The Realness of God on Earth

"When I Convince You God Is Present with You in Reality, God Will Be to You
as He Was to the Waters upon Which He Moved Creationally, in the Beginning of the Creation,
and Spoke into Visibility the Earth That Was Invisible!" --- FATHER DIVINE

Our FATHER'S Sermon at the Holy Communion Table Circle Mission Church, Home and Training School
764-772 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA. Saturday December 13, 1952 A.D.F.D., Time -- 7:15 P.M.


FATHER and MOTHER DIVINE

FATHER and MOTHER DIVINE.

(SONG)

'YOU are no longer a vision, no longer a dream,
YOU are REAL! REAL! REAL!
YOU have answered our prayer for the Kingdom to come
On earth among men, and Your Will to be done!
Your Deity cannot be denied, for YOU are
PERFECTION PERSONIFIED!
YOU are no longer a vision, no longer a dream,
YOU are REAL! REAL! REAL!


FATHER Speaks as follows:)

PEACE EVERYONE! That little song as just sung, to those who recognize it to be, to you it is made true! But I had thought to say in reference to the speaker at the right, or left of the Table, when she mentioned how she was broken up, all out of shape in every way, and how My Spirit intuitively healed her -- as I often say, it is not anything I do as a Person but My Spirit will do it, for as in the beginning of the creation, according to the historians, it was Spirit and Spirit Alone, without Flesh, Body, Blood and Bones, moved out upon the face of the waters and began that creation of all creation, and spoke into Visibility and into Outer Expression the Tangibilized Earth as we observe it. It was marvelous to behold, no doubt, even at that time! GOD as Invisible, Speaking into Visibility the Earth that was Intangible and Invisible; bringing it into Observation, in other words, Observable -- Observability, the Earth Itself, having the ability to be observed! Aren't you glad! ("So glad, LORD!" came the joyous exclamation.) Yet it was the Spirit of the LORD invisibly, moving out upon the face of the waters and Speaking into observation the things of GOD'S Creation that were not observable!

So, when the speaker mentioned how she was restored to health, and shaped and fashioned in a perfect shape and form, and all of her deformity disappeared, how Marvelous it is to observe the Visibility of the Blessings Tangibilated and Materialized, so that you might realize GOD is no longer a vision, no longer a dream, but GOD is REAL! REAL! REAL! ("So true, LORD!" exclaimed the Congregation with joy.)

So long as you observe GOD suppositionally, superstitiously, imaginatively and not realize Something Tangible, Real and Practical, you cannot get away from the criticism of the materialists, the agnostics and atheists. But how glorious it is to observe the Reality of GOD, surpassing all agnosticism and surpassing all materialist's versions, to bring into your experience GOD'S Actual Presence to be as Real and Practical as the negative!

You have often heard men say,

'Evil communications corrupt good morals. Ill qualities are catching as well as diseases,'


but the majority of them stop there. They do not emphasize the fact that Good Qualities are Equally Catching! They believe that the wrong can be made Real but they do not believe the Right can be made Real! They believe that the "other fellow" can go rampant through the land, visible, personal, and conquering the inhabitants of the earth. But oh, how glorious it is to realize, GOD is just as Operative and Expressive as the "other fellow," and just as Tangible, yea, Tangibilatable, Materializable and as Much Materialized and Personified as the "other fellow"!

Nevertheless, from the foundation of the world it was essential to get your foundation on a Principle and not on a Person! Can you not see the Mystery? ("Yes, FATHER Dear!" came the response.) GOD came Invisible and was without Flesh, Body, Blood and Bones; began this One Eternal Creation of ALL CREATION, doing those things without Flesh, Body, Blood and Bones, so as to let you see, when you come along, that GOD is not confined to Personality, GOD is not confined to Individuality, GOD is not bound nor confined to the Visibility of His Creation, since GOD is Omnipresent as well as Ever present; I mean, as well as GOD'S Everpresence is Operative, GOD is Ever Present and Expressive!

For this cause we do rejoice and we are happy to say today, as you have heard and have seen the demonstration of GOD'S Actual Presence demonstrating the Mastery over All Conditions and over All Circumstances, being Omnipresent, as I have stressed vividly -- it is not necessary for ME to see you Personally; it is not necessary for you to see ME Personally. For, as I say vice-versal: It is not necessary for ME to see you Personally and it is not necessary for you to see ME Personally, for the Presence of GOD is just as Operative and just as Expressive with or without the Visibility of HIMSELF or anything else! Aren't you glad! ("So glad!" came the instantaneous reply.)

For this cause we can say with the composition:

'HE is no longer a vision, no longer a dream, GOD is Real! Real! Real!'


(Loud applause rings out.) In your suppositions GOD is Real, but HE did not make HIMSELF known to be Real until HE Personified HIMSELF and made HIMSELF Visible, Tangible and Practical, and let you as well as others see, GOD is no longer a Supposition to be observed superstitiously, but a Living Reality, made Real, Tangible and Practical, and has become to be a Living Factor in the Hearts and Lives and Business and Affairs of All Mankind! ("So true!" came the response.)

