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==PAPER 149: THE SECOND PREACHING TOUR==

==PAPER 149: THE SECOND PREACHING TOUR==

149:0.1 The second [[public]] [[preaching]] tour of [[Galilee]] began on Sunday, October 3, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_AD A.D. 28], and continued for almost three months, ending on December 30. Participating in this [[effort]] were [[Jesus]] and his [[twelve apostles]], assisted by the newly recruited corps of 117 [[evangelists]] and by numerous other interested [[persons]]. On this tour they [[visited]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadara Gadara], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre,_Israel Ptolemais], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yafa_an-Naseriyye Japhia], Dabaritta, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Megiddo Megiddo], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezreel Jezreel], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythopolis Scythopolis], [http://books.google.com/books?id=nwYWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA239&dq=tarichea&hl=en&ei=lZegTeK7NY6itgeW0JiJAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=tarichea&f=false Tarichea], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippos Hippos], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamala Gamala], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida#Bethsaida_Julias Bethsaida-Julias], and many other [[cities]] and villages.

149:0.1 The second [[public]] [[preaching]] tour of [[Galilee]] began on Sunday, October 3, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_AD A.D. 28], and continued for almost three months, ending on December 30. Participating in this [[effort]] were [[Jesus]] and his [[twelve apostles]], assisted by the newly recruited corps of 117 [[evangelists]] and by numerous other interested [[persons]]. On this tour they [[visited]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadara Gadara], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre,_Israel Ptolemais], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yafa_an-Naseriyye Japhia], Dabaritta, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Megiddo Megiddo], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezreel Jezreel], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythopolis Scythopolis], [https://books.google.com/books?id=nwYWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA239&dq=tarichea&hl=en&ei=lZegTeK7NY6itgeW0JiJAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=tarichea&f=false Tarichea], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippos Hippos], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamala Gamala], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida#Bethsaida_Julias Bethsaida-Julias], and many other [[cities]] and villages.

149:0.2 Before the departure on this Sunday morning [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] asked [[Jesus]] to give the final charge to the new [[evangelists]], but [[the Master]] declined, saying that it was not his province to do those things which others could acceptably [[perform]]. After due [[deliberation]] it was decided that [[James Zebedee]] should [[administer]] the charge. At the conclusion of James's remarks [[Jesus]] said to the [[evangelists]]: " Go now forth to do the work as you have been charged, and later on, when you have shown yourselves [[competent]] and [[faithful]], I will [[ordain]] you to [[preach]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. "

149:0.2 Before the departure on this Sunday morning [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] asked [[Jesus]] to give the final charge to the new [[evangelists]], but [[the Master]] declined, saying that it was not his province to do those things which others could acceptably [[perform]]. After due [[deliberation]] it was decided that [[James Zebedee]] should [[administer]] the charge. At the conclusion of James's remarks [[Jesus]] said to the [[evangelists]]: " Go now forth to do the work as you have been charged, and later on, when you have shown yourselves [[competent]] and [[faithful]], I will [[ordain]] you to [[preach]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. "

149:0.3 On this tour only [[James, the Apostle|James]] and [[John, the Apostle|John]] traveled with [[Jesus]]. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and the other [[apostles]] each took with them about one dozen of the [[evangelists]] and maintained close [[contact]] with them while they carried on their [[work]] of [[preaching]] and [[teaching]]. As fast as [[believers]] were ready to enter [[the kingdom]], [[the apostles]] would [[administer]] [[baptism]]. [[Jesus]] and his two companions traveled extensively during these three months, often [[visiting]] two [[cities]] in one day to [[observe]] the [[work]] of the [[evangelists]] and to [[encourage]] them in their [[efforts]] to [[establish]] [[the kingdom]]. This entire second preaching tour was principally an [[effort]] to afford [[practical]] [[experience]] for this corps of 117 newly [[trained]] [[evangelists]].

149:0.3 On this tour only [[James, the Apostle|James]] and [[John, the Apostle|John]] traveled with [[Jesus]]. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and the other [[apostles]] each took with them about one dozen of the [[evangelists]] and maintained close [[contact]] with them while they carried on their [[work]] of [[preaching]] and [[teaching]]. As fast as [[believers]] were ready to enter [[the kingdom]], [[the apostles]] would [[administer]] [[baptism]]. [[Jesus]] and his two companions traveled extensively during these three months, often [[visiting]] two [[cities]] in one day to [[observe]] the [[work]] of the [[evangelists]] and to [[encourage]] them in their [[efforts]] to [[establish]] [[the kingdom]]. This entire second preaching tour was principally an [[effort]] to afford [[practical]] [[experience]] for this corps of 117 newly [[trained]] [[evangelists]].

