102,807
edits
Changes
From Nordan Symposia
Jump to navigationJump to search133:4 Personal Work in Corinth (view source)
Revision as of 17:23, 15 July 2011
, 17:23, 15 July 2011Created page with 'File:lighterstill.jpgright|frame 133:4.1 Jesus and Ganid had many more interesting experiences in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anci...'
[[File:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:The_eye_of_all_ur60.jpg|right|frame]]
133:4.1 [[Jesus]] and Ganid had many more interesting [[experiences]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth]. They had close converse with a great [[number]] of [[persons]] who greatly profited by the instruction [[received]] from [[Jesus]].
133:4.2 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gristmill miller] he taught about grinding up the grains of [[truth]] in the mill of living [[experience]] so as to render the [[difficult]] things of [[divine]] life readily receivable by even the weak and feeble among one's fellow [[mortals]]. Said Jesus: " Give the milk of [[truth]] to those who are babes in [[spiritual]] [[perception]]. In your living and loving [[ministry]] serve [[spiritual]] [[food]] in [[attractive]] form and suited to the [[capacity]] of [[receptivity]] of each of your [[Inquiry|inquire]]rs. "
133:4.3 To the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_centurion Roman centurion] he said: " Render unto [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar Caesar] the things which are Caesar's and unto [[God]] the things which are God's. The [[sincere]] [[service]] of [[God]] and the [[loyal]] [[service]] of Caesar do not [[conflict]] unless Caesar should presume to arrogate to himself that [[homage]] which alone can be claimed by [[Deity]]. [[Loyalty]] to God, if you should come to [[know]] him, would render you all the more [[loyal]] and [[faithful]] in your [[devotion]] to a [[worthy]] [[emperor]]. "
133:4.4 To the [[earnest]] [[leader]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism Mithraic] [[cult]] he said: " You do well to seek for a [[religion]] of eternal [[salvation]], but you err to go in [[quest]] of such a [[glorious]] [[truth]] among man-made [[mysteries]] and [[human]] [[philosophies]]. Know you not that the [[mystery]] of [[eternal]] [[salvation]] dwells within your own [[soul]]? Do you not know that the [[God]] of heaven has sent [[Thought Adjuster|his spirit]] to live within you, and that this [[spirit]] will [[lead]] all [[truth]]-loving and God-serving [[mortals]] out of this life and through the [[portals]] of [[death]] up to the [[eternal]] heights of [[light]] where [[God]] waits to [[receive]] his [[children]]? And never [[forget]]: You who [[know]] [[God]] are the sons of God if you truly yearn to be like him. "
133:4.5 To the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicureanism Epicurean] teacher he said: " You do well to [[choose]] the best and [[esteem]] the [[good]], but are you [[wise]] when you fail to [[discern]] the greater things of [[mortal]] life which are [[embodied]] in the spirit realms derived from the [[realization]] of the [[presence]] of [[God]] in the human [[heart]]? The great thing in all [[human]] [[experience]] is the [[realization]] of knowing the [[God]] whose [[Thought Adjuster|spirit]] lives within you and seeks to [[lead]] you [[forth]] on that long and almost endless [[journey]] of [[attaining]] the [[personal]] [[presence]] of our [[Universal Father|common Father]], the God of all [[creation]], the Lord of [[universes]]. "
133:4.6 To the [[Greek]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_contractor contractor] and builder he said: " My [[friend]], as you build the [[material]] [[structures]] of men, grow a [[spiritual]] [[character]] in the similitude of the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] within your [[soul]]. Do not let your achievement as a temporal builder outrun your [[attainment]] as a spiritual son of the kingdom of heaven. While you build the [[mansions]] of [[time]] for another, neglect not to secure your title to the [[Mansion Worlds|mansions]] of eternity for yourself. Ever remember, there is a [[city]] whose [[foundations]] are [[righteousness]] and [[truth]], and whose builder and maker is [[God]]. "
133:4.7 To the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Magistrate Roman judge] he said: " As you judge men, remember that you yourself will also some day come to [[judgment]] before the bar of [[the Gods|the Rulers]] of a [[universe]]. Judge justly, even [[mercifully]], even as you shall some day thus crave [[merciful]] [[consideration]] at the hands of the [[Supreme]] Arbiter. [[Judge]] as you would be judged under similar circumstances, thus being [[guided]] by the spirit of the [[law]] as well as by its [[letter]]. And even as you accord [[justice]] [[dominated]] by [[fairness]] in the [[light]] of the need of those who are brought before you, so shall you have the right to [[expect]] [[justice]] tempered by [[mercy]] when you sometime stand before the [[Judge]] of all the [[earth]]. "
