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September 21st, 1916
Received by James Padgett
Washington D.C.
I am here, Lazarus.
I merely want to say that I am the real Lazarus of the Bible story
and that I am an inhabitant of the Father's Kingdom, and in the
truth that exists in that Kingdom, and in its inhabitants.
I declare to you that the spirits who have written you the truths
of Celestial and spiritual things are actually those whom they represent
themselves to be. Jesus, especially, is with you very often and
communicates to you truths from His great storehouse of knowledge
of the truth. He is so much interested in the work to be done and
the revelations to be made that he is with you so very often for
the purpose of not only revealing these truths, but of preparing
you to receive them; and he is enveloping you in his love, and giving
to you a development of your soul faculties that will make you qualified
to receive these high truths as no other mortal has ever been qualified,
for he knows that you are his best qualified instrument now on earth
to do his work and the work of the Father.
From what I say, you must not suppose that you are the best, nor
the man having the greatest amount of the Divine Love in the soul,
for that is not true. Nor are you chosen because of any merits of
your own or superior mental endowments; but you have those conditions
of attunement with him that enables him and the other spirits to
use you in performing this work.
I am not of such exalted position or soul development as are many
of the spirits who write you, yet I know the plans of the Master,
and what I say to you is true. I was a Jew and an orthodox one,
until the Master came to me and I developed my soul so that I could
understand his teachings, and become susceptible to the inflowing
of the Divine Love.
I will not write more now, but in closing repeat that you must
believe what I have above said, and try to do the will of the Father,
and the work that you have been selected to do.
Well, both Mary and Martha are in the Celestial Heavens, and you
would naturally suppose that Mary has made the greater progress
in her soul development but that is not true, as they both live
in the same sphere, and have similar development. As you know they
have been in the spirit world for a very long time and whatever
spiritual superiority Mary may have appeared to have over Martha
does not now exist, for they both have this Divine Love to a degree
that has caused all sin and thoughts for the material to have become
eradicated long years ago.
Your wife says that I must not write more now and so I will say
good night.
Your brother in Christ, Lazarus
This message is a composite of two, being published
in Volume II on page 296 and Volume III on page 320. For more details
see this page.
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