easier conditions …. An act of transformation will take place which no human mind can imagine, the earth will burst and devour everything that lives on it, with the exception of the small flock of believers whom God Himself cares for and protects from destruction …. One earth period has now come to an end and a new one is beginning …. an epoch of redemption will be completed and the final judgement will take place, which will bring to every human being what he has striven for …. eternal life or agonizing death in renewed banishment …. i.e. a state of complete lifelessness which the beingness feels and must feel as agony because it has not used the state of freedom of will in order to finally become free from the form ….

Amen

All spiritual, which has united itself with God, also stands in the same will with him. The power of God flows through it and therefore it will now come to fulfilment what corresponds to the will of God, because the now perfect spiritual certainly works out of itself, however standing in union with God, by it making use of the power, which flows towards it from God. The being cannot carry out anything else than what God wants, and it will also have no other will, because its will has completely subordinated itself to the divine will, or also its will is completely absorbed in the will of God. This agreement of thinking and wanting is something unspeakably happy, which is crowned by the fact that nothing is impossible for the being what it thinks and wants, and it can now create and form through the power of God according to its own judgement without ever acting contrary to the divine will; while in the state far away from God the will of the being acts arbitrarily and will always want and think what is directed against the divine order. However, the being can only be perfect when it is in complete harmony with the divine order. In His wisdom and perfection, God has created everything in the most perfect order and will preside over His creation with His will for all eternity. Consequently, all beings which have reached the level of perfection will likewise enliven creation through His will, i.e., new creations will constantly arise through its will, for God allows these beings to be created and shaped for His own happiness in accordance with His instructions, His plan and His wisdom. And this is the original state of the spiritual, into which it has returned after an inconceivably long time. The spiritual fulfils its original purpose by letting the original power, love, become form according to its thoughts and its will. And for the beingness this means a degree of happiness which is unimaginable but which has also been set as goal for all beingness. And even if eternities pass over it, the perfect being will constantly carry out its blissful activity and create and shape and thus fill the universe with ever new creations, which again have the purpose of leading the still imperfect being to perfection ….

Amen

(14.3.1942) The task of the beingness therefore once consists of enlivening creation for the purpose of the perfection of the spiritual, which creation holds in itself, and this task is the privilege of the light beings, which stand in a high degree of perfection, i.e., they have become great power stations as it were through mutual union, which therefore can now also work accordingly. These many beings will likewise only have one will, because with the power from God they will also be permeated by His will. For that is the sign of their Godlikeness that their thinking is only and solely meant for the redemption of the still unfree spiritual, because these beings of light are filled with heartfelt love for the unredeemed souls and would like to lead them towards God, thus they likewise try to lead them to the blissful state. Thus they first have to change the thinking of these beings and make it receptive to light and love. This is again the work of beings of light in the beyond, through which they fulfil a task incumbent upon them. The teaching forces are likewise continuously at work, for their mission is infinitely laborious and sometimes requires a long time before it is successful. These beings of light also only fulfil God’s will, i.e., just as God’s wisdom wants to give the spiritual food to the beings on earth and in the beyond, so the beings of light distribute it, for they are in the highest realization and therefore also know in what form and abundance the gift of God can be offered to the still unfree spiritual beings and in what state of maturity the receiving souls are. Every activity of the beings of light only applies to the redemption of the unfree spiritual, just as the divine will also constantly wants to direct the power that once went out from Him to Himself again, thus wants to win back all spiritual that has distanced itself from Him. Every activity of the beings of light has as its goal the final unification of the spiritual substance, which is still separated from God, with God and thereby highest happiness through the working with God and for God in His will ….

