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The essential teaching of these messages is simple:
There is a God—Architect and Creator of the universe. If one word were used to describe God, it would be love. We human beings are in fact God's children; our soul (the true self, the seat of consciousness) having been created in God's image. As God's children, we were created with the potential to receive the actual essence of God's soul into our soul, and to thus become transformed from the image of the divine into the very substance—at one with God, and conscious of our immortality. This "divine substance" which can effect this transformation is, quite simply, God's love. Writers of the New Testament called this special love agape; we call it the divine love. This love is separate and distinct from the "natural love" that is manifest throughout God's creation, and comes into the soul only in response to sincere, heartfelt desire for its inflowing—in other words, in response to prayer. This divine love is given only to those who freely choose to receive it. The transformation brought about by this love is gradual, the pace being determined by the frequency and "soulfulness" of one's prayers for the love. There is a "snow-ball effect" at work also—each inflowing of the love bringing with it an increase in faith, making it progressively easier to aspire for the love.
And that, in essence, is all there is to it. Jesus and the other spirit-authors of these messages emphatically state that they are not speculating regarding these matters, but are speaking from personal experience and perception. And they explain that these same experiences and perceptions may be ours, if we’re willing to perform the "great experiment" of sincerely asking for God's love. Even an agnostic can perform this experiment—all that’s required is a humble heart, an open mind, and a willingness to persevere long enough to overcome one's "internal barriers"—i.e. fear, doubt, feelings of unworthiness, resistance to change, etc. Even if you should choose not to read any further, you now know the way to acquire the most precious possession that a human being could ever desire. Ask God with all your heart for this love, and it will never be denied you. The more you ask, the more you will receive, and this through all eternity. "And what exactly will this love do for me, in practical terms?" you may be wondering. A short answer is that it will enable you to manifest progressively greater qualities of divinity—just as it did for Jesus, who was the first person ever to receive this divine transformation. And although one of the purposes of these messages is to deflate some of the myths which surround Jesus and his teachings, we’re still given to understand that he was the most powerful healer and personification of spiritual truth that this world has seen. This brief description gives rise to a thousand questions, the answers to many of which will be found in these messages. But above all, we hope you’ll remember and take to heart these simple words: Pray for God's Love!
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