Sin

34 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. 35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know that you are Abraham’s descendants.

When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! 46 Can any of you prove me guilty of sin?

Sin also was the Chaldean name for the moon, where the Sumerians claimed Enki first obtained the life-producing tissue cells or “seed” for his human hybrid experiments that remained from the clash between Nibiru and the planet Tiamat. “The enormity of this single name change on human history is beyondcomprehension,” declared author William Henry.

“When the Christian interpreters came along, they repeated the story that we were born in sin.

However, they omitted the fact that Sin referred to the Moon, the source of our genetic material!” In the ensuing wars between the Anunnaki overlords, Sin was reported to have sided with the human benefactor Enki, which caused Enlil to declare those who opposed him as “sinners.”

"Through Christ they are preserved and if they fall it is the Christ who lifts them up; and if they sell themselves to sin the Christ redeems.

"In course of time the protoplast, the earth, the plant, the beast, the man sold out their birthrights unto sin; but Christ was present to redeem.

Paul was right when to the Hebrews he said: 'He was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.'--Hebrews 4:15.

Once blessed in the name of God; twice blessed in the name of Holy Breath; thrice blessed in the name of Christ; for you are worthy, and will bear a son who shall be called Immanuel.16. His name is Jesus, for he saves his people from their sins.17. When Joseph's daily task was done he came, and Mary told him all the words that Gabriel spoke to her, and they rejoiced; for they believed that he, the man of God, had spoken words of truth.18. And Mary went with haste to tell Elizabeth about the promises of Gabriel; together they rejoiced.19. And in the home of Zacharias and Elizabeth did Mary tarry ninety days; then she returned to Nazareth.20. To Zacharias and Elizabeth a son was born, and Zacharias said,21. Most blessed be the name of God, for he has opened up the fount of blessings for his people, Israel.22. His promises are verified; for he has brought to pass the words which holy prophets spoke in olden times.23. And Zacharias looked upon infant John, and said,24. You shall be called the prophet of the Holy One; and you will go before his face, and will prepare his way.25. And you will give a knowledge of salvation unto Israel; and you will preach the gospel of repentance and the blotting out of sins.26. Behold, for soon the Day Star from on high will visit us, to light the way for those who sit within the darkness of the shadow-land, and guide our ways to the feet of peace.

It manifests the power of God who speaks to us through sun and moon and stars;3. Through mountain, hill and vale; through flower, and plant and tree.4. God sings for us through bird, and harpsichord, and human voice; he speaks to us through wind and rain and thunder roll; why should we not bow down and worship at his feet?5. God speaks to hearts apart; and hearts apart must speak to him; and this is prayer.6. It is not prayer to shout at God, to stand, or sit, or kneel and tell him all about the sins of men.7. It is not prayer to tell the Holy One how great he is, how good he is, how strong and how compassionate.8. God is not man to be bought up by praise of man.9. Prayer is the ardent wish that every way of life be light; that every act be crowned with good; that every living thing be prospered by our ministry.10. A noble deed, a helpful word is prayer; a fervent, an effectual prayer.11. The fount of prayer is in the heart; by thought, not words, the heart is carried up to God, where it is blest, Then let us pray.12. They prayed, but not a word was said; but in that holy Silence every heart was blest.13. And then Elihu spoke.

He said to Mary and Elizabeth, Our words are said; you need not tarry longer here; the call has come; the way is clear, you may return unto your native land.14. A mighty work is given you to do; you shall direct the minds that will direct the world.15. Your sons are set apart to lead men up to righteous thoughts, and words, and deeds;16. To make men know the sinfulness of sin; to lead them from the adoration of the lower self, and all illusive things, and make them conscious of the self that lives with Christ in God.17. In preparation for their work your sons must walk in many thorny paths.18. Fierce trials and temptations they will meet, like other men; their loads will not be light, and they will weary be, and faint.19. And they will know the pangs of hunger and of thirst; and without cause they will be mocked, imprisoned, scourged.20. To many countries they will go, and at the feet of many masters they will sit, for they must learn like other men.21. But we have said enough.

John becomes the pupil of Matheno, who reveals to him the meaning of sin and the law of forgiveness.

Matheno told him all about the service of the Jews; the meaning of their rites.12. John could not understand how sin could be forgiven by killing animals and birds and burning them before the Lord.13. Matheno said, The God of heaven and earth does not require sacrifice.

This custom with its cruel rites was borrowed from the idol worshippers of other lands.14. No sin was ever blotted out by sacrifice of animal, of bird, or man.15. Sin is the rushing forth of man into fens of wickedness.

If one would get away from sin he must retrace his steps, and find his way out of the fens of wickedness.16. Return and purify your hearts by love and righteousness and you shall be forgiven.17. This is the burden of the message that the harbinger shall bring to men.18. What is forgiveness?

Can man forgive himself?22. Matheno said, The door is wide ajar; you see the way of man's return to right, and the forgiveness of his sins.

They come to God through ceremonies and forms.18. And so when you would make men know that sins are washed away by purity in life, a rite symbolic may be introduced.19. In water wash the bodies of the people who would turn away from sin and strive for purity in life.20. This rite of cleansing is a preparation rite and they who thus are cleansed comprise the Church of Purity.21. And you shall say, You men of Israel, hear; Reform and wash; become the sons of purity, and you shall be forgiven.22. This rite of cleansing and this church are but symbolic of the cleansing of the soul by purity in life, and of the kingdom of the soul, which does not come from outward show, but is the church within.23. Now, you may never point the way and tell the multitudes to do what you have never done; but you must go before and show the way.24. You are to teach that men must wash; so you must lead the way, your body must be washed, symbolic of the cleansing of the soul.25. John said, Why need I wait?

Why do you burn their flesh before the Lord?4. The priest replied, This is our sacrifice for sin.

God has commanded us to do these things, and said that in these sacrifices all our sins are blotted out.5. And Jesus said, Will you be kind enough to tell when God proclaimed that sins are blotted out by sacrifice of any kind?6. Did not David say that God requires a sacrifice for sin?

that it is a sin itself to bring before his face burnt offerings, as offerings for sin?

1. Now, Jesus with his friend Lamaas went through all the regions of Orissa, and the valley of the Ganges, seeking wisdom from the sudras and the visyas and the masters.2. Benares of the Ganges was a city rich in culture and in learning; here the two rabbonis tarried many days.3. And Jesus sought to learn the Hindu art of healing, and became the pupil of Udraka, greatest of the Hindu healers.4. Udraka taught the uses of the waters, plants and earths; of heat and cold; sunshine and shade; of light and dark.5. He said, The laws of nature are the laws of health, and he who lives according to these laws is never sick.6. Transgression of these laws is sin, and he who sins is sick.7. He who obeys the laws, maintains an equilibrium in all his parts, and thus insures true harmony; and harmony is health, while discord is disease.8. That which produces harmony in all the parts of man is medicine, insuring health.9. The body is a harpsichord, and when its strings are too relaxed, or are too tense, the instrument is out of tune, the man is sick.10. Now, everything in nature has been made to meet the wants of man; so everything is found in medical arcanes.11. And when the harpsichord of man is out of tune the vast expanse of nature may be searched for remedy; there is a cure for every ailment of the flesh.12. Of course the will of man is remedy supreme; and by the vigorous exercise of will, man way make tense a chord that is relaxed, or may relax one that is too tense, and thus may heal himself.13. When man has reached the place where he has faith in God, in nature and himself, he knows the Word of power; his word is balm for every wound, is cure for all the ills of life.14. The healer is the man who can inspire faith.

