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==PAPER 160: RODAN OF ALEXANDRIA==

==PAPER 160: RODAN OF ALEXANDRIA==

160:0.1 On Sunday morning, September 18, [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] announced that no [[work]] would be [[planned]] for the coming week. All of the [[apostles]], except [[Nathaniel]] and [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], went [[home]] to [[visit]] their [[families]] or to [[sojourn]] with [[friends]]. This week [[Jesus]] enjoyed a period of almost complete [[rest]], but [[Nathaniel]] and [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] were very [[busy]] with their [[discussions]] with a certain [[Greek]] [[philosopher]] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria] named Rodan. This [[Greek]] had recently become a [[disciple]] of [[Jesus]] through the [[teaching]] of one of [[Abner]]'s [[associates]] who had conducted a [[mission]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria]. Rodan was now [[earnestly]] [[engaged]] in the task of [[harmonizing]] his [[philosophy]] of life with [[Jesus]]' new religious [[teachings]], and he had come to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdala Magadan] hoping that [[the Master]] would talk these [[problems]] over with him. He also [[desired]] to secure a firsthand and [[authoritative]] version of the [[gospel]] from either [[Jesus]] or one of his [[apostles]]. Though [[the Master]] declined to enter into such a [[conference]] with Rodan, he did [[receive]] him [[graciously]] and [[immediately]] directed that [[Nathaniel]] and [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] should [[listen]] to all he had to say and tell him about the [[gospel]] in return.

160:0.1 On Sunday morning, September 18, [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] announced that no [[work]] would be [[planned]] for the coming week. All of the [[apostles]], except [[Nathaniel]] and [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], went [[home]] to [[visit]] their [[families]] or to [[sojourn]] with [[friends]]. This week [[Jesus]] enjoyed a period of almost complete [[rest]], but [[Nathaniel]] and [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] were very [[busy]] with their [[discussions]] with a certain [[Greek]] [[philosopher]] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria] named Rodan. This [[Greek]] had recently become a [[disciple]] of [[Jesus]] through the [[teaching]] of one of [[Abner]]'s [[associates]] who had conducted a [[mission]] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria]. Rodan was now [[earnestly]] [[engaged]] in the task of [[harmonizing]] his [[philosophy]] of life with [[Jesus]]' new religious [[teachings]], and he had come to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdala Magadan] hoping that [[the Master]] would talk these [[problems]] over with him. He also [[desired]] to secure a firsthand and [[authoritative]] version of the [[gospel]] from either [[Jesus]] or one of his [[apostles]]. Though [[the Master]] declined to enter into such a [[conference]] with Rodan, he did [[receive]] him [[graciously]] and [[immediately]] directed that [[Nathaniel]] and [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] should [[listen]] to all he had to say and tell him about the [[gospel]] in return.

==160:1. RODAN'S GREEK PHILOSOPHY==

==160:1. RODAN'S GREEK PHILOSOPHY==

160:1.1 Early Monday morning, Rodan began a [[series]] of ten addresses to [[Nathaniel]], [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], and a [[group]] of some two dozen [[believers]] who chanced to be at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdala Magadan]. These talks, condensed, combined, and restated in [[modern]] phraseology, present the following [[thoughts]] for [[consideration]]:

160:1.1 Early Monday morning, Rodan began a [[series]] of ten addresses to [[Nathaniel]], [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], and a [[group]] of some two dozen [[believers]] who chanced to be at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdala Magadan]. These talks, condensed, combined, and restated in [[modern]] phraseology, present the following [[thoughts]] for [[consideration]]:

160:1.2 [[Human]] life consists in [[three]] great drives—[[urges]], [[desires]], and [[lures]]. [[Strong]] [[character]], commanding [[personality]], is only acquired by [[converting]] the [[natural]] urge of life into the [[social]] [[art of living]], by [[transforming]] present [[desires]] into those higher [[longings]] which are capable of lasting [[attainment]], while the commonplace lure of [[existence]] must be [[transferred]] from one's [[conventional]] and [[established]] [[ideas]] to the higher realms of unexplored [[ideas]] and undiscovered [[ideals]].

160:1.2 [[Human]] life consists in [[three]] great drives—[[urges]], [[desires]], and [[lures]]. [[Strong]] [[character]], commanding [[personality]], is only acquired by [[converting]] the [[natural]] urge of life into the [[social]] [[art of living]], by [[transforming]] present [[desires]] into those higher [[longings]] which are capable of lasting [[attainment]], while the commonplace lure of [[existence]] must be [[transferred]] from one's [[conventional]] and [[established]] [[ideas]] to the higher realms of unexplored [[ideas]] and undiscovered [[ideals]].