I need not say more at this instant, but I thought to convey the thought as quoted in the Scripture:

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


Because you discerned the Body of CHRIST as Visible and as having been Personified, you have come into your Recognition and into your own conscientious religious Conviction of GOD being Real! Real! Real! But, as I say, thousands have been healed in Europe, Asia and Africa -- in places in this Country equivalently! They have been healed in those European Countries and places that are not so far as those in Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea, Korea and in Japan and in Russia, and all over! But I AM just as Operative in those places as I AM here where I AM Personally, and I need not go any place to find you! I need not go any place to bless you, for I AM There as well as Here, and I AM There to STAY! (Loud applause resounds.)

Metaphysically you have been taught, and you teach, a good many of you, the Omnipresence of GOD. If GOD is Omnipresent and if GOD is doing the Work by His Own Commission, then what you are trying to do may seem little. Truly might have Jesus said:

'They compass land and sea to make one proselyte, and make him fourfold more a child of (you know what) than they themselves!'


So then, I did not have to go to Australia! I do not even have to go to any of these local countries surrounding the borders of the U.S.A.! I mean, I do not have to go to any of those places Personally! I do not even have to go to Jamaica! I do not have to go to the Panama Canal, or any of the local countries or territories or islands! -- Great Britain, or Ireland! -- Switzerland -- or any of the local places, locally connected with this, Our United States of America! Since GOD is Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent, I AM just as Operative, I AM just as Expressive where I AM apparently Absent! And such a Conviction will solve your every problem -- for I have declared by composition as a motto for your consideration:

'The Spirit of the Consciousness of the Presence of GOD is the Source of all Supply, and It will Satisfy every Good Desire!'


This is not a supposition; this is not just an imagination, I say, it is the Conscious Recognition and Realization of MILLIONS! When I convince you GOD is Present with you in Reality, GOD will be to you as HE was to the waters upon which HE moved creationally, in the beginning of the creation, and Spoke into Visibility the Earth that was invisible! (Loud applause rings out.)

So then I say, live in this Recognition! GOD is Actually Present with you! (Again applause and shouts of joy ring out.)

So then when the speaker mentioned the healings that were taking place in Australia, some thirteen thousand miles away -- it's true, I AM just as Operative and just as Expressive There as I AM Here, although I have not gone to any of these places. I came to america that I might be called an American! (Thunderous applause and cheers burst forth.) But declared to be GOD in Person! (Again the applause and cheers are tremendous.)

AMERICA Shall be the leading nation of all nations! -- of all civilization! -- because America accepted of GOD in Person! Aren't you glad! ("Oh, so glad, GOD Almighty!" came the joyous exclamation.) Because America drafted a Foundation, a Constitution for the Unfoldment and for the Establishment and for the Giving Birth to the CHRIST Consciousness in this Nation, and to Institute the CHRIST Consciousness in this Nation as the Constitution of all Nations! That is what it is all about! That is why this -- this City of Philadelphia -- yea, the City of Brotherly Love, the Cradle of Democracy and now the Countryseat of the World, has drafted a Constitution, yea, a Charter, as a Foundation for the establishment legalistically for the Kingdom of GOD on Earth among men! (Loud applause resounds.)

That is why I AM speaking into Government and Instituting into Government, very explicitly, My Ideas and My Opinions, for they are Impersonal, they are Interracial, they are Universal, and they shall be Instituted in all Government Universally, for they are the Words of GOD for the Children of Men, wherein the Government shall be, or has been, or actually is upon His Shoulder! ("So true, GOD Almighty!" declared the entire Assembly.)

This is a beautiful world in which to live, is it not? ("So true, LORD!" agreed the Congregation joyously.) A world where you can live in Peaceful and Quiet Resting Places! A world where you are not ashamed of the Gospel of CHRIST, for it is the Power of GOD unto Salvation! A world that has laid the Foundation of the Kingdom of GOD by our Constitution of the United States, and the Kingdom of GOD is permitted to come and the Will is permitted to be done on Earth as it was, yea, as it is as though it was, in Heaven! (Loud applause rings out.) It is a Wonderful Place to be! ("Yes, it is!" exclaimed the Assembly.) If men do not observe it as yet, they will observe it, for

'HE rules the world with Truth and with Grace and makes the nations prove the Glory of His Righteousness and the Wonders of His Love!'


"The Government is upon His Shoulder!" Aren't you glad! ("Yes, so glad, GOD Almighty!" declared the entire Congregation.) Therefore, I AM Instituting in Government the Government of the Kingdom of GOD for which you all have prayed! -- and we are recognizing the Omnipresence of GOD and His Kingdom as among you all to be instituted in All Government Universally! -- and the Constitution of the United States of America must be Reckoned and must be Realized, for I have Demanded and Requested All Nations to UNIFY! UNIFY! UNIFY! I thank you!


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