Message from Ann Rollins, Padgett’s grandmother. Published in The Gospel of God’s Love, on page 56.
“God is not in man or material things, as regards His personality, only the attributes of God are in these things. God is not the creator of all things that appear to have an existence, for many things which influence and govern the conduct of human beings are entirely of their own creation, and are not in harmony with the laws of God or His will. When it is realized that there exists, in the souls and minds of humans, evils that are not in harmony with God’s creation, you can readily see that God cannot be and is not in such souls and minds.
“Nor are His attributes always within humans. Two things cannot occupy the same place at the same time; so, as regards spiritual philosophy, two things cannot occupy the same soul or mind at the same time – especially when they are antagnoistic or opposed to each other in their qualities or fundamentals. Until one vacates its occupancy, the other cannot come in; this is invariably true of the creatures of God and those of man which are not in harmony with God’s laws and will.
“God is the Creator and is altogether different from His creations. While certain attributes of God may find lodgement and habitation in the souls and minds of men, yet God, himself, never finds lodgment, and is never a part of such existence. God is as distinct from these creatures of His as are the thoughts and desires of men distinct from the man himself.
“God is in His heavens, and those heavens have a locality, just as the different spheres, in which spirits have their homes have localities; God’s locality is way beyond the highest celestial spheres, and towards which spirits are always progressing. And the more they progress, the closer they come in contact with these attributes of God, which are flowing from Him.
“Even Jesus, who is the highest of all spirits, and the one possessing more attributes of God than any other spirit, has never seen God (except by the perceptions of his soul), nor ever realized that God is in him or forms a part of him. Mistaken and deceived are mortals when they say or believe that God is in them or that in Him they live and move and have their being.” To be continued…