Reply To: The Lord Preserveth the Faithful

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Reply To: The Lord Preserveth the Faithful

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December 11, 2018 at 8:11 am #7751

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GOD’S PRESERVATION OF MAN IS CONDITIONAL

“. . . for the Lord preserveth the faithful.” (Psalm 31:23)

God preserves man to the extent that man preserves Spirit-Mindedness from the intrusions of matter-mindeness.

Double-mindedness means giving divided attention to Mind by entertaining another mind alongside.

Practically speaking, the parable of the wheat and tares teaches that Mind and mind “grow together” in a relative state of double-mindedness until Mind is strong enough in me to subdue mind entirely, thus bringing about the single-mindedness of loving God, not in part, but in wholeness of heart, soul, mind, and strength.

“Progress takes off all shackles and the finite yields to the Infinite. Advancing to a higher plane of action, thought grows new, and rises from the personal to the Impersonal; from the mortal to the Immortal, which is from the material to the spiritual idea of God.” (SH, 1st edition, p. 221)