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8355 Jesus' promises must be fulfilled....

December 15, 1962: Book 88

You shall be introduced to the truth by My spirit.... I gave you this promise when I lived on earth because I knew that you always had to stand in the truth in order to become blessed.... because I also knew that the pure truth would never last long among people, for they were and are imperfect and will never receive the perfect, pure truth unchanged.... You humans who think about it will never be able to claim that a transformation of the pure truth is not possible, nor will you be able to claim that I Myself cannot allow such a change of truth, for since you possess free will as a characteristic of your divine origin I cannot and will not curtail this free will if the human being makes changes of his own accord to the spiritual knowledge which originally came forth from Me as My word.... And this alone substantiates My new revelations which I send to you so that you will also be able to move in truth if this is your serious will.... It is so easy to understand that I, as the eternal truth, will only ever be anxious to make them accessible to My living creations, since I don't want them to live in spiritual darkness, because then they would never find their way back to Me. Yet seek Me a word from the scriptures which states that I will never ever express Myself to people again, because I will never be able to find My way back to them.... allegedly.... in this book of the fathers and thus now remain silent towards those who desire to hear the father's voice.... You will not be able to provide this proof, for My fatherly love truly knows what My children need on earth and also always turns to them what they need.... And you humans have distanced yourselves from the pure truth because you.... as long as you are still unawakened in spirit.... you do not understand how to interpret My word in scripture correctly either.... For you do not grasp the spiritual meaning of the word, otherwise not so many errors would have been able to assert the pure truth and humanity would walk along in bright light, whereas the opposite is the case.... And whether you learn all the letters by heart, they remain dead as long as the spirit is not awakened. But an awakened spirit hears My voice and recognizes it as the father's voice, because spirit speaks to spirit and beneficently touches the soul. "My sheep recognize My voice.... "Why do I emphasize this? Because you should all ask yourselves whether you are My sheep.... you represent My word which is written in the scriptures which testify of Me.... But then you must also represent everything I Myself have spoken as the man Jesus, and then you will be very clearly informed that I reveal Myself to people who 'love Me and keep My commandments.... "And then you will also not be able to claim that every direct address on My part contradicts the book of books. You yourselves have created statutes for yourselves and adhere to them ironclad.... For you the book of books is regarded as complete, which certainly contains everything that is useful for the human being to know.... but remains without value for the person whose spirit is not awakened and who (not) understands the spiritual meaning of the word. And if I now inform people Myself that and how the spirit in them has to be awakened.... if I want to help them to enlighten their spirit through My direct address so that they will also learn to understand My written word.... then you cannot deny such proof of love on My part or dismiss it as adversarial activity.... For then you will only prove that you yourselves are still unawakened in spirit, that you read My word and do not think about the fact that every promise I Myself made to people has to come true. And I said: 'I will send you the comforter, the spirit of truth, Who will guide you into all truth and remind you of what I have said to you.... " I have said, "I will remain with you until the end.... " "He who believes in Me, as the scripture says, from his body will flow rivers of living water.... " I have said, "You must all be taught of God.... " and also gave many other indications about the "working of My spirit in you." But have you already seriously considered these words of Mine, how and if they come true? No.... for otherwise you truly could not doubt My direct utterances, you could not accuse Me Myself of lying, but you must believe what I have said and gratefully receive what I offer you.... And behold the great spiritual hardship around you which truly could not be if all people would read the book of books enlightened by the spirit. But since people do not fulfil the prerequisites for enlightenment through the spirit, which consist of unselfish activity of love, this book, which could indeed suffice to lead people to beatitude, is of no use to them either.... Yet they don't understand it and are mostly just formal christians whose mouths speak differently than their hearts are made of.... But I cannot be satisfied with a pseudo-christianity, for where unselfish neighbourly love is lacking there can be no light, there is no living faith, otherwise I Myself would be recognized in every word which My greater than great love sends to people from above because they need help; for it is the time of the end and only the pure truth can give people the light which illuminates their path that leads back to Me....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers