Excerpt from The Dawning Day
Call no man your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, which is in heaven,
Neither be ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
In these striking utterances of the Master we find certain truths emphasized as the only basis for the realization of the new social order and perfect life of man on earth.
(1). The immediate and universal Fatherhood of God; and, as a sequence, the divine sonship and brotherhood of man, with equal possibilities and privileges under the Father.
(2). Christ, the typal Son of God and Brother of men, as the supreme exemplar and teacher of his race.
(3). Self-abnegation and consecration to service for the good of the whole, as the law of the perfect life in the Kingdom of God.
(4). No place in the new life of the kingdom for priesthoods, sectarian lines, or ecclesiastical authority.
(5). The immediate perfectibility of man, as the child of God and brother of Christ.
(6). The power and efficacy of united prayer.
(7). The specific conditions for consciously realizing the spiritual ministry of Christ.
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