basis of the teaching of Moses, and which is summed up in the significant phrase I AM. Jesus brings out the consequences of this Unity in their relation to the Individual and therefore presupposes the teaching of Moses regarding the Universal Unity as the necessary foundation for its reflection in the individual.

Individual Liberty

The great point to be noted in the teaching of Jesus is his statement of the absolute liberty of the individual. That was the subject of his first discourse in the synagogue of Nazareth (Luke 4:16); he continued his teaching with the statement, "the truth shall make you free" [John 8:32 --- Ed.]; and he finished it with the final declaration before Pilate the he had come into the world to the end that he should bear witness to the Truth (John 18:37). Thus to teach the knowledge of Liberating Truth was the beginning, the middle, and the end of the great work which the Master set before him.

Now there are two facts about this teaching that deserve our special attention. The first is that the perfect liberty of the individual must be in accordance with the will of God; for on any other supposition Jesus would have been teaching rebellion against the Divine will; and therefore any system of religion which inculcates blind submission to the will of God must do so at the cost of branding Jesus as a leader of rebellion against the Divine authority.