Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 57
57 Malfuzat – Volume IV steps into the realm of divine understanding of God, it is impossible for him to be saved from sins. As regards the question of how we will be saved from sin by developing an understanding of God and believing in His attributes, this is a truth which we cannot deny. Our daily experience is evidence of the fact that man does not go near that which he fears. For example, when a person knows that a snake will bite and that one who is bitten by a snake dies, no sensible individual will put their hand into its mouth. In fact, a person would prefer to stay away from the staff that was used to kill a poisonous snake. For a person remains appre - hensive that there may still be traces of poison on the staff. Then, if someone is aware that a lion roams a certain jungle, it is not possible for them to wander into that jungle—at least not by themselves. Even children possess this tendency and understanding that when they are made to believe that something is dangerous, they begin to fear it. Therefore, until an individual develops a deeper understanding of God and cer - tainty in the poison of sin, no other method—whether suicide or the blood of sacrifice—can bestow salvation, and a death cannot overtake a person’s life of sin. Always remember that the flood of sins and the ocean of carnal passions cannot be stopped until one develops an illuminating certainty in the fact that God exists and that He possesses a sword which strikes every disobedient person in the like - ness of lightning. Until one develops this sense, one cannot be saved from sin. A person may say that they believe in God and that they also believe that God pun - ishes the disobedient, yet they are unable to do away with sin. I would respond by saying that this is a lie. It is self-deception. True faith and true certainty are the enemies of sin. Where there is true insight and shining certainty in God, it is impossible for sin to remain. When human nature demonstrates that true insight saves a person from harm, as I have illustrated with examples of the snake, lion or poison, how can it be true that a person should possess certainty and yet sin cannot be removed from them? I observe among the Freemasons that fear alone is the single factor that prevents its members from divulging their secrets—nothing else. Can certainty in the greatness and power of God not then save one from sin? It surely and most definitely can. Therefore, the true path that saves a person from sin is the path of God’s mani - festations, but the condition is that one must develop the eye that enables one to behold the greatness of God, along with certainty in the poison of sin. Darkness