Have Courage For I have Overcome The World
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. - 1 Corinthians 15 Have courage for I have overcome the world. - John 16:33
I Ask But This...
I ask but this; that you be comforted and live no more in terror and in pain.
Do not abandon Love. Remember this; whatever you may think about yourself, whatever you may think about the world, your Father needs you and will call to you until you come to Him in peace at last.Jesus Christ, A Course In Miracles
Listen now to Master Teacher speaking to you. From "The Passion Of The Christ" series, EpisodeII
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Jesus Is Speaking About Himself
From A Course In Miracles:
Jesus has led the way. Why would you not be grateful to him? He has asked for love, but only that he might give it to you. You do not love yourself. But in his eyes your loveliness is so complete and flawless that he sees in it an image of his Father. You become the symbol of his Father here on earth. To you he looks for hope, because in you he sees no limit and no stain to mar your beautiful perfection. In his eyes Christ's vision shines in perfect constancy. He has remained with you. Would you not learn the lesson of salvation through his learning? Why would you choose to start again, when he has made the journey for you?
The name of Jesus is the name of one who was a man but saw the face of Christ in all his brothers and remembered God. So he became identified with Christ , a man no longer, but at one with God. The man was an illusion, for he seemed to be a separate being, walking by himself, within a body that appeared to hold his self from Self, as all illusions do. Yet who can save unless he sees illusions and then identifies them as what they are? Jesus remains a Savior because he saw the false without accepting it as true. And Christ needed his form that He might appear to men and save them from their own illusions.
In his complete identification with the Christ - the perfect Son of God, His one creation and His happiness, forever like Himself and one with Him - Jesus became what all of you must be. He led the way for you to follow him. He leads you back to God because he saw the road before him, and he followed it. He made a clear distinction, still obscure to you, between the false and true. He offered you a final demonstration that it is impossible to kill God's Son; nor can his life in any way be changed by sin and evil, malice, fear or death.
And therefore all your sins have been forgiven because they carried no effects at all. And so they were but dreams. Arise with him who showed you this because you owe him this who shared your dreams that they might be dispelled. And shares them still, to be at one with you.
Is he the Christ? O yes, along with you. His little life on earth was not enough to teach the mighty lesson that he learned for all of you. He will remain with you to lead you from the hell you made to God. And when you join your will with his, your sight will be his vision, for the eyes of Christ are shared.
Walking with him is just as natural as walking with a brother whom you knew since you were born, for such indeed he is. Some bitter idols have been made of him who would be only brother to the world. Forgive him your illusions, and behold how dear a brother he would be to you. For he will set your mind at rest at last and carry it with you unto your God.
Is he God's only Helper? No, indeed. For Christ takes many forms with different names until their oneness can be recognized. But Jesus is for you the bearer of Christ's single message of the Love of God. You need no other. It is possible to read his words and benefit from them without accepting him into your life. Yet he would help you yet a little more if you will share your pains and joys with him, and leave them both to find the peace of God. Yet still it is his lesson most of all that he would have you learn, and it is this:
There is no death because the Son of God is like his
Father. Nothing you can do can change Eternal Love.
Forget your dreams of sin and guilt, and come with me
instead to share the resurrection of God's Son.
And bring with you all those whom He has sent to you
to care for as I care for you .
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Listen now to Master Teacher speaking to you from his illuminated mind and reading from the New Testament of the Holy Bible and A Course In Miracles - From the "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" Series, Episode I
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What Is A COURSE IN MIRACLES?
In 1965, Columbia University psychology professor, Helen Schucman experienced a distinct and clear dictation from an inner voice that identified itself to her as Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Her scribing of the Course began with the words: "This is A Course In Miracles, please take notes."
A Course In Miracles is a direct message to you from Out of Time lovingly expressed by the Whole Resurrected Mind of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. It is an experiential guide to help bring about the Illumination of your Mind and Body through the process of the practical application of Love, Healing, and Forgiveness. Through the Reason of the Text, the direct application of the ideas in the Workbook, and the instructions in the Manual for Teachers you are led directly into an experience of Union with God.
From the introduction to A Course In Miracles:
This is a course in miracles. It is a required course. Only the time you take it is voluntary. Free will does not mean that you can establish the curriculum. It means only that you can elect what you want to take at a given time. The course does not aim at teaching the meaning of love, for that is beyond what can be taught. It does aim, however, at removing the blocks to the awareness of love's presence, which is your natural inheritance. The opposite of love is fear, but what is all-encompassing can have no opposite.
This course can therefore be summed up very simply in this way:
Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.
Herein lies the peace of God.
