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notes: Levi Dowling
SOM: Sermon on the Mount (Chapter 94-101)
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The next morning ere the sun had risen and Jesus and the twelve went to mountain near the sea to pray; and Jesus taught the twelve disciples how to pray. He said: “Prayer is the deep communion of the soul with God.” (Aquarian Gospel 94:1,2)
So when you pray 🤲 do not deceive yourselves as do the hypocrites who love to stand upon the streets and in the synagogues and pour out many words 🗣️ to please the ears 👂 of men. And they adorn themselves with pious airs that they may have the praise of men. They seek the praise of men and their reward is sure. (Aquarian Gospel 94:3,4)
But when you pray 🤲, go to the closet of your soul 🫀; close all the doors 🚪, and in the holy silence 🤫, pray. You need not speak a multitude of words, nor yet repeat the words again and then again, as heathen do. (Aquarian Gospel 94:5,6)
Just say, Our Father-God who art in heaven; holy is thy name. Thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth 🌍 as it is done in heaven ☁️*. Give us this day our our needed bread* 🍞*; help us forget the debts that other people owe to us, that all our debts may be discharged. And shield* 🛡️ us from the tempter’s snares 🪤 that are too great for us to bear; and when they come, give us the strength 💪 to overcome. (Aquarian Gospel 94:7-11)
If you would be discharged from all the debts you owe to God and man, the debts you have incurred by willfully transgressing law, you must pass by the debts of every man; for as you deal with other men, God will deal with you. (Aquarian Gospel 94:12,13)
And when you fast, you may not advertise the deed. When fast, the hypocrites paint their faces, look demure, assume a pious pose, that they may seem to men to fast. (Aquarian Gospel 94:14, 15)
A fast is a deed of soul, and like prayer, it is a function of the silence of the soul. God never passes by unnoticed any prayer, or fast. He walks within the silence, and his benedictions rest on every effort of the soul. (Aquarian Gospel 94:16-17)
Deception is hypocrisy, and you shall not assume to be what you are not. You may not clothe yourself in special garb to advertise your piety, nor yet assume the tone of voice that men conceive to be a holy voice. (Aquarian Gospel 94:18,19)
And when you give to aid the needy ones, blow not a trumpet in the street, nor synagogue to advertise your gift. He who does alms for praise of men has his reward from men; but God regardeth not. In giving alms do not let the right hand know the secret of the left.” (Aquarian Gospel 94:20-22)
🎧 Chapter 94 (en-US): The Sermon on the Mount (Part 1 of 7) [⏱️ 3:13 |, 💾 805KB]
🎧 Chapter 94 (en-US): The Sermon on the Mount (Part 1 of 7) [⏱️ 3:13 |, 💾 805KB]
Chapter 94:1-8
Chapter 94:9-22