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196:2.1 Some day a [[reformation]] in the [[Christian]] [[church]] may strike deep enough to get back to the unadulterated religious teachings of [[Jesus]], the [[author]] and finisher of our [[faith]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XII] You may [[preach]] a [[religion]] about Jesus, but, perforce, you must live the religion of Jesus. In the [[enthusiasm]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost], [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] unintentionally [[inaugurated]] a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_religious_movement new religion], the religion of the risen and [[glorified]] [[Christ]]. The [[Apostle Paul]] later on [[transformed]] this new [[gospel]] into [[Christianity]], a [[religion]] embodying his own [[theologic]] views and portraying his own [[personal]] [[experience]] with the [[Jesus]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_road Damascus road]. The [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] is founded on the [[personal]] [[religious]] [[experience]] of the [[Jesus]] of [[Galilee]]; [[Christianity]] is founded almost exclusively on the [[personal]] religious [[experience]] of the [[Apostle Paul]]. Almost the whole of the [[New Testament]] is [[devoted]], not to the portrayal of the significant and [[inspiring]] religious life of [[Jesus]], but to a [[discussion]] of [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]]'s [[religious]] [[experience]] and to a portrayal of his [[personal]] [[religious]] [[convictions]]. The only notable exceptions to this [[statement]], aside from certain parts of [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]], [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]], and [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]], are the [[The Letter to the Hebrews|Book of Hebrews]] and the [[The Letter of James|Epistle of James]]. Even [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], in his [[writing]], only once reverted to the [[personal]] [[religious]] life of his [[the Master|Master]]. The [[New Testament]] is a superb [[Christian]] [[document]], but it is only meagerly Jesusonian.

196:2.1 Some day a [[reformation]] in the [[Christian]] [[church]] may strike deep enough to get back to the unadulterated religious teachings of [[Jesus]], the [[author]] and finisher of our [[faith]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XII] You may [[preach]] a [[religion]] about Jesus, but, perforce, you must live the religion of Jesus. In the [[enthusiasm]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost], [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] unintentionally [[inaugurated]] a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_religious_movement new religion], the religion of the risen and [[glorified]] [[Christ]]. The [[Apostle Paul]] later on [[transformed]] this new [[gospel]] into [[Christianity]], a [[religion]] embodying his own [[theologic]] views and portraying his own [[personal]] [[experience]] with the [[Jesus]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_road Damascus road]. The [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] is founded on the [[personal]] [[religious]] [[experience]] of the [[Jesus]] of [[Galilee]]; [[Christianity]] is founded almost exclusively on the [[personal]] religious [[experience]] of the [[Apostle Paul]]. Almost the whole of the [[New Testament]] is [[devoted]], not to the portrayal of the significant and [[inspiring]] religious life of [[Jesus]], but to a [[discussion]] of [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]]'s [[religious]] [[experience]] and to a portrayal of his [[personal]] [[religious]] [[convictions]]. The only notable exceptions to this [[statement]], aside from certain parts of [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]], [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]], and [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]], are the [[The Letter to the Hebrews|Book of Hebrews]] and the [[The Letter of James|Epistle of James]]. Even [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], in his [[writing]], only once reverted to the [[personal]] [[religious]] life of his [[the Master|Master]]. The [[New Testament]] is a superb [[Christian]] [[document]], but it is only meagerly Jesusonian.

