“We have said that the angels of Elohim will be sent to you to reflect upon your consciousness the knowledge that you need. This needs some explanation which we shall give, so that when you have the experience you will not let it pass unheeded and thus lose the instruction intended for you.
As we have said, the angels do not come to you as one man comes to another, you are not conscious of the angel’s presence at all, you are conscious only that your mind is illuminated and for the time being you feel such an exaltation, such a peace, joy, and elevation of life and character, that you are confident that this condition will remain with you always; and because of that feeling that it will continue, you are liable to fail to impress upon your mental consciousness the thought that was reflected upon you.
No doubt some of you who read these words – and we are prepared to say that the following is true of all who have sought to do the will of the Lord wholly – have had times when your mind suddenly became luminous and bright and you would be so happy and exalted that you would feel as if that condition must continue always; but in a little while it was gone and you were let down to where you were before. Why is this?
It was a time that the angel of the Elohim saw that it was necessary to impress your mind with that which would encourage, strengthen, and establish you in faith, or to impress your mind with certain things that you should do or that you should not do, and when the impression was made, the angel withdrew from you and you were again conscious of your own self. Do not then be anxious and imagine that you did that which you should not have done, and therefore you lost your exalted feeling; but give your attention to the recalling and to the impressing upon your consciousness all that the angel impressed upon it in the moment of exaltation, that you may hold that knowledge and profit by it; for to that end, the angel of the Lord was sent to you.
Know this, that though you seem to be let down into the old darkness, the old obscurity, you are not left alone, yet you are alone – a paradox – because if the angel of the Lord overcame for you, the angel would be the overcomer and would attain the results and not you, for the promise is, “He that overcometh shall inherit these things.”
Therefore, it is you that is to be the overcomer and it is for you to go to work with a quiet, reasonable, logical attitude of mind to examine self, to analyze your mentality and to study how you may do and accomplish. And when in the course of your efforts to do the right and to know the truth, you reach a point where it is absolutely essential for you to know, that knowledge will be reflected upon your mind. It will not always produce exaltation, joy, and elevation, but sometimes the same angelic mind will reflect upon your consciousness the realization of failure, of error.
At this point it will be necessary to avoid self-condemnation, for self-condemnation is evil, but when you are caused to see the error, then think over the error carefully and make your decision firmly that that error shall not occur again. Then dismiss it from your mind and continue to do the best you know; for here is an open door for the adversary to come in to torment you and cause you to worry and to feel that you have failed and that there is no use in your trying to overcome, etcetera. But know that this is the adversary, the dark influences that you are beginning to meet – the temptations of the devil, as the church expresses it, and as Christ said through his angel (Revelation 12:10), it is “the accuser of our brethren… that accuseth them before our God, day and night.”
Yes, there is an old accuser that you have to overcome; he will come to you and accuse you of this, that, and the other, when in reality you have done no wrong. How can you overcome this accuser? If you claim righteousness when you are not righteous, then you come under condemnation. If you justify yourself in doing wrong, then you come under condemnation. How then can you overcome this most deceptive adversary?
Thus: Know that the Lord’s angel never accuses you. He may reflect upon your consciousness the fact of your error; but when you have weighed and balanced the matter carefully and know wherein you made the error, then decide firmly that you will never allow it to occur again and dismiss the matter from your mind. If the condemnation continues to recur to you, repel it, refuse to be condemned and open your love toward God and reach out for the consciousness of your acceptance, and if you repel the accuser, you will obtain the consciousness of your acceptance.”
Hiram Butler
The Mark Of God: Understanding Your "I AM Presence" 