Amen

The will to serve Me will earn you strength and grace, and My spirit will overflow in you so that you recognize My will and can appropriate it. For if you yourselves do what My will tells you to do, the weakness of faith will fall away from you. You will also grow stronger in your love for Me and feel the strength flowing towards you as an inner urge to be lovingly active, as an urge to work for Me and to rescue the souls of your fellow human beings from spiritual adversity. As soon as you take care of the salvation of your fellow human beings’ souls and endeavour to bring them light, My love will always be close to you and I will stand by your side wherever you need My help …. I want to train you to become fighters for Me, and therefore you must be faithfully devoted to Me and comply with every request that is sent to you …. And therefore you also have to listen to My voice and repeatedly try to establish contact with Me so that you will hear it and thus be well informed of My will. For I will soon need you and assemble the army of My fighters for Me. And then your faith must have become so strong that you will carry out without hesitation what I tell you to do. And therefore I first take everything from you which still connects you to earth so that you are free and only serve Me; I withdraw you from the world as soon as you have overcome it, for you are now to fight for My kingdom, which is not of this world, and therefore have to sever every bond with this world. Yet I want to make this easy for you so that you will not fall into temptation; I want you to thank Me for freeing you from the world by taking from you what you previously voluntarily offered to Me …. I want to relieve you of your worries so that you only serve Me alone, for that is your task, that you promote My kingdom and work on earth in My stead. Love for humanity should motivate you to help it in the great spiritual adversity, and you can only do this if you pay no attention to any danger which threatens you through people. You should be subject to Me alone and fear Me alone …. But you must not shy away from people, for their power is small if I set My power against it. But anyone who serves Me will be strong and also overcome his enemies, for I will give him the strength to do so and will stand by him Myself if his thoughts call Me …. And therefore do not become anxious and despondent but always remain faithfully devoted to Me in love, then there is nothing that is insurmountable …. For I Myself call out to you: “Do not be afraid but believe in Me, in My love and My strength ….”

Amen

The stay in the solid form is unspeakably agonizing because the spiritual feels the compulsion and cannot free itself from it. But the resistance against God is so strong in this spiritual being that another outer form would never ever break it, and therefore the solid form, the rock in its most manifold kind, was given to the spiritual being as cover until the resistance is broken and the beingness in it is prepared to cover the way on earth in service. Only this willingness brings relief to the beingness, namely a loosening of its outer shell and therefore a somewhat less solid outer form. Thus it is left to the being itself to decide how long it wants to languish in this agony, for its will alone sets it free, its will changes the agonizing state into a more bearable one. The fact that these solid forms have such an infinitely long duration of existence is solely due to the resistance of the spiritual being inherent in them, which could change its state at any time if it wanted to give up this resistance to God. Consequently, this spiritual substance does not have to endure undeserved suffering but is itself the cause of its torment through its wrong will. And God knows about its will and has therefore incorporated it into those external forms which correspond to its rebellious nature. The beingness, which gives up its resistance against God more quickly, mainly revitalizes those types of rock which dissolve more quickly, i.e. which are repeatedly shattered as a result of natural disasters or earth eruptions and therefore release the spiritual within them in a shorter time. The being’s rebelliousness is known to God from eternity and the whole course of development is therefore likewise prescribed to him from eternity, which is why nothing being-like has to endure an undeserved state but, depending on its attitude towards God, is surrounded by the outer shell which is to change its will, even if this is only the case after an inconceivably long time. And such an agonizing stay will be the fate of countless people still inhabiting the earth who, through their complete lack of love, forfeit any right to live in spiritual freedom, i.e., to be allowed to be active. The path was shown to them through millennia and the opportunity was given to them to acquire this spiritual freedom, yet they abused their free will anew in the last stage of their development and therefore also have to cover this infinitely long path to liberation again, for it is their own will and the new stay only corresponds to their actions and thoughts on earth in utter heartlessness ….

Amen

The spiritual bond between people is of the greatest advantage for the soul of the individual, for it stimulates the person to spiritual activity, to reflect and to work on his soul. He is by no means forced to do so but will seek to perfect himself of his own accord, and then the word of God will take effect in them and faith will come alive. Mutual exchange of ideas is the right transmission of the divine word, for everyone who is in the know should give and the ignorant should ask and receive. Then there is no systematic transmission of doctrines of faith, but every word has life and will awaken life again. And that is why contact with spiritually aspiring people should be cultivated, because only in this way will the truth that is conveyed to people through the word of God break through. And only then will the word be put into practice, love will be practiced and love will progress in its higher development. And then there will also be peace and harmony amongst people, for anyone who receives the light and strength from God will want to distribute it again in all love and have a beneficial effect on his fellow human beings, and this will awaken reciprocal love and thus trigger a state amongst people which corresponds to God’s will …. unity and solidarity and mutual service in love …. The word of God is given in love and educates people to love, consequently, all unkindness must be banished where God Himself speaks to people in the word …. And that is why people will always stick together and support each other in suffering and adversity, for love unites them and thus all suffering is easier to bear where spiritual endeavour simultaneously lets people become sisters and brothers. In a world where spiritual endeavour is tried to be suppressed, spiritual unity is doubly beneficial as it gives people the strength to resist and encourages spiritual activity, whereas the individual is in great danger of succumbing, i.e. of giving up his resistance and surrendering to the oppressive power. Yet the human being is strong when he knows he is united with people of the same spirit. Time and again he draws new strength from the mutual exchange of thoughts, for if people are united by truly profound spiritual endeavour the spirit from God will be effective among them and express itself, and strength and grace will flow to the souls so that they will shape themselves according to divine will, for everything must mature which strives upwards together ….