196:2.2 [[Jesus]]' life in the [[flesh]] portrays a [[transcendent]] [[religious]] [[growth]] from the early [[ideas]] of [[primitive]] [[awe]] and human [[reverence]] up through years of [[personal]] [[spiritual]] [[communion]] until he finally arrived at that advanced and exalted [[status]] of the [[consciousness]] of his [[oneness]] with [[the Father]]. And thus, in one short life, did [[Jesus]] traverse that [[experience]] of religious [[spiritual]] [[progression]] which man begins on [[earth]] and ordinarily achieves only at the conclusion of his long [[sojourn]] in the [[Paper 14 - The Central and Divine Universe|spirit training schools of the successive levels of the pre-Paradise career]]. [[Jesus]] progressed from a purely [[human]] [[consciousness]] of the [[faith]] certainties of [[personal]] religious [[experience]] to the [[sublime]] [[spiritual]] heights of the [[positive]] [[realization]] of his [[divine]] [[nature]] and to the [[consciousness]] of his close [[association]] with the [[Universal Father]] in the [[management]] of a [[universe]]. He progressed from the [[humble]] [[status]] of [[mortal]] dependence which prompted him [[spontaneously]] to say to the one who called him Good Teacher, " Why do you call me good? None is good but God, "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_18] to that [[sublime]] [[consciousness]] of achieved [[divinity]] which led him to [[exclaim]], " Which one of you convicts me of sin? "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_8] And this [[progressing]] [[ascent]] from the [[human]] to the [[divine]] was an exclusively [[mortal]] [[achievement]]. And when he had thus [[attained]] [[divinity]], he was still the same [[human]] [[Jesus]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] as well as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Son of God].

196:2.2 [[Jesus]]' life in the [[flesh]] portrays a [[transcendent]] [[religious]] [[growth]] from the early [[ideas]] of [[primitive]] [[awe]] and human [[reverence]] up through years of [[personal]] [[spiritual]] [[communion]] until he finally arrived at that advanced and exalted [[status]] of the [[consciousness]] of his [[oneness]] with [[the Father]]. And thus, in one short life, did [[Jesus]] traverse that [[experience]] of religious [[spiritual]] [[progression]] which man begins on [[earth]] and ordinarily achieves only at the conclusion of his long [[sojourn]] in the [[Paper 14 - The Central and Divine Universe|spirit training schools of the successive levels of the pre-Paradise career]]. [[Jesus]] progressed from a purely [[human]] [[consciousness]] of the [[faith]] certainties of [[personal]] religious [[experience]] to the [[sublime]] [[spiritual]] heights of the [[positive]] [[realization]] of his [[divine]] [[nature]] and to the [[consciousness]] of his close [[association]] with the [[Universal Father]] in the [[management]] of a [[universe]]. He progressed from the [[humble]] [[status]] of [[mortal]] dependence which prompted him [[spontaneously]] to say to the one who called him Good Teacher, " Why do you call me good? None is good but God, "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_18] to that [[sublime]] [[consciousness]] of achieved [[divinity]] which led him to [[exclaim]], " Which one of you convicts me of sin? "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_8] And this [[progressing]] [[ascent]] from the [[human]] to the [[divine]] was an exclusively [[mortal]] [[achievement]]. And when he had thus [[attained]] [[divinity]], he was still the same [[human]] [[Jesus]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] as well as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Son of God].

196:2.3 [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]], [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]], and [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] retain something of the picture of the [[human]] [[Jesus]] as he [[engaged]] in the superb [[struggle]] to ascertain the [[divine]] will and to do that will. [[Gospel of John|John]] presents a picture of the [[triumphant]] [[Jesus]] as he walked on [[earth]] in the full [[consciousness]] of [[divinity]]. The great [[mistake]] that has been made by those who have [[studied]] [[the Master]]'s life is that some have [[conceived]] of him as entirely [[human]], while others have thought of him as only [[divine]]. Throughout his entire [[experience]] he was truly both [[human]] and [[divine]], even as he yet is.

196:2.3 [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]], [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]], and [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] retain something of the picture of the [[human]] [[Jesus]] as he [[engaged]] in the superb [[struggle]] to ascertain the [[divine]] will and to do that will. [[Gospel of John|John]] presents a picture of the [[triumphant]] [[Jesus]] as he walked on [[earth]] in the full [[consciousness]] of [[divinity]]. The great [[mistake]] that has been made by those who have [[studied]] [[the Master]]'s life is that some have [[conceived]] of him as entirely [[human]], while others have thought of him as only [[divine]]. Throughout his entire [[experience]] he was truly both [[human]] and [[divine]], even as he yet is.

