Episode #3, message titled, “Not Peace, but a Sword,” published in, The Gospel of God’s Love, starting on page 229, from Jesus.
Episode #2, ended with; “I know it is said that if God did not permit evil and carnal desires to exist, there would be no reason or possibility for humans to act in a way that would bring them feelings of hatred, etc., that I speak of. But this is merely saying that if humans were not given free will, they would commit no sin or indulge in error. But what you must know is that human beings were given, at their creation, the privilege and power to become entirely free from sin (which is merely the violation of God’s laws of harmony), and also the freedom and ability to violate these laws. As they will, so shall it be.
“Everything in nature may be truned into an instrument of harm, if the laws which establish the workings of these things are violated. “Sin,” as an abstract thing, does not exist, but is merely the result of disobedience of some law. Mortals may not fully realize that every law carries with it a penalty for its violation – and this applies to the smallest law in the material universe as well as to the greatest law in the spiritual kingdom – and the penalty is just as sure in its operation as is the law itself.
“A person may be created almost perfect, physically, and so long as they live in a way which does not violate some physical law operating to keep them in that physical perfection, they will suffer no pain or inharmony. But as soon as they do violate this law, the penalty asserts itself, and they suffer. Now this arises not because there was any pain or suffering existing in the abstract; and had they not violated this law, they would never have known that there was such a thing as pain or suffering. But when they did violate the law, there came into operation the penalty which is always the result of a violation of the law.
“The same principle applies to the moral and spiritual universe. So long as a mortal lives in harmony with these laws of truth, they will not realize the existence of sin and error. But when the law is violated, the penalty asserts itself, and they then realize their mistake, and suffer the penalty. Amen