From Samuel, of the Old Testament, in The Gospel of God’s Love, on page 213.
“I am the same Samuel whom the woman of Endor called from the spirit world, and as I come to you tonight, I came to her at that time – only my purpose is not the same and I am not the same spirit in my qualifications. I am now a follower of Jesus’ teachings, and know what the divine love of the Father means, while then, I did not. I was a spirit living in comparative happiness, existing in the consciousness that I had done my work on earth and was then enjoying the repose of the righteous – for as we understrood that word then, in both the mortal and spirit worlds, I was a righteous man.
“I come to you tonight because I see you have been chosen to do the work of the Master in his efforts to show humankind the way by which they may partake of the nature of the Father and obtain immortality. How much more humans (and spirits) are blessed now than when I was a mortal. My God then and your God now are the same, but His great gift of divine love was not available then. You and all mortals should recognize the great advantage you have because of this gift, and the gift of Jesus to demonstrate how this Love may be obtained. It can be received into the soul, freely, without mental exercise of a high order, but by the longings and aspirations of the soul to become part of the Father’s divinity. The ways of God are wonderful and mysterious, and while His plans may seem to be working slowly, yet they are working surely, and will be accomplished in the fulness of time.
“I know that Moses commanded the Jews to love God with all their souls and minds, and many did strive to do so, but in practice their love was often limited; this I know, for when they had succeeded in obtaining what they wanted, they often forgot to love God. And thus it was that Saul sought my help; he thought he had forsaken God and that, as I was in the spirit world, I could intercede in some way. He did not seek me through love of God, but through fear that God would direct wrath upon him.”
To be continued…