B.D.-No. 1954
Spiritual fellowship should be cultivated insofar as that people come together who are truly willing to serve God and who, through the resulting maturity of soul, become enlightened in spirit so that one person can impart to the other what the divine spirit has proclaimed to him, be it through revelations of an extraordinary nature or also through the mental influence of the beings of light.... It will always be a blessing if such people exchange their thoughts and thus attain ever brighter light, for in truth the spirit of God is at work in all these people who are united by their love for God to work for Him together. The more willing they are to serve, the purer the truth can be conveyed to them, the clearer they will hear the divine voice and the more beneficial these spiritual unions will be for the individual. God has always commissioned His disciples to walk in two or three....
(16.6.1941) The power of the spirit was stronger in each of them, and at the same time the disciples were able to form themselves in their way of speaking, if they emptied themselves mutually and thus also took a stand on what was revealed to them by the spirit of God. Spiritual fellowship should therefore be cultivated, and it will always be beneficial if the spirit of love reigns in it. However, every disagreement is a danger as soon as it leads to hostility. Then the adversary will understandably be able to express himself through the heart of the one who has become unloving, and there is a danger that his words will nevertheless be believed. What is united in love can only express the purest truth, whereas unkindness opens the gates to untruth.... If a work is to come into being which is to endure, which is intended as a source of strength for the whole of humanity, then it is also understandable that this work should not be jeopardized prematurely, which, however, would easily be the case if the power of the holy spirit cannot be equally effective with everyone in the congregation and thus the value of the divine gift is not properly grasped and appreciated. And this is why the lord makes use of an instrument that is without any bond during the reception of the divine word, which is then also intended to bring about blessing in intimate fellowship, yet only those who receive the word in full faith and are also able to grasp it in all its depth and wisdom through their profound faith can be counted as belonging to this fellowship. The power lies in the word itself.... those who feel it are pure of heart and belong to the congregation to which God Himself gives His blessing, for all of them open their hearts to the influx of divine power, which is the word of God. Those who live in the lord also recognize the outflow of divine love, and they will unanimously represent the word to their fellow human beings.... But those who have the spirit of unkindness in them, who lack humility and who nevertheless feel called for external reasons alone, these will not recognize it as a divine gift and will take a stand against it. Yet their influence will be too small to destroy what God Himself wants to build up for the blessing of humanity....
Amen
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