FATHER and MOTHER DIVINE
This truly glorious Sermon given on the day men deem in the world as Christmas Day; that day on which the Son of man was supposed to have been born in Bethlehem of Judea; is a Sermon which shall go down in the annals of history as recording another Glorious Birth -- that of the New Birth of Freedom given unto the children of men, this time by the FATHER in the fulfillment of the Promise of His Son.
Oh, how blest are we of this generation to be in the Presence of GOD Almighty, with the Conscious Conviction and Realization of His Personified Presence and His Ever and Omnipresence universally being felt and seen as evidenced by the Great Change being wrought by His Mighty Spirit in His Works throughout the nations of the earth!
Read our LORD'S Holy Words of Spirit and Life straight from His Precious Lips, and you too will be able to discern the profundity of His Glorious Work and Mission in the mystery of this wonderful parable HE unfolds to you and to all mankind in this magnificent Sermon!
Almighty GOD of the Universe, we thank Thee for Thy Blessed Coming here and now!
(The foregoing statements are those of the transcriber, after which FATHER Speaks as follows:)
PEACE EVERYONE! Good Health, Good Will, a Good Appetite, with Good Manners and Good Behavior, All Success and All Prosperity; Life, Liberty and the Reality of Happiness! These and all other Blessings this Administration brings -- as from the very beginning of the Christian Administration when the Wise Men came they portrayed the Truth of a Light that would light every man that cometh into the world, coming to worship One, as was said, that was born the King of the Jews!
CHRIST was not only the King of the Jews but Isaiah declared,
'Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the Government shall be upon His Shoulder! He shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting FATHER!'
The very same One that was supposedly born in Bethlehem of Judea was the One
of which Isaiah the prophet mentioned, and how He would not only be the King
of the Jews but the Whole Government shall be upon His Shoulder,
'And He shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty GOD, Everlasting FATHER and Prince of Peace!'
One writer puts it,
'The King of Peace!'
Therefore, the Wise Men, when they saw the Star in the East, they came to worship
Him, and they heard as though it were Angels singing,
'Glory to GOD in the Highest and on earth Peace, Good Will to men!'
It is a privilege to realize such Peace would and did come that would bring all
nations, languages, tongues and people into subjection to it Supernaturally!
-- not by armies and navies, neither by coercion from any other such manner of
expression, but by intuition and inspiration GOD in the Name of JESUS CHRIST
the Son came to bring Peace on earth and Good Will to men!
We are happy to say, as it has been said nineteen hundred years ago, there was no place found in the inn for Him! -- not confined to that of the Personage of Jesus, but there was no place found in the inn for Peace on Earth and the Unification of all mankind! That Spirit could not find a resting place in the inn, for those places were set apart as in this day we have taverns and cabarets, commonly known as inns -- and as it was then, so it is now. There was no place found in such places for Peace on earth and Good Will towards men!
For this cause that Child could not be born in the inn! Can you not see the mystery? ("Yes, GOD Almighty!" replied the congregation.) But how glorious it is to observe a nation is rising, rich in the Virtue of Brotherhood and Peace, where a man is a man and not a color, creed nor a race! We find that in those places there was no place found for Peace on earth and Good Will to men and where men would give glory to GOD in the Highest and have Good Will toward all men, but to the extreme reverse, such places as those were places that were found where men would blaspheme against GOD! - - use profanity, obscenity and blasphemy! In the inns, there is where such things are found -- blasphemy, profanity, obscenity and vulgarity! Therefore, there was no place found in the inn for Him!
But oh, how glorious it was to know that it was predestined to be that a KING shall Reign in Righteousness and Princes shall Rule in Judgment and a man shall be as an hiding place from the tempest and from the winds that blow! How marvelous it is to see that it cometh -- the Kingdom of GOD cometh not with observation -- cometh not as a man may have thought at that time that the King and the Kingdom would come, with armies and navies to take control of the earth physically. But when that Child was born in the Sonship Degree it was said by the Angels in the song the Wise Men heard them sing,
'Glory to GOD in the Highest and on earth Peace, Good Will to men!'
It is a privilege to realize that such Peace and such giving Glory to GOD in
the Highest could not be heard nor found in the inn, for just to the extreme
reverse, profanity, obscenity, blasphemy and every other illfamed expression
was used in the inn as it is today! Can you not see the mystery? ("Yes,
LORD!" came the reply.)
