Volume 11 · Chapter 54

GOD’S HOLINESS PETER wrote My words deeply in his heart, and with a decisiveness that was typical for him he immediately went to work to develop his soul on those things that he still lacked. He directly withdrew himself from the others to be able to open his sinner eye and stayed for a few days almost invisible to all.

[GGJ.11_54,02] Again it should be emphasized here that My disciples were together here to submit themselves to a kind of voluntary test, out of their own free will, independent from Me and without any outer force by the environment so that the already acquired qualities that were given to them by Me for their later calling as apostle could now become completely their own. Everything of what happened in Ephraim should be seen from this point of view.

[GGJ.11_54,03] One evening Peter showed up again among the group of brothers of which everyone went on their own way of the inner life, for which reason his withdrawal was not so much noticed because he always was present at the regular meals and he came and went in all quietness. This time the disciples stayed longer together than usual. That was because of James’ question as to why God’s holiness could be offended by the sins of men since those sins were often the means for purification, and also, the possibility to sin was allowed by God. So there must be a special explanation for the theory of the temple since it was especially I who often associated with sinners and I never felt offended by the worst of sinners.

[GGJ.11_54,04] Then there was a discussion going on among them in all kinds of ways by which came also forward of what I taught before. And everyone formed his very personal opinion about God’s holiness. Finally John explained in detail that the true meaning of the word ‘holiness’ is the great self-denying love of God which could however feel offended by the sin that resists that love, just like a good father would feel offended by his loveless children but for that reason he still will not feel angry. He will look for soft means as much as possible to eliminate that lack of love, and will only use increasingly more severe means when the soft means do not help. However not out of anger but solely out of love and for the right purpose.

[GGJ.11_54,05] All the disciples said that they agreed with these words but Peter added to this that God’s holiness does not only mean the great love of God but also the great wisdom by which He established the whole creation in great, perfect effectiveness. Not to disrupt this order, which contained the effectiveness in itself, was the holiest duty of man. But it was precisely in that area that mankind sinned so infinitely because they were against this order and so they also tried to destroy the effectiveness of the laws of nature to their own loss. This is how the flood took place because the order was disturbed, and with that, also the effectiveness which the mountains fulfilled as a weight on subterranean water basins, because the Hanochites blew up the mountains. And so man is sinning even now against the order, and by that he offended God’s holiness in the order by misusing his body and by indulging in gluttony and fornication by which the body became unsuitable to be used as a seat for a healthy soul. To recognize the order in which we live was an important step to the rebirth, and therefore he realized how necessary these days are to descend into his inner self because only when he searches into himself will it be possible to be taught by God and know the truth.

[GGJ.11_54,06] Then the others asked if that was what he did. Peter confirmed this and explained that he did this with great zeal during these days 210 and that he was also convinced to have found the way now to become a real disciple of our Lord and Master. Although he was convinced that all the brothers took the last words of the Lord at heart and were striving to reach the near goal, he felt a strong urge to describe his observations because some could personally benefit from it, or which could also be useful to him, Peter.