BD.8727
January 16, 1964

PUBLIC CONFESSION DURING THE FAITH CONFLICT

Those of you who go through the time of the faith conflict shall be exposed to great demands upon you, when it comes to deciding for or against Me. Because you will have to confess publicly, and this signifies wither your denial of Me, or to convincingly stand up for Me. And they shall be enforcing your decision by brutal means, which shall frighten you, if your faith in Me is not of a strength that causes you to abide in Me with full trust, and I shall verily not disappoint your faith.

It is that faith conflict which has to be fought through before the end, because only this brings about the separation of the goats from the sheep, as My flock shall then have set itself apart, whom My adversary shall not bring to sway since they are of a living faith, and not mere book-Christians who will succumb in the final battle. The enemy's coercive measures shall indeed take on forms compelling the notion of surrender for survival. But those of a living faith know that everything is possible to Me, that I can maintain mankind supernaturally, and that for the believer this is not coercive.

Yet you must not compromise, believing yourselves to preserve Me in your hearts, but denying Me in public; because I had demanded your confession of Me before the world, so that I in turn may grant you recognition in the beyond. It will be an unorthodox operation on My adversary's part, to render Me ineffectual, as he thinks; and that shall also be the time when all power is taken from him again, because he only uses it against Me, thus overstepping his scope - when he attempts to neutralise Me.

You shall need much strength, but his will be streamed to Mine, they shall draw strength from their firm faith; they sense My presence, and this conviction enables them to openly stand up for Me and My name. And may the attacks be yet so fierce, and the measures ever so brutal, you shall be able to endure all, with My support, because I do not leave you, if only you have the will to endure to the end. I know what you are capable of bearing, and you shall be surrounded by My angels accordingly, who will guard you in this final battle. But do not abandon yourselves acknowledge Me in your heart, because you are to furnish proof of a living faith in Me, which only Mine, whose faith has become living through a life of love, shall be capable of producing.

But he who is a mere book-Christian, walking without love even though an adherent of a church organization, shall be thrown into doubt about his former outlook and faith and be ready to quickly give up his faith for worldly advantage. And this shall be the greatest temptation mankind has ever been subjected to; that whilst all livelihood is withheld from them if they remain faithful to Me, everything is granted them and they gain every worldly advantage if they deny Me; which shall not be too difficult for most, because their faith had not yet been a living one, and hence everything appears doubtful to them now.

Because My adversary knows how to confuse all spiritual connections; and insufficient love means lack of cognition. And mankind unhesitatingly gives up what it possessed hereto fore - a dead Christianity turning towards the world more than ever, as a full substitute for what they gave up. And the separation is completed, because there shall be only two camps: those fully surrendered to Me, evidently enjoying My protection, and a host of unbelievers adhering to Me adversary, who also shall be subject to the last judgment, which terminates the faith conflict. Because I Myself shall come to fetch Mine and to carry out the transformation of the earth's surface, signifying the binding of those men who failed in the last battle on this earth.

AMEN