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January 11th, 2002
Received by H.R.
Cuenca, Ecuador.
Judas: Hello, my boy! I see you are very happy
today with your music.
H.R.: Yes, I love the music of "Los Nocheros,"
their arrangements are marvelous.
Judas: And it touches every fiber of your soul and makes it vibrate.
You have the same problems as yesterday, but now you are happy.
Yes, true happiness comes from inside, from the soul.
Yesterday and the day before, I saw you were concerned.
H.R.: I was thinking a lot about your latest
message, and how I didn't grasp everything.
Judas: Don’t worry about that. We will deliver everything,
little by little. But you did not even write down all that you received.
H.R.: I wrote down all I believed I understood. Yes
I know, we also spoke of Medjugorje, but I I don't know, I didn't
understand you, everything seemed so confused...
Judas: And it was so simple. You asked in the context of prayer.
The Father wants all prayers directed to Him, but the pilgrims pray
to the Virgin Mary. In spite of this, there occur many healings.
It is a matter of faith. Those people have faith, and it is because
of this faith that they head for all these places of Mary's appearance,
with their heart full of hopes and desires. Actually, these desires
produce their healing. People who experience God have faith, and
this faith attracts Love.
H.R.: Does the Pope have God’s Love?
Judas: He and the Archbishop of Canterbury, and many more. And
many clergymen who do not experience God, whose supposed vocation
is only an occupation, do not have it. To possess the Love of God
does not automatically mean to lose all false beliefs. You have
some this Love and a world of false beliefs.
I think the time has come to speak of faith. We will not cover
the entire subject in this message, only some basic questions.
There are some statements in the Padgett messages, which have caused
some sort of confusion.
Jesus told Mr. Padgett that nobody could claim to have faith, who
has not Divine Love. On the other hand, he also said that it is
Divine Love that produces faith, that results in faith. How is this
possible? In order to have faith, you need Divine Love, and in order
to obtain Divine Love, you need faith.
And things go even further. In another message, Jesus assured Mr.
Padgett that he could have the same wonderful faith, such as Elijah
possessed. But we also know that in Elijah’s time, Divine Love
was not available for men, that is to say, Elijah did not possess
it. Then, how could he have had faith?
You remember that this question was actually presented to you a
long time ago, and how you fought to explain this, with mediocre
success, and how you struggled to find a definition of what is faith.
Faith belongs to the soul, and like the soul, it is part of the
Real. Beliefs that are of the mind, as you know, can be described,
and in fact, the basic beliefs are defined in the diverse creed
of the churches. Faith, however, does not know creeds. Faith is
not formulated in words, you have to experience and live it.
Nevertheless, I will try the impossible and clothe in words what
cannot be expressed through words. This is why I tell you that some
people who may read this message will only see in it senseless gibberish,
but many will understand it, provided they have already experienced
in flesh and blood what faith is.
All souls are created with some innate knowledge. They do not need
to learn it, it is simply there. In many cases, this primitive knowledge,
for example, that God exists, He awaits us, that He offers us His
Love, becomes covered up in the later development of people, concealed
by what we call encrustments of the soul. However, it is always
present, only waiting for an awakening of the soul to manifest its
power.
In saying power, I mean that this knowledge, of course, causes
longings and desires in the soul, desires to be with God and to
receive His Love. Without this knowledge and desire, the Father's
Love would be as if it did not exist.
Elijah had these desires, and they propelled his amazing spiritual
development, but Love was outside his reach. However, you will understand
that had Elijah lived on earth in Jesus' time or later, he certainly
would have obtained a great amount of Love.
Therefore, Elijah had faith, and what is more, an active and fervent
faith. That in his time the Love of God was not available for humanity,
that is to say, that men had no possibility at all of achieving
the transformation of their souls into Divine souls, is not Elijah’s
fault. And we cannot say that he did not have faith.
H.R.: So, even the soul without Divine Love
can have faith?
