when you will seek me vainly and will die in sins."

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The Jews questioned among themselves, "What does he mean, when he says, that he is going away and we can not follow? Will he kill himself?" Jesus continued, "The reason that I said that you will die in your sins, is this: you are from beneath, I am from above. I am not of this world; I am of a higher Spiritual Order. Unless you trustingly believe in me, you will remain in the lower life and therefore, most certainly, you will die in your sins."

They said to him, "Tell us who you really are." Jesus replied, "I am all that I have told you from the beginning. The Father who sent me is to be trusted, and the things that I hear from him, I must speak to the world. If you would only listen to me, there are many things that vitally concern you, that I would willingly tell you."

Still they did not understand his reference to the Father. Jesus continued, "When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will know

who I am. You will know that I have done nothing of myself, and have spoken only as the Father teaches me. He that sent me is with me, and he never forsakes me, because I always do the things that please him."

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had come to believe in him and to these Jesus now turned, saying, "If you really wish to be my disciples, you must live close to the spirit of my teachings. If you do that, then you will have an insight into the truth, and the truth will set you free."

Some one in the crowd said to him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have never been in bondage to any one. What do you mean when you say, 'You will be set free.'" Jesus explained, "Every one that commits sin is a slave. The slave has no permanent right in the master's house, John 8: 31-59.

but the master's son has; and, if the Son gives you your freedom, you will be actually free.

"I know that you are descendants of Abraham and yet some among you are seeking opportunity to kill me, and my teachings can make almost no headway among you. I speak only the things that I learn from my Father and you do the things that you learn from your father." They said, "Abraham is our father." "If you are truly Abraham's children," said Jesus, "you would do as Abraham would do. But now you seek to kill me, who have told you the truth, which I heard from Sovereign Love. Abraham would never have done that. No, you are doing the deeds of your father."

They said, "We are not illegitimate children, God is our Father." "If Sovereign Love were your Father," said Jesus, "you would love me, for I am come from him. I did not come of myself; Sovereign Love has sent me. Why can you not understand my teachings? Is it because you can not hear my words? No, you are children of

your father, the devil, and you will naturally do the things that he desires. He was a murderer from the beginning. He does not stick to the truth, because there is no truth in him. When one speaks a lie, he speaks of that which is his own, for his father was a liar and the father of lies.

"Has any one ever convicted me of sin? Then if I speak the truth, why do you not believe me? I will tell you the reason. The reason is that you are not influenced by Love. He that is sensitive to Love will appreciate the words of Sovereign Love."

One of the Jews said, "We were very near the truth when we said that you were a Samaritan and crazy." Jesus said, "No, I am not insane, I honor the Father, but you are dishonoring me. I do not care for my own glory; there is One who cares for me, let him be the judge. But I want to tell you most earnestly, that if a man would live in harmony with the spirit of my teachings, he would never know death."

The Jews said, "Now we know that you are

crazy. Abraham died and the prophets are long since dead, and yet you say, 'If a man keep my word, he will never die.' Are you greater than our father Abraham, that is dead? And the prophets that are dead? Who are you any way?"

Jesus said, "If I praise myself, my glory will amount to nothing. It is my Father that glorifies me. You say that he is your God, but I tell you that you have never really known him. I know him and, if I should say that I did not know him, I should be lying, just the same as you are when you claim to know him. But I really know him and am living according to his word. Your father, Abraham, exulted in the hope of seeing my day and he did see it and rejoiced."

The Jews said, "You are not yet forty years of age, how could you have seen Abraham?" Jesus replied, "Before Abraham was born, I am. As the Father's Love Thought I was with Sovereign Love from the beginning."

Then they took up stones to stone him, but he disappeared from their sight and passed out of the temple.