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Judgment of the human soul is an important accompaniment of human life, both in their flesh bodies and in the spirit world. As regards its rewards and punishments, hardly anything demands more thought and consideration of mortal man, because of its certainty that he cannot avoid them. Judgment as certainly follows death as does night the day, and no philosophy, theological dogma or scientific determination can alter that fact, or in any way change the exact workings of this judgment.

But judgment is not a thing belonging exclusively to the after-death period, for it is present and operating with men and women from the time they become incarnate in the human form, until they become discarnate; and thereafter continuously until the cause of effects have been satisfied, and there remains nothing to be judged – which happy ending is also a fact. For all humans are destined to progress to a condition of harmony with the laws that make effective these judgments.

While on earth, these laws operate, and continuously humans are being “judged” for the causes that one starts into existence, and the after-death judgment is only a continuation of what started when the soul was in the flesh. Of course these judgments, become more intensified after souls have left their earth lives, because one must try to realize that the expression “After death, the Judgment” has a greater significance and is of more vital importance than saying that judgment is with everyone during all their mortal lives.

God is never an angry God, rejoicing in the satisfaction of a penalty being paid by one of his erring children, but always a loving Father rejoicing in the redemption of his children from the suffering that a violation of the law of harmony exacts with certitude. Human beings are their own bookkeepers and in their memory is recorded all the thoughts and deeds of their earth life that are not in accord with the harmony of God’s will. The judgment is not a thing of a day or a time, but is neverceasing, so long as there exists that upon which it can operate. It deminishes in proportion as the causes for the inharmony disappear. Judgment day is every day, where the law of  compensation is working. “As a soul soweth, so shall it also reap,” is as true as the fact that the sun shines on the just and the unjust alike.

 Amen

Continuation of previous Blog, message from Ann Rollns, James Padgett’s grandmother.

In contrast to the Second, Fourth and Sixth Spheres, the Third, Fifth and Seventh are the ones appropriated for spirits who are seeking the development of their souls in Divine Love. The spirits in these spheres are just as highly developed in their mental and moral qualities as are those in the spheres before described; for with soul development in Divine Love comes mental and moral development as well.

But this development of the mind is not the chief thing for which these spirits seek. Every desire and aspiration they have is suborinated to their effort to obtain divine love to the highest degree. And they have never reached a limit to their progress, in contrast to those who seek the mental and natural love development.

These spirits frequently make their start by recollections of when they were taught and believed that God loved them. You see here illustrated the saying, “Except ye be become as little children, ye can in no wise enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” But many of these spirits have no childhood recollections of this kind, so then comes the work of the higher spirits who have been redeemed by the Love of the Father.

In all this you can see how God respects the independent will of his children. No one is forced to seek His Love, but He waits until they learn that what they thought was sufficient for their happiness is not; and realizing this insufficiency they become dissatisfied. Then with such dissatisfaction comes the wish to learn the great unknown of desire, which at last causes them to feel their dependence upon a Source of happiness not emanating from themselves.

I have in my imperfect way attempted to give you a description of the several spheres, and of their character and purpose. You may believe what I’ve told you, for it is true. You will see the great advantage in striving to enter the spheres of the soul, leading to the Divine Heavens. You will not only gain soul development, but mental and moral development as well. Then you shall understand the saying, “Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.”

I have written a long letter and must stop. So with all the love of a devoted grandmother, I will say, goodnight. Ann Rollins

Adapted from a message received by James Padgett, from his grandmother, Ann Rollins, published in The Gospel of God’s Love.

When a spirit enters the spirit world, its condition determins where it shall first abide. In a large majority of cases, their first home is in the earth plane, or lower levels of the First Sphere. It’s condition is the same as when on earth – the same ideas of right and wrong, beliefs and desires, prevail.

Sometimes this condition will last for many years, then again, a change can come comparatively soon. Their change of condition depends frequently upon the friends or relatives who try to help instruct the newly arrived spirit. If these helpers are developed in intellectual pursuits, they will tend to direct the spirit along those lines. Similarly with the morally developed helper and, those who have received the Love of God into their souls.

But more depends upon the spirit itself; its condition upon arrival here brings with it all its beliefs, desires and affections, and these determine the direction of its progress. It is easier to influence a spirit to pursue a spiritual path when that spirit, while on earth, had an awakening to the love of God, even to a smal degree. The same principle applies to every condition of the spirit.

