Chapter II - Atonement And Eucharist
Zigzag course
22:1
the passport of some wiser pilgrim, thinking with the aid
the passport of some wiser pilgrim, thinking with the aid
of this to find and follow the right road.
Moral retrogression
22:3
Vibrating like a pendulum between sin and the hope
Vibrating like a pendulum between sin and the hope
of forgiveness, – selfishness and sensuality causing con-
stant retrogression, – our moral progress will
be slow. Waking to Christ's demand, mortals
experience suffering. This causes them, even as drown-
ing men, to make vigorous efforts to save themselves; and
through Christ's precious love these efforts are crowned
with success.
Wait for reward
22:11
"Work out your own salvation," is the demand of
"Work out your own salvation," is the demand of
Life and Love, for to this end God worketh with you.
"Occupy till I come!" Wait for your re-
ward, and "be not weary in well doing." If
your endeavors are beset by fearful odds, and you receive
no present reward, go not back to error, nor become a
sluggard in the race.
22:18
When the smoke of battle clears away, you will dis-
When the smoke of battle clears away, you will dis-
cern the good you have done, and receive according to
your deserving. Love is not hasty to deliver us from
temptation, for Love means that we shall be tried and
purified.
Deliverance not vicarious
22:23
Final deliverance from error, whereby we rejoice in
Final deliverance from error, whereby we rejoice in
immortality, boundless freedom, and sinless sense, is not
reached through paths of flowers nor by pinning
one's faith without works to another's vicarious
effort. Whosoever believeth that wrath is righteous or
that divinity is appeased by human suffering, does not
understand God.
Justice and substitution
22:30
Justice requires reformation of the sinner. Mercy
Justice requires reformation of the sinner. Mercy
cancels the debt only when justice approves. Revenge
is inadmissible. Wrath which is only appeased is not