And Jesus sat with them and taught; but they who followed him were much aggrieved because he sat with thieves and courtesans.5. And they upbraided him; they said, Rabboni, master of the wise, this day will be an evil day for you.6. The news will spread that you consort with courtesans and thieves, and men will shun you as they shun an asp.7. And Jesus answered them and said, A master never screens himself for sake of reputation or of fame.8. These are but worthless baubles of the day; they rise and sink, like empty bottles on a stream; they are illusions and will pass away;9. They are the indices to what the thoughtless think; they are the noise that people make; and shallow men judge merit by noise.10. God and all master men judge men by what they are and not by what they seem to be; not by their reputation and their fame.11. These courtesans and theives are children of my Father-God; their soul are just as precious in his sight as yours, or of the Brahmic priests.12. And they are working out the same life sums that you, who pride yourselves on your respectability and moral worth, are working out.13. And some of them have solved much harder sums than you have solved, you men who look at them with scorn.14. Yes, they are sinners, and confess their guilt, while you are guilty, but are shrewd enough to have polished coat to cover up your guilt.15. Suppose you men who scorn these courtesans, these drunkards and these thieves, who know that you are pure in heart and life, that you are better far than they, stand forth that men may know just who you are.16. The sin lies in the wish, in the desire, not in the act.17. You covet other people's wealth; you look at charming forms, and deep within your hearts you lust for them.18. Deceit you practice every day, and wish for gold, for honour and for fame, just for your selfish selves.19. The man who covets is a thief, and she who lusts is courtesan.

The vile in heart who want to cover up their guilt with holy smoke of piety are ever loathing drunkard, thief and courtesan.23. This loathing and this scorn is mockery, for if the tinselled coat of reputation could be torn away, the loud professor would be found to revel in his lust, deceit and many forms of secret sin.24. The man who spends his time in pulling other people's weeds can have no time to pull his own, and all the choicest flowers of life will soon be choked and die, and nothing will remain but darnel, thistles, burs.25. And Jesus spoke a parable: he said, Behold, a farmer had great fields of ripened grain, and when he looked he saw that blades of many stalks of wheat were bent and broken down.26. And when he sent his reapers forth he said, We will not save the stalks of wheat that have the broken blades.27. Go forth and cut and burn the stalks with broken blades.28. And after many days he went to measure up his grain, but not a kernel could be find. 29. And then he called the harvesters and said to them, Where is my grain?30. They answered him and said, We did according to your word; we gathered up and burned the stalks with broken blades, and not a stalk was left to carry to the barn.31. And Jesus said, If God saves only those who have no broken blades, who have been perfect in his sight, who will be saved?32. And the accusers hung their heads in shame; and Jesus went his way.

1. The words and works of Jesus caused unrest through all the land.2. The common people were his friends, believed in him and followed him in thongs.3. The priests and rulers were afraid of him, his very name sent terror to their hearts.4. He preached the brotherhood of life, the righteousness of equal rights, and taught the uselessness of priests, and sacrificial rites.5. He shook the very sand on which the Brahmic system stood; he made the Brahmic idols seem so small, and sacrifice so fraught with sin, that shrines and wheels of prayer were all forgot.6. The priests declared that if this Jewish boy should tarry longer in the land a revolution would occur; the common people would arise and kill the priests, and tear the temples down.7. And so they sent a call abroad, and priests from every province came.

And then the child was well.20. The people were astonished and they said, This surely is the Holy One made flesh, for man alone cannot a fever thus and save a child from death.21. Then many of the people brought their sick, and Jesus spoke the Word, and they were healed.22. Among the Ladaks Jesus tarried many days; he taught them how to heal; how sins are blotted out, and how to make on earth a heaven of joy.23. The people loved him for his words and works, and when he must depart they grieved as children grieve when mother goes away.24. And on the morning when he started on his way the multitudes were there to press his hand.25. To them he spoke a parable; he said, A certain king so loved the people of his land that he sent forth his only son with precious gifts for all.26. The son went everywhere and scattered forth the gifts with lavish hand.27. But there were priests who ministered at shrines of foreign gods, who were not pleased because the king did not through them bestow the gifts.28. And so they sought to cause the people all to hate the son.

1. A Caravan of merchantmen were journeying through the Kashmar vale as Jesus passed that way, and they are going to Lahore, a city of the Hand, the five-stream land.2. The merchantmen had heard the prophet speak, had seen his mighty works in Leh, and they were glad to see him once again.3. And when they knew that he was going to Lahore and then across the Sind, through Persia and the farther West, and that he had no beast on which to ride,4. They freely gave to him a noble bactrian beast, well saddled and equipped, and Jesus journeyed with the caravan.5. And when he reached Lahore, Ajainin and some other Brahmic priests, received him with delight.6. Ajainin was the priest who came to Jesus in the night time in Benares many months before, and heard he words of truth.7. And Jesus was Ajainin's guest; he taught Ajainin many things; revealed to him the secrets of the healing art.8. He taught him how he could control the spirits of the air, the fire, the water and the earth; and he explained to him the secret doctrine of forgiveness, and the blotting out of sins.9. One day Ajainin sat with Jesus in the temple porch; a band of wandering singers and musicians paused before the court to sing and play.10. Their music was most rich and delicate, and Jesus said, Among the high-breed people of the land we hear no sweeter music than that these uncouth children of the wilderness bring here to us.11. From whence this talent and this power?

Breathe in this balm of life in faith and be made whole.21. The child breathed in the balm of life in faith, and she was well.22. The people marvelled much at what they heard and saw; they said, This man must surely be the god of health made flesh.23. And Jesus said, The fount of life is not a little pool; it is as wide as are the spaces of the heavens.24. The waters of the fount are love; the potency is faith, and he who plunges deep into the living springs, in living faith, may wash away his guilt and be made whole, and freed from sin.

Behold, all die and lie together in the grave, where none can know and none can show forth gratitude.9. But Jesus answered not; upon the tinselled guests in all their rounds of mirth he gazed in silent thought.10. And then among the guests he saw a man whose clothes were coarse; who showed in face and hands the lines of toil and want.11. The giddy throng found pleasure in abusing him; they jostled him against the wall, and laughed at his discomfiture.12. And then a poor, frail woman came, who carried in her face and form the marks of sin and shame; and without mercy she was spit upon, and jeered, and driven from the hall.13. And then a little child, with timid ways and hungry mien, came in and asked for just a morsel of their food.14. But she was driven out uncared for and unloved; and still the merry dance went on.15. And when the pleasure seekers urged that Jesus join them in their mirth, he said,16. How could I seek for pleasure for myself while others are in want?

How can you think that while the children cry for bread, while those in haunts of sin call out for sympathy and love that I can fill myself to full with the good things of life?17. I tell you, nay; we all are kin, each one a part of the great human heart.18. I cannot see myself apart from that poor man that you so scorned, and crowded to the wall;19. Nor from the one in female garb who came up from the haunts of vice to ask for sympathy and love, who was by you so ruthlessly pushed back into her den of sin;20. Nor from that little child that you drove from your midst to suffer in the cold, bleak winds of night.21. I tell you, men, what you have done to these, my kindred, you have done to me.22. You have insulted me in your own home; I cannot stay.

