Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

352 TnE EvERI.A~ceives thi~
covenant, because, as we have seen, the covenant comprehends
and expresses God's purpose in creation, and especially in the
creation of man .
• Just as soon as man takes this covenant upon him~lf to
obey its reqnirement.i, he places himself in harmony with the
divine purpose; and, as God never chang-es, wherever and whenever
one takes the attitude of submiMsion to. obetlienc~e to, harmony
with, that purpose, as a natnral reKnit be reeeives the
powers belonging to that attitude, which are the p.,wers of that
great name, the power of the will of the Gocl uf the universe.
\V e therefore repeat, that no one can take that namH who does
not live in harmony with the will and pnrpo~e. that is. who
tloes not receive this covenant as the law of his life.
ThiR wa.~ the sec~ret of the J>OWPr of .JesnR the Christ, ancl
this is why he said, •• I h:t Vt! mani fP."tecl thy n:Lme unto the
men which thou gavt>st me nnt of the wot·lcl" (.John XVII. 6).
It Wall because of that name that the winclt1 and waves were
obedient to his command. By and thi'Ongb the power!! obtainell
from the hallowing of that name came all the prophedes of
the Old Testament.
The name appears throughout the enth·e Olcl Testament
Scripture.i: but, as we have shown in the fit·llt pat·t of this artiticle,
it was taken ont of the month .of hrael, so that it never
oqcnrs in the ~ew Testament writings. However, .Jesus often
ref~rred .to it in forms like this: ''The wnrks that I tlo in my_
Father's name. they beat· witness of me,'' .Jnhn x. 25. When
h(}_ \Vall praying for his disciples before his cleparture from the
world, he saicl to the Father, •• I have kept thllm in thy name.'•
That he hallowed that great name is seen by his words in .Tohn
YIII. 29: " He that bath sent me is with me; • • • for I
1lo always those tbing>4 that please him.''
. As we have see1l in the consideration of the covenant, the
te1_1 com!uandments, Y ahveh promil'le!l to be the God o£ all thoae .
w-ho ~ke that nnvenaut and ketlp it, the first requirement of
w-hi~h is that they shall have no other Go,l, or, in the language_
of ~he prHequisite that God sent to Israel, that •• they shall obey
his voice i~~tleecl." This obeclience is to hallow that holy name.
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