The Way and Teachings of

 Jesus the Christ

Compilation & comments by 

Hal Lingerman  

www.ucchrist.com

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God is Spirit:
the Great Creator, Sustainer and Transformer of all life.

God is Light, Power, Righteousness, Love and Goodness.

God is absolute, transcendent, infinite,
and through the Divine Spirit within,
God is always intimately connected to all living beings.

God is Spirit...worship God in spirit and in truth....

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your mind....

God knows your hearts.

Greater is the One That lives within you (God’s indwelling Spirit)
than the one that is in the world (the human personality).

(John 4:24; Luke 10:27; 16:15; 1 John 4:4)

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God’s Love for all living beings is total, unconditional
and unchanging.
God does not favor one life over another.

The person who does not love does not know God; for God is love....

Why do you call me good? There is none good but one, that is,God:...

God is no respecter of persons (God does not play favorites)....

God (the Highest) is kind (even) to the unthankful and to the hurtful.

(1 John 4:8; Matthew 19:17; Acts 10:34; Luke 6:35)

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The Christ’s way is love for God and all living beings.

I and my (heavenly) Father are ONE....
I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another,
as I have loved you, that you also love one another....
By this shall all persons know that you are my disciples,
if you have love one to another.

All that the Father gives Me will come to Me,
and the one who comes to Me, I will in no way cast out.

(John 10: 30; 14: 28b; 13: 34, 35; 6: 37)

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The Christ love is inclusive and outreaching;
it embraces and inspires all persons and all faith paths.

And I,...lifted up, will draw all persons unto me.
I am among you as the one who serves.
...and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the Age....

And whosoever is greatest among you, let that one be your servant.
For I was hungry, and you gave me food.
I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink.
I was a stranger, and you took me in.
I was naked, and you clothed me.
I was sick, and you visited me.
I was in prison, and you came to see me.

(John 12:32; Luke 22: 27; Matthew 28: 20; 20:27; 25: 35, 36)

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The Christ Love is unifying, generous, merciful and forgiving.

That they ALL may be one; as Thou, Father, art in me,
and I in thee, that they also may be one in us....
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one....

Give, and it will be given unto you: good measure,
pressed down, shaken together, and running over
will people give into your lap,
for however you give out to others,
in like manner will persons deal with you....

Be merciful, just as your heavenly Father is merciful....
Make peace with your adversary QUICKLY,
while you have the opportunity....

To whom little is forgiven, that same one loves little.

God forgive them, for they know not what they do....

(John 17: 21, 23; Luke 6: 38; 6: 36; Matthew 5: 25;
Luke 7: 47; 23: 34)

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All persons are created in the Light (in the image of God).

Innately, we are filled with creative capacities for Good.

I am the light of the world: the one who follows me
shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life....

You have come from the Light,
where the Light has originated through itself.

You are the light of the world....
Let your light so shine before persons,
that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

The light of the body is the eye: if, therefore, your eye is single,
your whole body shall be full of light.

Within a person of light, there is light,
and the person lights the whole world.

(John 8: 12; Thomas 50; Matthew 5: 14a, 16; 6: 22; Thomas 24)

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God means us only good.

The Creator’s inclusive Love, Generosity and Goodness
pour out blessings upon the Earth and everyone in it.

God provides plenty for everyone.

God’s Love and Grace seek us out and invite us into
relationship in the mysterious Presence of Holiness.

And you shall seek me, and find me
when you shall search for me with all your heart.

Yea, I have loved you with an everlasting love:
therefore, with loving kindness have I drawn you.
For I know the plans I have for you.
They are plans for good and not for evil,
to give you a future and a hope....
Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.

Seek first the kingdom of God and God’s righteousness;
and all these things shall be added unto you.
Fear not, little flock;
for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom....
Look around you, look at the fields;
already they are white, ready for harvest....
The Kingdom of the Father is spread upon the Earth,
and persons do not see it....

From my fullness do you ALL receive, grace upon grace.

I am come that you might have life,
and that you might have it more abundantly.

Freely you have received; freely give.

(Jeremiah 29: 13; 31: 3; 29: 11; 1:5; Matthew 6: 33; John 4: 35; Thomas 113; John 1: 16; 10: 10; Matthew 10: 8)

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God invites us, but never forces us into relationship.

