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IN THE WORDS OF JESUS–Part 386

Love is the Fulfilling of the Law

ON GOD; Part CLXVII

Having finally completed our discussion of the two sayings by the Master that have adorned our the top of our essays s for the last several days, we move on today to other topics that are not unrelated to what we have be writing about. There is likely no thing in Life that can not be seen in the Light of these sayings on heart, which we call consciousness, and on treasure, which we see as the focus of the man in form, as what it is that takes up his time and his attention. The one line endings of several of the Master’s sayings, while explained somewhat in the preceding verses, are stand alone cautions and seemingly hidden instructions to ALL men. This is the parabolic way of the Lord’s teachings and as we alluded to in the last post, each of us takes whatsoever he can from the words of each saying and the more in tune with one’s own Soul one is, the more meaningful will be the revelation. Let us here by way of review look at the one line endings to some of the sayings that we have been discussing over the last few days.

  • “for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh” (Luke 6:45). Based upon the prior verses we should understand that the abundance is the treasure of the man and that in the Master’s words this treasure is either evil or it is good. If we compound this with the Master’s telling the rich young man “Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God” (Matthew 19:17) we have two possible outcomes; first is the idea that no man can be good and if this is so, why would the Master give us this other idea of “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good” which is from the same verse as our subject verse for this point. Secondly then, if there is the possibility of a man being good there must be some caveat in the Master’s use of this word which is the same Greek word, agathos, in both sayings as well as in this other verse where the Master tells us that: “That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust”  (Matthew 5:45). We have then the Master telling us on the one hand that there is “none good but one, that is, God” and on the other hand telling us of the good upon whom the sun rises and the good man with the good treasure. What can this mean? We use here the word caveat which is likely not the right word for this but we use it so that we may have the idea that these words from the Master are a caution and a warning that the idea of good and of God are to be properly discerned. For us this discernment is that the God Within each man IS God and there is no separation between the two as the True man as Spirit is part and parcel of OUR God. In the context of all these sayings by the Master we should be able to see that the idea of good is reserved for God and for those men in form who are expressing the fullness of the God Within through their Life in form. This is the good man with the good treasure; this is the good man upon whom the sun rises and this is the man who is one with God as an incarnated being on this Earth. This is a True disciple. This understanding of the ideas of good and God can help us to understand evil as we have been presenting it as well and to see that evil is ALL that is not good. A simple look at evil can show us that this is not the common understanding of bad and profane as it applies to men. We should note that this same Greek word poneros is applied to fruit by the Master in saying “A good tree cannot bring forthevil fruit” (Matthew 7:18). Now we could observe that the Master calls a tree good as well as he calls it evil but in this we should see that there is no additional criteria placed upon the word translated as evil as there is His saying that there is “none good but one, that is, God“.
    • One last point here on evil and this is related to the Lord’s Prayer and our recent verses from the Apostle Paul to the Romans. In the Prayer we read the words “deliver us from evil” and this is generally considered that we are praying to the Lord for deliverance from “the evil” and this is considered to be Satan. John Gill in his Exposition of the Bible8 says of this that And most, if not all of these things, may be very well thought to be comprised in the word “evil” here: particularly Satan may be meant, by “evil”, or “the evil one”, as the word may be rendered; who is eminently, originally, and immutably evil; his whole work and employment is nothing else but evil: and to be delivered from him, is to be rescued out of his hands, preserved from his snares, and delivered from his temptations. Evil men may also be intended: all men are naturally evil, and unalterably so, without the grace of God; and some are notoriously wicked; from whose company, sinful lusts, and pleasures, to which they are addicted, as well as from their rage and persecution, good men cannot but desire deliverance; as also from the evil of afflictions, and especially from the evil of sin; as that they may be kept from the commission of it; have the guilt of it removed; be preserved from its power and dominion; and, at last, be freed from the very being of it8.
    • The above is representative of the common understanding of this idea of evil which has no real foundation in the words of the Master by its use but is rather defined by His use of the term. We have here also the idea of deliverance and for this we go back to Paul’s words that we have studied over the last several weeks; Paul tells us:

      For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body” (Romans 8:20-23).

      We need not say too much here as we have used these sayings often; again however we should note that this vanity that the apostle speaks of is the ways of the world and it is from this that we “shall be delivered“. This is the evil, this is “the bondage of corruption” and from here our deliverance shall be into “glorious liberty of the children of God” which we should see as True discipleship and the achievement of our goal, the Kingdom of God.

