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SearchExperience God Through Spiritual Simplicity
You must cease to seek for the word of God only on the pages of the olden records of theologic
authority. Those who are born of the spirit of God shall henceforth discern the word of God
regardless of whence it appears to take origin. Divine truth must not be discounted because the
channel of its bestowal is apparently human. Many of your brethren have minds which accept the
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theory of God while they spiritually fail to realize the presence of God. And that is just the
reason why I have so often taught you that the kingdom of heaven can best be realized by
acquiring the spiritual attitude of a sincere child. It is not the mental immaturity of the child that I
commend to you but rather the spiritual simplicity of such an easy-believing and fully-trusting
little one. It is not so important that you should know about the fact of God as that you should
increasingly grow in the ability to feel the presence of God.
When you once begin to find God in your soul, presently you will begin to discover him in other
men's souls and eventually in all the creatures and creations of a mighty universe. But what
chance does the Father have to appear as a God of supreme loyalties and divine ideals in the
souls of men who give little or no time to the thoughtful contemplation of such eternal realities?
While the mind is not the seat of the spiritual nature, it is indeed the gateway thereto.
But do not make the mistake of trying to prove to other men that you have found God; you
cannot consciously produce such valid proof, albeit there are two positive and powerful
demonstrations of the fact that you are God-knowing, and they are:
1. The fruits of the spirit of God showing forth in your daily routine life.
2. The fact that your entire life plan furnishes positive proof that you have unreservedly risked
everything you are and have on the adventure of survival after death in the pursuit of the hope of
finding the God of eternity, whose presence you have foretasted in time.