September 25, 1915
Received by James Padgett
Washington D.C.
Let me tell you a few things concerning the spirit world, that is the world that is below the Celestial Heavens of which John wrote.
In the several spheres, which are seven in numbers, are many planes inhabited by spirits of many nations and races of mankind, and these various races have to a certain extent the customs and beliefs that they had when on earth. The lines of demarcation are just as strictly drawn as are those of the several nations on earth. The result of this, that many spirits who live in this exclusive manner never learn anything other than what their own leaders tell them and what their various sacred books may teach them.
The Mohammedan is a Mohammedan still, and so likewise the followers of Zoroaster, and also those of Buddha and of Confucius, and all of the various founders of religious sects.
Sometimes these spirits in their wanderings will meet spirits of other races than their own, and interchange thoughts, but very rarely do they discuss matters pertaining to their respective beliefs. There are undoubtedly truths in the sacred writings and beliefs of all these races of spirits, and to the extent that these truths are taught and understood these spirits are benefited. I am now speaking of spiritual truths, because as to the mere truths pertaining to the natural or material world, they all have the same opportunity to investigate and understand them. There are no race or creed or doctrinal beliefs and teachings as to these truths affecting the material, and by this I mean, material as it exists in both the spiritual and earthly worlds.
But as I say, each of these races or sects has its own ideas and doctrines of the truth, and it can progress no further than the limits of these ideas permit it to progress. No founder of any race or sect has ever taught the New Birth, or the inflowing of the Divine Love in contradistinction to that of the natural love. And the teachings of Jesus are the only ones that reveal to man the existence of this Divine Love and how to obtain it. So you see the importance of this Truth coming to man. I must say here, that without the possession of this Love, no spirit can enter the Celestial Spheres.
The teachings of the other founders will show men the way to a life of happiness, and to what they may suppose, continuous existence. But the teachings of Jesus are the only ones that declare and lead men to a realization of the true Immortality of the soul.
I have written too long already and must stop.
Your brother in Christ, St. James.
Yes, I am that James. No, the Saint is only used as a means of identification; it has no significance in our spirit world.
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Jesus Writes That Ancient Spirits From the Sixth Sphere Have Only Intellectual Development and Not Divine Love
June 2, 1915
Received by James Padgett
Washington, D.C.
I am here, Jesus.
No, the spheres in which she (Saleeba) lived are the ones that your grandmother described as being the homes of the merely intellectual spirits. In these different spheres are many subspheres and the different races of mankind naturally congregate with those spirits of their own race - so that while this Egyptian may have lived in these different spheres, it does not follow that she lived in the same subspheres with the spirits of other races and, in all probability, she did not.
She is a very ancient spirit, but her age as compared with eternity - that which is passed as well as that to follow - is as a grain of sand on the seashore to all the rest of the sand. She is old as men consider age, but as we look upon it, she is of the now and not very old. She will tell you of the spheres in which she lived, but they will not be any different, or any greater than the ones your grandmother described. And she has not progressed above the Sixth and cannot until she receives the Divine Love and Essence of the Father.
So, as she describes these spheres to you, keep in mind the fact, that she has never gotten beyond the Sixth, as described by your grandmother. She may have passed through what seems to her many more spheres than the ones described by your grandmother, but all the various stages through which she passed constitute no more than the six lower spheres. She never was in the seventh or passed through it.
So let your mind be settled on this point: No spirit who is without this Love has ever gotten beyond the Sixth Sphere. The ancient Bible patriarchs and prophets, such as Moses, Abraham, Elisha, and the others, never got beyond the Sixth Sphere until my coming when they received the Divine Love - and the fact that they are ancient spirits does not necessarily imply that they are in a very high sphere now.
Your grandmother, for instance, is in a much higher sphere than all of the ancients who have never received the Divine Love.
So the fact that a spirit is ancient does not, of itself, mean that it is of a very high order of spirit. Many a spirit who passed over comparatively recently is as high in the Sixth Sphere as are these ancient ones. And many a spirit who came to the spirit world within a short time, your wife for instance, is in a higher sphere than many of these ancient ones who have been in the spirit life for centuries - yes, centuries upon centuries - and for the reason that these ancients have only the mental development, which can carry them into the Sixth Sphere only, while your wife has the soul development which has already carried her to the Celestial Spheres.
So do not think that because a spirit who comes to you may be an ancient spirit, it may be in a high sphere, or can instruct you in those things which will lead you to the Father's Kingdom for it is not true.
The Egyptian who came to you is now seeking this Love and she will receive it and progress higher as she develops her soul, but she will never get higher than the Sixth Sphere until her soul development fits her for the higher spheres. The mere fact that she has the mental development, which enabled her to progress to the Sixth Sphere will not help her in any degree to progress above it. As her soul develops, she will leave the Sixth Sphere and inhabit a sphere of soul education, which is in unison with her development, and it may be the Third only, but this sphere will enable her to make more rapid progress than if she should remain in the Sixth, because of the reasons that your grandmother portrayed in her message.
