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8051 No mechanical reception.... understanding this....

November 29, 1961: Book 85

You may gain insight into the deepest depths of divine wisdom when your love has reached the degree which unites you again with Me, your God and father, Whose nature is supremely perfect and Who then lets you participate in everything that could make you happy.... And you will be unspeakably happy when all knowledge is made accessible to you, when you are also allowed to gain insight into My reign and activity, when you realize how infinite My love is and My might.... and when you are allowed to behold all the glories your father has in store for you when you have found union with Him. Yet a person rarely reaches this degree of maturity on earth, and therefore the final knowledge cannot be made accessible to him, but this does not mean that he will not receive the pure truth from Me if I instruct him Myself. Yet he would not be receptive to the deepest wisdom from Me. And this is also not necessary for his earthly life, nor would he be able to bear the immense happiness such profound knowledge would give him. Yet the ever-expanding knowledge also belongs to the bliss which never comes to an end, which always increases.... for deepened knowledge also signifies increased radiance of light.... Radiation of My love which makes the being unspeakably happy. Nevertheless, you humans can believe that I always convey pure truth to you if you allow My spirit to work in you.... even if it is not yet granted to you that the brightest light shines for you, that everything can be made understandable to you.... For I Myself will never withhold the truth from you if you seriously desire it. A person's degree of love is decisive as to how far he is in realization and how far this realization makes him happy. Yet no human being will ever be able to accept extensive, truthful knowledge from Me if he cannot demonstrate a degree of maturity of his soul which also provides him with the understanding for it, for that person will not accept dead knowledge from Me as soon as I Myself can speak to him.... because the prerequisite for the working of My spirit in the human being is a life of love, a degree of maturity which also provides him with the right understanding for what he receives.... It is not a mechanical transmission of truth from Me into a person but the transmission of My word presupposes a degree of maturity which therefore also guarantees fullest understanding at the same time, which now also enables him to instruct his fellow human being in truth and in accordance with the knowledge he has gained himself through the introduction into truth.... Thus no still immature person will be destined for a teaching task.... and no immature person will be able to receive My word from Me either.... but the recipient of My word will be permeated and illuminated by the light of love himself, and this also signifies fullest understanding and the guarantee to be a good teacher to his fellow human beings, for My word is life and must irrevocably also give life to a person who voluntarily accepts it from Me. My word is the emanation of light of love and must also have luminosity.... And the transmission of My word is connected with a task: to pass it on, to carry the light into the darkness.... And therefore the light bearer himself must be of bright spirit.... I only make this understandable to you because you humans often doubt the calling of the one who is My instrument and serves Me by receiving My word.... The acceptance is also linked to a task, and this, in turn, can only be fulfilled by a spiritually awakened person.... Thus complete understanding can also be assumed for the wisdom conveyed to him by Me, he can be acknowledged as a legitimate teacher, and his explanations can be unhesitatingly accepted as corresponding to truth, for he is willing to serve Me, and then he will also always be taught by My spirit as soon as he seeks to fulfil his spiritual mission.... I Myself train My disciples, I Myself choose the right representatives for Myself who shall proclaim the gospel on earth in My stead.... I prepare them for Myself and also give them the strength to work for Me and in My name.... And therefore My spirit must be able to work, which also requires a certain degree of maturity of its soul.... And you can then be certain that you will only be instructed in the pure truth, for I Myself speak through those who bring you My word, through whom I Myself speak to you if you are willing to listen to Me....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers