"The Lord He Is God"
Be that Help
to others
"Let him know, that he which
converteth the sinner from the error of his way,
shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins."
-
James 5:20
"My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my
commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall
they add to thee. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean
not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,
and he shall direct thy paths. Honour the Lord with thy substance,
and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns
be filled with plenty.
- Proverbs 3
Be that help, that aid to those who are stumbling,
some blindly, some gropingly, some discouraged, some overanxious,
some overzealous of their own peculiar twist or turn; yet all
seeking, seeking the light.
Know there is a way that is right, and it is attainable. The way is
straight and narrow, yet it is not a life of horror, a life of
sadness, but a life of doing for others.
Find each day where ye may help someone less fortunate in some way,
whether in body, in mind, in opportunity, in circumstance.
Help not for pay, not just because you want to help, but because he
is your brother, because he is yourself, for as ye do unto others ye
do to thy Maker and there was a first cause and ye must one day give
account for the deeds done in the body.
"Where there is no vision, the people
perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he." - Proverbs
29:18
Would ye know Him?
Then put On Him in thy life, in thy speech, day by day! Not he that
taketh a city, not he that defieth his brother, but rather he that
in humbleness of heart saith "Lord, lord, be merciful to me, a
sinner" is Justified before His face!
Not in glory that this or that angel hath spoken, or that there hath
come a vision to thee, but rather that the love of thy Christ, thy
Lord.
That constrained thee to speak gently to him that is bowed in sorrow
from Any cause, that hath lifted up the hands of the weak, that hath
counselled with those that seek to glorify the Christ in the hearts
and minds of men; He is the acceptable one, no matter by what name,
what colour or what position, He, Indeed, is the Lord's!
Join with Those that are Helping and Aiding
Others
The more oft in prayer for others, the closer ye draw to Him. For as
He gave: "As ye do it, as ye pray for them, as ye meet thy fellow
man, so ye meet thy Lord." It becomes then the more necessary for
each soul to come to the awareness that as they speak, as they pass
their fellow man, they are passing their Lord. For He, too, served
on the Cross for them. And that is significant to each soul, as an
individual entity, in its opportunity for expression. For the Lord
hath seen fit to show His face, His love to such. Would ye do less?
Thus as ye meet, as ye pray with all, as in a group, for others, ye
help thyself, ye glorify thy Saviour, thy Brother. Yet a little
while and He will come again and speak to those who will listen. For
as ye comprehend from His message to His brethren, and the prayer to
the Father: “Father, I ask that I may have that glory with thee
before the world was, and that where I am these may be also.” That
is to thee, and to all who love His coming. Know that good alone
lives on, as may be manifested in love, hope, kindness, patience,
brotherly love, long-suffering. These alone are the fruit of the
spirit of truth. Those things that bring doubt, fear, distrust, in
harmony, are the seed of sin, and grow, as tares, in the experiences
of others.
Experiences of Men
“Avoid that blindness of self-glory, self-indulgence or
self-aggrandizement that has led many astray, even with the forces
of Divine at times working through them.” - The Teachings of the
Christ
"Not my will, O God, but
Thine be done in and through me; here am I, use me." - The
Teachings of the Christ
The Order attempts to choose and teach the mysteries, and all that
as may be of the greater help or benefit, and to present it in such
a way that it may be a helpful experience for each individual;
enabling the person to better fulfil the purposes for which his soul
entered this present life.
How may I be of
Greater
Service to Humanity
"Thy prayers heard, thy acceptance, then hold fast. For it is not
by some great deed but rather the little leaven that leaveneth the
whole lump. For here a little, there a little, line upon line,
precept upon precept. Be not impatient but in due season ye shall
see and know and hear: "Thou good and faithful servant, enter thou
into the joys of thy Lord." "Lord, thou art maker of heaven and earth. Thou hast preserved thy
servant for a purpose in the earth. Thou hast given me, today,
opportunities. Help me, o God, to choose the right way, that I may
ever be a channel of blessings to others, pointing the way ever to
thee." - Japheth son of Noah
"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!"
"For the Master, Jesus, even the Christ, is the pattern for every
man in the earth, whether he be Gentile or Jew, Parthenian or Greek.
For all have the pattern." "Coordinate the teachings, the
philosophies of the east, and the west, the oriental and the
occidental, the new truths and the old. Correlate not the
differences, but where all religions meet, there is one God! "Know,
O Israel, the Lord God is one!"
Know this
He that leads, or would direct, is continually beset by the forces
that would undermine.
He that Endureth to the end shall wear the Crown.
He that Aideth in Upbuilding shall be entitled to that that he
Builds in his experience.
He that faltereth, or would hinder, shall be received in the manner
as he hinders.
In the present, then, by keeping self reminded, one may remind
others of the needs to live that life which was wholly, truly
exemplified in the life of the man Jesus, who became the Christ
through the things which He suffered, and through demonstrating in
the earth the abilities to overcome Death, the law of death.
If you Wish to be Most Useful to Humanity
Then let each day the prayer be, and mean it: "Lord, use me where thou seest thou hast need of me".
Many are Called, but few have Chosen
The power and influence gained by the
Order is to be used for: The Upbuilding of Mankind by establishing
Temples of the Lord, Health Sanitariums, Schools, Farms, Christian
Living Community's. These are worthy, will they make themselves one
in the purpose as set; for many peoples, in many nations, in many
climes, are ready and wiling to follow that Light, that Star.
In considering such, there are many
things for each to consider, and the various phases of same; for
such conditions have been the dream of many an individual. Same was
the idea of Alexander when he sought to conquer the world, yet the
tenets of the ideal were forgotten in the desires of the flesh, and
while the principles as set forth in the mind and heart of the man
as the student under Plato and Archimedes, and Aurilius and others,
the Man became so gored by the greed of power as to become the
loathsome body, as it passes to its reward for the use of the power
as given into the hands.
Where would such seek that which would become the policy of such
an idealistic plan, or the idealistic outlook for such
organizations?
Only in Him in whom there was found no guile, and though He were
buffeted by man, though He was ridiculed by those in power, though
He suffered among those convicted of crime in the flesh, and
railings against their fellow man, yet those tenets as were
proclaimed by that as the man, making self as the son of man, and
through those conditions became the Son of the living God, in these
tenets, in These ways and manners, may such conditions be brought to
the realization of those that would Build an invisible empire within
the hearts of men; and seeking then the way for each one as would
head each organization as would be necessary. There would be seen
that in a short while there may be brought into realization that
that would be able to rule, Not as an iron rule of the oppressor;
not as one seeking to subjugate others to the will, but Making the
will one with that universal force as is necessary to bring everyone
to that throne of grace, of faith, of hope, of love, of All those
conditions necessary to build Temples of the Lord, Health
Sanitariums, Schools, Farms, Christian Living Community's and help
others to help themselves.
The first steps necessary to take to form such an organization?
First the choosing of those who would give self in holy communion
with this one purpose, and making self right with God, choose to be
used as an Instrument of good for the saving of the good in human
principles; for, as is seen, as has been given, the world awaits the
coming of those who will proclaim the day of freedom, from the bonds
of those who would rule, either through prestige or through
political influence. Then, ones so chosen by their fitness, as will
come through such communion, will be the first to begin. For, as
each are chosen, through these same forces, there may be given their
perfect fitness for such elements; for, as in this: As these seek,
let's give to each their place, their niche, their abilities, their
conditions, concerning such ideals. To some these are as ideals that
may be used, for their own personal gains. To others these are as
ideals that will be as benefits to the world.
In Arcadia
"My spirit beareth witness with Thy Spirit, O God, that I am Thy
Son, and willing to be used as an instrument of good toward the
giving of mankind the opportunity to know the will of Thy Son, as
may be manifest through My activities, toward my fellow man. In
carrying out that which will become the crowning glory of My life,
and my service to my fellow man; laying aside those things that so
easily beset, and I will run the race as is set before me in Him!"
Keep each not as religion, but as the dictates of the heart to
guide, direct, the fellow man, for before each there is set a way,
and in that way is set a light. Veer not from same! Let him that is
weak of mind or heart not take the handle, for he that ploweth and
looketh back is worse than the infidel.
Would the Faithful be Faithful,
Will Good Come from Same.
There has been given and promised in the actions of those that would
give truth, that truth would rise and prevail, and that that as is
truth will ever brighten, broaden, build and manifest the glories of
the source from which such truth emanates. In these emanations there
is seen arising, even as of old, those of many peoples, many
tongues, many tribes, many nations; and as those are given, there
will come to those that so disseminate those truths as Are given
from period to period, that understanding that there is still the
rod in Jesse, and that the seed has not departed from Israel, and
that in the glory of the Father, and in that of those who follow in
the way, much of the glory of Israel shall arise in the East, with
healings in the wings for those that will harken, and in Thee will
many be blessed, and in thy actions will the glory of the work well
done be said of many that harken to an Understanding, and much good
comes from same. The day is just dawning, and the morning is just
over the way. For the light is shining from glory unto glory, and
the Lord seeks those that will harken, and calls all to obey. Keep
thy feet firm on the rock that faileth not. Keep thine hope in He
that is strong. Be up and doing, for such are the chosen of the
Lord. In the success be not overcome in the glory. Be not puffed up,
but in the might of the Son give honour, and in the day give glory
to God.
The Order is associated with those
influences in its very nature make for not Only the Necessity of the
verification of the principles, the purposes, the basis, the Source,
but the very influence that may guide or direct what may become
manifested or may be given to others to aid in Their activity in
Themselves becoming expressive in such manifestations. This becomes
apparent.
How, then, may this be done?
First, within self Find that which answers to that something within
self that is continually seeking for that which has been given in
the expression: "a house not made with hands" - 2 Corinthians 5:1,
but Eternal in the experience of those that seek to find the way to
that source from which they as Souls (not as individuals, or
Personalities rather), that home, that abode. When this has been
determined within self, then proceed. And remember that law as has
been given: "Thy spirit, thy soul, will bear witness With My Spirit,
whether ye be the sons of God or not." - Romans 8:16
Or, "my spirit", in this application thy spirit, beareth witness
with that source, that influence that directs, that makes for the
giving of expressions to individuals that applied within their own
experience brings them closer to that which is the expression of
those forces that are without law, but eternal in the law of love;
that is: That seeth no evil, that thinketh not of itself, that
laudeth not itself, but rather seeks to be a channel through which
the Father, the Son, the Spirit may find expression to become the
blessings that have been promised to the sons of men. These, then,
save they be answered from within, are and must remain Without the
veil. As to those seekings in his relationships that seek for the
preparing of men and women, that they may in this material world
become as channels through which the world may be a better place for
their having given of themselves in the expressions through the
earth: Unless these be the purposes, unless these be the basis of
the desires of he who seeks, then leave them alone! For hath it not
been given that he that hath seen the way, that hath Known there Is
a way unto the source of Creative Forces, and then turns away, is,
the soul, in a worse state than before? For did He not proclaim: "He
that would offend One of these, my children, better that a millstone
were hanged about his neck and he cast into the depths of the sea”
- Matthew 18:6
There is, then, rather this: Know that the seeking, the developing
of individuals in the expression of their super-selves in their
activity must be for Creative Forces and not for
self-aggrandizement, self-exaltation, self-indulgence; for if it is,
then the Way of that soul is made all the more in a state of
bewilderment, without a cause. Hence there be many phases, many
characters of the manifestation of psychic forces in the material
world. There are those influences from without the veil that seek,
seek, that they may find an expression, that they may still be a
portion of this evolution in the earth, not considering their
present estate. And these bring turmoil, strife. Only those, then,
that have named the Name and have put On that love, that seek
expression through a channel that Is to the Glory of the Father, Are
worthy of same.
By what judgement shall these be known? What saith He?
"By their fruits ye shall know them, For Ye do not gather figs from
thistles?" - Matthew 7:16
So in the study, in the research that may be made, know First that
their individual developments are based upon the eternal truth: "I
Am That I Am", and may be known to those that seek to know "My
Face", And "Though ye be afar, when ye call I will hear".
Teachings of the Order of the Good News
To teach to each individual the the application of the truths gained
in their material, their mental, their spiritual relations.
One Lord, one faith, one God, one baptism, one way! The knowledge of
that there is only One God, One Christ, one faith, one baptism; or
as Christ hath given, this is the whole law; to love the Lord thy
God with all thy mind, thy body, thy soul; thy neighbour as thyself.
This is the whole law. This is wisdom. This is knowledge. Knowing
that those things which have been put on through the activities of
the elements within thine own forces of thy body and mind are but as
the stepping-stones to the knowledge that God is in and through All
and in Him ye live and move and have thy being. When this is fully
comprehended, fully understood, ye have the working knowledge of God
in the earth.
Read Deuteronomy 30 and Apply These
Admonitions in Self
Know that the counsel is being given
to thee, and that ye have to choose each day, now, and every other
day. Don't say within self that these are of no avail to thee, but
use them. For again and again He says, "Try me, see if I will not
pour out to thee a blessing."
“And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon
thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and
thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord
thy God hath driven thee, And shalt return unto the Lord thy God,
and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this
day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy
soul; That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have
compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the
nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee. If any of
thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence
will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch
thee: And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy
fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee
good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. And the Lord thy God will
circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord
thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou
mayest live. And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon
thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his
commandments which I command thee this day. And the Lord thy God
will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit
of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy
land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good,
as he rejoiced over thy fathers: If thou shalt hearken unto the
voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes
which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the
Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. For this
commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from
thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou
shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto
us, that we may hear it, and do it? Neither is it beyond the sea,
that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring
it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? But the word is very
nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do
it. See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death
and evil; In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God,
to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes
and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord
thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess
it. But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but
shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; I
denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye
shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over
Jordan to go to possess it. I call heaven and earth to record this
day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing
and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may
live: That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest
obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy
life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land
which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
Jacob, to give them.” - Deuteronomy 30
See that it is to thee - not someone else. For thy body is indeed
the temple of the living God. In thy heart and mind He has promised
to meet thee. Will ye let Him? Will ye open the door? Will ye humble
thyself and say: "Lord, Here Am I! Use Me, Thought it Bruise My
Body, My Pride, Even My Conscience. Use Me, O God, That I May Be a
Channel of Blessing to One of thy Children Today." Say this not
merely in words, but in real purpose of heart, in real desire. And
ye will find that He can and will answer thee. For His promises are
sure, "Though ye be far away, if ye call I will hear, and answer
speedily." He is not a God of wrath to those who humbly seek, only a
God of wrath to those who defy and say: "I, yea I, will do this or
that." For of thyself ye can do nothing, only as He in His love and
mercy may show thee the way.
Make the Pattern of Thy Life the 23rd Psalm
“The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not
want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me
beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the
paths of righteousness for His Name's sake. Yea, though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for
thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou
preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou
anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and
mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in
the House of the Lord for ever.” - Psalm 23
Find when ye are on the Pattern and when ye
wander afield
Then turn to St. John 14, 15, 16, 17,
and as ye search these, if ye will seek for the material things to
be done that the spirit and the mind may work together, then it will
give that.
“14. Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also
in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I
would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go
and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto
myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye
know, and the way ye know. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not
whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto
him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the
Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my
Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth
us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet
hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the
Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? Believest thou
not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I
speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth
in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and
the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works
that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he
do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my
name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. If ye love me,
keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give
you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the
Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him
not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you,
and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come
to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye
see me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall
know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He that
hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and
he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him,
and will manifest myself to him. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot,
Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not
unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me,
he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come
unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth
not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the
Father's which sent me. These things have I spoken unto you, being
yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost,
whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things,
and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said
unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as
the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go
away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice,
because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than
I. And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is
come to pass, ye might believe. Hereafter I will not talk much with
you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the
Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
15. I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every
branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch
that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more
fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto
you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of
itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide
in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me,
and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye
can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a
branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the
fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in
you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye
be my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you:
continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide
in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide
in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might
remain in you, and that your joy might be full. This is my
commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater
love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his
friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what
his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I
have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Ye have not
chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should
go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that
whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it
you. These things I command you, that ye love one another. If the
world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye
were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are
not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore
the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The
servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me,
they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will
keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my
name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. If I had not
come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have
no cloak for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If
I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they
had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and
my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled
that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. But
when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the
Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father,
he shall testify of me: And ye also shall bear witness, because ye
have been with me from the beginning.
16. These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be
offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time
cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God
service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have
not known the Father, nor me. But these things have I told you, that
when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them.
