A PERSONAL GOD

April 7th, 1919.

I am here, Jesus.

    Let me write a few lines.

    I see that you were much interested in what the preacher said tonight about God and His Personality.  That you gave him several questions which he could not answer.  This must be expected.  For to humans, is not given, ordinarily, a True conception of God, or Who, or what, He is.  Only by the development of their souls, by the Divine Love, can they obtain any conception (souls perception) of His Being.  As their souls thus develop, they become a part of His Divinity.  Their soul perceptions become opened up to a realization of who God is, to a small degree at least.  Then they know that He is something more than an all enveloping energy, supplemented by a Purposeful Will.

    The preacher has not these soul perceptions and cannot conceive of God, the Soul.  Can only express to you the Truthfulness of the evidences of God's Existence, such as the energy that he spoke of.  As you know, this energy is His Spirit.  Although, the preacher has not the exact conception of what this Spirit is, or how it operates.  He confuses the soul and spirit.  Makes the mere instrument (the Spirit), by, or with, which God expresses His Energy, to be the Real True Substance of God, the Soul.  He is right when he says that he cannot go back of this energy to find God.  For his soul perceptions have not yet been awakened to a cognition of that from which the energy proceeds.  Or, which is the very Source from which flows all the Manifestations, that to his mind, constitute God.  He is like the theologians and philosophers, who believe that these Manifestations, Energies and Forces are the only God.  The only personal God.  He may be shocked to hear that his teachings amount to only this.  But it is true.  To him there is no more Personal God than to the others.  With this exception, that he attempts to believe, that in some manner, and in some way, connected with this Energy there is a Will.  Which has in it a Purpose of Love, or Kindness, or Fatherly Care.  But the Real Personal God, with His Great Soul of Love, which is being always bestowed upon the individual human, he does not conceive of, or make his own.

    God is Soul and only Soul.  Which has in it all the Attributes of Love, Wisdom and Thought for the welfare of His Creatures.  He is a thinking and seeing God.  All the Energies of His Soul are used to make humans better and happier.  As is the natural father of the human a personal father, so is the Great Soul of God a Personal Father to all His Children.  Humans, when they have the development of their souls in the Divine Love, will know that God is Personal.  Something more than an all enveloping Energy, or Force, or mere Manifestation of His Existence.

    The preacher says, in substance, that God is everywhere. His Presence may be realized by all who are willing to receive that manifestation.  That, whether they are, or not, willing, that presence exists just the same.  This is pantheism.  Toned down a little by his beliefs in a more personal God, but still pantheism.  Wholly wrong and violative of God's Being.

    The source of things can never be the things themselves.  Although, the things, as they flow from the source, have some of the qualities of the source itself.  So these Manifestations of God's Existence, while they are of His Qualities, yet they are not equivalent of His Presence, or the Source from which they flow.  God is not everywhere, but in His Heavens.  All these expressions of His Powers, Will and Energies, are merely evidences that there is a Source from which they all come.  They are not that Source Itself.

    Again, the preacher said that God Created the body of human and not the spirit, as he calls it, meaning the soul.  So that the body is a Creation by itself and cannot contain in it the spirit, or the spirit body.  But that this spirit is outside of the human body.  Is in a general way a part of One Great Spirit that is Universal and everywhere.  That, therefore, all humans, no matter what their conditions may be in the earth life, or in the eternity part of life, are brothers.  God is the Father of them all.  Well, in this the preacher is mistaken.

    For every human has their own individual spirit (and) soul.  On the state, or condition, of that soul depends the happiness, or misery, of the human.  They are merely the brother of other humans because they are a Creature of God, made in His image.  Not because they are a part of the Universal Spirit.  Which the preacher believes permeates everything and exists everywhere.  God is the Father, because these Children are His Creatures.  The objects of His Creation.  Individualized, each working out their own destiny.  As we have told you, some of these Children will always remain the merely Created Children.  While others will partake of His Divine Love and become a part of His Divinity.  Inhabitants of the Celestial Spheres.

