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7615 Work of the spirit.... right prophets....

June 4, 1960: Book 80

You carry the divine spark within you, that is, you are My share and will remain so for all eternity, for this divine spark of love is the spirit of My spirit, it is the bond which unites us, which will irrevocably bring us intimately together if you don't completely spill the spiritual spark within yourselves through an unkind way of life and conscious turning away from Me. The embodiment as a human being would not lead you to any aim if it were not for this spark in you which you can ignite within yourselves and which then will certainly strive towards Me Myself as its exit.... The divine spark within you is therefore love.... You have the ability within yourselves to feel love and to exercise it because this spark of love causes you to do so if you give in to its urging, which you feel as the voice of conscience.... But whether you are willing to work with love is what your soul's maturity depends on and thus your fate in eternity. For the ability is placed in you through that spark of love which has a direct bond with Me. But I cannot place willingness into your heart in the same way because this is the free decision for the purpose of which you live on earth. But if your will is ready for it then you can accomplish great things, because the spiritual spark in you affects you such that you seek unity with Me as the father-spirit of eternity and can then also develop unlimited abilities, or even that you acquire the abilities again which you once possessed but voluntarily relinquished through your apostasy from Me. This great sin has been redeemed by Me through My crucifixion, at the same time, after the redemption of your guilt, the possibility has now been created for you to allow the spirit to work in you.... that is, to establish the direct bond with Me as the father-spirit, so that My spirit can now flow into you for increased activity. This possibility did not exist before My crucifixion, even though the divine spark of love was dormant in the human being, thus people were not incapable of loving activity. But willingness first required the redemption of guilt, for people's will was weakened by My adversary, and this will was strengthened by My sacrifice on the cross, by the recognition of Jesus Christ's act of salvation. And the will could then cause My spirit to unite with the spiritual spark and thus work in the human being. But a distinction has to be made between people who were burdened with the original sin, who therefore first had to be redeemed in order to experience the working of the divine spirit.... and people who had missions to fulfil on earth, i.e. who descended to earth from above in order to inform people of My coming.... and who were also inspired by My spirit to speak for Me and My kingdom, who were therefore prompted by Me and also understood the language of the spirit, because they were souls from above, thus non-fallen original spirits. And again and again I awakened such prophets to announce My coming to earth. They heard My voice and understood Me, they lived in love and were recognizable at all times as My emissaries and servants.... But these prophetic announcements could not be compared to the 'gifts of the spirit' which all people were able to acquire after My sacrifice on the cross, who were prompted by their weakness of will to devote themselves to Me in Jesus Christ with complete faith and to appeal to Me for strengthening of their will and who were then impelled by their spiritual spark to consciously seek the bond with the father-spirit and also establish it through a life of love.... then they were guided and instructed by their now awakened spirit, they received the gifts of the spirit according to their ability and their task, which was now assigned to them by My spirit.... And they were now awakened to life which they could no longer lose eternally. And all of you humans can now strive for this awakening of the spirit, providing you acknowledge Jesus' act of salvation, providing you yourselves have relinquished your past guilt of sin and therefore My spirit can unite with the spiritual spark in you again, which was not possible before My act of salvation. Understand the outpouring of the spirit right.... you must strive for it yourselves of your own accord by awakening the spiritual spark within you and then establish the most intimate bond with Me through loving activity and your own will, so that My spirit can overflow into you and think of you according to your desire and your task recognized by Me and now assigned to you.... Then you will be 'filled with My spirit'.... and it will guide you and introduce you to all truth, it will let you hear and feel what I Myself want to communicate to you, for 'My spirit' is 'I Myself', and I now speak to you because your spiritual spark has intimately united with Me and made the address possible.... And this is My love for you, that I speak through My spirit again and again and to all people and that everyone is able to hear My voice who believes in Me, who loves Me and keeps My commandments...._>Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers