"To Judge With Equity Means Righteousness, Justice and Truth In Legality."
---- FATHER DIVINE

A Good Qualification For President

FATHER DIVINE'S Message at the Banquet Table, 20 West 115th Street, New York City, N.Y.,
Tuesday, July 21, 1936 A.D.F.D. Time- 4:50 P.M.



Krum Elbow

Krum Elbow.

 

Peace Everyone! Here we are again as Spirit, and Spirit is as the wind you cannot tell from whence it cometh, you cannot tell whither it goeth. You come forth into expression in the way of expression according to your special calling, by your own individual volition. This is the mystery of the Spirit, and the mystery of those who are resurrected. Those who are born again, they move spontaneously. They take no thoughts for themselves, what they shall say, neither what they shall think or do. Now is not that Wonderful!

 

The Mystery Of GOD'S Presence

For this cause apparently, it has become MY Duty to stress again the mystery of MY Presence and MY volitional emotions expressed. If you are of the Spirit, you will not take thoughts what you are going to say; you will not take thoughts what you are going to speak, but you will still yourselves as individuals, and allow GOD to speak within you.

This is the mystery of the relaxation of your conscious mentality, the mystery of stilling yourselves as persons, and stilling yourselves mentally, stilling yourselves intuitively, and allowing the Spirit of GOD to move spontaneously without your power to think or control. This thought should be considered among those of you who are supposedly strangers. Those who are supposed to be strangers, you may think we have a regular custom of a set time to speak. I speak spontaneously! I move volitionally! I bring out the hidden mysteries because they come forth spontaneously, volitionally.

Whensoever an individual will move by his or her own individual volunteer volition, that person is moving beyond his personal control as a rule. They are moving by that Something within them, even though it may be negative or antagonistic. If it is negative or antagonistic it is the spirit of antagonism or negation that has full control over them. If it is harmonious, scientific, if it is instructive and if it is to be constructive, it will come from the Positive, the Real, the True and the Holy. Therefore it is the Spirit of the Positive taking control of you when you move volitionally and be governed by your highest intuition, and are controlled by that within you, in the positive direction.

 

The King and His Kingdom

Oh it is a privilege to live in the Actual Presence of GOD, where GOD is allowed to take full control of your spirit, your mind, your body and your soul and all of your affairs. That is what it should be with each and every one of you! If you allow the Spirit Itself from the Christ Consciousness, to take full control of your body as well as that which is termed your soul, it would not be very long before GOD would have full control over you over your body and over your affairs, as well as over your soul. When this is accomplished, GOD will be ruling and reigning over that which was termed your dominion and your existence.

Wheresoever a King reigns, there is where his kingdom is. If you will allow GOD to rule and reign in you and your affairs, by waiting continuously until GOD speaks or acts, GOD will take full control in the Name of the Christ, and your body, your spirit, your mind and your soul will be under the Jurisdiction completely will be under the Jurisdiction of HIM that liveth forever. Therefore you will no longer from this Individual and Dominion be severed, for as long as GOD rules on the throne of your mind, in you and over you, and over your affairs, the Kingdom of GOD will be visibly discerned there the same as it is in this Country we have striven to get, in other words, to elect, the very best men for President.

 

Humanitarianism a Good Qualification for President

If we elect a good man for the President, we believe by having a good man at the head of this Country as the Chief Executive, the country will be prosperous; the country will not go into war; the country will no longer be subject to the depressions and the hardships and the miseries the millions have been undergoing. You believe it will not be. Therefore, it is your dispensive duty to seek to get the best man for the Presidency you can secure in and under this Government. It would even be our duty if possible to seek one even that is not of this country or nation, if we could secure one that would be absolutely unselfish, that would be absolutely non-racial and non-national, but a great humanitarian for the good of all humanity, that would be free of all those mortal tendencies. We would be pleased to have one, if we could not find one under the American Flag. But according to the rules and regulations of our national Constitution, we find it essential to secure one from among us, whom we may term to be an American citizen. For this cause we will seek the very best possible, qualified for the Presidency. Hence, if we can find one, and the masses universally are convinced that he is suitable to be the President, we will elect such a man, and we feel sure that with this man as President, under his administration we will have success and prosperity and the nation will become to be more progressive than they were when the man was in office that was not so well qualified.

