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The Christ Ideal; A Study of the Spiritual Teachings of Jesus

Horatio Willis Dresser

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V THE NEW BIRTH IN the foregoing chapters we have noted the importance of human co-operation in the realisation of the divine ideal. Man is divinely gifted from the outset, and the divine guidance is omnipresent. Yet our entire experience is given us as a free opportunity to learn the higher from the lower, to pursue self until, by sheer dissatisfaction, we learn the power and beauty of that higher will with which our own is thus put in striking contrast. The greatest attainments therefore result from a certain degree of moral choice or spiritual willingness. Man must awaken to full self-consciousness, and become self-victorious before the highest ideal can be realised through him. The Christ He must atone for his wayward 1deal years by years of zeal for righteousness, and no vicarious suffering on the part of others can relieve him of that burden which his own hands have wrought. For no one can attain self-dominion for another, no outsider can turn the life-currents from lower to higher. This statement is perfectly obvious. Yet it is necessary to affirm and reiterate it, so apt is man to shirk individual responsibility, so long a time is it ere he learns that the universe is begirt with unflinching laws. Jesus again and again assures his hearers that there is no way of escape from individual responsibility. God is a God of justice, and each man must prove himself worthy before he shall receive the blessings of the spiritual Kingdom. So much depends on the individual that even Jesus, with all his power, could not make way for James and John to sit on his right and left hand (Mark x., 40). "This is for those only for whom The New it hath been prepared/' that is, Birth for those wbo because of their great work for the Christ earn...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Christ Ideal; A Study of the Spiritual Teachings of Jesus. To get started finding The Christ Ideal; A Study of the Spiritual Teachings of Jesus, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V THE NEW BIRTH IN the foregoing chapters we have noted the importance of human co-operation in the realisation of the divine ideal. Man is divinely gifted from the outset, and the divine guidance is omnipresent. Yet our entire experience is given us as a free opportunity to learn the higher from the lower, to pursue self until, by sheer dissatisfaction, we learn the power and beauty of that higher will with which our own is thus put in striking contrast. The greatest attainments therefore result from a certain degree of moral choice or spiritual willingness. Man must awaken to full self-consciousness, and become self-victorious before the highest ideal can be realised through him. The Christ He must atone for his wayward 1deal years by years of zeal for righteousness, and no vicarious suffering on the part of others can relieve him of that burden which his own hands have wrought. For no one can attain self-dominion for another, no outsider can turn the life-currents from lower to higher. This statement is perfectly obvious. Yet it is necessary to affirm and reiterate it, so apt is man to shirk individual responsibility, so long a time is it ere he learns that the universe is begirt with unflinching laws. Jesus again and again assures his hearers that there is no way of escape from individual responsibility. God is a God of justice, and each man must prove himself worthy before he shall receive the blessings of the spiritual Kingdom. So much depends on the individual that even Jesus, with all his power, could not make way for James and John to sit on his right and left hand (Mark x., 40). "This is for those only for whom The New it hath been prepared/' that is, Birth for those wbo because of their great work for the Christ earn...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Christ Ideal; A Study of the Spiritual Teachings of Jesus. To get started finding The Christ Ideal; A Study of the Spiritual Teachings of Jesus, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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