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Published in The Gospel of God’s Love, page 421, recieved in 1915.

“I want to tell you of my experience in progressing in spirit life. When I passed over, I was received by your grandfather, and by my own dear mother who had been in the spirit world for so many years. She was then living in the seventh sphere and was a most beautiful and happy spirit. Now she is far up in the celestial spheres; she occasionally comes to see me, and tells me of the great beauty of her home, and other wonderful things.  

“Shortly after I passed over, I progressed to the Third Sphere, and thought that there the very seat of heaven must be, because my happiness was so much greater than I ever anticipated.

“When I first entered the spirit world, I confess I was disappointed, because I did not see the Father on His throne, and Jesus sitting at His right hand, as I had been taught to believe. But it was not long before I realized that such belief had no foundation in truth; that God has no “throne” such as the writers of the Bible had declared, and that His spirit has no form in the sense that I had been taught to believe.

“After living in the Third Sphere for some time, having received much instruction from spirits who lived in higher spheres, and having received a great abundance of God’s Love, I progressed to the Fifth Sphere, and found a wonderful home of beauty and harmony among spirits who had received the Divine Love to a degree which gives us all this great happiness that I tell you of.

“In some planes of this sphere are spirits who have not received the divine love, but who have developed great moral and intellectual qualifications; but they are not so happy as were those who had received the great Love of the Father. They give their thoughts and works to things that pertain to moral and intellectual progress, rather then to the development in divine love.

“It may seem strange to you that these spirits could live in an atmosphere where so much of God’s Love was manifested by the spirits who had received it, and yet not realize that this divine love is the one thing absolutely necessary for their further progress beyond the sphere of the perfected human.” To be continued…

Ann Rollins message, continued, found in The Gospel of God’s Love, page 430.

(Mr. Padgett’s grandmother told him not to believe everything he’s reading in the book just because it came from spirits.) “The explanation is that the spirits, whose communications you read, have never learned the truths taught by the Master. They only know what they’ve learned from what they’ve read or what other spirits told them. The spirits who don’t know about the teachings of the true and only way to God’s Celestial Kingdom, as taught by Jesus, have not learned of that way, so do not pay attention to what they say.

“There are certain great assembly places in the spirit world where higher spirits meet and discuss various plans they think will benefit humankind and the lower spirits. The Master has attended these meetings and given his advice and encouragement. Part of Jesus’ work is to help All spirits and mortals find happiness, even though they may never become inhabitants of the celestial spheres.

“God loves all his creatures; and the Master is doing all he can to help them find happiness. He has helped in these assemblies, do good for all spirits, yet he is the Father’s greatest instrument in showing the way to the higher heavens.

“If these other teachers will not believe the Master’s message about the only way to the Celestial Kingdom, they alone know why, and will have to bear the consequences. Not all spirits are able to see these great truths, any more than mortals are. The higher spheres in which these ancient seers and wise men live, are not the Celestial Heavens. They will always be nothing more than natural love, human spirits, refined and free from sin.

“Yes, I have met Paul, Peter, John and James, and others of lesser development. They are all in the Celestial spheres, and are very happy, yet they go to the lower spheres to do the work set before them. No spirit who has not received the new birth can enter the Celestial spheres. So the spirit you speak of has never seen the home of John, and never will unless or until redeemed by the Father’s Love. I do not think these mortals who claim that they entered the higher heavens, ever entered above the third sphere of the spiritual heavens.

“I must stop now, with all my love, I am your grandmother, Ann Rollins

Message from Ann Rollins, James Padgett’s grandmother, published in The Gospel of God’s Love, pages 429 – 432.

“As you know, I am in the same sphere with Helen and your mother, and we are very often together, though we live in different homes. Soon I will leave them for a higher sphere, and they say that they will soon follow.

“Well, I want to tell you a little about the spirits in this sphere. All the spirits here have received and possess the great Love of the father. Mere intellectual acquirements are not sufficient to fit a spirit for this sphere. If a spirit realizes the gate is closed to them, it is because they have not this Love. But then, the great happiness that exists here could not be enjoyed by the mere mind, for the mind is limited in its capacity for happiness. I sometimes think that if mortals could be permitted, for only a moment, to realize what this happiness is, they wouldn’t let their lives slip by without making great effort to prepare themselves for these celestial spheres.

