As men are inclined to error and the violation of God’s laws, they can be redeemed from that sin and error only by obtaining this love; and that can be obtained only through prayer and faith in the willingness of God to bestow this love upon whomsoever may ask for it.
I do not mean that there must be formal prayers or compliance with any church creeds or dogmas; but the prayer that is efficacious is that which emanates from the soul and earnest aspirations of a man.
So let men know, that unless they have the real soul longings for this love, it will not be given to them; no mere intellectual desires will suffice. The intellect is not that faculty in man that unites him to God.
Only the soul is made in the likeness of the Father, and unless this likeness is perfected by a filling of the soul with the Divine Love of the Father, the likeness is never complete.
Love is the one great thing in God’s economy of real existence. Without it, all would be chaos and unhappiness; but where it exists, harmony and happiness also exists. This I say, because I know from personal experience that it is true.
- Jesus
From the Spiritualistic Writings of James Padgett.
Received on March 3, 1915
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