Sunday, September 06, 2015

BE 52 - the Lord's order and a person's voice

BE 52

. . .  the Lord cannot act contrary to His own Divine order,
and His order is that man should examine himself,
see his evils,
resist them,
and this as of himself, 

yet from the Lord.
This does not indeed at this day appear to be the Gospel,
nevertheless it is the Gospel,
for the Gospel is salvation by the Lord.
The reason why the worship of the mouth
is accepted by the Lord
according  to the worship of the life,
is because the speech of man before God,
and before angels,
has its sound from the affection of his love and faith,
and these two are in man according to his life;
wherefore,
if the love of God and faith in Him are in your life,
the sound of your voice will be like that of a dove;
but if self-love and self-confidence are in your life,
the sound of your voice will be like that of an owl,
howsoever you may bend your voice
to imitate the voice of a turtle-dove.
The spiritual, which is within the sound, effects this.

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