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145:2.1 The next [[Sabbath]], at the afternoon service in the [[synagogue]], [[Jesus]] [[preached]] his [[sermon]] on " The Will of the Father in Heaven. " In the morning [[Peter, the Apostle|Simon Peter]] had [[preached]] on " [[The Kingdom]]. " At the Thursday evening meeting of the [[synagogue]] [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] had taught, his subject being " The New Way. " At this particular time more people believed in [[Jesus]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] than in any other one [[city]] on [[earth]].

145:2.1 The next [[Sabbath]], at the afternoon service in the [[synagogue]], [[Jesus]] [[preached]] his [[sermon]] on " The Will of the Father in Heaven. " In the morning [[Peter, the Apostle|Simon Peter]] had [[preached]] on " [[The Kingdom]]. " At the Thursday evening meeting of the [[synagogue]] [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] had taught, his subject being " The New Way. " At this particular time more people believed in [[Jesus]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] than in any other one [[city]] on [[earth]].

145:2.2 As [[Jesus]] taught in the [[synagogue]] this [[Sabbath]] afternoon, according to [[custom]] he took the first [[text]] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah the law], reading from the [[Book of Exodus]]: " And you shall serve the Lord, your [[God]], and he shall [[bless]] your bread and your water, and all sickness shall be taken away from you. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.23] He chose the second text from [[the Prophets]], reading from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah]: " Arise and shine, for your [[light]] has come, and the [[glory]] of the Lord has risen upon you. [[Darkness]] may cover the [[earth]] and gross [[darkness]] the people, but the [[spirit]] of the Lord shall arise upon you, and the [[divine]] [[glory]] shall be seen with you. Even the [[gentiles]] shall come to this [[light]], and many great [[minds]] shall [[surrender]] to the brightness of this [[light]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.60]

145:2.2 As [[Jesus]] taught in the [[synagogue]] this [[Sabbath]] afternoon, according to [[custom]] he took the first [[text]] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah the law], reading from the [[Book of Exodus]]: " And you shall serve the Lord, your [[God]], and he shall [[bless]] your bread and your water, and all sickness shall be taken away from you. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.23] He chose the second text from [[the Prophets]], reading from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah]: " Arise and shine, for your [[light]] has come, and the [[glory]] of the Lord has risen upon you. [[Darkness]] may cover the [[earth]] and gross [[darkness]] the people, but the [[spirit]] of the Lord shall arise upon you, and the [[divine]] [[glory]] shall be seen with you. Even the [[gentiles]] shall come to this [[light]], and many great [[minds]] shall [[surrender]] to the brightness of this [[light]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.60]

145:2.3 This [[sermon]] was an [[effort]] on [[Jesus]]' part to make clear the [[fact]] that [[religion]] is a [[personal]] [[experience]]. Among other things, [[the Master]] said:

145:2.3 This [[sermon]] was an [[effort]] on [[Jesus]]' part to make clear the [[fact]] that [[religion]] is a [[personal]] [[experience]]. Among other things, [[the Master]] said:

145:2.4 " You well know that, while a kindhearted [[father]] [[loves]] his [[family]] as a [[whole]], he so regards them as a [[group]] because of his strong [[affection]] for each [[individual]] member of that [[family]]. No longer must you approach [[the Father]] in heaven as a [[child]] of [[Israel]] but as a child of [[God]]. As a [[group]], you are indeed the children of [[Israel]], but as [[individuals]], each one of you is a child of God. I have come, not to [[reveal]] [[the Father]] to the children of [[Israel]], but rather to bring this [[knowledge]] of [[God]] and the [[revelation]] of his [[love]] and [[mercy]] to the [[individual]] believer as a [[genuine]] [[personal]] [[experience]]. [[The prophets]] have all taught you that [[Yahweh]] cares for his people, that [[God]] loves [[Israel]]. But I have come among you to [[proclaim]] a greater [[truth]], one which many of the later [[prophets]] also grasped, that [[God]] loves you —every one of you—as [[individuals]]. All these [[generations]] have you had a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_religion national or racial religion]; now have I come to give you a [[personal]] [[religion]].

145:2.4 " You well know that, while a kindhearted [[father]] [[loves]] his [[family]] as a [[whole]], he so regards them as a [[group]] because of his strong [[affection]] for each [[individual]] member of that [[family]]. No longer must you approach [[the Father]] in heaven as a [[child]] of [[Israel]] but as a child of [[God]]. As a [[group]], you are indeed the children of [[Israel]], but as [[individuals]], each one of you is a child of God. I have come, not to [[reveal]] [[the Father]] to the children of [[Israel]], but rather to bring this [[knowledge]] of [[God]] and the [[revelation]] of his [[love]] and [[mercy]] to the [[individual]] believer as a [[genuine]] [[personal]] [[experience]]. [[The prophets]] have all taught you that [[Yahweh]] cares for his people, that [[God]] loves [[Israel]]. But I have come among you to [[proclaim]] a greater [[truth]], one which many of the later [[prophets]] also grasped, that [[God]] loves you —every one of you—as [[individuals]]. All these [[generations]] have you had a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_religion national or racial religion]; now have I come to give you a [[personal]] [[religion]].