Think of your cabarets, think of your taverns on the highways and think of your inns where they serve all sorts of intoxicating liquors and drugs to influence the minds of the people in the way of profanity, blasphemy and obscenity! But it is marvelous to see that a Great change is taking place! GOD in the midst of you did not just begin to make it possible to take over inns, cabarets and brothels of different types and change them into Houses Prayer! Can you not see the mystery? ("Yes, FATHER!" exclaimed the joyful assembly.)
There are many places I could mention -- not just mentioning these most up-to-date first-rate hotels that are purchased, owned and operated by My Followers now, but the taverns, the cabarets and the road houses from years back that have been purchased, taken over, such as the Artist Colony in Milton-on-the-Hudson and many other places that were taverns and cabarets -- such that even carried the very name -- the inn! There was no place found in those places for Him, neither for His Spirit that was to come, until the CHRIST came -- He and His FATHER together -- and made the way possible for you to come into possession of such places as those that Jesus could not enter as an Infant! Can you not see the mystery? ("Yes, LORD!" responded the entire assembly.)
But oh, how glorious it is today! -- a Nation is Rising -- and in all of those places where there was vice and crime and sin and debauchery of every kind committed -- words of obscenity, profanity and blasphemy and vulgarity -- all such have been changed! Can you not see the mystery? ("Yes, GOD Almighty!" declared the congregation.)
I have called for Cleanliness Mentally and Spiritually where I said, Scripturally,
'Wherefore, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting Holiness in the fear of GOD!'
I AM cleansing the people's minds from all obscenity, from all blasphemy and
from all vulgarity! I AM cleansing them from all immodesty and from all immorality!
That is why you can read in the public press today where those of the once so-called
first-rate hotels that are purchased by My Followers, there are signs saying
that there is no drinking, no smoking, no profanity and no obscenity, no association
with the opposite sex, married or single! It is all because CHRIST did not find
any place in the inn before, but HE is taking over those inns now and giving
His Children and His Children's children chances to dwell in such places as first-rate
hotels and inns on the highways where they could not have entered in before,
and will not be among those who use profanity, obscenity and blasphemy! Can you
not see the mystery? ("Yes, GOD Almighty!" declared one and all joyously.)
GOD is dealing in the affairs of men -- therefore, a Nation is rising, rich in the Virtue of Brotherhood and of Peace! I AM changing your vile bodies in fashion like unto this Glorious Body!
Then I say, live in this Recognition, for I have not done anything yet to what I will do, and I AM not doing it by coercion, but by My Spirit, says the LORD!
It is a privilege! Just think of it! A good many of you before you were transformed and changed from such detestable tendencies and dispositions, you, some of you, no doubt, have gone in some sorts of or kinds of inns where there was profanity, where there was obscenity, where there was immorality, where there was all sorts of illfamed characters! But oh, how Glorious it is, I AM now changing the vile bodies of men in fashion like unto His!
It was said quite vividly that there was no place found in the inn, and they are speaking today -- thousands of them -- of the coming Messiah, the coming Meshiach. They expected to see ME come as a good many of them expected to see ME come nineteen hundred years ago -- but I cometh NOT with observation but in the Meekness of a Lamb and in the Spirit of Simplicity and in the way that men would call Meekness -- or, in other words, some would call it -- well, some would say that "If HE was not afraid of the people HE would do this or HE would do that!" -- but oh, how glorious it is to realize as Jesus said nineteen hundred years ago (I AM speaking of the Son at this particular instance),
'My Kingdom is not of this world!'
So My Kingdom and My Force was not of the world of armies and navies and the
world of violence and destruction by physical force, but "BY MY SPIRIT SAYS
THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS!"
So then, now you can plainly see in the places where there was vice and crime and sin and debauchery of every kind, you will find Holiness and Virtue and the very Virginity of Mary and the Life of CHRIST Personified!
Then I say, live in this Recognition and the Kingdom for which you all prayed and for which others prayed, is coming into expression and will be fully demonstrated as we live Soberly, Righteously and Godly and recognize the Presence of the Almighty!
I need not say more at the instance. I believe I have said enough to stir up your pure minds and to put you who have not been so deeply thinking on those terms, thinking, so that you think into action the Reality of the Kingdom of GOD on Earth among men, for which you all have prayed!
To bring about the Kingdom of GOD, it cannot be brought about, as afore said, by armies and navies, by violence, by prejudice and by bigotry. It cannot be brought about by violence and by savagery, by inhumanity and by brutality, but it can and will be brought about by Love, for which your Savior came and through which your Savior bled and died to redeem all mankind! Aren't you glad!
