who were in possession of the fair land that was to be developed by the race obedient to God.
Steadfastness to Principle, especially in the face of the oppositions of sense and material belief, will meet the false suppositions of the race-mind, as the persistent shining of the sun upon a block of ice at last overcomes its coldness and hardness.
All your faith must be placed in God, and God alone. It will not do to have faith in the power of Good and, at the same time, believe there is some power in evil. It will not do to look to the word of God for our healing and at the same time lean upon some material aid. Continually the word of the Lord is coming to us, “Choose ye this day whom ye will serve”—that is, what ye will acknowledge as the power, Good or evil, God or devil, Mind or matter, and continually we choose.
“Ye cannot serve two masters.” Ye cannot serve both God and mammon. So, taking the uncompromising stand that God the Spirit is all-sufficient, the one healer, the one support and supply, the one defender and deliverer, you establish your faith, and then, no matter what comes to you, you are carried through it all-victorious.
True faith is a firm, persistent, determined belief in Almighty Good—changeless, deathless, substantial Spirit—as the All in All. Faith is the substance of everything that you desire. Out of your own believing is formed, that is, brought into manifestation, that which you are wishing to have. Jesus understood this law of mind, so all his teachings were to have faith, or,
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