ON LOVE; PART MCDXCVII
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FIRST IS THE GREAT COMMANDMENTS: “The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these” (Mark 12:29-31).
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WHAT THEN IS LOVE? In a general sense love is benevolence, good will; that disposition of heart which inclines men to think favorably of their fellow men, and to do them good. In a theological sense, it includes supreme love to God, and universal good will to men. While this IS from an older definition of Charity, which IS rendered in the King James Bible from the same Greek word agape which IS generally rendered as Love, we should amend our own definition here to include the idea that in the reality of Love a man will accord to ALL men ALL things that he would accord to himself and to say that Love IS our thoughts and attitude of the equality of ALL men regardless of their outward nature or appearance…that ALL ARE equally children of Our One God.
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PLUS THE EVER IMPORTANT AND HIGH IDEAL TAUGHT TO US BY THE CHRIST: “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them” (Matthew 7:12).
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We ended the last essay with the Apostle Paul’s words on marriage from his First Epistle to the Corinthians. These words, while centered around the idea of marriage, have a much more profound meaning: focus. While we should understand that the apostle was likely referencing ONLY the idea of marriage and its effect upon a person’s psyche, we should at the same time see the overall Life’ lesson that IS incorporated into his words. He tells us that “He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife“. He follows this with a companion saying addressed to the woman saying “The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband” (1 Corinthians 7:32-33). If we can see the idea of focus that IS embedded into these sayings from Paul, we can then perhaps better understand the whole of the apostle’s message saying “I would that all men were even as I myself” (1 Corinthians 7:7) which state IS that of focus upon the Lord and the things of God. This IS the state of the disciple who IS fully committed to the Lord, the man that can be fully focus upon the things of God. We should try to see this state as the pinnacle of our spiritual Life in this world and, at the same time, understand that this IS NOT a necessary reality for our spiritual success. For many marriage IS a part of the normalcy of Life in this world and such vows ARE generally taken before one sees the deeper reality of spiritual Life. The KEY here would be to have a husband or a wife that IS in agreement spiritually and while this may seem a difficult thing, it IS possible. An example of the effect of such ideas can be seen in the Life of the Apostle Peter who was married before his encounter with the Master. While we DO NOT KNOW much about the apostle’s married Life, we DO KNOW that he had a wife and that there ARE allusions that she took some part in his ‘ministry’. The point here IS that one can have a very spiritual existence and be married so long as the wife or the husband IS in agreement with the spiritual track taken on by the spouse.
We should also try to see the whole of the marriage idea in the New Testament as everyman’s test of focus and of commitment to one’s vows. Granted there ARE reasons for divorce and these ARE adequately covered by the Master in the gospels but these reasons also go deeper than just the rendered ideas presented. It IS in the realm of our vows, spoken or unspoken, that the whole idea of adultery should be understood and here we should remember that the ‘sin’ of adultery also covers our adulterous relationship with the Lord. While this may be a difficult idea to grasp, it IS really quite simple. As Souls we ARE committed to the Lord in a sort of unspoken vow; we ARE after all part and parcel of the Godhead, this IS our True identity. It IS in the vanity of Life in this world that we lose our vision of this Truth and, as Vincent shows us in his defining words on mataiotes which IS rendered as vanity, this vanity IS our: perishable and decaying condition, separate from God, and pursuing false ends4. Jesus’ words on adultery as well as the ideas offered in the Old Testament should show us that the marriage relationship should remind us of our relationship with the Lord but, unfortunately, this IS NOT the way that the precept IS taught. We should try to see here that in the many words from the Master regarding marriage there ARE ‘hidden’ clues to the reality of our relationship with the Lord. This IS shown us in both parables and in direct language and the concept has been readily accepted by much of the church but to NO avail. The marriage relationship IS a matter of commitment to one’s vows and to the idea of DOING what IS right. Here we should try to understand that as a Soul, one IS committed to the Lord and ALL that takes our focus off of the Lord, our vanity, our nurturing and our indoctrinations into worldly Life, create an ‘adulterous‘ situation and it IS here that the idea of fornication also plays a large role. When the Master calls the Jews an “An evil and adulterous generation” (Matthew 12:39), He IS NOT calling ALL men evil as the word IS understood nor IS He calling all men adulterers as that word IS used carnally; He IS calling out their focus upon the self and the things of the self. Matthew likely sees the importance of this concept more than the other writers as he shows us this idea twice saying later that “A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign” (Matthew 16:4).
