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judge one another, but to serve one another; to help, not to condemn.

He that believeth on Him is not judged. He that believeth not hath been judged already. In the flesh we are already under judgment. As we are born into the knowledge of our inheritance we come out of judgment— · we no longer judge or are judged. We pass from what seems death into Life, because we believe in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

The only begotten Son is Spirit, Life, Truth, Love. The only begotten Son is not flesh, It is Spirit. The only begotten Son is not death, It is Life. The only begotten Son is not ignorance, It is Truth. The only begotten Son is not hate, It is Love.

As we are born anew or regenerated we say, I am Spirit, I am Life, I am Truth, I am Love, I am Intelligence.

And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil. Plain talk to the teacher of the Jews. Study over this talk, and how plain it becomes. He was telling of their state in the fleshly conditions, before they were reborn or born anew. At first they turn away; don't like to get out of the ruts of formalism; love the ways of the past; don't like to go ahead with the times. Progression ever has and ever will mark the way of Life, Intelligence, Mind.

There is no place in all the Universe for Life to become lifeless, no place for stagnation; but everywhere the word is forward, onward, press on,

And he goes on to say, For everyone that doeth ill, hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved. But he that doeth the Truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.

Do the Truth and you will come to the light. Do the Truth and you will come to more light or more knowledge. Always do the Truth as far as in you lies, and you will come to a better understanding. If you make Truth your guiding star, It will always lead you into a better understanding of It.

Those that do things for Truth's sake are not afraid of having things investigated, they want to have their work overlooked to show that they are just what they claim to be.

The problem that Christ solves is this: while appearing to be in earthly conditions, to disregard those conditions, and enter into an understanding of Heavenly Conditions. Christian Science demonstrates this, and says to its followers; when the teachings of Jesus are understood by them, they will as unfailingly demonstrate, as the Master did, that while appearing to be in the world they are to prove that they are already in the Kingdom of God; or what the Master meant when he said, I pray not that Thou shouldest take them from the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them from evil.

The problem seems to be, that while we are still to be in the world, yet not of it; while still in the flesh to all appearances, we are to know our spiritual origin. We are seemingly to be in the flesh, but not of it, because we are born to a knowledge of the Truth. We really cannot be both flesh and Spirit, matter and Mind. Naturally we seem to be flesh born of flesh, our strength seems to be in our flesh; but as we look way down deep into cause and effect, we find, that when the Spirit is taken from a man there is nothing left but a clay or stone image. We recognize the fact that, that is but an imitation, a counterfeit of the real.

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us is not us at all; we begin to be born again, new thoughts, revelations come to us, we begin to be baptized with the fire of the Spirit, that Christ said he would baptize his followers with. Then we begin to be regenerated, a new generation. A new world bursts upon us, and we are born into the Kingdom of Heaven.

Many have seemed to die to reach that condition, but the time has now come when one need not seem to die to get there. They lose the belief in death, they believe there is no death; while they are still apparently living in the flesh they are really dead to its evidences, dead to its seductions, dead to its charms, and are reborn into the new heaven and earth. The New Jerusalem with its pearly gates, jasper walls and golden streets is already here.

And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God: and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more. Neither shall there be mourning nor crying, nor pain any more: the first things are passed away. And he that setteth on the throne said, Behold I make all things And he saith, write, for these words are faithful and true: And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit these things, and I will be his God, and he shall be my Son.

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I speak a mystery, but it is the mystery of Godliness, Ye must be born again.

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