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Chapter 7, Verses 1-27 |
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| 1 My son, keep my
words, and lay up my commandments with thee. |
| 2 Keep my
commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. |
| 3 Bind them upon
thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. |
| 4 Say unto
wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: |
| 5 That they may
keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her
words. |
| 6 For at the
window of my house I looked through my casement, |
| 7 And beheld
among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, |
| 8 Passing through
the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, |
| 9 In the
twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: |
| 10 And, behold,
there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. |
| 11 (She is loud
and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: |
| 12 Now is she
without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) |
| 13 So she caught
him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, |
| 14 I have peace
offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. |
| 15 Therefore came
I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. |
| 16 I have decked
my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. |
| 17 I have
perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. |
| 18 Come, let us
take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. |
| 19 For the
goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: |
| 20 He hath taken
a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. |
| 21 With her much
fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. |
| 22 He goeth after
her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the
stocks; |
| 23 Till a dart
strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for
his life. |
| 24 Hearken unto
me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. |
| 25 Let not thine
heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. |
| 26 For she hath
cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. |
| 27 Her house is
the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. |
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| My child, learn My commandments and
laws, and make them a part of you by living them. You teach only by your actions, which
come from your thoughts. What others see you doing is what you are teaching them you
believe in. It is hypocrisy to talk of love and forgiveness, but to act in fear and attack
others. Wisdom and understanding will be
imparted unto you as you seek inside to understand the truth. Only knowing the hidden
truth of the light and spirit within will keep you from following the world and its harlot
of fear and attack.
Those who have no understanding of the truth of
universal love and holiness fall prey to the world's thoughts, which seem nice on the
outside, but are full of rottenness within. No matter how many times ego apologizes and
seems sincere, the two-edged sword of fear and attack is there when threat or offense is
felt. You cannot deal with fire without getting burned. No matter how secret people in ego
feel their thoughts and deeds are, they go only to their spiritual death. The life of
spirit within will not be recognized any longer. Only pain, depression, fear, anger, and
sickness will follow the one who chooses to live life in ego. To live life in ego is to
follow the wrong teacher, or the harlot of the world.
Jerusalem, the faithful, holy city that was full
of love and forgiveness, has become a harlot. The holy city of Jerusalem is within you.
You can choose to live in that holy city of love, faithfulness, and forgiveness within, or
not to listen within to your inner teacher, who counsels in wisdom and knowledge. You will
then be waylaid, or lead astray into the city of pain, judgment, condemnation, and fear of
the harlot of the world. To live in the city of the harlot is hell, to live in the holy
Jerusalem is life eternal. Many have gone astray, as many are not yet aware of the
realities of love, forgiveness, and spirit. They follow the world's thoughts and beliefs,
and so the harlot leads them straight into the suffering, pain, and sickness of the world.
But this is all avoidable. Show love and
forgiveness, and seek only the counsel of wisdom and understanding that comes from the
Holy Spirit. He will be with you to guide, protect and lift you out of any pit of
judgment, fear, or false harlot belief you come across. To live life in spirit is to take
care of the Christ vineyard, or universal love vine entrusted to you by your Father in
Heaven. Labour for it in love and forgiveness, and receive the crown of perfect life that
God gives to his sons when they awaken from the false thoughts and dreams of the world.
Eat only from the Christ flesh, or the words of spirit and love within. Eat not of the
words of the flesh of ego, and transcend from your little, lower self to your higher,
spirit self of love. Live in love always, and be one with perfect love forever. Amen. |
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