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THE GREATER WORLD CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
THE ZODIAC MESSAGES
"THE FRIENDS OF GOD"
An address by the celestial messenger 'Zodiac' (the
unnamed scribe of the Bible and a teacher in the Temple
of Jerusalem at the time of Christ), given through
the mediumship of Miss Winifred Moyes
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"MY little children all so dear to me, how can
I explain the joy that fills my being to think that love brings
you into this little home, that you are wishful to know more about
the messenger sent by the Master to help you on the upward way.
How can I explain what this means to those who are the servants
of the Most High? But I tell you that the link between us has
been blessed by Christ, Who during His earthly sojourn sought
love and found it not except in the hearts of the few. Oh, cannot
you understand that God has suffered through the lack of love
of His creation, through the many misrepresentations of those
who, as it were, sent Love outside their circle and only knew
God as One from whom they shrank.
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"Little ones, I wish to speak to you upon those
things which are real, which are lasting and which must do their
work over the ages to come. I pass on that which is the truth,
fragments maybe, but those fragments harmonise with the great
fount of Truth which is there waiting to be drawn upon by man
when he can extricate himself from the things of the earth, from
the thoughts and the influences of this little world and seek
truth from the great Truth-Bringer. So, my children, I have been
instructed by Love Himself to speak this night on the Friends
of God; and I want you to gather from my words that this subject
has been chosen because you have come here in the spirit of love,
and because by your lives, by that which you have sought to do,
you have shown yourselves friends of the Great Creator. Think
of this wondrous fact: That we, His children - so inexperienced
in comparison with Wisdom itself - that We can be counted as the
friends of God!
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"I would take you back over the past through the
pages of the sacred Record, and there, guided by the Holy Spirit,
you yourselves can put your finger upon the few, those of old,
who were friends of God. Ah, my children, what was their portion?
What is it that they have left upon the pages of the past? So
ignorant, so inexperienced, so limited, they followed the instruction
of the Most High, which came to them in the form of a Voice or
of a Presence or of a Light. And these humble ones - though restricted
in outlook - they stand out in history, one here, one there, as
friends of God.
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"Oh, think you of the conditions of that time when
Moses sought to lead the bonded into freedom. Think of the prophets,
how they were stoned, how they were cast into darkness, entombed
beneath the earth. These, despised by man, were the friends of
God. So come with me in thought while we turn the pages of the
sacred Record and find here and there one man, one woman, who
tried, who would not be chained by the rules and the customs of
the time; one man, one woman, perhaps over a period of many years.
They had weaknesses, they were caught oft by the enemy, but in
spite of their follies, in spite of their failures, when the call
came from God they followed the direction and they, in degree,
were friends of the great and mighty Being who sought to weave
the pattern of the lives of men into something which bore resemblance
to harmony and beauty.
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"Oh, little ones, how oft the servants of the Most
High have been overcome by despair! So much they meant to do,
so little was done; their hearts ached, remorse tortured their
minds, but in the measure that they desired to fulfil the holy
plan, so when they were free they found to their amazement that
God had finished what they had begun - friends of God.
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"The outstanding names and characters in history
draw from the reader admiration and veneration, but what of the
countless thousands whose lives have left no outward mark behind?
What of the women in that dark and dangerous time of old? What
of the mothers? What of those left to struggle, to fight on in
a loneliness impossible for you to imagine at this stage? The
widows who were considered of no account, the women bent with
labour both within and without the home. What of the millions
who passed, as it were, into the great Silence, remembered only
by those they tended, and by these perchance but for a little
while?
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"As I speak thus I see around me a mighty concourse;
they bear upon their brows the Cross of Christ; yet these lived
upon the earth plane centuries before the Master came. Who are
they? And I answer: The patient toilers of a long past day, those
who were the victims of others, those who had no voice in their
lot or as to the portion of their life; those who wept not, for
in their childhood the Source of their tears had been dried up.
Those whose bodies ached under the whip, those whose bodies were
broken by the weights they had to lift; those whose minds - even
the physical organ - were destroyed by the hardships that beset
their path, those whose hearts were broken because they were bought
by strangers and their children were sold to other strangers and
they met not over the earthly span. Ah, what of these? Friends
of God!
