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BELIEVEST
THOU THI "Whom
do men say that I am?" Some
say one thing, some another --- some may consider you a religious bigot, a
holier-than-thou, a thief, a liar. It
makes little difference what answer is made to that question; but the answer to
another question determines your place in the grand scheme of heaven here and
now --- "But whom do you say that I AM?" Whom do you say
that I AM? --- you, yourself --- what do you say of your I AM?
Do you say that it is the miserable worm of the dust that needs
constantly to be treated? led and
helped? Or is it the creation of the Living God?
When will you answer, "I AM the Son of the Living God," and
proceed to reveal this Man of God to the universe here and now? In a moment you
think not --- when the seemingly ceaseless thinking about how to make God do
your bidding stops --- at that moment the Christ comes into manifestation. Not much Christ- consciousness or power can penetrate the
layers of human thought, which form an insulation about you. Reasoning about God does not make him any more visible than
he is already. "No man shall
see God and live" is pared off with the statement, "In my flesh shall
I see God." In the realm of
the human intellect little or no wisdom is seen --- a strange chain of
coincidences hooks a train of cars together, each with its load of thought and
care. There is to the human mind
little actual reason for man being here. He
has often asked himself "Whither?" and "Why?" --- and these
go unanswered, and he finds that man's days are full of trouble.
A lovely picture for a God creation, to be sure! Ah, but when he takes
his attention away from appearances, and can answer himself, "You are the
Son of the Living God," the whole fabric of hell breaks through and the
heavenly light of self-revelation shines out here and now into expression.
Man finds himself clear-seeing, clear-hearing, clear-speaking, revealing
the Kingdom of Heaven here and now, appropriating the good and passing it on to
the universe. He finds new and
lovelier capacities. He perceives
himself to be the Son of the Most High, with dominion and authority.
He finds himself in affluence. He
finds the glory of self-expression here and now. A thousand avenues open before
him. He finds it wonderful.
The consciousness is deepened and made more receptive --- made ready for
the things I could not tell you back in Jerusalem because you could not have
borne the glory of it all. The eyes
are aware of a new and lovely universe here and now, peopled with angelic beings
instead of fiends incarnate. Who do you say that I AM?
What are the capacities? And
no wonder it was given to the child! The
child would automatically answer "yes" to "Believest thou
this?" --- but the adult, wise in his own conceit, tried to reason it out.
He says he would like to, but his eyes are so hypnotized to evil that he
cannot. That is why the Christ has
said, "Take your attention away from appearances, and rest it on the Isness
of Being." "Judge not
from appearances, but judge righteous judgment" --- the judgment of the Son
of God. Can you believe that it is possible for the perfect health you have sought so long to be manifested in you now? I did not ask whether you desired it or wanted it; I asked whether you could believe that it is possible. The subtle word contains the connecting-link of manifestation --- it is the way through which the unseen suddenly becomes seen. The visible- invisible appears. "Believest thou this?" was asked over and over by Jesus, and when the answer was, "Yea, yea, Lord," the results were sure to follow. Just what do you believe? Many people know the letter of truth perfectly, but are not healed. I may have at my command the whole technique of play-writing, and be but a critic, with no ability whatsoever to write even a small scene. You may know a hundred systems of truth, but that does not make you a revelator of the Kingdom -- no, not until you believe it is possible. Not until you get over the emotional worship of Jesus, and "go thou and do likewise," can you ever know the beauty of the Kingdom here and now. When you sit down to have your quiet time of contemplation, and are done with the insane idea of trying to make God do your bidding, or of following some words rattled off by some other person --- then you will ask yourself, "Believest thou this?" And when you can say, "Yea, Lord," within yourself, the manifestation is as good as into visibility. Believest thou this?
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