91、关于火星居民的神性敬拜。天使灵说，火星居民承认并敬拜我们的主，称祂为独一神，天堂和宇宙的统治者；一切良善皆来自祂，祂引导他们；他们也经常在自己的星球上看见祂。这时，我被恩准对他们说，我们地球上的基督徒根据主自己在马太福音中的话，也知道主是天地的统治者：天上地上所有的权柄都赐给我了（28:18）。但与火星居民不同的是，基督徒不相信这一点。
天使灵还说，火星居民认为，除了污秽和地狱之物外，他们里面什么也没有；一切良善都是主的。事实上，他们还进一步说，他们凭自己就是魔鬼，主把他们从地狱营救出来，不断拦阻他们。
有一次，当提到主的名时，我发现这些灵人的谦卑如此真诚、内在而深刻，以致我无法描述它。他们的谦卑就包含在这样的想法中：他们凭自己身陷地狱；因此，他们完全不配仰望主，因为主是圣洁本身。这种想法如此深深地植入他们的信仰，以致他们几乎发疯了；这想法还不断使他们屈膝下跪，直到主把他们扶起来，这时，可以说把他们从地狱营救出来。一从他们的谦卑中走出来，他们就充满良善和爱，以及由此而来的由衷喜乐。当如此谦卑自己时，他们并不面向主，因为他们不敢这样做，而是转向别处。我周围的灵人说，他们从来没有见过这样的谦卑。
91. As for how the inhabitants of their planet view the Divine, they said that they acknowledge and revere our Lord, saying that he is the only God and that he rules both heaven and the universe. They said as well that all that is good comes from him and that he leads them, and also that he often appears among them on their planet. I was then allowed to say that Christians on our planet too know that the Lord rules heaven and earth because of the words of the Lord himself in Matthew, “All power has been given to me in heaven and on earth” (Matthew 28:18), but that our people do not believe it the way people from Mars do.
[2] They also told me that the inhabitants believe there is nothing but what is foul and hellish in themselves and that all that is good comes from the Lord. The spirits added that they themselves are actually devils but that the Lord lifts them out of hell and constantly keeps them out.
[3] On one occasion, when someone mentioned the Lord by name, I saw those spirits humble themselves so deeply and profoundly as to defy description. In that state of humility they were thinking that left to themselves they are in hell and are therefore utterly unworthy to look toward the Lord, because he is holiness itself. Because of their beliefs they were so completely immersed in these thoughts that they were no longer in possession of themselves, remaining down on their knees, full of these reflections, until the Lord lifted them up and brought them out of hell, so to speak. When they come out of a humble state like this they are filled with goodness and love, and therefore feel joy in their hearts.
As long as they are bowing themselves down in humility like this they will not turn their face toward the Lord. They do not dare. They turn away. The spirits who were around me said that they had never seen such humility.
91. On the subject of Divine worship by the inhabitants of that world they said that they acknowledge and worship our Lord, calling Him the Only God, and the ruler of heaven and the universe; all good comes from Him, and He guides them. He is often to be seen by them in their world. I was then able to tell them that Christians in our world too know that the Lord is the ruler of heaven and earth from the Lord's own words in Matthew:
All power has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Matthew 28:18.
But unlike those from the world of Mars, Christians do not believe this.
[2] They also said that they have a belief there, that there is nothing about them which is not filthy and hellish, and that all good is the Lord's. Indeed they went so far as to say that of themselves they are devils, and the Lord rescues them from hell, continually holding them back.
[3] Once when the Lord was named, I saw those spirits abase themselves so sincerely and deeply that I cannot describe it. Their self-abasement contained the thought that of themselves they were in hell, so that they were utterly unworthy of looking towards the Lord, who is holiness itself. This thought was so deeply planted in their belief that they were almost beside themselves, and it kept them on their knees until the Lord lifted them up, and then, as it were, rescued them from hell. On recovering from this self-abasement they are filled with good and love, which gives them heartfelt joy. When they abase themselves like this, they do not face towards the Lord, not daring to do so, but look away. The spirits who were around me said that they had never witnessed such self-abasement.
91. Concerning the Divine worship of those that dwell on their earth, they said that they acknowledge and adore our Lord, saying that He is the Only God, and that He rules both heaven and the universe; and that all good is from Him, and that He leads them; also that He often appears with them on their earth. It was then granted to say to them, that Christians also on our earth know that the Lord rules heaven and earth, from the words of the Lord Himself in Matthew:
All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth (Matthew 28:18)
but that they do not believe this as those who are from the earth Mars do. They said also that there they believe that there is nothing in them but what is filthy and infernal, and that all good is the Lord's, yea, saying further, that of themselves they are devils, and that the Lord draws them out of hell, and continually withholds them. Once when the Lord was named, I saw that those spirits humbled themselves so interiorly and profoundly as cannot be described; for in their humiliation they had the thought that they were of themselves in hell; and that so they were altogether unworthy to look to the Lord, Who is holiness Itself. They were so profoundly in that thought, from belief, that they were as if out of themselves; and they remained in it upon their knees until the Lord lifted them up, and then as it were drew them out of hell. When they thus come forth out of their humiliation, they are full of good and of love, and thence of joy of heart. When they so humble themselves, they do not turn their face to the Lord, for this they do not then dare to do, but turn it away. The spirits who were around me said that they had never seen such humiliation.
91. De cultu habitatorum terrae divino dicebant, quod Dominum nostrum agnoscant et adorent, dicentes quod Ipse sit Solus Deus, et quod Ipse regat et Coelum et Universum; quodque omne bonum ab Ipso sit, et quod Ipse illos ducat; tum quod apud illos in Tellure saepius appareat: illis tunc dicere dabatur, quod etiam Christiani in nostra Tellure sciant quod Dominus regat coelum et terram, ex Ipsius Domini verbis apud Matthaeum, "Data est Mihi omnis potestas in Coelo et in Terra," Matth. 28:18; sed quod id non credant sicut illi qui ex Tellure Martis. Dicebant etiam, quod ibi credant, quod apud illos nihil nisi quam spurcum et infernale sit, et quod omne bonum sit Domini; imo amplius dicebant, quod ex se sint diaboli, et quod Dominus ex inferno illos extrahat, et continue detineat. Quondam, cum nominabatur Dominus, vidi quod spiritus illi humiliarent se tam intime et profunde, ut describi nequeat: in humiliatione enim illis erat cogitatio, quod illi ex se in inferno sint, et quod sic prorsus indigni ut spectent ad Dominum, Qui Ipsum Sanctum est; in illa cogitatione ex fide ita profunde erant, ut essent quasi extra se, inque illa permanserunt super genubus, usque dum Dominus elevaret illos, et tunc quasi extraheret ab inferno; cum sic ex humiliatione emergunt, sunt pleni bono et amore, et inde gaudio cordis. Cum ita se humiliant, non faciem convertunt ad Dominum, hoc enim tunc non audent, sed avertunt. Spiritus qui circum me erant, dicebant quod talem humiliationem nusquam viderint.