I AM HERE. Judas.

I have not written you for a long time, and I feel that I must write to you and declare some Truth that is of importance to you and to mankind. I will not write a very long message, and what I have to say will be put in short sentences and made succinct. I know that you wonder who I am and what I will write about, and you must not be surprised if I tell you what you may think is not of much importance.

Well, my subject is, “What Is the Best Thing for Men to Do Who Desire to See God and Realize That He Is a Personal God with All the Attributes That Belong Only to a Supreme, Infinite Being.”

GOD IS A SPIRIT AND A PERSON, AND NOT A MERE NEBULOUS BEING WITHOUT FORM OR PERSONALITY. HE IS REAL AS TO THESE QUALITIES, AND IS NOT WANTING THAT WHICH WILL MAKE HIM THE FATHER THAT JESUS SO OFTEN CALLED HIM.

NOW, IN ORDER FOR A SPIRIT TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND JUST WHAT ALL THIS MEANS, THE SPIRIT MUST GET IN THAT HARMONY WITH GOD THAT WILL ENABLE HIM TO POSSESS QUALITIES OF SOUL THAT ARE LIKE THE QUALITIES OF THE FATHER THAT HE DESIRES TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND. THIS CONDITION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLY BY THE SPIRIT PURSUING THE WAY THAT THE MASTER SO OFTEN WRITES YOU OF, AND WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR THE SPIRIT TO OBTAIN THE QUALITIES NECESSARY FOR SUCH COMPREHENSION. ONLY AS A SOUL IS FILLED WITH THE LOVE OF THE FATHER CAN IT POSSIBLY BE IN THE CONDITION THAT WILL ENABLE IT TO SEE AND COMPREHEND THIS PERSONALITY OF GOD. NO MERE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES, OR OF THE NATURAL LOVE, WILL SUFFICE FOR THIS PURPOSE. AND WHILE SUCH DEVELOPMENT IS NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR THE SPIRIT TO BECOME THE PERFECT MAN AND ENJOY THE CONDITION THAT BELONGS TO THAT MAN, YET, SUCH DEVELOPMENT IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO ENABLE THE SPIRIT TO SEE AND COMPREHEND THE FATHER.

It is much easier for a spirit to get in the condition previously mentioned—that is, obtain the Father’s Love—than to get in the condition last described. And, as you may see, the wholly different thing that the former development leads to should be sufficient to induce the spirit to accept the Father’s Love and become a true son of His.

I have written what I desired, and thank you for the opportunity. With my love, I will say good night.

JUDAS.