The rulers heard the story of the hermit of the hills.12. And they sent couriers forth to talk with him that they might know about the coming king; but they could find him not.13. And after certain days he came again into the market place, and all the city came to hear him speak; he said:14. Be not disturbed, you rulers of the state; the coming king is no antagonist; he seeks no place on any earthly throne.15. He comes the Prince of Peace, the king of righteousness and love; his kingdom is within the soul.16. The eyes of men shall see it not and none can enter but the pure in heart.17. Prepare, O Israel, prepare to meet your king.18. Again the hermit disappeared; the people strove to follow him, but he had drawn a veil about his form and men could see him not.19. A Jewish feast day came; Jerusalem was filled with Jews and proselytes from every part of Palestine, and John stood in the temple court and said,20. Prepare, O Israel, prepare to meet your king.21. Lo, you have lived in sin; the poor cry in your streets, and you regard them not.22. Your neighbours, who are they?

1. And John went down to Jericho; there he abode with Alpheus.2. And when the people heard that he was there they came in throngs to hear him speak.3. He spoke to none; but when the time was due he went down to the Jordan ford, and to the multitudes he said.4. Reform and in the fount of purity wash all your sins away; the kingdom is at hand.5. Come unto me and in the waters of this stream be washed, symbolic of the inner cleansing of the soul.6. And, lo, the multitudes came down, and in the Jordan they were washed, and every man confessed his sins.7. For many months, in all the regions round about, John pled for purity and righteousness, and after many days he went again to Bethany; and there he taught.8. At first few but the honest seekers came; but, by and by, the selfish and the vicious came with no contrition; came because the many came.9. And when John saw the repentant Pharisees and Sadducees come unto him, he said,10. You children of the vipers, stay; are you disturbed by news of coming wrath?11. Go to, and do the things that prove repentance genuine.12. Is it enough for you to say that you are heirs of Abraham?

And if you need to wash I am not worthy to perform the rite.7. And Jesus said, I come to be a pattern for the sons of men, and what I bid them do, that I must do; and all men must be washed, symbolic of the cleansing of the soul.8. This washing we establish as a rite--baptism rite we call it now, and so it shall be called.9. Your work, prophetic harbinger, is to prepare the way, and to reveal the hidden things.10. The multitudes are ready for the words of life, and I come to be made known by you to all the world, as prophet of the Triune God, and as the chosen one to manifest the Christ to men.11. Then John led Jesus down into the river at the ford and he baptised him in the sacred name of him who sent him forth to manifest the Christ to men.12. And as they came out of the stream, the Holy Breath, in form of dove, came down and sat on Jesus' head.13. A voice from heaven said, This is the well-beloved son of God, the Christ, the love of God made manifest.14. John heard the voice, and understood the message of the voice.15. Now Jesus went his way, and John preached to the multitude.16. As many as confessed their sins, and turned from evil ways to ways of right, the harbinger baptised, symbolic of the blotting of sins by righteousness.

a catch of crabs, and lobsters, sharks and creeping things, with now and then a fish of better kind.13. Behold the thousands come to hear the Wild Man of the hills; they come in crowds that he may wash them in the crystal flood, and with their lips they do confess their sins.14. But when the morrow comes we find them in their haunts of vice again, reviling John, and cursing God, and heaping insults on the king.15. But blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see the king.16. And blessed are the strong in heart, for they shall not be cast about by every wind that blows;17. But while the fickle and the thoughtless have gone back to Egypt land for leeks and carnal herbs to satisfy their appetites, the pure in heart have found the king.18. But even those whose faith is weak, and who are naught but carnal manifests, will some day come again, and enter in with joy to see the king.19. O men of Israel, take heed to what this prophet has to say!

Look to the Christ within, who shall be formed in every one of you, as he is formed in me.14. When you have purified your hearts by faith, the king will enter in, and you will see his face.15. And then the people asked, What must we do that we may make our bodies fit abiding places for the king?16. And Jesus said, Whatever tends to purity in thought, and word, and deed will cleanse the temple of the flesh.17. There are no rules that can apply to all, for men are specialists in sin; each has his own besetting sin,18. And each must study for himself how he can best transmute his tendency to evil things to that of righteousness and love.19. Until men reach the higher plane, and get away from selfishness, this rule will give the best results:20. Do unto other men what you would have them do to you.21. And many of the people said, We know that Jesus is the Christ, the king who was to come, and blessed be his name.22. Now, Jesus and his six disciples turned their faces toward Jerusalem, and many people followed them.23. But Matthew, son of Alpheus, ran on before, and when he reached Jerusalem, he said, Behold the Christines come!

But you can never see the king while you press sin as such a precious idol to your hearts.28. The king is God; the pure in heart alone can see the face of God and live.29. And then the priests cried out, This fellow claims to be the God.

1. It was the Sabbath day, and Jesus stood among the surging masses of the people in the temple courts and sacred halls.2. The blind, the deaf, the dumb, and those obsessed were there, and Jesus spoke the Word, and they were healed.3. On some he laid his hands, and they were healed; to others he just spoke the Word, and they were full restored to health; but others had to go and wash in certain pools; and others he anointed with a holy oil.4. A doctor asked him why he healed in divers ways, and he replied,5. Disease is discord in the human form, and discords are produced in many ways.6. The body is a harpsichord; sometimes the strings are too relaxed, and then inharmony results.7. Sometimes we find the strings too tense, and then another form of discord is induced.8. Disease is many-formed, and these are many ways to cure, to tune anew the mystic harpsichord.9. Now when the Pharisees were told that Jesus healed the people on the Sabbath day they were enraged, and they commanded him to quit the place.10. But Jesus said, Was man designed to fit the Sabbath, or was the Sabbath day designed to fit the man?11. If you had fallen in a pit and, lo, the Sabbath day had come, and I should pass your way, would you cry out.12. Let me alone; it is a sin to help me on the Sabbath day; I'll swelter in this filth until another day?13. You Pharisees, you hypocrites!

Come unto me; the Christine gate is opened up; turn from your sins and be baptised, and you shall enter through the gate and see the king.13. The six disciples who had followed Jesus stood a-near, and Jesus led them forth and in the Jordan he baptised them in the name of Christ; and then he said to them,14. My friends, you are the first to enter through the Christine gate into the kingdom of the Holy One.15. As I baptised you in the name of Christ, so you shall, in that sacred name, baptise all men and women who will confess their faith in Christ, and shall renounce their sins.16. And, lo, the multitudes came down, renounced the sins, confessed their faith in Christ, and were baptised.

1. Now, John the harbinger, was at the Salim Springs where water was abundant, and washed the bodies of the people who confessed their sins.2. A Jewish lawyer went to John and said, Has not this man from Galilee, he whom you washed and called the Christ, become your foe?3. They say that he is at the Jordan ford; that he is building up a church, or something else, and that he washes people just as you have done.4. And John replied, This Jesus is indeed the Christ whose was I came to pave.

