BD.5571
March 7, 1953

TRUE WORSHIP - FORMALITIES

In all churches where I am proclaimed you learn the basic doctrines that can guide you to eternal beatitude. If you only hear them and let them fade away, they will be of little use to you; but if you allow them to penetrate to your heart, the seed will be fertilized and grow, soon covering the whole field - your heart - with abundant vegetation. Life is awakened in you and Christ's doctrine, MY WORD, which was preached to you, yields glorious fruit. Your soul matures and you are on your way to perfection.

Therefore, every church that brings My Word to you can help you to achieve maturity. However, the prerequisite is the acceptance of My Word, which is being offered to you wherever Christ's doctrine, conveying to you knowledge about JESUS CHRIST, the Son of God and Savior of the world, is preached. You humans can achieve beatitude solely through JESUS CHRIST. Consequently, you have to be informed about Him and His work of salvation. And since you can gain perfection only through fulfilling His commandments of love, you have to be instructed in His doctrine.

It is of no importance where and how this doctrine is submitted to you, but that it is done is most essential. Therefore bless all the proclaimers of My Word, who seek to bring Me closer to men, who bear witness of Me who walked on earth, as Jesus Christ, and brought salvation to mankind.

Everything that helps to acquaint men with My suffering and death on the cross, with My incarnation and work of salvation, that helps to spur them on towards imitation of Jesus, towards a life of selfless love of their fellow-men, that is also in accordance with My will and is blessed by Me, what- ever spiritual movement may be behind it. However, what exceeds this, what does not agree with My doctrine of love and is felt as a burden because it interferes with the free will of men, everything that contradicts My simple life on earth and was at a later date added to My divine commandments of love, that I dislike, and it is not suited for the education of true members of the church which I Myself established on earth.

Where love is being taught it must also be lived, i.e., where there is need or distress it must be alleviated and he whom I have given material wealth shall use it in the service of his fellow men to the best of his ability. If this first commandment is disregarded, no blessing can come of it even if My love doctrine is preached. For then they are nothing but idle words and no change of heart has taken place. Then My Word has not yet penetrated to the heart and has not become alive in the heart of that person, for it is the seed that fell on stony ground and could not grow. An eternal life in beatitude can only be gained through love, and only where this doctrine is preached to men affectingly is My Gospel being proclaimed truly. And where My love-doctrine is actually lived, there I am truly being worshipped, and such a worship pleases Me and gains you unexpected blessing.

AMEN