 

Elect Christ to Fill an Office

So it is in you, with you, and concerning you and your affairs. You have sought Righteousness, Truth and Justice, but you could not get it at the hands of wickedness. It was essential for you to seek diligently to find the Spirit of Righteousness somewhere, but as you sought it here, there and practically everywhere, through the different politicians, through the different organizations, and found it not, you found within yourself it was a hope that did lie silent and dormant, waiting for your conscious conviction and realization of the tangibilization of the Perfect.

By this, you found it was essential for Christ Himself to be elected! Oh it is a privilege a privilege to realize it as you found that Christ Himself was the only one found worthy! As John declared it in Revelation, the Heaven was searched oh it is something to consider and none was found worthy to loose the Seals of the Book; not until One crept out from underneath the altar it must have been the altar of your heart that you found worthy in your consideration to elect as the Rightful Elected One to be enthroned on the throne of your mind, and to reign as Lord of lords and King of kings, and bring all of your jurisdiction under the Jurisdiction of HIM, that the Kingdoms of this world, this earth, and all of your affairs, might be controlled by the Righteous King of all the earth.

 

Equality Is Righteousness, Truth and Justice In Legality

Then I say, the Christ has been elected in Righteousness, Truth and Justice in the Righteous Judgment of all of the people truly converted that they might live and be as Representatives with the Judge, the Judge of the whole earth, for HE shall judge then people with equity! "With equity", in the Scripture, means Righteousness, Truth and Justice in legality. Now isn't that Wonderful! With the Spirit of Equity we are now representing Righteousness, Truth and Justice as the Righteous Government under the Constitution of our great Country and it shall be universally established , and all mankind shall recognize Christ as King of kings and Lord of lords through legality.

I cannot stress it too vividly, for it is something unbelievable, but since the Condescension of Christ, with Love and Mercy and Compassion, to tangibilate Righteousness, Truth and Justice, we can recognize HIS Presence as a Living Reality. It shall be recognized through legality, and universally established! For this cause we are rejoicing.

 

Conversion To Christ A Necessity

Then I say, if you still yourselves as individuals and allow the Spirit of GOD's Presence to work within you, Christ as the Infinite will come to the surface, and will come forth into outer expression, and will be recognized. As He has been elected, now He is reigning Supreme over you and over all things; therefore none can hinder HIM! This is accomplished collectively and universally: This is the mystery mortal mind cannot understand: "How can Christ come in the midst of the children of men inn and on the commercial plane, in and among them whom are so materialistically inclined, and yet establish HIMSELF and Reign on the throne of humanity's mind?" They did not believe this was possible. But individually and collectively and universally, Christ is stepping from temple to temple, from individual to individual, conquering as He goes, by bringing them into subjection through His great Conversion! Now isn't that Wonderful! When this is accomplished by each individual bringing his or her body into subjection and living Evangelically, and moving volitionally, if you attempt to accustom yourselves to moving by appointment, by engagement and by manuscript, and by plans, rules and regulations such as the different Church rituals and other mortal expressions, you will be left in the rear; you cannot succeed if you will not elect the Christ in reality, as Lord of lords and King of kings, for you are bringing your bodies individually into subjection to HIS Inspiration and to His ever Impersonal and Personal Presence, that you might move volitionally and spontaneously, that you might not be seen nor heard but Christ might both be seen and heard in all you say or do!