ALL of these words ARE intended to show us the idea of adultery from the perspective of the Soul and Paul’s words regarding the likely strained relationship between the married and the Lord show us much the same thing: that the married will concern themselves with the spouse and carnal living while the unmarried ARE free to focus solely upon the Lord. We should remember here the apostle’s words saying “I would that all men were even as I myself” (1 Corinthians 7:7) and here we should try to see two references. First the reference to marriage itself as a worldly pursuit and second to the way that the apostle IS free to pursue the Lord and DOES so to the exclusion of ALL other interests. Can we see the point here? Can we see that being unmarried can help in one’s spiritual pursuits when the objective IS better understood? And can we understand that even in marriage there IS ample opportunity to focus on the things of God. This last point IS KEY; marriage and the companionship that it brings ARE important to the lives of men and women and when one can combine being married with a strong pursuit of the Lord, spiritual rewards can and will flow into their lives. What we speak of here however IS NOT the typical idea of marriage that we have in the world today nor IS it the seemingly one sided relationships of the past that worked out according to cultural precepts. Today the idea of marriage brings with it a struggle to ‘build’ a family Life and this in itself can limit one’s ability to strive toward the Truth and Love that ARE the rewards. If however the striving takes on the priority that it must there ARE little or NO limitations. We should try to remember here what it takes to be a spiritual individual, that it IS NOT living in abstinence nor IS it living in a way where one IS fixated on worship or prayer. What IS necessary IS a clear vision of the cost of discipleship and an agreement with one’s spouse on what IS of importance both carnally and spiritually. In an aside we should note as well that the celibate Life of the minister in some denominations and sects DOES NOT bring a man any closer to the Lord if one IS conflicted by that celibacy or if the predominant striving IS to fulfill ONLY doctrinal ideas and precepts. There IS much to these ideas that should be considered and what we should use as our guide IS the Life of Peter who we DO KNOW IS married before he encounters the Christ. Most of this IS an untold story and while many may allude to his relationship with his wife, these ARE but allusions. What matters IS that Peter leaves his home and perhaps his wife and children to pursue his spiritual goals which, as we have discussed in past essays, ARE NOT the result of a random choosing of Peter as an apostle. Peter came into his Life in this world with his relationship to the Lord as a destiny of sorts and he was prepared karmically for what he was going to DO. He likely had little or NO idea of what would happen while he was yet bound to his own sense of vanity; a sense from which he was awakened by the Presence of the Christ. And what IS True of Peter IS likely True of ALL the apostles and others that enabled the Master to accomplish what He Himself was destined to DO. We should also understand that what IS True of Peter IS True of ALL men who can break free from their own sense of vanity and find the Christ that was heretofore hidden away in the cave of the heart. In the end the ease with which we can move from the carnal to the spiritual IS tied to our own karmic fate and destiny and, to be sure, most DO NOT ever pursue this idea nor understand the most basic Truths concerning karma.
This IS the fault of the church which chose long ago to ignore such ideas regarding karma as we find in the gospels such as that encounter between Jesus and His disciples concerning the man born blind. There we read that “as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him” (John 9:1-3). The question here should show us some familiarity with the idea of reincarnation by Jesus’ disciples; else it IS just a stupid question. We should also note that in the Master’s answer, in the idea that this “man which was blind from his birth“, IS that he was himself prepared karmically for what he was going to DO as he plays his part in the Master’s ‘ministry’ so that “that the works of God should be made manifest in him“. And we should NOT forget Paul’s words saying “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not” (Galatians 6:7-9). These words from Paul show us the constancy of karma, that it IS effective in this Life as the cause and effect of our thoughts, attitudes and actions, as well as in the afterlife where we can “of the Spirit reap life everlasting“. There ARE many other sayings in the bible that should awaken us to the reality of the continuance of Life as Spirit and Souls, a continuance that leaves the body behind. Most however ARE ignored against the Christian belief in what IS called the resurrection which seems to claim that the Souls of men ARE individually attached to their specific body. A body that some time after death will be ‘reconstituted’ as they were but with a spiritual tone to live forever either in heaven or in that place called hell. It IS unfortunate that most ALL defining ideas and commentaries in Christian literature define resurrection according to doctrinal ideas rather than the reality that can be gleaned from Jesus’ words and the words of His apostles. We should remember that there was controversy regarding this idea of resurrection between the Pharisees and the Sadducees which were sects of a ‘divided’ Jewish church; we read this as:
“The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother: Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. And last of all the woman died also. Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living”
Matthew 22:23-32
We should remember here that there ARE secrets, there ARE “the mysteries of the kingdom of God” (Luke 8:10), which ARE spoken of by the Master and His apostles ONLY in parabolic terms and it IS this that we should read into the ideas above which ARE ONLY Truly discoverable by being “made manifest to his saints” (Colossians 1:26). Here we must try to remember that the idea of the saint and of the Truly holy as an appellation IS NOT as understood by the church but rather has a distinctly specific application in the lives of men. The KEY points here ARE that the Sadducees and the Pharisees, while a part of the same religion and basic beliefs, disputed the idea of resurrection and here we should try to see a basic misunderstanding of the term. While the resurrection IS keyed to such ideas as the end times, the association here IS really NOT so clear and when we try to understand such ideas as the Master’s words saying that “I am the resurrection, and the life” (John 11:25). Here we should see the Master speaking as the Christ and reflect His words, parabolic words to be sure, onto the Christ Within. In so DOING we can perhaps see that it IS the Soul, the Christ Within, that IS the resurrection and when we couple these words with His previous saying we can perhaps get a glimpse of the Truth. Jesus tells us that:
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation“
John 5:24-29
KEY here IS the idea of “He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me“. This idea of believing on the Lord IS NOT as it IS portrayed in the church; here again we go to Vincent to show us the depth of this idea of believing, that it IS NOT that nebulous idea that IS used in most ALL of the church yet today. Vincent tells us that: to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ is not merely to believe the facts of His historic life or of His saving energy as facts, but to accept Him as Savior, Teacher, Sympathizer, Judge; to rest the soul upon Him for present and future salvation, and to accept and adopt His precepts and example as binding upon the life4. The bolded words ARE the reality of believing on the Christ, and on the Godhead; through this we should see that we ARE ONLY True believers if we DO Truly accept and adopt His precepts and example as binding upon the life. While this may seem to be a high bar, and it IS, it IS in accord with the Master’s words that ARE our trifecta. In the above words from the Master we have the promise of “everlasting life“, an undefined idea that has been manipulated by the church from the beginning and when we add this reward for “He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me” with the rewards cited in our trifecta we can perhaps begin to see the Way more clearly. Jesus tells us:
- “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:31-32).
- “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21).
- “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me” (John 14:21-24).
These words from the Master which we call the trifecta ARE but our selection of sayings that show us that the whole of our spiritual lives ARE made possible through keeping His words which Vincent distills for us into the idea that we should accept and adopt His precepts and example as binding upon the life. It IS in this that we find “everlasting life” and understand it according to the rewards offered in our trifecta. In the end we should try to realize that we ALL have “everlasting life“; as Spirit and Souls we ARE everlasting or eternal as the Greek word aionios IS also rendered. Here we need to understand what the Master means as He tells us that it IS under the condition that we keep His words that we have this eternal Life as He seemingly makes it a privilege. Two things here; first the idea of keeping His words IS a natural derivative for the man that “believeth on” the Master. While we take this analogy from Vincent’s words, it IS also the ONLY sensical idea as we should easily see in the idea that to believe the facts of His historic life or of His saving energy as facts IS NOT enough to forge a Life change. Second IS that this eternal or “everlasting life” has naught to DO with the man in this world nor his personality. Linking the personalities of men to their eternal Life IS a product of doctrines that allow for a man to NOT see his end as the man that he IS. There IS NO scriptural linkage between eternal Life and the personalities of men. This IS vaguely covered in the Master’s answer to the Sadducees and the Pharisees above; the vagueness IS of course because the whole of this journey IS a part of “the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations” (Colossians 1:26). In Jesus’ answer He tells them that “Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven“. These words should destroy the doctrinal ideas that when we die we ARE ‘reunited’ with loved ones but they DO NOT. The Master closes this discussion saying that “God is not the God of the dead, but of the living” and here we should see the idea that as Spirit and Souls we ARE Life “in heaven” and “as the angels of God“. None of this IS properly understood in carnal terms nor ideas.