Judas: I will answer you with another question. Is the created
soul, having none of God’s Love, able to perceive?
H.R.: I think so, but those perceptions will
be quite blurred.
Judas: You remember having read,
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“Faith is the perception of the soul,
much like sight and hearing are the perceptions of our material
bodies. When we were created in the Image of God's Soul, we
were also created with the ability to perceive things spiritual,
even without receiving the Divine Love. This is so because
were it not for these spiritual perceptions, we would be unable
to turn to God in prayer.”
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If we define faith as our knowledge of the Real, the window into
the Real, Elijah had opened this window, and developed his soul
perceptions. He experienced the presence of God. You can experience
the presence of God, and therefore, we can say that you have faith.
Faith is knowledge and experience of the Real. All men can have
faith, some faith, provided they activate their souls. God’s
entire universe is activity. It is true, you can receive, for example
the Love of God, but to do so, you have to activate yourself. This
is a fundamental law. That is why Jesus said that we have to ask
in order to receive; we have to seek in order to find. We speak
of a way. You cannot travel along a way sitting in an armchair,
waiting for marvels to happen.
What I have said so far is not a complete definition of faith.
These are words to describe some aspects. There will follow more
words, describing the indescribable. Next time we will speak of
faith and understanding.
However, before saying goodbye, I will answer
another question you bear in mind.
H.R.: Is it about God’s Omniscience?
Judas: Yes. The discussion on the message board
has impressed you.
H.R.: What happened is that the idea of why God created
souls which will never seek Divine Love, is fascinating. God knows
that some of His creatures will never turn to Him, or rather, they
will not seek His Love. He knows this beforehand. Why did He create
them? In some way, due to their own decision, these souls will suffer.
In addition, if God loves them so much, why doesn't He spare them
their suffering? I understand that He is not the one who causes
this suffering, but He knows that it will happen. Why did He create
them?
Judas: Foreknowledge does not mean intervention. God knows that
many souls will suffer, but their suffering is the product of their
living, the product of their free will. Well, there are conditions
allowing that these souls seek God’s Love, and if they do not,
it is not His fault.
But what is more important, we always speak of the free will. However,
in fact, it is not so absolutely free. Let us say that we move inside
a guided process, with some freedom. And this guidance, constituted
by the Laws of God, leads us to one or another form of happiness.
Then, even knowing that some creatures will offer resistance, they
will arrive at their goal. Definitely, God bestows happiness upon
them.
And when I say that man’s free will is actually restricted,
more so in the spirit world than on earth, I want you to understand
that it is not necessary to feel these limits, that the wide field
of free will is not even taken advantage of by men.
H.R.: What do you refer to?
Judas: When you say that you want to fly, freely, but that there
are natural laws impeding this, and that there your freedom ends,
you utter a half-truth. You know some cases of men who did fly.
H.R.: Do you refer to levitations?
Judas: Exactly. You know that miracles are the products of the
normal operation of natural laws. Then, if there is such a thing
as levitation, then there should be a law or laws, which allow this
to happen, don't you believe so? But you spend your time so concerned
over your material affairs that you invest very little time into
the true adventure, which is inside, and which gives fruit in a
spectacular way. It is clear, to levitate and to see the house from
above, cannot be the great objective of life. It is only an example
of what is possible. Faith, my dear friend, can open up the door
to worlds undreamed of. The power God has conferred on men is enormous.
Think about it.
H.R.: But I understand that these people who know how
to levitate are not necessarily people of some tremendous soul
development.
Judas: This is true. They found something though "coincidence",
and their lack of development prevents them from controlling the
phenomenon. They ignore it, they do not understand it, it is not
the product of their will, but "it simply happens to them."
But it could be different.
You are exhausted. However, we have already come
to the end.
I repeat, there is much more I have to say about faith, and I will
do it. But now, we have to finish. I say goodbye.
God bless you,
Judas
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