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March 15th, 1916.
Received by James Padgett
Washington D.C.
I am here, Jesus. I wish to write tonight on the
subject of: "What it is that makes a man Divine."
When man was created he was given the highest qualities that could
be bestowed upon a mortal, and yet he was mere man, but the perfect
one, and with these qualities was given him the possibility of becoming
in his nature Divine like the Father; but this gift was never possessed
by him in its enjoyment of full fruition until after my coming to
earth, and making known to man that such a possibility existed.
The first created man never possessed this gift in its fulfillment,
but merely had the possibility of receiving it, on condition that
he continued in his obedience, and made the effort to receive it
in the way that the Father declared was the only way. You have been
told in detail what this gift was, and how the first parents forfeited
the enjoyment of it by their disobedience and ambition to possess
it in a way that was not in accord with the Father's way.
As I have said, man lost this possibility at the time of the first
disobedience, and thereafter became gradually a man with his moral
nature sinking lower and lower until he got almost to the condition
of the beasts in the field. And from that condition man has been
gradually improving or progressing towards his first state of purity.
But a great many men have ceased to know, or have never known,
that God is the Creator of all things, and that all creation is
dependent upon Him for its very existence, and in their assurance
and self importance they have assumed and professed (it) to be true
that their progress or salvation depends upon their own efforts,
and that these efforts are sufficient to bring about this state
of purity or harmony with God's laws and desires.
But in this men are mistaken, for there is nothing in them that
is Divine, and there never will be when they depend upon their own
selves to progress to that state of perfection. The Divine nature
of the Father is not in man and will never become a part of him
until he pursues the way which is absolutely necessary for him to
accept and follow in order to become anything more than mere man.
I will not write more tonight as I think it best not to do so.
I understand that you could not prevent your condition of sleepiness,
and I do not blame you, but I think it best to wait until later
to finish what I desire to write.
Well, my dear brother, believe that I have only love for you, and
will get close to you as we progress - so I say, don't worry. I
will say good night.
Your brother and friend, Jesus
This message is a composite of two, being published
in Volume II on page 134 and Volume III on page 102. For more details
see this page.
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