What we should see here IS a basic misunderstanding by the Jews regarding this idea of resurrection and it IS through the resurrection of the Master that much of the misconception yet prevails in the Christian world. Jesus was resurrected but we should try to see that this IS a extremely mysterious resurrection; He IS NOT a dead body resurrected although this IS the way it has been portrayed in the church. The church ignores the idiosyncrasies of Jesus very being after His resurrection and in these there IS much to be learned. And we should NOT compare Jesus’ resurrection with the ‘bringing back to Life’ miracles that the Master performed on Lazarus (John 11:43), on Jairus’, “a ruler of the synagogue” daughter (Luke 8:41), nor on “the only son of his mother” (Luke 7:12), the man which Jesus brought back to Life on the road. These ARE specifically that, the reanimation of a heretofore dead body in this world; these can be compared with the way that some can die physically and be brought back by doctors so long as the damage to the body IS NOT overwhelming. Jesus resurrection IS much different and while many may claim that they will have a similar experience based on some loosely interpreted biblical ideas, NONE will match the Master’s abilities. Paul tells us that “For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself” (Philippians 3:20-21). This reference to His “glorious body” in the King James translation IS rendered as “glorified body” by others and this IS the general way that this IS spoken about parts of the church. This allusion to taking on Jesus’ “glorified body” IS without explanation as to what that may be. A greater understanding can be found in Paul’s other words saying “For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens” (2 Corinthians 5:1). Here we should see the idea of the Soul and the Spirit that IS the True man living eternally in “an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens“.
Our point in ALL this IS to show the mystery as it pertains to the Master’s words to the Sadducees and the Pharisees and the continuing mystery yet today as few if any Truly KNOW what the whole idea of resurrection means. Jesus’ cryptic words saying “Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation” ARE Truly obscure. While these words plus Paul’s words to the Thessalonians have fueled the idea of the ‘resurrection of the dead’ from the beginning, the meaning IS far afield from what has been presented over the centuries. We should understand the the idea of “the hour is coming” as used in Jesus’ words IS a reference to anytime or sometime in the future and that the rest of His words here ARE NOT to be taken literally as they so often ARE. For us it IS rather amazing that such ideas as these ARE ofttimes taken literally while such ideas as our trifecta, Jesus telling us that we should keep His words, ARE NOT seen as such. The reference to “all that are in the graves shall hear his voice” IS NOT a reference to dead bodies, some dead for many centuries, hearing His voice but rather the idea IS that those Souls that presented in the form of those dead bodies hear Him. Here too the idea of resurrection IS NOT a literal raising of these dead bodies as many accept and we should remember here that many have NO bodies left either because of cremation or the factor of time and decay. This whole idea IS but a resurrected superstition with NO True scriptural basis save for the interpretations of men. As to the “the resurrection of life“, based on “good works“, the idea IS NOT understood at ALL; it IS placed into the doctrinal idea of Life in heaven which most see aside from this specific reference. We should remember that the idea here of “they that have done good” IS a specific reference to works which, as we have been discussing, IS contrary to most Christian doctrinal approaches to the Lord. We should tie these words from the Master to Paul’s words saying “we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained[b] that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10). We should try to see that “the resurrection of life” IS Jesus’ reference to the state of Souls that have sufficiently advanced through their time in this world, Souls that ARE then able to perhaps live free from the prospect of cycling again through a time in form. What then IS “the resurrection of damnation“? This idea of damnation IS from the Greek word krisis which IS most often rendered in terms of judgment; yet another idea that IS NOT understood in terms of Life. Most bible translations render this as judgment in this saying but this makes little sense using the common understanding of the idea hence its rendering by some into the idea of damnation. Neither ARE explained for us and remain a part of the mystery; however if we were to extrapolate the Master’s words according to our ideas we could perhaps see that this IS a reference to those Souls that have NOT met their spiritual burden through their lives in this Earth.