God gives human beings the freedom to choose
and determine their life path. (free will)

Draw nigh to God, and God will draw nigh to you....
The bread of God comes in from Heaven and gives life to the world.

The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound thereof,
but you cannot tell from here it comes and where it goes:
so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.

It is impossible for a person to mount two horses and to stretch two bows,
and it is impossible for a servant to serve two masters,
otherwise that person will honor the one and offend the other.

Choose this day whom you will serve.

Straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leads into life,
and few are they who find it.

No man can serve two masters:
for either he will hate the one, and love the other;
or else he will hold to the one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and mammon.

For wherever your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Seek for the treasure which does not fail, which endures,
there where no moth comes near to devour
and where no worm destroys.

(James 4:8a; John 6: 33; 3: 8; Thomas 47; Joshua 24:15;
Matthew 7:14; 6: 24, 21, 20; Thomas 76)

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Each person works out his/her own spiritual path of well being.

Each of us is entirely responsible for the choices we make.
With each decision, we draw to us our own consequences,
for good or for ill (Law of karma).

All violence is always condemned.
Justice and righteousness are eventually worked out,
immediately and throughout the unfoldment of many lifetimes.

Christ’s living example inspires us to awaken God’s Light in us.

Work out your own salvation (well being and safe return into the
“many mansions” of light) with awe and trembling....

There is nothing that is hidden that shall not be revealed,
nothing covered up that shall not be uncovered....
Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity....

However you give out to others, in like manner will persons deal with you.

We receive the due rewards of our deeds.

I the Lord search the heart, even to give to every person
according to one’s ways, and according to the fruit of one’s doings.
God shall render to every person according to the person’s acts....

Therefore, all things that you would have persons do to you,
do even so to them. For this is the Law and the prophets.

Be not overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good.

Why do you call me, “Lord, Lord” and do not the things that I say?...
Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness....
...the kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force....

Everyone who kills (you) thinks that he/she is doing service to God.
These things they do because they have NOT known the Father or Me....
Whoever kills is subject to judgment....

Put back your sword into its proper place....
All who take up the sword will perish by the sword.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked:
for whatsoever a person sows, that also shall he/she reap.

But be alert! I have already told you everything....
Be careful that nobody deceives you.

Many good works I have showed you from my heavenly Father.

I have given you an example that you should do as I have done to you.
If you know these things, happy are you if you do them....

You shall know persons by their fruits.

One sows, and another reaps, that both the one who sows AND
the one who reaps may rejoice together.

(Philippians 2: 12; Matthew 10:26; Job 31:6; Luke 6: 38; 23: 41; Jeremiah 17: 10; Matthew 16: 27; 7: 12; Romans 12: 21; Luke 6: 46;
Matthew 7: 23b; 11: 12; John 16: 2b; Matthew 5: 21; 26: 52; Galatians 6: 7; Mark 13: 23; Matthew 24: 4; John 10: 32; 13: 15, 17; Matthew 7:16; John 4: 37, 36)

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Beyond the death of our body, we continue, alive forever in God.
Discovery and learning always continue wherever we are.
We will always be awakening into fuller expression of the Christ.

Our life in the Spirit is progressive, wondrous and mysterious.

Through inspiration and testings, each person is using the gift
of free will to move forward in consciousness at one’s own speed: no comparison, no competition, no blame.

Every life has value and a place in God’s emerging universe.
All are chosen, none is favored.

I am the Resurrection and the life. The person who believes in me
(and follows me) will live even though s/he dies,
and anyone who is alive and believes in me will never die at all.

In my Father’s house are many mansions (dwelling places):
if it were not so, I would have told you.
I go to prepare a place for you.

There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial:
but the glory of the celestial is one,
and the glory of the terrestrial is another....
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.
There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body....

As we have borne the image of the earthly,
we shall also bear the image of the heavenly....
This mortal must put on immortality.

...For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry,
for the edifying of the body of Christ:
till we all come in the unity of the faith,
and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
unto a perfect (whole) person,
unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith;
that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
may be able to comprehend with all saints
what is the breadth, and length, and depth and height;
and to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge,
that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.

Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart
of a person, the wonderful things that God has prepared
for them who love God.