Amen

The voice of God will be heard throughout the world so that all people will recognize the lord of creation and learn to fear Him. For He is indeed a God of love, but where His love is not respected He will be a God of severity and speak to people with an iron voice. And then there is still time to turn to Him, for a short time of grace still follows this last admonition of His, which people can still make extensive use of. This time will indeed be bitter and hard, for people will have to live in want and completely adapt to the living conditions that will now arise. They will have to be modest with a meagre life, which will be little enjoyment and all the more toil and labour. And they will not believe they can endure such a life and will lose all support if they do not find it in God. And then people will separate again into those who will be brought closer to God by thinking about their situation and those who will then drop all faith and deny everything that has to do with God and spiritual endeavour. But for the sake of the few who still find God, this time of grace is still given to earth …. And it is fulfilled as it is written …. The spiritless world is now fighting against the few believers in order to dissuade them from their faith, and it is using every means to achieve its goal. For it sees faith in God as an obstacle, an impediment to its nefarious plans, which are to be carried out to restore the old living conditions. And so the world, i.e. the people who are devoted to the world and only strive for worldly wealth and pleasure, wants to eradicate all faith, and any means will do. They deprive the believers of all food and deny them legal assistance, they fight against them more cruelly than one enemy against another and thereby try to make them fall away from the faith. And this is the time when God makes great demands on people’s faith …. where faith is to prove itself and bring about great things. For God will not abandon His church, He will stand by it in this great adversity and He will provide for it if only it faithfully trusts Him. And those who have been deprived of everything will often be wonderfully strengthened, they will receive strength from God directly and they will draw it from the word of God, which is and will remain a source of strength even in this coming time, which will certainly make great demands on people’s faith but will also be abundant in grace …. for God’s might and power and love will be revealed ….

Amen

Earthly life has to be lived consciously, i.e. the human being has to recognize a purpose in his earthly life and try to fulfil this purpose and reach his goal. The knowledge of the meaning and purpose of earthly life will now determine his walk if he is willing to reach the right goal, then he lives his life consciously. Nor is this knowledge withheld from any human being, for even if he is not informed of it by fellow human beings who teach him, his thoughts will be directed towards it by spiritual beings, so that every person will once ask himself the question about the actual purpose of his earthly life and this question will be answered mentally. Whether he now recognizes this answer depends on his will to what is right and to truth. The rightly acting and thinking person does not resist accepting these mental indications, and thus he will now also make rapid progress in his knowledge either through further mental instructions or mental exchange with people who are of the same mind, or through opposing views challenge his expressions of opinion and strengthen him in the views he has gained himself. And thus faith will come alive in him …. for he will inevitably reflect on the nature of the eternal deity Who has given the human being an earthly task, Who has placed him into the universe as the centre of creation and linked him to a specific purpose. Thus man seeks to fathom the deity …. And God also approaches such searching people …. and again the answer comes to him. And thus his knowledge increases, for God Himself teaches him because He instructs everyone who wants to recognize Him. A person will live his earthly life consciously if he deals with spiritual problems …. On the other hand, he who only desires the world and only strives for earthly goods lives his life without asking questions about purpose and goal. And his life is lived in vain, for he does not mature in spirit, he remains imperfect as long as he does not seek the connection, and he only establishes this when he mentally occupies himself with questions about the eternal deity. Only then does he work on himself, for he who seeks to recognize God also recognizes his own inadequacy and seeks to change. And this searching and working on oneself is a consciously lived earthly existence which gives the soul the degree of maturity which is the purpose and goal of life on earth ….

