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from the eternal Love. It was therefore Christ's purpose
to reconcile man to God, not God to man. Love and
Truth are not at war with God's image and likeness.
Man cannot exceed divine Love, and so atone for
himself. Even Christ cannot reconcile Truth to error, for
Truth and error are irreconcilable. Jesus aided in reconciling
man to God by giving man a truer sense of Love,
the divine Principle of Jesus' teachings, and this truer
sense of Love redeems man from the law of matter,
sin, and death by the law of Spirit, - the law of divine
Love.
The Master forbore not to speak the whole truth, declaring
precisely what would destroy sickness, sin, and
death, although his teaching set households at variance,
and brought to material beliefs not peace, but a
sword.
(Efficacious repentance)
Every pang of repentance and suffering, every effort
for reform, every good thought and deed, will help us to
understand Jesus' atonement for sin and aid
its efficacy; but if the sinner continues to pray
and repent, sin and be sorry, he has little part in the atonement, - in
the at-one-ment with God, - for he lacks the
practical repentance, which reforms the heart and enables
man to do the will of wisdom. Those who cannot demonstrate,
at least in part, the divine Principle of the teachings
and practice of our Master have no part in God. If
living in disobedience to Him, we ought to feel no security,
although God is good.
(Jesus' sinless career)
Jesus urged the commandment, "Thou shalt have no
other gods before me," which may be rendered:
Thou shalt have no belief of Life as
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