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5413 Counter-gift that God demands: Spreading the divine Word....

June 15, 1952: Book 60

You experience My love every day, My spirit is constantly active in and on you, you hear My Word, you receive strength and grace in unusual measure, you can always and constantly draw from the source of eternal life, I Myself guide you on all your paths, I sustain your body so that it serves the soul to mature; I watch over you who love Me because you shall become My children, I send you My messengers of light as protection against evil; I will not let a day pass by without giving you a revelation of My love, for I Am with you and shall remain with you until the end of the world.... But how can you make this credible to fellow human beings who have not experienced any of this themselves, who have distanced themselves from Me and who do not recognise Me even if I approach them? How do you want to prove Me Myself to them so that they can believe in Me and establish the bond with Me themselves?.... They don't realise anything of My love because they walk along blindly and a spiritual light cannot be kindled in them against their will. And they do not live a life of love because the world and its pleasures only awaken and strengthen their selfish love. And that is why they cannot believe either, because faith comes from love. But I have given you the task to instruct your fellow human beings and to convey My Word to them. And with this task you will now learn that only My Word can be a testimony of Myself to them, for through My Word I speak to people Myself and they will then no longer be able to deny Me either, providing they are willing to listen to My Word. Those who are unwilling will hardly come to believe in Me, nor can they receive proof of Myself against their will. Yet, you should take care of the willing, of those who were pushed aside on their path of life into My adversary's kingdom, who are in the midst of the world and can fall prey to him as completely devoid of light if a bearer of light does not take care of these people and impart a small bright light to them for the time being, which awakens them from a long sleep of death and which they would now like to strengthen if they are willing to accept more light. You can now teach them on My instructions and they will also feel addressed by Me if you allow Me Myself to speak through you, if you impart My Word to them which you have received from Me yourselves. The immense abundance of grace which My love has poured out upon you shall become effective through you to your fellow human beings; you shall be the mediators between them and Me because I Myself cannot have a direct effect where it is still so dark that My light would blind them. But you receive the evidence of My love every day, you are allowed to receive from My hand daily what is of unspeakable value for eternity, you hear My Word and receive strength and light in abundance, with which you shall now work again for the benefit of your fellow human beings.... This is your gift in return, which I demand that you utilise the gift which My love gives you, that you speak on My behalf and thus give Me the opportunity to influence those people who have not yet found the path to Me and yet are not unwilling to take it. They do not yet have a bond with Me but it can be striven for as soon as you allow Me to speak through you. Therefore spread My Word, go out and teach all nations; do so by seizing every opportunity where you can proclaim My working in you, where you can pass on the spiritual knowledge you have received.... do not leave lying fallow what is of immense value for the development of the spiritual.... work with the pound I have lent you, be eagerly active in My vineyard, proclaim the kingdom of God to your fellow human beings and receive My blessing for your activity.... Then you will make yourselves worthy of the unusual gift of grace, then My Word will make its way to people's hearts and it will resonate with all who are of good will....

Amen

Translated by Sven Immecke