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"The New Birth is the flowing of the
Spirit of God into your soul and the disappearing of all that
tends to turn your heart from the truth and Love of God. It
comes by the workings of the Holy Spirit that conveys the
Grace of God. It is not a working of your own will or power
- it is the Love of God that causes the change. You cannot
of yourself change the evil workings of your heart but you
can pray and the Holy Spirit will come into your soul and
then you will realize the change. "
Ann
Rollins, grandmother of James Padgett
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In these messages we are told that Divine Love is the very essence of the Creator. It is not like the emotional love - the natural love - that we mortals are familiar with. It is a real essence, something tangible like electricity, magnetism or gravity. This can flow from the Creator into our souls, and being a real essence, it has the power to transform that soul. We simply need to ask for this Divine Love, and to ask often. It is not a one time Gift - it is more like a sustenance, but one whose effects are cumulative.
While concepts of Divine Love can be found elsewhere,
to our knowledge no medium before James Padgett has consistently
expounded this theme. This theme was continued with Dr Samuels,
and continues to this day with contemporary messages. In message
after message, the theme continues, without Divine Love we are not
able to enter the heaven that Jesus promised. See the messages
on heaven for a description of and the difference between the spirit
heavens, which have always existed, and the Celestial Heavens which
Jesus opened for us.
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"So I listened to her, and tried
to believe that what she told me must be true, and that she
was interested in me and desired only my happiness. I continued
to pray, as I said, and one day after I had received some
considerable faith, I met Jesus, and he told me of the wonderful
things that his Father had prepared for me, if I would only
believe and ask Him to give them to me. Jesus was so very
beautiful and loving that I could not resist the influence
which came over me; and then my faith increased, and I prayed
with all my heart and soul.
At last, light came to me, and with
it, such an inflowing of Love as I never dreamed could exist,
either in the earth or in the spirit world. But it came to
me and I felt as if I were a new spirit, and such happiness
came as I never experienced before. And then that dear mother
of yours came and rejoiced with me, and also your beautiful
wife who had tried so hard to induce me to seek for this Love."
Albert
G Riddle, former law partner of James Padgett
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The concept of Divine Love is simple, and is in accord
with the New Testament, particularly: "Jesus
answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except
a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
John Ch3:3. And again: "And I have declared unto them thy
name, and will declare it; that the love wherewith thou hast loved
me may be in them, and I in them." John 17:26. With all
the theories regarding how one is to be saved by following Jesus,
surely this is the simplest! And it can be proven for yourself -
just try the great experiment! You
will actually FEEL this Love.
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"And I further informed them, that, if they wished to assert the truth of my words,
they should try and test my teachings that the Father's Love was now available, and pray for it to the
Father in earnest prayer, and see whether, if this was done in sincerity, the Father's Love, conveyed
through the Holy Spirit, would burn and glow in the soul, by which sign they would realize His Love was
present therein."
Jesus of Nazareth
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And that is how to experience "the
peace that passeth all understanding." Even the Bible relates
the physical feeling of this love: They asked each other, "Were
not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the
road and opened the Scriptures to us?" Luke 24:32
A Sermon on Divine Love:
The Gift of the Divine Love:
| Author |
Title |
Date of Message |
| Ann Rollins |
Grandmother
of Mr. Padgett writes that the New Birth is the flowing of the
Spirit of God into the soul. |
September 15th, 1914 |
| Jesus |
Divine
Love is reaching out to every man. |
September 29th, 1914 |
| Helen Padgett |
Helen
relates a discussion between two dark spirits regarding praying
for Divine Love. |
January 12th, 1915 |
| Albert G Riddle |
Spirit's
experience after writing through Mr. Padgett. Obtained the Divine
Love and made his progress into the Third Sphere. |
January 20th, 1915 |
| Albert G Riddle |
Riddle
has progressed to a new sphere and is now seeking more help
to further his spiritual progress. And has received it with
