BD.8054
December 3, 1961

IS THE BIBLE CLOSED OFF?

How erroneous it is of you to assume that with the Scriptures - the book of the fathers- My Word is closed off; that I have set Myself a limit to the extent that I shall henceforth not express Myself a limit to the extent that I shall henceforth not express Myself, that I no longer speak to men.

Who gives you the authority for such an assumption? Who would prevent Me, as the Father, from speaking to My children time and again? Who gives you the authority to set up the assertion that the Bible alone suffices, that you men have need of no additional Word?

You, who reject every kind of New Revelation, you still find yourselves in the deepest spiritual darkness! And in this darkness you will not understand the Bible either - and thus also the latter is for you still a closed book! Because you do not understand the spiritual sense of the letters, otherwise you would find references to My perpetual Revelation also in this book - and the working of My Spirit would be intelligible to you. But so long as you are of an unawakened spirit yourselves, you cannot grasp the sense of the Word which I Myself spoke to My disciples when I walked the earth.

How impoverished you men would be if you had to confine yourselves to a book, the unaltered contents of which you are no longer able to verify for yourselves; if the pure Truth from above were not constantly offered to you, by which you can set a gauge as to whether you move within Truth.

You who want to validate only this book, you have not penetrated the "Word" yourselves; you have read it with intellect only but not allowed the spirit within you to speak, which teaches you and explains to you the sense of the word. You adhere to the letter and do not understand its spiritual sense!

And when I Myself want to lead you into Truth, you deny My Word - and suspect My servants of dealing with My adversary. You dispute My Will and Power to speak with those who offer Me their service in full faith - and who are therefore able to perceive My voice within themselves. And you stubbornly persist with your opinion that My Word is closed off with the Scriptures, which you acknowledge as the only book through which I have revealed Myself. AND THIS IS YOUR LOSS! Because by your rejection of My Word from above you only prove:

That you are dead Christians!

Because a living Christianity is a "working in love" - and this would bring you illumination of the spirit - and therewith an understanding for My unusual assistance in times of spiritual want. Then you would also understand the words of the Bible, the promises which I Myself gave you, indicating that I manifest Myself to those who keep My Commandments (John, Ch. 14:21). How do you intend then to construe these My promises, if you deny all New Revelation? Do you want to give the lie to Myself when I announce to you "My Comforter that shall lead you into all Truth?" (John, 14:26). How do you understand these words, which must be fulfilled, because every promise which I made to men during My passage on earth fulfils itself.

And why do you not want to believe? Because you are of an overbearing spirit. Because you lack inner animation, and an awakening of the spirit, and therefore you believe yourselves capable of determining Me and My Work, to limit it as it suits you.

But you err - notwithstanding that you deem yourselves to have, through study, attained to a knowledge which entitles you to a rejection of My Word from above, you are of an overbearing spirit, and can therefore never receive a revelation from Me. Because only the humble receive the gift of My Grace, and this humility you lack. And that is why you still walk in darkness - and you will not break through it - because you avoid light, which could present you with cognition, if you were desirous of stepping into its gleam.

My love for My beings never ceases, and hence I shall never miss an opportunity to address you men, where the pre-conditions are present. And My Word shall always resound to those who are of goodwill, to whom I, as the Father, can speak as to children who animatedly believe in Me. And to them I shall manifest Myself, and Mine will also recognise My voice. Because I can be present with them and reveal Myself - AS I HAVE PROMISED.

AMEN