"NOW ARE WE THE SONS OF GOD"
The world does not know the son of God. The material sense cannot recognize the spiritual. Spiritual things must be spiritually understood. God's love is complete in us, in that we are His sons,—the sons of freedom and not of bondage.
"Now are we the sons of God." Not in the hereafter, but in the Now, are we just what we are, and what we must be,—because of our true natures. "Now are we the Sons of God." The birth of the soul into the light of Spirit is an awakening to the realization that God has been with us all the time. "Now are we the sons of God." To-day is the day of complete salvation. Not to-morrow or the day after, but NOW.
It does not now completely appear what we really are, for now we see only in part, but when He shall appear we shall recognize him for we shall see him in his true light. This He, means ourselves,—the Christ in us, our hope and assurance of eternal glory. We shall be like him. We have inwardly been like him all the time, but when He shall appear we shall see him as he is, that is, we shall know, even as we also are known;—we shall know ourselves.
"We shall see him as he is." Not as he now appears, for he is hidden in the innermost recesses of our nature. We shall see him with the spiritual eye that dims not, with a clear sight that penetrates all suppositional opposites and announces the ever-present reality. We shall see ourselves as we really are, forever held in the bosom of the universe,—the sons of God.
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Who doeth right, is right, even as He is right. This again reveals us to ourselves. This is the great revelation; the revelation of the self to the self. But before this can take place we must have consciously come into our birthright. We must have returned to the Father's House. This return is a conscious act on our part.
When we do right we are right, and when we are right we are like him, for then we shall see Him. This refers to the Christ, indwelling every soul. The son of God in all his beauty and strength.
Even if our own hearts condemn us, we know that the Spirit, which gave the heart, is greater than its gift. God is greater than all human mistakes and in God alone is there peace and happiness. God is natural Goodness and eternal Loving-kindness.
"Who is born of love is born of God, for God is Love." Without love nothing can be accomplished. With love all things are possible. And when we love, our prayers are answered and the gift of heaven is made. The gift of heaven is Life and not death, love and not hate, peace and not confusion.
And we enter this paradise through the gateway of love toward one another and toward God. Love is greater than all else and covers a multitude of mistakes. Love overcomes everything and neutralizes all that is unlike itself. Love is God.

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