His Message
During his travels abroad, David realized that God had a new calling for him, one of providing written counsel, teaching and guidance to his followers from afar. No longer was he to be personally involved in the day-to-day administration of the Children of God. Rather, his role was to remain in seclusion and lead his flock through his writings.
"When I get into writing my Letters, I feel I've got a personal, intimate, tangible touch with every human heart in our whole Family."
For the remainder of his life, David devoted himself to his writing and the leadership of the movement. As a religious leader, he was unique in shunning the spotlight, known only to his followers and the public through his writings. While the Children of God, and later the Family International, rapidly expanded throughout the world, he remained behind the scenes, constantly teaching, advising, guiding, and at times chiding them, all the while applauding their efforts to take the Gospel and Love of Jesus by whatever means possible to a weary world.
David's primary goal in writing was to ground his followers in the fundamental teachings of the Bible, as well as the mission of his new movement. At the heart of his teachings was the unshakable conviction that the Love of God, as manifested in the Bible and the Person of Jesus, was the solution to every human need. He wrote:
[God] is pictured in His Son Christ Jesus, Who came for love and
lived in love and died for love, that we might live and love forever! "For God so loved the
world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but
have everlasting life"
This is the solution to all of the problems of today as well as to the problems of the past: love!--True love, the Love of God and the love of fellow man!--The Spirit of God's divine Love which helps us all to fulfill His great commandment to love one another! This is still God's solution, even in such a complex and confused and highly complicated society as that of the world today!
In fact, this is why God created man to begin with: to love--to love and enjoy Him forever and to try to help others to do the same! It was God Who created love and gave man the need to love and be loved, and it is He alone Who can satisfy the deepest yearning of every human soul for total love and complete understanding.
[God] is the very Spirit of Love itself, true Love, everlasting Love, real Love, genuine Love that never ends from a Lover Who never leaves, the Lover of all lovers, God Himself. [1]
Some of David Berg's writings are not applicable or relevant to the Family of today and are more historic in nature, as the Family has matured and evolved from its origins rooted in the counter-culture of the 1960s.