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Christ the True Rock
1. AGAIN Jesus
sat near the sea, in a circle of twelve palm trees, where he oft resorted,
and the Twelve and their fellows came unto him, and they sat under the shade
of the trees, and the holy One' taught them sitting in their midst.
2. And Jesus said unto them, Ye have heard what men in the world say concerning
me, but whom do ye say that I am? Peter rose up with Andrew his brother and
said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God, who descendeth from heaven
and dwelleth in the hearts of them who believe and obey unto righteousness.
And the rest rose up and said, each after his own manner, These words are true,
so we believe.
3. And Jesus answered them saying, Blessed are ye my twelve who believe, for
flesh and blood hath not revealed this unto you, but the spirit of God which
dwelleth in you. I indeed am the way, the Truth and the Life; and the Truth
understandeth all things.
4. All truth is in God, and I bear witness unto the truth. I am the true Rock,
and on this Rock do I build my Church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail
against it, and out of this Rock shall flow rivers of living water to give
life to the peoples of the earth.
5. Ye are my chosen twelve. In me, the Head and and Corner stone, are the twelve
foundations of my house builded on the rock, and on you in me shall my Church
be built, and in truth and righteousness shall my Church be established.
6. And ye shall sit on twelve thrones and send forth light and truth to all
the twelve tribes of Israel after the Spirit, and I will be with you, even
unto the end of the world.
7. But there shall arise after you, men of perverse minds who shall through
ignorance or through craft, suppress many things which I have spoken unto you,
and lay to me things which I never taught, sowing tares among the good wheat
which I have given you to sow in the world.
8. Then shall the truth of God endure the contradiction of sinners, for thus
it hath been, and thus it will be. But the time cometh when the things which
they have hidden shall be revealed and made known, and the truth shall make
free those which were bound.
9. One is your Master, all ye are brethren, and one is not greater than another
in the place which I have given unto you, for ye have one Master, even Christ,
who is over you and with you and in you, and there is no inequality among my
twelve, or their fellows.
10. All are equally near unto me. Strive ye not therefore for the first place,
for ye are all first, because ye are the foundation stones and pillars of the
Church, built on the truth which is in me and in you, and the truth and the
law shall ye establish for all, as shall be given unto you.
11. Verily when ye and your fellows agree together touching anything in my
Name, I am in the midst of you and with you.
12. Woe is the time when the spirit of the world entereth into the Church,
and my doctrines and precepts are made void through the corruption of men and
of women. Woe is the world when the Light is hidden. Woe is the world when
these things shall be.
13. AT that time Jesus lifted his voice and said, I thank thee, O most righteous
Parent, Creator of Heaven and Earth, that though these things are hidden from
the wise and the prudent, they are nevertheless revealed unto babes.
14. No one knoweth thee, save the Son, who is the Daughter of man. None do
know the Daughter or the Son save they to whom the Christ is revealed, who
is the Two in One.
15. Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you
rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart,
and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is equal and it is easy,
my burden is light and presseth not unequally.
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