T. 25. V. 4 – 6. Jesus: “The Son of God asks only this of you; that you return to him what is his due, that you may share in it with him. Alone, does neither you or your brother have it. So must it remain useless to both. Together, it will give to each an equal strength to save the other, and save himself along with the other.
Forgiven by you, your savior brother offers you salvation. Condemned by you, he offers death to you, for that is what you offer him! In everyone you see but the reflection of what you have chosen to have him be to you. If you decide against his proper function, the only one he has in truth, you are depriving him of all the joy he would have found if he fulfilled the role God gave to him. But think not Heaven is lost to him alone. Nor can it be regained unless the way is shown to him through you, that you may find it, walking by his side.
It is no sacrifice to you that your brother be saved, for by his freedom will you gain your own. To let his function be fulfilled is but the means to let yours be. And so you walk toward Heaven or toward hell, but not alone. How beautiful his sinlessness will be when you perceive it! And how great will be your joy, when he is free to offer you the gift of sight God gave to him for you!
It is no sacrifice to you that your brother be saved, for by his freedom will you gain your own. To let his function be fulfilled is but the means to let yours be. And so you walk toward Heaven or toward hell, but not alone. How beautiful his sinlessness will be when you perceive it! And how great will be your joy, when he is free to offer you the gift of sight God gave to him for you!
Your brother has no need from you but this; that you allow him freedom to complete the task God gave to him; remembering but this; that what he does in your perception, you do along with him. And as you see him, so do you define the function he will have for you, until you see him differently and let him be what God appointed that he be to you.
Recognizing all the hatred that the Son of God may cherish toward himself, God may be believed to be without the power to save what He created from the pain of hell. But in the love you show yourself in forgiveness of your brother, is God made free to let His Will be done. In your brother you see the picture of your own belief in what the Will of God must be for you.
Recognizing all the hatred that the Son of God may cherish toward himself, God may be believed to be without the power to save what He created from the pain of hell. But in the love you show yourself in forgiveness of your brother, is God made free to let His Will be done. In your brother you see the picture of your own belief in what the Will of God must be for you.
In your forgiveness will you understand His Love for you; through your attack you will believe He hates you, thinking Heaven must be hell. Look once again upon your brother now, no longer without the understanding that he is the way to Heaven or to hell, as you have chosen to perceive him.
Forget not this: The role you give to your brother is given you, and you will walk the way you have thus pointed out to him, because it is your judgment on yourself.”