 

Light Of His Presence Exhibited

That is why mankind cannot understand the great unfoldment of the Mystery of MY Presence, as I stand in the midst of them, because I have brought to the conscious mentality of humanity the significance of relaxation the significance of relaxing your conscious mentality, stilling yourselves intellectually and intelligently, that GOD might speak in you volitionally and you be hid once and forever, that GOD might be seen forever! That is why you can see the limitlessness of GOD's Righteousness, of GOD's Justice, and of GOD's Truth here manifested, because we have stilled ourselves as individuals. We are allowing Christ to speak spontaneously, volitionally and voluntarily. By so doing, Christ in the individuals is coming to fruition, and the Light of HIS Presence is being exhibited. Now isn't that Wonderful!

Truly might have He said,

'Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your FATHER which is in Heaven.'


The Light of His Presence here and now is being exhibited, that others might see it and also visualize it vividly, that they too as well as you might reflect it. When they reflect through concentration the Light I AM so freely giving, they too will begin to move volitionally and spontaneously. Their preconceived ideas and opinions will be stilled . GOD will still them when they are completely convinced, for Christ is rich and all you need; you need not take thought for these, what you shall do or say!

 

Christ Within Is All Understanding

Upon this Foundation if you will stand, moving yourselves only volitionally and voluntarily by your own highest intuition, you will apparently bring the Christ to fruition within yourselves as individuals. Are you conscious of the Christ within ? This will be accomplished when you shall have relax your conscious mentality wholeheartedly, and shall have moved volitionally through self-denial and consecration; you will come to the Conscious recognition and the realization of the Christ within, for your highest intuition through the inspiration of the Spirit of GOD's Presence causing you to move spontaneously and volitionally, will teach you Wisdom beyond the measure of humanity. When this is accomplished in you individually, you will be conscious of Christ within, for you will have Success, you will have Prosperity, you will have Wealth, you will have Health, you will have Happiness, you will have Wisdom, you will have Knowledge and all understanding transcending all human intelligence! If you fall short of any of these expressions according to MY foregoing statement, it is the lack of you being conscious of the Christ within, but to the contrary you have established some mortal concept or mortal version within, claiming this which you have established within to be the Christ within. But when you still yourselves, as individuals and live Evangelically wholeheartedly, with your spirit, soul, and your body, you will become to be conscious of the Christ within, for Christ will work volitionally and cause you to move spontaneously, and will govern you intuitively, that mankind might see and know, such Understanding, and such Light of Unfoldment, cannot come from human intelligence!

 

Instructive Instruction Always Right

Now those of you who are conscious of the Christ within, you may still your conscious mentality after you have recognized GOD's Presence, through a full and wholehearted consecration, and the reaction of your conscious mentality will bring into outer expression your version concerning GOD's Presence. Through you living it expressly, vividly, it will cause others to visualize it. As they visualize your conscious conviction and your version, they too will be partakers of your characteristics, and they will begin to express it with you.

I need not say more at this juncture. I believe I have brought to your consideration a few points that are worth considering. By this, if you will still yourselves individually, GOD will cause you to move volitionally. When GOD causes you to move volitionally, and instructs through you intuitively, it will be no longer you but Christ that dwells in you, when Christ has full control in you when Christ is Perfection in every expression in all of your emotions, in all of your actions, and in all you say or do! It is a privilege when GOD HIMSELF has full control, but so long as you are moving according to your preconceived ideas and opinions, through by concentration on the mortal concept of them, you will cause such conditions to result in your experience. Now isn't that Wonderful!

 

GOD Speaks Volitionally

But as I say, volitionally, is the outward expression of the True and Faithful who recognize GOD's Presence. You will not take thoughts what you are going to say, neither will you plan. As I say at times when those of our friends come and ask the question, "Are YOU going to speak this evening, or this afternoon, or tonight?" Or whatsoever time it may be, it puts ME to a stand-still, if I could stand still, to think of asking when AM I going to speak, for GOD is not man. But making plans, and speaking manuscriptly GOD will speak volitionally instead of manuscriptly! It is indeed Wonderful! Men have to do those things, because the human brains cannot bring forth these things that the Spirit of MY Presence can.

