To different people it means different things, so I will go into, “What it means to be an Inner Faith Christian” to me.

It means a lifetime of education, training, and character forming. It means a lifetime of trying everyday to life up to the obligations of Christianity.

Traveling to that, “undiscovered place” where only the brave and true dare venture, one’s inner self. Learning who I am and what makes me what I am and being true to myself about what I find there. Then, applying the philosophy of Christianity to improve those things that I find which fall short of what they should be.

Upon making the trip into my inner self, I found that the person there was a lot different than the person that I was presenting to be to the outside world. The inner me was basically true, good, and has feelings, while the outer me was basically strong, forceful, and unfeeling.

I discovered that the inner me was the real strength behind the outer me and that while the outer me was a source of protection, it was also a wall shielding me from the true joys of life such as, Love, Peace, and Happiness.

The philosophy of Christianity, when accepted and practiced, provides simple but profound solutions to the problems of inner self and outer self-relationships, it also provides solutions to the problems of human relationships.

The best-informed Christian is the Christian who studies and learns about himself. One must know his self, before he can know anyone else. One must understand one’s self, before he can truly understand anything outside of himself. He learns to understand the “Volume of the Sacred Law” of his Religion and he also should also learn to understand the “Volume of the Sacred Laws” of other religions. For to be able to have some understanding of what others believe, you have to have some knowledge of what it is that they believe. It is with this knowledge and understanding that a Christian is able to find common grounds to come together with others, in Love, Peace, and Unity for the good of all mankind with any good man of any race, creed, or religion.

To be an "Inner Faith Christian, is to believe that charity and service rendered are beyond measure. To live the Golden Rule. It means to become a better person through a firm belief in the Fatherhood of God, the Brotherhood of Mankind, and the Immortality of the Soul.

To know that the tenets of Christianity are ethical principles that or acceptable to all good people. To live with tolerance toward all mankind. To be bounded together by bonds of Brotherly Love and Affection towards all other Christians. To dictate to no person as to their beliefs, either religious or secular. Not to seek advantage through business or politics, only to be judged on your own merits just as anyone else.

"To be all that you can be" is fine for the Marines, but the goal of every Inner Faith Christian should be "To be what God wants you to be".

I will now leave you with these parting thoughts:
"Yesterday I was what I was"
"Today I am that I am"
"Tomorrow I will be what God makes me"

Yours in Love, Peace, and Unity,

Rev. Byron E. Hams, DD
Hariam’s Esoteric Ministry

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