DEMONSTRATE THE MESSAGE OF GOD

Rev. Nicol C. Campbell

The School of Truth
Reprinted with Permission.
People are distressed over man's inhumanity to man. They ask why, if God is All-power, Allpresence and All-knowledge, He does not intervene in the conditions prevailing in the world.
Humanity is like a facet of the many-faceted diamond which is God. He yearns for the facet to
fulfil the glory of the whole, to be a window to its dazzling depths. But humanity has become
opaque with ignorance, with lack of understanding. I do not blame people for tending to
disbelieve in Omnipresence, for questioning His love.
But let us look more carefully at this thing. I said to my own children many years ago "This is
the path of Truth to fulfilment. It will give you mental peace, emotional stability, security and, if
you want it, prosperity. You are working with changeless Law. It is not a person with powers of
choice. It must obey Its own terms which require that you, yes you, set It into operation." I never
asked them to come to a lecture or read our literature. I have never tried in any way to thrust our
teachings on them. I watched over them, loved them, cared for them, and still do, but I have
never tried to do their homework for them. I do not walk the path of Truth for them. "You follow
me" I have said "or you remain behind." I have observed their mistakes and know that they learn
through their mistakes, but my wife and I have never and do not ever interfere in their lives at all.
So too does God treat His children.
In an earlier lecture I speculated that there will be a split in the academic world, the political
world, and the theological world because people, in any age, in any period of history, must think
afresh. People do not remain for long like a herd of sheep. We are seeing all around us the results
of worldwide spiritual ignorance--- hatred, discord, jealousy. I ask of myself "What are you
doing about it? What is your example?" It may seem that we are called upon to make sacrifices
but it is my experience that, if we put Truth first, last and all the time, we never have to make the
sacrifice.
It is no good asking why God does not intervene. We must ask only if we are permitting
separation for God to remain in our consciousness and in our lives.
I have many opportunities of practising what I teach. Orthodox churches claim that I am "antiChrist". But the teachings I give you are the teachings of Jesus-Christ. Already as a young man I
said to myself "There are millions and millions of people who believe in this person. Does he
have a message for us and is this message workable and demonstrable. I shall go and prove it." I
was a "born-again" Christian 65 years ago. I loved going to church morning and night with my
father, whose father had been a minister. Yet I found there was something lacking, there was
some inadequacy in myself. I am a very pragmatic man. Although I live with my head in the air,
my feet are very much on the ground. I know what is going on around me. Is this world not
governed by Law? And here is this man, this exemplar Jesus-Christ, who teaches Love, nonresistance, forgiveness. I resolved to put his principles into practise.

