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| − | This is a question everyone must ask. Certainly peace seems to be | + | This is a [[question]] everyone must ask. Certainly [[peace]] seems to be |
| − | impossible here. Yet the Word of God promises other things that seem | + | impossible here. Yet the Word of God [[promises]] other things that seem |
| − | impossible, as well as this. His Word has promised peace. It has also | + | impossible, as well as this. His Word has promised [[peace]]. It has also |
| − | promised that there is no death, that resurrection must occur, and that rebirth | + | promised that there is no [[death]], that [[resurrection]] must occur, and that rebirth |
| − | is man's inheritance. The world you see cannot be the world God loves, and | + | is man's [[inheritance]]. The world you see cannot be the world [[God]] loves, and |
| − | yet His Word assures us that He loves the world. God's Word has promised | + | yet His Word [[assures]] us that He loves the world. God's Word has promised |
that peace is possible here, and what He promises can hardly be impossible. | that peace is possible here, and what He promises can hardly be impossible. | ||
| − | But it is true that the world must be looked at differently, if His promises | + | But it is true that the world must be looked at [[differently]], if His promises |
| − | are to be accepted. What the world is, is but a fact. You cannot choose what | + | are to be [[accepted]]. What the world is, is but a [[fact]]. You cannot choose what |
this should be. But you can choose how you would see it. Indeed, you | this should be. But you can choose how you would see it. Indeed, you | ||
<must> choose this. | <must> choose this. | ||
| − | Again we come to the question of judgment. This time ask yourself whether | + | Again we come to the question of [[judgment]]. This time ask yourself whether |
your judgment or the Word of God is more likely to be true. For they say | your judgment or the Word of God is more likely to be true. For they say | ||
different things about the world, and things so opposite that it is pointless to | different things about the world, and things so opposite that it is pointless to | ||
| − | try to reconcile them. God offers the world salvation; your judgment would | + | try to [[reconcile]] them. God offers the world [[salvation]]; your judgment would |
| − | condemn it. God says there is no death; your judgment sees but death as the | + | [[condemn]] it. God says there is no [[death]]; your judgment sees but [[death]] as the |
| − | inevitable end of life. God's Word assures you that He loves the world; your | + | [[inevitable]] end of life. God's Word assures you that He loves the world; your |
judgment says it is unlovable. Who is right? For one of you is wrong. It | judgment says it is unlovable. Who is right? For one of you is wrong. It | ||
must be so. | must be so. | ||
| − | The text explains that the Holy Spirit is the Answer to all problems you | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=A_Course_in_Miracles_-_Contents#The_Text The text] explains that the [[Holy Spirit]] is the Answer to all [[problems]] you |
| − | have made. These problems are not real, but that is meaningless to those | + | have made. These [[problems]] are not real, but that is meaningless to those |
| − | who believe in them. And everyone believes in what he made, for it was | + | who [[believe]] in them. And everyone believes in what he made, for it was |
| − | made by his believing it. Into this strange and paradoxical situation,--one | + | made by his believing it. Into this [[strange]] and [[paradoxical]] situation,--one |
| − | without meaning and devoid of sense, yet out of which no way seems | + | without [[meaning]] and devoid of sense, yet out of which no way seems |
| − | possible,--God has sent His Judgment to answer yours. Gently His | + | possible,--God has sent His [[Judgment]] to answer yours. Gently His |
| − | Judgment substitutes for yours. And through this substitution is the un- | + | Judgment [[substitutes]] for yours. And through this substitution is the un- |
| − | understandable made understandable. How is peace possible in this world? | + | understandable made understandable. How is [[peace]] possible in this world? |
In your judgment it is not possible, and can never be possible. But in the | In your judgment it is not possible, and can never be possible. But in the | ||
| − | Judgment of God what is reflected here is only peace. | + | Judgment of God what is [[reflected]] here is only peace. |
| − | Peace is impossible to those who look on war. Peace is inevitable to those | + | [[Peace]] is impossible to those who look on [[war]]. Peace is [[inevitable]] to those |
| − | who offer peace. How easily, then, is your judgment of the world escaped! | + | who offer peace. How easily, then, is your judgment of the world [[escaped]]! |
It is not the world that makes peace seem impossible. It is the world you see | It is not the world that makes peace seem impossible. It is the world you see | ||
| − | that is impossible. Yet has God's Judgment on this distorted world | + | that is impossible. Yet has God's Judgment on this [[distorted]] world |
| − | redeemed it and made it fit to welcome peace. And peace descends on it in | + | [[redeemed]] it and made it fit to welcome peace. And peace [[descends]] on it in |
| − | joyous answer. Peace now belongs here, because a Thought of God has | + | joyous answer. Peace now belongs here, because a [[Thought of God]] has |
| − | entered. What else but a Thought of God turns hell to Heaven merely by | + | entered. What else but a Thought of God turns [[hell]] to [[Heaven]] merely by |
| − | being what it is? The earth bows down before its gracious Presence, and it | + | being what it is? The earth bows down before its gracious [[Presence]], and it |
leans down in answer, to raise it up again. Now is the question different. It | leans down in answer, to raise it up again. Now is the question different. It | ||
is no longer, "Can peace be possible in this world?" but instead, "Is it not | is no longer, "Can peace be possible in this world?" but instead, "Is it not | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:14, 12 December 2020
This is a question everyone must ask. Certainly peace seems to be
impossible here. Yet the Word of God promises other things that seem
impossible, as well as this. His Word has promised peace. It has also
promised that there is no death, that resurrection must occur, and that rebirth
is man's inheritance. The world you see cannot be the world God loves, and
yet His Word assures us that He loves the world. God's Word has promised
that peace is possible here, and what He promises can hardly be impossible.
But it is true that the world must be looked at differently, if His promises
are to be accepted. What the world is, is but a fact. You cannot choose what
this should be. But you can choose how you would see it. Indeed, you
<must> choose this.
Again we come to the question of judgment. This time ask yourself whether your judgment or the Word of God is more likely to be true. For they say different things about the world, and things so opposite that it is pointless to try to reconcile them. God offers the world salvation; your judgment would condemn it. God says there is no death; your judgment sees but death as the inevitable end of life. God's Word assures you that He loves the world; your judgment says it is unlovable. Who is right? For one of you is wrong. It must be so.
The text explains that the Holy Spirit is the Answer to all problems you have made. These problems are not real, but that is meaningless to those who believe in them. And everyone believes in what he made, for it was made by his believing it. Into this strange and paradoxical situation,--one without meaning and devoid of sense, yet out of which no way seems possible,--God has sent His Judgment to answer yours. Gently His Judgment substitutes for yours. And through this substitution is the un- understandable made understandable. How is peace possible in this world? In your judgment it is not possible, and can never be possible. But in the Judgment of God what is reflected here is only peace.
Peace is impossible to those who look on war. Peace is inevitable to those who offer peace. How easily, then, is your judgment of the world escaped! It is not the world that makes peace seem impossible. It is the world you see that is impossible. Yet has God's Judgment on this distorted world redeemed it and made it fit to welcome peace. And peace descends on it in joyous answer. Peace now belongs here, because a Thought of God has entered. What else but a Thought of God turns hell to Heaven merely by being what it is? The earth bows down before its gracious Presence, and it leans down in answer, to raise it up again. Now is the question different. It is no longer, "Can peace be possible in this world?" but instead, "Is it not impossible that peace be absent here?"
