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1022 Defender of the faith.... power of faith....

July 24, 1939: Book 19

The lord chooses those who are to proclaim Him to the whole world, and He gives them His instructions and trains them to be true warriors for His name and His word. And so you too have been given the task of training yourself so that you can stand up for the lord if necessary. In the coming time only one thing is necessary.... to be faithful to the lord and saviour and to fight for the faith.... Then the divine saviour will take everything else under His care, and none of His fighters will be harmed by offering themselves for service to the divine lord and master. However, anyone who wavers or completely abandons his faith for the sake of vile worldly advantage will also have to endure a hard struggle in life and will not be able to escape it despite his outward well-being, for he gave up the one Who is in control of the individual's life, and thus he will have to bitterly atone for his unfaithfulness to his creator. True faith is still an extraordinarily powerful weapon in the battle against all adversities of life.... And even if people have already strayed far from faith, they will still feel its power and strength and recognize that he who turns to the lord in faith is under divine protection, but that he who goes his way on earth without faith is helpless and abandoned. And so children of the earth who are willing to believe, devoted to God and ready to serve are well instructed so that they should inform people who are erring or searching, so that they should convey God's word to them, awaken or strengthen their faith and teach them about love, which alone leads a person upwards. And those whom the lord now mentions should diligently fulfil their task, they should remain in constant contact with the lord, they should be the intermediaries, receive the divine truth from His hand and pass it on to those who are longing.... and instruct the erring ones correctly so that they recognize their error and find their way back to the right faith. And this is why you, who want to serve the lord, are also admonished not to become lukewarm but to strive eagerly to increase your knowledge and to remain spiritually equal to the task, to instruct those who ask you for advice and help with all love and patience and to remain in constant prayer for strength of will and perseverance.... This task must be the most important thing for you on earth, which you put before everything else, and you must not tire of gathering spiritual possessions, for only when you possess yourselves will you also be able to give, and then your perseverance will bear ripe fruit and be a blessing for you and your fellow human beings.... for those who serve the lord will receive their reward one day in eternity....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers