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Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

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530 THE EvERI.ASTING CovENANT. [June<br />

duced by an absolute relian~e upon God's covenant promise, 'Yhich is<br />

really a condition of faitft; n..'t the kiml of faith that' for. c6Jlturif!s<br />

the Chri~tian Churdt ha.'l talked· of,-a met-e belief,-but it is the kincl<br />

or' faith that gives yon the' powt>r to move your arm, or te. ri11e f~<br />

your chair.<br />

'·,_<br />

It has been demonstrated tha~ if. thrqpgh )lllychologieal influence,<br />

mental · suggestion, or any other method . a per11on can be made to believe<br />

without a shadow of a doubt that he cannot ki'OVe his foot or Ms<br />

hand, it will be impossible for him to do 110. Evet·ythiug with lifP,<br />

of every name and natur~. is depentlent upun fait!-!. Nothing ean live<br />

withuut it : it is the vitality ancl motor pnwer of all life. Because of<br />

this fact, no one can be a partaker of God's higher law, and the conditions<br />

arising thereft·om. without the same kind of faith. and faith<br />

equal to that which govet·ns th11 lower realm of life. If you have been<br />

made to believe that you cannot move yout· arm. that arm will remain<br />

immovable nntil you make the etlort to use it: but as soon a.

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