The Gospel According to Spiritism

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SPIRITISM Contains clarifications of the ethical proverbs of Christ as per Spiritism And their application in different conditions in life By ALLAN KARDEC Author of THE SPIRITS’ BOOK Unshakable confidence is just that which can meet explanation vis-à-vis in each Human age ____________ This English interpretation is taken from the third version of the first French, similar to the one containing all of Allan Kardec’s last modifications, distributed in 1866. File NOTE: The numbers put toward the finish of the different things in every section show the number(s) of the passage, for fast location.PUBLISHER’S FOREWORD TRANSLATOR’S Acknowledgments TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE INTRODUCTION 1. The goal of this work. †2. The authority behind the Spiritist convention. The Universal control of the Spirit lessons. †3. Recorded realities. †4. Socrates and Plato, the heralds of the Christian thought and Spiritism. Part 1. †I HA VE NOT COME TO DESTROY THE LAW The three disclosures: Moses, Christ, Spiritism: 1 †7. †The partnership of science and religion: 8. †Instructions from the Spirits: The new period: 9 †11. Part 2. †MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORD 31 The future life: 1 †3. †The loftiness of Jesus: 4. A perspective: 5 †7. †Instructions from the Spirits: A natural loftiness: 8. Part 3. †IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS 37 The various conditions of the spirit in its otherworldly wanderings: 1 †2. †The various classes of possessed universes: 3 †5. †Earth’s fate. The reason for natural torments: 6 †7. †Instructions from the Spirits: Superior and second rate universes: 8 †12. †Words of tests and reparations: 13 †15. †Regeneration universes: 16 †18. †The movement of the universes: 19. Part 4. †EXCEPT A MAN BE BORN AGAIN HE CANNOT SEE THE45 KINGDOM OF HEAVEN Resurrection and rebi rth: 1 †17. Rebirth fortifies family ties, though a solitary life would decimate them: 18 †23. †Instructions from the Spirits: Limits of manifestations: 24. †The requirement for manifestation: 25 †26. Section 5. †BLESSED ARE THE AFFLICTED 55 The equity of tribulations: 1 †3. †Causes of present-day torments: 4 †5. Past reasons for tribulations: 6 †10. †Forgetfulness of the previous: 11. †Motives for abdication: 12 †13. †Suicide and frenzy: 14 †17. †Instructions from the Spirits: To endure well or severely: 18. †Evil and its cure: 19. †Happiness isn't of this world: 20. †Losing friends and family. Unexpected losses: 21. In the event that he had been a decent man he would have kicked the bucket: 22. †Voluntary torments: 23. †True hardship: 24. †Melancholy: 25. †Voluntary preliminaries. The genuine hair shirt: 26. †Should we end our neighbor’s probation? 27. â⠂¬ Would it be licit to rush the demise of somebody hopelessly debilitated who is languishing? : 28. †Sacrificing one’s own life: 29 †30. †Making one’s own enduring helpful to other people: 31. Part 6. †CHRIST THE CONSOLER 77 The delicate burden: 1 †2. †The guaranteed consoler: 3 †4. †Instructions from the Spirits: The approach of the Spirit of Truth: 5 †8. Section 7. †BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT 81What ought to be comprehended by the words ‘poor in spirit’? : 1 †2. †He who magnifies himself will be degraded: 3 †6. †Mysteries that are avoided the educated and reasonable: 7 †10. †Instructions from the Spirits: Pride and quietude: 11 †12. †Mission of the shrewd individual on Earth: 13. Section 8. †BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART 91 Simplicity and virtue of heart: 1 †4. †Sinning by methods for thought. Infidelity: 5 †7. †True immaculateness. Unw ashed hands: 8 †10. †Offenses. In the event that your hand is the reason for an offense, cut it off: 11 †17. †Instructions from the Spirits: Let little kids come unto me: 18 †19. Favored are those whose eyes are shut: 20 †21. Part 9. †BLESSED ARE THE MEEK AND THE PEACEMAKERS 99 Insults and brutality: 1 †5. †Instructions from the Spirits: Affability and mellowness: 6. †Patience: 7. †Obedience and renunciation: 8. †Anger: 9 †10. Part 10. †BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL 105 Forgive others with the goal that God may excuse you: 1 †4. †Reconciliation with your foes: 5 †6. †The penance generally pleasing to God: 7 †8. †The bit and the bar in the eye: 9 †10. †Do not pass judgment on others in the event