149:0.4 Throughout this period and subsequently, up to the time of the final departure of [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] for [[Jerusalem]], [[David Zebedee]] [[maintained]] a permanent [[headquarters]] for the [[work]] of [[the kingdom]] in his [[father]]'s house at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida]. This was the clearinghouse for [[Jesus]]' [[work]] on [[earth]] and the relay station for the [[messenger]] service which [[David Zebedee|David]] carried on between the workers in various [[parts]] of [[Palestine]] and adjacent regions. He did all of this on his own [[initiative]] but with the approval of [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]]. [[David Zebedee|David]] employed forty to fifty [[messengers]] in this [[intelligence]] division of the rapidly enlarging and extending [[work]] of [[the kingdom]]. While thus employed, he partially [[supported]] himself by spending some of his time at his old [[work]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing fishing].

149:0.4 Throughout this period and subsequently, up to the time of the final departure of [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] for [[Jerusalem]], [[David Zebedee]] [[maintained]] a permanent [[headquarters]] for the [[work]] of [[the kingdom]] in his [[father]]'s house at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida]. This was the clearinghouse for [[Jesus]]' [[work]] on [[earth]] and the relay station for the [[messenger]] service which [[David Zebedee|David]] carried on between the workers in various [[parts]] of [[Palestine]] and adjacent regions. He did all of this on his own [[initiative]] but with the approval of [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]]. [[David Zebedee|David]] employed forty to fifty [[messengers]] in this [[intelligence]] division of the rapidly enlarging and extending [[work]] of [[the kingdom]]. While thus employed, he partially [[supported]] himself by spending some of his time at his old [[work]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing fishing].

==149:1. THE WIDESPREAD FAME OF JESUS==

==149:1. THE WIDESPREAD FAME OF JESUS==

149:1.1 By the time the camp at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] had been broken up, the [[fame]] of [[Jesus]], particularly as a [[healer]], had spread to all parts of [[Palestine]] and through all of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syria] and the surrounding countries. For weeks after they left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida], the sick continued to arrive, and when they did not find [[the Master]], on learning from [[David Zebedee|David]] where he was, they would go in search of him. On this tour [[Jesus]] did not [[deliberately]] [[perform]] any so-called [[miracles]] of [[healing]]. Nevertheless, scores of afflicted found restoration of [[health]] and [[happiness]] as a result of the reconstructive [[power]] of the [[intense]] [[faith]] which impelled them to seek for [[healing]].

149:1.1 By the time the camp at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] had been broken up, the [[fame]] of [[Jesus]], particularly as a [[healer]], had spread to all parts of [[Palestine]] and through all of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syria] and the surrounding countries. For weeks after they left [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida], the sick continued to arrive, and when they did not find [[the Master]], on learning from [[David Zebedee|David]] where he was, they would go in search of him. On this tour [[Jesus]] did not [[deliberately]] [[perform]] any so-called [[miracles]] of [[healing]]. Nevertheless, scores of afflicted found restoration of [[health]] and [[happiness]] as a result of the reconstructive [[power]] of the [[intense]] [[faith]] which impelled them to seek for [[healing]].

149:1.2 There began to [[appear]] about the [[time]] of this [[mission]]—and continued throughout the remainder of [[Jesus]]' life on [[earth]]—a peculiar and unexplained [[series]] of [[healing]] [[phenomena]]. In the [[course]] of this three months' tour more than one hundred men, women, and children from [[Judea]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idumea Idumea], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilee Galilee], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syria], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyre,_Lebanon Tyre], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidon Sidon], and from beyond the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan] were beneficiaries of this [[unconscious]] [[healing]] by [[Jesus]] and, returning to their [[homes]], added to the enlargement of [[Jesus]]' [[fame]]. And they did this notwithstanding that [[Jesus]] would, every time he [[observed]] one of these cases of [[spontaneous]] [[healing]], directly charge the beneficiary to " tell no man. "

149:1.2 There began to [[appear]] about the [[time]] of this [[mission]]—and continued throughout the remainder of [[Jesus]]' life on [[earth]]—a peculiar and unexplained [[series]] of [[healing]] [[phenomena]]. In the [[course]] of this three months' tour more than one hundred men, women, and children from [[Judea]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idumea Idumea], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilee Galilee], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria Syria], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyre,_Lebanon Tyre], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidon Sidon], and from beyond the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan] were beneficiaries of this [[unconscious]] [[healing]] by [[Jesus]] and, returning to their [[homes]], added to the enlargement of [[Jesus]]' [[fame]]. And they did this notwithstanding that [[Jesus]] would, every time he [[observed]] one of these cases of [[spontaneous]] [[healing]], directly charge the beneficiary to " tell no man. "

149:1.3 It was never [[revealed]] to us just what occurred in these cases of [[spontaneous]] or [[unconscious]] [[healing]]. [[The Master]] never [[explained]] to his [[apostles]] how these [[healing]]s were effected, other than that on several occasions he merely said, " I [[perceive]] that power has gone forth from me. " On one occasion he remarked when touched by an ailing child, " I perceive that life has gone forth from me. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_6]

149:1.3 It was never [[revealed]] to us just what occurred in these cases of [[spontaneous]] or [[unconscious]] [[healing]]. [[The Master]] never [[explained]] to his [[apostles]] how these [[healing]]s were effected, other than that on several occasions he merely said, " I [[perceive]] that power has gone forth from me. " On one occasion he remarked when touched by an ailing child, " I perceive that life has gone forth from me. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_6]

*3. 149:1.7 Along with the [[faith]] of the [[creature]] and the life of the [[Creator]] it should also be noted that this God-man was the [[personified]] [[expression]] of [[the Father]]'s will. If, in the contact of the [[human]] need and the [[divine]] [[power]] to meet it, [[the Father]] did not will otherwise, the two became one, and the [[healing]] occurred [[unconsciously]] to the [[human]] [[Jesus]] but was [[immediately]] [[recognized]] by his [[divine]] [[nature]]. The [[explanation]], then, of many of these cases of [[healing]] must be found in a great [[law]] which has long been known to us, namely, What the [[Creator Son]] [[desires]] and the [[Universal Father|eternal Father]] wills IS.

*3. 149:1.7 Along with the [[faith]] of the [[creature]] and the life of the [[Creator]] it should also be noted that this God-man was the [[personified]] [[expression]] of [[the Father]]'s will. If, in the contact of the [[human]] need and the [[divine]] [[power]] to meet it, [[the Father]] did not will otherwise, the two became one, and the [[healing]] occurred [[unconsciously]] to the [[human]] [[Jesus]] but was [[immediately]] [[recognized]] by his [[divine]] [[nature]]. The [[explanation]], then, of many of these cases of [[healing]] must be found in a great [[law]] which has long been known to us, namely, What the [[Creator Son]] [[desires]] and the [[Universal Father|eternal Father]] wills IS.

149:1.8 It is, then, our [[opinion]] that, in the [[personal]] [[presence]] of [[Jesus]], certain forms of [[profound]] human [[faith]] were [[literally]] and truly compelling in the [[manifestation]] of [[healing]] by certain [[creative]] [[forces]] and [[personalities]] of the [[Nebadon|universe]] who were at that time so [[intimate]]ly associated with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]. It therefore becomes a [[fact]] of [[record]] that [[Jesus]] did frequently suffer men to [[heal]] themselves in his [[presence]] by their powerful, [[personal]] [[faith]].

149:1.8 It is, then, our [[opinion]] that, in the [[personal]] [[presence]] of [[Jesus]], certain forms of [[profound]] human [[faith]] were [[literally]] and truly compelling in the [[manifestation]] of [[healing]] by certain [[creative]] [[forces]] and [[personalities]] of the [[Nebadon|universe]] who were at that time so [[intimate]]ly associated with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]. It therefore becomes a [[fact]] of [[record]] that [[Jesus]] did frequently suffer men to [[heal]] themselves in his [[presence]] by their powerful, [[personal]] [[faith]].

149:1.9 Many others sought [[healing]] for wholly [[selfish]] [[purposes]]. A [[rich]] [[widow]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyre,_Lebanon Tyre], with her retinue, came seeking to be [[healed]] of her infirmities, which were many; and as she followed [[Jesus]] about through [[Galilee]], she continued to offer more and more [[money]], as if the [[power]] of [[God]] were something to be purchased by the highest bidder. But never would she become interested in the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]; it was only the [[cure]] of her [[physical]] ailments that she sought.

149:1.9 Many others sought [[healing]] for wholly [[selfish]] [[purposes]]. A [[rich]] [[widow]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyre,_Lebanon Tyre], with her retinue, came seeking to be [[healed]] of her infirmities, which were many; and as she followed [[Jesus]] about through [[Galilee]], she continued to offer more and more [[money]], as if the [[power]] of [[God]] were something to be purchased by the highest bidder. But never would she become interested in the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]; it was only the [[cure]] of her [[physical]] ailments that she sought.

==149:2. ATTITUDE OF THE PEOPLE==

==149:2. ATTITUDE OF THE PEOPLE==

149:2.1 [[Jesus]] [[understood]] the [[minds]] of men. He knew what was in the [[heart]] of man, and had his [[teachings]] been left as he presented them, the only [[commentary]] being the [[inspired]] [[interpretation]] afforded by his [[earth]] life, all [[nations]] and all [[religions]] of the world would speedily have [[embraced]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. The well-meant [[efforts]] of [[Jesus]]' early followers to restate his teachings so as to make them the more [[acceptable]] to certain [[nations]], [[races]], and [[religions]], only resulted in making such teachings the less acceptable to all [[other]] nations, races, and religions.

