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155:3.3 [[The apostles]] [[learned]] that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] were [[spiritually]] stagnant and dying because they had crystallized [[truth]] into a [[creed]]; that when [[truth]] becomes [[formulated]] as a boundary line of [[self-righteous]] exclusiveness instead of serving as signposts of [[spiritual]] [[guidance]] and [[progress]], such teachings lose their [[creative]] and life-giving [[power]] and ultimately become merely preservative and [[Fossil|fossilizing]].
 
155:3.3 [[The apostles]] [[learned]] that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] were [[spiritually]] stagnant and dying because they had crystallized [[truth]] into a [[creed]]; that when [[truth]] becomes [[formulated]] as a boundary line of [[self-righteous]] exclusiveness instead of serving as signposts of [[spiritual]] [[guidance]] and [[progress]], such teachings lose their [[creative]] and life-giving [[power]] and ultimately become merely preservative and [[Fossil|fossilizing]].
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155:3.4 Increasingly they [[learned]] from [[Jesus]] to look upon [[human]] [[personalities]] in terms of their [[possibilities]] in [[time]] and in [[eternity]]. They [[learned]] that many [[souls]] can best be led to [[love]] the [[unseen]] [[God]] by being first taught to [[love]] their brethren whom they can see. And it was in this [[connection]] that new [[meaning]] became attached to [[the Master]]'s pronouncement concerning [[unselfish]] [[service]] for one's fellows: " Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of my brethren, you did it to me. "
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155:3.4 Increasingly they [[learned]] from [[Jesus]] to look upon [[human]] [[personalities]] in terms of their [[possibilities]] in [[time]] and in [[eternity]]. They [[learned]] that many [[souls]] can best be led to [[love]] the [[unseen]] [[God]] by being first taught to [[love]] their brethren whom they can see. And it was in this [[connection]] that new [[meaning]] became attached to [[the Master]]'s pronouncement concerning [[unselfish]] [[service]] for one's fellows: " Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of my brethren, you did it to me. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_25]
    
155:3.5 One of the great lessons of this [[sojourn]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea Caesarea] had to do with the [[origin]] of [[religious]] [[traditions]], with the grave [[danger]] of allowing a sense of [[sacredness]] to become attached to nonsacred [[things]], common [[ideas]], or everyday [[events]]. From one [[conference]] they emerged with the teaching that true [[religion]] was man's heartfelt [[loyalty]] to his highest and truest [[convictions]].
 
155:3.5 One of the great lessons of this [[sojourn]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea Caesarea] had to do with the [[origin]] of [[religious]] [[traditions]], with the grave [[danger]] of allowing a sense of [[sacredness]] to become attached to nonsacred [[things]], common [[ideas]], or everyday [[events]]. From one [[conference]] they emerged with the teaching that true [[religion]] was man's heartfelt [[loyalty]] to his highest and truest [[convictions]].