Gifts of Heaven · Volume 3 · Chapter 511

Shortest basic instruction of the eternal Word

10th May 1862

On request by Johannes Busch

[1] John 8:31 – I said to the Jews who believed in Me: If you remain in My teaching (not speech) – not only that you keep it in memory, but also in doing it afterwards, only then are you My true disciples and will thus recognize in yourselves that My words come from the mouth of God and are in themselves the eternal and living truth, which will truly free you from the night of all doubt.

[2] John 11:25 and 26 – When the disciples and other believers asked Me: "When will we rise again to life after the death of the body?" [I answered] "I am the resurrection and eternal life! He who indeed believes in Me is already risen in Me, and will live according to the soul immediately, if he were to live according to the body and if it were possible, die a thousand times; for he who lives and in his acts believes in Me will never die again (namely, according to the soul).

[3] John 14:6 – That I alone am the way (through My teaching), the truth and the life, that will be found in every one who believes in Me livingly in all deeds and therefore also comes to Me in the heart; but whoever comes to Me, he comes to the Father who dwells in Me and is one with Me. But whoever does not come to Me in the manner mentioned, he certainly does not come to the Father, who is Eternal Love.

[4] John 14:23 – When I was asked how one could easily keep My word – i.e., My teaching, I said: He who loves Me more than anything in the world and his neighbor as himself, truly keeps My word, and the Father, the love in Me, will love him! And so We – the Father as the love in Me, I as the eternal wisdom (or the Son) and the Holy Spirit as the eternal and endless power and strength of My will, will come to him and take up dwelling with him, and he will then therefore be perfect, as the Father in heaven, which is My heart, is perfect. This is how it is to be understood in this way.