149:2.1 [[Jesus]] [[understood]] the [[minds]] of men. He knew what was in the [[heart]] of man, and had his [[teachings]] been left as he presented them, the only [[commentary]] being the [[inspired]] [[interpretation]] afforded by his [[earth]] life, all [[nations]] and all [[religions]] of the world would speedily have [[embraced]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. The well-meant [[efforts]] of [[Jesus]]' early followers to restate his teachings so as to make them the more [[acceptable]] to certain [[nations]], [[races]], and [[religions]], only resulted in making such teachings the less acceptable to all [[other]] nations, races, and religions.

149:2.2 [[The Apostle Paul]], in his [[efforts]] to bring the teachings of [[Jesus]] to the favorable notice of certain [[groups]] in his day, wrote many [[letters]] of instruction and [[admonition]]. Other teachers of [[Jesus]]' [[gospel]] did likewise, but none of them [[realized]] that some of these [[writings]] would subsequently be brought [[together]] by those who would set them forth as the [[embodiment]] of the teachings of [[Jesus]]. And so, while so-called [[Christianity]] does contain more of [[the Master]]'s [[gospel]] than any other [[religion]], it does also contain much that [[Jesus]] did not teach. Aside from the incorporation of many teachings from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_religions#Antiquity Persian mysteries] and much of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_philosophy Greek philosophy] into early [[Christianity]], two great [[mistakes]] were made:

149:2.2 [[The Apostle Paul]], in his [[efforts]] to bring the teachings of [[Jesus]] to the favorable notice of certain [[groups]] in his day, wrote many [[letters]] of instruction and [[admonition]]. Other teachers of [[Jesus]]' [[gospel]] did likewise, but none of them [[realized]] that some of these [[writings]] would subsequently be brought [[together]] by those who would set them forth as the [[embodiment]] of the teachings of [[Jesus]]. And so, while so-called [[Christianity]] does contain more of [[the Master]]'s [[gospel]] than any other [[religion]], it does also contain much that [[Jesus]] did not teach. Aside from the incorporation of many teachings from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_religions#Antiquity Persian mysteries] and much of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_philosophy Greek philosophy] into early [[Christianity]], two great [[mistakes]] were made:

*1. 149:2.3 The [[effort]] to [[connect]] the [[gospel]] teaching directly onto the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_philosophy#Ancient_Jewish_philosophy Jewish theology], as [[illustrated]] by the [[Christian]] [[doctrines]] of the [[atonement]]—the teaching that [[Jesus]] was the [[sacrificed]] Son who would satisfy [[the Father]]'s stern [[justice]] and appease the [[divine]] [[wrath]]. These teachings originated in a praiseworthy [[effort]] to make the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] more [[acceptable]] to disbelieving [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews]. Though these [[efforts]] failed as far as winning the Jews was concerned, they did not fail to [[confuse]] and [[alienate]] many [[honest]] [[souls]] in all subsequent [[generations]].

*1. 149:2.3 The [[effort]] to [[connect]] the [[gospel]] teaching directly onto the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_philosophy#Ancient_Jewish_philosophy Jewish theology], as [[illustrated]] by the [[Christian]] [[doctrines]] of the [[atonement]]—the teaching that [[Jesus]] was the [[sacrificed]] Son who would satisfy [[the Father]]'s stern [[justice]] and appease the [[divine]] [[wrath]]. These teachings originated in a praiseworthy [[effort]] to make the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] more [[acceptable]] to disbelieving [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews]. Though these [[efforts]] failed as far as winning the Jews was concerned, they did not fail to [[confuse]] and [[alienate]] many [[honest]] [[souls]] in all subsequent [[generations]].

*2. 149:2.4 The second great blunder of [[the Master]]'s early followers, and one which all subsequent [[generations]] have [[persisted]] in perpetuating, was to [[organize]] the Christian teaching so completely about the [[person]] of [[Jesus]]. This [[overemphasis]] of the [[personality]] of [[Jesus]] in the [[theology]] of [[Christianity]] has worked to [[obscure]] his teachings, and all of this has made it increasingly [[difficult]] for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslims Mohammedans], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindus Hindus], and other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_religion Eastern religionists] to [[accept]] the teachings of [[Jesus]]. We would not belittle the place of the [[person]] of [[Jesus]] in a [[religion]] which might bear his name, but we would not [[permit]] such [[consideration]] to [[eclipse]] his [[inspired]] life or to supplant his saving [[message]]: the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] and the brotherhood of man.

*2. 149:2.4 The second great blunder of [[the Master]]'s early followers, and one which all subsequent [[generations]] have [[persisted]] in perpetuating, was to [[organize]] the Christian teaching so completely about the [[person]] of [[Jesus]]. This [[overemphasis]] of the [[personality]] of [[Jesus]] in the [[theology]] of [[Christianity]] has worked to [[obscure]] his teachings, and all of this has made it increasingly [[difficult]] for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslims Mohammedans], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindus Hindus], and other [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_religion Eastern religionists] to [[accept]] the teachings of [[Jesus]]. We would not belittle the place of the [[person]] of [[Jesus]] in a [[religion]] which might bear his name, but we would not [[permit]] such [[consideration]] to [[eclipse]] his [[inspired]] life or to supplant his saving [[message]]: the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] and the brotherhood of man.

149:2.5 The [[teachers]] of the [[religion]] of [[Jesus]] should approach other [[religions]] with the [[recognition]] of the [[truths]] which are held in common (many of which come directly or indirectly from [[Jesus]]' [[message]]) while they refrain from placing so much [[emphasis]] on the [[differences]].

149:2.5 The [[teachers]] of the [[religion]] of [[Jesus]] should approach other [[religions]] with the [[recognition]] of the [[truths]] which are held in common (many of which come directly or indirectly from [[Jesus]]' [[message]]) while they refrain from placing so much [[emphasis]] on the [[differences]].

149:2.7 When the [[Creator Son|Creator]] himself was on [[earth]], [[incarnated]] in the likeness of [[mortal]] flesh, it was [[inevitable]] that some [[extraordinary]] [[things]] should happen. But you should never approach [[Jesus]] through these so-called [[miraculous]] occurrences. [[Learn]] to approach the [[miracle]] through [[Jesus]], but do not make the mistake of approaching [[Jesus]] through the [[miracle]]. And this [[admonition]] is warranted, notwithstanding that [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] is the only founder of a [[religion]] who performed supermaterial [[acts]] on [[earth]].

149:2.7 When the [[Creator Son|Creator]] himself was on [[earth]], [[incarnated]] in the likeness of [[mortal]] flesh, it was [[inevitable]] that some [[extraordinary]] [[things]] should happen. But you should never approach [[Jesus]] through these so-called [[miraculous]] occurrences. [[Learn]] to approach the [[miracle]] through [[Jesus]], but do not make the mistake of approaching [[Jesus]] through the [[miracle]]. And this [[admonition]] is warranted, notwithstanding that [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] is the only founder of a [[religion]] who performed supermaterial [[acts]] on [[earth]].

149:2.8 The most astonishing and the most [[revolutionary]] feature of [[Michael]]'s [[mission]] on [[earth]] was his [[attitude]] toward [[women]]. In a day and [[generation]] when a man was not supposed to [[salute]] even his own [[wife]] in a [[public]] place, [[Jesus]] [[dared]] to take [[women]] along as [[teachers]] of the [[gospel]] in [[connection]] with his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_150 third tour of Galilee]. And he had the consummate [[courage]] to do this in the face of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_Judaism rabbinic] teaching which declared that it was " better that the [[words]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah the law] should be burned than delivered to [[women]]. "

149:2.8 The most astonishing and the most [[revolutionary]] feature of [[Michael]]'s [[mission]] on [[earth]] was his [[attitude]] toward [[women]]. In a day and [[generation]] when a man was not supposed to [[salute]] even his own [[wife]] in a [[public]] place, [[Jesus]] [[dared]] to take [[women]] along as [[teachers]] of the [[gospel]] in [[connection]] with his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_150 third tour of Galilee]. And he had the consummate [[courage]] to do this in the face of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbinic_Judaism rabbinic] teaching which declared that it was " better that the [[words]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah the law] should be burned than delivered to [[women]]. "

149:2.9 In one [[generation]] [[Jesus]] lifted [[women]] out of the disrespectful [[oblivion]] and the [[slavish]] drudgery of the ages. And it is the one [[shame]]ful thing about the [[religion]] that presumed to take [[Jesus]]' [[name]] that it lacked the [[moral]] [[courage]] to follow this [[noble]] example in its subsequent [[attitude]] toward [[women]].

149:2.9 In one [[generation]] [[Jesus]] lifted [[women]] out of the disrespectful [[oblivion]] and the [[slavish]] drudgery of the ages. And it is the one [[shame]]ful thing about the [[religion]] that presumed to take [[Jesus]]' [[name]] that it lacked the [[moral]] [[courage]] to follow this [[noble]] example in its subsequent [[attitude]] toward [[women]].

149:3.2 The [[religious]] [[leaders]] at [[Jerusalem]] were becoming well-nigh frantic as a result of the recent [[conversion]] of young Abraham and by the desertion of the [[three]] [[spies]] who had been [[baptized]] by [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], and who were now out with the [[evangelists]] on this second [[preaching]] tour of [[Galilee]]. The [[Jewish leaders]] were increasingly blinded by [[fear]] and [[prejudice]], while their [[hearts]] were hardened by the continued [[rejection]] of the [[appealing]] [[truths]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. When men shut off the [[appeal]] to [[Thought Adjuster|the spirit]] that dwells within them, there is little that can be done to [[modify]] their [[attitude]].

149:3.2 The [[religious]] [[leaders]] at [[Jerusalem]] were becoming well-nigh frantic as a result of the recent [[conversion]] of young Abraham and by the desertion of the [[three]] [[spies]] who had been [[baptized]] by [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], and who were now out with the [[evangelists]] on this second [[preaching]] tour of [[Galilee]]. The [[Jewish leaders]] were increasingly blinded by [[fear]] and [[prejudice]], while their [[hearts]] were hardened by the continued [[rejection]] of the [[appealing]] [[truths]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. When men shut off the [[appeal]] to [[Thought Adjuster|the spirit]] that dwells within them, there is little that can be done to [[modify]] their [[attitude]].

149:3.3 When [[Jesus]] first met with the [[evangelists]] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] camp, in concluding his address, he said: " You should remember that in [[body]] and [[mind]]—[[emotionally]]—men [[react]] [[individually]]. The only [[uniform]] thing about men is the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling spirit]]. Though [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_107 divine spirits] may vary somewhat in the [[nature]] and extent of their [[experience]], they react [[uniformly]] to all [[spiritual]] [[appeals]]. Only through, and by [[appeal]] to, this spirit can [[mankind]] ever [[attain]] [[unity]] and brotherhood. " But many of the [[leaders]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] had closed the doors of their [[hearts]] to the [[spiritual]] [[appeal]] of the [[gospel]]. From this day on they ceased not to [[plan]] and plot for [[the Master]]'s [[Death|destruction]]. They were convinced that [[Jesus]] must be apprehended, [[convicted]], and [[executed]] as a [[religious]] [[offender]], a violator of the [[cardinal]] teachings of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_law Jewish sacred law].

149:3.3 When [[Jesus]] first met with the [[evangelists]] at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] camp, in concluding his address, he said: " You should remember that in [[body]] and [[mind]]—[[emotionally]]—men [[react]] [[individually]]. The only [[uniform]] thing about men is the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling spirit]]. Though [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_107 divine spirits] may vary somewhat in the [[nature]] and extent of their [[experience]], they react [[uniformly]] to all [[spiritual]] [[appeals]]. Only through, and by [[appeal]] to, this spirit can [[mankind]] ever [[attain]] [[unity]] and brotherhood. " But many of the [[leaders]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] had closed the doors of their [[hearts]] to the [[spiritual]] [[appeal]] of the [[gospel]]. From this day on they ceased not to [[plan]] and plot for [[the Master]]'s [[Death|destruction]]. They were convinced that [[Jesus]] must be apprehended, [[convicted]], and [[executed]] as a [[religious]] [[offender]], a violator of the [[cardinal]] teachings of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_law Jewish sacred law].

==149:4. PROGRESS OF THE PREACHING TOUR==

==149:4. PROGRESS OF THE PREACHING TOUR==

149:4.2 " [[Anger]] is a [[material]] [[manifestation]] which [[represents]], in a general way, the [[measure]] of the [[failure]] of the [[spiritual]] [[nature]] to gain [[control]] of the combined [[intellectual]] and [[physical]] [[natures]]. [[Anger]] indicates your lack of [[tolerant]] brotherly [[love]] plus your lack of [[self]]-[[respect]] and [[self]]-[[control]]. [[Anger]] depletes the [[health]], debases the [[mind]], and [[handicaps]] the [[spirit]] [[teacher]] of man's [[soul]]. Have you not read in the [[Scriptures]] that `[[wrath]] kills the [[foolish]] man,'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.5] and that man `tears himself in his [[anger]]'?[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.18] That `he who is slow of [[wrath]] is of great [[understanding]],'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.14] while `he who is hasty of [[temper]] exalts [[folly]]'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.14]? You all know that `a soft answer turns away [[wrath]],'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.15] and how `grievous [[words]] stir up [[anger]].'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.15] `[[Discretion]] defers [[anger]],'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.19] while `he who has no [[control]] over his own self is like a [[defenseless]] [[city]] without walls.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.25] `[[Wrath]] is [[cruel]] and [[anger]] is outrageous.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.27] `[[Angry]] men stir up strife, while the furious multiply their [[transgressions]].'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.29] `Be not hasty in spirit, for [[anger]] rests in the [[bosom]] of [[fool]]s.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ecclesiastes#Chapter_.7] " Before [[Jesus]] ceased [[speaking]], he said further: " Let your [[hearts]] be so [[dominated]] by [[love]] that your [[Thought Adjuster|spirit guide]] will have little [[trouble]] in delivering you from the [[tendency]] to give vent to those outbursts of [[animal]] [[anger]] which are inconsistent with the [[status]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE divine sonship]. "

149:4.2 " [[Anger]] is a [[material]] [[manifestation]] which [[represents]], in a general way, the [[measure]] of the [[failure]] of the [[spiritual]] [[nature]] to gain [[control]] of the combined [[intellectual]] and [[physical]] [[natures]]. [[Anger]] indicates your lack of [[tolerant]] brotherly [[love]] plus your lack of [[self]]-[[respect]] and [[self]]-[[control]]. [[Anger]] depletes the [[health]], debases the [[mind]], and [[handicaps]] the [[spirit]] [[teacher]] of man's [[soul]]. Have you not read in the [[Scriptures]] that `[[wrath]] kills the [[foolish]] man,'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.5] and that man `tears himself in his [[anger]]'?[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.18] That `he who is slow of [[wrath]] is of great [[understanding]],'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.14] while `he who is hasty of [[temper]] exalts [[folly]]'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.14]? You all know that `a soft answer turns away [[wrath]],'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.15] and how `grievous [[words]] stir up [[anger]].'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.15] `[[Discretion]] defers [[anger]],'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.19] while `he who has no [[control]] over his own self is like a [[defenseless]] [[city]] without walls.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.25] `[[Wrath]] is [[cruel]] and [[anger]] is outrageous.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.27] `[[Angry]] men stir up strife, while the furious multiply their [[transgressions]].'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.29] `Be not hasty in spirit, for [[anger]] rests in the [[bosom]] of [[fool]]s.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ecclesiastes#Chapter_.7] " Before [[Jesus]] ceased [[speaking]], he said further: " Let your [[hearts]] be so [[dominated]] by [[love]] that your [[Thought Adjuster|spirit guide]] will have little [[trouble]] in delivering you from the [[tendency]] to give vent to those outbursts of [[animal]] [[anger]] which are inconsistent with the [[status]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE divine sonship]. "

149:4.3 On this same occasion [[the Master]] [[talked]] to the [[group]] about the desirability of possessing well-[[balanced]] [[characters]]. He [[recognized]] that it was [[necessary]] for most men to [[devote]] themselves to the mastery of some [[vocation]], but he deplored all [[tendency]] toward [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialization_%28functional%29 overspecialization], toward becoming narrow-minded and [[circumscribed]] in life's [[activities]]. He called [[attention]] to the [[fact]] that any [[virtue]], if carried to [[extreme]]s, may become a [[vice]]. [[Jesus]] always [[preached]] [[temperance]] and taught [[consistency]]—[[proportionate]] [[adjustment]] of life [[problems]]. He pointed out that overmuch [[sympathy]] and [[pity]] may [[degenerate]] into serious [[emotional]] instability; that [[enthusiasm]] may drive on into [[fanaticism]]. He discussed one of their former [[associates]] whose [[imagination]] had led him off into [[visionary]] and impractical undertakings. At the same time he [[warned]] them against the [[dangers]] of the dullness of over[[conservative]] mediocrity.

149:4.3 On this same occasion [[the Master]] [[talked]] to the [[group]] about the desirability of possessing well-[[balanced]] [[characters]]. He [[recognized]] that it was [[necessary]] for most men to [[devote]] themselves to the mastery of some [[vocation]], but he deplored all [[tendency]] toward [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialization_%28functional%29 overspecialization], toward becoming narrow-minded and [[circumscribed]] in life's [[activities]]. He called [[attention]] to the [[fact]] that any [[virtue]], if carried to [[extreme]]s, may become a [[vice]]. [[Jesus]] always [[preached]] [[temperance]] and taught [[consistency]]—[[proportionate]] [[adjustment]] of life [[problems]]. He pointed out that overmuch [[sympathy]] and [[pity]] may [[degenerate]] into serious [[emotional]] instability; that [[enthusiasm]] may drive on into [[fanaticism]]. He discussed one of their former [[associates]] whose [[imagination]] had led him off into [[visionary]] and impractical undertakings. At the same time he [[warned]] them against the [[dangers]] of the dullness of over[[conservative]] mediocrity.

149:4.4 And then [[Jesus]] [[discoursed]] on the [[dangers]] of [[courage]] and [[faith]], how they sometimes lead unthinking [[souls]] on to recklessness and presumption. He also showed how [[prudence]] and [[discretion]], when carried too far, lead to [[cowardice]] and [[failure]]. He exhorted his hearers to strive for [[originality]] while they shunned all tendency toward [[eccentricity]]. He pleaded for [[sympathy]] without [[sentimentality]], [[piety]] without [[sanctimoniousness]]. He taught [[reverence]] [[free]] from [[fear]] and [[superstition]].

149:4.4 And then [[Jesus]] [[discoursed]] on the [[dangers]] of [[courage]] and [[faith]], how they sometimes lead unthinking [[souls]] on to recklessness and presumption. He also showed how [[prudence]] and [[discretion]], when carried too far, lead to [[cowardice]] and [[failure]]. He exhorted his hearers to strive for [[originality]] while they shunned all tendency toward [[eccentricity]]. He pleaded for [[sympathy]] without [[sentimentality]], [[piety]] without [[sanctimoniousness]]. He taught [[reverence]] [[free]] from [[fear]] and [[superstition]].

