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2384 The word of God spiritual good or dead word....

June 26, 1942: Book 32

Every transmission from above is spiritual good as soon as the person takes possession of it, i.e. receives it with heart and mind. Before that, however, they are only words that are only meant to gain life through the human being's will. If the human being only examines it with his intellect then he will not want to accept everything and the knowledge of it will not bring him any spiritual advantage. But if the heart is active, i.e., if he is capable of love, then it is not the intellect that tests him but the spirit within him, and this accepts without hesitation everything that is offered from above. And then the soul's knowledge will lead to progress. For then the word comes alive, it stimulates activity, it becomes a permanent possession, it is spiritual good that endures for all eternity. The gifts God offers can never be worthless, they can only be unrecognized in their value, and this is the case as long as the human heart is not receptive due to a lack of loving activity. Nevertheless, it is also imparted to people who still have little love, so that they intellectually accept the divine mission and thereby should be stimulated into loving activity. Thus the will must first become active again to put the word into action, then the human being appropriates the spiritual good by now also becoming aware of the meaning of what is offered to him. The gift of grace can therefore have the highest spiritual value and result in the highest spiritual successes, but it can also remain completely unrecognized as a dead word because the human being does not desire to live spiritually. Nevertheless, it does not lose its value and can exert its effect on a person at any time if he himself contributes to making use of this effect. What at first appears incomprehensible and unbelievable to him can be affirmed by him both intellectually and with the heart through his will to loving activity and consequently be received as spiritual good at any time because it can never lose its intrinsic value. For the transmissions from above come from the realm of the spiritual and will only have an effect if they are conveyed to the spiritual spark in the human being and it is then left to the latter to utilize it...., i.e., to impart its knowledge to the human being's intellect so that he receives it and the human being then lives in accordance with this knowledge....

amen

Translated by Doris Boekers