NEXT STEP IN EVOLUTION 



freedom. Here is the turning- 

 point, the crux — willingness to 

 transfer the feeders of our nature 

 from the lower kingdom to the 

 higher. Hence Christ's constant 

 insistence, Except ye hate (cease 

 depending upon) the world, food, 

 clothing, the loves of the kingdom 

 of the natural man, ye can not 

 enter into the kingdom of the 

 spiritual man, can not live in this 

 kingdom. It is a change of cen- 

 ter from self to God, from the 

 world of sense to the world of 

 spirit. 



Do not say that you can not be 

 born again. You can and must. 

 It is natural to step into this king- 

 dom, as natural as growth is. 

 The natural response of the heart 

 is Christian, says Tertullian. Our 

 experience supports and justifies 

 this necessity. 



Choice persisted in means 

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