the imitation of Christ, the 3rd book: chapter xxv (wherein firm peace of heart and true profit consist)

WHEREIN FIRM PEACE OF HEART AND TRUE PROFIT CONSIST “My Son, I have said, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you, not as the world gives, give I unto you.”, (John 14:27). All men desire peace, but all do not care for the things which belong unto true peace. My peace [...]

the imitation of Christ, the 3rd book: chapter ix (that all things are to be referred to God as the final end)

THAT ALL THINGS ARE TO BE REFERRED TO GOD, AS THE FINAL END “” My Son, I must be your Supreme and final end, if you desire to be truly happy. Out of such purpose your affection shall be purified, which too often is sinfully bent upon itself and upon created things. For if you [...]

the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xxii (exit from the old to the new)

Part 2 (cont): “Having covenanted your life to God that you may become one of the first ripe fruit of the earth, you are going through the process of harvesting, of being cut down, separated from the ground; you no longer live from the earth, but you live from God. As the Master said, “If [...]

the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xviii (The Likeness of God)

“In the preceding chapter, we viewed man as dependent upon the earth and being “of the earth, earthy”, and also in some of his relations to the Divine Likeness. We shall now consider some of the methods by which man is raised from the animal, earthy state into the spiritual; for nothing in the universe [...]

the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xiii (Jesus of the order of Melchizedek)

“We are not left to speculate as to what Christ meant when he said, “I am the son of God”, “I and my Father are one”, “God is my Father”; varied expressions, all agreeing with his injunction to the early church, “Call no man your father on the earth, for one is your Father which [...]

the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xi (the elohim)

“In the second chapter of Genesis begins the use of the name Yahveh, frequently in connection with that of the Elohim – Yahveh Elohim. In the consideration of the name Yahveh, we have tried to present it as the embodiment of the idea of the Universal Spirit, the Mind and Will, which is the source [...]