“Our time here is occupied in helping one another to learn more of the Father’s truths, and in helping spirits who live on lower planes. I do not come to the earth plane very often to help other spirits or mortals; but of course in your case I am so bound by my affections that I am with you quite often – and more so with that darling daughter of yours; for I am her guardian angel, and so long as she lives I will be with her to help and guide her.

“We are engaged in the study of things that pertain more to the spiritual things of life than to things of the other worlds of the universe. While a knowledge of these material things would be very interesting, yet our thoughts are turned to the more important truths of God.

“Yes, we all have our libraries and homes, as Helen has told you; but there is a difference in these homes, depending upon the amount of Love which spirits have in their soul.

“Do not believe everything in the book you’re reading just because it’s said to be written by spirits – because the information given depends upon the spirits’ condition; some may tell the exact truth as they conceive it to be, yet it  may not be true.” To be continued…

From Luke, of the Bible, published in The Gospel of God’s Love, page 160.

Recap: Soul’s possessing Divine Love have knowledge of their immortality – they know that they possess that quality of God that is Immortal, and that as this Love can never have an ending, neither can that into which it has entered and found lodgment.

“The preacher’s arguments were strong, and, in the ordinary workings of human’s minds and reasoning powers, may convince them that immortality is a proven fact for all humankind. But when properly analyzed, it will be seen that these arguments are not conclusive – hope is stronger than fact, and humans have not the assurance that for them immortality holds out its desired arms of certainty.

“Well, I thought I would write you this message upon the question that you and the preacher have been meditating upon, in the hope that he might not depend upon the strength of his argument for establishing the fact of immortality, but would see and become convinced that the only way to ascertain and acquire the true immortality is by seeking for and obtaining the Divine love, and thereby having his soul transformed into the very essence and nature of God.

“I am glad that I can write to you again, and that your condition is so much better than it has been, and permits a rapport to be made. Pray more to the Father and believe, and you will get in the condition that we so much desire.

“I will not write more, Goodnight. Your brother in Christ, Luke”

Editors note; I usually focus on a main point of a message, but in these last 3 Blogs, I have copied the entire message titled, “True Immortality,” from Luke. I don’t always know why I make certain choices, I hope it’s because I’m following angelic guidance. I feel that this subject, ‘life-ever-lasting’ is difficult to grasp. I tend to believe that if a person’s life is a struggle and they aren’t finding peace and happiness, they may not wish to live forever.

The angels messages indicate that our continued life in the spirit world will be more wonderful than earth life, when we develop our souls in God’s Love, or even if we purify our natural love. So it’s something we can look forward to and strive to acheive during our life on earth. Our main job is to develop love nature, and the Source of Love is The Heavenly Father. Amen

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Continuation…from Luke about Immortality. Published in The Gospel of God’s Love, page 159.

Recap: Luke wrote that Only God is Immortal and without His Immortal Love, He would not be a God. “That being a fact, this great quality of Love must be Immortal; and into whatsoever this quality may enter and form a part, that thing must necessarily be immortal as well. Then this Love of
God brings immortality, in the true sesne of the term, and when it enters into the soul of humans, they possess it and their soul becomes immortal.

“Not all things of God’s creation are immortal, for in a shorter or longer time they perform the object of their creation and their existence is no longer required, and they become disolved into the elements of which they were composed. Human’s physical body, for this reason, is not immortal, for after a short life on earth it dissolves and is no more. Their spirit body is primarily of this evanescent character, and it may be that in the course of eternity it will have performed its mission and cease to exist. We do not know this; neither are we assured that it is not true, because it is dependent upon the continuous existence of the soul for its continuous existence, and not all souls will receive a portion of the Father’s Divine Love. It may be that at some time in the future a soul without this Love may exist and become no more a creation of the Father.

“But this we do know: that whatever partakes of the Divine Love has in it that which is necessarily immortal, and can no more die than can this love  itself, and hence must be immortal.

“So when humans speak or teach that all humans are immortal, they speak that which they do not know – only God Himself knows that fact. And from the mere exercise of reason, humans are justified in saying that those humans or souls that do not obtain the divine love are Not immortal.

