Volume 11 · Chapter 51

ADVICES TO ENNOBLE THE SOUL Peter said: “Yes Lord, I clearly can see that now and also understand more and more that Your human nature is actually completely the same as ours and that the difference lies only in the spirit in us. We all will surely do our very best to reach all the goals that You show us. But we still are greatly lacking when it comes to the rebirth of our souls. We are on the right way but when we are alone we repeatedly fall back which tempts us to do foolish things which we committed already many times as You have seen. How can we avoid these?”

[GGJ.11_51,02] I said: “First by acquiring the right power of faith, even when you do not see Me, for blessed are those who believe although they do not see. Secondly by making yourself free of every fear and with all power to love God of whom you know that He is in Me and whom you have recognized.

[GGJ.11_51,03] I surely know that you all love Me much, but this love concerns now more My person than My Spirit. The unshakable love which feels no more doubt at all and which does also not waver by things that you do not understand, you do not possess yet, but only a belief for which for the moment only My deeds are the basis, and this is still not a rock but mixed with loose soil that can still be washed away by the heavy rain of affliction.

[GGJ.11_51,04] Do not only believe when I am with you but believe and trust completely in My power also when I am physically not with you. Examine your souls to see where there is still something impure and cast it from you.

[GGJ.11_51,05] As long as you can discover a bad mood, irritation, discontent or impure thoughts within you there will still be doubt which prevents the living faith from gaining strength. All these bad habits are alien to the spirit. That is why it cannot permeate the soul, which must divest itself of all this spontaneously.”

[GGJ.11_51,06] Peter said: “Yes Lord, this we all know very well, and we make effort to act according to Your words, but it is still very difficult to overcome oneself. And still we love You with all our heart and with all our strength.”

[GGJ.11_51,07] I said: “This is all right. That is why I brought you to Ephraim so that you can purify yourselves and freely and by personal effort acquire the inner completion. So this is all right. Would you be My disciples if it was not My intention to lead you to the Father to serve Him just as I am serving Him now? Because the Father knows what He is doing and which instruments He chooses for Himself. What you still lack, you will acquire. And so strife for it. You will not lack the strength if you will ask for it.”

[GGJ.11_51,08] Peter said: “Yes Lord, we very well know that You always give us the strength that we need if we ask for it. It is just that we all too often forget to ask because we consider ourselves to be strong already ourselves and think that we can overcome with our own strength. And this feeling of strength fills us with great confidence which changes very easily in remorse when some circumstance shows the very great weakness of the human heart and our instability, and this despite all good intentions. Should we then not try at all to do something with our own strength?”

[GGJ.11_51,09] I answered: “He who strives to unify with God will first try to fulfill His will subordinating his own, for only the energetic will of God in man and which has become active cannot and will never suffer shipwreck. But when man is self-willed and tries to carry out something without caring whether the intended action is in accord with God’s will, he need not be surprised when the result is not favorable to him.

[GGJ.11_51,10] That feeling of strength which you talked about is often nothing more than spiritual pride, feeling exalted above other human brothers and who therefore wants to accomplish something exceptional in order to satisfy his own vanity or also out of a lust to be admired by others. So beware of these urges, for those who adhere to Me must be poor of spirit, as you know, so that they receive everything from Me and truly see God. But those who think that they are spiritually rich are now exactly those who think to be perfect, brag about their self-conquest and become full of spiritual pride.

[GGJ.11_51,11] Look at the Pharisees how they believe that only they are serving God, with all kinds of meaningless wisdom and stuff of words, yet they only serve themselves and their own welfare. It is purely impossible to let even the smallest teaching of wisdom of My Heavens flow into their heart, for it is completely filled with all kinds of riches of self-esteem of their soul, while it can only be given where there is total poverty. Do you and your brothers understand this?”

[GGJ.11_51,12] As happened many times, Peter was the spokesman of the others, and after he looked at the present brothers who all made approving gestures, he said: “Yes Lord, we understand this very well, for You often gave such teachings in similar words. But we would like to know something else from You.

[GGJ.11_51,13] You spoke about a rebirth of the spirit and of the soul. This difference was striking to us because we never would have searched for a difference and thought that once the soul has completely pervaded the spirit that everything had been reached that could be reached. What is it all about? Would You like to explain this more clearly?”

[GGJ.11_51,14] I said: “That which you can grasp now you will hear. But everything can only become completely clear to you in My Kingdom where you will find confirmation with your own eyes and senses. But not only for your sake but also for the sake of your followers you must know what I mean and what I want to indicate with the rebirth of the spirit. So listen.