If you still yourselves as individuals, recognizing the Presence of GOD in reality, the spirit of your Conviction, through its reaction, will bring these thoughts and word into expression spontaneously and automatically, without your consideration! I need not take a thought what I am going to say, yet I can, if I will to, talk all day. In every phrase or expression I make, whichever, I can and will say something worth considering. It is Illuminating, for the Spirit of MY Presence is actually Illuminated, for GOD is Omnilucent and HIS Expressions are Illuminating.

 

Impersonal Contact Is Effective

Let us live in this recognition and dial in on the Fundamental continuously. If you are sick or afflicted; whatsoever your ailments may be; whatsoever you may think you need; if you will harmoniously contact ME your desires will be satisfied! The beautiful sunshine, it does not tell you to put your clothes out in the sunlight. You must know it yourself! The sun is shining bright! The sun will do many things for mankind, but mankind must place those things in the place where the sunshine can reach them. Get out in the sunlight of MY Understanding! Get in the Rays of this Love and Mercy, by contacting ME harmoniously and by living Evangelically! You will find yourselves receiving a treatment automatically without MY Conscious or Personal Consideration, for I need not Personally consider contacting you, neither you contacting ME, but as the sun shines and lifts the dampness from the earth, and causes the earth to return to its ordinary warmth, so will the Spirit of MY Presence bring to you, if you will but get out in the Sunlight of MY Love! It is indeed Wonderful! M.D.'s, Dr's and so called D.D.'s and metaphysicians, and other representatives, may think you must needs have a Personal treatment or contact, but since GOD is Infinite, HE needs not touch you neither need HE see you Personally, neither need you see HIM Personally, as GOD is OMNIPRESENT.

Contact ME harmoniously with the right concept and the Recognition of GOD's Presence as tangibilated. Your tangibilated condition will result harmoniously if you will but contact ME harmoniously and allow the Spirit of MY Presence to work automatically!

The less you try to see ME Personally for a blessing, the more outstanding and more distinct is your faith in legibility, when you will stand in your own integrity, knowing I AM with you when I AM apparently absent! Oh it is something to consider! For you may say you have faith. If you must needs see ME Personally, it is an outward expression of a conscious conviction to others, that your faith is not in reality the faith in HIM that liveth forever!

 

Seek GOD Refuse To Seek Man

I have those who come from far and near to see ME. Because they do not get to see ME Personally they feel as though I cannot help them. This is an open expression, by such a version, that their faith is not in HIM Who liveth forever, but their faith is in the limited concept of man, as a metaphysician, as a teacher, or healer, but not in HIM Who liveth forever, and forever.

It matters not what your condition may be, if you rightfully and harmoniously contact ME, your deliverance will come! But in most cases I find the majority of the patients and students need GOD, for they have tried everything else and it failed. All of the metaphysicians, and all of the teachers and leaders, and all of the preachers, and all of the M.D.'s failed you; therefore you need GOD. If you need GOD, why not seek GOD, and refuse to seek man! If you seek ME as I AM at least a million say I AM you will get an answer spontaneously. You will be convinced, for it takes nothing less than GOD. Man is a failure! If you see anything less than GOD anything less than Christ you cannot get help, for your case is a case that GOD alone can handle.

You have called on the Son, even. You prayed to the invisilibilization of the Son, and the invisilibilization of the Son may have come. If the invisilibilization of the Son came, I find you have been left the same. Your case needs nothing less than GOD and GOD tangibilated, materialized and personified, that your bodies might be redeemed in person.

'For this cause many are sickly among you, and some sleep, not discerning the Body of Christ.'


