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The Law vs The Promise
Neville teaches that "The Law" (the power to manifest desires in the present) should be presented first to secularized man, as it appeals to their immediate…
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Power Called The Law
Any presentation of a doctrine must show that it has specific reference to life now, as well as hereafter, for secularized man is far more concerned with the present than with the future. So, if you would interest anyone in the truth, you must first appeal to the power they can experience here and now; for the promise is so fantastic that if they heard it first they might turn away in disgust. Show them what they can do right here and now. Get their interest in the power called "The Law," and then perhaps they will desire to know of the promise.
Neville teaches that "The Law" (the power to manifest desires in the present) should be presented first to secularized man, as it appeals to their immediate concerns. "The Promise" (the ultimate spiritual awakening and transformation) is so profound that it might be rejected if presented without prior experience of "The Law."
Believe It In
Don't forget the law while you are living in the world of Caesar, and apply it wisely; but remember you are not justified by its use. Justification comes through faith. You must have faith in the incredible story that God promised to bring himself out of you, as you! This is God's promise to all, and all are asked to believe it.
There are two distinct principles: "the Law" (the psychological law of creation, "as you sow, so shall you reap") which is for navigating the physical world ("world of Caesar"), and "the Promise" (God awakening as you), which is a divine gift received through faith, leading to ultimate justification and salvation. The Law is for living, the Promise is for becoming God.
Control Your Inner Conversations
When he fed them with the loaves and the fish, -- oh, they loved it, -- getting things in the world. As long as they could have things and things and things, it was marvelous; and then he tells them of something entirely different: that they would go through “furnaces,” but the end would justify all the “furnaces” through which they would pass. The end would be God; they would awaken in the end, and they would awaken as God the Father.
Neville distinguishes between 'The Law' (manifesting material desires, symbolized by loaves and fish) and 'The Promise' (the ultimate awakening as God the Father). While people readily accept the Law for worldly gains, the Promise involves trials ('furnaces') and a deeper spiritual transformation that many resist.
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Gifts Bestowed By God
He was born, so I am told, in Ethiopia. He was a black man, raised in the Jewish faith, but really understood Christianity as few men that I ever met understood it. He understood the Law, not the Promise.
Abdullah understood 'The Law,' which refers to the principles of conscious manifestation through imagination. 'The Promise' refers to the series of mystical experiences that reveal one's ultimate identity as God the Father, which Neville later experienced.
Many Mansions
He is not interested in the Promise. Well that’s all right. He’s a businessman, and he has to pay rent, buy clothes for his children and his wife and himself. And he’s more interested in the Law, and so he’s always writing these stories concerning the Law. If perchance I get off and week after week, I’m stressing the Promise, I can see Dick – that night he isn’t going to come. Well, it doesn’t interest him but it’s perfectly all right, because we’re living in the world of Caesar, and we’ve got to master this Law and not pass the buck and blame others for the things that are happening in our world...
Neville distinguishes between 'The Law' (the principles of conscious creation and manifestation in the physical world, used for practical needs and desires) and 'The Promise' (the ultimate spiritual awakening to one's divine identity as God the Father). Both are valid paths, but they address different aspects of human experience and destiny.
The Knowledge Of God
for thirty years I told the law. I did not tell the promise, for I did not know it until I brought forth the child to bear witness to the fact that I and my father (who men call God) are one.
The Knowledge Of God
I am not speaking of the law. Mark puts that quite simply: “Whatever you desire, believe you have received it and you will.” I am speaking of the promise and urge you to search the scriptures, for if you do you will find me there. And when you find me, you will know, from experience that you and I are one.
The Law refers to the principles of manifesting desires in the physical world (e.g., Mark 11:24). The Promise refers to the mystical experience of God's self-revelation within the individual, culminating in the birth of the Christ child and the realization of oneness with the Father. Neville taught the Law for years before experiencing and teaching the Promise.
The Promise Fulfilled
Man is the operant power. When it comes to the Law, he has to operate the Law, but when it comes to God’s Promise, that will come true, whether you believe it or not. Stalin may be the greatest atheist in the world; still it is going to prove itself in him! But the Law – we are the operant power. We have to operate the Law. But when it comes to God’s Promise, God made the Promise, and there was no one with whom He could agree when he swore, so He swore by Himself, as we are told in Genesis 15:18.
The 'Law' requires human 'operant power' and conscious application to manifest desires. In contrast, God's 'Promise' is unconditional, sworn by God Himself, and will inevitably fulfill itself in every individual, regardless of their belief or actions.
Where Is Golgotha
I have experienced the Law of bringing things into being that I dared to assume because I wanted them to be brought into being. And the other, which is the fulfillment of God’s Promise – for I was that Abraham, and so are you, and we were shown the Gospel beforehand. We were given a preview of it, and we were told, “You will go into a world that is not yours, and there you will be enslaved, and there you will be injured, and there you will be maltreated, but after four hundred years, you will come out.”
Neville distinguishes between 'The Law' (the principle of bringing things into being through assumption) and 'The Promise' (God's predetermined plan of redemption and awakening). The Promise, revealed as the Gospel to Abraham, involves a period of enslavement and suffering in the physical world ('four hundred years') before ultimate liberation and fulfillment.