196:2.4 But the greatest [[mistake]] was made in that, while the [[human]] [[Jesus]] was recognized as having a [[religion]], the [[divine]] [[Jesus]] ([[Christ]]) almost overnight became a [[religion]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Christianity Paul's Christianity] made sure of the [[adoration]] of the [[divine]] [[Christ]], but it almost wholly lost [[sight]] of the [[struggling]] and [[valiant]] [[human]] [[Jesus]] of [[Galilee]], who, by the [[valor]] of his [[personal]] religious [[faith]] and the [[heroism]] of his [[indwelling Adjuster]], [[ascended]] from the lowly levels of [[humanity]] to become one with [[divinity]], thus becoming the new and living way whereby all [[mortals]] may so [[ascend]] from [[humanity]] to [[divinity]]. [[Mortals]] in all [[stages]] of [[spirituality]] and on all worlds may find in the [[personal]] life of [[Jesus]] that which will [[strengthen]] and [[inspire]] them as they [[progress]] from the lowest spirit levels up to the highest [[divine]] [[values]], from the beginning to the end of all [[personal]] [[religious]] [[experience]].

196:2.4 But the greatest [[mistake]] was made in that, while the [[human]] [[Jesus]] was recognized as having a [[religion]], the [[divine]] [[Jesus]] ([[Christ]]) almost overnight became a [[religion]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Christianity Paul's Christianity] made sure of the [[adoration]] of the [[divine]] [[Christ]], but it almost wholly lost [[sight]] of the [[struggling]] and [[valiant]] [[human]] [[Jesus]] of [[Galilee]], who, by the [[valor]] of his [[personal]] religious [[faith]] and the [[heroism]] of his [[indwelling Adjuster]], [[ascended]] from the lowly levels of [[humanity]] to become one with [[divinity]], thus becoming the new and living way whereby all [[mortals]] may so [[ascend]] from [[humanity]] to [[divinity]]. [[Mortals]] in all [[stages]] of [[spirituality]] and on all worlds may find in the [[personal]] life of [[Jesus]] that which will [[strengthen]] and [[inspire]] them as they [[progress]] from the lowest spirit levels up to the highest [[divine]] [[values]], from the beginning to the end of all [[personal]] [[religious]] [[experience]].

196:2.5 At the time of the [[writing]] of the [[New Testament]], the [[authors]] not only most [[profoundly]] [[believed]] in the [[divinity]] of the risen [[Christ]], but they also [[devotedly]] and [[sincerely]] believed in his [[immediate]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_coming return to earth] to [[consummate]] [[the heavenly kingdom]]. This strong [[faith]] in the Lord's [[immediate]] return had much to do with the tendency to omit from the [[record]] those [[references]] which portrayed the purely [[human]] [[experiences]] and [[attributes]] of [[the Master]]. The whole [[Christian]] [[movement]] tended away from the human picture of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] toward the exaltation of the risen [[Christ]], the glorified and soon-returning Lord Jesus Christ.

196:2.5 At the time of the [[writing]] of the [[New Testament]], the [[authors]] not only most [[profoundly]] [[believed]] in the [[divinity]] of the risen [[Christ]], but they also [[devotedly]] and [[sincerely]] believed in his [[immediate]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_coming return to earth] to [[consummate]] [[the heavenly kingdom]]. This strong [[faith]] in the Lord's [[immediate]] return had much to do with the tendency to omit from the [[record]] those [[references]] which portrayed the purely [[human]] [[experiences]] and [[attributes]] of [[the Master]]. The whole [[Christian]] [[movement]] tended away from the human picture of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] toward the exaltation of the risen [[Christ]], the glorified and soon-returning Lord Jesus Christ.

