Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Choose your teachers wisely.


It’s not about changing the world.
  • ·         Do I desire a world I rule instead one that rules me?
  • ·         Do I desire a world where I am powerful instead of helpless?
  • ·         Do I desire a world in which I have no enemies and cannot sin?
  • ·         And do I want myself to see what I denied because it is the Truth?
You must decide, don’t wait for others.
The greatest legacy to pass to your children and grandchildren is to walk with God in perfect peace.
There are no 4Ts to prosperity. There are no conditions, nay but what the ego places on it.
But, without Peace and happiness it becomes meaningless.
And, before you do anything, ask if it is in accord with God’s plan.
Oh!

It’s like Emmet Fox said: There is a simple test by which you can tell a true teacher from a false one.
It is this: If they point you to their own personality; if they make special claims for themselves; if they say that they have received any special privileges from God that are not equally accessible to the whole human race anywhere; if they attempt in their own name or in that of an organization to establish under any pretense a monopoly of the truth about God, then, however imposing their credentials, however pleasing their personality may be, they are a false teacher, and you had better have nothing to do with them.
If, on the contrary, they tell you to look away from themselves, to seek the Presence of God in your own heart, and to use books, lectures, and churches only as a means to that one end, then, however humble their efforts may be, however lacking their own demonstration may seem, they are nevertheless a true teacher and are giving you the Bread of Life.
Alter Your Life ~ Emmet Fox – 1933
Choose your teachers wisely.

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