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137:1.1 During this [[Sabbath]] two of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John]'s leading [[disciples]] spent much time with [[Jesus]]. Of all John's followers one named [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew] was the most [[profoundly]] impressed with [[Jesus]]; he accompanied him on the trip to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella,_Jordan Pella] with the [[injured]] boy. On the way back to John's rendezvous he asked [[Jesus]] many questions, and just before reaching their destination, the [[two]] paused for a short talk, during which [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew] said: " I have observed you ever since you came to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], and I believe you are the new Teacher, and though I do not [[understand]] all your teaching, I have fully made up my [[mind]] to follow you; I would sit at your feet and learn the whole [[truth]] about the new kingdom. " And [[Jesus]], with hearty [[assurance]], welcomed Andrew as the first of his [[apostles]], that group of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_%28number%29 twelve] who were to [[labor]] with him in the work of [[establishing]] the new [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_God kingdom of God] in the [[hearts]] of men.

137:1.1 During this [[Sabbath]] two of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John]'s leading [[disciples]] spent much time with [[Jesus]]. Of all John's followers one named [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew] was the most [[profoundly]] impressed with [[Jesus]]; he accompanied him on the trip to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella,_Jordan Pella] with the [[injured]] boy. On the way back to John's rendezvous he asked [[Jesus]] many questions, and just before reaching their destination, the [[two]] paused for a short talk, during which [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew] said: " I have observed you ever since you came to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], and I believe you are the new Teacher, and though I do not [[understand]] all your teaching, I have fully made up my [[mind]] to follow you; I would sit at your feet and learn the whole [[truth]] about the new kingdom. " And [[Jesus]], with hearty [[assurance]], welcomed Andrew as the first of his [[apostles]], that group of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_%28number%29 twelve] who were to [[labor]] with him in the work of [[establishing]] the new [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_God kingdom of God] in the [[hearts]] of men.

137:1.2 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew] was a [[silent]] [[observer]] of, and [[sincere]] believer in, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John]'s [[work]], and he had a very able and [[enthusiastic]] brother, named [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:2._SIMON_PETER Simon], who was one of John's foremost [[disciples]]. It would not be amiss to say that [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:2._SIMON_PETER Simon] was one of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John]'s chief supporters.

137:1.2 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew] was a [[silent]] [[observer]] of, and [[sincere]] believer in, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John]'s [[work]], and he had a very able and [[enthusiastic]] brother, named [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:2._SIMON_PETER Simon], who was one of John's foremost [[disciples]]. It would not be amiss to say that [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:2._SIMON_PETER Simon] was one of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John]'s chief supporters.

137:1.3 Soon after [[Jesus]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew] returned to the camp, Andrew sought out his brother, [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:2._SIMON_PETER Simon], and taking him aside, informed him that he had settled in his own [[mind]] that [[Jesus]] was the great Teacher, and that he had [[pledged]] himself as a [[disciple]]. He went on to say that [[Jesus]] had accepted his proffer of [[service]] and suggested that he (Simon) likewise go to Jesus and offer himself for fellowship in the [[service]] of the new kingdom. Said [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:2._SIMON_PETER Simon]: " Ever since this man came to work in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s shop, I have believed he was sent by [[God]], but what about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John]? Are we to forsake him? Is this the right thing to do? " Whereupon they [[agreed]] to go at once to consult John. John was saddened by the [[thought]] of losing two of his able advisers and most promising [[disciples]], but he bravely answered their [[inquiries]], saying: " This is but the beginning; presently will my work end, and we shall all become his [[disciples]]. " Then [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew] beckoned to [[Jesus]] to draw aside while he announced that his [[brother]] desired to join himself to the [[service]] of the new kingdom. And in welcoming [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:2._SIMON_PETER Simon] as his second [[apostle]], Jesus said: " Simon, your [[enthusiasm]] is commendable, but it is [[dangerous]] to the work of the kingdom. I admonish you to become more [[thoughtful]] in your [[speech]]. I would [[change]] your name to [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]. "

