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You have surely begun to realize that this is a very practical course, which means exactly what it says. So does the Bible, if it is properly understood. What you do not understand is that the two voices (ego & Holy Spirit) speak for different interpretations of the same thing simultaneously, or almost simultaneously, for the ego always speaks first. The ego speaks in judgment and the Holy Spirit reverses its decision, much as the Supreme Court has the power to reverse the lower courts' decisions about the laws of this world. The ego's decisions are always wrong, because they are based on a complete fallacy (about what you are) which they were made to uphold. Nothing the ego perceives is interpreted correctly. Not only does it cite Scripture for its purpose, but it even interprets Scripture as a witness for itself. The Bible is a fearful thing to the ego because of its prejudiced judgment. Perceiving it as fearful, it interprets it fearfully. Having made you afraid, you do not appeal to the Higher Court, because you believe its judgment would be against you. We need cite only a few examples to see how the ego's interpretations have misled you.
There are many others, but if you will let the Holy Spirit re-interpret these in His own light, they will suffice.
The
ego is a form of arrest, but arrest is merely delay.
It does not involve the concept of punishment, although
the ego welcomes that interpretation. You can delay
the completion of the Kingdom, but you cannot introduce
the concept of assault into it.
Remember the symbolic reference we made before to the ego's dark glass, and remember also that we said, "Do not look there" 1 Corinthians 13:12. It is still true that where you look to find yourself is up to you. The Higher Court will not condemn you. It will merely dismiss the case against you. There can be no case against a Child of God, and every witness to guilt in God's creations is bearing false witness to God Himself. Appeal everything you believe gladly to God's own Higher Court because it speaks for Him, and therefore speaks truly. It will dismiss the case against you however carefully you have built it. The case may be foolproof, but it is not God-proof. The Voice for God will not hear it at all because He can only witness truly.
God
So Loved The World
“And
God so loved the world This needs only one slight correction to be entirely meaningful in this context. It should read:
God does love the real world...God gave you the real world in exchange for the one you made out of your split mind, and which is the symbol of death. For if you could really separate yourselves from the Mind of God you would die... You were willing to accept even death to deny your Father. Yet He would not have it so, and so it is not so.
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There has been a marked tendency of the Bible’s followers... to be entirely literal about fear and its effects, but not about love and its results. Thus, “hellfire” means “burning,” but raising the dead becomes allegorical. Actually, it is the... references to the outcomes of love which should be taken literally because the Bible is about love, being about God. Chap 8 Healing as Corrected Perception The Garden of Eden, which is described as a literal garden in the Bible, was not an actual garden at all. It was merely a mental state of complete need-lack. Even in the literal account..the pre-separation state was essentially one in which man needed nothing. Chap 2 Illusion of Separation When
you are afraid of anything, you are acknowledging
its power to hurt you. That is why the Bible speaks
of “The peace of God which passeth (human
ego) understanding.”
This peace is totally incapable of being shaken
by human (ego) errors of any kind. It denies the
ability of anything which is not of God to affect
you in any way. Chap
2 When
the Bible says “Judge not that For I testify to every man that hears the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add to these things, God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book...Revelation 22:18 I am very grateful to the Apostles for their teaching, and fully aware of the extent of their devotion to me. Nevertheless, as you read the teachings of the Apostles, remember that I told them myself that here was much they would understand later, because they were not wholly ready to follow me at the time.Chap 6 Message of the Crucifixion I
came to fulfill the law by re-interpreting it. The
law itself, if properly understood, offers only
protection to man. It is those who have not yet
Emmet Fox was one of the outstanding spiritual teachers of his time. While he lived he addressed some of the largest audiences ever gathered to hear one man's thoughts on the spiritual meaning of life.
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