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A new religion
Jesus continued: We will shortly begin the bold proclamation of a new religion--a religion that makes its chief appeal to the divine spirit of my Father that resides in the mind of man--a religion that shall derive its authority from the fruits of its acceptance.
I have called upon you to discover the supernal experience of finding God for yourself, in yourself, and of yourself and as a fact of your own experience. The religion of the spirit leaves you forever free to follow the truth wherever the leadings of the spirit may take you.
The supreme experience of human existence is: finding God for yourselves and knowing him in your own souls.
Never forget there is only one adventure that is more satisfying than the attempt to discover the will of God, and that is the supreme experience of honestly trying to do the divine will.
Spiritual destiny is dependent on faith, love and devotion to truth--hunger and thirst for righteousness--the whole hearted desire to find God and to be like him.
You are destined to live a narrow and mean life if you learn to love only those who love you. The less of love in any person's nature the greater their love need--and the more does divine love seek to satisfy such need.
Kingdom believers should have an implicit faith, a whole souled belief in the certain triumph of righteousness. They must increasingly learn to step aside from the harassments of material existence while they refresh the soul, inspire the mind, and renew the spirit by worshipful communion.
In advancing the cause of the kingdom, make your appeals directly to the divine spirit that dwells within the mind.
Self-esteem
In bringing others into the kingdom, do not lesson or destroy their self-respect. It is the purpose of this gospel to restore self-esteem to those who have lost it and to restrain it in those who have it.
Do not make the mistake of only condemning the wrongs in peoples' lives. Accord generous recognition for the most praiseworthy things in their lives. Forget not that I will stop at nothing to restore self-esteem to those who have lost it and who really desire to regain it.
Idleness is destructive to self-esteem; therefore encourage your brethren to ever keep busy at their chosen tasks.
God's children die searching for the very same God who dwells within them.
The believer has only one battle and that is against doubt--unbelief. In preaching the gospel you are simply teaching friendship with God.
Casting your lot
If you dare to believe in me and wholeheartedly follow me, you shall most certainly, by so doing, enter upon a sure pathway to trouble. I do not promise to deliver you from the waters of adversity, but I do promise to go with you through all of them.
Never forget, the Father does not limit the revelation of truth to any one generation or to any one people.
Fear not those who are able to kill the body but after that have no more power over you. I admonish you to fear no one, neither in heaven nor on Earth but rejoice in the knowledge of him who has power to deliver you from all unrighteousness and to present you blameless before the judgment seat.
The Father never compels anyone to enter the kingdom. Though the door to life may be narrow, it is wide enough to admit all those who sincerely seek to find him.
I am the new and living way. Whosoever wills may enter to embark upon the endless truth-search for eternal life. All too long have your fathers believed that prosperity was the token of divine approval, that adversity was the proof of God's displeasure. Such beliefs are superstitions.
Jesus on prayer: All true prayers are addressed to spiritual beings, and all such petitions must be answered in spiritual terms and consist in spiritual realities. Spirit beings cannot bestow material answers to the spirit petitions of material beings.
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