I have learned that spirits, who were leaders in spiritual movements and found out, after they became spirits, that their doctrines weren’t truthful, did what they could to correct the errors. This is a monumental task, even when it involves trying to make corrections in their churches which still exist in the spiritual realms.
Perhaps you can imagine that these spiritual leaders were joyous to find a medium, such as Mr. Padgett, through whom they could convey their apologies for their erroneous teachings. But it is impossible for their message to reach many of their followers who still worship in their churches. It seems that even when people realize that their beliefs aren’t true, they still have difficulty changing them in their hearts and minds.
From Martin Luther’s message: “I write this for the benefit of my followers, so that they might learn the vital truths of their salvation, and change their faith in the death and blood of Jesus, to a faith in the rebestowal of the divine love; and in the further truth that Jesus was sent to show the Way to that Love, and that he thereby and in no other manner became “the way, the truth and the life.”
“I know that the acceptance of these truths will take from them the very foundation of their beliefs, and that many will therefore refuse to accept what I declare here. But nevertheless, they must accept, for truth is truth, and never changes, and those who refuse to accept it on earth will, when they come to the spirit world, find themselves in a condition where they will see and know that their old beliefs were false and rested on no solid foundation. The danger to many will be that when they realize the utter falsity and non-existence of what they believed to be true, they will become infidels or wanderers in spirit life, without hope of salvation or of becoming redeemed children of God.
“I fully realize the errors of my teachings on earth, and the responsibility that rests upon me for these teachings which are still spreading, and I am almost helpless to remedy them. So I write this message, hoping it may be published in your book of truths.
“I, Luther, the one time monk and reformer, declare these truths with all the emphasis of my soul, based on the knowledge in which there is no shadow of error, and which I have acquired from experience.”Amen