Chapter 31
God said: Consider the judgments of God, O man of many promises.
Behold, I have heard you say: O God, if I were rich; or, if this undertaking holds good; or, if I am spared; then I will do something handsome for the Father’s kingdom!
And your vows have been registered in heaven, over and over again.
And my angels have labored with you to fulfill your promise. And, yet, you do not regard your word. But you hold on to your earthly possessions, saying: Wait yet a little while.
Hear, then, the judgment of your God, for it is that which you shall put upon yourself after your entrance into the es world.
Which is, that you shall be bound in heaven till you accomplish what you might have done, but failed to do.
And this is the penalty for neglecting, on earth, to fulfill the light that was given to you: You shall, in heaven, accomplish without money, what you could have done with money. And the difference it requires to do a thing without means, as compared to what might be done by one with means, is the extra bondage and duration that shall be upon your head and soul.
To all men, who set out with a promise to accomplish charity, or any good for the resurrection or melioration of man, and fail to do it, the same judgment shall be upon them in heaven. Nor shall they rise above the first resurrection until they have fulfilled the same in all particulars. In this way they shall judge themselves in heaven.
It is not sufficient for you, O man, to say: I did not see my way clear as to the best method of doing a thing, and so I waited.
The commandment of Jehovih is upon you, to do what you can, according to your highest light and ability to accomplish. In this respect, then, you shall find no excuse, because you did not know the best way.
Neither does it matter, that the amount of your riches is less than another man’s riches.
Nor shall you find an excuse, in saying: I did more according to my means than my neighbor did.
One man shall not be judged by another; but all shall be judged according to the light of Jehovih in them, and according to what He has given to them.