137:1.3 Soon after [[Jesus]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew] returned to the camp, Andrew sought out his brother, [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:2._SIMON_PETER Simon], and taking him aside, informed him that he had settled in his own [[mind]] that [[Jesus]] was the great Teacher, and that he had [[pledged]] himself as a [[disciple]]. He went on to say that [[Jesus]] had accepted his proffer of [[service]] and suggested that he (Simon) likewise go to Jesus and offer himself for fellowship in the [[service]] of the new kingdom. Said [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:2._SIMON_PETER Simon]: " Ever since this man came to work in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s shop, I have believed he was sent by [[God]], but what about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John]? Are we to forsake him? Is this the right thing to do? " Whereupon they [[agreed]] to go at once to consult John. John was saddened by the [[thought]] of losing two of his able advisers and most promising [[disciples]], but he bravely answered their [[inquiries]], saying: " This is but the beginning; presently will my work end, and we shall all become his [[disciples]]. " Then [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew] beckoned to [[Jesus]] to draw aside while he announced that his [[brother]] desired to join himself to the [[service]] of the new kingdom. And in welcoming [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:2._SIMON_PETER Simon] as his second [[apostle]], Jesus said: " Simon, your [[enthusiasm]] is commendable, but it is [[dangerous]] to the work of the kingdom. I admonish you to become more [[thoughtful]] in your [[speech]]. I would [[change]] your name to [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]. "

137:1.4 The [[parents]] of the [[injured]] lad who lived at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella,_Jordan Pella] had besought [[Jesus]] to spend the night with them, to make their house his [[home]], and he had [[promised]]. Before leaving [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew] and his brother, [[Jesus]] said, " Early on the morrow we go into [[Galilee]]. "

137:1.4 The [[parents]] of the [[injured]] lad who lived at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella,_Jordan Pella] had besought [[Jesus]] to spend the night with them, to make their house his [[home]], and he had [[promised]]. Before leaving [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew] and his brother, [[Jesus]] said, " Early on the morrow we go into [[Galilee]]. "

137:1.5 After [[Jesus]] had returned to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella,_Jordan Pella] for the night, and while [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:2._SIMON_PETER Simon] were yet [[discussing]] the [[nature]] of their [[service]] in the [[establishment]] of the forthcoming kingdom, [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:3._JAMES_ZEBEDEE James] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:4._JOHN_ZEBEDEE John] the sons of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] arrived upon the scene, having just returned from their long and futile searching in the hills for [[Jesus]]. When they heard [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:2._SIMON_PETER Simon Peter] tell how he and his brother, [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew], had become the first accepted [[counselors]] of the new kingdom, and that they were to leave with their new Master on the morrow for [[Galilee]], both James and John were sad. They had known [[Jesus]] for some time, and they [[loved]] him. They had searched for him many days in the hills, and now they returned to learn that others had been preferred before them. They [[inquired]] where [[Jesus]] had gone and made haste to find him.

137:1.5 After [[Jesus]] had returned to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella,_Jordan Pella] for the night, and while [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:2._SIMON_PETER Simon] were yet [[discussing]] the [[nature]] of their [[service]] in the [[establishment]] of the forthcoming kingdom, [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:3._JAMES_ZEBEDEE James] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:4._JOHN_ZEBEDEE John] the sons of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] arrived upon the scene, having just returned from their long and futile searching in the hills for [[Jesus]]. When they heard [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:2._SIMON_PETER Simon Peter] tell how he and his brother, [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew], had become the first accepted [[counselors]] of the new kingdom, and that they were to leave with their new Master on the morrow for [[Galilee]], both James and John were sad. They had known [[Jesus]] for some time, and they [[loved]] him. They had searched for him many days in the hills, and now they returned to learn that others had been preferred before them. They [[inquired]] where [[Jesus]] had gone and made haste to find him.

137:1.6 [[Jesus]] was asleep when they reached his abode, but they awakened him, saying: " How is it that, while we who have so long lived with you are searching in the hills for you, you prefer others before us and choose [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:2._SIMON_PETER Simon] as your first associates in the new kingdom? " [[Jesus]] answered them, " Be calm in your [[hearts]] and ask yourselves, `who directed that you should search for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] when he was about his Father's business?' " After they had recited the details of their long search in the hills, [[Jesus]] further instructed them: " You should learn to search for the [[secret]] of the new kingdom in your [[hearts]] and not in the hills. That which you sought was already present in your [[souls]]. You are indeed my brethren—you needed not to be received by me—already were you of the kingdom, and you should be of good cheer, making ready also to go with us tomorrow into [[Galilee]]. " [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:4._JOHN_ZEBEDEE John] then made [[bold]] to ask, " But, Master, will [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:3._JAMES_ZEBEDEE James] and I be associates with you in the new kingdom, even as Andrew and Simon? " And [[Jesus]], laying a hand on the shoulder of each of them, said: " My brethren, you were already with me in the [[spirit]] of the kingdom, even before these others made request to be received. You, my brethren, have no need to make request for entrance into the kingdom; you have been with me in the kingdom from the beginning. Before men, others may take precedence over you, but in my [[heart]] did I also number you in the [[councils]] of the kingdom, even before you thought to make this request of me. And even so might you have been first before men had you not been absent [[engaged]] in a well-[[intentioned]] but [[self]]-appointed task of seeking for one who was not lost. In the coming kingdom, be not [[mindful]] of those [[things]] which foster your [[anxiety]] but rather at all times concern yourselves only with [[doing the will of the Father]] who is in heaven. "

