Excerpts from The Gospel of God’s Love, on page 219:
“I am now a follower of the Master and want to add my testimony to that of others who have written that Jesus is alive and ruler of the Celestial Heavens, and is now working among mortals and spirits to show the way to eternal life and the divine love of the Father.
“When I lived on earth we didn’t have the privilege of knowing what that love was, we only knew that there was a God and that God loved us and wanted us to live correct lives on earth, and thereby receive his blessings and all the rewards in the future that an obedient life would bring. But as to this greater Love, which makes angels of all who possess it, we had no knowledge, nor had we been taught by our seers or prophets that such Love existed. And, as I now know, the privilege of obtaining it did not then exist; only with the coming of Jesus came the availability of that Love again to mortals and spirits.
“But God had for us a natural love, and we had for God a love which when fully purified would make us obtain a happiness that is beyond all conception of human happiness. But even of that happiness we had little knowledge. We had only glimpses in the teachings of our prophets, that such happiness might exist in the future life.
“I was a lover of God, as I then understood what God was; but such love was not that which arose from my conception of him as a tender, loving Father, but more as a stern God, always watchful and ready to punish for disobedience to his commands. And yet we also believed that when we obeyed him and did his will, he would reward us.
“So you see, the God of my days and the God of the present, as we now perceive him to be, are not similar. All people should now understand and believe that Jesus, the Christ, brought to the knowledge of mortals, the possibility of their knowing the true God of Love and Mercy.
“It was long years after Jesus came before I received this Love, or believed in the great truth which he taught. I was so satisfied with my happiness as a purified spirit that I thought there could be no greater happiness.” To be continued…