God Himself comes to people in the Word ....

B.D. No. 3806 June 20th 1946

He Who dwells in the midst of you in the spirit, listen to Him when He speaks to you. He makes Himself known to you in such a way that you are well able to recognize Him if you are believers, for His words of love sound no different than the words He Himself spoke on earth in the shell of the man Jesus. It is the same teaching which is now imparted to you through His obvious working through a human mouth; He makes use of a human shell in order to speak to you through it, and to make the forever and eternally constant teaching accessible to you. And His Word is truly recognizable as being of divine origin, for it only teaches love, which only divinely directed beings represent, because love is God's direct emanation and draws to itself that which is with love again. And thus, if a teaching has the commandment of love as its content, if it wants to educate people to become love, it also proceeds from the One Who is Eternal Love Himself .... But if this teaching of love is now imparted to people in such a way that spiritual strength is recognizable, that the transmission takes place in a spiritual way, then God Himself must absolutely be acknowledged as the source where the strength originates, and faith in it must also increase the effectiveness of that which originates from God. Accept His Word as God's Word and you will receive undreamt-of blessings from it, for then it will strengthen you earthly and spiritually because you consciously accept the divine emanation of love. He Himself is with you in the Word .... consider this in your heart and fully surrender to His effect of grace .... He teaches you Himself, He informs you of His will, of your destiny, He shows you the right path, He gives you promises and encourages you to live such that His promises to you will be fulfilled; He draws you to Himself with every Word, He courts your love and thus constantly endeavors to guide you into His kingdom in order to make you eternally happy. He is obviously active amongst His own, yet in order to recognize Him you have to believe in His love, wisdom and omnipotence .... in Himself, that He exists and that you are His creatures which can never be separated from Him .... Then you will also be able to assess the value of the gift of grace as far as this is possible on earth .... And His Word will take effect in you, it will awaken you to life, which you will never lose and thus be blessed for eternity ....

Amen