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Laws and Commandments 2. "Just as the laws and directives of Creation
are the laws and directives for the spirit and for life, so the laws
and commandments of god are the laws and commandments for
material-life and human regulations. 3. "God issued the laws and commandments to serve
as material-life and human regulations for that which is right, and
also as a guideline for life. 4. "Thus laws and commandments serve as paths upon
which humans should walk in wisdom and intelligence so as to be
righteous. 5. "Thus, as the laws and directives of Creation
and the laws and commandments of god are to be obeyed, humans must
not bring forth any other laws and commandments. 6. "The laws and directives of Creation and the
laws and commandments of god should be considered as the true laws
and commandments and should be followed, since they alone have
lasting validity and correctness. 7. "When humans deviate from these laws and
directives, however, they bring forth illogical and inadequate human
laws and commandments that are based on false logic and, thus, are
extremely faulty. 8. "When humans are fainthearted in consciousness,
their laws and commandments are fainthearted as well, and therefore
they resemble confused teachings. 9. "When humans are presumptuous and disregard the
laws and directives of Creation and those of god, they are forced to
bring forth their own laws which are flawed, however, and lead
everyone astray. 10. "Man-made laws and commandments produce murder
and all manner of evil, and as evil spreads and gains the upper hand,
man no longer has control over it. I 12. "but logic requires
wisdom and understanding. 13. "Human laws and human commandments are
powerless, unless they are founded upon the laws and directives of
Creation, just as god's laws and commandments are founded upon them,
as he issued them in his wisdom." Proverbs of Wisdom 14. "Truly, I say to you, wisdom must be learned
from the laws of Creation, which humans may recognize in
nature. 15. "But if humans do not think and seek, they
will not be able to attain wisdom and will remain fools. 16. "The wise do not moan about lost things, about
the dead and about events of the past. 17. "Fools, however, cry over things that are not
worth crying over, and thereby they increase their grief,
privation and misery. 18. "Those who have acquired sufficient wisdom and
live according to the laws, permit not even the slightest harming of
creatures, when they are without fault. 19. "Half-wits and fools who are not masters over
their senses mistake harm for benefit, benefit for harm, and great
sorrow for joy. 20. "Because people are not dedicated to wisdom
and do not seek knowledge or recognize the laws, they harbor
foolishness and vice. 21. "The dishonest, the stupid, grumpy, greedy,
unscrupulous, uncouth and the angry will suffer harm for being poor
in consciousness. 22. "When people duly receive daily just a little
wisdom in their consciousness, they will grow like the waxing moon
during the first half of the lunar month. 23. "Wisdom is the greatest asset of humanity and
so is the created will, which is lord over love and happiness; but
all of this is meaningless without the power of the spirit.
24. "A fool who idly rests and waits for fate goes
to ruin like an unfired pot in water. 25. "Those who take care of a cow always receive
milk; likewise, those who nurture wisdom and apply it through the
power of the spirit bring forth rich fruit. 26. "Recognize each law of Creation and once you
have recognized it, adhere to it and live accordingly, because the
laws are the greatest wisdom. 27. "There is no eye equal to wisdom, no darkness
equal to ignorance, no power equal to the power of the spirit, and no
terror equal to the poverty of consciousness. 28. "There is no higher happiness than wisdom, no
better friend than knowledge, and no other savior than the power of
the spirit. 29. "Those who have intelligence may grasp my
speech so they will be wise and knowing." The False Teachings of Saul 30. When Jmmanuel had finished this speech,
behold, a man named Saul approached him and said, 3
1. "You preach a new teaching, and it has been strange to me
from the beginning; it seems silly to me, and your mind appears
confused." 32. But Jmmanuel said, "How can you tell me that I
am confused in mind when it is you who are confused in consciousness
and do not understand? 33. "Truly, I say to you, though you are Saul, and
you persecute me and my disciples because of my teachings, you will
change your mind. 34. "Hereafter you shall be named Paul. You shall
travel in every direction and make amends for having called my
teachings false and my spirit confused. 35. "You will load great guilt upon yourself, for
in your ignorance you will misunderstand my teachings and will
therefore preach them incorrectly. 36. "Your speech will be confused, and people
throughout the world will be enslaved by it and will worship the
false doctrine. 37. "Just as you will bind the land of the Greeks
to an evil religious cult because of your false teachings, so you
will call me "the Anointed" in their language. 38. "It will be your fault, due to your lack of
understanding, that they will call me Jesus Christ, which means 'the
Anointed.' 39. "And it will be your fault, due to your lack
of understanding, that human blood will be shed in this name, so much
that it cannot be held in all existing containers. 40. "You are still persecuting me and my disciples
because of my teachings, but soon the time will come when you will
change your mind, 41. "when once more you
face me and assume I am a ghost. 42. "Truly, I say to you: Like so many others, you
will be greatly at fault that my teachings will be adulterated and
humans will establish erroneous religious cults. 43. "You, however, will be the cornerstone of the
folly by which I will be called 'Jesus Christ' and the 'redeemer' for
a deluded religious cult." 44. And Jmmanuel was furious, seized a stick and
chased Saul away. 45. Saul, his thoughts full of revenge, joined
forces with Juda Ihariot, son of the Pharisee, and they discussed how
to seize Jmmanuel so he could be handed over to the henchmen.