God, Goddess: Difference between revisions

<blockquote>I AM an [[Archangel]], and I deal with the passions and feelings of Gods and men. When I speak of “Gods,” I trust you will understand that there is but one Lord. “Hear, O Israel: The L<small>ORD</small> our God is one L<small>ORD</small>!”<ref>Deut. 6:4.</ref> remains the fiat of the ages.</blockquote>

<blockquote>But there are many sons and daughters who have begun to exhibit that self-mastery and cosmic control which lead to higher [[initiation]] and engagement in the eternal track of universal certitude. They have become, as it were, Gods in their own domain. These, too, must be reckoned with—these Cosmic Beings, [[Ascended Master]]s, [[angel]]s, Archangels and Mighty [[Elohim]]—for they have become cocreators with him by virtue of the godlike qualities they have externalized.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Finite man seldom thinks on such as these—servant Sons who have risen in the cosmic peerage to adorn the heavens with his expanding love. And this is the meaning of the statement “Ye are Gods!”<ref>John 10:31–38.</ref> cited by [[Jesus]], who had the courage to preach the cosmic truth that every manifestation of God has the opportunity of becoming godlike, even as the Father is in them and they are in him.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The faith of mortals is usually centered on this one or that one among their contemporaries, for whom they have changing esteem or contempt. What a pity! For all men are becoming, all men are evolving—even when the forward movement can only be measured in inches. Let men learn, then, to have faith in the potential of their own evolvement, and let them accord the same to others. For the arc of God stretches across the heavens and reaches the life of each individual according to his capacity to receive.<ref>Archangel Michael, “The Leap of the God Flame,” {{POWref|14|12|, March 21, 1971}}</ref></blockquote>