Such spirit, following the natural inclination of its condition, will endeavor to get into that sphere where the greatest opportunities for developing its interests are located. This is in accordance with spiritual laws. God has provided these several spheres, qualifying them for the purpose of their creation. All spirits have a choice which path to follow; there are several planes in every field of interest, to provide opportunity for the spirit to progress into higher levels in their field of interest.

The 2nd, 4th and 6th spheres are appropriated for spirits who desire to develop their mental and moral natures. Spirits must, of course, pass through the intervening spheres, but they don’t linger long in the 3rd or 5th sphere because the qualities which they are attempting to develop, are not given much attention there. However, the fact of passing through the soul-spheres does not indicate that the spirit will receive any development of their soul qualities; for the contrary is true – a spirit in the Third Sphere possessing the Divine Love, has more soul development than one living in the Sixth Sphere who does not have this Love.

To be continued…

John, the Apostle, through James Padgett (early in the 20th century): I am with you trying to help you develop your spiritual nature, so you’ll be better equiped to receive our truths. Then they may be transmitted to the waiting world, so humankind may learn the only way to God’s Kingdom of Love and Immortality.

Doubts as to the teachings of Christianity are permeating the minds of many of their members. They are nominal Christians who know nothing of the Divine Nature of the Father and his plan for their salvation Their perceptions of God are blunted and they tend to worship out of a sense of duty and feel that it’s the right thing for them to do. Their prayers are mostly those which come from their lips, or from a kind of blind intellectual belief. Their longings do not enter into their worship and, as a consequence, their petitions for God’s Love go no higher than their heads. They think that the blood of Jesus saves them from their sins; all Orthodox Christians are taught to believe this, but that does not make it a fact or a Truth.

From a different message and a different Celestial Angel: The regeneration of the human soul is caused more by quiet meditations on God’s Grace of Love and Mercy, and by the silent longings of the soul, rather than by the emotions which arise from the fervid and persuasive sermons of preacher or evengelist. These may arouse the dead soul to a realization of their need to reconcile with God, but so often these emotions do not bring the soul into rapport or unison with the Father, as do silent prayers and meditations.

There must be sincere, soulful longings and aspirations for the Love of the Father. These longings do not generally arise from the emotions produced, especially if such emotions are of fear, created by picturing an angry or vengeful God. But notwithstanding their false beliefs, when these peoples’ prayers actually aspire for God’s Love, he knows the sincere longings of their hearts and his Holy Spirit conveys Divine Love to their souls, then they become at-One with him to the extent that they receive that Substance of Grace.

Even though they have false beliefs, yet they are receiving God’s Saving Grace, which is working to redeem and transform them. Have Faith and Pray to progress spiritually, and you’ll be blessed with  the saving Grace of God’s Love.

Amen

Message from Jesus, found in “The Gospel of God’s Love”, page 371, received on July 8, 1915, through James E. Padgett.

I want to continue writing on the subject your grandmother was explaining, about the efforts of the spirit world to show humankind the Truths of the Father.

I know that it will be difficult to help humankind believe in communications that may come through mediums, and that the churches will antagonize the reception of such, but I want to tell you that there will be such power exerted by the spirits of God’s Kingdom that no efforts on the parts of the antagonists or churches will be able to withstand the efforts of these spirits. Just as soon as mortals get into condition to receive these truths, they will be given all the power necessary, and the truths will come with such force and exactness that the erroneous beliefs will have to give way and let the truths that I speak of take their place.

I know it will be difficult to get the human mind into condition to receive these communications, but it will be accomplished. Humanity is now longing for God’s Truths, and their longings must be satisfied. No longer will form or ceremony and mere declarations be sufficient. The mind’s credulity must be considered when the teachings of the churches are exposed to reason, as well as to the knowledge of spiritual laws which may be obtained. These souls will hunger and thirst for God’s Love and the way to obtain it must be satisfied.

I know my Kingdom of Love will be established on earth in a fuller way than ever, and my teachings will be believed in with greater confidence, not as a god to be worshipped, but as a brother and friend, who is able to show the way to the Father’s Love and the soul’s salvation and immortality.

It is important to develop good and righteous mediums to convey these great truths. Physical phenomena do not enlighten the soul as to its destiny and which road to follow to reach God’s Kingdom. I will try to influence many mortals to get into psychic condition so that they may receive these truths and thus do an important work for the redemption of humankind. Remain consistant in your work and increase your faith, there will soon be many who engage in the same work.

