1. A teacher of God is anyone who chooses to be one. 2His qualifications consist solely in this; somehow, somewhere he has made a deliberate choice in which he did not see his interests as apart from someone else’s. 3Once he has done that, his road is established and his direction is sure. 4A light has entered the darkness. 5It may be a single light, but that is enough. 6He has entered an agreement with God even if he does not yet believe in Him. 7He has become a bringer of salvation. 8He has become a teacher of God.
2. They come from all over the world. 2They come from all religions and from no religion. 3They are the ones who have answered. 4The Call is universal. 5It goes on all the time everywhere. 6It calls for teachers to speak for It and redeem the world. 7Many hear It, but few will answer. 8Yet it is all a matter of time. 9Everyone will answer in the end, but the end can be a long, long way off. 10It is because of this that the plan of the teachers was established. 11Their function is to save time. 12Each one begins as a single light, but with the Call at its center it is a light that cannot be limited. 13And each one saves a thousand years of time as the world judges it. 14To the Call Itself time has no meaning.
3. There is a course for every teacher of God. 2The form of the course varies greatly. 3So do the particular teaching aids involved. 4But the content of the course never changes. 5Its central theme is always, “God’s Son is guiltless, and in his innocence is his salvation.” 6It can be taught by actions or thoughts; in words or soundlessly; in any language or in no language; in any place or time or manner. 7It does not matter who the teacher was before he heard the Call. 8He has become a savior by his answering. 9He has seen someone else as himself. 10He has therefore found his own salvation and the salvation of the world. 11In his rebirth is the world reborn.
4. This is a manual for a special curriculum, intended for teachers of a special form of the universal course. 2There are many thousands of other forms, all with the same outcome. 3They merely save time. 4Yet it is time alone that winds on wearily, and the world is very tired now. 5It is old and worn and without hope. 6There was never a question of outcome, for what can change the Will of God? 7But time, with its illusions of change and death, wears out the world and all things in it. 8Yet time has an ending, and it is this that the teachers of God are appointed to bring about. 9For time is in their hands. 10Such was their choice, and it is given them.