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"Little ones, I feel as I stand in your presence
that your hearts are linked to the love which pours out from me;
that in imagination - that Divine gift of memory - you can send
the compassionate thought to these, your brothers, your sisters,
divided by generations of earthly time, separated by race and
creed, even by the colour of the garment that was worn, yet your
brothers, your sisters, and you and they by the link between are
indeed known as the children of God. Yes, the multitude is around,
yet they bear no sign of sadness. Joy is in their heart; beautiful
within, beautiful without, they symbolise something of the glory
of God, for they took the hard road and kept to the hard road
unto the end of the journey upon the earth plane.
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"Persecution, that awful stream of hate and venom,
this followed them along the obscure way which they desired to
follow; and even as they hearkened to the Voice, at times the
river of hate encompassed them and they were dragged to their
doom. But they were friends of God, and the Saviour met them as
they crossed the little threshold between the half light into
the real light, and from thence onward into the glory which never
fades.
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"Oh I bid you think of those, unknown, unnamed,
the mighty procession that passed, as it were, through the pages
of history and left no outward mark behind. What deeds they wrought!
So mighty was the work they accomplished that men, bound by the
earth vision, saw it not. So great were their tasks, so radiant
the beauty they created, so marvellous the power, that those who
followed after were able in a measure - through the strength that
the humble ones had left behind - were able to cast off some of
their chains from them and to pass on the message of peace to
mankind. Friends of God, they are gathered into the Father's home
for ever and ever. But their work never ceases. Merged into perfect
joy and perfect love, that which they have is for use amongst
others; and holding the vibrations of the Father's Home, they
pass far from Spirit conditions, so-called, into other planes
and spheres; yet that of the Father's Home they take for those
who lie in darkness itself. These may know nought of the Father's
Home, yet the Father watches over them, cares for them, loves
them, and His friends, charged with something of His power, they
take their friendship into conditions terrible in every sense,
and through the power those in bondage are able to find the helping
hand.
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"How can I find words to pass on to you this glorious
truth - that our Father and Mother God, the great controlling
Spirit, the One with all Power, entreats His children to be His
friends! God has many enemies, some of which are obvious to you
and others who indeed are garbed in the sheep's clothing to deceive.
And these impersonators, in the physical body and out of the physical
body, they pass among the children of the earth, and here a victim
and there a victim; but in the measure that the victim suffers
so that means a little more freedom in the next stage, a little
more light, a little more love; but for the enemies in the sheep's
clothing a little less light, a little more bondage, alas and
alas!
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"Oh dear children, I call upon you in the name
of Christ, and I say: Pause not, let nothing of the physical hold
back your efforts, let no threat of persecution cause you to linger
upon the upward way. For you - the greater self within - have
made a compact with the Holy One, and the Divine within you is
linked for ever to the greatest Friend that anyone could have.
But with the presence of that greatest Friend in your life what
is called out from you? Friendship in turn, and the true friend
has no fear, the true friend is loyal and faithful, steadfast
and determined; and out of our little friendship, out of that
little emotion which we can give forth to the Great Bestower,
so like a cloud of glory the friendship of the great God descends
upon us - and henceforth fear, apprehension, doubt, misgiving,
all this should find no place.
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"Look around you; there are many who name themselves
by the sweetest name of all, they avow themselves followers of
the Christ, yet although these are the children of God by gift
and inheritance, how oft do they prove themselves as false friends,
as friends who fail in the time of greatest need, as friends who
forget their obligation to the greatest Friend man has?
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"Yes, I speak of many - whether they be as the
shepherds or whether they be as the flock - and I say, because
it is God's truth, that in the degree that self comes first and
God's work comes second, in that degree they are not the true
friends of Christ. The man or the woman who calls himself or herself
a Christian and then shrinks from persecution, shrinks from the
tyranny of the worldly-minded, shrinks from the taunts of those
bound by self; aye, in the measure that the hard road is shirked,
the road of service, the road of giving the strength that is their
own, in that measure they fail the Friend of friends and prove
themselves to all who have the mind to understand that they are
false friends, not only false in friendship to the Spirit within,
but treacherous to those who are weaker, less evolved than themselves.
Little ones, the responsibility is threefold: False to the Great
God, false to the God within, false to the God within those brothers
and sisters who, as yet, know not the sweetness, the freedom and
the joy of being linked to Perfect Love.
