1154 Eternal truth.... word of God....

October 31, 1939: Book 20

Those who close themselves off to eternal truth are to be called unspeakably wretched, for they lose everything that gives life its true meaning in the first place. Only by receiving this truth from God is life properly utilized, and only the divine word has eternal value, for it unites the creator with the creature and thus abolishes the separation between the two, which again is the sole reason that God expresses Himself in the word. He who receives the word of God with his heart can already be called rich on earth. He is united with the father and constantly receives divine grace.... He is not forsaken in times of earthly need, but constantly receives comfort and succour.... Nor does he have to fear that this grace could be taken away from him as long as he himself desires it.... For God knows no limits to His love. The child who wants to receive is constantly fed with the bread of heaven, which is the eternal truth. Nothing in infinity is more precious than this; divine truth is the only thing worth striving for, for whoever has this has everything.... Whoever stands in the truth is, as it were, initiated into the work of God; everything that is worth knowing and of use to man is revealed to him. At the same time his understanding for all spiritual activity is awakened, knowledge is imparted to him for the purpose of spiritual maturation; he is given the task of working as an educator of the human soul, he is introduced to the most inconceivable areas and receives unlimited instruction, for his knowledge should likewise serve to instruct his fellow human being. And every human being is free to participate in what is spiritually offered, every human being is free to likewise receive divine wisdom and to enrich his knowledge as it is only his will. And anyone who regocnizes the divine gift of grace and gratefully accepts it has gained so unspeakably much, for he attains realization and henceforth takes the right path for the higher development of his soul, he no longer travels the path of life in vain but is eager to obey everything imparted to him through the word of God.... He observes the divine commandment of love and thus endeavours to redeem himself.... He has only one goal in mind, to see the sun of the spirit rise. He endeavours to come into the rays of the divine sun of grace in order to only ever feel its effect on him.... he follows the divine will with all zeal, and his concern is not only the salvation of his soul but also the salvation of his fellow human beings, for he regocnizes in them the same product of divine fatherly love, he regocnizes that all people should be of the same spirit and therefore the divine commandments must constantly be taken into account, that every person should care for his fellow human being with love, that love should unite everyone and be active for each other.... Divine wisdom.... the received divine word.... should bring this about so that the human being gathers spiritual wealth on earth and thus enters eternity richly provided for, where the spiritual gifts alone are valued and thus divine truth remains for all eternity....

Amen

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