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5312 "No one can serve two masters...."

February 8, 1952: Book 59

No one can serve Me and the world at the same time.... Anyone who turns his eye to the world cannot see Me because I keep Myself hidden as long as the human being's mind is only focused on the world.... For I and the world do not belong together, the world is My adversary's kingdom, but My kingdom is not of this world. Therefore, anyone who wants to find Me has to leave the world behind, he has to turn away from it, because I can be found in the opposite direction, because My kingdom lies elsewhere than the earthly world. I am one lord, and My servants cannot serve another lord at the same time who gives them opposing commands, which therefore are not in accordance with My will. But the human being shall decide, he can choose his own master, he is not forced into service for one or the other, he has free will and this must drive him towards the master whose servant he wants to be. Yet there are not two equally good lords between whom he is to choose, but the kingdom of light is ruled by the one, the kingdom of darkness by the other. Therefore it should certainly be easy for you to make the right decision, yet in your delusion you often don't recognize the kingdom of darkness because many dazzling lights deceive you, because the prince of the world attractively presents his kingdom to you, whereas My kingdom can only be recognized with spiritual eyes which you still keep closed. But if you voluntarily decide in favour of Me an exceedingly bright light will shine upon you which will no longer cause any desire for the world to arise in you.... And with joy you will serve your lord, with eagerness you will fulfil everything He instructs you to do, you will no longer feel like His servants but His children to Whom you completely submit your will. And you must gladly and naturally turn away from the world because the kingdom no longer appeals to you, which gives you no true light, which lies far away from My kingdom, which is not of this world. Yet I demand complete devotion from those who want to serve Me, I don't want them to still look back to the kingdom they left, I don't want them to also serve the one who is My adversary, for I demand unconditional loyalty from My servants, I demand love for their lord and master, because only then can the work be done properly which is absolutely necessary, which I have instructed My servants to do because they shall support Me, because this work has to be carried out by people who are completely devoted to Me....

No one can serve two masters.... And therefore you must decide, you must question your heart to whom it urges you, you must renounce your love and desire, which still apply to the world, if you want to serve Me, if you want to enter My service, then you must change your love and desires, you must direct them towards spiritual goods, towards the kingdom in which I alone am ruler, and your decision will be right and earn you a blissful fate in eternity, in the kingdom which will remain when the earthly world passes away and which is your true home....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers