Then, we may find Glory in those activities, those
expressions that may bring joy, peace, happiness,
understanding, knowledge, wisdom, in the experience of all.
These be the expressions of man in glorifying not self but
that purpose, that ideal, for which the Season, the period
stands in the experience of each that seeks to know the Glory
of the Father.
For, as was given of old, the Glory of God shall be
manifested among men; for He, God, hath spoken it, hath
promised it to the sons of men.
Yet this Glory must become aware in the experience of each
in the same order, the same manner, as every law of the Lord.
They that would know God or His Glory must believe that He
IS, and a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him.
If ye would know God, if ye would know His Glory, DO GOOD
unto thy fellow man! Give expression of that love as the
Son gave in His ministry among men; who went about doing
good, giving praise and Glory. Not to self, not to a period,
not to an ideal, but to God. For, as He gave, "Of myself I
can do nothing, but that the Glory of God may be manifested
among men - for this cause, for this purpose came I into the
world."
Then, if ye would make this Glad Season of effect in thine
own experience, show forth THAT LOVE in thy dealings, in thy
relationships, in thine words, in thine acts.
For as He gave, "As ye do it unto the least of these, my
brethren, ye do it unto me."
Not, then, that self may be well-spoken of. Not that there
may be this or that of thine own convenience, of thine own
satisfaction. But that the Glory of God may be manifested
among the sons of men! In this manner, then, ye may know
the Glory of the Father, of the Son, at this Glad Christmas
Time.
For, "As ye abide in me and I in the Father, so may the Glory
of the Father through thee be made manifest in the experience
of thy brethren."
Ready for questions.
(Q) As I call each name, you will give an individual message
for them relative to this lesson and their part in this group
work. [
413]:
(A) Let the Glory of service to thy brother, in the Christ,
show forth thy life, thy mind, thy heart; that the light of
the whole body may be strengthened in Him.
(Q) [
585]:
(A) Let the Glory of the Father, through thy efforts in
thine dealings with thy fellow man, bring thee joy, bring
thee peace. For like begets like. As ye sow, so shall ye
reap. Keep the faith that is set in Him, and press ON to
the mark of the higher calling set BY Him.
(Q) [
404]:
(A) The Glory of the Father, of the Son, keep thee in the
ways that thou shouldst go day by day. Realize in thine
daily experience that indeed in Him ye have life, in Him
ye move and have thy being.
(Q) [
462]:
(A) The Glory of the Father, of the Son, keep thy days, thy
ways, that there may be no shadows, no faults, in thine inner
self. For He is the light and He is the way. Follow where
He leadeth thee.
(Q) [
303]:
(A) Let the Glory of the Father, of the Son, be as the light
to thy feet, to thy ways. When the turmoils of life, the
turmoils of associations trouble thee, look rather to Him who
hath given, "Put thy burden on me - LEARN of me and thy
burden will be light, and thy way will be straight."
(Q) [
307]:
(A) Let that Glory thou hast seen in thy service to thy
fellow man strengthen thee in the way that He leadeth thee.
For He faileth not those who put their trust in Him.
(Q) [
379]:
(A) Let that Glory of service, of understanding, be as
WISDOM in thy dealings with thy fellow man. Not as knowledge
alone but as wisdom, that giveth the manner, the way, the
how, the when, to speak His name - in and before thy fellow
man.
(Q) [
560]:
(A) The Glory of the Father, of the Son, shadow thee in all
thy going in, thy coming out. Let the Voice as thou hast
heard, as thou mayest hear calling, be as those experiences
that make more and more aware of His abiding presence with
thee. For whom the Lord loveth He directeth.
(Q) [
993]:
(A) The way of the Lord is not past finding out. And the
Glory that thou hast had, thou mayest have in His presence,
abides nigh unto thee. Glory, then, in the Father, in the
Son; that His name, His promises, may be sure to the sons of
men.
(Q) [
295]:
(A) Let the glory of the Lord abide with thee. Know that
he that calleth but harkeneth not is as they who build their
house on the sand. When He calls, answer - and give forth
that which may be in glory for the purposes, for the service
of the Son.
(Q) [
288]:
(A) Let the Glory of the Father, of the Son, suffice thee.
Not what man thinketh, or what man sayeth. For man looketh
on the outward appearance, but God looketh on the heart.
Know that as thou hast purposed in thy heart is that which
comes before the Glory of God, that may be manifested IN THEE
- for as He abides in thee and in thy fellow man, then not to
the Glory of self but to that spirit of love, of truth, that
abides with Him.
(Q) [
341]:
(A) Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor evil. Cleave
to good; that the Glory of the Son in the Father may -
through thine efforts among the sons of men - be more and
more glorious in the eyes of those that seek to know the way.
(Q) [
294]:
(A) Let the heart be not troubled. Let it be not afraid.
(Q) [
538]:
(A) Let the Glory of the Father EVER be before thee. For
whom the Lord hath called, they will be borne upon those
glories that may become as shining lights before men. Keep
the faith that HIS ways may become more and more as the ways
of those ye meet day by day. For with the measure ye mete,
it will be measured to thee again - either unto the Glory of
the Father or to thine own confusion. Let the Lord guide and
direct thee.
(Q) [
69]:
(A) Let that thou hast held in thine heart keep thee ever.
For the Glory of the Lord is nigh to those that seek Him.
For He hath given, "If ye will be my children, I will be thy
God." Let that seeking, then, be the Glory of thy purpose,
of thy desire.
(Q) Is there a message for the group as a whole?
(A) Keep the purposes thou hast been called to do. For as
ye have purposed, then to that end will He bear thee up - if
ye will but remain TRUE to the purposes in thy love for Him.
Ye may indeed Glory, for ye have been called of Him.
We are through.
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