And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was
with you. But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you
asketh me, Whither goest thou? But because I have said these things
unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. Nevertheless I tell you the
truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away,
the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send
him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin,
and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe
not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see
me no more; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you
into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he
shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to
come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall
shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine:
therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto
you. A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little
while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. Then said
some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith
unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a
little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we
cannot tell what he saith. Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to
ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that
I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little
while, and ye shall see me? Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye
shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be
sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman when
she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon
as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the
anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. And ye now
therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart
shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. And in that day
ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever
ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto
have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that
your joy may be full. These things have I spoken unto you in
proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you
in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. At that day
ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray
the Father for you: For the Father himself loveth you, because ye
have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. I came
forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave
the world, and go to the Father. His disciples said unto him, Lo,
now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. Now are we sure
that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should
ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. Jesus
answered them, Do ye now believe? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is
now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and
shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is
with me. These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might
have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good
cheer; I have overcome the world.
17. These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and
said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also
may glorify thee: As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that
he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. And
this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God,
and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. I have glorified thee on the
earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And now,
O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I
had with thee before the world was. I have manifested thy name unto
the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and
thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. Now they have
known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. For
I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have
received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and
they have believed that thou didst send me. I pray for them: I pray
not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they
are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am
glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are
in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine
own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we
are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name:
those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but
the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. And now
come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they
might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them thy
word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the
world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest
take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from
the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. As thou hast
sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the
world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might
be sanctified through the truth. Neither pray I for these alone, but
for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That
they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that
they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou
hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them;
that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me,
that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know
that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me
where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me:
for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. O righteous
Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and
these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto
them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou
hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.” - John 14, 15, 16,
17
For here are promises. For the very fact that ye are conscious of
yourself should be the assurance that He, the Father-God, is mindful
of thee as an individual entity and that ye have work to do. He is
depending upon thee for the knowledge, for the glorifying, for the
opportunity to glorify Himself through thee.
As has been given, when there is the conviction in the heart of
those that have received aid through these sources, these channels,
and there is sought and there is given the opportunity to such for
their contributions for the up-keep, the developing of all phases,
this should come of itself; and not by a price set on a piece of
paper that may be nothing or life itself!
The increase should come as of God's work, and Not of man's building
up! For when it is put by price into such a position as to cause Any
to feel it is only for those who have been given something of this
world's means, then ye are defeating thine own purpose and you have
run away with the Physical without considering the mental and
spiritual body of thine organization!
This ye can see from the observation of an individual as a human
being.
If the body-mental, the body-physical and the body-spiritual
Coordinate, ye have a body that increases in wisdom, in stature, in
the growth of material things, and well-balanced!
These are the results of keeping each portion throughout some
experience cooperating and coordinating.
What is thy first lesson?
Cooperation!
Then let each member, Active or Associate, cooperate. And if ye
choose to make others, make them of a different character and not
with a price upon those who are afraid, those who are seeking help,
bodily, mentally, or even physically!
Be consistent with that ye would teach, and do something about your
Active Membership! For ye have an Active Membership that if ye would
give them the opportunity to do that even you have had them promise,
you wouldn't be worrying about so much of the realm of that activity
for carrying on!
And if you would create for those who are interested, those who find
help, those that may seek for places, conditions that may give them
an opportunity to put this world's goods to active service.
The poor fellow that hasn't the means to meet the daily needs? God
loves him as well as those who have the millions. For each is as
precious in His sight! But how readest thou the law?
That thou hast promised, Fulfil, or it becomes a sin!
Let those that seek, where they are sponsored, not seek because they
are ill or because it may be a miracle. The miracle must be in the
individual seeking, not in those that bring same!
Was Andrew raised above Peter because he brought Peter to the
Christ? or did the bringing raise Andrew to that of being that upon
which Peter continued to lean?
So the Miracle that happens, happens in the seeker, not the one that
leads him to this.
Then, the study groups or any portions of the activities that have
failed to prepare the individual who has come have failed, rather
than the individual that has come!
For to have knowledge (as has been given again and again), and to do
nothing about it, to all it becomes sin!
First then study very carefully, very prayerfully, that as has been
presented. Set the purposes and the ideals in line with that ye have
proclaimed and thine ideals; thy memberships, thy publications, thy
activities as ye call “for charity.” But do not hinder Any soul.
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