196:2.6 [[Jesus]] founded the [[religion]] of [[personal]] [[experience]] in [[doing the will of God]] and serving the [[human]] brotherhood; [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] founded a [[religion]] in which the [[glorified]] [[Jesus]] became the object of [[worship]] and the brotherhood consisted of fellow [[believers]] in the divine [[Christ]]. In the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal of Jesus] these two [[concepts]] were [[potential]] in his [[divine]]-[[human]] life, and it is indeed a [[pity]] that his [[followers]] failed to create a unified religion which might have given proper [[recognition]] to both the [[human]] and the [[divine]] natures of [[the Master]] as they were inseparably bound up in his [[earth]] life and so [[gloriously]] set forth in the [[original]] [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]].

196:2.6 [[Jesus]] founded the [[religion]] of [[personal]] [[experience]] in [[doing the will of God]] and serving the [[human]] brotherhood; [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] founded a [[religion]] in which the [[glorified]] [[Jesus]] became the object of [[worship]] and the brotherhood consisted of fellow [[believers]] in the divine [[Christ]]. In the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal of Jesus] these two [[concepts]] were [[potential]] in his [[divine]]-[[human]] life, and it is indeed a [[pity]] that his [[followers]] failed to create a unified religion which might have given proper [[recognition]] to both the [[human]] and the [[divine]] natures of [[the Master]] as they were inseparably bound up in his [[earth]] life and so [[gloriously]] set forth in the [[original]] [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]].

196:2.7 You would be neither [[shocked]] nor disturbed by some of [[Jesus]]' strong pronouncements if you would only [[remember]] that he was the world's most wholehearted and [[devoted]] [[religionist]]. He was a wholly [[consecrated]] [[mortal]], unreservedly [[dedicated]] [[to doing his Father's will]]. Many of his apparently hard sayings were more of a [[personal]] [[confession]] of [[faith]] and a pledge of [[devotion]] than commands to his [[followers]]. And it was this very singleness of [[purpose]] and [[unselfish]] [[devotion]] that enabled him to effect such extraordinary [[progress]] in the [[conquest]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND human mind] in one short life. Many of his [[declaration]]s should be considered as a [[confession]] of what he demanded of himself rather than what he required of all his [[followers]]. In his [[devotion]] to the cause of [[the kingdom]], [[Jesus]] [http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/burn+bridges burned all bridges behind him]; he [[sacrificed]] all hindrances to the [[doing of his Father's will]].

196:2.7 You would be neither [[shocked]] nor disturbed by some of [[Jesus]]' strong pronouncements if you would only [[remember]] that he was the world's most wholehearted and [[devoted]] [[religionist]]. He was a wholly [[consecrated]] [[mortal]], unreservedly [[dedicated]] [[to doing his Father's will]]. Many of his apparently hard sayings were more of a [[personal]] [[confession]] of [[faith]] and a pledge of [[devotion]] than commands to his [[followers]]. And it was this very singleness of [[purpose]] and [[unselfish]] [[devotion]] that enabled him to effect such extraordinary [[progress]] in the [[conquest]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND human mind] in one short life. Many of his [[declaration]]s should be considered as a [[confession]] of what he demanded of himself rather than what he required of all his [[followers]]. In his [[devotion]] to the cause of [[the kingdom]], [[Jesus]] [https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/burn+bridges burned all bridges behind him]; he [[sacrificed]] all hindrances to the [[doing of his Father's will]].

196:2.8 [[Jesus]] [[blessed]] the [[poor]] because they were usually [[sincere]] and [[pious]]; he [[condemned]] the rich because they were usually wanton and irreligious. He would equally [[condemn]] the irreligious pauper and commend the [[consecrated]] and [[worshipful]] man of [[wealth]].

196:2.8 [[Jesus]] [[blessed]] the [[poor]] because they were usually [[sincere]] and [[pious]]; he [[condemned]] the rich because they were usually wanton and irreligious. He would equally [[condemn]] the irreligious pauper and commend the [[consecrated]] and [[worshipful]] man of [[wealth]].