Today, we celebrate James Edward Padgett’s success in bringing the truth of salvation to light after being lost, not once, but twice in the history of our species.
The truth was initially lost after the first parents chose independence from their Maker. Because of their fateful choice, the Father wisely withdrew the privilege of receiving the Divine Essence of Love. Across the millennia, only a glimmer of the strand of truth could be glimpsed through the veils of prophecy, myth, and legend. This unbreakable golden thread of God’s plan was further obscured as it navigated the warp and woof of countless societies that rose and fell through the ages.
Jesus of Nazareth’s incarnation brought the re-bestowal of God’s Divine Love and his earthly ministry brought the knowledge of how to receive it. Jesus recovered and wove this Divine throughline into a beautiful, world-saving tapestry nearly two thousand years ago. But within a few decades of his untimely death, his exquisite blueprint for abundant life was tattered and torn apart by the cross-currents of human error. Still, the incorruptible and eternal thread of God’s Love continued to weave a course through the distortions and illusions of human history.
After finding its way through more than fifteen centuries of institutional ignorance and oppression, the filament of God’s Desire once again saw the light of day. The glowing fiber of divine truth revealed itself to humankind a third time through the divinely-developed instrumentality of James Edward Padgett.
Through him, humankind received knowledge of the Creator’s Unconditional Love and the way of soul transformation. May we devote ourselves so that the truth of Divine Love may never again be lost to the ravages of human delusion.
On this anniversary of the successful completion of James Edward Padgett’s earthly work, we give thanks for the truths transmitted through him with such clarity and effectiveness that we who gather here today know with absolute certainty the way to experience divine soul rebirth. Without Mr. Padgett’s faithfulness to his divinely-appointed purpose, we would not be here now. We would be lost.
And may we also remember that we would have no knowledge of the way to abundant life and immortality were it not for the dedicated efforts of others – our Heavenly Father, Jesus-Master of the Celestial Heavens, the Celestial Angels, Helen Heyde Padgett, Ann Rollins, Dr. Leslie Rippon Stone, and a great host of known and unknown souls.
May their Divinely-orchestrated collaboration inspire us to advance together in common purpose. Let us follow their example and serve together in humility and harmony so that the Father’s plan might be realized through us.
The tireless efforts of multitudes over millennia have given us an unshakable launching pad for our unique and individual spiritual journeys. May we contribute our best to the growing movement these dedicated souls have made possible. May we be selfless servants in a diverse, harmonious, and peaceful global community that brings hope and healing to our troubled world.
We who know the way of soul salvation need each other more than ever. May we trust God to knit us together with flexible, yet unbreakable cords of love as stronger souls and growing structures of light are needed to counteract the compounding returns of humanity’s long-standing investments in fear, ignorance, and arrogance. May we be one in God’s Love and work together so all may be inspired to choose divine soul transformation in this life and the next.
Today, we express our heartfelt gratitude to James Padgett and all who gave us access to the truth he received by rededicating ourselves to fully embodying God’s Divine Love every moment of our lives. As we strive for this ideal, we will bear witness to the Holy One’s birthing of a new humanity and a new Earth – a burgeoning, resplendent, multidimensional, superconscious reality of awakening souls enfolded and tenderly embraced within the eternal, incorruptible, and expansive fabric of God’s Divine Love. May it be so for us all.
[Speech delivered by Bill Frase on the centenary of James Edward Padgett’s transition into the spirit world on March 17, 1923.]
Lovely tribute to James Padgett and his work, Bill.
For those who may wish to verify for themselves the teaching that James Padgett received via a recognized source, such as the New Testament of the Bible, here is a list of references on the subject of Divine Love. Sometimes different names or descriptors are used, but it still refers to God’s Love imparted by the Holy Spirit into human souls.
The gift of the Divine Love is referred to in the New Testament as
Gift of grace (2 Cor. 9:13-15)
Salvation by grace (not because of good deeds), through the washing of rebirth / new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit (Tit. 3:5)
Participation in the divine nature (2 Pet. 1:4)
God’s glory (in the form of divine nature); it unites those who possess it and through their lives makes God known to those who don’t (John 17:20-26)
Experiencing the fullness of God (Eph. 3:19)
Power that works in us (Eph. 3:20)
Power of God for salvation and righteousness of God by faith (Rom. 1:16-17)
God’s light shining in our hearts to give us the knowledge of the glory of God (2 Cor. 4:6)
Source of life and immortality (2 Tim. 1:10)
Love poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit (Rom. 5:5)
Love that surpasses all other gifts as well as knowledge (1 Cor. 13:1-3; Eph. 3:18-19)
Being rooted and established in love (Eph. 3:17)
Gift of the Holy Spirit, the spirit of grace (Luke 11:13; Acts 10:45, Heb. 10:29)
Streams of living waters — the received Holy Spirit (John 7:38-39; 20:22) Note: God is metaphorically called the spring of living water (Jer. 2:13, 17:13)
Living water permanently quenching [spiritual] thirst and becoming a spring welling up to eternal life (John 4:10-14).
Spirit in our inner being (heart or soul) (Eph. 3:16; 2 Tim. 1:14), motivating us to do what is right (Rom. 7:22)
Spirit of love and other God-like qualities that transcend the law (Gal. 5:22-23)
Spirit in our hearts as a deposit for our glorious future in God’s kingdom (2 Cor. 1:22)
Spirit which makes us true children of the Father and at one with Him, as well as heirs of divine glory (Rom. 8:9, 14-17)
Anointing (1 John 2:20-27; 2 Cor. 1:21)
Christ (the anointing that came with Jesus) dwelling in our hearts through faith (Eph. 3:17)
Christ in us, the hope of glory (Col. 1:27)
Being in Christ and becoming a new creation (2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15)
Conversion through having the door of faith opened by God (Acts 14:27; 15:3)
Being transformed and made new by the renewing of the mind (Rom 12:2; Eph. 4:23)
Putting on the new self to be like God in righteousness and holiness (Eph. 4:24)
Walking in the Spirit (Gal. 5:16, 25)
Loving one another as a result of God-given love, through which we know God and are born of God (1 John 4:7-8)
In addition to the above, many biblical references to the Holy Spirit can be seen as synonymous with Divine Love in that the Spirit, as the Divine Love, is a means of conversion, new life, new heart, becoming a new creation / creature, salvation, and resurrection to immortality.
Beautiful vision of the Truth of God’s Love through the ages.
Inspiring, pure and soulful! Thank you Bill!