BD.8829
July 13, 1964

PRETENDED WORSHIP

How important it is to enlighten you regarding the contamination of the doctrine supposed to be from Me is shown by the fact that people mainly observe that which has been added by man ignoring My teaching.

I must stress again and again that only the doctrine of love is the essence of My Gospel. When you realize that the sole purpose of your earthly life is your transformation to love, you will comprehend the significance of My love-doctrine and free yourselves from all ceremony which in My eyes is nothing but ceremony, worthless formalities. How much time people waste with pretended worship, performing all the rites from habit, superficially, not making the least effort to practice love, the only commandment taught mankind as I walked over the earth! And that this is so is due to the fact that love has died among men. What then is the use of such 'divine services' where you fulfill duties, which I cannot value. And you believe you can make up for all your loveless actions by more eager church going and fulfillment of performances invented by men.

You believe to think and act righteously, but you are in error, for there is no one among you who listens to the voice of the Spirit. This is so because you are exposed to adverse influences causing you to refrain from forming your own opinion, thus preventing you from finding the truth. And this applies also to you who describe yourselves as 'leaders' of men, but prevent them from allowing the Spirit to work within them.

For what the Spirit would teach men is quite contrary to your system, and a man taught by the spirit you call a 'heretic' whilst in fact he is My disciple, called to bring the truth to men chosen by Me as a vessel for the reception of My Spirit in order to reveal this truth to you.

You men should only turn towards love, fight the love of self and practice the love of your neighbor. Then you will experience a blessing that is supreme. Your thinking will be right, your spirit will teach you from within and you will free yourselves from all wrong doctrines. You will more often seek solitude and receive a richer blessing than by the 'divine service' in which you now participate.

He who has love will also recognize the error as the work of man, except he believes in it so profoundly and lively that I shall not spoil such a faith which brings him so close to Me that he wants to do everything he believes to be good before My eyes. Such people I shall judge according to the degree of their love and give them sudden enlightenment as they depart from this earth.

However, such people are scarce, most just observe the rites while their faith is dead. This cannot come alive because they lack love, which quickens faith.

Although I keep preaching love from Above, men have become so unspiritual that they do not listen to what I have to say. Therefore, they will perish on the Day of Judgment for without love no one can attain beatitude.

AMEN