He is not foe of mine.5. The bridegroom hath the bride; his friends are near, and when they hear his voice they all rejoice.6. The kingdom of the Holy One is bride, and Christ the groom; and I, the harbinger, am full of joy because they proper so abundantly.7. I have performed the work that I was sent to do; the work of Jesus just begins.8. Then turning to the multitudes he said, Christ is the king of righteousness; Christ is the love of God; yea, he is God; one of the holy persons of the Triune God.9. Christ lives in every heart of purity.10. Now, Jesus who is preaching at the Jordan ford, has been subjected to the hardest tests of human life, and he has conquered all the appetites and passions of the carnal man,11. And by the highest court of heaven, has been declared a man of such superior purity and holiness that he can demonstrate the presence of the Christ on earth.12. Lo, love divine, which is the Christ, abides in him, and he is pattern for the race.13. And every man can see in him what every man will be when he has conquered all the passions of the selfish self.14. In water I have washed the bodies of the people who have turned from sin, symbolic of the cleansing of the soul;15. But Jesus bathes for ever in the living waters of the Holy Breath.16. And Jesus comes to bring the saviour of the world to men; Love is the saviour of the world.17. And all who put their trust in Christ, and follow Jesus as a pattern and a guide, have everlasting life.18. But they who do not trust the Christ, and will not purify their hearts so that the Christ can dwell within, can never enter life.

Its life is just as dear to it as mine to me.6. It is not yours to throw the burden of your sin on any living thing.7. By your own deeds and evil thoughts you have brought all these perils on yourself.

1. Herod Antipas, the tetrarch of Paraca and of Galilee was dissipated, selfish and tyrannical.2. He drove his wife away from home that he might take as wife Herodias, the wife of one, a near of kin, a woman, like himself, immoral and unjust.3. The city of Tiberius, upon the shores of Galilee, was Herod's home.4. Now John, the harbinger, had left the Salim Springs to teach the people by the sea of Galilee; and he rebuked the wicked ruler and his stolen wife for all their sins.5. Herodias was enraged because the preacher dared accuse her and her husband of their crimes;6. And she prevailed on Herod to arrest the harbinger and cast him in a dungeon in the castle of Machaerus that stood beside the Bitter Sea.7. And Herod did as she required; then she lived in peace in all her sins, for none were bold enough to censure her again.8. The followers of John were warned to speak not of the trial and imprisonment of John.9. By order of the court, they were restrained from teaching in the public halls.10. They could not talk about this better life that Herod called the Heresy of John.11. When it was known that John had been imprisoned by the tetrarch court, the friends of Jesus thought it best that he should not remain in Galilee.12. But Jesus said, I have no need of fear; my time has not yet come; no man can stay me till my work is done.13. And when they asked why God permitted Herod to imprison John, he said,14. Behold yon stalk of grain to perfectness, it is of no more worth; it falls, becoming part of earth again from which it came.15. John is a stalk of golden wheat; he brought unto maturity the richest grain of all the earth; his work is done.16. If he had said another word it might have marred the symmetry of what is now a noble life.17. And when my work is done the rulers will do unto me what they have done to John, and more.18. All these events are part of God's own plan.

The year of jubilee has come; the time when Israel shall bless the world.6. And then he told them many thing about the kingdom of the Holy One; about the hidden way of life; about forgiveness of sins.7. Now, many people knew not who the speaker was: And others said, Is not this Joseph's son?

Go on your way and sin no more.22. The people were astonished at the words that Jesus spoke, the work he did.

In his own home Jesus heals a palsied man and makes known the philosophy of healing and the forgiveness of sins.

Go call the other men and let us go.6. And Jesus and the twelve went to Bethsaida where Philip and Nathaniel dwelt; and there they taught.7. The multitudes believed on Christ, confessed their sins and were baptised, and came into the kingdom of the Holy One.8. The Christine master and the twelve went everywhere through all the towns of Galilee, and taught, baptising all who came in faith, and who confessed their sins.9. They opened up blind eyes, unstopped deaf ears, drove forth the evil ones from those obsessed, and healed disease of every kind.10. And they were in Tiberius by the sea, and as they taught a leper came a-near and said, Lord, I believe, and if you will but speak the Word I will be clean.11. And Jesus said to him, I will; be clean.

When it was noised around that Jesus was at home, the people came; they filled the house till there was no more room, not even at the door.17. And there were present scribes and Pharisees and doctors of the law from every part of Galilee, and from Jerusalem, and Jesus opened up for them the way of life.18. Four men brought one a palsied man upon a cot, and when they could not pass the door they took the sick man to the roof, and opened up a way, then let him down before the healer's face.19. When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the palsied man, My son, be of good cheer; your sins are all forgiven.20. And when the scribes and Pharisees heard what he said, they said, Why does this man speak thus?

who can forgive the sins of men but God?21. And Jesus caught their thought; he knew they questioned thus among themselves; he said to them,22. Why reason thus among yourselves?

What matters it if I should say, Your sins are blotted out; or say, Arise, take up your bed and walk?23. But just to prove that men may here forgive the sins of men, I say (and then he spoke unto the palsied man),24. Arise, take up your bed, and go your way.25. And in the presence of them all the man arose, took up his bed, and went his way.26. The people could not comprehend the things they heard and saw.

A stranger at the pool just spoke a word and I was well.20. The many did not see when Jesus healed the man, and with the twelve he went his way up to the temple courts.21. And in the temple Jesus saw the man and said to him, Behold you are made whole; from henceforth guard your life aright;22. Go on your way and sin no more, or something worse may fall on you.23. And now the man knew who it was who made him whole.24. He told the story to the priests and they were much enraged; they said, The law forbids a man to heal upon the Sabbath day.25. But Jesus said, My Father works on sabbath days and may not I?26. He sends his rain, his sunshine and his dew; he makes his grass to grow, his flowers to bloom; he speeds the harvests just the same on Sabbath days as on the other days.27. If it is lawful for the grass to grow and flowers to bloom on Sabbath days it surely is not wrong to succour stricken men.28. And then the priests were angered more and more because he claimed to be a son of God.29. A leading priest, Abihu, said, This fellow is a menace to our nation and our laws; he makes himself to be a son of God; it is not meet that he should live.30. But Jesus said, Abihu, Sir, you are a learned man; you surely know the law of life.

You all will know that you are sons of God, and by the sacred Word, may do the works of God.46. When you have come to life, that is, have come to realise that you are sons of God, you who have lived the life of right, will open up your eyes on fields of life.47. But you who love the ways of sin will, in this resurrection, stand before a judgment bar, and be condemned to pay the debts you owe to men and to yourselves.48. For whatsoever you have done amiss must be performed again, and yet again, until you reach the stature of the perfect man.49. But in due time the lowest and the highest will arise to walk in light.50. Shall I accuse you unto God?

As you help men rise from the depth of sin, so God will help you on to greater heights.21. Woe to the rich is gold and lands; they have temptations multiforms.22. Woe unto men who walk at will in pleasure's paths; their ways are full of snares and dangerous pits.23. Woe to the proud; they stand upon a precipice; destruction waits for them.24. Woe to the man of greed; for what he has is not his own; and lo, another comes; wealth is gone.25. Woe to the hypocrite; his form is fair to look upon; his heart is filled with carcasses and dead men's bones.26. Woe to the cruel and relentless man; he is himself the victim of his deeds.27. The evil he would do to other men rebounds; the scourger is the scourged.28. Woe to the libertine who preys upon the virtues of the weak.