“While the soul’s immortality has never been demonstrated to be a fact, yet we do know that the portion of humankind whose souls have received this divine love are immortal, and can never cease to exist. The great comfort and blessing that this possession brings is the knowing that they are truly Immortal, and possess the nature of God.” To be continued…

There are Blogs about “Immortality,” posted on February 17, 2012, but the reasoning mind struggles to understand spiritual truths until it receives a larger portion of God’s saving Grace through prayer. This message is from the writer of the third Gospel of the New Testament, and published in The Gospel of God’s Love, page 158.

“I was with you today as you listened to the discourse of the preacher upon the subject of Immortality, and saw that you realized that he did not have a true idea of what the term means, and thought how much you would like to tell him of your knowledge of the subject. Well, I understand just how you felt about the matter, and am in sympathy with you in your desire, and hope that sometime you may have the opportunity to converse with him on this subject and give him your conception of the truth.

“It is the subject of so many sermons and theories, yet few have a true understanding of what immortality is. Most understand it only in the sense of continuous life, and then in addition try by argument and inference to attach to it the idea of “never ending” – that is, of the continuous life being so established that it can never be ended – and in this they satisfy their longings and desires. But you see that this inference is merely one that is drawn from the desires of the preacher, and that they have no true besis upon which to found their conclusions. Even as to the ordinary things of life, they would not be willing to risk an important decision upon a basis no better established.

“As is said in the message that you have received from Jesus, immortality can be derived only from that which is immortal, and all arguments that merely tend to show that a thing “must” be immortal because of the desires or intentions of God do not suffice. It is utterly impossible to derive immortality from anything less than which is immortal in itself, and to attempt to do so by argument or inference is merely a fruitless exercise in logic.

 “Only God is Immortal; and that means that His very qualities and nature  are immortal. Among the qualities of His being is the supremely important one of Love. Without it, God would not be; His existence would be less than a God.” to be continued…

Recap; John stated that when a soul receives Divine Love from God, it becomes a new thing and never again can it relapsse into the soul of its origin. “Because of the qualities that it then possesses, it becomes immortal, and such immortal nature can never be taken from it. It is now a thing of love and purity and immortality – and consciousness of its true condition is always with the spirit that has such soul.

“This transformation is gradual, and humans must not think that by a mere act of conversion they have at once become possessed of the nature divine, for such is not the fact. The transformation comes according to the susceptibility of the soul to receive this Love of which I speak.

“But when once the inflowing of the Love commences, it continues eternally. Although there may be times of stagnation, and apparent loss of this divine essence, yet always is the transformation taking place. And at a certain stage in its progress, the possession of this Divine Love will be so great that the original soul (or its original qualities) will entirely disappear, and leave only the new qualities which the Divine Love has implanted in it. The leaven when once deposited never ceases to work until the whole shall become leavened.

“I will not write more tonight, but only further say that this condition of transformation may be obtained by all human beings, if they will only seek for it in the proper way, and with faith.

“I will soon write again. In leaving you, I give you my love and blessings, and the assurance that I am helping you in your efforts to carry forward this work. So, my dear brother, goodnight.

“Your brother in Christ, John”

I feel exceedingly blessed to have found these wonderful messages from the angels; and then to have taken them to heart and prayed for the inflowing of God’s wondrous Love. I hope more people in the world will want to become at-One with God, and born again in Love. When we pray for forgiveness and mercy, God bestows Divine Love upon us. Pray from your heart to know the truth; pray to do God’s will in your life and to develop the highest potential of your soul. Pray to do your best and God will do the rest. God bless you, each and every one, and keep you safe and happy. Amen

Message, from John the Apostle, titled, The Transformed Soul, found in, The Gospel of God’s Love, on page 27. I had started typing this message, then lost it; when I started again, I was more inclusive of the entire message, which then required two Blogs. In December 2010, I had, again, been considering how long to make each Blog, when I “heard” one of my guardians say, “Why don’t you make them all 400!” (words) I said, “Okay!” Later the original Blog “showed up,” and I moved it to trash.

John’s messge; “I come tonight to tell you that you are in better condition than you were last night and that I desire to write a short message if you think you can receive it. I will not write very long and what I shall say will have to do with; The condition of the soul when and after the Divine Love flows into it.

“As you know, the soul, in the condition in which humans possess it before the entrance of the Divine Love, is not a part of the great Oversoul. It is only a special creation, made in the image of the Father, having in it the natural love which was conferred upon humans at the time of their creation, but not having in it any part of the divine nature of the Father, or necessarily immortal.