that you don't wish to be decided in kind. He that is without transgression, let him be the first to cast a stone: 11 †13. Directions from the Spirits: The exonerating of offenses: 14 †15. - Indulgence: 16 †18. †Is it allowed to censure, watch flaws or to remark on the insidiousness in others? : 19 †21. Section 11. †LOVE YOUR Neighbor AS YOURSELF 115 The best edict. Do unto others as we would have them do unto as. The story of the loan bosses and the borrowers: 1 †4. †Give unto Caesar that which has a place with Caesar: 5 †7. - Instructions from the Spirits: The law of adoration: 8 †10. †Selfishness: 11 †12. †Faith and Charity: 13. †Charity towards hoodlums: 14. †Should we chance our life for a lawbreaker? : 15. Part 12. LOVE YOUR ENEMIES 125 Return goodness for malicious: 1 †4. †Discarnate adversaries: 5 †6. †Whosoever will destroy thee on the correct cheek, go to him the other additionally: 7 †8. †Instructions from the Spirits: Vengeance: 9. †Hate: 10. †Dueling: 11 †16. Part 13. †DO NOT LET YOUR LEFT HAND KNOW WHAT YOUR 135 RIGHT HAND IS DOIN G Do acceptable without conspicuousness: 1 †3. †Hidden incidents: 4. †The widow’s bug: 5 †6. †To welcome poor people and the weak. To give without thought of reward: 7 †8. †Instructions from the Spirits: Material and good foundation: 9 †10. †Beneficence rewarded by lack of appreciation: 19. Exclusivist advantage: 20. Part 14. †Honor YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER 151 Filial dedication: 1 †4. †Who is my mom and who are my siblings? : 5 †7. †Corporeal relationship and otherworldly relationship: 8. †Instructions from the Spirits: Children’s lack of appreciation and family ties: 9. Section 15. †WITHOUT CHARITY THERE IS NO SALVATION 159 What the soul needs so as to be spared. The illustration of the great Samaritan: 1 †3. †The best of the precepts: 4 †5. †The requirement for a noble cause, as per Saint Paul: 6 †7. †Without the Church there is no salvation. Without trut h there is no salvation: 8 †9. Directions from the Spirits: Without noble cause there is no salvation: 10. Section 16. †IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SERVE BOTH GOD AND 165 MAMMON The salvation of the rich: 1 †2. †Preserve yourself from covetousness: 3. †Jesus in the place of Zacchaeus: 4. †The story of the terrible rich man: 5. †The story of the abilities: 6. †The fortunate utility of wealth. Preliminaries of wealth and wretchedness: 7. †The disparity of wealth: 8. †Instructions from the Spirits: True property: 9 †10. †The utilization of wealth: 11 †13. Separation from natural belongings: 14. †Transference of wealth: 15. Section 17. †BE PERFECT 179Characteristics of flawlessness: 1 †2. †The great individual: 3. †The great Spiritist: 4. †The illustration of the sower: 5 †6. †Instructions from the Spirits: Duty: 7. †Virtue 8. †Those who are unrivaled and the individuals who are mediocre: 9. †The common individual: 10. †Look after both body and Spirit: 11. Part 18. †MANY CALLED, BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN 191 The illustration of the wedding feast: 1 †2. †The thin entryway: 3 †5. †Not every one of the individuals who state: Lord! Ruler! will go into the Kingdom of Heaven: 6 †9. †Much will be inquired as to whether he who gets a lot: 10 †12. †Instructions from the Spirits: To the individuals who have will be given increasingly: 13 †15. A Christian is perceived by his works: 16. Part 19. †FAITH TRANSPORTS MOUNTAINS 201 The intensity of confidence: 1 †5. †Religious confidence. The condition of unflinching confidence: 6 †7. The anecdote of the dry fig-tree: 8 †10. †Instructions from the Spirits: Faith, the mother of expectation and noble cause: 11. †Human and Divine confidence: 12. Section 20. †WORKERS OF THE LAST HOUR 207 Instructions from the Spirits: The last will be t he initial: 1 †3. †Mission of the Spiritists: 4. †The laborers of the Lord: 5. Section 21. †THERE WILL BE FALSE CHRISTS AND FALSE PROPHETS 211 A tree is known by its organic products: 1 †3. †The strategic the prophets: 4. The wonders of the bogus prophets: 5. †Do not accept all the Spirits: 6 †7. †Instructions from the Spirits: The bogus prophets: 8. †The character of the genuine prophet: 9. †The bogus prophets from the profound world: 10. Jeremiah and the bogus prophets: 11. Section 22. †WHOM GOD HAS JOINED TOGETHER LET NO MAN PUT 221 APART The insolubility of marriage: 1 †4. †Divorce: 5. Section 23. †STRANGE MORAL 225 Hate the guardians: 1 â