133:4.8 To the mistress of the [[Greek]] inn he said: " Minister your [[hospitality]] as one who [[entertains]] the children of the [[Most High]]. Elevate the drudgery of your daily toil to the high levels of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_Art fine art] through the increasing [[realization]] that you minister to [[God]] in the persons whom he indwells by his spirit which has [[descended]] to live within the [[hearts]] of men, thereby seeking to [[transform]] their [[minds]] and lead their [[souls]] to the [[knowledge]] of the [[Paradise Father]] of all these bestowed gifts of the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]]. "
133:4.9 [[Jesus]] had many visits with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese Chinese] merchant. In saying [[good-bye]], he admonished him: " [[Worship]] only [[God]], who is your true spirit [[ancestor]]. Remember that [[the Father]]'s spirit ever lives within you and always points your [[soul]]-direction heavenward. If you follow the [[unconscious]] leadings of this [[immortal]] spirit, you are certain to continue on in the uplifted way of finding [[God]]. And when you do attain [[the Father]] in heaven, it will be because by seeking him you have become more and more like him. And so [[farewell]], Chang, but only for a [[season]], for we shall meet again in the worlds of [[light]] where [[the Father]] of [[spirit]] [[souls]] has provided many delightful stopping-places for those who are [[Paradise]]-bound. "
133:4.10 To the [[traveler]] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Britain Britain] he said: " My [[brother]], I [[perceive]] you are seeking for [[truth]], and I suggest that [[Thought Adjuster|the spirit]] of [[the Father]] of all truth may [[chance]] to dwell within you. Did you ever [[sincerely]] endeavor to talk with the [[spirit]] of your own [[soul]]? Such a thing is indeed [[difficult]] and seldom yields [[consciousness]] of success; but every [[honest]] attempt of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind] to [[communicate]] with its [[indwelling spirit]] meets with certain success, notwithstanding that the [[majority]] of all such [[magnificent]] human [[experiences]] must long remain as [[superconscious]] registrations in the [[souls]] of such God-knowing [[mortals]]. "
133:4.11 To the runaway lad Jesus said: " Remember, there are two things you cannot run away from—[[God]] and your[[self]]. Wherever you may go, you take with you yourself and the spirit of the [[heavenly Father]] which lives within your [[heart]]. My son, stop trying to [[deceive]] yourself; settle down to the [[courageous]] [[practice]] of facing the [[facts]] of life; lay firm hold on the [[assurances]] of sonship with [[God]] and the certainty of [[eternal]] life, as I have instructed you. From this day on [[purpose]] to be a real man, a man [[determined]] to face life [[bravely]] and [[intelligently]]. "
133:4.12 To the [[condemn]]ed [[criminal]] he said at the last hour: " My [[brother]], you have fallen on [[evil]] times. You lost your way; you became entangled in the meshes of [[crime]]. From talking to you, I well know you did not [[plan]] to do the thing which is about to cost you your [[temporal]] life. But you did do this [[evil]], and your fellows have adjudged you [[guilty]]; they have [[determined]] that you shall die. You or I may not deny the [[state]] this right of [[self]]-[[defense]] in the [[manner]] of its own [[choosing]]. There seems to be no way of humanly escaping the [[penalty]] of your wrongdoing. Your fellows must [[judge]] you by what you did, but there is a Judge to whom you may [[appeal]] for [[forgiveness]], and who will judge you by your real [[motives]] and better [[intentions]]. You need not fear to meet the [[judgment]] of God if your [[repentance]] is genuine and your [[faith]] [[sincere]]. The [[fact]] that your [[error]] carries with it the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment death penalty] imposed by man does not [[prejudice]] the [[chance]] of your [[soul]] to obtain [[justice]] and enjoy [[mercy]] before the heavenly [[courts]]. "
133:4.13 [[Jesus]] enjoyed many [[intimate]] talks with a large number of [[hungry]] [[souls]], too many to find a place in this [[record]]. The three travelers enjoyed their [[sojourn]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth]. Excepting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens Athens], which was more renowned as an [[educational]] [[center]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth] was the most important [[city]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greece] during these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman times], and their two months' stay in this thriving [[commercial]] [[center]] afforded [[opportunity]] for all three of them to gain much valuable [[experience]]. Their [[sojourn]] in this city was one of the most interesting of all their stops on the way back from [[Rome]].