Amen

Lend Me your ear, you who are faithfully devoted to Me, and hear: My mission can only be fulfilled by putting earthly obligations to one side. Demands will be made of you which threaten to take you away from your work for Me and you will not know what you should do. However, you will never have to do without My care and concern, and what seems to be lost to you on earth I will replace a thousandfold as soon as you serve Me with all your strength. It only lasts a short time that you can be active for Me, and you should make use of this time and always remember My admonition, for the salvation of countless people’s souls depends on your work on earth. What you devote earthly is worthless for eternity, and therefore let Me alone be your lord, Whose work shall be your only endeavour. You are certainly facing great tribulations but with My help you will overcome them, and you may also not worry, I will protect you from adversity and hardship if only you believingly expect My help. Let everything come to you and look into the future undaunted …. (interruption)

The need for your spiritual cooperation is so urgent that nothing may prevent you from doing so, for help can only be brought to people through you, who recognize this spiritual adversity and live in love, thus are willing to help. They cannot be helped in any other way, for every extraordinary sign would jeopardize their freedom of faith, and completely without guidance they will no longer find the right path out of the madness of their life. But the discerning human being knows about the great danger humanity is in; he knows that heartlessness is the cause of their low spiritual state; he knows about the dreadful consequences of people’s spiritual low and will therefore try to enlighten them, that is, to enlighten them and admonish them to think and act correctly. He will impart the divine teaching of love to them and try to encourage them to diligently work on their soul; he will present God to them as the highest and most adorable being, Which is supremely loving, wise and omnipotent, and thereby also kindle the human being’s love for this supreme being and lead the person to faith. And this is the only help you can bring to your fellow human beings but which you must not deny them either, for humanity’s need is great. You cannot measure on earth how much you are able to do to control this spiritual need …. you cannot measure what circles your activity of love can draw on earth and how ever new souls feel the radiation of this activity of love beneficially and join again as co-workers by passing on what is imparted to them …. And every labourer will be accepted by the lord because help is needed, and no-one should shirk the task which will bring him the greatest spiritual advantage and liberate many souls from the night of the spirit. For he who himself stands in the light should remember with compassionate love those who still walk in the darkness of the spirit and ensure that the light also shines for them ….

Amen

Continuous higher development is guaranteed as long as the being’s will is still bound; thus, as long as it still travels the path through the works of creation, because it is of service, albeit it is effectively forced into this helpful activity. Nevertheless, it is willing to be of service; otherwise it would not have been assigned its function. The willingness to serve is the first condition for constantly higher development. In the human stage, however, it is left up to the being again as to whether or not it is lovingly active. His soul has reached a state of maturity that the greatest shackle, the bound will, can be replaced by free will, but then he will no longer be forced into a serving activity but must accomplish it of his own free will, which will subsequently result in the soul’s higher development again. And therefore this stage also holds a certain danger for the human being, that is, for his soul, if it fails, if it does not use its free will for kind- hearted activity, on account of which God has arranged people’s life on earth such that they will need each other, in order to provide them with the opportunity to be of service to each other. This is truly not arbitrarily arranged, and the various living conditions serve the wise purpose of making it easier for a person to be of service. Admittedly, circumstances will force him to be helpful, but he can nevertheless refuse or accomplish the work reluctantly which, however, will be judged by God accordingly and will hamper the soul’s maturing. For only kind-hearted service will result in the soul’s degree of maturity and release it from its bound state. To all intents and purposes, human life is also a life of compulsion which takes place within the framework of natural laws, so that the human being very frequently questions his freedom of will. And yet the human being has much freedom, because he can think, act and want as he likes, and thus he can also infringe against the divine order if he has no control over his instincts and abandons himself to dark forces. The inner battle between good and evil is left utterly up to himself, and this will be more or less difficult for him depending on whether he is lovingly active, thus, whether he helps with love. Only his voluntary kind-hearted services will actually make him aware of his freedom of will, for only then will he recognise that he is by no means forced into doing it, that he is just as entitled to the same freedom of will if he wants to do the opposite. All lack of love increases the will to dominate, whereas every kind-hearted action increases his inner instinct to serve. And if this helpful activity is accomplished voluntarily and with love it will make a person happy, whereas serving under duress, that is, against his will, will exasperate him and arouse his inner objections. In that case the human being is controlled by the evil force which wants to prevent him from redeeming himself. This is why earthly life is a responsible one, because so many opportunities exist to be of kind-hearted service which enables the soul to redeem itself and these opportunities are not used accordingly. And the less people recognise and fulfil their purpose of life the more these opportunities will increase …. in order to awaken their sense of love in view of their fellow human beings’ immense adversity and to encourage their helpful activity.

