Based on Chapter XX of The Gospel According to Spiritism, this presentation reviews commitments and spiritual obligations entailed to Spiritists in the dissemination of the Good News - the teachings of Christ! It calls upon each individual to review his/her role as Spiritists, whether collaborating directly or not.

1. Workers of the Last Hours
Chapter XX – Gospel According to Spiritism
The Messengers - Paul & Stephen

2. Workers of the Last Hour
• The Spirits’ Teachings:
 – The last shall be first
 – The Mission of Spiritists
 – Workers of the Lord

3. “Symbolically, Spiritism is
Jesus returning to the world,
inviting us to individual
growth through constructive
and incessant work.”
Aulus – In the Realms of
Mediumship

4. Disseminating the Message…
“Preach the Gospel Always –
Use Words Only When
Necessary”

5. The kingdom of heaven is like the father of a family, who went
out at daybreak in order to hire workers to work in his vineyard.
Having agreed with the workers that he would pay them one
denarius per day, he sent them to the vineyard. (Mt. 20: 1-2)

6. “He went out again at the third hour of
the day, and seeing others who were in
the square not doing anything, he said to
them, “You go also to my vineyard and I
will give you what is reasonable.” And
they went there. Again, he went out at the
sixth and ninth hours of the day and did
the same. And having gone out at the
eleventh hour, he found others who were
without anything to do and said to them,
“Why have you stood around all day
without working?” They told him that it
was because no one had hired them. He
then said to them, “You too go to my
vineyard.”

7. Spiritists are all workers of the last hour. The one who says, “I
began work at daybreak and I will finish only at nightfall” would be
very proud. You all came when you were called – some a little
earlier, some a little later – to the incarnation whose shackles you
bear; however, for how many centuries has the Lord been
calling you to his vineyard, without your wanting to enter it! Now
is the time for you to receive your wages; employ the time you
have remaining well, and never forget that your existence, no
matter how long it may seem to you, is only a fleeting instant
in the immensity of time comprising eternity for you. –
Constantin (a Protector Spirit)

8. “Many, many spirits are trained here to
spread hope and consolation, and to provide
instruction and counsel in the various
arenas of the planet’s evolution. I don’t
mean just invisible emissaries, however. We
also train tightly-knit groups for
reincarnation, and mediums and instructors
leave here by the hundreds every year.
Those who will be involved in giving spiritual
comfort are trained by our Messenger Center
and are sent to the incarnate realms in
considerable numbers.”

9. “Really?! According to what you’re
saying, their work of providing
spiritual enlightenment should have
made a lot of headway in the world
by now!”
Andre Luiz

10. “My dear Andre, you haven’t considered the
fact that this preparation in and of itself
doesn’t mean they’ll be successful. Thousands
of qualified messengers leave here, but the
ones who actually succeed are rare indeed.
Some manage to accomplish their task
partially, but most fail completely. Real service
is not just an idea; it involves effort, without
which the work can neither begin nor prevail.
Ranks of mediums and instructors leave here
for the physical world with special training
because benefactors in the Higher Realms
need selfless, altruistic mediums
(collaborators) in order to enhance
humankind’s redemption.”
Tobias

11. “We committed to Jesus before diving
into the flesh to serve Him with
resignation and devotion. We promised
we’d be faithful, even if sacrifices were
required. We are invited not only to the
applause, the enthusiasms, the joy, but
also to the testimony, in the silent
landscapes of our soul, the testimony of
love for those who do not love us, the
testimony of selflessness in helping
those who still take pleasure in trying
unsuccessfully to hinder the march of
progress.”
April 18th 2010

12. “Those messengers trained and prepared in the Spirit Plane, forget their missionary
spirit and their dedication to their fellow beings, becoming worthless instruments.
Just as there are plows and farmers, there are mediums and mediumship, doctrinal
instructors and doctrine.
A farmer may own an excellent plow, but if he lacks the desire to use it, the only
thing the plow will produce is rust. The same applies to psychic faculties and great
knowledge. Mediums, instructors, children & youth educators, SPIRITISTS may be
endowed with a very powerful mediumistic ability, or other talents, but if they cannot
see beyond their own interests, they will completely fail at their assigned task.
Countless workers retreat just at the moment when the task offers the most
valuable opportunity work carries with it its corresponding struggle. Those who
endure the hardships and setbacks of the front lines are very rare indeed.”
TOBIA (The Messengers)

13. “Let’s be those Spiritist
Spirits who demonstrate the
greatness of the love of Jesus
in our lives; let others
complain, lament, and argue;
we shall keep, in the intimacy
of our soul, the commitment
to love and to love always,
bringing Jesus back with all
the vigor of those days that
go far and that are very
close.”

15. As far as my contribution and
collaboration in the Spiritist
Center (and out) go, am I
being a faithful servant so that
Spiritism can be that shining
guiding light, or am I putting
my feelings and immediate
desires first?
Do I want to join the
vineyard?

16. “At this moment, God is taking a census of his faithful servants (…) and
these words will be fulfilled: “The first will be last and the last will be first in
the kingdom of heaven.”

17.  What can we do to acquire a perfect understanding of Christ’s designs?
Paul of Tarsus – Course of Action for Spiritists
 Love
Work
 How can we proceed in order to grow richer in divine virtues? Jesus ordered us to love even
our enemies. What can we do for our soul to reach such an elevated expression of effort in
Jesus Christ?
 What measures could we adopt against destructive discouragement?
Hope
 How are we to reconcile the grand lessons of the Gospel with human indifference,
injustices and difficulties?
 Forgive

18. Paul of Tarsus – Course of Action for Spiritists
“Jesus, dear sons and daughters, waits for us. Let Love be
our shield, our tools. Let our life be a hymn of Love.”
Bezerra de Menezes
LOVE
WORK
HOPE
FORGIVE