Is it comprised in what a priest or officer may say?5. Is it the scroll on which the officer or priest has written the permission for the two to live in marriage bonds?6. Is it the promise of the two that they will love each other until death?7. Is love a passion that is subject to the will of man?8. Can man pick up his love, as he would pick up precious gems, and lay it down, or give it out to any one?9. Can love be bought and sold like sheep?10. Love is the power of God that binds two souls and makes them one; there is no power on earth that can dissolve the bond.11. The bodies may be forced apart by man or death for just a little time; but they will meet again.12. Now, in this bond of God we find the marriage tie; all other unions are but bonds of straw, and they who live in them commit adultery.13. The same as they who satisfy their lust without the sanction of an officer or priest.14. But more than this; the man or woman who indulges lustful thoughts commits adultery.15. Whom God has joined together man cannot part; whom man has joined together live in sin.16. Upon a table of the law, the great lawgiver wrote, Thou shalt not steal.17. Before the eyes of law a man to steal must take a thing that can be seen with eyes of flesh, without the knowledge or consent of him to whom the thing belongs.18. But, lo, I say that he who in his heart desires to possess that which is not his own, and would deprive the owner of the thing without his knowledge or consent, is in the sight of God, a thief.19. The things that men see not with eyes of flesh are of more worth than are the things that man can see.20. A man's good name is worth a thousand mines of gold, and he who says a word or does a deed that injures or defames that name has taken what is not his own, and is a thief.21. Upon a table of the law we also read: Thou shalt not covet anything.22. To covet is an all-consuming wish to have what is not right for one to have.23. And such a wish, within the spirit of the law, is theft.

If he has sown the wind, he reaps the wind; if he has sown the noxious seeds of scandal, theft and hate; of sensuality and crime,10. The harvest is assured and he must reap what he has sown; yea, more; the seeds produce an hundred fold.11. The fruit of righteousness and peace and love and joy can never spring from noxious seeds; the fruit is like the seed.12. And when you sow, sow seeds of right, because it is the right, and not in the way of trade, expecting rich rewards.13. The carnal man abhors the spirit law, because it takes away his liberty to live in sin; beneath its light he cannot satisfy his passions and desires.14. He is at enmity with him who walks in Holy Breath.

The carnal man has killed the holy men of old, the prophets and the seers.15. And he will buffet you; will charge you falsely, scourge you and imprison you, and think he does the will of God to slay you in the streets.16. But you may not prejudge nor censure him who does you wrong.17. Each one has problems to be solved, and he must solve them for himself.18. The man who scourges you may have a load of sin to bear; but how about your own?19. A little sin in one who walks in Holy Breath is greater in the sight of God than monster sins in him who never knew the way.20. How can you see the splinter in your brother's eye while you have chunks within your own?21. First take the chunks from out your eye and then you may behold the splinter in your brother's eye and help him take it out,22. And while your eyes are full of foreign things you cannot see the way, for you are blind,23. And when the blind lead forth the blind, both lose the way and fall into the slough.24. If you would lead the way to God you must be clear in sight, as well as pure in heart.

He lived the simplest life apart from men, and people said, He is obsessed.30. Another comes who eats and drinks and lives in homes like other men, and people say, He is a glutton, an inebriate, a friend of publicans and those who sin.31. Woe unto you, you cities of the vale of Galilee, where all the mighty works of God are done!

Woe to Chorazan and Bethsaida!32. If half the mighty works that have been done in you were done in Tyre and in Sidon they would have long ago repented of their sins, and sought the way of right.33. And when the judgement day shall come, lo, Tyre and Sidon will be called more worthy than will you.34. Because they slighted not their gifts, while you have thrown away the pearl of greatest price.35. Woe unto you Capernaum!

1. And Jesus looked upon the multitudes who pressed about for selfish gain.2. The men of learning and of wealth, of reputation and of power, were there; but they knew not the Christ.3. Their eyes were blinded by the tinselled glitter of their selfish selves; they could not see the king.4. And though they walked within the light, they groped about in dark--a darkness like the night of death.5. And Jesus cast his eyes to heaven and said,6. I thank thee, Holy One of heaven and earth, that while the light is hidden from the wise and great, it is revealed to babes.7. Then turning to the multitudes he said, I come to you not in the name of man, nor in a strength my own;8. The wisdom and the virtue that I bring to you are from above; they are the wisdom and the virtue of the God whom we adore.9. The words I speak are not my words; I give to you what I receive.10. Come unto me all you who labour and pull heavy loads and I will give you aid.11. Put on the yoke of Christ with me; it does not chafe; it is an easy yoke.12. Together we will pull the load of life with ease; and so rejoice.13. A Pharisee, whose name was Simon, made a feast, and Jesus was the honoured guest.14. And as they sat about the board, a courtesan who had been cured of her desire to sin by what she had received and seen in Jesus' ministry, came uninvited to the feast.15. She brought an alabaster box of costly balm and as the guests reclined she came to Jesus in her joy, because she been freed from sin.16. Her tears fell fast, she kissed his feet, and dried them with her hair, and she anointed them with balm.17. And Simon thought, he did not speak aloud, This man is not a prophet or he would know the kind of woman that approaches him, and would drive her away.18. But Jesus knew his thoughts, and said to him, My host, I have a word to say to you.19. And Simon said, Say on.20. And Jesus said, Sin is a monster of iniquity; it may be small; it may be large; it may be something left undone.21. Behold, one person leads a life of sin and is at last redeemed; another, in a careless mood, forgets to do the things he ought to do but he reforms and is forgiven.

Now, which of these has merited the higher praise?22. And Simon said, The one who overcame the error of a life.23. And Jesus said, You speak the truth.24. Behold this woman who has bathed my feet with tears and dried them with her hair and covered them with balm!25. For years she led a life of sin, but when she heard the words of life she sought forgiveness and she found.26. But when I came into your house as guest you gave me not a bowl of water that I might wash my hands and feet, which every loyal Jew must do before he feasts.27. Now, tell me, Simon, which of these, this woman or yourself, is worthy of most praise?28. But Simon answered not.29. Then to the woman Jesus said, Your sins are all forgiven; your faith has saved you; go in peace.30. And then the guests who sat around the board, began to say within themselves, What manner of a man is this who says, Thy sins are all forgiven?

He speaks concerning the sin against the Holy Breath.

An honest evil man is more esteemed by guardians of the soul than a dishonest pious man.30. If you would curse the son of man, just curse him out aloud.31. A curse is poison to the inner man, and if you hold and swallow down a curse it never will digest; lo, it will poison every atom of your soul.32. And if you sin against a son of man, you may be pardoned and your guilt be cleansed by acts of kindness and of love;33. But if you sin against the Holy Breath by disregarding her when she would open up the doors of life for you;34. By closing up the windows of the soul when she would pour the light of love into your hearts, and cleanse them with the fires of God;35. Your guilt shall not be blotted out in this, nor in the life to come.36. An opportunity has gone to come no more, and you must wait until the ages roll again.37. Then will the Holy Breath again breathe on your fires of life, and fan them to a living flame.38. Then she will open up the doors again, and you may let her in to sup with you for evermore, or you may slight her once again, and then again.39. You men of Israel, your opportunity is now.40. Your tree of life is an illusive tree; it has a generous crop of leaves; its boughs hang low with fruit.41. Behold, your words are leaves; your deeds the fruit.42. Behold, for men have plucked the apples of your tree of life, and found them full of bitterness; and worms have eaten to the core.43. Behold that fig tree by the way so full of leaves and worthless fruit!44. Then Jesus spoke a word that nature spirits know, and lo, the fig tree stood a mass of withered leaves.45. And then he spoke again, Behold, for God will speak the Word, and you will stand a withered fig tree in the setting sun.46. You men of Galilee, send forth and call the pruner in before it is too late, and let him prune away your worthless branches and illusive leaves, and let the sunshine in.47. The sun is life, and it can change your worthlessness to worth.48. Your tree of life is good; but you have nurtured it so long with dews of self, and mists of carnal things that you have shut the sunshine out.49. I tell you, men, that you must give account to God for every idle word you speak and every evil deed you do.

