The Holy Spirit cannot punish sin. ²Mistakes He recognizes, and would correct them all as God entrusted Him to do. ³But sin He knows not, nor can He recognize mistakes that cannot be corrected. ⁴For a mistake that cannot be corrected is meaningless to Him. ⁵Mistakes are for correction, and they call for nothing else. ⁶What calls for punishment must call for nothing. ⁷Every mistake must be a call for love. ⁸What, then, is sin? ⁹What could it be but a mistake you would keep hidden; a call for help that you would keep unheard and thus unanswered?
In time, the Holy Spirit clearly sees the Son of God can make mistakes. ²On this you share His vision. ³Yet you do not share His recognition of the difference between time and eternity. ⁴And when correction is completed, time is eternity. ⁵The Holy Spirit can teach you how to look on time differently and see beyond it, but not while you believe in sin. ⁶In error, yes, for this can be corrected by the mind. ⁷But sin is the belief that your perception is unchangeable…
When you are tempted to believe that sin is real, remember this: If sin is real, both God and you are not.
While you believe that your reality or your brother’s is bounded by a body, you will believe in sin. (A Course in Miracles, T-19.III.4:1–5:7;6:1;7:1. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
The continuation of our belief in the permanency of separation (sin) depends upon our belief that the body is our identity. If the oneness of Love is real, individual bodies cannot be. This is the basis for the Holy Spirit’s lessons that free us from the bondage of the ego. He teaches us that our perceptions through the body are mistakes to be corrected.
The belief in unchangeable sin is the ego’s attempt to substitute for eternity. If sin cannot be corrected, separation is real and we are condemned to a loveless world. The best the ego can offer is special relationships as a substitute for the eternal Love of God. We seek for special partners, special status, special groups and myriad special identities. Our specialness needs constant defense against outside forces that threaten it. The one thing specialness cannot offer is the unity of changeless Love.
God gave us His Voice to teach us that sin is nothing more than a mistake to be corrected. His Voice leads us to correct our misperceptions and bring healing to our fear-based thoughts. Under His tutelage we learn to overlook the body’s limitations and see the presence of Love everywhere. He guides us on our journey of awakening to Love.
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