Chapter II - Atonement And Eucharist
27:1
Jesus sent a message to John the Baptist, which was in-
Jesus sent a message to John the Baptist, which was in-
tended to prove beyond a question that the Christ had
come: "Go your way, and tell John what things ye have
seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk,
the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised,
to the poor the gospel is preached." In other words:
Tell John what the demonstration of divine power is,
and he will at once perceive that God is the power in
the Messianic work.
Living temple
27:10
That Life is God, Jesus proved by his reappearance
That Life is God, Jesus proved by his reappearance
after the crucifixion in strict accordance with his scien-
tific statement: "Destroy this temple [body],
and in three days I [Spirit] will raise it up."
It is as if he had said: The I – the Life, substance,
and intelligence of the universe – is not in matter to
be destroyed.
27:17
Jesus' parables explain Life as never mingling with
Jesus' parables explain Life as never mingling with
sin and death. He laid the axe of Science at the root
of material knowledge, that it might be ready to cut
down the false doctrine of pantheism, – that God, or
Life, is in or of matter.
Recreant disciples
27:22
Jesus sent forth seventy students at one time, but only
Jesus sent forth seventy students at one time, but only
eleven left a desirable historic record. Tradition credits
him with two or three hundred other disciples
who have left no name. "Many are called,
but few are chosen." They fell away from grace because
they never truly understood their Master's instruction.
27:28
Why do those who profess to follow Christ reject the
Why do those who profess to follow Christ reject the
essential religion he came to establish? Jesus' persecu-
tors made their strongest attack upon this very point.
They endeavored to hold him at the mercy of matter and
to kill him according to certain assumed material laws.
Help and hindrance
28:1
The Pharisees claimed to know and to teach the di-
The Pharisees claimed to know and to teach the di-
vine will, but they only hindered the success of Jesus'
mission. Even many of his students stood
in his way. If the Master had not taken a
student and taught the unseen verities of God, he would
not have been crucified. The determination to hold Spirit
in the grasp of matter is the persecutor of Truth and
Love.
28:9
While respecting all that is good in the Church or out
While respecting all that is good in the Church or out
of it, one's consecration to Christ is more on the ground
of demonstration than of profession. In conscience, we
cannot hold to beliefs outgrown; and by understanding
more of the divine Principle of the deathless Christ, we
are enabled to heal the sick and to triumph over sin.
Misleading conceptions
28:15
Neither the origin, the character, nor the work of
Neither the origin, the character, nor the work of
Jesus was generally understood. Not a single compo-
nent part of his nature did the material
world measure aright. Even his righteous-
ness and purity did not hinder men from saying: He
is a glutton and a friend of the impure, and Beelzebub is
his patron.
Persecution prolonged
28:22
Remember, thou Christian martyr, it is enough if
Remember, thou Christian martyr, it is enough if
thou art found worthy to unloose the sandals of thy
Master's feet! To suppose that persecution
for righteousness' sake belongs to the past,
and that Christianity to-day is at peace with the world
because it is honored by sects and societies, is to mis-
take the very nature of religion. Error repeats itself.
The trials encountered by prophet, disciple, and apostle,
"of whom the world was not worthy," await, in some
form, every pioneer of truth.
Christian warfare
28:32
There is too much animal courage in society and not
There is too much animal courage in society and not