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It can be said that there is not much willingness to accomplish redemptive work on earth since, due to their way of life, people have increased their distance from God and this ever expanding distance also signifies constantly greater weakness of will. But the distance from God also signifies lack of knowledge, and therefore the human being does not realise the necessity and the blessing of redemptive work; he is unaware of the consequences in the beyond and thus does nothing to reduce the state of being far-away from God. This is a certain constraint of will, for although the human being’s will is free, the opponent nevertheless still exerts great power over him, namely, when a person’s way of life does not correspond to divine commandments. The human being certainly has freedom of will, insofar that he can act and think as he likes …. because he can neither be forced by the evil power nor does God force him in any way …. But if he is evil-minded, then he voluntarily turns to the one who had once abused his will, and the latter will also take possession of the person’s will who turns to him. Then it will be difficult for a person to use his free will, and this becomes increasingly more difficult the more power he grants God’s adversary over himself. If a person wants to release himself from his power and also wants to release others or help them to do so, he must comply with divine will and, first of all, practise love. After all, love is the strength which counters the opponent, who has become totally heartless. Every work of love liberates the human being, since he detaches himself from the one who wanted to revoke God’s order, who did not acknowledge God as the eternal Love and whose power goes hand in hand with absolute heartlessness. Redemptive work is therefore any work whose driving force is love. But nowadays people’s every activity is determined by selfish love …. Each person only thinks of his own advantage in his work, yet the desire to help his fellow human beings with it is only rarely present. This is why little spiritual success comes from such work. Were people more connected to God their selfish love would constantly lessen and their love for other people would grow to the same extent. Then a person would feel urged from within to accomplish works of love …. he would only ever want to help and completely liberate himself from the control of the merciless control. However, since the will for redemptive work is only seldom to be found, the opponent has great power on earth. And this manifests itself such that he impels people into ever greater heartlessness and that they follow him willingly and almost surpass each other with works of destruction and feelings of hatred and revenge. And this consistently increases the distance from God until they are completely subject to the influence of evil again which would result in total spiritual ruin were God not to use His power and put to a stop to it …. He will once again revoke His adversary’s power over the spiritual beings by banishing them into matter again for an infinitely long time to come ….

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People have only themselves to blame if they do not find the right relationship with God because they do nothing to acquire the grace of the act of salvation. The strength of will will diminish in those whose faith in Jesus Christ and His work of redemption is weak, for they can only gain strength if they recognize Christ’s work of redemption and make use of the graces acquired through His death. Jesus knew about the weakness of human faith and the resulting weak will, and He also knew that people with such a weak will could never escape the power of the adversary. And therefore He died the agonizing death on the cross …. He mustered an excessively strong will and sacrificed this will to the father in heaven for the whole of humanity, so that everyone who recognizes His work of salvation can likewise request the strong will from God and God now strengthens people’s will as soon as they believe in Jesus Christ as saviour of the world. For these are His followers, these are His redeemed, when the will awakens in them to allow themselves to be redeemed by Him. There is no other path to redemption than through Him, and anyone who now wants to believe in Him so that he will become free from the power oppressing him will also receive the strength to carry out his will, i.e., he will be able to do everything that helps him to ascend …. he will be able to establish a connection with God, he will be able to pray to Him fervently, he will become capable of love, i.e. he will be willing to serve and give and thus be able to connect with God ever more intimately. He will not lack strength and his will will always be turned towards God. Jesus Christ acquired this grace for people through His death on the cross …. Through His death He wanted to make it easier for all people to mature spiritually, and thus He must now demand faith in His act of salvation, for if people cannot believe they will never be able to avail themselves of His grace and then never be able to redeem themselves by their own strength, i.e. to be able to love and resist the adversary’s hostilities by their own strength. For the power of God’s adversary was very great before the work of redemption, and it is still unbroken for those people who do not recognize Jesus Christ and His work of redemption. He still has great power over them, which has the effect that their will is weak and they are unable to carry out what they want …. they will always succumb to the temptation placed in their path by the adversary, for God is not at their side to help them because they do not recognize Him, thus they do not avail themselves of His help, His grace. It is a futile battle that these people are now waging; they will always fall back into their mistakes and weaknesses because they do not consciously desire the blessings of the work of redemption on which God has made freedom from the adversary’s power dependent ….