the help of Jesus. |
February 20th, 1915 |
Helen |
Helen
writes on the Law of Compensation. |
March 23rd, 1915 |
| Ann Rollins |
Ann
Rollins' experience in seeking the Divine Love of God. |
May 13th, 1915. |
| Jesus |
Why
men must receive this Divine Love in order to be admitted to
the Celestial Kingdom. |
June 5th, 1915. |
| John |
Divine
Love should not be confounded with the natural love. |
July 8th, 1915
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| John |
Not the blood of Jesus but the Divine Love is what saves and
redeems. |
September 7th, 1915 |
| Andrew |
Divine
Love casteth out all fear. |
September 17th, 1915 |
| Jesus |
Jesus
says his blood does not save men. Only the Divine Love or New
Birth that he taught saves and redeems. |
September 19th, 1915. |
| Jesus |
The
importance of man seeking for the Divine Love. |
December 28th, 1915. |
| Jesus |
The
importance for mankind seeking the Divine Love and not be satisfied
by merely developing the natural love in a pure state. |
January 10th, 1916. |
| Jesus |
The
importance for mankind seeking the Divine Love - cont. |
January 11th, 1916. |
| Jesus |
The
importance for mankind seeking the Divine Love - cont. |
January 12th, 1916. |
| Ingersoll |
Ingersoll
relates his experience in obtaining the Divine Love. |
February 18th, 1916 |
| Jesus |
How
a soul must receive the Divine Love of the Father in order to
become an inhabitant of the Kingdom of God. |
February 28th, 1916 |
| Jesus |
How
the Divine Love enters into the soul of man. |
March 23rd, 1916 |
| Jesus |
Jesus
continues preceding message on "How the Divine Love enters into
the soul of man." |
May 8th, 1916. |
| Ann Rollins |
How
all mankind can become Divine Angels and how erroneous beliefs
prevent this consummation. |
May 28th, 1916 |
| Helen Padgett |
The
wonders, benefits and blessings wrought by the Divine Love of
God. |
June 8th, 1916 |
| John |
The
condition of the soul when and after the Divine Love flows into
it. |
June 19th, 1916 |
| Jesus |
Why
the Divine Love of God is necessary for man to possess in order
that he may become at-one with the Father and an inhabitant
of the Celestial Kingdom. |
June 27th, 1916. |
| Forrest |
Forrest
has progressed out of darkness and is grateful to know the Way
to obtain the Love of the Father. |
July 19th, 1916 |
| John |
Divine
Love - what It is and what It is not. How It can be obtained. |
August 5th, 1916 |
| Samuel |
Happiness
and peace that passeth all understanding comes to the possessor
of the Divine Love. |
September 10th, 1916
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| Jesus |
The
destiny of the man who does not have the Divine Love in his
soul and dies only with the natural love and a belief in the
creeds, etc. |
September 28th, 1916. |
| Jesus |
How
the soul of a mortal receives the Divine Love, and what its
effect is. |
November 10th, 1916 |
| John |
John
writes that there is no one in all the world at this time who
is fitted to do the work which you are now doing and which you
must continue to do while on earth. |
February 11th, 1917 |
| Jesus |
The
kingdom of God on earth and in the spirit world or the way to
the kingdom of the perfect man. |
May 5th, 1917. |
| Jesus |
The
only Way to the Kingdom of God in the Celestial Heavens. |
May 15th, 1917. |
| John |
What
is the reason that mortals will not seek the Love of the Father,
rather than endeavor to believe in the creeds and sacraments
of the church to which they belong or be affiliated with? |
June 4th, 1917 |
| Jesus |
The
result of obtaining the Divine Love in removing worry. |
July 9th, 1917. |
| John |
Divine
Love is ever waiting to fill the soul, and will, when the soul
longings become real for its possession. |
July 11th, 1917 |
| Priscilla Stone |
Mother
of Leslie tells of her spiritual progress and her Great Love
of the Father; and confirms his visit to Eleanor Meads, age
15, now in the spirit world. to help her again as he did when
she was still on earth. |
December 10th, 1917 |
| Jesus |
Christ
may be in you - what it means. |
March 3rd, 1918 |
| St Stephen |
What
is the meaning of the Divine nature which the soul of man partakes
of upon the transformation of that soul. |
November 13th, 1918. |
| Matthew |
The
Salvation that Jesus taught. |
December 16th, 1918 |
| John |
John
explains the difference between the natural love and the Divine
Love. |
February 19th, 1919 |
| Ann Rollins |
Divine
Love comes only in response to the soul's longings becoming
active in its longings for its possession. |
March 12th, 1919 |
| Joseph |
Praying
for Divine Love Without Feeling Like a Fake; When Does One Receive
Immortality? |
April 9th, 2000 |
We are told that the Gift of Divine love was
withdrawn from Amon and Aman:
We are told that the Gift of Divine Love was
rebestowed with Jesus being the first to receive it:
We are told that the Gift of Divine Love will
be again withdrawn:
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