We are the temple of the Holy Breath.9. We need no more a tent within the wilderness; no more a temple built with hands.10. We do not seek the Holy Land, nor yet Jerusalem.11. We are the tent of God; we are his temple built without the sound of edged tools.12. We are the Holy Land; we are the New Jerusalem; Allelujah, praise the Lord!13. And when the song was done the multitudes exclaimed, Praise God.14. And Jesus said, Behold the way!15. The sons of men have groped for ages in the darkness of Egyptian night.16. The Pharaohs of sense have bound them with their chains.17. But God has whispered through the mists of time and told them of a land of liberty and love.18. And he has sent his Logos forth to light the way.19. The Red Sea rolls between the promised land and Egypt's sands.20. The Red Sea is the carnal mind.21. Behold, the Logos reaches out his hand; the sea divides; the carnal mind is reft in twain; the sons of men walk through dry shod.22. The Pharaohs of sense would stay them in their flight; the waters of the sea return; the Pharaohs of sense are lost and men are free.23. For just a little while men tread the wilderness of Sin; the Logos leads the way;24. And when at last men stand upon the Jordan's brink, these waters stay, and men step forth into their own.

Is sainthood reached by starving, self imposed?15. A glutton is a sinner in the sight of God, and he is not a saint who makes himself a weakling and unfitted for the heavy tasks of life by scorning to make use of God's own means of strength.16. Lo, John is dead, and his devoted followers are fasting in their grief.17. Their love for him impels them on to show respect, for they have thought, and have been taught that it is sin to lightly treat the memory of the dead.18. To them it is a sin, and it is well that they should fast.19. When men defy their consciences and listen not to what they say, the heart is grieved and they become unfitted for the work of life; and thus they sin.20. The conscience may be taught.

One man may do in conscience what another cannot do.21. What is a sin for me to do may not be sin for you to do.

The place you occupy upon the way of life determines what is sin.22. There is no changeless law of good; for good and evil both are judged by other things.23. One man may fast and in his deep sincerity of heart is blest.24. Another man may fast and in the faithlessness of such a task imposed is cursed.25. You cannot make a bed to fit the form of every man.

He took the book of Psalms and read:7. Blest is the man who puts his trust in God, respecting not the proud nor such as turn aside to lies.8. O lord, my God, the works that thou hast done for us are wonderful; and many are thy thoughts for us; we cannot count them all,9. Thou dost not call for sacrifice, nor offerings of blood; burnt offerings and offerings for sin thou dost not want;10. And lo, I come to do thy will, O God, thy law is in my heart,11. And I have preached the word of righteousness and peace unto the thronging multitudes; I have declared the counsel of my God in full.12. I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and grace.13. I have not kept thy loving-kindness and thy truth away from men; I have declared them to the multitudes.14. O Lord, make wide my lips that I may tell thy praise; I do not bring the sacrifice of blood, nor yet burnt offerings for sin.15. The sacrifices I would bring to thee, O God, are purity in life, a contrite heart, a spirit full of faith and love, and these thou wilt receive.16. And when he had thus read, he gave the book back to the keeper of the books, and then he said,17. Upon these ends of earth these messages of God have come.18. Our people have exalted sacrificial rites and have neglected mercy, justice and the rights of men.19. You Pharisees, you priests, you scribes, your God surfeited with blood; God does not heed your prayers; you stand before your burning victims; but you stand in vain.20. Turn you unto the testimonies of the law; reform and turn to God, and you shall live.21. Let not your altars be accursed again with smoke of innocence.22. Bring unto God as sacrifice a broken and a contrite heart.23. Lift from your fellow men the burdens that you have imposed.24. And if you hearken not, and if you turn not from your evil ways, lo, God will smite this nation with a curse.25. And when he had thus said he stood aside, and all the people were astonished, and they said,26. Where did this man get all his knowledge and his power?

The carnal mind lays hold of thought, and makes a monstrous bride; this bride is sin; sin is a creature of the mind.9. That which defiles a man is not the food he eats.10. The bread and fish and other things we eat, are simply cups to carry to the cells of flesh material for the building of the human house, and when their work is done as refuse they are cast away.11. The life of plant and flesh that goes to build the human house is never food for soul.

Men find occasions for to sin and fall, and they grow strong by rising when they fall;17. But woe to him who causes other men to stumble and to fall.18. Be on your guard, you men of God, lest you constrain another man to fall; beware lest you fall into sinful ways yourselves.19. Now, if your hands cause you to sin, you better cut them off; for it is better far to have no hands and not be guilty in the sight of God and men, than to be perfect in your form and lose your soul.20. And if your feet should cause offence, you better cut them off; for it is better far to enter into life without your feet than fall beneath the curse.21. And if your eyes, or ears, cause you to sin, you better lose them all than lose your soul.22. Your thoughts and words and deeds will all be tried by fire.23. Remember that you are the salt of earth; but if you lose the virtues of the salt, you are but refuse in the sight of God.24. Retain the virtues of the salt of life and be at peace among yourselves.25. The world is full of men who have not in themselves the salt of life, and they are lost.

if a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, will he not leave the ninety and the nine,27. And go out in the desert ways and mountain tops to seek the one that went astray?28. Yes, this you know; and if he finds the one that went astray, lo, he is glad, and he rejoices over it far more than over all the ninety and the nine that did not go astray.29. And so there is rejoicing in the human courts of heaven when one human birth who has gone forth into the ways of sin is found and brought back to the fold;30. Yea, there is joy, more joy than over all the righteous men who never went astray.31. And John said, Master, who may seek and save the lost?

The facts must all be stated e'er a judgment can be rendered in a case.28. You men with hearts; go forth and stand where stood this man and answer me, What would you do?29. The thief thinks every other man a thief and judges him accordingly.30. The man who judges harshly is the man whose heart is full of crime.31. The courtesan who keeps her wickedness concealed by what she calls respectability, has not a word of pity for the honest courtesan who claims to be just what she is.32. I tell you, men, if you would censure not till you are free from sin, the world would soon forget the meaning of the word, accused.