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The weak must submit to the will of the strong and bow to his power. Yet this is not right before God, for He has not appointed any human being to judge and rule over his fellow human being apart from the power He has placed over the people as rulers, who are no longer able to take divine laws as their guiding principle. Such a people needs a leader who dictates to it what it must and must not do, and the ruling power will act all the more strictly against the people the less it observes the laws that exist from eternity and whose lawgiver is God Himself. However, this ruling power is also commanded by God to exercise its office in love. And if it abides by this, its government will be just and guide the people in such a way that they will return to discipline and order of their own accord and no longer need a strict government, i.e. they will also be freed from it. But if the people have become completely unloving, they will also have a completely unloving ruler, who will again harass the people, often to the point of intolerability, and yet God will allow this so that such a people will still come to recognize it. It is certainly not in accordance with divine will that a power allows itself to commit offences that violate every commandment of love. And everything that violates divine will will also have a corresponding effect. People must know what is right before God and they must therefore abhor every action which clearly recognizes the activity of a power that is opposed to God. They must not themselves agree with or approve of the actions of those, but they must ensure that the lack of love is reduced as far as possible, they must ensure that the God-opposing power is not given the opportunity to develop its strength and power. Thus people must educate themselves in love, then the strict overlordship will not last long either, for God will take it away again when people mould themselves to such an extent that they no longer need a strict government. Conversely, however, the pressure from an earthly authority will become ever stronger the less people practice love, and a people that has become completely loveless can hardly expect any relief. It will have to submit to the ruling power to its sorrow, for unkindness triggers unkindness again, and such a people will hardly attain discipline and order ….

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The antithesis of God is sought as soon as man closes himself off to the divine word, for then he is resisting the influx of power from God, and that in itself is a turning towards God’s adversary. Anyone who rejects the word of God also rejects God Himself, for God is the word …. And if he uses God in his mouth, this is only a figure of speech which he uses without recognizing God. But if God Himself approaches him, he sets his will against it and cannot be forcibly brought to God. And yet he believes he is using his will correctly and being faithful to God when he has grown up in a false idea, and he only remains faithful to this false idea …. He clings tenaciously to his old beliefs and cannot be convinced that he is holding an erroneous doctrine because this conviction cannot be forcibly taught to him but must be gained by him of his own accord. The heart must be active, he must feel the urge within himself to fathom the truth and enter into intimate contact with God Himself, then he will recognize if and when he is walking in the truth. The word of God will enlighten him about everything, but clarity can never come to him if he rejects the word of God. God’s adversary, however, will strengthen his will to reject it, he will mentally afflict him and he will also be successful, for people’s will is far more inclined to accept his teachings, which are permeated by error, than the divine truth. And thus the human being is in union with God’s opposite pole and his thoughts and actions correspond to it. He does not become active himself but persists in what he was previously offered, and that is his mistake, that he has appropriated something without seriously examining it and now shies away from a serious examination because he wants nothing other than what he possesses …. he is afraid of recognizing the flimsiness of what he possesses and therefore defends it all the more zealously. God, however, repeatedly tries to guide these people onto the path of truth, and He always comes close to them as soon as they lift their thoughts to Him. For they can only arrive at the truth through serious reflection, and time and again He will cause people to reflect in order to snatch them from the adversary’s power and to be able to offer them His word and, with this word, also the power ….

