FATHER DIVINE Serving at Rock;and Palace, N. Y. C.
Many criticize and condemn GOD due to the lack of understanding and for this cause HE patiently explains in the Message HE gives gratis to mankind daily, the real significance of what has always been a mystery to men -- the Scripture -- although it is plain to see they have in many instances made their interpretations to justify their deeds.
Since criticism of the only hope of their Redemption, the Salvation of humanity -- FATHER DIVINE -- will cause many souls to be lost, HE condescendingly repeats and stresses from time to time the same points, that those who may not have heard them explained before and those who may have allowed them to slip from their minds, might have every opportunity to know the Truth, and hereby be set free.
Our Heavenly FATHER, we truly thank THEE!
(The foregoing statements are those of the transcriber, and following is FATHER'S beautiful Message on this occasion.)
PEACE EVERYONE! Here you all are and there I AM -- there I sit and here you stand! There I go and here you come! Aren't you glad! I have arisen at this instance to say it is good for us to be here in the Unity of the Spirit, of Mind, of Aim and of Purpose as usual, but it is better and better as you go on in this way, when you realize from a spiritual point of view there is ONE Who cares for you, ONE Who has fought your battles mentally and spiritually from a psychological point of view through forty-two different generations B. J., ONE Who was the Propitiator and the Mediator; ONE Who was and still is the Mediator and "Intercessioner" for you and all living creatures -- it is a privilege!
I would like to say, whilst you think at times many thoughts and hear many things, GOD today with or without a Body is Eternally the Same! With this recognition you would be substantiated in faith, you would be unshaken in confidence, regardless to the consequences. It would be immaterial to you what may be said or done -- "If GOD is for you, who can be against you?"
And whilst thinking the other day, I thought for consideration -- as I sit, I stand, I speak, I move! There are those at times who look at ME, they may think that I, as being termed GOD to millions, AM imperfect, impaired or limited in some way. If there be any limitation concerning ME, it must be the limitations of you, for your limitations should not be -- that is, if you Know ME!
What said the Scripture concerning the mystery, yea, the Gospel, as to the Verifier and the Fulfiller of the Scripture?
'HE took upon Himself our infirmities and bare our diseases, and by His stripes ye are healed.'
If perchance a question would come to you -- in other words, an assertion or
statement would come to you -- "I heard," or "I saw FATHER sneeze
at the table; I believe," or, "I see HIM to be imperfect." If
you know the Gospel, if you know the Scripture, if I AM Who you say I AM, those
who are real followers of Jesus, they are the ones who should not be coughers,
neither sneezers; neither should they have the slightest infirmity or imperfection
or any reflection of an undesirable condition.
If you take it religiously from the Jewish or from the Christian Religion,
'HE took upon Himself our infirmities and bare our diseases";
therefore, you should not have any! GOD is the only One Who should be afflicted!
GOD is the only One Who should be sickly! GOD is the only One Who should be weakly
or imperfect -- but not you!
If you know ME or if you do not know ME; if you believe in GOD at all, what said I in the Law, yea, through Moses?
'If you love Me, keep My Commandments, I will bless your going out and I will bless your coming in; I will bless you in your storehouses and I will bless you in your baskets; I will bless you in the fruit of your lands and in the fruit of your cattle; I will bless you in everything you lay your hands to; and whatsoever ye do, it shall prosper.'
GOD is the only One Who should not be prosperous! If you know anything about
the ALMIGHTY; if you know anything about GOD at all; if anyone should be in any
of these conditions as impaired or imperfect among the people, GOD is the One,
for HE is bearing your infirmities! GOD is bearing your diseases! GOD is bearing
imperfection from every angle expressible; therefore you are the ones should
be perfect, for I have declared,
'Here you all are and there I AM!" I have declared, "There I sit and here you stand! There I go and here you come!'
If the Words are True according to the Scripture, yea, and the Gospel combined, GOD is the One Who has borne the infirmities of all mankind. Then why should they bear theirs? Why should they bear them? Every living creature as a person believing in GOD or believing in Jesus from any angle expressible whatever, they are the ones who should be emancipated from every undesirable condition, and if there be any sense of affliction, imperfection or anything expressible that would be undesirable it is imposed upon the ONE upon Whom you are leaning, the ONE on Whom you depend.
But over and above every mortal version, over and above every opposition, as GOD is Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent, GOD is victorious over all conditions, even though HE has taken them upon Himself, such as your infirmities and all of your diseases.
Take these thoughts to consideration! If you would but stop to consider the mystery, even though you do not believe in ME Personally, you should be the ones if you believe in GOD from any angle expressible, to be the perfect expression. You should not be an imperfect expression, but you should be the perfect expression; for GOD has taken on your imperfection and given you His Perfection! Is it not written,
'HE came as the poorest among men, yet making many rich?'
