A Mystical Religion… Finally!?

WED., FEB. 2, 2000, 9:11 AM
OFFICE, PULLIAM

Another breakfast-time discussion of Holy Scripture with the now familiar group of friends… in Christ. Yes, you are all avowed Christians, following in the train of My disciples, o these many years ago. You are all part of, and active in, a Presbyterian Church, sort of middle-ground Protestants. This then separates you, in some ways, from Christians who are Roman Catholic or Orthodox (each “group” of which is somewhat different from others)… and from Pentecostals and others who are more spontaneous than liturgical, but still are not “all alike,” either.

Thus, there are many Christians in the earth today, united in acceptance of Me, Jesus, as Lord and Savior, but quite diverse in expectations about what this means in daily life. This, then, pushes Me, Holy Spirit, to use the term “mystical” in relation to this religion and how it is… in people’s lives and as an institution, here in the earth.

I use “mystical” here as an opposite of rational and logical. Your culture values knowledge… mostly that which can be verified and is derived from repeatable practices. You were raised in this tradition, you succeeded in school and university, and you taught for 48 years, mostly holding to this cultural prescription for educating.

And now, and for the past 20 years… you have been hearing from Me, your friendly Holy Spirit, the least definable “aspect” of the God to which you Christian relate. I give you Teachings, and I have guided you to a kind of “liturgy” that is not fundamentally Presbyterian. This is mystical. I “speak” to you, inaudibly, and you write what you “hear.” And, in the near past, you have written your Church’s newsletter, quite a non-mystical task… and you still compose minutes of meetings that are minimally spiritual, quite… ditto.

To receive these Teachings is quite outside and beyond the expectations of your Church. Scripture readings, from both New and Old Testaments often tell of mystical happenings, but you have more experiences than most of your brethren and “sistren” that say, “And so it is today… and shall be.” Hence you are practicing a mystical religion, among many who are just Presbyterian Christians.

It seems to be time to make some kind of a change, but you know of no group with which you would be more compatible. You are aware that son John Patrick is an active, practicing Roman Catholic, even as his spiritual life is not completely compatible with what The Church teaches and expects.

I suggest that you consider leaving the Session and your duties as Clerk, as this represents, mostly, the institutional concerns of the Church. Then take, as your “standard,” that this Christian religion, in its Presbyterian “form” should be basically mystical. You realize, of course, that if many others came to such a premise the institutional church would be in “trouble.” But remember… WWJD… what would Jesus do? The Scriptures are rather clear. I spoke against the Jewish institution, and My critiques were not much appreciated. I gave My earth life up for a highly mystical purpose: because I died you shall live eternally with Me. It makes no rational sense, but that’s it.

But now the Church that looks to Me as Savior, in spiritual terms, is now quite institutional in nature, a modern equivalent of the established Jewish community of My “day.” Oh, your denomination is more tolerant than, say, Michael’s Orthodox “form,” but “don’t ask, don’t tell” is probably the best advice for you, as a Presbyterian mystic.