133:4.14 Gonod had many interests in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth], but finally his [[business]] was finished, and they [[prepared]] to sail for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens Athens]. They traveled on a small boat which could be carried overland on a land track from one of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth]'s [[harbor]]s to the other, a distance of ten miles.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_133 Go to Paper 133]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 133 - The Return From Rome]]
133:4.1 [[Jesus]] and Ganid had many more interesting [[experiences]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth]. They had close converse with a great [[number]] of [[persons]] who greatly profited by the instruction [[received]] from [[Jesus]].
133:4.2 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gristmill miller] he taught about grinding up the grains of [[truth]] in the mill of living [[experience]] so as to render the [[difficult]] things of [[divine]] life readily receivable by even the weak and feeble among one's fellow [[mortals]]. Said Jesus: " Give the milk of [[truth]] to those who are babes in [[spiritual]] [[perception]]. In your living and loving [[ministry]] serve [[spiritual]] [[food]] in [[attractive]] form and suited to the [[capacity]] of [[receptivity]] of each of your [[Inquiry|inquire]]rs. "
133:4.3 To the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_centurion Roman centurion] he said: " Render unto [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar Caesar] the things which are Caesar's and unto [[God]] the things which are God's. The [[sincere]] [[service]] of [[God]] and the [[loyal]] [[service]] of Caesar do not [[conflict]] unless Caesar should presume to arrogate to himself that [[homage]] which alone can be claimed by [[Deity]]. [[Loyalty]] to God, if you should come to [[know]] him, would render you all the more [[loyal]] and [[faithful]] in your [[devotion]] to a [[worthy]] [[emperor]]. "
133:4.4 To the [[earnest]] [[leader]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism Mithraic] [[cult]] he said: " You do well to seek for a [[religion]] of eternal [[salvation]], but you err to go in [[quest]] of such a [[glorious]] [[truth]] among man-made [[mysteries]] and [[human]] [[philosophies]]. Know you not that the [[mystery]] of [[eternal]] [[salvation]] dwells within your own [[soul]]? Do you not know that the [[God]] of heaven has sent [[Thought Adjuster|his spirit]] to live within you, and that this [[spirit]] will [[lead]] all [[truth]]-loving and God-serving [[mortals]] out of this life and through the [[portals]] of [[death]] up to the [[eternal]] heights of [[light]] where [[God]] waits to [[receive]] his [[children]]? And never [[forget]]: You who [[know]] [[God]] are the sons of God if you truly yearn to be like him. "
133:4.5 To the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicureanism Epicurean] teacher he said: " You do well to [[choose]] the best and [[esteem]] the [[good]], but are you [[wise]] when you fail to [[discern]] the greater things of [[mortal]] life which are [[embodied]] in the spirit realms derived from the [[realization]] of the [[presence]] of [[God]] in the human [[heart]]? The great thing in all [[human]] [[experience]] is the [[realization]] of knowing the [[God]] whose [[Thought Adjuster|spirit]] lives within you and seeks to [[lead]] you [[forth]] on that long and almost endless [[journey]] of [[attaining]] the [[personal]] [[presence]] of our [[Universal Father|common Father]], the God of all [[creation]], the Lord of [[universes]]. "
133:4.6 To the [[Greek]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_contractor contractor] and builder he said: " My [[friend]], as you build the [[material]] [[structures]] of men, grow a [[spiritual]] [[character]] in the similitude of the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] within your [[soul]]. Do not let your achievement as a temporal builder outrun your [[attainment]] as a spiritual son of the kingdom of heaven. While you build the [[mansions]] of [[time]] for another, neglect not to secure your title to the [[Mansion Worlds|mansions]] of eternity for yourself. Ever remember, there is a [[city]] whose [[foundations]] are [[righteousness]] and [[truth]], and whose builder and maker is [[God]]. "
133:4.7 To the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Magistrate Roman judge] he said: " As you judge men, remember that you yourself will also some day come to [[judgment]] before the bar of [[the Gods|the Rulers]] of a [[universe]]. Judge justly, even [[mercifully]], even as you shall some day thus crave [[merciful]] [[consideration]] at the hands of the [[Supreme]] Arbiter. [[Judge]] as you would be judged under similar circumstances, thus being [[guided]] by the spirit of the [[law]] as well as by its [[letter]]. And even as you accord [[justice]] [[dominated]] by [[fairness]] in the [[light]] of the need of those who are brought before you, so shall you have the right to [[expect]] [[justice]] tempered by [[mercy]] when you sometime stand before the [[Judge]] of all the [[earth]]. "
