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5071 Gifts of grace.... help to ascend.... love....

February 23, 1951: Book 57

Where My grace is rejected spiritual ascent is impossible there, although earthly ascent can obviously be recorded, for the forces of darkness immediately intervene where resistance is offered to Me. This is why earthly advantage cannot be described as divine grace, for the world is not My kingdom and My grace is a gift from above, from the kingdom which is not of this world. Receiving My grace means as much as receiving strength directly from Me Myself, which is necessary for spiritual ascent and therefore must never be spurned. But people who don't believe in Me don't want to accept the term 'grace' either, which they regard as something degrading because they themselves are still of an arrogant spirit. Likewise, they will also reject My great gift of grace, My word, which they don't believe they need and which therefore only few people utilize as it should be utilized due to its transmission of strength. Spiritual arrogance rebels against the heavenly father's gift of grace, driven by My adversary who does not want the pure truth to arise and therefore also tries to prevent people from coming into contact with it in every way. Nevertheless, everyone is offered the opportunity to make use of My gift of grace; everyone shall draw strength from it, everyone shall mature in his soul and again and again receive new graces. For this need not be publicly recognizable.... The human being's rightly guided thinking is likewise a grace on My part, which indeed also has to be consciously accepted, but just as it should also be requested. For again and again desire lets new blessings flow to the human being and makes him resistant to every temptation which still approaches him in great measure who wants to escape from the adversary and find entrance into My kingdom. Again and again the means are used by Me which can bring success if they are used correctly. And therefore the human being's will itself is decisive as to how far he is in grace, for I am merciful to everyone who does not openly oppose Me. For I only want to promote the spiritual ascent, I want to help My earthly children to liberate themselves from everything that still belongs to the world in a short time; I want to constantly support them as saviour and helper. But I also want them to listen to Me and do what I advise them out of My love, which wants to grasp everything and also does so if it finds no resistance. But anyone who has once felt My love will not miss any opportunity to take possession of grace, for he recognizes its effectiveness and also wants to ascend as soon as he has only recognized Me once and knows about his aim on earth. And this person will also reach his aim and become blissfully happy through My grace....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers