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==CHAPTER 33==

==CHAPTER 33==

As the meal was ending, the Master looked over his fellow guests, and after looking at the man with dropsy, said:

As the meal was ending, the Master looked over his fellow guests, and after looking at the man with dropsy, said:

*"My friends, teachers in Israel and learned lawyers, I would like to ask you a question: '''Is it lawful to heal the sick and afflicted on the Sabbath day, or not'''?"  

*"My friends, teachers in Israel and learned lawyers, I would like to ask you a question: Is it lawful to heal the sick and afflicted on the Sabbath day, or not?"  

But those who were there present knew Jesus too well; they held their peace; they answered not his question.

But those who were there present knew Jesus too well; they held their peace; they answered not his question.

Said Jesus:

Said Jesus:

*"You see, then, that the Father gives salvation to the children of men, and this salvation is a free gift to all who have the faith to receive sonship in the divine family. '''There is nothing man can do to earn this salvation'''. Works of self-righteousness cannot buy the favor of God, and much praying in public will not atone for lack of living faith in the heart. Men you may deceive by your outward service, but God looks into your souls. What I am telling you is well illustrated by two men who went into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself: `O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unlearned, unjust, adulterers, or even like this publican. I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.' But the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift his eyes to heaven but smote his breast, saying, `God be merciful to me a sinner.' I tell you that the publican went home with God's approval rather than the Pharisee, for '''every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, but he who humbles himself shall be exalted'''."  

*"You see, then, that the Father gives salvation to the children of men, and this salvation is a free gift to all who have the faith to receive sonship in the divine family. <u>There is nothing man can do to earn this '''salvation'''.</u> Works of self-righteousness cannot buy the favor of God, and much praying in public will not atone for lack of living faith in the heart. Men you may deceive by your outward service, but God looks into your souls. What I am telling you is well illustrated by two men who went into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself: `O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unlearned, unjust, adulterers, or even like this publican. I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.' But the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift his eyes to heaven but smote his breast, saying, `God be merciful to me a sinner.' I tell you that the publican went home with God's approval rather than the Pharisee, for <u>every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, but he who '''humbles''' himself shall be exalted."</u>

After Jesus had talked about marriage and divorce, later on that evening his apostles privately asked many additional questions, and his answers to these inquiries relieved their minds of many misconceptions.  

After Jesus had talked about marriage and divorce, later on that evening his apostles privately asked many additional questions, and his answers to these inquiries relieved their minds of many misconceptions.  

At the conclusion of this conference Jesus said:  

At the conclusion of this conference Jesus said:  

*"'''Marriage is honorable and is to be desired by all men'''. The fact that the Son of Man pursues his earth mission alone is in no way a reflection on the desirability of marriage. That I should so work is the Father's will, but this same Father has directed the creation of male and female, and it is the divine will that men and women should find their highest service and consequent joy in the establishment of homes for the reception and training of children, in the creation of whom these parents become copartners with the Makers of heaven and earth. And for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall become as one."

*<u>"'''Marriage''' is honorable and is to be desired by all men.</u> The fact that the Son of Man pursues his earth mission alone is in no way a reflection on the desirability of marriage. That I should so work is the Father's will, but this same Father has directed the creation of male and female, and it is the divine will that men and women should find their highest service and consequent joy in the establishment of homes for the reception and training of children, in the creation of whom these parents become copartners with the Makers of heaven and earth. And for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall become as one."

   

   

====[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_167_-_The_Visit_to_Philadelphia#167:6._BLESSING_THE_LITTLE_CHILDREN Blessing the Little Children]====  

====[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_167_-_The_Visit_to_Philadelphia#167:6._BLESSING_THE_LITTLE_CHILDREN Blessing the Little Children]====  

   

   

That evening Jesus' message regarding marriage and the blessedness of children spread all over Jericho. The next morning, long before Jesus and the apostles prepared to leave, even before breakfast time, scores of mothers came to where Jesus lodged, bringing their children in their arms and leading them by their hands, and desired that he bless the little ones.  

That evening Jesus' message regarding marriage and the blessedness of children spread all over Jericho. The next morning, long before Jesus and the apostles prepared to leave, even before breakfast time, scores of mothers came to where Jesus lodged, bringing their children in their arms and leading them by their hands, and desired that he bless the little ones.  

When the apostles went out to view this assemblage of mothers with their children, they endeavored to send them away, but these women refused to depart until the Master laid his hands on their children and blessed them. And when the apostles loudly rebuked these mothers, Jesus, hearing the tumult, came out and indignantly reproved them, saying:  

When the apostles went out to view this assemblage of mothers with their children, they endeavored to send them away, but these women refused to depart until the Master laid his hands on their children and blessed them. And when the apostles loudly rebuked these mothers, Jesus, hearing the tumult, came out and indignantly reproved them, saying:  

*"'''Suffer little children to come to me'''. Forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Verily, verily, I say to you, whosoever receives not the kingdom of God as a little child shall hardly enter therein to grow up to the full stature of spiritual manhood."