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"So I speak to all who have suffered, and I am
drawing in many at this same time, those who have found the enemies
pitiless, immovable, thwarting them day by day; to all such as
these I have a message of hope and of a mighty reassurance: Brother,
sister, have no fear! The road lies plain before you, it is the
same road that the pioneers of old took in their ignorance, overcoming
their fears; it is the road which the Christ trod first and called
to those who loved Him to follow after.
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"What of the pangs, what of the weariness, what
of the sorrow? Are they not signposts, are they not symbols to
you all that the road upon which you travel is the right road,
the Christ road? If upon the path you found that which was easy
for the physical body, that which was soothing to the of physical
mind, that which delighted the physical eyes, oh then upon your
knees out of the instinct of self-preservation you must go, for
indeed that is the path into bondage; but the road of freedom
is known to all by its resemblance to the way the Master trod
Himself. Loneliness, misunderstanding, weariness of the body,
the hostility of those around; a little love and then a light;
victories begun on the Cross and the peace and the glory of the
resurrection! But forget not this: That Christ trod the way so
that those who followed after might have a mighty reassurance,
might be able to cast fear from them. For what did the Master
say? That He would bear our burdens for us, that He would companion
us, that He would lift us when we stumbled and fell, that He would
send even as an army of protectors and the way should lead into
that which no man can name, lead the into the brightness, the
peace of God Himself.
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"And so I come into your presence and I send forth
beyond these vibrations a message of cheer, aye, an expression
of love from Love. The Saviour calls to His bonded child: 'Little
one, look up, friends are around; turn not from that which I send
and bring but clasp My hand.' Yes, a little struggle, a little
pain, a little weariness, a little disappointment, and then the
gladness of seeing in the Master's eyes that He recognises you
as His friend!
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"This is the way, this is the path, this is the
joy, this is the triumph which, in the name of Christ I hold out
to all. Let not your hearts be troubled. What of the enemies arraigned
against you? If those in this world and in the endless conditions
around and beyond were arrayed against you and the Master was
upon your side, you would be stronger than all, aye, even a little
child would be the stronger than all! So, then, take up your staff
and forget not that upon the head of that staff is the Cross of
protection, and go forward fearing nothing, hoping all things,
and God's promises shall be fulfilled in a way that shall surpass
your sweetest dreams; for God is the Lord Creator and He has asked
for your friendship and you are linked to Him by that which you
desire to do. With your hand in the hand of the greatest Friend
of all, confidence should be complete. Stand and face your enemies,
not in pride but in compassion, sending over them your protecting
prayers, feeling the anguish that every child of God must feel
for those others who have estranged themselves from such a One.
Aye, standing in confidence - Christ confidence, Christ compassion
- and by the power of your holy desire breaking their chains and
proving yourself a friend of the God who gave us life.
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"What of the obstacles, what of the difficulties,
what of the enemies? Meet each one as an honour for an honour
it represents, and in the measure that you seek to overcome so,
my children, you are creating power to enable those weaker, frailer,
to overcome in turn. God is not mocked and His angels have charge
over you, but the way is upward over the rocks - not heeding the
elements which the thoughts and the actions of others may represent
- up the steep hill. And revelation lies not only at the top but
because God is Love and God is your Father and Mother, revelation
shall be found each span that is passed.
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"So, little ones, reach out and clasp the hand
of the Friend who loves you best, and oh! in clasping those tender
hands give out of the friendship within, for God needs our love
in a way I cannot explain, God hungers for the love of His creation,
the great Father and Mother Heart is lonely when we forget Him
or when we misunderstand His love for us. So clasp the hand of
the One who loves you best and thank Him, out of the strength
within, that He has given you the will to endure a little for
His sake, given you the will to go on unto the end.
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"I bless you with realisation, I bless you with
courage and determination, and I say in the Name of Christ that
you have brought joy to the Father-Heart, for God has asked of
you your love and you, in the measure that you understand, have
given out love to Him. The link is complete. His greatness makes
up for our littleness, His mighty understanding bridges the gap
between us and all He represents. The Father calls again and again:
'My children!' - and we answer: 'Our Father!' So, little ones,
keep the faith and let the happiness within not only go out to
others but proclaim the glory of a life that is lived for Christ.
Farewell."
©GWCSA
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