5495 Divine principle - Love.... Decision between God and the adversary....

September 27, 1952: Book 60

The divine principle in you must predominate, otherwise you will not become free from the power of him who thinks and acts ungodly. But the divine principle is love.... and every unloving action, every unloving thought still characterises you as belonging to God's adversary. But then you are weak and of a dark spirit. Physical strength is no proof of spiritual strength, lively intellectual activity is no proof of an awakened spirit.... yet the goodness of the heart, an obvious activity of love in utmost unselfishness proves that the divine principle prevails in a person, and then his spirit shall also be awakened and he shall be full of light and strength.... But you humans do not strive for spiritual possessions, they are not a reality for you, for you still think too materially and you still value human intellect and physical strength too highly, which are in reality nothing and worthless for eternity. Precisely these earthly advantages could certainly help you to quickly ascend spiritually if you were to use them for what God requires of you in order to mature your soul, if you were to use your physical strength for active neighbourly love, if you were to use your ability to be intellectually active in order to progress spiritually by turning your thoughts to Him, Who created you, and seriously approach Him for clarification about the meaning and purpose of your earthly life.... The intellect was given to you so that you would acquire knowledge not only in the material but also in the spiritual field. But the latter does not appeal to you humans enough, for the one who still holds you captive tempts you with earthly-material possessions and tries to present all spiritual knowledge to you as useless, because he takes away your faith in a life after death. But if you would let the divine principle rule in you, then you would also recognise him who wants to harm you.... For love enlightens your spirit and gives you light where it was dark before.... Love must flare up in you if you want to think and act correctly.... This is why there is great earthly hardship in the world because love has grown cold, because God no longer rules in it but His adversary, who wants to incite all people against each other, who drives them to think and act without love.... But this is also why there is so much spiritual hardship among people, because their lack of love completely blinds them, because there is no longer any faith among them, which can only arise from love, and which would teach people to think and act completely differently. God or His adversary.... You humans must decide between the two.... Love or hate.... Light or darkness.... Power or powerlessness.... You must freely choose your lord.... But God is Love, and therefore you can only find God through love, you can only unite yourselves with God through love.... And if you disregard love then you grant God's adversary power over you and lose yourselves to him for eternity, who gave up the principle of love in free will, who became ungodly because he completely renounced all love, who therefore sank into deepest darkness and would also like to keep you humans in it if you don't offer him resistance.... Free yourselves from his power by letting the divine principle prevail in you, by shaping yourselves into love, which lets you become children of God and thus most blissful creatures who are eternally united with their Father....

Amen

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