Chapter V - Prayer and Atonement
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civilization and the spiritual sense of Truth, makes the
civilization and the spiritual sense of Truth, makes the
scriptures a chart of Life to man.
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Christ and God are words synonymous. Christ sig-
Christ and God are words synonymous. Christ sig-
nifies the Soul and Principle of the man, Jesus. The
manner of expressing him in Scripture gives the mean-
ing of this relationship, viz., Jesus, the son of God,
i.e., the idea of Principle, and the offspring of Soul,
and not sense.
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Publius Lentulus wrote to the conscript fathers at
Publius Lentulus wrote to the conscript fathers at
Rome, – "The disciples of Jesus believe him the son
of God." Those who were taught by him the science
of being, reached the glorious perception that God is
the only author of man. The virgin mother first con-
ceived this idea of God, and named it Jesus; the illu-
mination of spiritual sense had put to silence personal
sense with Mary, thus mastering material law and
establishing through demonstration that God is the
father of man. The science of being overshadowed
the pure sense of the virgin mother with a full recog-
nition that Spirit is the basis of being. The idea we
call Substance, and Mary named Jesus, dwelt forever
in the bosom of the Father, in the Principle of man,
and woman perceived it because of her more spiritual
nature. The belief that Life originates with the sexes,
is strongest in the most material natures; whereas the
understanding of the spiritual origin of man cometh
only to the pure in heart. Man and woman, as ideas
of God, i.e., Spirit, meet Soul's expectancy, and are
immortal evidences that Spirit is harmonious, and man
eternal. Jesus was the offspring of Mary's self-con-
scious God-being in creative Wisdom; hence he was
more spiritual, more the idea of God, and demonstrated
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the science of Life, as others cannot, whose origin is
the science of Life, as others cannot, whose origin is
material. This idea of Truth came to rebuke Rab-
binical error; to point out the way of Truth and Life,
and to demonstrate, as it did, throughout the whole
earthly career of Jesus, the difference between the off-
spring of Soul, and of sense; of Truth, and error;
Christ was God; therefore the Principle of the man,
Jesus, otherwise his Father; Jesus acknowledged no
ties of flesh, saying, "Call no man your Father upon
the earth, for one is your Father which is in heaven."
Again, "Who is my mother, and who are my brethren,
but they that do the will of my Father." We have no
record of his ever calling a man father. He recognized
God the only Principle of being, therefore, the Father
of all.
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Referring to the materiality of the age, he said, –
Referring to the materiality of the age, he said, –
"The time cometh and now is that they who worship
the Father shall worship Him in Spirit and in Truth."
Again, foreseeing the persecution that must attend the
introduction of this science, he said, –" The time com-
eth that whosoever killeth you will think he doeth God
service." "And these things will they do unto you
because they have not known the Father or me." In
other words, are ignorant of the Principle of being;
their father, on earth and in heaven, being personality
instead of Principle; ignorant, also, of the origin of
man, his nature and true existence. The world of
error is blind to the Truth of man, and the world of
sense, to Life that is Soul. Jesus was neither under-
stood in his origin, his nature, or works; not one com-
ponent part of his being did the world of sense get
right. Even his righteousness and purity hindered not