The BODY of CHRIST is the great essential for all of you who have studied Metaphysics. The metaphysicians, and all of the practitioners, they need the recognition and the realization of the Body of Christ by discerning the Body even as they should have discerned it. If you merely believe in the invisible Christ as Spirit and as Mind, GOD will heal and bless you accordingly, which will be invisibly. But if you believe in the Personified Christ, as the Personified Christ, in reality must be universally established with this recognition your physical system, your bodies, will be healed of all your ailments.

 

Word Made Flesh for Redemption of Earth

Because they did not observe the Body of Christ, that is the reason thousands of people today are sickly! That is the reason thousands of people today are in difficulties, they are in lacks and wants and limitations physically, because they failed to believe in the Body of Christ and realize GOD has been Tangibilated and Personified! The Word was made Flesh for the Redemption of the earth. The Word was not merely made flesh for foolishness. It is a Scientific Truth and you must understand it. The Word was made flesh for the Redemption of the Earth for the Redemption of all the peoples of the earth!

For this cause man in the likeness and image of GOD, Christ in the likeness and image of man has truly come.

'He came in the likeness of sinful flesh, to condemn sin in the flesh.'


Had I not come in a Bodily Form, the millions and millions of bodies the universe over, yea, even the thousands under the sound of MY Voice this evening, or this afternoon, would have still been living in sin. Their bodies would have still been living in vice and crime! Their bodies would have been filled with corruption, sickness and diseases of every kind! But I came in the likeness of mankind in a Body of Flesh, that I might redeem them from sin and death!

Just behold the thousands and thousands this afternoon, right here in this auditorium and dining room under the sound of MY Voice, who have been healed from sickness, afflictions and diseases in the flesh! Their bodies are redeemed from sin, from vice and from crime in the flesh --- therefore their bodies have been saved from death!

 

GOD Came In the Likeness of American Mankind !

This is accomplished because I Came in the likeness of the Americans American mankind as it may be termed. In their likeness and in their language I am speaking, that they might understand ME scientifically, that they might understand ME distinctly, that they might understand ME legibly understanding scientifically, distinctly and legibly because of the Tangibilization and the Personification of Christ, and because Christ came and speaks in their language that they might understand Him!

Then I say,

'In the likeness of sinful flesh, Christ came.'


By coming in the likeness of them Christ saved them from their sins not only saved their souls but saved their bodies, their minds and all their material affairs, even saved their houses and homes!

When Daniel was in the den of lions, his clothes he wore were not torn. Now isn't that Wonderful! When Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were in the fiery furnace, the clothes they wore and the hair of their heads were not singed, for the fire to them could not burn! This is the significance of the recognition of the Tangibilization of GOD! This is the significance of the realization of the Personification of GOD. What did they see ? Even the King saw it by an Eye of Faith! He cast in three, but behold, he saw the fourth; and that fourth One that was walking around there, HE must have been tangibilated apparently! HE must have been Personified apparently, for he declared HE looked like the Son of GOD!

 

Recognize The tangibilization of GOD

Then I say,

'The recognition and the tangibilization of GOD is the Redemption of your body and your soul.'


If you only recognize and realize the Spirit of GOD, the Spirit and the Mind will only be saved; your body will surely be lost. I AM talking about the Body of GOD! had not millions and millions recognized the body of GOD, where would their bodies be today? Thousands and thousands in this auditorium and dining room where would their bodies be today, had the Body of GOD not come? Now, isn't that Wonderful! Because the Body of GOD Came, behold, I observe the bodies of the children of men! I can see their bodies are now pure and clean! I can see their bodies are free from sin! I can see their bodies are Competent and True in the body! I can see them recognizing GOD your FATHER. I AM talking about the BODY of GOD! the Body of GOD Materialized for you could not behold the Glory, just as I have afore told you. Yea,

'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,'


but the word profited very little in the beginning, being with GOD. It profited very little as far as man is concerned, being GOD. But when the Word was made flesh,

'we beheld his glory as the glory of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and of truth!'


This is what the Word as tangibilated, the Body of GOD, has done for you! I thank you.


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