"Let me take everything I have and give it away - everything - and consecrate myself to my
Father in heaven. I do not understand Him but I am going to accept Him by ordinary belief." The
teachings of Jesus-Christ had persisted for two millenia. The prerequisite is a harmonious
relationship between God (the unseen spiritual Essence or Omnipresence) and His human
expressions, and harmonious relationships among them--- to love my neighbour as myself.
In the beginning for me there was much travail, lots of unhappiness, frustration and fearfulness.
There was no light, no help, just dead silence. Like others I began to question, to cry out "Father,
I have done everything that I should do. I love my neighbour, I am giving freely of my services"
(I had not taken a salary from the people for whom I worked). "God, I am dependent entirely
upon You, yet I am starving, and my wife with me. Where am I wrong? Or are the teachings
wrong?" I was completely dedicated... and then there was just a glimmer of light! It was like a
short blast of a foghorn or sweep from a lighthouse when visibility is poor. I experienced a small
demonstration, right out of the blue.
I said to myself "Is this the first signpost? Is it working? It is working!" Now my ordinary belief
was developing into reality within me. "It is working. It is small, and would seem unimportant to
the average person, but it is important for me." And there was another demonstration, and then
another, and another, and so it went on. I asked God "Tell me, if I am wrong about the teaching
of Jesus-Christ, why are you bringing so much unasked good into my life?" I had not been
praying for things, but giving my love and service, my compassion and forgiveness, particularly
to the orthodox who denigrated me. And I was overwhelmed by deep conviction that I was
indeed practising "Christianity", that I was a "practical" Christian. "Mine is a complete
dependence on You, Father, for every single thing in my life, and You are unfailing. You pour
out more and more Good."
You Cape Townians made my year last Sunday when I was here. It was an experience I will not
forget. I was so overwhelmed that I forgot to thank you. In fact, good flowed into me and for me
from every part of the world and, to crown it all, when I arrived back in Johannesburg there was
a birthday card from a millionaire I know, thanking me for all the love and good I had brought
into his life and his family's life, and enclosed were two tickets to London as his guest.
I had previously been offered a trip around the world on a ship but because of my lecture
commitment I was forced to decline with gratitude. But prior to receiving these latest tickets I
had said to God "If You really want me to have a vacation now, give me the tickets." Then came
the two tickets! We leave on the 2nd of October and will be back here in Cape Town for the
Sunday lecture. Now do you not think it extraordinary that God should be so beneficent if I am
anti-Him, anti his exemplar Jesus-Christ? I have come to accept God's good, to expect it. I work
with God and I work hard. My phone never stops ringing both at my office and at home. It rings
through day and night. I give freely of myself and I receive.
Sitting next to me on the plane here was a man who seemed very inquisitive. He asked me all
sorts of personal questions to which I gave very generalised answers. "You know it is going to be
a rainy weekend for you" he said, to which I replied "We are going to have lovely weather."
"But" he said "you have just heard the pilot say it is going to be raining?" I insisted "We are
going to have lovely weather." He raised his eyebrows at me. But you see Nature is God, one

aspect of God. Every human being is the temple of His life, His love, His intelligence, and we
can use It or not use It. Every place and every time is His place and time, and is pure Good.
The chaos that appears about us is the reflection of ignorance but it need not touch us. As we
perpetuate this ignorance we harm ourselves. Therefore it is my duty, to myself, to my family, to
my colleagues, to my friends, to my country, to think and feel and speak and act and live
constructively. The flicker of faith in each of us is the little leaven that can lift us up to God and
each of us in turn can be the little leaven to uplift others. You and I, a few hundred here this
morning, are a little leaven. If we are full of love others sense it, feel the warmth of our being.
We do not have to put on cheesy smiles, pat others on the back and give cosmetic greetings like
"Hi, you look marvelous, have a lovely day." Love must radiate silently from you like a light
shining steadily. Others must sense and know you are glad to see them--- even your so-called
enemies.
Some time ago the head of an orthodox Christian church wrote of me in their church magazine
"Who is this little man, where does he come from?" Relatives of mine wrote saying that if he
went to his central church he would find there a plaque in memory of certain prominent figures
in the history of his church who were my ancestors. The church head then apologised. But I did
not need apologies. I had always and only seen the good in this man. Jesus-Christ teaches us to
see the good in people, not the "evil". If I am mistaken, the offended follower of Jesus-Christ
should come to me and say "Brother, you are wrong. Let us learn again." I have ears to listen. I
listen to the postman when he has information for me. My mind is always open and receptive.
You see, while you are green you are growing, ready always to absorb new nourishment, but
when you decide you are ripe and know all the answers you quickly fall off the tree and rot.
Pride comes before a fall, and spiritual pride is among the worst of "sins" for it separates us most
abruptly from God our Father. Humility is the secret to finding God, realising that you are the
microcosm, no matter how little unfolded, of the great Macrocosm, Which is unlimited,
unbelievably unlimited, nearer than hands and feet, closer than breathing, and only It can give
you growth and development. I cannot escape God and He never escapes me - because He is me
- but only I, through my desire and effort, can draw us closer together.
When you leave here this morning do not go away bewildered by all the terrible things that seem
to be happening in the world about you. Say to yourself "I am the little light. I will radiate to my
fellowmen." It is infectious. Laugh genuinely and the world laughs with you. If you are
miserable the world will cross the road to avoid you. You are the "little light that lighteth every
man that cometh into the world" no matter how small your light may be. Start spreading love and
harmony and understanding, and set your world free.
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