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8596 Truth can only be received from God....

August 25, 1963: Book 90

Much is presented to you as truth which is far from it.... Faith in it is demanded of you, because proofs cannot be produced of things, which reach into the spiritual area. But you will be able to understand that blind faith is of no value for your souls as long as you do not know whether you stand in truth. And since no fellow human being can give you a guarantee for this, you must turn to the one Who Himself is the truth from eternity.... Only He can give you information; only from Him you can attain truth guaranteed, because He knows about everything, and He has the power to give you information about everything, and His love wants it that you walk in truth. For as long as many opinions are still held on earth, as long as no opinion can be substantiated through proof, so long you must doubt yourselves whether that is right what was submitted to you.... And you will also be able to understand that error cannot earn you spiritual benefit because it starts from the opponent of God, but that pure truth is light because the eternal light Itself radiates it. And again, no person will be able to attain truth who is indifferent to it..... This one remains blind in spirit, for even if truth is offered to him he does not recognize it as such and prefers to remain in error.... But truth is a great gift of favour of God; truth makes free and will always make man happy, and therefore it is also to be earnestly desired and requested and demanded by God Himself, so that man thereby shows that he strives for God Himself, as eternal truth. But then he will also be made happy; he will understand the meaning and purpose of earth life; he will recognize and learn to love God in His nature; he will see himself in the midst of the whole creation as nucleus and praise and glorify God, Who has created everything, Who is his creator, but wants to be his father and therefore let everything come into being that the being, which He once created, reaches the adoption as a child of God, which is to create and work in inexpressible happiness next to and with Him in eternity. But man knows nothing of all this, who has not yet been introduced into truth, and he will also remain ignorant until he desires of his own accord to receive light about it, because he once extinguished this light voluntarily and must now as man on earth light it again voluntarily, i.e. long for light and ignite a light in himself through love activity.... Then he truly no longer needs to walk along in darkness of spirit.... God Himself will instruct him, and he will become knowledgeable.... But no man can claim this of himself who is content with the spiritual knowledge imparted to him on the part of his fellow human beings.... For even if truth is offered to him, he must first enter into intimate contact with God Himself and request enlightenment of spirit from Him in order to recognize truth as such and be delighted by it. But anyone who blindly or unquestioningly accepts knowledge, who believes everything presented to him by his fellow human beings, will continue to live in darkness, he will receive no light, he will only accept worldly knowledge, even if it appears to touch spiritual areas. Such knowledge will not awaken him to life, for as long as he does not live in love himself it will remain dead knowledge of no value to his soul. But love is the light, which is to be kindled in him; love will push man towards God; love establishes the union with God, and love also secures the supply of pure truth for man.... Therefore love is the most important thing if man also wants to walk in truth on earth.... For love is God, and truth is God.... Love awakens the spirit in man to life, and this now instructs.... as part of God.... man from within in all truth. The human being only lives correctly when he works in love. Then also his faith will be alive, and if truth is now presented to him, then he also stands up for it convinced, because he recognizes it as truth. But if you want to fulfil your purpose of earth life, then you must also stand in truth, because then you belong to God, while you are still members of the opponent as long as you walk along in darkness of spirit, which the opponent also wants to keep to prevent your return to God. But who earnestly wants to, he will also reach truth and therefore God and become happy...._>Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers