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Art 7. 96.
Beauty 96.
Blasphemy 21.
Brevets & Missions 5. 8. 11. 18. 22. 88. 105. 116. 130. 142. 207. 257.
Celestial Administration 12. 19. 60. 69. 79. 91. 92. 137. 138. 165. 198. 209.
Change 41. 45.
Children 37. 63. 196.
Circumspection 212.
Communion 1. 62. 178. 199. 200. 201. 206.
Comportment 40. 44. 97. 129. 134. 142. 241. 244. 249. 251.
Divine Instruction 23. 25. 35. 78. 95. 97. 122. 140. 194.
Dogma 25. 91. 163.
Etheric Vacuum 66.
Evil & Ignorance 5. 11. 23. 36. 47. 89. 97. 98. 144. 159. 215. 222. 236. 237. 238. 249.
Experience 8. 9. 27. 86. 152. 186. 193. 253.
Faith 78. 210. 211.
Fear 27. 31. 111. 241.
Force : Physical 128, 169. Cosmic 151. Moral 80.
Giving 70.
Growth 148.
Humility 155.
Impatience 226.
Justice 231.
Knowledge & Wisdom 37. 86. 122. 163. 189. 232. 256.
Leadership 81. 133. 215.
Light 25. 30. 109.
Love 43. 46. 50. 57. 58. 147. 148. 217. 218.
Matter 109. 152.
Mediums 75. 76.
Numerology 85.
Omens, Symbols & Miracles 35. 55. 73. 74. 96. 126. 146. 168. 195. 203.
Pact, Plan & Program 14. 17. 78. 142. 178. 180. 215. 233. 257.
Parables: Figs 104, Five Sons 156, Gardener 163, Mustard Seed 156, Ravens 160, Roses 101, Small Mishiefs 175, Two Bounties 182.
Pattern 149.
Patience 9. 22. 84.
Patriotism 15.
Peace 230. 234. 246.
Personal Choice 14. 16. 29. 93. 153. 157. 168. 246. 253.
Prayer 32. 131. 241.
Promise 10. 16. 24. 28. 42. 117. 166. 192. 205. 248.
Prophets & Prophecy 65. 66. 67. 83. 172.
Reincarnation 6. 12. 25. 31. 72. 76. 81. 152.
Rewards, Recompense & Money 39. 40. 82. 87. 143. 144. 201. 247. 250.
Sacrifice 34.
Self Command 93. 147.
Science & Inovation 14. 166.
Second Coming 25. 26. 29. 36. 72. 81. 106. 114. 120. 146. 181. 219.
Service 2. 33. 69. 107. 114. 156. 177.
Space 65.
Spirit 20.
Suffering 13. 176.
Thought 57. 66. 148.
Time 41. 45.
Tolerence 27.
Tranquility 38.
Vibration 67.
Victory 223.
War 18. 47. 230.
Others 3. 4. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 56. 59. 61. 64. 68. 71. 77. 90. 92. 94. 99. 100. 102. 103. 108. 110. 112. 113. 115. 118. 119. 121. 123. 124. 125. 127. 132. 135. 136. 139. 141. 145. 150. 154. 158. 161. 162. 164. 167. 170. 171. 172. 173. 174. 179. 183. 184. 185. 187. 188. 190. 191. 197. 198. 202. 204. 208. 209. 213. 214. 216. 220. 221. 224. 225. 227. 228. 229. 235. 239. 240. 242. 243. 245. 252. 254. 255.

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Chapter 39:

Claims and Promises

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1. LIGHT cometh unto you: hear me say it: I speak unto you with truth: I come with my servants, verily to visit you: behold we commune on things of importance. . . .

2. I say ye do have differences of opinion that are great: things promised and things delivered are at variance; hear ye my wisdom:

3. Things promised have importance; things delivered have significance; perceive ye this difference?

4. Perchance ye do think me derelict in delivering that which hath been promised: know that I promise those things that are Written for you to take unto yourselves; those things that are Written are not erasable, they cannot be avoided, they cannot be broken, they cannot be delayed.

5. I say it is the law.

6. Things delivered have significance in that they have been delivered.

7. Time hath a meaning of its own; we seek those things for delivery that are invitations to well-being;

8. Things happen that have a bearing on the work of the Father; lo, I repeat, Things happen which have a bearing on the work of the Father.

9. Lo, we repeat all together, Things delivered have a significance; things promised have a bearing on the work of the Father in that the promise concerneth the work.

10. Chance bringeth us fortune when we ask it of Chance: good fortune cometh knowingly in that the Father had decreed it.

11. I speak unto your hearts: I say, Peace be unto them; things are given unto you that no Chance commendeth: let us reason together. . . .

12. I say ye have a bearing on that which transpireth in worldly event; think ye it would come to you if I were to forsake you?

13. Think ye that worldly event pauseth on circumstance, or yet caprice of fortune?

14. When I say that fortune is the decree of the Father proceeding in circumstance, I speak with a knowledge of that which hath certainty; but better it cometh not than by effort made wrongly, better it cometh not than that the enemy seeketh your destruction by means of it.

15. I speak unto you a parable: behold it holdeth wisdom.

16. A man hath a house: it is furnished with marbles, yea with fine goods; it compriseth silk stuffs and woods of rare value: behold there cometh to that man guests who say, Lo, we visit to see this man, not to view the house of his good fortune.

17. He saith unto them, I open the house unto you; its riches are for your comfort.

18. They say, We want no comfort, we ask of you only hospitality of heart; knowest thou not that we seek true brotherhood and not fine linens?

