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8610 Through the working of the spirit light is given to man....

September 8, 1963: Book 90

What the spirit teaches you is truth and can therefore be convincingly represented as such.... I say: what it teaches you.... i.e., he must open up a knowledge for you which you did not possess before.... You literally have to be led out of the state of ignorance into the state of brightest knowledge, then you can say that My spirit has taught you, that therefore I Myself have spoken through the spirit spark in you and then there can also be no error, because the spirit in you knows about everything, since it is My share.... This I emphasize again and again that I want to bring light to you men, that I want to supply you with knowledge, which enlightens you about everything what reaches into spiritual area. They are not empty words without deep meaning, they are not sayings which are already known to you, which My spirit imparts to you, even if it reminds you, as I have promised, of what I Myself have told you.... remember what I Myself told you when I walked on earth.... For also these once spoken words of Mine will be explained to you in detail; a right light will also be brought to you about these words, how they are to be understood.... You must always know that the earth is a dark area, that men have little or no knowledge at all, for what occasion and for what purpose they go over the earth.... and that I Myself, as the eternal light, also want to shine light into this darkness, that I want to give people an enlightenment which shall now determine them to also lead a right way of life.... And therefore I want to instruct them; I want to send them information about all connections, which they cannot find themselves, but which also only I Myself can impart truthfully and this therefore has to happen through the voice of the spirit.... that I Myself can work through My spirit in man. A comprehensive knowledge now, which man possesses, whose possession he also can prove, is a quite certain sign of the work of My spirit, because from no other side such knowledge can be received, which concerns areas, which are inaccessible to the human intellect alone. "You shall all be taught by God...." He who is taught, his knowledge will increase.... But it cannot be spoken of "teachings" if man does not receive something which he did not know before, for he is taught for this reason, that his knowledge may increase. He can indeed receive a teaching material from his fellow human being.... but as soon as it concerns deeper knowledge, processes and conditions in the spiritual kingdom which no human being can know about.... the understanding for it must always be made accessible to the human being from Me.... Therefore also he must be instructed by Me, to whom spiritual material is supplied.... the spirit must be able to work in him, otherwise all knowledge will remain incomprehensible to him. You all have to be taught by God if you want to attain the right knowledge. And that you reach knowledge, to light, that alone is necessary for you, but also always a proof of My work in you. Therefore.... when you examine.... always ask yourselves whether you increase in wisdom, whether a light is kindled in you in whose glow you are able to clearly recognize everything.... And only then can you speak of the 'working of the spirit' in man when such a light shines in you.... But if your thinking remains confused or if you are only ever given words which are well known to you but whose meaning is not explained to you in an understandable way, then no divine working can be assumed, instead purely human intellectual thinking produces results which are of no value, because the intellect can err and intellectual results cannot have a good influence on the soul either, for it needs spiritual strength which can only be supplied to it by Me Myself. I know it that you lack light, that you dwell in dark areas and still need light so necessary to find the right way to Me, and that is why it will always be My care to break through the darkness through a bright ray of light, which falls down from Me to earth, and this ray of light goes to you yourselves when you intimately unite with Me and ask for enlightenment of the spirit. Then My spirit radiates into you, then the spirit spark in you is caused to express itself, and then you can be instructed from within, and you will truly receive a bright light; you will be enlightened about your purpose of existence, and your knowledge will increase the more often you establish the union with Me and ask for enlightenment from Me Myself.... Then you will also know that it is I Myself Who instructs you, that the eternal light Itself enlightens you...._>Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers