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Received by:James Padgett.
Washington D.C.
Let me write, Judas.
I have not written you for a long time and feel that I must write
you and declare some truth that is of importance to you and to mankind.
I will not write a very long message, and what I have to say will
be put into short sentences and made succinct. I know that you wonder
who I am and what I will write about, and you must not be surprised
if I tell you that what you may think is not of much importance.
Well, my subject is, "what is the best thing for men to do who
desire to see God and realize that he a personal God with all the
attributes that belong only to a supreme infinite being."
God is a spirit and a person, and not a mere nebulous being without form or personality. He is real as to these qualities, and is not wanting that which will make him the Father that Jesus so often called him.
Now in order for a spirit to see and understand just what all this means, the spirit must get in that harmony with Him that will enable the spirit to possess qualities of soul that is like the qualities of the Father that the spirit desires to see and understand. This condition can be obtained only by the spirit pursuing the way that the Master so often writes you of, and which is absolutely necessary in order for the spirit to obtain the qualities necessary for such comprehension. Only as a soul is filled with the Love of the Father can it possibly be in the condition that will enable it to see and comprehend this personality of God. No mere development of the intellectual faculties or of the natural love will suffice for this purpose; and while such development is necessary in order for the spirit to become the perfect man in order to enjoy the condition that belongs to that man, yet such development is not sufficient to enable the spirit to see and comprehend the Father.
It is so much easier for a spirit to get in the condition just
mentioned than to get in the condition last described; and as you
may see the wholly different thing that the soul development leads
to, (and this) should be sufficient to induce the spirit to accept
the Father's Love, and become a true son of His.
I have written what I desired, and thank you for the opportunity, and with my love will say good night.
Judas
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