So they all are learning something! They will eventually learn that the Lowly Babe of Bethlehem, the Sample and Example as portrayed among us, is the Only Hope of the Redemption of humanity, by living Soberly, Righteously, Lovingly and Godly in every capacity -- the Love of man and the Love of GOD combined, and the Love of your Fellowman! -- and let this be not only a Day set apart as Christmas Day but ONE ETERNAL CHRISTMAS DAY, and ONE ETERNAL NEW YEAR'S DAY! If you will allow it to be the same each day of your life you will be as devoted and conscientious, sincere and sacred on any other day of the year as you are on this day that Churchanity reveres! Can you not see the mystery? ("Yes, GOD Almighty!" came the reply.)
Every Day will be revered by My Adherents! Every Day will be recognized and realized by My Adherents not only as the Sabbath Day, the Day of the LORD, but it will be One Eternal Sabbath Day and One Eternal Christmas Day and One Eternal New Year's Day for Devotional Service to GOD in All you Do and in All you Say!
By this we shall have a Righteous Government and even the violent and savage forces of men with all of their inhumanity and brutality and savagery will not be able to slightly daunt the Work of your Savior, for My Work shall go on unhampered and un retarded and shall make its Advances as never before! GOD DEALS IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN AND THERE IS WHERE YOU MUST FIND HIM! I COULD HAVE SAID, THERE IS WHERE YOU MUST FIND ME -- IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN!
I find some even of My so-called Devout Followers say, "FATHER, I would like to serve YOU!" -- thinking of serving ME as My Personal Staff do, whichever, and the waitresses and the like -- Personal or private waitresses. I often say, "GOD is being served Every Day wheresoever you are!" Serve ME in Deeds and in Actions and in your daily Transactions by living Soberly, Honestly, and being Honest in Deeds, in Actions and in Words in All you Say and in All you Do and let your words be as Sacred to you as GOD'S Words are to those who are True and Devout to HIM!
'The Words I speak unto you, they are Spirit and they are Life!'
You must Imbibe them and Reproduce them, Reincarnate them -- and as you go forth
in the land, in your daily deeds and in your daily actions Preach ME, not in
words but in Deeds and in Actions by the expression of Love and Kindness, of
Truthfulness, of Honesty, of Competence and of Devotion, and I WILL BE WITH YOU!
"FATHER, I would like to serve YOU! I want to be of service to YOU and to the Cause!" MY CAUSE IS THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY IN GENERAL, for
'Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given,'
the prophet declared,
'and the Government shall be upon His Shoulder! He shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty GOD, Everlasting FATHER!'
Therefore, the GOD of the WHOLE UNIVERSE! -- the GOD of ALL CREATION and the
GOD of EVERY NATION! When you work to that end you are serving ME and serving
ME indeed!
What a privilege to live in such a Recognition! And then when you are serving GOD from that angle of expression in all Cleanliness and in all Godliness and in all Virtue and Holiness, expressing the Attributes and the Characteristics of GOD, your LORD and your Savior, why then, you are Contagionizers of that same Spirit and Nature and Characteristics into others that they might be Partakers of it!
So then I say, it is a privilege to live in such a Recognition and to see the great unfoldment of the mystery taking place in your midst! "GOD in the midst of you is mighty to save!" As I have often said and still say, your Conscious Conviction of MY DEITY PERSONIFIED should not give you a loophole or slight thought to feel as if wheresoever you go GOD is not there. Because I AM Personified do not think that I have been harnessed and summed up in a Person as a horse in a stall and cannot get out -- can only go where you carry ME to! WHERESOEVER YOU ARE, I AM THERE AS WELL AS HERE! That is what I AM talking about! That is the Significance of GOD as a Spirit, and where I said Scripturally, yea, Evangelically,
'GOD is a Spirit and HE seeketh such to worship HIM in Spirit and in Truth" --
to recognize GOD as Spirit and as Ever Present and worship GOD as Spirit and
as Spirit Alone, without Flesh, Body, Blood and Bones, yet Omnipresent and Ever
Present, yet with your Conscious Conviction and Realization you observe the Personification
of your LORD and your Savior! It is a wonderful place to be!
GOD deals in the affairs of men, I say, and when you observe ME as I AM, I AM just as Operative and Expressive when I AM Personally absent as when I AM Personally Present! Think of those of My Following away over in Australia, New Zealand, in Germany, in France and in all of the far countries! -- those who are Devout to My Teaching, they are conscious of My Presence, and to them I AM just as Expressive and just as Operative, for
'It is not by power nor by might but by My Spirit, says the LORD!'
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