137:1.6 [[Jesus]] was asleep when they reached his abode, but they awakened him, saying: " How is it that, while we who have so long lived with you are searching in the hills for you, you prefer others before us and choose [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:2._SIMON_PETER Simon] as your first associates in the new kingdom? " [[Jesus]] answered them, " Be calm in your [[hearts]] and ask yourselves, `who directed that you should search for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] when he was about his Father's business?' " After they had recited the details of their long search in the hills, [[Jesus]] further instructed them: " You should learn to search for the [[secret]] of the new kingdom in your [[hearts]] and not in the hills. That which you sought was already present in your [[souls]]. You are indeed my brethren—you needed not to be received by me—already were you of the kingdom, and you should be of good cheer, making ready also to go with us tomorrow into [[Galilee]]. " [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:4._JOHN_ZEBEDEE John] then made [[bold]] to ask, " But, Master, will [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:3._JAMES_ZEBEDEE James] and I be associates with you in the new kingdom, even as Andrew and Simon? " And [[Jesus]], laying a hand on the shoulder of each of them, said: " My brethren, you were already with me in the [[spirit]] of the kingdom, even before these others made request to be received. You, my brethren, have no need to make request for entrance into the kingdom; you have been with me in the kingdom from the beginning. Before men, others may take precedence over you, but in my [[heart]] did I also number you in the [[councils]] of the kingdom, even before you thought to make this request of me. And even so might you have been first before men had you not been absent [[engaged]] in a well-[[intentioned]] but [[self]]-appointed task of seeking for one who was not lost. In the coming kingdom, be not [[mindful]] of those [[things]] which foster your [[anxiety]] but rather at all times concern yourselves only with [[doing the will of the Father]] who is in heaven. "

137:1.7 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:3._JAMES_ZEBEDEE James] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:4._JOHN_ZEBEDEE John] received the [[rebuke]] in good [[grace]]; never more were they envious of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:2._SIMON_PETER Simon]. And they made ready, with their two associate [[apostles]], to depart for [[Galilee]] the next morning. From this day on the term [[apostle]] was employed to distinguish the [[chosen]] [[family]] of [[Jesus]]' advisers from the vast multitude of believing [[disciples]] who subsequently followed him.

137:1.7 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:3._JAMES_ZEBEDEE James] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:4._JOHN_ZEBEDEE John] received the [[rebuke]] in good [[grace]]; never more were they envious of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:2._SIMON_PETER Simon]. And they made ready, with their two associate [[apostles]], to depart for [[Galilee]] the next morning. From this day on the term [[apostle]] was employed to distinguish the [[chosen]] [[family]] of [[Jesus]]' advisers from the vast multitude of believing [[disciples]] who subsequently followed him.

137:1.8 Late that evening, [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:3._JAMES_ZEBEDEE James], [[John, the Apostle|John]], [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew], and [[Peter, the Apostle|Simon]] held [[converse]] with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John the Baptist], and with tearful eye but steady [[voice]] the stalwart [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judea Judean] [[prophet]] surrendered two of his leading [[disciples]] to become the [[apostles]] of the [[Galilean]] Prince of the coming kingdom.

137:1.8 Late that evening, [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:3._JAMES_ZEBEDEE James], [[John, the Apostle|John]], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_139#139:1._ANDREW.2C_THE_FIRST_CHOSEN Andrew], and [[Peter, the Apostle|Simon]] held [[converse]] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist John the Baptist], and with tearful eye but steady [[voice]] the stalwart [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judea Judean] [[prophet]] surrendered two of his leading [[disciples]] to become the [[apostles]] of the [[Galilean]] Prince of the coming kingdom.

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[[Category:Paper 137 - Tarrying Time in Galilee]]

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