Finally, we should tie together two ideas from these words from John’s Gospel. The idea that “they that have done good” enter into “the resurrection of life” should be understood in the same way as we understand the opening idea that “He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life“. These ideas ARE synonymous and to properly understand them we should keep in mind Vincent’s explanation of the idea of “believeth on him“, that this IS a reference to keeping His words. Believing on Him, and also most other references to such believing, should ever be understood as that the reality IS: to accept and adopt His precepts and example as binding upon the life4. This IS our KEY to properly understanding resurrection in spiritual terms and here we should look at the ideas more occultly. We hesitate to use this word because of its meaning in the Christian world but the idea behind True occultism IS NOT as it IS understood. The idea behind the word IS simply that it involves ideas that ARE: beyond ordinary human understanding* and under this definition most ALL religion would be in some way occult. To look at the ideas of resurrection more occultly then IS but our reference to understanding the mystery of resurrection which IS more related to the deeper ideas of reincarnation than it IS to the raising of the bodies of the dead. What DOES it mean to be “passed from death unto life“? For us it means that those that DO keep His words will continue with a conscious Life after death sans the personality while those that DO NOT fulfill the call will NOT. As we often state, NO one KNOWS what happens after we die as men in this world….NO one KNOWS. While there may be stories regarding near death experiences or even people being clinically dead for some short period of time, these ARE just that, stories. Most ALL differ in context and content with few if any common ideas; for most the encounter with death IS in a dreamlike state.
We should end this part of our discussion with Jesus’ words saying “all that are in the graves shall hear his voice“. While this IS presumed to mean that such in graves will rise according to some other cryptic sayings of the same nature, sayings that have resulted in the doctrinal idea of ‘the rapture’, that IS NOT what these words actually say. The Master says simply that those that have died, and here we should be accounting for those who died in every age, will hear the voice of the Lord and will “come forth“. We should note here that based upon the Christian doctrinal ideas that one Life equals one Soul this would be an unfathomable number of people ranging from those dead before the ‘stone’ age to today. This aside, the idea that those that “heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me” will “come forth“; IS NOT as billions upon billions of resurrected corpses but rather as Souls in His Kingdom. Can we see how that the church can believe the totally outlandish ideas of ‘the rapture’ yet fail to even glimpse the alternative Truths? There ARE many interpretations of this idea of rapture and it IS likely because of the unfathomable number of dead and living combined that the idea has become one of ONLY Christians; that ONLY Christians will “be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air” (1 Thessalonians 4:17).
We should tr to understand that Paul IS speaking to the Thessalonians in regard to their own concerns regarding the end, regarding death individually and corporately. This idea of the end times was considered by many a current event in those days, even for a time by some of Jesus disciples. Vincent helps us a bit here explaining that: Dia tou Ihsou should be construed with axei will bring. Rend. the whole : them also that are fallen asleep will God through Jesus bring with him. Jesus is thus represented as the agent of the resurrection. Bring [αξει] is used instead of ejgeirei shall raise up, because the thought of separation was prominent in the minds of the Thessalonians4. We have often noted that the ideas of the end times, the promulgation of the many eschatological scenarios offered by the church over the centuries, IS a major part of the beliefs and teachings that remain yet today. For us this IS but a distraction and a way to: first offer to those for whom the thought of separation was prominent some measure of comfort. And second to help enforce a Christian theology that depends upon the ‘fear’ of the people concerning death both individually and corporately. There IS little in these ideas that Truly contributes to the reality of the resurrection and, to be sure, we will be confounded by the idea until we come to Truly KNOW the Truth, until those mysteries can be KNOWN. We DO KNOW how that we can KNOW however but it IS in the Master’s terms which ARE NOT yet understood by the church at large. Two sayings ARE important here; first Jesus tells us that “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:31-32). This IS the Way par excellence to KNOW the Truth and we should understand here that there can be but One Truth. The second IS that it IS when we can KNOW a sufficient measure of that Truth that we can become His disciples, His “disciples indeed” as Jesus frames this. It IS in discipleship that we can approach the idea of hagios which should ever be understood as both holy and saint. To this Paul adds concerning the mysteries that “the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:26-27) We should try to understand here that our realization in the heart and mind of “Christ in you” IS in so many ways at the heart of our resurrection, our “resurrection of life” as we read in John’s words above.
We will continue with our thoughts in the next post.
| Aspect | Potency | Aspect of Man | In Relation to the Great Invocation | In relation to the Christ |
| GOD, The Father | Will or Power | Spirit or Life | Center where the Will of God IS KNOWN | Life |
| Son, The Christ | Love and Wisdom | Soul or Christ Within | Heart of God | Truth |
| Holy Spirit | Light or Activity | Life Within | Mind of God | Way |
- 4 Word Studies in the New Testament; Marvin R Vincent D.D. 2nd edition
- * Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
Those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
Voltaire, Writer and Philosopher
