Message continued from John, found in The Gospel of God’s Love, page 13.
“God’s gift of divine love is greater than faith or hope, because it is the real substance of the Father, while faith and hope are qualities which humans may possess by their own efforts, and which are given them, so they may realize the possibility of obtaining this love. They are the means – it is the end and fullness of their exercise.
“Humans must not believe that all love is this divine love, for it is very different in its substance and qualities from all other loves. All humans have, as part of their possession, the natural love, and they need not pray for a bestowal of that, although since it has become defiled by sin, it needs to be purified from this blight, and the Father is willing and ready to help mortals obtain this purification. But the divine love is not part of human’s nature, nor can they obtain or possess it ‘except they seek for it.’ It comes from without, and is not developed from within.
“It is the result of individual acquirement, and not the object of universal possession. It may be possessed by all; or it can be possessed by only a few; each person must determine for themself whether it shall be theirs.
“With God there is no respect of persons; neither is there any royal-road to the obtaining of this love. All must pursue the same way, and that way is the one that Jesus taught; the opening up of the soul to this love finding a lodgment therein, which can be brought about only by sincere prayer and longings for its inflowing.
“This Love is the life of the Celestial Heavens, and the only key that will unlock the gates; and when the mortal enters therein, all other love is absorbed by it. It has no substitute, it is of the divine essence, and the spirit who possesses it is divine itself. It may be yours; it may be all humans – and it may not. You must decide for yourself, not even the Father can make that decision for you.
“In closing let me repeat that God’s Grace (divine love) is the greatest thing in all the universe, and not only the greatest, but the sum of all things, for from it flows every other thing that brings peace and happiness to God’s children. Amen