Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

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her fruit, and the grouud shall give her increase, and the heavens
sh:~ll ghe their dew; and I will eause the t·emnant of this people
to posst>~s a1l t heAe things, And it shall conte to pass, that as ye
were a 11tlu·n. 0 l~e ll14t' (If .Judah, and house of
Isreal ; so will I save you, and ye "h11ll bt> a blt>ssing: fear not,
but let your hands be strong. For thus s11 itb Yabveh of boats;
As I thought to punish you, when )·our fathers provokt>d me to
wrath, saith Y ahveh of hosts, autl I ft>pt'Utecl not : 80 again
have I thought in these days to do well uuto Jel'Usalf!m, and to
the house of .1 udah : fear ye not. TheStl are the things that ye
"hall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor; execute
the juclgment of truth and pt>!We in yout· gates."
.Frum what has been said, the te11der will readily discern
the difference between the mental attitude of the people who
at·e followiug the gods of thias world, 11ml that of God's covenant
J>f'ople. The one, center sll theit· hopes in the result of
their efforts; the other, make the eft'ot·t because the way is open
to ·them auJ it is right to do 80, coufiding who1ly in their covenant
Gnd to govern results acconliug to theh· needs. In the
lau~naJ!e of tl1e Lord Jesus, •• tlwy seek fit-st the kingdom of
Uwl 1111d ltill Ji~hteoUimef's," 11nd tltt>y lnww th11t all else will
stm•ly he aclclt·d unto them. Tht>n will Gucl c·ause tu come to
them wluttever. in his wisdom, ~e sees tht>y ueed for the high.
t>St and most pel'fect developn,eut, or, iu otlwr word11, to fit them
for the highe11t pos~ible ust>fnhwss. Whetht'l' pt·osperity or
apparent 11dversity may be givt'n them. will be a matterof little
concern to thm;e whose '"livt>s 11re hid with Christ in God,''
-tho"e "ho, likt> the Lord ,Jt>~us. livt> from God and for (to
expres11) hi11 mind and will. Tluis it will be seen that, in order
to take the name Y ahveh hy til king hi11 c·ovenant, the mental
attitude described above bt-cunwR the inevitable one.
The third commandment tells us th:~t we "~