145:2.5 " But even this is not a new [[idea]]. Many of the spiritually minded among you have known this [[truth]], inasmuch as some of the [[prophets]] have so instructed you. Have you not [[read]] in the [[Scriptures]] where the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Prophet Jeremiah] says: `In those days they shall no more say, the [[fathers]] have eaten sour grapes and the [[children]]'s teeth are set on edge. Every man shall die for his own [[iniquity]]; every man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge. Behold, the days shall come when I will make a new [[covenant]] with my people, not according to the covenant which I made with their [[fathers]] when I brought them out of the land of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Egypt], but according to the new way. I will even write my [[law]] in their [[hearts]]. I will be their [[God]], and they shall be my people. In that day they shall not say, one man to his [[neighbor]], do you know the Lord? Nay! For they shall all know me [[personally]], from the least to the greatest.'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Jeremiah#Chapter_.31]

145:2.5 " But even this is not a new [[idea]]. Many of the spiritually minded among you have known this [[truth]], inasmuch as some of the [[prophets]] have so instructed you. Have you not [[read]] in the [[Scriptures]] where the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Prophet Jeremiah] says: `In those days they shall no more say, the [[fathers]] have eaten sour grapes and the [[children]]'s teeth are set on edge. Every man shall die for his own [[iniquity]]; every man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge. Behold, the days shall come when I will make a new [[covenant]] with my people, not according to the covenant which I made with their [[fathers]] when I brought them out of the land of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Egypt], but according to the new way. I will even write my [[law]] in their [[hearts]]. I will be their [[God]], and they shall be my people. In that day they shall not say, one man to his [[neighbor]], do you know the Lord? Nay! For they shall all know me [[personally]], from the least to the greatest.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Jeremiah#Chapter_.31]

145:2.6 " Have you not [[read]] these [[promises]]? Do you not [[believe]] the [[Hebrew Bible|Scriptures]]? Do you not [[understand]] that the [[prophet]]'s [[words]] are fulfilled in what you behold this very day? And did not [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Jeremiah] exhort you to make [[religion]] an affair of the [[heart]], to [[relate]] yourselves to [[God]] as [[individuals]]? Did not the [[prophet]] tell you that the [[God]] of heaven would search your [[individual]] [[hearts]]? And were you not [[warned]] that the natural [[human]] [[heart]] is [[deceitful]] above all things and oftentimes desperately [[wicked]]?

145:2.6 " Have you not [[read]] these [[promises]]? Do you not [[believe]] the [[Hebrew Bible|Scriptures]]? Do you not [[understand]] that the [[prophet]]'s [[words]] are fulfilled in what you behold this very day? And did not [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Jeremiah] exhort you to make [[religion]] an affair of the [[heart]], to [[relate]] yourselves to [[God]] as [[individuals]]? Did not the [[prophet]] tell you that the [[God]] of heaven would search your [[individual]] [[hearts]]? And were you not [[warned]] that the natural [[human]] [[heart]] is [[deceitful]] above all things and oftentimes desperately [[wicked]]?

145:2.7 " Have you not read also where [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel Ezekiel] taught even your [[fathers]] that [[religion]] must become a [[reality]] in your [[individual]] [[experiences]]? No more shall you use the [[proverb]] which says, `The fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge.'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Jeremiah#Chapter_.31] `As I live,' says the Lord God, `behold all [[souls]] are mine; as the soul of the [[father]], so also the soul of the son. Only the soul that [[sins]] shall die.' And then [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel Ezekiel] foresaw even this day when he spoke in behalf of [[God]], saying: `A new [[heart]] also will I give you, and a new [[spirit]] will I put within you.'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ezekiel#Chapter_36]

145:2.7 " Have you not read also where [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel Ezekiel] taught even your [[fathers]] that [[religion]] must become a [[reality]] in your [[individual]] [[experiences]]? No more shall you use the [[proverb]] which says, `The fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Jeremiah#Chapter_.31] `As I live,' says the Lord God, `behold all [[souls]] are mine; as the soul of the [[father]], so also the soul of the son. Only the soul that [[sins]] shall die.' And then [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel Ezekiel] foresaw even this day when he spoke in behalf of [[God]], saying: `A new [[heart]] also will I give you, and a new [[spirit]] will I put within you.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ezekiel#Chapter_36]

