September 21, 2014
We begin to realize
that it is not merely a matter of letting God’s love flow if we are going to
give an attunement. If it is merely a matter of letting God’s love flow you can
more or less get the current working and think about anything else or talk about
anything else and it will not make much difference; in other words the current
will be flowing. But if you are going to establish a control pattern it is
going to make a difference what you think about; and what you think about and
talk about will tend to develop a pattern through which the current will work,
regardless of whether it is really a control pattern or not; in other words it
would be just flitting all over the place.
Right from the start
you have been given an opportunity to think, to let your mind function in the
current of the spirit. The idea tended to develop in a few that it did not make
much difference what you thought about or talked about. You can, and must,
learn how to establish a control pattern and hold it.
We need to know what
happened in apostolic times. At the time of Pentecost the current began to
flow. It was supposed to be kept in the control patterns of truth, so that
God’s will could be done. Remember, God’s will can be done only through the
control patterns of truth. You can do anything under the sun with God’s love in
your own will, within the range of your potentialities, because God’s love is
subject to the control of anything through which it may be flowing—not in the
sense of the center of it, but in the sense of what you have in consciousness
at the moment. So misuse according to the human will leads to the lowest depths
and to distress. The right use with respect to God’s love builds, recreates and
makes whole. So you become responsible for what you do with God’s love. If it
is not subject to the patterns of truth it is going to burn you up. Only truth,
the water of truth, can keep the fire of God’s love from burning you up.
What happened at the
time of Pentecost? Impulsive Peter took control in the current of God’s love
but on a basis of his own concepts. He didn’t know what it was all about, and
he started using that power according to human concepts, just like St. Paul did
after him; and they were all using it without regard to the truth. They had
some concepts about truth, and to some little degree there was some control
there, that is, truth was having some influence, but it continually got less
and less. What was the result in the world? There was a world conflagration
which engulfed the people of the world. God’s love was not under control
according to the patterns of truth. They did not stay centered in truth and so
the fire turned back on them and they were burned at the stake by the
thousands. Why were they burned at the stake? Because they were martyrs, in the
sense that Christendom thinks of it? No, because they were foolish, following
their own false concepts, not letting truth control.
If you want to go out
into the world and start a little fire, using God’s love, and you do not keep
it centered and controlled from the standpoint of truth, you will find the fire
turning back on you. The reason why so many so-called Christians were burned at
the stake was because foolish Peter, and Paul after him, were refusing to stay
centered in the patterns of control. They undertook to maintain the control
with their own foolish concepts, without regard to the truth. They mixed it up
with Jewry and all the rest of the concepts, and instead of the truth they had
a representative expression of unreal patterns, and the world has followed in
their footsteps ever since. After the fire burned out at that time, these
concepts became more or less generally accepted in the so-called Christian
world, and that is the pattern through which God’s pattern has been working
since. But it does not produce power in the sense of changing things.
So just as the
disciples failed to hold true to the patterns of truth and the fire turned upon
them and so many were burned at the stake or were thrown to the lions, or what
have you, you can bring such things on yourself if you do not hold true to the
truth. You can go out in the world and serve without stirring up all kinds of
difficulty.
The fire burns. The world is in the lake of fire
of God’s love—and the only way anyone can stand the fire of God’s love is to be
in the water of truth. Without the water of truth God’s love will burn you up.
Every human being whose body has died since the fall of man has died in the
fire of God’s love. God’s love working through the distortion patterns which the
human being has established in his own body causes human beings to die. You do
not have to increase God’s love. That will be taken care of automatically when
you function according to the Law. Only the truth can set you free,
and when you let the truth take hold you can begin to establish a
control pattern. Without a control pattern you are helpless in the fire. You
may last a little while, a few years, but it will not amount to anything. Only
as you work with the water of truth can you function effectively in the fire.
The Lord of Love came
into the world to reintroduce the Lord of Truth, the Spirit of Truth, another
Comforter. He presented the true means of salvation and that truth has been
largely ignored. It has been covered up with human concepts of every sort, and
the real purpose of His coming, to introduce truth to the world, has been
overlooked. Yet, look back over His words. He was continually emphasizing that
point. He said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” The whole pattern and
design which He revealed for the salvation of man was centered in relationship
to truth, the Spirit of Truth.
God’s love is wonderful, soothing and healing
when you yield to it according to the patterns of truth; otherwise, hot,
burning and uncomfortable. When you fight against God’s truth, God’s love kills
you. Every human being who has ever died on the face of the earth has been
killed by God’s love. Love your enemies. The Master, the Lord of Love, said,
“Love your enemies.” The only way human beings can be saved from death by God’s
love is to yield to the patterns of truth. There is no other way. When you
begin to comprehend these things you can begin to see how far the world has
been from the truth, and without the truth you cannot be set free.
What you do in
service out there in the world depends for its effectiveness far more upon your
attunement with me than upon your attunement with the Lord of Love. That does
not detract from His position at the apex, but you can respond to Him from now
until doomsday and you will die, and everyone who responds with you will die;
because I am the only one who can save anyone from dying. Only as you let my
spirit work through you can you be saved; only thus can you minister to anyone
else. Insofar as the Lord of Love is concerned you are going to die. You can
respond to Him all the days that you live, or rather die, and you will still
die. You are under the sentence of death by fire, and only the Lord of Truth
can save you from that death, only as you yield to the Spirit of Truth and
allow the patterns of truth to take control in your life. If you think you can
fight the fire of God’s love without the truth you are perfectly free to go out
and see what happens. Countless others have tried it The Master said, “Only the
truth will set you free.” Not once did He say that God’s love would set you
free.
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