Continuation of Ann Rollins’ message, in The Gospel of God’s Love, page 54.
“Life emanates from God, but life is not God. It is only one of His attributes, conferred upon the objects of His creation that they may live and grow and fulfill the designs of their creation. And when that purpose has been accomplished, He withdraws from them this attribute of life, and mortals realize that fact. God has not, Himself, ceased to be part of that object, for He never was a part of it, but only that attribute has ceased to be a part of the object.
“God is the source and origin of All life, but that life is one of His creatures, as we say, as are humans or other creations of matter. Humans only live, move and have their being in the attributes of God. So you see, not all these attributes together constitute God, for He is a personality from which all these attributes flow.
“I know it’s difficult to comprehend the full purport of what I intend to convey, but you may in some way grasp my meaning. Love is a greater attribute even than life, but love is not God – just as love is not humans ( it is their greatest possession, when it exists in purity). As humans have many attributes, which all together do not make the person, so God has many, and yet they are only parts of His nature, and not Himself.
“Humans have a physical body and a mind, and yet they do not constitute the person, for they may lose both these and still be the mortal, or spirit. The soul is the real person (or ego, or personality), and all the wonderful parts of humans such as the mind, affections, desires and will are merely parts of them. If they were deprived of any of these, they would still be the human, though not as perfect a person as when they have all these attributes performing their proper functions. And God is not God by reason of having all these qualities, but these qualities exist because they are attributes of God.
“God is soul and soul is God, and in this soul does His personality exist – without “individuality,” but real and existing and from which flow all these attributes of life. If God was in humans, no sin or error or thing which violate His laws would exist. Amen