    The preacher has many things to learn.  As he believes in the search for the Truth, if he will let the Divine Love flow into his heart and transform his soul into the very Essence and Substance of the Father's Divinity, he will be able to learn many things Spiritual, as well as of things material, are governed by Law.  Unless the soul gets into a condition that enables it to see and realize the Higher Truths of the spirit world, it can never obtain Knowledge of Things Spiritual.  One of the objects of such Knowledge is God.

    Well, I have written enough and will stop.  With my love, I will say good night.  Your brother and friend, Jesus

November 22nd, 1915.

I am here, Jesus.

    I have heard what the Professor said to you.  You must try your best to comprehend its meaning.  For it contains a description of the True Conception of God, in a way that, only one having the developed soul perceptions could explain.  The only difficulty in the way of your fully understanding this idea of Who and what God is, is that the idea is not one that the mere mind can grasp.  For only the soul that has been developed, to a sufficient degree, can comprehend.  Yet, you may be able to conceive of its meaning, to an extent that will enable you to get closer to Our Father, as a Real, Personal Father.  Not as a Being of formless existence only.  I mean that the idea of Personality may bring the Father nearer to you.  So that you may realize a deeper meaning of His Love, Care, Mercy and Interest in you and in all His Creatures.

    In my message on God, you will find that the idea of Personality is spoken of.  But not emphasized so much as in the writing of the Professor.  The Truth is, that Our Father is, to the soul perceptions, a Being of Real Existence and Personality.  I know how difficult it is for the mind to conceive, even in a faint way, how such a Personality can be a part of a Being who is declared to be a mere spirit without form, or limitation and everywhere at the same time.  I tell you that it is a Truth, that by the soul's faculties is comprehensible, the Personal Attribute of the Father.

    Of course, humans will not understand this Truth, so long as they depend upon the mere intellect to comprehend it.  To them it may not mean much.  But it is of the greatest importance to humankind.  Both in their lives on earth and in the spirit world.  "Thou, God seest me", is not a mere meaningless generality, which humans repeat and do not understand.  For God does see every act of human.  As I said when on earth, "not even a sparrow falls without my Father Knowing it and the hairs of your head are all numbered".  So if humans will only learn that this Great Truth, is of such importance, they will take more care of the manner in which they live their lives.

(I am not disconcerted by the interruption)

    As I was saying, humans must realize that God knows not only their acts, but their thoughts.  Every idle thought will have to be accounted for.  The penalties, which His Laws impose, will have to be paid.  So, if humans would only realize this fact, of God's being able to see and know what their lives on earth are, they would many times, think before they do some things which they do, supposing that no one but themselves knows of them.  I am very glad that the Professor wrote to you on this subject to night.  For it is one that is very important in our plan of revealing the Truths of God and His Attributes.

    Very soon I will write you another message.  One that will be very important to humankind.  I will come again soon and tell you of some things that you must learn.  So with all my love and blessings, I am, your own brother and friend, Jesus

November 25th, 1915

I am here, Jesus:

    I am with you tonight in your spiritual exaltation and will show you the love that you crave for.  Will cause you to feel that The Father is very near you in His Divine Love and Blessings.  So you must let your thoughts go out to The Father.  He will come to you with an abundance of Divine Love, that will make you realize that He is your Loving Father.

    I was with you at the Colburns and saw that your love was very great.  That you needed a response.  I tried to make you realize that I was with you and loved you very much.  The music was very beautiful and caused a rapport which drew us very close together.  You were very happy in the thoughts of love and peace that came to you.  I am so glad that you are free from your cares tonight, as I want you to feel that the Divine Love of the Father is with you and is filling your soul, so that you can realize that His Divine Love is a thing of Reality and Substance.  I will let you see how much you can become At-One with Him.  What a Joy and Peace the Divine Love of The Father brings to you.  So, as I say, let your thoughts turn to Him.  Let your prayers ascend to Him.  You will soon know that His Kingdom is within and of you.

    I am now going to tell you what a Loving Father He is.  What Great Desire He has that you believe in Him and in His Love for you.  He is not a God of wrath and anger.  His only Desire is that you shall love Him with all your heart.  So become so close to Him, that you will know that He is The Father that I have told you of.  He does not want you to let anything on earth keep you from becoming His Own Dear Son and a follower of His Truths.

