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

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THE EASY WAY 513
dumb beasts by the whip of forcing circumstances.
have the kingdom of God within us is to have the will,
desire and intelligence that will enable us to be thus obedient
in all things. This, one at a glance would see, is
beyond the capacity of man in his present condition to
obtain. So the superficial thinker would readily reach
the conclusion, that God's
To
words by Isaiah, "The wayfaring
men, tho fools, shall not err therein," is a contradiction
of the above statement. But not so; for God's
ways are so simple and his plans so complete, that the
wise of this world would call an angel, possessing Godwisdom,
a fool. In this sense he says fools shall not err
therein. The word "therein" relates to what is spoken
of above, the highway of holiness or Godlikeness, which
is the very thought under consideration,-the kingdom of
God established in the heart of man.
We have here presented an apparently paradoxical
statement.
We have stated, in effect, that is is necessary
for man to seek thru earth, thru the waters under
the earth, and thru the heavens above, grasping with a
godlike mind all that is therein contained, and again we
say that the way is so simple and so easy, that none need
to search thru these labyrinths, but simply to seek within.
The old adage, that "Everything is easy when one
knows how," is true in this case. Any soul, no matter
what his or her educational opportunities may have been,
in whom the work of evolution, during the ages past
has accomplished in its design up to the present time, by
simply dedicating his or her life to God, without reserve,
and carefully obeying the promptings of the spirit, will
be led into the fulness of all this knowledge and power.
When I say, "Will be led," I do not mean blindly, as the
dumb horse is led into battle." Were this the case the
word "seek" would have no significance, for man must
seek thru the mind, which was the origin of matter.