Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

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Tnr. DocTRINE OF CHRIAT.
the penple. It has only hPen given in plain, unmist.akable language
to the chosen few.
St .• John. however, begin~ his Gospel with the utterance: "In
the bt>ginning wa.~ the \Vord, and the Word was with God
(power):" that is, the creative word which was spoken in the
beginnin~ wa.~ spoken with and had in it the power of its own
ac·c~omplishment. It wa.~ the formulation of the thought," Let
II!! make man likens." \Ve are thtt:4 !!hown that all life ascenos
tnwarcl the divine likeness. Darwin perceived the external
manifPstation of this ascent and spoke of it as "evolution."
The Cht·i:o;t.ian worlcl &Rsailed his idea.~ as being unscriptnral,
hnt. they rest~>cl upon the firm fmtnclation of truth. Thns from
a cli>~in~rest.c~d ROnrce Rtt·ong evitlence was brought before the
wm·lcl that the wcml whieh went forth wa.lln!!, who wa!l the fir!lt begotten of many hrethren, 1\nd also to
th11se who llhnulcl helie\·e a.ncl hecome the son11 of Gocl. It i11,
therPfm·t>, evicl~nt that, Rince the crt>ative word," Let us make
man likf' nll,'' whit· It went fm·th, must llt!COIDJllilth itll ohject,-for
lie who 11pnk"' that wm·cl iR omnipotent,-and since that object
wa!l lU'compli likt>nes" i11 attained, i!l a physical manifHta·
tiun of tht> t!reative wnrcl. \Ve thu!l sc>e that .JeanR wu a man.
ifestation nf tlw wnrcl, " A m:m like 1111.'' He wu the first be.
~otten, in other worcl11, t.lw fit·st to attain the divine sou11hip;
ancl hill wm·clll, ".Fnllnw me.'' clearly llhuw 1111 that only by living
the lift> he livecl, or hy applying the methnchl whil!!t he taught
ancl whidt ecmtt·nliPcl hill life. C'an we attain the divine sonship.
Tht~ apnstlP makes th~ following statemc>nt: " For he i11 our
peat!t~, who hath matlt> both one, ancl hath brokt>n clown tb~
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