    I know that you are now very near the place, where your soul will be filled with His Divine Love.  Your Faith will have such strength, that never again will it be shaken by troubles, or doubts.  In the near future you will be able to receive from me my messages, in that condition of Soul Knowledge, that will enable you to get them just as I desire to give them to you, and so to the world.  Be more Faithful in your aspirations for this Divine Love and more in condition to believe what I may write.  I am your own true friend and brother.  Have an interest in you, that will enable you to overcome all temptations and all the worries of your earth life.  My love will strengthen you in your Faith, in your realization that I am your friend and brother.  That I am able to fulfill my promises that I have made to you.  Let me again impress upon you the necessity of prayer and Faith. The necessity to seek continually, the Help of The Father.

    I must not write more tonight, but will soon give you another message.  I will do so, as I think it will be more satisfactory to write it anew.  You were not in good condition when I wrote.  Some things were not as clear as I desire.  You will be stronger when I write again and the message will be more satisfactory.  So try to obtain more Faith and you will find that our writings will be more successful.

So, with all my love, I am your friend and brother, Jesus

January 31st, 1915.

I am here, Jesus:

    As I told you I will write my second message to-night.  I am not going to tell you of my Father's Kingdom at this time, but of His Nature as my God and your God.

    He is the only One who is Supreme, All Powerful, Loving and Wise.  He is not a being of form, or individuality, as humans understand.  But is a Substance of Being and Soul. His Soul, is that part of Him which embraces all the Affections and Love.  Which is bestowed on human in order that they may become like their Father.

    I am not yet so possessed of that soul essence, as to make me just like the Father, in all His Attributes.  I expect that some time in the future, when I have received that Divine Essence in all its fullness, I will be likened unto the Father.  So may every one of His Creatures, if they will only seek for it with True Faith and earnestness.

    The Father is not capable of being seen with the physical or spiritual sight.  Can only be seen with the soul's eyes of Perfect Love.  He is not in any particular place, or seated on a throne in His Heavens, but His attributes are everywhere, and fills the whole Universe.  The earth is a very small portion of the Universe.  Humans must not believe that God is only in the heavens, where the sons of earth go when they cease to live as mortals.

    God, is a God of Love, above everything else.  The sooner humankind learns and believes that fact, the sooner will happiness exist on the earth, as well as in the heavens. He is not a God of hatred.  Nor does He chastise His Children in wrath, or anger.  His Love is with all humankind, be they saints or sinners.  No human suffers punishment because the Father wants them to suffer.  He is also a God of Mercy and Forgiveness.  Will forgive the sins of humans and shed His Mercy over them, if they will truly and in sincerity ask His Forgiveness and seek His Mercy.

    He is also a God of Wisdom.  His Plans for the Redemption and Salvation of Humankind, are the only plans that can be adopted for humans to try to follow, in order that they may receive this Salvation.  He is also a God of Power.  In the days to come, when He sees fit to carry out, and Perfect, His Plans in their full fruition, He will, through the working of His Spirit, which is Perfect in its working, destroy all sin and error in His Universe.  Perfect Harmony will reign, humans will be at peace and happiness.

    So God is everything in (His) Nature and Attributes which will not only redeem humans from their sins, but will make them lovers of one another, and brothers (and sisters) in the true sense of the word.  The world will not be destroyed, as it is taught by some, in the interpreting of the Bible, but when the Great Day of Judgment comes, all sin will be eradicated from the world.  Humankind will continue to live upon the earth, free from sin and unhappiness, just as it is supposed Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden.

    Never has human seen God.  The stories in the Old Testament about some of the prophets and leaders of the Jews, in their early captivity and wanderings, are not true. For God cannot be seen as therein described.  His angels and messengers, who were at one time mortals of earth, were seen.  Spoke to the prophets and represented themselves as being angels of God.  But no angel, or spirit, ever represented themself to be God.  Not even the angels who delivered to Moses the tablets of stone, as it is written. God works always through His Angels.  Never directly, as some of the Bible writers teach.  I was His chosen son, to do the work of Redeeming the earth from sin.  I came as my Father's Representative.  I never was God.  Nor did I ever claim to be, either to my disciples, or to the Jews, or the Sanhedrin.