“But when the Divine Love enters into the soul, and it becomes permeated, as it were, with the divine essence, it then takes on the divine nature of the Father. To the extent that it receives and possesses this Love, it becomes at-One with God, ceasing to be a mere image, and becoming transformed into the Substance. The soul in this condition is altogether a different entity from the soul in the condition in which it was created, and no longer subject to the domination of either the mind or the animal appetites and desires. And hence, the spirit possessing such a soul is, in essence, a part of the Father – or as Jesus said, “is in the Father and the Father in it.”

“Now do not understand that such soul is the soul that humans originally possessed, only with increased development of purity and goodness or freedom form sin, because such is not the case. Such soul, by such transformation, becomes a new thing, and never again can it relapse into the soul of its origin.” To be continued…

Third Blog from message titled, “The Longing is Quicker than the Thought,” explaining James padgett’s mediumship qualifications.

“All things in the spirit world, as well as on earth, are controlled by immutable laws; all spirits as well as mortals, are subject to these laws. The law of rapport and communication must be complied with by spirits, no matter how much elevated, and also by humans; no spirit, by reason of the possession of any power, can set aside this law.

“While spirits don’t have this power, yet they may have knowledge of conditions that they can discern what qualities in a human are susceptible to the influence and molding by the spirit, so that the law may be brought into operation. And this, briefly, will explain why I selected you as my medium and mouthpiece.

“For know this: for a long time I have been endeavoring to influence your mind and beliefs so that your soul might become developed in such a way that would enable us to make a rapport and convey these messages of truth. You were naturally a medium, and for ordinary purposes it was not difficult for the spirits to convey information about the spirit world, which are not of a nature in reference to the relationship of God to humans in the higher spiritual sense.

“There is another phase to this, more personal to you, and it’s that while we have been developing you for the purpose of doing our work and make effective our mission, your soul has been developed in its spiritual nature, and has become in closer union with the Father, and has partaken a large portion of His Love, so to a degree, has been transformed into His essence. You have become a different entity form what you were when your development for our purposes commenced. So, you will derive all the benefits that flow from an experience such as you’ve had.

“You are now one of us in the progress towards the Fountainhead of the Father’s Love, and have taken on part of His Immortality. It depends upon yourself how rapid your progress shall be towards a complete transformation. You need not wait until you come to the spirit world to make rapid progress.

“I have written long; remember my advice, pray often and earnestly, if but for a moment, and the condition will be yours, and we will  continue our revealments.

“With my love, I am your brother and friend, Jesus”

Continuation; Jesus’ message in The Gospel of God’s Love, page 364, titled, The longing is quicker than the thought.

“As spiritual longings ascend to the Father, they are heard and answered, and by a law of your relationship to God, affect the qualities of the brain in the way of preparing it for the union with the spiritual thoughts of the spirits who desire to write. Your thoughts of spiritual things and of truths of the spirit world, as they have been revealed to you, and especially those which pertain to the Love and mercy of the Father, also affect the qualities of the brain to produce the condition which is necessary for our rapport.

“It may be surprising to you that this condition is required in the brain of a human, in order that a rapport may be made, so that a spiritual truth may be delivered. And also surprising that you have been selected as a person in whom this condition and development shall be made. There are certain qualities in your constitution, both spiritual and material, that render you susceptible to the influences of our powers, which led us to choose you for the work in which I and the other spirits have heretofore used you.

“It may seem strange that, in all the long ages preceeding, I have not found one human who met all the requirements for this work. I have used others before, but they did not submit their minds and souls, beliefs and forethoughts to our influence and directions to the degree that you so far have done. Many people have had the required conditions of spiritual and material makeup to perform our work; but as they all have free wills, which we cannot compell, and as circumstances, education and beliefs are all elements which affect and determine the possibility of our using a particular medium, we had not been able to find a suitable instrument previously.

“You were not selected because of any special goodness or freedom from sin, or because you were more beloved by the Father or by reason of any spiritual condition that you were in, for there were others superior to you in goodness, and more in at-Onement with the will of the Father, and whose love nature was more perfect than yours. So you realize that you were not selected because of any special spiritual merits you possessed.” To be continued…