Friday 17 October 2008

Weekly Quote 31

Not even in Israel have I found such faith - (Mt 8:10)
Every man and woman is the child of God


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The story of Jesus-Christ contains many accounts of Divine healing and reconciliation involving people who were not Jews, nor even his followers. It was their faith, their trust alone that fulfilled God's Law. Herein is a great lesson in religious tolerance. It places the relationship between man and God above religion.

Truth reaches out to the reasoning faculty in all people, their ability to think as well as feel. It is intense feelings that generally bedevil religious divisions, while reason shows that there is much in common among the great religions of the world and their modern offshoots - One Divine Creator, a human figure or figures who represent or exemplify God's law, the ever present Spirit of God permeating man and all his experience.

Our acceptance of God's presence in all people, and of their ways of realising this, is more than mere tolerance; our acceptance itself fulfils the spiritual law of Oneness - of God's supremacy in all things.

The Path of Truth Vol. 50, No. 3 page 158.

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