V. The Denial of God, P 6
6 Son of God, you have not sinned, but you have been much mistaken. Yet this can be corrected and God will help you, knowing that you could not sin against Him. You denied Him because you loved Him, knowing that if you recognized your love for Him, you could not deny Him. Your denial of Him therefore means that you love Him, and that you know He loves you. Remember that what you deny you must have once known. And if you accept denial, you can accept its undoing.
Journal
This is a short paragraph, but very helpful. I have not sinned, but have only been mistaken. Every sinful thing I have ever done is just a symbol, a reflection, of the one sin that I believe in. I believe that I denied God, turned my back on Him, and so, changed Him. That is the sin that keeps me in the illusion, afraid to leave it no matter how painful it becomes. Jesus is telling us that we don’t have to be afraid of this imagined sin. He says that we could not have sinned against God.
This sentence intrigued me: “You denied Him because you loved Him, knowing that if you recognized your love for Him, you could not deny Him.” Here is the thought that came to me as I read this. In order to have the experience of not-God, or separation, we had to deny God. If we did not, our love for God would have made pretending to be separate from Him impossible.
In the eons of time since this tiny mad idea took form and we took a detour into fear and guilt, we have forgotten the original intention. Now we are afraid of our denial, thinking we accomplished the impossible and truly affected God. This is the mistaken idea that we are holding onto, and it is the belief that keeps us in the dream, afraid to wake up.
But the truth is in our mind, and God calls to us to awaken. We can hear that call, and in fact, we have heard it. That is the reason we were led to this Course and the reason we keep at it even when it seems hard. We have heard the call and it has awakened an ancient memory that remains in our mind. We are remembering that we love God and that He loves us.
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