| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: this stone that it be made bread.
LUK 4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall
not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
LUK 4:5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto
him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
LUK 4:6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee,
and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever
I will I give it.
LUK 4:7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
LUK 4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me,
Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie: "Said we was a-staying at the inn. If she could get away, to
come there and croak like a frog."
"She'll know that's you," said Tommy with a sigh of relief. "Your
imagination runs away with you, you know, Albert. Why, you
wouldn't recognize a frog croaking if you heard it."
Albert looked rather crest-fallen.
"Cheer up," said Tommy. "No harm done. That butler's an old
friend of mine--I bet he knew who I was, though he didn't let on.
It's not their game to show suspicion. That's why we've found it
fairly plain sailing. They don't want to discourage me
altogether. On the other hand, they don't want to make it too
Secret Adversary |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: the world.
In calling the Law the elements of the world Paul refers to the whole Law,
principally to the ceremonial law which dealt with external matters, as
meat, drink, dress, places, times, feasts, cleansings, sacrifices, etc. These
are mundane matters which cannot save the sinner. Ceremonial laws are like
the statutes of governments dealing with purely civil matters, as commerce,
inheritance, etc. As for the pope's church laws forbidding marriage and
meats, Paul calls them elsewhere the doctrines of devils. You would not call
such laws elements of heaven.
The Law of Moses deals with mundane matters. It holds the mirror to the evil
which is in the world. By revealing the evil that is in us it creates a longing
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