1. The harvest feast drew near; the twelve went to Jerusalem, but Jesus did not go with them; he tarried in Capernaum.2. Among the multitudes that followed him were many who went not up to the feast; they were not Jews.3. And Jesus called three-score-and -ten of these disciples unto him and said, The kingdom of the Christ is not for Jews alone; it is for every man.4. Lo, I have chosen twelve to preach the gospel, first unto the Jews; and they are Jews.5. Twelve is the number of the Jew and seven the number of the all, including every man.6. God is the ten, the holy Jod.7. When God and man are multiplied we have three-score-and-ten, the number of the brotherhood of man.8. And now I send you forth by twos and twos; not to the Jews alone, but unto every nation under heaven; to Greek and to Assyrian; to the Samaritan; to those beyond the seas; to every man.9. You need not go afar, for men of every land are here and in Samaria.10. Arise and go your way; but go in faith; and take no gold nor silver in your purse; no extra coat or shoes.11. Go in the sacred name; trust God and you will never come to want.12. And let this be your salutation everywhere, Peace be to all; good will to all.13. And if the son of peace be in the house, the door will open wide and you will enter in; and then the holy peace will rest upon that house.14. The seventy in twos went forth; they went into Samaria, and as they went they said, Peace be to all; good will to all!15. Repent and turn from sin, and set your house in order, for a son of man who bears the image of the Christ, will come, and you may see his face.16. They entered every village of Samaria; they preached in Tyre and in Sidon by the sea.

The law of Moses says that such as she shall die, be stoned to death; what do you say should be her punishment?22. And Jesus stooped and made a figure on the ground and in it placed the a soul, and then he sat in silent thought.23. And when the priests demanded that he speak, he said, Let him who has no sin stand forth and be the first to cast a stone at her.24. And then he closed his eyes, and not a word was said.

they who accused?26. The woman said, They all are gone; no one was here who could condemn.27. And Jesus said, And I condemn you not; go on your way in peace, and sin no more.

As man I could not speak the words of Holy Breath; and then my Father testifies for me.9. The lawyer said, Where does your father live?10. And Jesus said, You know me not or you would know my Father, and if you knew the Father you would know the son, because the Father and the son are one.11. I go my way and you shall find me not; for where I go you cannot come, because you do not know the way.12. You cannot find the way because your hearts are gross, your ears are dull, your eyes are closed.13. The light of life cannot shine through the murky veil that you have drawn about your hearts.14. You do not know the Christ and if the Christ be not within the heart there is no light.15. I come to manifest the Christ to men and you receive me not, and you will dwell in darkness and in the shadow of the grave till you believe the words I speak.16. But you will vilify the son of man, and lift him up and laugh to see him die.17. But then a little light will come and you will know that I am what I am.18. The people did not comprehend the meaning of the words he spoke.19. And then he spoke unto the people who believed in him and said, If you abide in Christ, and Christ abide in you, and if you keep my words within your heart,20. You are the way, you are disciples in the way, and you shall know what is the truth, and truth shall make you free.21. And still the people did not understand; they said, We are the seed of Abraham and are already free; we never were the slaves of any man; why do you say, We shall be free?22. And Jesus said, Do you not know that every one committing sin is slave of sin?

abides in bondage unto sin?23. If you sin not then you are free; but if you sin in thought, or word, or deed, then you are slaves, and naught but truth can set you free; if you are free through Christ, then you are free indeed.24. You are the seed of Abraham, and yet you seek to kill me just because I speak the truth of Abraham.25. You are the children of the flesh of Abraham; but, lo, I say, There is a spiritual Abraham whom you know not.26. In spirit you are children of your father, and your father is Diabolus; you hang upon his words and do his will.27. He was a murderer from the first; he cannot tell the truth, and when he tells a lie he speaks his own; he is himself a lie, and he is father of himself.28. If you were children of my Father-God, then you could hear the words of God; I speak the words of God, but you can bear them not.29. A Pharisee stood forth and said, This fellow is not one of us he is a curst Samaritan and is obsessed.30. But Jesus heeded not the words of Pharisee or scribe; he knew that all the people knew he was a Jew.31. And then he said, Whoever keeps my words shall never die.32. A lawyer said, And now we know he is obsessed.

1. The Lord with Peter, James and John were in Jerusalem; it was the Sabbath day.2. And as they walked along the way they saw a man who could not see; he had been blind from birth.3. And Peter said, Lord, if disease and imperfections all are caused by sin, who was the sinner in this case?

you were begotten and were born in sin, and now you try to teach the law to us.

1. And Jesus went into another town upon the coast and spoke good words of cheer to those who followed him.2. And one stood forth and said, Lord, are there few that enter into life?3. And Jesus said, The way is rough that leads to life; the gate is narrow and is guarded well; but every one who seeks in faith shall find the way, and they who know the Word may enter in.4. But many seek the way for selfish gain; they pound upon the gate of life; but it is fast.5. The watchman from the turret says, I know you not; your speech is that of Ashdod, and your robes are those of sin; depart and go your way.6. And they will go their way with weeping and with gnashing of the teeth.7. And they will be enraged when they will be enraged when they see their father Abraham with Isaac, Jacob and the prophets, resting in the kingdom of the Christ, and they themselves debarred.8. And, lo, I say that men will come from lands afar, from east, from west, from north, from south and sit with me in consciousness of life.9. Behold, I say, the last shall be the first, the first shall be the last.10. All men are called unto the kingdom of the Christ; but few are chosen, for the pure in heart alone can see the king.11. And as he spoke a Pharisee came up and said, You man of Galilee, if you would save your life remain not here; flee instantly, for Herod swears that he will take your life, and even now his officers are seeking you.12. And Jesus said, Why is it that the Pharisees are so concerned about my life?

The youngest son grew tired of life at home and said,4. My father, pray divide your wealth and give the portion that is mine to me, and I will seek my fortune in another land.5. The father did as he desired, and with his wealth the young man went into a foreign land.6. He was a profligate and soon had squandered all his wealth in ways of sin.7. When nothing else remained for him to do he found employment in the fields to care for swine.8. And he was hungry, and no one gave him aught to eat, and so he ate the carob pods that he was feeding to the swine.9. And after many days he found himself and said unto himself, My father is a man of wealth; he has a score of servants who are bountifully fed while I, his son, am starving in the fields among the swine.10. I do not hope to be received again as son, but I will rise and go straight to my father's house, and I will make confession of my waywardness;11. And I will say, My father, I am come again; I am profligate, and I have lost my wealth in ways of sin; I am not worthy to be called your son.12. I do not ask to be received again as son, but let me have a place among your servants, where I may have a shelter from the storms and have enough to eat.13. And he arose and sought his father's house, and as he came his mother saw him while yet a great way off.14. (A mother's heart can feel the first faint yearning of a wandering child.)15. The father came, and hand in hand they walked a-down the way to meet the boy, and there was joy, great joy.16. The boy tried hard to plead for mercy and a servant's place; but love was all too great to listen to the plea.17. The door was opened wide; he found a welcome in the mother's heart, and in the father's heart.18. The father called the servants in, and bade them bring the finest robe for him; the choicest sandals for his feet; a ring of purest gold for him to wear.19. And then the father said, My servants, go and kill the fatted calf; prepare a feast, for we are glad;20. Our son we thought was dead is here alive; a treasure that we thought was lost is found.21. The feast was soon prepared and all were merry, when the eldest son who had been serving in a distant field and knew not that his brother had returned, came home.22. And when he learned the cause of all the merriment he was offended, and would not go into the house.23. His father and his mother both besought him tearfully to disregard the waywardness and folly of their son; but he would not; he said,24. Lo, all these years I have remained at home, have served you every day, have never yet transgressed your most severe commands;25. And yet you never killed for me a kid, nor made for me a simple feast that I might make merry with my friends;26. But when your son, this profligate, who has gone forth and squandered half your wealth in ways of sin, comes home, because he could do nothing else, you kill for him the fatted calf and make a wondrous feast.27. His father said, My son, all that I have is yours and you are ever with us in our joys;28. And it is well to show our gladness when your brother, who is near and dear to us, and who we thought was dead, returns to us alive.29. He may have been a profligate; may have consorted with gay courtesans and thieves, yet he is still your brother and our son.30. Then Jesus said so all might hear; He who has ears to hear, and hearts to understand will comprehend the meaning of this parable.31. Then Jesus and the twelve came to Capernaum.