    It is written in the Bible that the voice of God spoke to my disciples on the Mount of Transfiguration, and to John and those present at my baptism.  It was not the voice of God, but the voice of one of God's Highest Angels.

    No human has ever heard the voice of God.  For He has no voice.  He works in a silent mysterious way, through the operation of His Soul upon the soul of humans.  Just as the coming of the Holy Ghost at Pentecost.  While the Bible says that there was a noise as of a mighty wind, yet that was not perceptible to the physical ears of the disciples.  But in their souls they felt The Presence of such a manifestation.  In order to have humankind understand, that there was this Wonderful Manifestation, they used the imagery of the voice of a mighty wind.  So human must understand that God speaks to human through His Angels, or through the communication of His Soul and theirs.

    I speak thus, because I want it made plain that God is not the person, loving or otherwise, which the Bible may teach human that He is.  He is only the Personification of Love, Power, and Wisdom.  Is without form, or personal appearance.  This is my knowledge of what God is.

I will not write further tonight. With my blessing and love.

January 31st, 1915.

I am here, Your Grandmother:

    You must not think that because the Master said that God is a Personification of Love, Power and Wisdom, that there is no Real God, but merely an abstract being representing these Attributes.  He is a Real Being.  These Attributes are His, not the combination of the Attributes.  He Exists.   Without Him, there would be no Love, Wisdom, or Power. He is the Creator of these Principles.  Not their creature.

    As Jesus said:  He is without form, or substance, such as mortals and spirits have.  Yet He has a Spiritual Substance  (Divine Love) that is real.  Not shadowy, or non existent.  Pantheism is different from what God is.

    While His Attributes are everywhere, yet He is of an identical Substance of Spirit.  So do not let the idea possess you, that He is not a Being.  For He is.  Even though we cannot see Him, or feel Him, as a Spirit, yet He exists, as His One True Self.  So believe in a Personal God in that sense.

    I know that it is hard to comprehend the true conception of His Being.  But, the higher we get in the scale of Divine Love, the more apparent becomes His Real Existence as a Being.  Do not let your inability to grasp the True meaning of this description of God and His Nature, lead you to think that He is a mere Essence.  He is Real.  To us who have received a large amount of His Divine Love and Essence, He becomes as real as if we could see and feel Him with our spiritual eyes and hands.

    I know the difficulties, in the way of your finite mind, to grasp the true conception of His Being.  As Divine Love draws you closer to Him, the mind gives way to the perceptions of the soul.  God appears as a Real Existing Being.  The Creator of All.

    I want to tell you further, that God, while He works through His Angels, yet He, Himself, comes into our souls by His Direct Communication.  The Holy Spirit is His Messenger, that causes the souls of humans to hear and receive this Soul Communication.  Yet God's Divine Love comes direct from Himself.  When humans were Created, in the likeness of God, they were given a soul that was capable of receiving the Soul Essence (Divine Love) of the Father.  Neither in their physical, nor spiritual form, was human Created in the image of their Father.  Because the Father has no such forms.  But in the soul essence, the image was made alike.

    Yet human is of such a great degree in God's Creation, that they can refuse to receive this Soul Essence (Divine Love), if they so will.  Their soul is capable of receiving it, but is not compelled to do so.  While human has the image, yet if they neglect to receive the Divine Substance, they will never become At-One with the Father.  That image will never be more than an image only.

    God is so Good, that He implanted in humans soul what may be called the natural love.  That love is sufficient to make them comparatively happy.  In the great day when sin and error shall be destroyed, humans natural love will be able to cause this happiness.  But human will not be At-One with the Father, in the larger sense (Divine).  Will not take on the Divine Nature of their God.  So you see the necessity of seeking this Wonderful Union with the Father.

I must now stop.  Your Grandmother (Ann Rollins) (Celestial Spirit)