Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

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people, but awake to the necessity of that self-culture
which frees man's body from all slavery of mind proceeding
from the carnal nature; and he who would be
hom again, and become a member of the true Christian
community, must conquer all psychic, sexual-influence,
which as is well known attacks man in his passive state
in a most degrading fashion; and even thoughts of this
class must be met in the dream state and dismissed as
unworthy of the neophyte's consideration.
Now when man has reached freedom, and liberty to
choose, he must turn his attention to the realization of
his ideal state which is in his possession, and which to
enjoy is only possible where men as well as women are
free from the demon lust and greed of possessions.
Please observe: we have the foundation, namely, Christ;
but the kingdom must be constructed by men who have
reached the full stature of the Lord.
The true heavenly State existing in such society is
an inward life, and an inward law, and those people
have no written precepts, ordinances, or statutes, and
there are no ofiicers of law to enforce an
infraction
against irrational conduct, because the laws of the God
of Truth are written in the hearts of those people, and
he himself dwells in them in their life, in their mind,
and in their inmost being, consequently there is no room
for the enemy to enter.
It is a living body, a structure
that is always awake, there is no night there, for God
himself is the light thereof.
In such an organization there is no such a thing as private
property; and as a matter of fact the idea of property
is repulsive, being a species of slavery indulged in
by the ignorant who imagine that they possess land,
houses, money, and other modes of wealth, while in reality,
it is man who is possest by perishable and dead
things to his own infinite harm. Thru the law of Us!-:,