145:2.8 " No more should you [[fear]] that [[God]] will [[punish]] a [[nation]] for the [[sin]] of an [[individual]]; neither will [[the Father]] in heaven punish one of his believing [[children]] for the [[sins]] of a [[nation]], albeit the [[individual]] member of any [[family]] must often suffer the [[material]] [[consequences]] of [[family]] mistakes and [[group]] [[transgression]]s. Do you not [[realize]] that the [[hope]] of a better [[nation]]—or a better world—is bound up in the [[progress]] and [[enlightenment]] of the [[individual]]? "

145:2.8 " No more should you [[fear]] that [[God]] will [[punish]] a [[nation]] for the [[sin]] of an [[individual]]; neither will [[the Father]] in heaven punish one of his believing [[children]] for the [[sins]] of a [[nation]], albeit the [[individual]] member of any [[family]] must often suffer the [[material]] [[consequences]] of [[family]] mistakes and [[group]] [[transgression]]s. Do you not [[realize]] that the [[hope]] of a better [[nation]]—or a better world—is bound up in the [[progress]] and [[enlightenment]] of the [[individual]]? "

145:2.11 Even though the people of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] were familiar with [[Jesus]]' teaching, they were astonished at his [[sermon]] on this [[Sabbath]] day. He taught, indeed, as one having [[authority]] and not as the [[scribes]].

145:2.11 Even though the people of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] were familiar with [[Jesus]]' teaching, they were astonished at his [[sermon]] on this [[Sabbath]] day. He taught, indeed, as one having [[authority]] and not as the [[scribes]].

145:2.12 Just as [[Jesus]] finished speaking, a [[young man]] in the [[congregation]] who had been much [[agitated]] by his [[words]] was seized with a [[violent]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epilepsy epileptic attack] and loudly cried out. At the end of the seizure, when recovering [[consciousness]], he spoke in a [[dream]]y state, saying: " What have we to do with you, [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]]? You are the [[holy]] one of [[God]]; have you come to destroy us? " [[Jesus]] bade the people be [[quiet]] and, taking the [[young man]] by the hand, said, " Come out of it "—and he was [[immediately]] [[awakened]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_4]

145:2.12 Just as [[Jesus]] finished speaking, a [[young man]] in the [[congregation]] who had been much [[agitated]] by his [[words]] was seized with a [[violent]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epilepsy epileptic attack] and loudly cried out. At the end of the seizure, when recovering [[consciousness]], he spoke in a [[dream]]y state, saying: " What have we to do with you, [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]]? You are the [[holy]] one of [[God]]; have you come to destroy us? " [[Jesus]] bade the people be [[quiet]] and, taking the [[young man]] by the hand, said, " Come out of it "—and he was [[immediately]] [[awakened]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_4]

145:2.13 This [[young man]] was not [[possessed]] of an unclean [[spirit]] or [[demon]]; he was a [[victim]] of ordinary [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epilepsy epilepsy]. But he had been taught that his [[affliction]] was due to [[Possessed|possession]] by an [[Nefarious|evil spirit]]. He [[believed]] this teaching and behaved accordingly in all that he [[thought]] or said concerning his ailment. The people all believed that such [[phenomena]] were directly [[caused]] by the [[presence]] of [[Demon|unclean spirits]]. Accordingly they believed that [[Jesus]] had cast a [[demon]] out of this man. But [[Jesus]] did not at that time [[cure]] his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epilepsy epilepsy]. Not until later on that day, after [[Twilight|sundown]], was this man really [[healed]]. Long after the day of [[Pentecost]] the [[John, the Apostle|Apostle John]], who was the last to [[write]] of [[Jesus]]' doings, avoided all [[reference]] to these so-called acts of " casting out [[devil]]s, " and this he did in view of the [[fact]] that such cases of [[demon]] possession never occurred after [[Pentecost]].

145:2.13 This [[young man]] was not [[possessed]] of an unclean [[spirit]] or [[demon]]; he was a [[victim]] of ordinary [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epilepsy epilepsy]. But he had been taught that his [[affliction]] was due to [[Possessed|possession]] by an [[Nefarious|evil spirit]]. He [[believed]] this teaching and behaved accordingly in all that he [[thought]] or said concerning his ailment. The people all believed that such [[phenomena]] were directly [[caused]] by the [[presence]] of [[Demon|unclean spirits]]. Accordingly they believed that [[Jesus]] had cast a [[demon]] out of this man. But [[Jesus]] did not at that time [[cure]] his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epilepsy epilepsy]. Not until later on that day, after [[Twilight|sundown]], was this man really [[healed]]. Long after the day of [[Pentecost]] the [[John, the Apostle|Apostle John]], who was the last to [[write]] of [[Jesus]]' doings, avoided all [[reference]] to these so-called acts of " casting out [[devil]]s, " and this he did in view of the [[fact]] that such cases of [[demon]] possession never occurred after [[Pentecost]].

145:2.14 As a result of this commonplace incident the report was rapidly spread through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] that [[Jesus]] had cast a [[demon]] out of a man and [[miraculously]] [[healed]] him in the [[synagogue]] at the conclusion of his afternoon [[sermon]]. The [[Sabbath]] was just the time for the rapid and [[effective]] spreading of such a startling [[rumor]]. This report was also carried to all the smaller settlements around [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], and many of the people believed it.

145:2.14 As a result of this commonplace incident the report was rapidly spread through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] that [[Jesus]] had cast a [[demon]] out of a man and [[miraculously]] [[healed]] him in the [[synagogue]] at the conclusion of his afternoon [[sermon]]. The [[Sabbath]] was just the time for the rapid and [[effective]] spreading of such a startling [[rumor]]. This report was also carried to all the smaller settlements around [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], and many of the people believed it.

145:2.15 The cooking and the housework at the large [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] [[home]], where [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] made their [[headquarters]], was for the most part done by [[Peter, the Apostle|Simon Peter]]'s [[wife]] and her [[mother]]. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s [[home]] was near that of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]; and [[Jesus]] and his [[friends]] stopped there on the way from the [[synagogue]] because [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s wife's [[mother]] had for several days been sick with chills and fever. Now it [[chance]]d that, at about the time [[Jesus]] stood over this sick woman, holding her hand, smoothing her brow, and speaking [[words]] of [[comfort]] and [[encouragement]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fever fever] left her. [[Jesus]] had not yet had time to [[explain]] to his [[apostles]] that no [[miracle]] had been wrought at the [[synagogue]]; and with this incident so fresh and vivid in their [[minds]], and recalling the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_137#137:4._THE_WEDDING_AT_CANA water and the wine at Cana], they seized upon this [[coincidence]] as another [[miracle]], and some of them rushed out to [[Dissemination|spread the news]] abroad throughout the [[city]].

145:2.15 The cooking and the housework at the large [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] [[home]], where [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] made their [[headquarters]], was for the most part done by [[Peter, the Apostle|Simon Peter]]'s [[wife]] and her [[mother]]. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s [[home]] was near that of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]; and [[Jesus]] and his [[friends]] stopped there on the way from the [[synagogue]] because [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s wife's [[mother]] had for several days been sick with chills and fever. Now it [[chance]]d that, at about the time [[Jesus]] stood over this sick woman, holding her hand, smoothing her brow, and speaking [[words]] of [[comfort]] and [[encouragement]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fever fever] left her. [[Jesus]] had not yet had time to [[explain]] to his [[apostles]] that no [[miracle]] had been wrought at the [[synagogue]]; and with this incident so fresh and vivid in their [[minds]], and recalling the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_137#137:4._THE_WEDDING_AT_CANA water and the wine at Cana], they seized upon this [[coincidence]] as another [[miracle]], and some of them rushed out to [[Dissemination|spread the news]] abroad throughout the [[city]].

145:2.16 Amatha, [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s mother-in-law, was [[suffering]] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria malarial fever]. She was not miraculously [[healed]] by [[Jesus]] at this time. Not until several hours later, after [[Twilight|sundown]], was her cure [[effected]] in [[connection]] with the extraordinary [[event]] which occurred in the front yard of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] [[home]].

145:2.16 Amatha, [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s mother-in-law, was [[suffering]] from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria malarial fever]. She was not miraculously [[healed]] by [[Jesus]] at this time. Not until several hours later, after [[Twilight|sundown]], was her cure [[effected]] in [[connection]] with the extraordinary [[event]] which occurred in the front yard of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] [[home]].

145:2.17 And these cases are typical of the [[manner]] in which a [[wonder]]-seeking [[generation]] and a [[miracle]]-minded people unfailingly seized upon all such [[coincidences]] as the [[pretext]] for [[proclaiming]] that another [[miracle]] had been wrought by [[Jesus]].

145:2.17 And these cases are typical of the [[manner]] in which a [[wonder]]-seeking [[generation]] and a [[miracle]]-minded people unfailingly seized upon all such [[coincidences]] as the [[pretext]] for [[proclaiming]] that another [[miracle]] had been wrought by [[Jesus]].

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[[Category:Paper 145 - Four Eventful Days at Capernaum]]

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