133:4.8 To the mistress of the [[Greek]] inn he said: " Minister your [[hospitality]] as one who [[entertains]] the children of the [[Most High]]. Elevate the drudgery of your daily toil to the high levels of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_Art fine art] through the increasing [[realization]] that you minister to [[God]] in the persons whom he indwells by his spirit which has [[descended]] to live within the [[hearts]] of men, thereby seeking to [[transform]] their [[minds]] and lead their [[souls]] to the [[knowledge]] of the [[Paradise Father]] of all these bestowed gifts of the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]]. "
133:4.9 [[Jesus]] had many visits with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese Chinese] merchant. In saying [[good-bye]], he admonished him: " [[Worship]] only [[God]], who is your true spirit [[ancestor]]. Remember that [[the Father]]'s spirit ever lives within you and always points your [[soul]]-direction heavenward. If you follow the [[unconscious]] leadings of this [[immortal]] spirit, you are certain to continue on in the uplifted way of finding [[God]]. And when you do attain [[the Father]] in heaven, it will be because by seeking him you have become more and more like him. And so [[farewell]], Chang, but only for a [[season]], for we shall meet again in the worlds of [[light]] where [[the Father]] of [[spirit]] [[souls]] has provided many delightful stopping-places for those who are [[Paradise]]-bound. "
133:4.10 To the [[traveler]] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Britain Britain] he said: " My [[brother]], I [[perceive]] you are seeking for [[truth]], and I suggest that [[Thought Adjuster|the spirit]] of [[the Father]] of all truth may [[chance]] to dwell within you. Did you ever [[sincerely]] endeavor to talk with the [[spirit]] of your own [[soul]]? Such a thing is indeed [[difficult]] and seldom yields [[consciousness]] of success; but every [[honest]] attempt of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind] to [[communicate]] with its [[indwelling spirit]] meets with certain success, notwithstanding that the [[majority]] of all such [[magnificent]] human [[experiences]] must long remain as [[superconscious]] registrations in the [[souls]] of such God-knowing [[mortals]]. "
133:4.11 To the runaway lad Jesus said: " Remember, there are two things you cannot run away from—[[God]] and your[[self]]. Wherever you may go, you take with you yourself and the spirit of the [[heavenly Father]] which lives within your [[heart]]. My son, stop trying to [[deceive]] yourself; settle down to the [[courageous]] [[practice]] of facing the [[facts]] of life; lay firm hold on the [[assurances]] of sonship with [[God]] and the certainty of [[eternal]] life, as I have instructed you. From this day on [[purpose]] to be a real man, a man [[determined]] to face life [[bravely]] and [[intelligently]]. "
133:4.12 To the [[condemn]]ed [[criminal]] he said at the last hour: " My [[brother]], you have fallen on [[evil]] times. You lost your way; you became entangled in the meshes of [[crime]]. From talking to you, I well know you did not [[plan]] to do the thing which is about to cost you your [[temporal]] life. But you did do this [[evil]], and your fellows have adjudged you [[guilty]]; they have [[determined]] that you shall die. You or I may not deny the [[state]] this right of [[self]]-[[defense]] in the [[manner]] of its own [[choosing]]. There seems to be no way of humanly escaping the [[penalty]] of your wrongdoing. Your fellows must [[judge]] you by what you did, but there is a Judge to whom you may [[appeal]] for [[forgiveness]], and who will judge you by your real [[motives]] and better [[intentions]]. You need not fear to meet the [[judgment]] of God if your [[repentance]] is genuine and your [[faith]] [[sincere]]. The [[fact]] that your [[error]] carries with it the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment death penalty] imposed by man does not [[prejudice]] the [[chance]] of your [[soul]] to obtain [[justice]] and enjoy [[mercy]] before the heavenly [[courts]]. "
133:4.13 [[Jesus]] enjoyed many [[intimate]] talks with a large number of [[hungry]] [[souls]], too many to find a place in this [[record]]. The three travelers enjoyed their [[sojourn]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth]. Excepting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens Athens], which was more renowned as an [[educational]] [[center]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth] was the most important [[city]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greece] during these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman times], and their two months' stay in this thriving [[commercial]] [[center]] afforded [[opportunity]] for all three of them to gain much valuable [[experience]]. Their [[sojourn]] in this city was one of the most interesting of all their stops on the way back from [[Rome]].
133:4.14 Gonod had many interests in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth], but finally his [[business]] was finished, and they [[prepared]] to sail for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens Athens]. They traveled on a small boat which could be carried overland on a land track from one of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinth Corinth]'s [[harbor]]s to the other, a distance of ten miles.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_133 Go to Paper 133]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 133 - The Return From Rome]]