If so, when will it come?3. And Jesus said, The prophets all have told about this kingdom of the God, and it is just at hand; but men can never see it come.4. It never can be seen with carnal eyes; it is within.5. Lo, I have said, and now I say again, None but the pure in heart can see the king, and all the pure in heart are subjects of the king.6. Reform, and turn away form sin; prepare you, O prepare!

The people ate, they drank,were filled with merriment and sang for joy,13. And did not know their doom until the ark was done and Noah entered in; but then the flood came on and swept them all away.14. So, also, in the days of Lot; the people ate and drank; they bought, they sold, they planted and they reaped, they went their ways in sin, and they cared not;15. But when the righteous Lot went from their city's gates the earth beneath the city shook, and brimstone fires fell from heaven;16. The gapping jaws of earth flew wide, and swallowed up their homes, their wealth, and they went down to rise no more.17. So shall it be when comes the son of man in power.18. I charge you men, as I will charge men then, Seek not to save your wealth, or you will lose your lives.

Go forth, and look not back upon the crumbling walls of sin.

If I go not the Comforter will not come to you.5. These things I speak while with you in the flesh, but when the Holy Breath shall come in power, lo, she will teach you more and more, and bring to your remembrance all the words that I have said to you.6. There are a multitude of things yet to be said; things that this age cannot receive, because it cannot comprehend.7. But, lo, I say, Before the great day of the Lord shall come, the Holy Breath will make all mysteries known--8. The mysteries of the soul, of life, of death, of immortality; the oneness of a man with every other man and with his God.9. Then will the world be led to truth, and man will be the truth.10. When she has come, the Comforter, she will convince the world of sin, and of the truth of what I speak, and of the judgement of the just; and then the prince of carnal life will be cast out.11. And when the Comforter shall come I need not intercede for you; for you will stand approved, and God will know you then as he knows me.12. The hour has come when you will weep; the wicked will rejoice, because I go away; but I will come again, and all your sorrows shall be turned to joy;13. Yea, verily, you will rejoice as one who welcomes back a brother from the dead.14. And the disciples said, Our Lord, speak not in proverbs any more; speak plainly unto us; we know that you are wise and know all things.15. What is the meaning of your words, I go away, but I will come again?16. And Jesus said, The hour is come when you will all be scattered forth, and every man will be afraid;17. Will flee to save his life and leave me alone; yet I will not be all alone; my Father-God is with me all the way.18. And wicked men will take me to the judgment seat of wicked men and in the presence of the multitudes I will give up my life, a pattern for the sons of men.19. But I will rise again and come to you.20. These things I speak that you may be established in the faith when they shall come to pass.21. And you shall bear the buffetings of men, and follow in the thorny path I tread.22. Be not dismayed; be of good cheer, Lo, I have overcome the world, and you shall overcome the world.23. Then Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, My Father-God, the hour has come;24. The son of man must now be lifted from the earth, and may he falter not, that all the world may know the power of sacrifice;25. For as I give my life for men, lo, men must give their lives for other men.26. I came to do thy will, O God, and in the sacred name, the Christ is glorified, that men may see the Christ as life, as light, as truth.27. And through the Christ become themselves the life, the light, the love, the truth.28. I praise thy name because of these whom thou hast given me, for they have honoured thee and they will honour thee;29. And none of them are lost, and none are gone away, except the blinded son of carnal life, who hath gone forth to sell his Lord.30. O God, forgive this man because he knows not what he does.31. And now, O God, I come to thee, and am no more in mortal life; keep thou these men to whom I have made known thy wisdom and thy love.32. As they believe in me, and in the words I speak, may all the worlds believe in them and in the words they speak.33. As thou hast sent me forth into the world, so I have sent them forth.

They have a faith that they have borrowed from the idol worshippers of other lands, that at the end of every year,2. They may heap all their sins upon the head of some man set apart to bear their sins.3. The man becomes a scapegoat for the multitudes; and they believe that when they drive him forth into the wilds, or into foreign lands, they are released from sin.4. So every spring before the feast they chose a prisoner from the prisons of the land, and by a form their own, they fain would make him bear their sins away.5. Among the Jewish prisoners in Jerusalem were three who were the leaders of a vile, seditious band, who had engages in thefts and murders and rapine, and had been sentenced to be crucified.6. Barabbas bar Jezia was among the men who were to die; but he was rich and he had bought of priests the boon to be scapegoat for the people at the coming feast, and he was anxiously in waiting for his hour to come.7. Now, Pilate thought to turn this superstition to account to save the Lord, and so he went again before the Jews and said,8. You men of Israel, according to my custom I will release to you to-day a prisoner who shall bear you sins away.9. This man you drive into the wilds or into foreign lands, and you have asked me to release Barabbas, who has been proven guilty of the murder of a score of men.10. Now, hear me men, Let Jesus be released and let Barabbas pay his debt upon the cross; then you can send this Jesus to the wilds and hear no more of him.11. At what the ruler said the people were enraged, and they began to plot to tear the Roman palace down and drive in exile Pilate, and his household and his guards.12. When Pilate was assured that civil war would follow if he heeded not the wishes of the mob, he took a bowl of water and in the presence of the multitude he washed hid hands and said,13. This man whom you accuse is son of the most holy Gods, and I proclaim my innocence.14. If you would shed his blood, his blood is on your hands and not on mine.15. And then the Jews exclaimed, And let his blood be on our hands and on our children's hands.16. And Pilate trembled like a leaf, in fear.

Through Christ all men may enter into light and life.34. The Christine Church stands on the postulates that Jesus is the love of God made manifest; that love is saviour of the sons of men.35. This Christine Church is but the kingdom of the Holy One within the soul, made manifest.36. This day the Christine Church is opened up, and whosoever will may enter in, and, by the boundless grace of Christ, be saved.37. Again the people said, How may we enter in that we may share the boundless grace of Christ?38. And Peter said, Reform and be baptised, and turn away from sin and lead the life deep hid with Christ in God, and you shall enter in and be redeemed.39. Three thousand people turned away from sin and were baptised and sought to lead the life deep hid with Christ in God.40. And in one day the Christine Church became a mighty power; and Christ became a mighty word that thrilled the multitudes in many lands.

Sumerian texts (3rd millennium BCE) describe the moon-god Nanna/Sin leading migrants with a bright night light and a daytime cloud.

A heavenly "lord" (inkosi) is mentioned separately, associated with thunder and rain: "The king is playing." This figure, not derived from Unkulunkulu, punishes sin but offers no salvation path.

Lightning strikes are interpreted as punishment for sin, with no known means of redemption, reinforcing a view of the inkosi as an impartial enforcer.

Methuselah ("man of the dart") with Amel-Sin ("man of Sin").

Methuselah ("man of the dart") with Amel-Sin ("man of Sin").

Schuld = this is the true catalogue or register which sin has brought into the soul.