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opposite of Love; hence to hate God, is to be unconscious of God. Whenever we see evil, or see the absence of Good, we, in a sense, "hate" God, for we cannot see any absence of God, without being unconscious of God! Where we see absence, God is; therefore, to see evil, is to be unconscious of God's all presence, and this is to "hate" God.
In this understanding we can see the truth contained
in the words above quoted.
"Visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children ... of them that are unconscious of me; but
showing mercy unto them that are conscious of me." To
believe that man inherits any evil, is indeed an indication
that thought is unconscious of Truth and Good; hence
"The Truth shall make you free," for to become conscious of the Truth of Good only, is to be free in thought,
from belief of evil inheritance.
In Ezekiel, eighteenth chapter, we read, long after
the commandments had been given. "What mean ye by
using this proverb, . . . saying. The fathers have
eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth have been set
on edge? As I live, saith the Lord, ye shall not have
occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. The
son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall
the father bear the iniquity of the son," etc.
Later on, when Jesus spoke from still more perfect
understanding, we hear him say, and now know his meaning. "Call no man on the earth your father; for one is
your Father, even God." This forever settles the question! Man is child of God only; his Father is the Infinite Spirit of Perfection and Peace; now does he know
what his inheritance is; and knowing, he claims it; and
claiming, he possesses it, for it is his for the knowing.
Therefore, in the Light of true Knowledge we say: Infinite
