Message continued, from Luke, in The gospel of God’s Love, page 207.
“It is known that the early Christian fathers had bitter disputes as to what was the “word of God” and what should be accepted or rejected among the writings antedating the manuscripts of the Bible. Many manuscripts purporting to be the “word of God” were rejected as such, because they could not have been God’s Word since they did not agree with what some bishops of the church “thought God’s Word should be.”
“During the period between the earliest writings of the church fathers and the time of the actual occurence of the things which these writings are supposed to correctly describe, there were many changes made in the writings that I left, as well as in those left by other original writers.
“Even the epistles of Paul, which the thelogians and Bible students claim have more authenticity and greater certainty than the Gospels or other epistles of the Bible, many changes were made between the time of their writing and the time of the execution of the manuscripts of the fathers of the early church.
“Within that one hundred and fifty years, the truths of the spiritual teachings of the Master had become more or less lost to the consciousness and knowledge of those who attempted to reproduce the original writings, because these men had become less spiritual, and their thoughts and efforts had become more centered on building up the church, than on attempting to apply, teach and preserve these great spiritual truths. The moral precepts then became the dominating objects of their writings and teachings, as these were more easily comprehended by them, than were the precepts that taught the way to the new birth of soul through the divine love.
“I declare with authority that the authenticity of the Bible as the “word of God,” cannot be established, for in very many particulars it is Not His word, but on the contrary, contains many assertions of truth that are diametrically opposed to His truths, and to Jesus’ teachings.”
The only way one can establish truth in their own heart and mind, is to pray, with sincere and heartfelt longings, to know the truth, to do God’s will, to be blessed by the Holy Spirit, and to receive an inflowing of God’s Divine Love. Our souls need to be prepared, and transformed by God’s Love, in order to understand spiritual truths. Amen