'As the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself'

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John 5:26: the purpose of creation is to awaken sons who have life in themselves, not merely animated parts of the structure of the universe, which, like the frozen scene, have no life of their own.

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Q & As, July 1970 ¶14

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Who Is the Son of Man ¶7

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Who Is the Son of Man ¶12

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The Secret of Imagining ¶8

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The Supreme Ideal ¶28

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The Supreme Ideal ¶20

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The Supreme Ideal ¶24

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The Supreme Ideal ¶28

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So life in him, and he gives you light, he gives you life.

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The Supreme Ideal ¶20

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As the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself

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The Original Sin ¶24

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Christ Unveiled ¶44

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Christ Unveiled ¶45

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Christ Unveiled ¶65

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Who Are the Condemned ¶24

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Call the Next Witness ¶7

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The Primal State ¶13

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The True Story of Christmas ¶24

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The Implanted Word ¶17

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The Implanted Word ¶45

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The Implanted Word ¶3

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We Are Witnesses ¶43

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He Stirs in Me ¶9

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He Stirs in Me ¶26

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Infinite Power ¶5

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Power Sent Me ¶9

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The Knowledge of God ¶18

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The Mystery of Grace ¶17

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Pre-Existence ¶49

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Fundamental Revelation: Jesus Christ in Us ¶38

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The Man Within ¶49

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Dreamer 2 ¶46

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Word 2 ¶8

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Word 2 ¶9

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Advent ¶12

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All Are Human ¶3

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All Are Human ¶9

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All Are Human ¶16

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All Are Human ¶52

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God Only Acts and Is ¶37

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God Only Acts and Is ¶19

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Tloa Lecturethe Sower ¶58

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Memory ¶16

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For Hatching ¶37

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Grace versus Law ¶10

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The Clever Rascal (The Unjust Steward) ¶11

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The Clever Rascal (The Unjust Steward) ¶22

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Go Down to the Potter's House ¶27

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The Two Sides This Teaching ¶11

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He Is Dreaming Now ¶17

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Creation ¶17

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Creation ¶13

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Moses Joshua ¶43

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My Word Shall Accomplish My Purpose ¶6

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God's Wisest Creature ¶18

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I Say You Are Gods ¶9

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The Spirit Gives Life ¶48

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Whom God Hath Afflicted ¶15

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I Am the Truth ¶29

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Unless I Go Away ¶18

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Unless I Go Away ¶67

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Blake on Religion (Second Delivery) ¶27

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And the purpose of it all is simply to awaken sons who have light in themselves, and not simply animated parts of the structure of the universe.

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John 5:26 (King James Version)

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John 5:26 (Revised Standard Version (OT 1952, NT 2nd ed. 1971, Apocrypha 1977))

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CHAPTER XL ¶8

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GOD GIVES WHAT WE ASK IN FAITH ¶2

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THE WOMAN AT THE WELL ¶11

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WHY, AND WHAT IS MAN? ¶2

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WHY, AND WHAT IS MAN? ¶71

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New Thought Terms and Their Meanings ¶179

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I AM THE SUN OF GOD ¶12

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SUSTAINED IN PEACE AND SAFETY FURKEVER ¶76

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SOME METHODS OF ATTAINMENT ¶24

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CHAPTER VII ¶15

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CHAPTER XII. ¶34

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ELIZABETH.”[43] ¶54

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104 A SHORT AND BASY ¶7

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104 A SHORT AND BASY ¶8

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104 A SHORT AND BASY ¶9

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TRANSLATOR'S NOTE ¶8

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TRANSLATOR'S NOTE ¶9

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FROM IT, AND THIS TO ALL APPEARANCE AS OF HIMSELF ¶20

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