Earth test .... submission of the will ....

B.D. No. 2158 November 20th 1941

Earthly life is given to you as a trial. If you do not pass this test then your fate after your departure from earth will continue to be a bound one, for the will cannot be forcibly directed such that you do that which redeems you from bondage. Redemption can only be found through the surrender of your free will, because free will once resisted God, and in earthly life you humans often have enough opportunity to sacrifice your will. The body will constantly push for the fulfilment of its desire, and then free will has to kick in and resist the body's desire out of love for God .... then it will consciously strive for its redemption. So all earthly pleasures and the temptations of this world are only a means to an end, so that man lets his free will become active and surrenders everything because he wants to submit to the will of God. The redemption from the form, from the unfree state, outweighs every sacrifice that man has made on earth. He now does not need to fear a renewed bondage as soon as he departs from this life, but his state will be a free one, it will mean redemption from every cover. Thus the will cannot be directed towards God by force, and only few people voluntarily give up their former resistance against God. Mankind is therefore in greatest danger, for earthly life passes quickly and it has not been lived appropriately. People continue to submit their will to the opposing power, which is responsible for their bondage. And this is the reason for an intervention on God's part which is intended to draw people's attention to His will so that they will free themselves from the adversary's control and take refuge in God ....

Amen