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Every opposing view stimulates reflection and can therefore be an advantage for a serious researcher, for only reflection creates intellectual property, in that only now does a mental result remain and the person, once he has taken a stand on it, can now also talk about it. Intellectual property can only be called that which has penetrated so deeply that it cannot be arbitrarily eliminated from the memory …. and which is acceptable and fully understandable to man. It is this spiritual good that is imperishable, but which can also be handed out again without being diminished. And the distribution of such good will be done with full conviction, for what appears understandable and acceptable to the human being himself will understandably also want to pass it on to those who are still untouched by it. And this is a blessed endeavour which will always result in God’s grace. There are only a few teaching powers on earth, but these must be able to believe what they say themselves; and where faith is not yet very strong, the person must be led to strong faith. And this is why opposition is often placed in his path in the form of contradictions which the person tries to refute and thereby strengthens his views. The fact that he is in the truth will often be denied to him. But the human being will recognize it himself if his thinking is still going the wrong way. God transmits the truth to earth for the purpose that it is passed on, unadulterated as God Himself has taught man. Different views suggest that not all people are in the truth, and the latter again depends on the extent to which people desire God, for they alone are in possession of the truth. But the exchange of the different views is therefore advantageous because people can detach themselves and now get a clear picture which gives them information about truth and untruth. And if a person thinks rightly, he will also have the right feeling about the value of the disputed opinion and, depending on its importance, defend its content towards his fellow human beings and thus be active in spreading the truth and in the fight against lies …. ….

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There is a grain of truth hidden in every school of thought, provided that it has the pursuit of God as a condition. But the reason why the different schools of thought do not agree is that they are mostly based on intellectual thinking. And people’s thinking does not always follow the same path because people’s degree of love is different. And thus God is closer to one person than to another as soon as he unites with God in the activity of love, and consequently this person will also be closer to the truth, since God Himself is the truth. But where love becomes weaker the intellectual thinking can still be so well developed, it will still deviate from the truth, and the result of the thinking is different from that of the first. And so it is understandable that not all views agree, even if they touch on the same problem, i.e. relate to the nature of the eternal deity and Its reign and activity. Yet seeking and researching in this area is pleasing to God and He will never close Himself off to such seekers. He will give them according to their worthiness and their desire for truth. The one who searches with human intellect does not live so much in the spiritual world. He tries to build up a structure from existing writings and traditions, so he takes a grain of truth with him into his work and then builds on it, but he is without inner enlightenment, without inner connection with God, and therefore he will never be able to see clearly and brightly and will always grope in the dark, although he represents his views as truth. But if the human being is in love then he is connected to God, he will receive His strength and strength is light …. He will know the truth, for his spirit will instruct him and then he will be unable to think other than the truth. And a spiritual direction created and gained in this way fully corresponds to the truth. If such an enlightened person succeeds in persuading the representative of another school of thought to walk rightly before God, so that the latter first puts himself into an elevated state of love, then he will not take offence at the former’s teachings. He will drop his views and join those which were gained under the right conditions, for then he will recognize them as truth, because the activity of love will always result in the truth and the recognition of it. This is understandable because God is in him and where God is, all darkness will also disappear. And therefore the human being will always follow the spiritual direction which arose under the same preconditions which also establish his nature. Increased activity of love must result in true thinking. But where this is deficient, there the human being stands in wrong thinking. Yet the will to solve eternal problems finds God’s approval and is therefore rewarded with truth as far as this is permissible, i.e. in accordance with the degree of love ….

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The army of Christ’s fighters fights the righteous battle. It defends the believers against the followers of the world, for they are under extreme pressure. And because this battle is a righteous one, victory will also be on the side of those who defend Jesus Christ. And it will be fought with the sword of the mouth, and the lord Himself will be the commander of the army, and His fighters will follow Him wherever He leads them. And even if He only has a small band to show who go into battle under His banner, they will still be superior to the others in strength, for where God Himself blesses the battle there will never be any fear that the fighting band will be overwhelmed and the opponent will emerge victorious. For His flock has great power and this power derives from their faith in Jesus Christ. And God does not disappoint their faith and invisibly intervenes where danger threatens. For it is His will that they fight for His name and so He will not leave the disputants without support. And so He now assembles His army and admonishes them to be firm in faith so that He can work through them even if they are not yet free of their physical chains. For God wants to win the souls which are still weak in faith, He wants to make them understand the transience of all earthly things so that they direct their thoughts and aspirations towards the most important thing …. to a deep connection with the God of love, omnipotence and wisdom. They should approach Him in heartfelt prayer and ask for their spiritual well-being, then He will be ready for every gift of grace and He will also strengthen their faith. And once the battle begins they will also be willing to fight as true fighters for Him and His name, for they will be strong because they believe and His name will be holy to them, which is why they will also fight for Jesus Christ in the time to come ….

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