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| - | ====== The Inner Life 1933 ====== | + | ====== The Inner Life ====== |
| - | THE REDEMPTION | + | == THE HERALD |
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| - | “AND YOU did he make alive, when ye were dead through | ||
| - | your trespasses and sins; | ||
| - | Wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, | ||
| - | according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that | ||
| - | now worketh in the sons of disobedience.”—Eph. 2:1-2. | ||
| - | BECAUSE these are the last days and we are approaching the | + | <WRAP centeralign> |
| - | end, it becomes vitally important that as strong emphasis as | + | ==== THE REDEMPTION OF MAN ==== |
| - | possible be placed upon certain facts relative to man’s nature, so | + | </ |
| - | that every reader of this magazine may understand them in all | + | |
| - | their true significance. | + | |
| - | In these pages from the beginning we have been informing our | + | <WRAP center 90% justify> |
| - | readers | + | “AND YOU did he make alive, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins; Wherein ye once walked according to the course |
| - | to the Spirit, soul and mind of man, trying to help all to com- | + | </ |
| - | prehend their complex natures, so that they may learn to rule | + | |
| - | them and thereby to free themselves from the forces that are | + | |
| - | holding them back from their true state as sons of God and keep- | + | |
| - | ing them bound to the flesh and to their emotional life. | + | |
| - | We have shown the true character of these forces, that they are | + | <WRAP justify> |
| - | man’s creations, | + | BECAUSE |
| - | standing, given birth when the race was young and was still | + | |
| - | chiefly animal in nature; | + | |
| - | and elemental, but which when understood and mastered will be- | + | |
| - | come man’s | + | |
| - | his present human state. | + | |
| - | None of these forces are “bad” of themselves, no more than are | + | In these pages from the beginning we have been informing our readers of the different phases of the Inner Life, of their relation to the Spirit, soul and mind of man, trying to help all to comprehend their complex natures, so that they may learn to rule them and thereby to free themselves from the forces that are holding them back from their true state as sons of God and keeping them bound to the flesh and to their emotional life. |
| - | the elemental forces of Nature, such as electricity and gravitation; | + | |
| - | they are just not understood, and when not self-controlled, | + | We have shown the true character of these forces, that they are man’s creations, the offspring of his ignorance and wrong understanding, |
| - | be and often are controlled and utilized by more powerful | + | |
| - | gences | + | None of these forces are “bad” of themselves, no more than are the elemental forces of Nature, such as electricity and gravitation; |
| - | ploy the poor, and capital employs labor—even as the rich often | + | |
| - | employ the poor, and capital employs labor—even as the rich often | + | But it must not be thought that all rich people and all capitalists are evil-minded or wholly selfish—they are but the products of a system that has been in existence from the beginning and they but follow the custom permitted by the laws of the land. |
| - | employ the poor. | + | |
| + | At the same time all men are naturally selfish, until the Spirit of Christ has been born in them; they cannot help it, because selfishness is a phase of their lower or animal nature. And the | ||
| + | </ | ||
| - | But it must not be thought that all rich people and all capitalists | ||
| - | are evil-minded or wholly selfish—they are but the products of a | ||
| - | system that has been in existence from the beginning and they but | ||
| - | follow the custom permitted by the laws of the land. | ||
| - | At the same time all men are naturally selfish, until the Spirit | ||
| - | of Christ has been born in them; they cannot help it, because | ||
| - | selfishness is a phase of their lower or animal nature. And the | ||
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| - | The Redemption of Man | ||
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