19. They say unto him further, Master of thy house art thou, and yet in thine heart we find no resting-place, so we go hence and behold we return not.

20. I speak another parable unto you:

21. A man hath a purse, the purse is well filled; a beggar cometh unto him beseeching him, Lord, give unto me, lest my sores offend thee.

22. The master saith, Get thee hence, thy sores are thine own even as the purse is mine, get thee not by threatening me by offense of thine affliction, I say thou art an abomination in that thou seekest to know welfare from disease.

23. Thus saith the master of the purse, and behold he closeth it.

24. Well-spoken is he, the beggar hath no claim in that he is offensive; debts are no claim upon you, my beloved, in that they are demanded; see that ye give unto him who asketh gently in that his gentleness is worthy.

25. I speak yet a third parable unto you: A man cometh unto his beloved saying, Fair one, love me; lo, I am excellent to look upon, I give thee a pleasure.

26. She saith unto him, Disrobe and I will view thee.

27. He saith unto her, Is not my word sufficient that I possess beauty, that my body is worthy to be known of thee?

28. She saith, Depart, thou evil man, from my presence: seeing thee, I know thee, even by thy conduct, presuming where thou hast no right: take thy body hence and give it unto the gutter woman: lo, it lusteth and thou art defiled.

29. Behold your plights, beloved! Men have claims upon you, they are just claims, some of them; they are unjust claims, many of them.

30. There are those who know suffering in that ye have not paid them that which hath been due them; the time cometh that the debts are paid with interest; verily ye labor and your labors are rewarded: ye give and it is received with recompense.

31. I speak these parables unto you for reasons.

32. The man who hath the house is yourselves too often: the man who hath the purse is yourselves at random: the man who hath the mistress is your adversary in finance, verily those times in which ye do dwell.

33. I have heard your speech concerning yourselves: behold ye do make effort to encompass the wisdom: it pleaseth those who wait upon you with it; and yet I say more concerning that wisdom:

34. The times have an evil: usury is rife: men make claims upon you that have an exorbitance; ye say, Master, we owe, give unto us therefore, that we may pay.

35. I say, Beloved, I give when ye have made terms with those who ask unrighteously.

36. Behold the times have an evil humor; perceive ye not, beloved, that if I did give unto you that ye might pay unrighteously then I would be party unto that which is unrighteous?

37. How come ye to me saying, Master, aid that we may pay in that the evil one demandeth it from us?

38. I say, Arise and smite the evil creditor, put him far from you, he hath no claims upon you, I tell you he is ever an abomination unto the righteous.

39. A time cometh, I tell you, when great is your wealth in the cause of man's service: know that ye do have practice and precept now, preparing for that service, great is its significance, great is the humor that ye do make yourselves efficient unto bargaining for righteousness: shall the evil man come in the righteous time and say, Pay me?

40. Behold his payment hath an odor, it hath a foul premise.

41. Verily that which cometh is great in transaction of importance to peoples, yea of importance to races.

42. Hear ye my wisdom: Be patient in adversity, knowing that it visiteth you for purposes of mine instruction.

43. Great wealth entaileth the sagacity that is great, great sagacity cometh from training in small precepts; I treat with you, I say, that ye may know my purpose.

44. Ye do say unto me, Master, is not all earthly wealth yours? what mattereth it if moneys be flung by the wayside?

45. I say, Verily money is Caesar's: I eschew not the coin that rolleth in the pathway, for behold it hath a power to bring Caesar wisdom, yea and his cohorts.

46. Men do profit by mistakes, even of the pence, they make themselves to grow spiritually by transactions in honor.

47. Think ye I would harass you? remember that I love you.

48. I tell you that your work encompasseth the nations; men have an avarice, behold they have a penury, their conduct is displeasing whereat money is in pawn;

49. They control themselves not: they visit a vengeance on those who obstruct them.

50. Ye treat of such men in your worldly affairs, they have lessons to learn of you.

51. Many failures have come to you, experience hath sharpened you, not one hath come to you that I have not ordered.

52. Failures are not failures: behold they are coffers, rich with experience.

53. I do call you to a work; I say, Come and I show you that which hath a recompense; ye draw richly in experience and men marvel at your insight;

54. Your failures are as stepping-stones to wisdom beyond them.

55. Men come unto you saying, Minister unto us, thus we beseech you!

56. I say, Minister not, go forth as I direct you, say unto the nations, The Holy One hath sent us.

57. Tumult groweth hourly, events have a consequence, they come of many sources having hatred behind them: those perish who make mock of my doctrine in policy: sons of Light take their places.

58. Ye are amongst these, my beloved, though ye perceive it not, to lead them: I say they shall be led: the light shall ennoble them.

59. Times arrive when the nations grip at soft throats: they vomit a spite: there are none to restrain them.

60. Ye have heard me declare to you that I come speaking Peace, I stay the hot hand, I cover the vomit.

61. I say unto the mighty, Hear ye my servants, behold they address you, be deceived not of the future, trust those who have a communion with the Bright Ones, speak with them contritely, harken to their voices.

62. These things I tell men. Shall they defy me?

63. I come unto you, beloved; ye await me in your hearts: prepare your dwelling-places for me; though I come in the night, the light shall be as day; lest I come unawares, prepare ye nightly for my presence.

64. Love ye one another as men have not loved: trust ye one another as men have not trusted: gird up your loins, put on your vestments, await on your thresholds, I say, to receive me.

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