Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

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ed and the dead to ar·ise, antl hi11 will was obeyetl; thus 1u·oving
that the elements of nature. and the life forces within and
without the body of man. a..re snbjeat to his command.
But, in contradistinction to the reli~ions of the Orient, the
Christian religion, that embodying the principle of divine
Order, teaches that man takes the dominion by right of his
divine son11hip; that it is by the power of the lR: .. Veril,v_,
verily, I say unto you. The Son c-.t.n do nothing of hims~lf ''
(.John v. 19): "The Father that dwtllleth in me. ht> doeth the
works" (.John XIV. 10); •• I can of mine own self tln nothing,
• • • because I seek not mine own will, hnt the will of
the ·Father which hath sent me " (.John v. 30).
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