BELIEVEST THOU THIS?

 "Whom do men say that I am?"  Some say one thing, some
another --- some may consider you a religious bigot, a holier-than-
thou, a thief, a liar.  It makes little difference what answer is made
to that question; but the answer to another question determines
your place in the grand scheme of heaven here and now --- "But
whom do you say that I AM?"

Whom do you say that I AM? --- you, yourself --- what do you say
of your I AM?  Do you say that it is the miserable worm of the dust
that needs constantly to be treated?  led and helped? Or is it the
creation of the Living God?  When will you answer, "I AM the
Son of the Living God," and proceed to reveal this Man of God to
the universe here and now? In a moment you think not --- when the
seemingly ceaseless thinking about how to make God do your
bidding stops --- at that moment the Christ comes into
manifestation.  Not much Christ- consciousness or power can
penetrate the layers of human thought, which form an insulation
about you.  Reasoning about God does not make him any more
visible than he is already.  "No man shall see God and live" is
pared off with the statement, "In my flesh shall I see God."  In the
realm of the human intellect little or no wisdom is seen --- a
strange chain of coincidences hooks a train of cars together, each
with its load of thought and care.  There is to the human mind little
actual reason for man being here.  He has often asked himself
"Whither?" and "Why?" --- and these go unanswered, and he finds
that man's days are full of trouble.  A lovely picture for a God
creation, to be sure! Ah, but when he takes his attention away from
appearances, and can answer himself, "You are the Son of the
Living God," the whole fabric of hell breaks through and the
heavenly light of self-revelation shines out here and now into
expression.  Man finds himself clear-seeing, clear-hearing, clear-
speaking, revealing the Kingdom of Heaven here and now,
appropriating the good and passing it on to the universe.  He finds
new and lovelier capacities.  He perceives himself to be the Son of
the Most High, with dominion and authority.  He finds himself in
affluence.  He finds the glory of self-expression here and now. A
thousand avenues open before him.  He finds it wonderful.  The
consciousness is deepened and made more receptive --- made
ready for the things I could not tell you back in Jerusalem because
you could not have borne the glory of it all.  The eyes are aware of
a new and lovely universe here and now, peopled with angelic
beings instead of fiends incarnate. Who do you say that I AM? 
What are the capacities?  And no wonder it was given to the child! 
The child would automatically answer "yes" to "Believest thou
this?" --- but the adult, wise in his own conceit, tried to reason it
out.  He says he would like to, but his eyes are so hypnotized to
evil that he cannot.  That is why the Christ has said, "Take your
attention away from appearances, and rest it on the Isness of
Being."  "Judge not from appearances, but judge righteous
judgment" --- the judgment of the Son of God.

Can you believe that it is possible for the perfect health you have
sought so long to be manifested in you now?  I did not ask whether
you desired it or wanted it; I asked whether you could believe that
it is possible.  The subtle word contains the connecting-link of
manifestation --- it is the way through which the unseen suddenly
becomes seen.  The visible- invisible appears. "Believest thou
this?" was asked over and over by Jesus, and when the answer was,
"Yea, yea, Lord," the results were sure to follow.  Just what do you
believe?  Many people know the letter of truth perfectly, but are
not healed.  I may have at my command the whole technique of
play-writing, and be but a critic, with no ability whatsoever to
write even a small scene.  You may know a hundred systems of
truth, but that does not make you a revelator of the Kingdom  -- no,
not until you believe it is possible.  Not until you get over the
emotional worship of Jesus, and "go thou and do likewise," can
you ever know the beauty of the Kingdom here and now.  When
you sit down to have your quiet time of contemplation, and are
done with the insane idea of trying to make God do your bidding,
or of following some words rattled off by some other person ---
then you will ask yourself, "Believest thou this?"  And when you
can say, "Yea, Lord," within yourself, the manifestation is as good
as into visibility.  Believest thou this?