(Q) Please comment on the treatment of the outline, Page 3,
"From Whence We Came, How and Why."
(A) This has been commented upon heretofore. As has been
indicated, the purpose of the spirit entering into what we
know as matter is a different condition or phase of condition
from the purpose of entering into spirit as He is Spirit.
As those influences or forces entered that took man away FROM
Him, then it was from that consciousness or spirit that the
individuality had its source, its essence, its influence that
might be made a personality in its activity.
Hence the entrance into matter became as the description has
been given by Stephen, by Philip, by Jesus.
"Know ye not that the Son must go up to Jerusalem, there be
tried, condemned, and die - even the death on the cross?"
WHY?
That there might be indeed an advocate, a WAY to the Father -
from the lowest depths of man's desire, man's loathsomeness,
even in matter.
For if God has not willed that any should perish but has with
every temptation prepared a way to meet it, WHO then - WHAT,
then - is the way? The experiences through which man passes,
as God gave in other periods, to become aware of his purpose
for entrance into what we know as materiality. Then, the
awareness of the WAY comes through the THOUGHT of man, the
FAITH of man, the DESIRE of man such as ever held by that One
who became RIGHTEOUSNESS ITSELF; passing through all the
phases of man's desire in materiality.
Then, what meaneth faith - what meaneth hope - what meaneth
these things in man's experience. There must be the arousing
of that desire for same. Hence how has He put it again?
"Indeed it must be that offences come, but woe unto him by
whom they come."
Not that man is awakened all at once, but here a little,
there a little, line upon line, precept upon precept. Then
as these are applied, as these become a part of the
experience of the soul, there becomes the desire of the soul
to find its rest, its peace, its hope in Him who is the
Author of faith, of hope, of mercy, of love. Thus does the
awareness come as to the purposes of man's advent into what
we know as materiality.
Thus do we see and comprehend why it was necessary that He,
the Son, the Maker, the Creator, come unto His own; who in
their blindness, selfishness, hates, spites, have brought and
do bring about those influences that keep the heart of man
from seeking the Way.
But He being the Way, offers - whosoever will, let him come
and take of the water of life freely.
What is meant then by "the Spirit and the Lamb say come"? or
"the Spirit and the Bride saith come"?
It means that whosoever will may take hold upon those things
that take man's mind and heart and purpose and BEING away
from those things that have made men afraid, that have
brought all of these petty conditions, spites, heartaches and
disappointments.
Hark ye, when ye are disappointed, when ye are confused, and
think for a moment what it must have been for the Son, for
Him who had made the earth and who had been given all power
therein, to have His own to receive or understand Him not;
yea, those of His own household - yea, those who had come
through the channel even as He. Is it any wonder that He
said (and do ye comprehend?), "Who is my mother, who is my
brother, my sister? He that doeth the will of the father,
the same is my mother, my brother, my sister"?
These words ye know, but have ye comprehended, have ye
understood? For when there has come the slight here, the
harsh word there, or the disappointment, have ye smiled and
with a song upon thy heart said, "Thy will, O God, not mine,
be done"?
Until ye do, ye cannot comprehend the purpose for which the
souls of men came into materiality; for periods of lessons,
of examinations.
Know that to be absent from the body is to be present with
thy conscience, thy god. What is thy god? Is it self or
Christ? Is it self or the Lord? Is it thy own desires and
wishes? Or is it that as He manifested when He gave Himself
as the ransom, as the way, that He - too - when ye call -
might say, "Come - I will give you rest - my yoke is easy, my
burden is light"?
Then when ye have the least of earthly burdens do ye doubt
that He understands; He who has passed through SO MUCH in
materiality, in the FLESH and blood even as thee? HE knows!
HE understands! HE hears thy call and bids thee COME, DRINK
of the water of life!
(Q) For what was the earth created?
(A) This has been answered so oft! If ye have not gotten
this, ye are dumb indeed!
(Q) Comment on "The devil and satan, which deceiveth the
whole world, he was SENT out into the earth."
(A) Did He not - the Christ, the Maker - say this over and
over again? that so long as spite, selfishness, evil
desires, evil communications were manifested, they would give
the channels through which THAT spirit called satan, devil,
Lucifer, Evil One, might work?
Also He has said over and over again that even the devil
believes, but trembles - and that is as far as he has gone
except to try to deceive others.
Then he that denies in his life, in his dealings with his
fellow man, that the Spirit of Truth maketh free, denies his
Lord!
(Q) Explain the "Sons of God - Daughters of Men - Sons of
Man."
(A) This, too, has been given again and again. As has been
indicated through other associations, the influences of those
souls that sought material expression pushed themselves into
thought forms in the earth. And owing to the earth's
relative position with the activities in this particular
sphere of activity in the universe, it was chosen as the
place for expression. THINK - universe, eternity, time,
space! What do these mean to the finite mind? More often
than otherwise they are just names.
More often we think of spirit as just a name, rather than
experiencing it. Yet we use it, we manifest it, we are a
part of it. Taking THOUGHT doesn't change anything! It is
the application of the thought taken that makes the change
within ourselves!
Then, as those expressed they were called the Sons of the
Earth or Sons of Man.
When the Creative Forces, God, made then the first man - or
God-man - he was the beginning of the Sons of God.
Then those souls who entered through a channel made by God -
not by thought, not by desire, not by lust, not by things
that separated continually - were the Sons of God, the
Daughters of God.
The Daughters of Men, then, were those who became the
channels through which lust knew its activity; and it was in
this manner then that the conditions were expressed as given
of old, that the Sons of God looked upon the Daughters of Men
and saw that they were fair, and LUSTED!
What did the Christ say? "Ye say in the law that ye shall
not commit adultery. I say unto you, he that looketh on a
woman to LUST after her hath committed adultery already!"
Understandest thou? Then, what did it mean? Only that such
channels offered ways and means for the expression of those
influences claimed by Satan, the Devil, the Evil One, as his.
But HE, the only begotten of the Father, the Christ, has
become the Way, the Light, the Truth, the Water, the Bread,
the Vine! and all of those are OF Him who become channels
for manifesting, or through which there may be those
expressions that are of love and faith and hope!
Hence the two influences that are ever before thee; good and
evil, life and death; choose thou!
(Q) Were the ones projected by Amilius -
(A) (Interrupting) We are through!
BACKGROUND
