He desires no personal exaltation, or praise, therefore he hesitates to
speak fully of his own revelations, but prefers to teach by reference to
the experiences of others.
Nevertheless, he tries to make clear the fact that he is not merely
preaching a "belief," which he has embraced because of doubt or fear, or
because it is a creed. Indeed, he is free from the "law" and is, therefore,
not merely following a system, neither the old one which he has abandoned,
nor a new one which he has accepted. He speaks from the "Lord," which is no
other than the highest authority that man may know--namely, the authority
that comes from the realization of his own imperishable godhood--the effect
of cosmic consciousness.
He says:
"For I make known to you brethren, as touching the gospel as preached by
me, that it is not after man. For neither did I receive it from man, nor
was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Christ.
"Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law. But before faith came, we
were kept inward under the law, shut up unto the faith which should
afterwards be revealed.
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