I AM HERE. James, the Lesser.
I come because most of the apostles have written to
you, and I want to be in the number who testify that
Jesus is the living and true son of God, and that he
has selected you—and also your friend*—to do his
work.
I know that this has been told to you by many
spirits; yet I want to add my testimony. For the
time may come when you will meet such unbelief and
skepticism that you will need all the testimony that
you can get.
The work that you will have to do will not be an
easy one. You will have many antagonists, especially
in the churches and among the preachers and rulers
of the churches, and you will need all the help that
the spirit powers can give you.
I am one of the band of Celestial spirits that will
sustain and help you in your work, and I am so
interested that you shall succeed that I want you to
know the fact that back of you both is the most
wonderful power that has ever been given to mortals
to carry out the plans of the higher Celestial
World.
When on earth, I was the brother of Jesus, and
called “the Lesser” to distinguish me from James,
the brother of John and the son of Zebedee. I was
not the son of any Alphaeus, such as that name is
understood in the New Testament, but the son of Mary
and Joseph, as was my brother Jesus. Jesus, himself,
will one day come and tell you exactly who Alphaeus
was.
So, have faith, and believe what we write to you,
for it is all true. You must not doubt, as you do
sometimes, or let your earthly affairs turn your
thoughts from the great Truths which we come to
teach you.
So, without writing more, I will say, believe!
Your brother in Christ,
JAMES, THE LESSER.