So do not be impressed with the thought that because a spirit is an ancient one, it can help you or instruct you in those things which pertain to your soul development. Of course, their mental qualities are developed to a high degree, and they can tell you many interesting things about the times in which they lived, and of their experiences in the spirit world; but these things, while interesting, do not help you to attain to the Divine Kingdom. As regards this soul knowledge, they may be mere babes and totally devoid of all the things necessary for the soul development through Divine Love.
I have many things yet to write about, and as we write you will see that I am the true Jesus, and that my knowledge of the Father's Kingdom is the greatest possessed by any spirit, be he ancient or modern. I wish that I could write to you every night, but under present earthly conditions I cannot, because it might interfere with your life on earth. But, as I have told you, very soon you will be in the condition where I will have your services all to myself and my work. I will not write more tonight, but only say - believe - and you will see the glories of the Father, and your own salvation and happiness.
Your friend and brother,
Jesus
Received by James Padgett
Washington, D.C.
I am here, Jesus.
No, the spheres in which she (Saleeba) lived are the ones that your grandmother described as being the homes of the merely intellectual spirits. In these different spheres are many subspheres and the different races of mankind naturally congregate with those spirits of their own race - so that while this Egyptian may have lived in these different spheres, it does not follow that she lived in the same subspheres with the spirits of other races and, in all probability, she did not.
She is a very ancient spirit, but her age as compared with eternity - that which is passed as well as that to follow - is as a grain of sand on the seashore to all the rest of the sand. She is old as men consider age, but as we look upon it, she is of the now and not very old. She will tell you of the spheres in which she lived, but they will not be any different, or any greater than the ones your grandmother described. And she has not progressed above the Sixth and cannot until she receives the Divine Love and Essence of the Father.
So, as she describes these spheres to you, keep in mind the fact, that she has never gotten beyond the Sixth, as described by your grandmother. She may have passed through what seems to her many more spheres than the ones described by your grandmother, but all the various stages through which she passed constitute no more than the six lower spheres. She never was in the seventh or passed through it.
So let your mind be settled on this point: No spirit who is without this Love has ever gotten beyond the Sixth Sphere. The ancient Bible patriarchs and prophets, such as Moses, Abraham, Elisha, and the others, never got beyond the Sixth Sphere until my coming when they received the Divine Love - and the fact that they are ancient spirits does not necessarily imply that they are in a very high sphere now.
Your grandmother, for instance, is in a much higher sphere than all of the ancients who have never received the Divine Love.
So the fact that a spirit is ancient does not, of itself, mean that it is of a very high order of spirit. Many a spirit who passed over comparatively recently is as high in the Sixth Sphere as are these ancient ones. And many a spirit who came to the spirit world within a short time, your wife for instance, is in a higher sphere than many of these ancient ones who have been in the spirit life for centuries - yes, centuries upon centuries - and for the reason that these ancients have only the mental development, which can carry them into the Sixth Sphere only, while your wife has the soul development which has already carried her to the Celestial Spheres.
So do not think that because a spirit who comes to you may be an ancient spirit, it may be in a high sphere, or can instruct you in those things which will lead you to the Father's Kingdom for it is not true.
The Egyptian who came to you is now seeking this Love and she will receive it and progress higher as she develops her soul, but she will never get higher than the Sixth Sphere until her soul development fits her for the higher spheres. The mere fact that she has the mental development, which enabled her to progress to the Sixth Sphere will not help her in any degree to progress above it. As her soul develops, she will leave the Sixth Sphere and inhabit a sphere of soul education, which is in unison with her development, and it may be the Third only, but this sphere will enable her to make more rapid progress than if she should remain in the Sixth, because of the reasons that your grandmother portrayed in her message.
So do not be impressed with the thought that because a spirit is an ancient one, it can help you or instruct you in those things which pertain to your soul development. Of course, their mental qualities are developed to a high degree, and they can tell you many interesting things about the times in which they lived, and of their experiences in the spirit world; but these things, while interesting, do not help you to attain to the Divine Kingdom. As regards this soul knowledge, they may be mere babes and totally devoid of all the things necessary for the soul development through Divine Love.
I have many things yet to write about, and as we write you will see that I am the true Jesus, and that my knowledge of the Father's Kingdom is the greatest possessed by any spirit, be he ancient or modern. I wish that I could write to you every night, but under present earthly conditions I cannot, because it might interfere with your life on earth. But, as I have told you, very soon you will be in the condition where I will have your services all to myself and my work. I will not write more tonight, but only say - believe - and you will see the glories of the Father, and your own salvation and happiness.
Your friend and brother,
Jesus
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