For this cause I do not claim a thing as a Man among men, but the Presence of
My Name of Whom you say I AM -- all I need is My Name and My Spirit and My Mind
-- but as far as things are concerned on the material plane, I do not Personally
need or claim them. That is the mystery. Therefore, tell it to the people when
anyone comes to you and says anything like that -- a thought or mind or anything
of that kind, one coming from the invisible realm --
"Why, if you are a believer in GOD, you are the one should be the perfect
expression, as GOD has given you His Perfection and taken on your infirmities."
The illiteracy of men! GOD, through His condescension, came in them! In the ignorance of men and in men GOD came as the least among them, that they might take on His Omniscience and be taught Wisdom from the Infinite Mind.
How glorious it is then, I say, to know your GOD! Even though impart I all Omniscience to you, all the Omniscience of your GOD still remains the same, even though through My condescension to you I have imparted those things to the children of men. But if I will to express from that point of view, it is My Privilege to do so justifiably, as I plainly declared through the prophetic age by prediction:
'HE took upon Himself our infirmities and bare our diseases, and by His stripes ye are healed.'
Can you not see the mystery? It has been said in some places, yea, in some parts
of this country and in other countries, if you are bitten by a reptile that is
very poisonous, if you catch a live frog or a live chicken, young chicken, and
cut him open alive and place him on the place that has been affected by the serpent,
this chicken or this application will draw all of the poison out of your system.
It will no longer be in you. It will be drawn from you; therefore, the remedy
that they use for the purpose is the one, or is it of which will be filled with
the poisonous condition of your system that has been drawn from your system by
this application.
The Message of GOD as given through the Scripture and as given through the Gospel and the Apostles and the Epistles, the Message of GOD is applicable to each and every living creature -- not only those of you under Christendom, but under all creation the application is applicable. It can and it will draw from you all of your infirmities, all of your sickness and all of your diseases and all of your poisonous conditions in your physical and mental system.
Then, you should be the expressers of Perfection instead of imperfection, for GOD made Himself sin Who knew no sin; therefore, you are not the ones to reflect the slightest reflection of sin -- especially since CHRIST came!
How glorious it is to realize you have Someone on Whom you can rely! You have Something on which you can depend, recognizing the Actual Presence of your GOD, the Author and the Finisher and the Savior of all mankind. Take these thoughts to consideration.
My Spirit, My Life, My Words and My Mind, they all are applicable to the children of men as a Redeemer and a Savior of them. If you are sick physically, an application of the Spirit of My Presence with this recognition, will heal you of your afflictions, sickness and diseases. If you are sick mentally or spiritually, an application of this recognition by living according to My Teaching will give you your real emancipation and you will be able to tell the nation GOD is a Living Reality among you.
How glorious it is to live in the Actual Presence of GOD, where GOD is on active duty and at Home at all times as the Author and the Finisher, the Hope and the Salvation of all humanity, by the recognition of His Presence and by the application of it according to the Plan and the Purpose, for His Message, HIMSELF, yea, His SPIRIT, is applicable for each and all of us. How glorious it is to live in such a recognition!
All of your dark clouds of doubts and fears can be dispelled from among you! Every undesirable condition existing in your mentality or in your system can be eradicated and dispelled once and forever, for GOD with such a recognition where HE is present, is the actual Dispeller! Dispel I your fears, your doubts, your wants and your cares; and all negation from your mentality and your system will be dispelled and the conditions thereof eradicated once and forever, if you will but Love HIM wholeheartedly!
We are not asking the people to believe. I will put My Belief in your mind and I will put My Mind and confidence in you, and I will cause you to go in the way you would not go.
'Behold, we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn the whole body about.'
If this is true Biblically speaking, or inspirationally by the Spirit as given
by the Apostle in the Epistle, even so is it with you with whom I come in contact
daily. I put My Spirit, My Mind, My Ideas and Opinions in you and cause you to
believe and see and know and endorse ME, even if you do not wish to go with ME. >
What do I care about your prejudices? What do I care about your human fancies, pleasures and their tendencies? I will get in you! I will fascinate you and be so fascinating to you as a Fascinator, you cannot control yourself. That is what I will do! That is a good way to control you! It is indeed wonderful!
I will just make you love ME so, you won't know what to do! I heard you sing and I heard you say, "HE is so fascinating!" I will play with your heart as much as I please! It is MINE, and who can hinder ME! I said, it is MINE -- now who can hinder ME! Aren't you glad!
You feel good when you know it, too! When I contact the heart, it causes your soul to rejoice! It causes your body to feel good! This MAGNETIC CURRENT of GOD'S INFINITE LOVE transcending your fondest imagination of heaven, is bringing the heaven to the earth among men, where you thought it had never been.
Now, it is immaterial to ME what you think or say! I AM not bothering about those who believe and those who do not believe. I will enter into heaven if the door is closed! I will get in your heart, I will get in your mind, I will get in your soul and I will have and will take full control and none will hinder ME, for I have declared, "Here I AM and there you are, and yet here you are and there I AM! Here you come and there I go" -- the same as it has always been -- the EVER PRESENCE of GOD among men being ALL and in all among them, although they did not know HIM. I thank you.
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