This beautiful and very timely Sermon given by the Adjuster of the hearts and minds of each and every living creature universally, is indeed to be taken cognizance of by all who are pressing onward and upward along the road of Eternal Life!
Herein does our LORD explain clearly the mystery, yea, the significance of giving GOD Thanks and Praises and abiding in the Holy Spirit of GOD through self- denial and Consecration.
Read, therefore, these Priceless Words, and imbibe the Spirit and Meaning of same! If you will but put into daily practice these simple fundamentals, great will be the Reward, for GOD shall constantly Hover and Protect and Love those who will Let Go and Let GOD have control!
Thank YOU, O Infinite Savior and Redeemer of all Creation!
(The foregoing statements are those of the transcriber, after which is firstly
recorded the inspirational song sung just before FATHER arose to speak.)
The Rosebud Choir
Exalting the Name of
FATHER and MOTHER DIVINE
FATHER DIVINE, Your Works be crowned, Your Almighty Fame proclaim!
Through all the nations of the earth, revered, renowned Your Name!
YOU have taught us to love Old Glory, enact the Virtues for which she waves;
By Your Righteous Stripes YOU have created this Indivisible American race!
We'll exalt Your Name forever, send Your Praises ringing through the air!
Behold the fruits of Your Righteousness! Behold the Life of Christ Conceived!
You have raised up a Righteous Nation, unto the Glory of Your Holy Name,
For this Virginity Your Virgins exalt YOU, Exalt Your Name! Sing Your Praise!
For this Righteousness we Praise Your Name!
(FATHER speaks as follows:)
PEACE EVERYONE! That little composition is not a supposition; it is not anything you just imagine; by inspiration intuitively and volitionally, if you are open- minded, you will praise My Name! I need no praise as a Person for My Personal benefit, but for your sake it is Advantageous to you to give someone Praise!
When your hearts and your minds are filled with enthusiasm, appreciation, thanksgiving and continued praises, your whole body will be illuminated and awakened by the Spirit of My Presence and you will feel as though you are walking on air! That is why I say, it is not a supposition, it is the conscious realization of those who have been awakened through self-denial and consecration and have been volitionally giving GOD thanks and Praises!
How marvelous it is to realize such a Conviction and such a volitionated expression of Thanks and Praise, how they will Free you from every barred and shut door and from every adverse and undesirable condition, for I have long since declared,
'Stone prison walls and iron prison bars cannot hold ME, for I AM Spirit and Spirit Personified!'
But the Spirit is just as operative and expressive with the Body as it is without
it! For your sake then I have declared volitionally and by composition, "Praise
GOD'S Name!" When you Praise GOD automatically and inspirationally, yea,
intuitively, GOD is praising you! Can you not see the mystery? ("Yes, FATHER
Dear!" responded the entire congregation.) And when you try to condemn GOD
for anything, you condemn and bind yourself instead of setting yourself free
from barriers and limitations, from adverse and undesirable conditions!
This is not a supposition. I AM making this declaration known, for to you I AM declaring it -- for the future and for others to whom it has not been given, this is a prediction. If you give GOD Praise and Thanks for the Blessings you have received and are now receiving, your Blessings will be increased and will be multiplied by as many more continually, so long as you consciously and sincerely give GOD Praise and Thanks in all of your ways and actions -- for I have long since declared,
'Actions speak louder than words!'
You can speak in the actuated Words of Expression and you can tell persons of
whatsoever you are doing in your daily actions and your daily transactions better
than you can tell them in words that are spoken orally from your lips!
For this cause you should rejoice and be glad to know you have the Key to Life, Health and Happiness! You have the Key to Success and Prosperity! You have the Key to Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding! You have the Key to your Real Emancipation from all adverse and undesirable conditions and from all Criticism and from all Superstition by giving GOD Thanks and continued Praises!
It actually Heals your Physical Body! It makes you New! It changes your vile bodies in fashion like unto His Glorious Body, whether you know it or not. Aren't you glad! ("So glad, GOD Almighty!" declared the entire assembly joyfully.)
In the atmosphere surrounding these audiences it is an atmosphere in reality! I have changed the atmosphere! I have contagionized the atmosphere with the Spirit of My Presence as the Atmosphere in the ether is actually filled with transmitted and broadcasted messages and concerts you cannot hear, you cannot see, you cannot feel, saving by the apparatus that has been invented to catch that which is in the ether! Can you not see the mystery? ("Yes, LORD!" came the response in verification.)
The Spirit in this mystery of which I AM now speaking, causes you to throw up your hands! Why? Because there is something up there! You do it unconsciously! There is Something up there magnetic, electrifying the atmosphere in which you are living! When you are moved volitionally you throw up your hands; it catches you just above your head! It is Wonderful! Wonderful! WONDERFUL!
That is, when everybody is giving Thanks and Praise in all Sincerity, Conscientiously and Devotedly, you are receiving an Electrical Charge of an Infinite Current that comes directly from the Infinite One!
If you do not want to give GOD Praises and Thanks, it is Better to Do it because you know it is Good for you, since I told you so! If you are sick and want to get well! If you only want to Praise GOD and give GOD Thanks for a selfish purpose, so you can get well and healthy and be rejuvenated and filled with enthusiasm -- if it is only for a selfish purpose it is essential and necessary for you to do it so that you might express it more effectively, as though you had been giving praise to another. Automatically, by your Praises and Thanksgiving, over and above your criticism, accusation and would-be condemnation, if it could be, you are receiving Volts of Electrified Energy from the Infinite; Electrified by the Presence of GOD in His Mighty Love and Compassion for you all, to give Victory over every difficulty, over all adverse and undesirable conditions as you continue to give Thanks and Praises!
This is not a supposition. To get in a stupid and a sluggish mind and feel like finding fault and criticizing, feel like condemning GOD, the very Energy of your Being, the very Energy of your Heart that Motivates the Heart-beat and even Every Thought you think -- the Energy that is the Inspired Substance of Life within you -- when you try to Condemn It you are Preventing It! -- Preventing It from having Access for expression, because you are shutting it off! You are not harmonizing with it! You are detaching yourself from It, and therefore, the Current will not penetrate or will not be transmitted, because your mind cannot get it when you have detached yourself from It! I thank you!
(As FATHER shortly thereafter left the Holy Communion Table and returned to His Office, the atmosphere still carried in it the Electrified Charge of His Holy Words of Spirit and Life. Thus it was that our LORD continued speaking to those present as follows:)
It is wonderful! Wonderful! WONDERFUL! I was just thinking about how when you get out of the Spirit and stop praising ME, first thing you know you will be sick! Then they have a good alibi; they can't half praise ME because they don't feel good! The first thing you know, they will be dead!
Secretary: When it could have all been avoided!
FATHER: Thoughts are Things! Accusation and condemnation, and especially when you begin to find fault with GOD -- even if you think it, but much more so when you act it and express it in the actuated words -- for then it takes a-hold of your physical body immediately! But when you think it, it may take a-hold of you mentally and spiritually, and after a time it may seize your physical body as it has seized you or as you have seized it mentally and spiritually!
Your physical body is the outward expression of your mental and spiritual conception! So it is something to consider! It is well worth considering.
(And with this last thought imbedded deep in our hearts and minds, FATHER ceased speaking on this subject.)
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