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I AM HERE. Jesus.
I came tonight to tell you that you are nearer the Kingdom than you have been
for a long time. If you pray to the Father in more earnestness, you will soon
realize the inflowing of the Divine Love. This will make you free, indeed, and
fit you to enjoy that close communion with the Father that will enable you to
forget all your worries and disappointments, and to see the great Truths with
your soul perceptions which I and my followers may endeavor to teach you.
I know that, at times, it seems difficult to grasp the full meaning of faith in
the Father and His Love. But if you will earnestly seek for His Love, you will
find that there will come to you such a belief in His Wonderful Love, and in the
nearness of His Presence, that you will be free from all doubt.
YOU HAVE ASKED ME, “WHAT IS FAITH?”, AND I WILL ANSWER: FAITH IS THAT WHICH,
WHEN POSSESSED IN ITS REAL AND TRUE MEANING, MAKES THE ASPIRATIONS AND LONGINGS
OF THE SOUL A REAL, LIVING EXISTENCE, AND ONE SO CERTAIN AND PALPABLE THAT NO
DOUBT WILL ARISE AS TO ITS REALITY.
THIS FAITH IS NOT THE BELIEF THAT ARISES FROM THE MERE OPERATION OF THE MIND,
BUT THAT WHICH COMES FROM THE OPENING OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF THE SOUL, AND WHICH
ENABLES ITS POSSESSOR TO SEE GOD IN ALL HIS BEAUTY AND LOVE. I DO NOT MEAN THAT
THE POSSESSOR OF THIS FAITH WILL ACTUALLY SEE GOD IN FORM OR FEATURE, FOR HE HAS
NONE SUCH, BUT HIS SOUL PERCEPTIONS WILL BE IN SUCH CONDITION THAT ALL THE
ATTRIBUTES OF THE FATHER WILL APPEAR SO PLAINLY TO HIM THAT THEY WILL BE AS REAL
AS ANYTHING THAT HE CAN SEE WITH THE EYES OF THE SPIRIT FORM. SUCH FAITH COMES
ONLY WITH CONSTANT PRAYER AND THE RECEPTION OF THE DIVINE LOVE INTO THE SOUL.
NO MAN CAN BE SAID TO HAVE FAITH WHO HAS NOT THIS DIVINE LOVE. OF COURSE, FAITH
IS A PROGRESSIVE QUALITY, OR ESSENCE, OF THE SOUL, AND IT INCREASES AS
POSSESSION OF THIS DIVINE LOVE INCREASES. IT IS NOT DEPENDENT ON ANYTHING ELSE.
YOUR PRAYERS CALL FROM THE FATHER A RESPONSE THAT BRINGS WITH IT FAITH. AND WITH
THIS FAITH COMES A KNOWLEDGE OF THE EXISTENCE OF THIS LOVE IN YOUR OWN SOUL.
MANY PERSONS, I KNOW, UNDERSTAND THIS FAITH TO BE A MERE BELIEF, BUT IT IS
GREATER THAN BELIEF, AND EXISTS, IN ITS TRUE SENSE, ONLY IN THE SOUL. BELIEF MAY
ARISE FROM A CONVICTION OF THE MIND, BUT FAITH NEVER CAN. ITS PLACE OF BEING IS
IN THE SOUL. AND NO ONE CAN POSSESS IT UNLESS HIS SOUL IS AWAKENED BY THE
INFLOWING OF THIS LOVE.
SO, WHEN WE PRAY TO THE FATHER TO INCREASE OUR FAITH, IT IS A PRAYER FOR THE
INCREASE OF LOVE. FAITH IS BASED ON THE POSSESSION OF THIS LOVE. THERE CAN BE NO
FAITH WITHOUT IT BECAUSE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE SOUL TO EXERCISE ITS FUNCTION
WHEN LOVE IS ABSENT FROM IT.
Sometime, as you progress in these writings, you will be in a soul condition to
understand just what faith is; but, until that time, your faith will be limited
by your possession of this Love.
Well, in my healing of the sick and the blind and the others of earth who needed
a cure, when I said: “As your faith, so be it unto you,” I meant that they must
believe that the Father had Power to bring about the cure. I did not mean that
if their minds merely had the belief that I might cure them that then they would
be cured. Belief was not sufficient of itself; faith was required.
Faith is not a thing that can be obtained by a mere exercise of the mind, but
has to be sought for with the soul perceptions. And, when obtained, it will be
enjoyed by the soul perceptions.
I am with you in all my love and power. I love you, as I told you, and I desire
that you shall become free and happy so that you can do my work.
With all my love and blessings, I will say good night.
Your brother and friend,
JESUS.
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About James E. Padgett
 Born August 25, 1852, Mr. James Edward Padgett
practiced law in Washington, D.C. Subsequent to his wife's, Helen,
passing in February, 1914, James learned from a psychic that he had
the gift of automatic writing. Based on the promptings of the
psychic and with a desire to reach his dearly departed Helen, he
commenced take messages from the spirits in the spirit world. At
first, James denounced the messages as merely coming from his mind,
driven by a strong desire to reach his departed wife. Eventually,
however, James could not deny the fact that information he was
receiving could not have possibly come from his own mind - for the
content of the messages surpassed his own education and knowledge.
Before his passing in March, 1923, James had accumulated hundreds of
messages from spirits and celestials in the spirit world.
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