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You will see, by reading over the characteristics of the men, that one was positive, while the other was negative and receptive; as, for instance, Peter and John. Peter was impulsive and positive. John was trusting and yielding, and therefore coincided with all the eloquent impulses of Peter.
Jesus Christ spoke His sentences with negation and affirmation, as, "Call no man your father upon earth, for one is your father, even God." "Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." He put His negations sometimes as if they were realities, as, for instance, He seemed to be admitting the reality of labor and weariness in this quotation, but He called flesh nothingness, so He was not making a reality of its operations.
A young man who was seemingly very sick indeed, said suddenly, "Satan, get out of the way! God Almighty, do your work!" Now the young man had been brought up without any belief in Satan, so he was only meeting a condition of unreality by a name applied to the whole "ni" of the whole world, to the whole run of evil in creation. Jesus often called our belief in the absence of Good by the name Satan. Job called it Satan.
A strong Scientist said he had to meet all his lack of supply by a strong negative statement, or form of expression, or his mind would not work it out into view quickly. If he was requiring money he never said, "I am supplied with all I can use." He said, "I do not need money." And thus he made a clear way for his bounty to come to him. Some people who cannot sleep will fall into peaceful slumber by saying, "I do not need sleep." For, you see, they made the word "need" a great reality. It is the name of their belief in the absence of Good.
The belief in absence takes many ways of exhibiting itself, and clothes itself in many words. Some of you may have the belief in the absence of Good take the form of being grateful that you are so much blessed, more than others. There is no