I must stop now. Your brother and friend, Jesus

Excerpts from The Gospel of God’s Love, The Padgett Messages. Received from John the Baptist, September 7, 1915.

I come because I want to encourage you to pray more. The Father’s Love is waiting for you to fill your soul to its upmost, and the only thing required on your part is prayer and faith.

We all are interested in you and want you to get into a condition that will enable you to continue receiving the Master’s messages; the time is ripe for them to be delivered to humankind, so they can begin their work of redeemng souls from their false beliefs and erroneous doctrines. I, John, tell you this, for I can see that human beings are longing for the truths of God – such truths as will remove from their spiritual beliefs all superstition and error; such truths as will accord with the reasoning of the people who are not biased by erroneous beliefs.

These truths will be easier for the mere materialist to receive and understand than by those who are bound by the beliefs which the creeds and dogmas of the churches have inculcated. This revelation of God’s Gift of Love will be more easily accepted by those who have no preconceived ideas about God’s nature and relationship to his children, rather than the learned theologian, or the simple worshippers at the alters of churches who believe whatsoever may be told them by priest or preacher.

(Question asked about baptism) Well, I have been interested in the great amount of discussion on that point and how the belief, one way or the other, has caused those calling themselves ‘Christians’, to form distinct sects. If they only knew that it does not make a particle of difference to their soul’s salvation whether Jesus was immersed or sprinkled, they would not let the bitter feelings to arise that frequently do in discussing this matter. As this water was merely symbolical of the washing away of sin and error, and did not actually accomplish that great necessity, it does not make any difference whether the recipient of baptism was immersed or sprinkled.

It is strange that humans who profess to have received the forgiveness of their sins and have become reconciled to God, should let a trifling thing of this kind cause so much strife and bitter disputations.

I will stop now. Your brother in the Christ Spirit, John the Baptist

Amen

“I was not a Christian when I lived, and did not die a Christian, notwithstanding all the fantastical things which have been written about me and my conversion to Christianity. When I came to the spirit world I found myself in darkness and suffering, realizing I would have to pay the penalty for the sins committed by me on earth. All the masses which were said for the benefit of my soul never helped me one particle to get out of my unhappy condition. I knew nothing about the divine love or the true mission of Jesus, and found that my sins had not been “washed away” as the teachers had told me they would.

Many long years I remained in this condition of darkness without finding any relief by reason of the mystical workings of Jesus’ atonement, nor through the help of the gods in whom I had been taught to believe by our philosophers and religious teachers. But after a time, the light of truth which Jesus came to teach, broke in on my understanding soul. The Divine Love of the Father commenced to flow into my soul, and continued until I became a possessor of it to the degree that I was carried to the celestial spheres. Here I now am – a redeemed, pure and immortal soul, having undoubting knowledge and conviction that I possess in my soul the divine essence of God, and certainty of eternal life in the Celestial Kingdom.

Before closing I wish to say, with all the force that I have, that only the Divine Love can save a soul from its sins and make it at-One with the Father in his divine nature. Let creeds, dogmas and man-made doctrines take care of themselves, and learn the truth, and in that truth abide. For truth is eternal and never changes. No decrees of mankind, or dogmas of church tradition, or creeds of ecclesiastical conventions, so solemnly adopted and declared, can make that a truth which is not a truth. Your brother in Christ, Constantine.”

Luke adds his thoughts: I desire to confirm that it was Constantine, the Roman Emperor, who wrote. He was pleased that he could correct some historical errors that have existed concerning his true position as to Christianity. He was scourged by his conscience before he got out of his condition of darkness and suffering.

 Continued in The Gospel of God’s Love.

I was the Roman Emperor, and died as the head of the Christian Church.

I wasn’t really a christian and did not understand the true principles of the christian teachings, but I adopted  Christianity as a state religion because of political purposes, added to my desire to destroy the power of my antagonists who were believers in, and worshipers of the god’s of paganism.

I was a man who cared not in the slightest whether the cross or the symbol of the oracles was the true sign of religion. My great desire when I made Christianity the state religion was to obtain power and the allegiance of a majority of the people of the Empire. The christians were very numerous, and were persons of such intense convictions that I knew that when they once gave me their allegiance, I would have a following that could not be overthrown by those who were worshipers of the old gods. These people were not so much interested in their religious beliefs, individually, as to cause them to have such convictions as would interfere with any religion that I might establish. Their beliefs were not the result of personal conviction, but were merely those that had been accepted by their ansestors and transmitted to them as a kind of inheretance. They believed in the gods and the oracles as a matter of course without ever having made the objects of their beliefs matters of investigation. Truth was not sought for and hence conviction was a mere shallow acquiescence.