*<u>"Suffer little '''children''' to come to me.</u> Forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Verily, verily, I say to you, whosoever receives not the kingdom of God as a little child shall hardly enter therein to grow up to the full stature of spiritual manhood."

And when the Master had spoken to his apostles, he received all of the children, laying his hands on them, while he spoke words of courage and hope to their mothers.  

And when the Master had spoken to his apostles, he received all of the children, laying his hands on them, while he spoke words of courage and hope to their mothers.  

====[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_167#167:7._THE_TALK_ABOUT_ANGELS The Talk about Angels]====  

====[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_167#167:7._THE_TALK_ABOUT_ANGELS The Talk about Angels]====  

    

    

As they journeyed up the hills from Jericho to Bethany, Nathaniel walked most of the way by the side of Jesus, and their discussion of children in relation to the kingdom of heaven led indirectly to the consideration of the ministry of angels.  

As they journeyed up the hills from Jericho to Bethany, Nathaniel walked most of the way by the side of Jesus, and their discussion of children in relation to the kingdom of heaven led indirectly to the consideration of the ministry of angels.  

Nathaniel finally asked the Master this question:  

Nathaniel finally asked the Master this question:  

*'''"Seeing that the high priest is a Sadducee, and since the Sadducees do not believe in angels, what shall we teach the people regarding the heavenly ministers?"'''

*<u>"Seeing that the high priest is a Sadducee, and since the Sadducees do not believe in '''angels''', what shall we teach the people regarding the heavenly ministers?"</u>

Then, among other things, Jesus said:

Then, among other things, Jesus said:

*"The angelic hosts are a separate order of created beings. They are entirely different from the material order of mortal creatures, and they function as a distinct group of universe intelligences. Angels are not of that group of creatures called `the Sons of God' in the Scriptures. Neither are they the glorified spirits of mortal men who have gone on to progress through the mansions on high. Angels are a direct creation, and they do not reproduce themselves. The angelic hosts have only a spiritual kinship with the human race. As man progresses in the journey to the Father in Paradise, he does traverse a state of being at one time analogous to the state of the angels, but mortal man never becomes an angel.

*"The angelic hosts are a separate order of created beings. They are entirely different from the material order of mortal creatures, and they function as a distinct group of universe intelligences. Angels are not of that group of creatures called `the Sons of God' in the Scriptures. Neither are they the glorified spirits of mortal men who have gone on to progress through the mansions on high. Angels are a direct creation, and they do not reproduce themselves. The angelic hosts have only a spiritual kinship with the human race. As man progresses in the journey to the Father in Paradise, he does traverse a state of being at one time analogous to the state of the angels, but mortal man never becomes an angel.

*“The angels never die, as man does. The angels are immortal unless, perchance, they become involved in sin, as did some of them with the deceptions of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_53_-_The_Lucifer_Rebellion#PAPER_53:_THE_LUCIFER_REBELLION Lucifer]. The angels are the spirit servants in heaven, and they are neither all wise nor all-powerful. But all of the loyal angels are truly pure and holy.  

*“The angels never die, as man does. The angels are immortal unless, perchance, they become involved in sin, as did some of them with the deceptions of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_53_-_The_Lucifer_Rebellion#PAPER_53:_THE_LUCIFER_REBELLION Lucifer]. The angels are the spirit servants in heaven, and they are neither all wise nor all-powerful. But all of the loyal angels are truly pure and holy.  

*"And do you not remember that I said to you once before that, if you had your spiritual eyes anointed, you would then see the heavens opened and behold the angels of God ascending and descending? It is by the ministry of the angels that one world may be kept in touch with other worlds, for have I not repeatedly told you that I have other sheep not of this fold? And these angels are not the spies of the spirit world who watch upon you and then go forth to tell the Father the thoughts of your heart and to report on the deeds of the flesh. The Father has no need of such service inasmuch as his own spirit lives within you. But these angelic spirits do function to keep one part of the heavenly creation informed concerning the doings of other and remote parts of the universe. And many of the angels, while functioning in the government of the Father and the universes of the Sons, are assigned to the service of the human races. When I taught you that many of these seraphim are ministering spirits, I spoke not in figurative language or in poetic strains. And all this is true, regardless of your difficulty in comprehending such matters.  

*"And do you not remember that I said to you once before that, if you had your spiritual eyes anointed, you would then see the heavens opened and behold the angels of God ascending and descending? It is by the ministry of the angels that one world may be kept in touch with other worlds, for have I not repeatedly told you that I have other sheep not of this fold? And these angels are not the spies of the spirit world who watch upon you and then go forth to tell the Father the thoughts of your heart and to report on the deeds of the flesh. The Father has no need of such service inasmuch as his own spirit lives within you. But these angelic spirits do function to keep one part of the heavenly creation informed concerning the doings of other and remote parts of the universe. And many of the angels, while functioning in the government of the Father and the universes of the Sons, are assigned to the service of the human races. When I taught you that many of these seraphim are ministering spirits, I spoke not in figurative language or in poetic strains. And all this is true, regardless of your difficulty in comprehending such matters.