All things work together for good to them who love God.

It isn’t that a person has sinned, nor one’s parents:
but that the works of God should be made manifest in each person....
If you bring forth that within yourselves,
that which you have will save you.

Blessed is the one who has suffered, for that person
has found the Life.... Blessed are you who have heard the word
of the Father and have kept it in truth.

Love your enemies, bless those who hate you,
do good to those who curse you,
and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.

Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost....

There is nothing hidden that shall not be revealed,
nothing covered up that shall not be uncovered.

Is it not written, “I have said that you are gods?”....
Be therefore complete and become whole in your relationship with God,
even as your Father in heaven is perfect.

In returning (to Earth) and rest (in between lifetimes)
you shall be made whole.

Not one sparrow shall fall to the ground without your heavenly Father.
But the very hairs on your head are all numbered.
Do not be afraid, therefore, you are of more value than many sparrows.

Search the scriptures.... You are ignorant, if you do not know
the scriptures and the power of God.

(John 11: 25, 26; 14:2; 1 Corinthians 15: 40, 44, 49,
Ephesians 4: 12, 13; 3: 17, 18, 19; 1 Corinthians 2: 9
Romans 8: 28; John 9: 3; Thomas 70; 58; Luke 6: 27, 28;
John 6: 12; Matthew 10: 26; John 10: 34; Matthew 5: 48;
Isaiah 30: 15; Matthew 10: 29-31; John 5: 39; Matthew 22: 39)

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Christ always is with us and seeks to abide IN us.
We are surrounded and encouraged, visibly and invisibly.

And now I come to you, and these things I speak in the world,
that you might have my joy fulfilled in yourselves.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if anyone hears my voice
and opens the door, I will come into that one and feast with that person
and that person with me.

I have overcome the world....All power in heaven and Earth is given to me.
I tell My mysteries to those (who are worthy of my) mysteries....

Cleave a piece of wood, I am there; lift up the stone,
and you will find me there....I am always with you,
even to the end of the Age....
Behold, I make all things new....

I know your works, your labor and your patient endurance....
Neither do I condemn you.... Go and sin no more....

To the person who overcomes, I will make a pillar
in the temple of my God, and s/he will go no more out
(of the heavens into another incarnation).

To the person who overcomes, I will give that one
some of the hidden manna to eat,
and I will give the person a white stone,
and in the white stone is written a new name
that nobody knows except the one who receives it.

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about
with so great a cloud of witnesses,
let us lay aside every weight, and the sin (error)
which so easily besets us,
and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.

Let brotherly and sisterly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained Angels unawares.

But you are come unto...the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,
and to an innumerable company of Angels,
to the general assembly (the Company of Heaven),
and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits
of just souls perfected unto godliness (Masters and Lords).

I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

I have glorified God on Earth;
I have finished the work that God gave me to do.

I commend my spirit into Your hands, O God, and into your keeping.

Friend, go up higher... (Take) your stand in the midst of the world....

Become wise as serpents and innocent as doves....
Awake and pray that you do not enter into temptation.... Follow me.

Behold, I have set before you an open door (into God’s mysteries),
which nobody is able to shut....

And I will give (you) the morning star.

(John 17:13; Revelation 3: 20; John 16: 33; Matthew 28: 18; Thomas 62; 77; Matthew 28: 20; Revelation 21: 5; 2:2; John 8: 11;
Revelation 3: 12; 2: 17; Hebrews 12: 1; 13: 1; 12: 22, 23;
John 12: 47; 17: 4; Luke 23: 46; 14: 10; Thomas 28; Matthew 10: 16; Matthew 26: 41 + Luke 22: 40; John 21: 19; Revelation 3:8; 2:28)

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Keep close to God; take time for quiet; pray without ceasing.
Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid....
Peace be unto you.

Seek a place for yourself in repose....
Come away into a quiet place and rest a while....

And when you pray, enter into your own room, shut your door,
and pray to your heavenly Father in privacy. Your heavenly Father,
Who sees all the private areas of your life, will reward you openly...

Rejoice evermore.

Pray without ceasing.

In everything give thanks....

Prove all things;

hold fast to that which is good.

(John 14: 27; 20: 19; Thomas 60; Mark 6:31; Matthew 6:6;
1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18, 21)