2930 Living word.... work of man....

October 18, 1943: Book 37

The living word will resolve all questions, it will enlighten you and all veils will fall before your eyes, and the truth will be offered to you in the most comprehensible way if you ask God Himself for inner enlightenment and then trustingly hand yourselves over to Him, if you listen to what God speaks to you through the voice of the spirit. People have always and constantly received the truth through enlightened people, and it has always been the same truth which was conveyed to earth through those from the heavens. Yet the truth never remained unchanged for long, for human will and human thinking were not content with the simple transmission from above but very soon added supplements which, however, did not always meet with God's approval, for these changes only resulted in disputes.... the divine word, which was conveyed to people from above, was denied credibility, but a wrong interpretation led away from the right faith.... Only that which is of divine origin has the right to be preserved and presented to people as truth. Everything else must fall prey to destruction, it must be eradicated because it is misleading, and human will itself will lay hands on human work, partly for good and partly for evil, and God will not prevent it. But as soon as the divine word itself is attacked, which always and eternally teaches only the truth, God will spread His hands protectively over it and prevent its destruction. There are often forces at work that are not in God's service but want to give the impression that they are, and which now try to push themselves forward again and again. And these forces confuse people's thinking. They steer it onto a path which neither leads to God nor into the realm of the adversary but where the human being always remains on the same level.... where he cannot ascend because he lacks the pure truth but believes he possesses it. His striving is good, but he lacks the strength that can only be found in pure truth. He seeks it but is unable to separate himself from spiritual error because it was offered to him under the appearance of the divine word. Only in cooperation with the power that emanates from the living word does the written word gain life, just as it also emanated from God. However, if it remains dead, i.e. not understood by a spiritually enlightened person, then its origin is not divine but the work of man, which only contributes to confusion but not to the knowledge of the truth. It can indeed survive for a long time because human will itself prevents it from being destroyed, because man in his ignorance fearfully protects something from decay which has little value for spiritual development. Yet it is borrowed from ancient truth, it is composed of sayings and prophecies of oldest origin, and it has been preserved as the most powerful prophecy.... People also respect it as such and yet will never be able to find a key until they are spiritually enlightened and able to distinguish truth from error. For truth is also hidden in it to the extent that ancient prophecies can be found in it, which God-enlightened people have given and which should be preserved for posterity. Yet even these prophecies have been made accessible to people in a form which will never enlighten the spirit but can only confuse it, which is why they are of no profound value for spiritual development. What is from God has to testify to God in all clarity, it has to be and remain comprehensible to people because it is meant to lead every person towards Him and therefore also has to be offered to every person in such a way that he will recognize it as God's word and that it will then also bring him blessings, that it will educate him in soul and spirit, that he will be able to fully understand it if this is his will. However, if a gift remains incomprehensible despite good will, then it is not of divine origin and may not be assessed as such. For God gives every person the necessary understanding as soon as he desires to stand in the truth and abandons himself to the working of the spirit. And therefore do not ponder and search but pay attention to God's gift, which provides you sufficiently with the food you need for your soul.... Receive the bread of heaven gratefully and feast on it, and you will be able to walk your earthly path strengthened, for you receive the truth, you receive the word of God, which He has blessed with His strength....

amen

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