We have gone through much here but have not but touched upon the idea of abundance in the the context that the Master has spoken this saying at the top of this point and we have not looked at the idea of speaking insofar as the whole of this context. As regards abundance we should understand that it is ALL that is in the heart which, according to what we say above, is either good, which is God Like, or it is evil, which is worldly. The Master does not speak here about that great middle ground because here there is only one or the other and no matter how toward the ideas of God one may lean, if he is not there he is still worldly. In other word a man may be striving toward the strait gate but if he has not arrived, he is still of this world and not of the Kingdom and this is no different than our prior understanding of this. While this may be a hard thing to understand from the perspective of the man in form, it is in accordance with the High criteria that the Master places upon entering into the Kingdom and the High criteria that He places upon being His disciple. That a man may think that he is worthy of the Kingdom without doing as the Master tells us is but his illusion and glamour and the product of the vanity to which the race of men is subjected.

We come now to the idea of speaketh and we should note here that there are two renditions of this; one by Matthew and the other by Luke and they are markedly different. Matthew tells us this: “A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things”  and then continues to say that “But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account there of in the day of judgment” (Matthew 12:35-36). Luke begins the same way but ends with our subject verse; he says: “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh” (Luke 6:45). We should note that they both are referring to the act of speaking and in one of our recent posts we viewed this idea from a different angle and said that the idea of speaking here is much more that what a man may say. We should note here also that there is an undiscovered relationship between speaking and doing, between speaking and acting upon that which one may say and we could add here that which one may even think. However, except in our own understanding there is no support for this realization that we have except the common sense we gain in reading the words of the Master. The Apostle James lays for us some groundwork on this idea which we will post and pick up again in the next post. He says:

For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and there with curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be” (James 3:2-10).

We will continue with our thoughts on this and on the two remaining points in the next post.

  • For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” (Matthew 6:21).
  • Ye cannot serve God and mammon” (Matthew 6:24).

Aspect of God

Potency

Expressed as Fire

Aspect of Man

Father

Will or Power

Electric Fire

Spirit or Life

Son, The Christ

Love and Wisdom

Solar Fire

Soul or Christ Within

Holy Spirit

Light or Activity

Fire by Friction

Life Within the Form

Note on the Quote of the Day

This daily blog also has a Quote of the Day which may not be in any way related to the essay. Many of these will be from the Bible and some just prayers or meditations that may have an influence on you and are in line with the subject matter of this blog. As the quote will change daily and will not store with the post, it is repeated in this section with the book reference and comment.

We leave this again as our Quote of the Day with the intention of discussing it in some detail in one of our next few posts.

We have left this saying for several days now and want to here say that within this reflection is the reality of a True Son of God, a disciple if you will, and it is by accomplishing these things that a men can be seen as disciples and, for those who try to achieve, those who strive, as aspirants.

Evening Reflection

May the Power of the One True God flow through His group of all true servers;

May the Love of the Christ characterize the lives of all who seek to aid in His work;

May I fulfill my part in the one work through self-forgetfulness, harmlessness and right speech

(Evening Reflection)

This prayer is my revision of the Mantram of the New Group of World Servers which is an subjective esoteric group aligned only by their desire to achieve a measure of GoodWill in the world today.  While it may be difficult to understand, the membership of this group is not in a list; there is no headquarters and there are no scheduled meetings. It is made up of people from around the world and its membership is open to all races, all classes, all politics, all religions; ALL PEOPLE. You will know that you are a member when you have that desire to work for GoodWill and Right Human Relations throughout the world and when you can appreciate and applaud the efforts of others who work for the benefit of their fellowman and, in that appreciation and praise, seek to reach out and aid them. All prayer that is not self centered is a service to the Lord, to His Plan and to our fellowman; the Power and the Qualities of God that we pray to invoke are for the benefit of His Plan and all mankind. This revised version is in a more readily usable form for our Christian culture and addresses God more as the Christian is accustomed to do. It is a prayer for the Power of God to be available to all who seek to serve Him; in this Power is the Wisdom, the Understanding and the personal strength that we need to properly serve the Lord. It is a prayer also that asks that all who serve the Lord be imbued with His Love, Christ’ Love, which defines the truth of our service to Him.  And it is a prayer that, on a personal level, reminds us of our responsibilities in service which are summarized in the three words.
  • Self-forgetfulness which is the absence of self interest in our prayer and our service; as the Master told us Ye cannot serve God and mammon”.
  • Harmlessness which, as a positive aspect, is that meekness of Jesus and of which He also said “Blessed are the meek”.
  • Right Speech which is the ability to control the tongue remembering that “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh” and that in self-forgetfulness, harmlessness and Love will our hearts be right.
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