During all the time of my office as emperor, I never changed my beliefs, and never accepted the teachings of the Christians as a revelation of truth. And in fact, I never considered such a matter as religion worthy of serious consideration. Many doctrines were proposed and discussed by the ecclesiastical teachers and leaders of this religion, and those doctrines were approved by me which were adopted by a majority of these leaders as true. I let these leaders fight their own battles as to doctrines, and when they decided what should be accepted and declared by the church to be true, I approved the same and promulgated them as binding upon all the followers of the Christian faith.

So I did not establish the canonicity of the Bible, or determine the doctrines made binding by the conventions of the church, I only gave them my sanction.

To be continued…

Thoughts are things which have the ability to lead us in a positive and loving direction or the other way. It is up to each individual to choose what they want their life to become; Happy, fulfilling, productive and helpful, or not. A person who has an upbeat attitude, and looks forward to challenges of the day, with anticipation of a positive and helpful result, will be more likely to acheive that goal than one who is apprehensive.

Now, of course, this refers to dealing with material situations and events. The more important part of a human being’s life is spiritual – their soul. It behooves a person to learn that they are a child of God. And that they can start developing the love-nature of their soul as soon as they realize that they have the free will to think thoughts of their own choosing. Accept that you are a beloved child of God. God created all souls in his image. We have the amazing potential to change that image into the very Substance of God’s Soul through prayers. Prayers are thoughts which come from the heart.

Humility is the Touchstone for an entrance into the Kingdom of God. Love is the Key that unlocks the Gates of Heaven. You have been given a will so free, that even God will not interfere with your free will chioces. So you see, it is entirely up to you to hold positive and loving thoughts in order to develop your souls condition to become at-One with God in the Nature of Divine Love, or not.

Suggestions: Speak to God from your heart. Thank your beloved Creator for all the blessings you’ve received. Do your best to put your love into every situation; be kind and helpful. Become sensitive to spiritual laws which have governance over everyone’s life; You reap what you sow. If you want to experience positive and loving events everyday, learn to become a positive and loving person.

Spiritual laws work unfailingly at all times. The mind of human beings can act-as-if they are in control, but they need to learn that spiritual laws have the last word. Even when they believe they have acheived their goal it will not prove satisfying, unless their goal was reached through a loving  motive, with desires to help them develop their love and come into harmony with God’s Will. You have the opportunity to progress, or not.

Amen

Message titled, Laws of the Spirit World, from The Gospel of God’s Love.

The great challenge is to make a start. This principle applies to mortals as well as to spirits, if the start on a Truthful quest be made on earth, the mere fact of becoming a spirit will not halt the progress of the spirit. If the start be a false one, based on things other than Truth, instead of progress continuing when the human becomes a spirit, there will need to be a retracing of the way, and a new start made, in order to get on the right road.

This applies to the progress of the mind as well as to the progress of the soul.  The mind of a mortal learns many things which seem to that mind to be the truth, and which, in its opinion, must lead to progress and greater knowledge. But when earth life gives way to spirit life, that mind may find that its basis of knowledge was in error, and that to continue in the way it had been moving would lead to increased error; and consequently, that a new start must be made.

Frequently, the retracing of that mind over the course that it had followed, and the elimination of errors that it had embraced is more difficult, and takes longer to accomplish than the learning of truth does after the mind makes its correct start. So the mind of great learning is more of a detriment, and retards more the progress of a spirit in the ways and acquirements of truth than does the mind that is a like a blank-that is, without preconceived ideas of what the truth is on a particular subject.

This unfortunate experience exists to a greater extent in matters pertaining to religion than any others, because the ideas and convictions which are taught and possessed of these religious matters affect innumerably more mortals than do ideas and convictions of any other subject. A spirit who is filled with these erroneous beliefs, which he may have been taught from early childhood, and fostered upon by him until he becomes a spirit, is the most difficult to teach and convince of the truths pertaining to religious matters. It’s often easier to teach the agnostic, or even the atheist, of these truths, than the hide-bound believer in the dogmas and creeds of an earthly religion.

Amen