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

Part IV: โ€œโ€ Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.โ€ If we are members of the church, or the children of church members, we have been taught from our early childhood that we are โ€œmiserable sinnersโ€, and that no matter what we do, yet we are sinners. This [...]

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

Part III (cont.) โ€œHow do you know that you shall not be able to rescue your wife or your husband, your children, your mother, your father, or your friend? But you certainly cannot rescue them by refusing to follow the leadings of the Spirit and by continuing to be like them. You can rescue them [...]

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

PART III (cont.) โ€œWe bring up a son; we care for him and educate him; we look after him with all our tender love and care and we expect his love in return. (The human does not expect to do anything without returns.) But when he has grown to manhood, he turns his mind toward [...]

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

Part III (cont): โ€œIn order to find that way, it is necessary that you take Christ's teachings and read them carefully with the new light that is shed upon them by the thoughts herein embodied. And as you read and muse and study these thoughts, see if you are ready to choose between the things [...]

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

โ€œWhat has been said in this chapter is preparatory to placing you in the hands of the Father, where you will have no more absolute need that will not be supplied by the Spirit; but remember that supply may often come to you through physical means, or through the mentality of other persons. But you [...]

the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter xx (the Image and the Likeness)

โ€œWhile the gathering of the Body, according to the Revelation, will be the work of a short time, yet we are told that the perfecting of this body, the perfecting of its dominion over the earth, will take a thousand years. It is hardly reasonable to suppose that there is any one now living, even [...]