Suicide? I must emphasize one thing here that you might otherwise miss. The Great Principle is not a validation of suicide. Jesus showed this when he refused to cast himself down from the temple, saying, It is written, ‘You must not tempt the Lord your God.’ To tempt here means to test God, to try him and his word. If I should commit suicide so as to go to the Father, I would by that act be putting God to the test. Here I am, Father, so take me in! Instead, do you note how Jesus began his expression of the Great Principle with the words, The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified? He would not cast himself down from the Temple because his hour had not come. So with us – we must await our hour when the Father will reveal that it is time to come to him. Then we go gladly. But we must do this: repent of our sins, be merciful to those who sin against us, and follow Jesus in the way of the Cross. None of this is possible until we understand the essence of sin: that all sin springs from the love of life.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:46:56 +0000
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