==149:6. THE " FEAR OF THE LORD "==

==149:6. THE " FEAR OF THE LORD "==

149:6.1 It was at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamala Gamala], during the evening [[conference]], that [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]] said to [[Jesus]]: " Master, why is it that the [[Scriptures]] instruct us to `fear the Lord,'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_34] while you would have us look to [[the Father]] in heaven without [[fear]]? How are we to [[harmonize]] these teachings? " And [[Jesus]] replied to [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]], saying:

149:6.1 It was at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamala Gamala], during the evening [[conference]], that [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]] said to [[Jesus]]: " Master, why is it that the [[Scriptures]] instruct us to `fear the Lord,'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_34] while you would have us look to [[the Father]] in heaven without [[fear]]? How are we to [[harmonize]] these teachings? " And [[Jesus]] replied to [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]], saying:

149:6.2 " My [[children]], I am not [[surprised]] that you ask such [[questions]]. In the beginning it was only through [[fear]] that man could [[learn]] [[reverence]], but I have come to [[reveal]] [[the Father]]'s [[love]] so that you will be [[attracted]] to the [[worship]] of the [[Eternal]] by the drawing of a son's [[affectionate]] [[recognition]] and [[reciprocation]] of [[the Father]]'s [[profound]] and [[perfect]] [[love]]. I would deliver you from the [[bondage]] of driving yourselves through [[slavish]] [[fear]] to the irksome [[service]] of a [[jealous]] and wrathful [[King]]-God. I would instruct you in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:2._THE_SOVEREIGN_OF_NEBADON Father-son] [[relationship]] of [[God]] and [[man]] so that you may be [[joyfully]] led into that [[sublime]] and [[supernal]] [[free]] [[worship]] of a loving, [[just]], and [[merciful]] [[Father]]-[[God]].

149:6.2 " My [[children]], I am not [[surprised]] that you ask such [[questions]]. In the beginning it was only through [[fear]] that man could [[learn]] [[reverence]], but I have come to [[reveal]] [[the Father]]'s [[love]] so that you will be [[attracted]] to the [[worship]] of the [[Eternal]] by the drawing of a son's [[affectionate]] [[recognition]] and [[reciprocation]] of [[the Father]]'s [[profound]] and [[perfect]] [[love]]. I would deliver you from the [[bondage]] of driving yourselves through [[slavish]] [[fear]] to the irksome [[service]] of a [[jealous]] and wrathful [[King]]-God. I would instruct you in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:2._THE_SOVEREIGN_OF_NEBADON Father-son] [[relationship]] of [[God]] and [[man]] so that you may be [[joyfully]] led into that [[sublime]] and [[supernal]] [[free]] [[worship]] of a loving, [[just]], and [[merciful]] [[Father]]-[[God]].

149:6.3 " The `fear of the Lord'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.1] has had [[different]] [[meanings]] in the [[successive]] [[ages]], coming up from [[fear]], through anguish and dread, to [[awe]] and [[reverence]]. And now from [[reverence]] I would lead you up, through [[recognition]], [[realization]], and [[appreciation]], to [[love]]. When man [[recognizes]] only the [[works]] of [[God]], he is [[led]] to [[fear]] the [[Supreme]]; but when man begins to [[understand]] and [[experience]] the [[personality]] and [[character]] of the living [[God]], he is led increasingly to [[love]] such a [[good]] and [[perfect]], [[universal]] and [[eternal]] [[Father]]. And it is just this changing of the [[relation]] of [[man]] to [[God]] that [[constitutes]] the [[mission]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] on [[earth]].

149:6.3 " The `fear of the Lord'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.1] has had [[different]] [[meanings]] in the [[successive]] [[ages]], coming up from [[fear]], through anguish and dread, to [[awe]] and [[reverence]]. And now from [[reverence]] I would lead you up, through [[recognition]], [[realization]], and [[appreciation]], to [[love]]. When man [[recognizes]] only the [[works]] of [[God]], he is [[led]] to [[fear]] the [[Supreme]]; but when man begins to [[understand]] and [[experience]] the [[personality]] and [[character]] of the living [[God]], he is led increasingly to [[love]] such a [[good]] and [[perfect]], [[universal]] and [[eternal]] [[Father]]. And it is just this changing of the [[relation]] of [[man]] to [[God]] that [[constitutes]] the [[mission]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] on [[earth]].

149:6.4 " [[Intelligent]] [[children]] do not [[fear]] their [[father]] in order that they may [[receive]] [[good]] [[gifts]] from his hand; but having already [[received]] the [[abundance]] of good things bestowed by the dictates of the [[father]]'s [[affection]] for his sons and daughters, these much loved [[children]] are [[led]] to [[love]] their [[father]] in [[responsive]] [[recognition]] and [[appreciation]] of such [[munificent]] [[beneficence]]. The [[goodness]] of [[God]] leads to [[repentance]]; the [[beneficence]] of [[God]] leads to [[service]]; the [[mercy]] of [[God]] [[leads]] to [[salvation]]; while the [[love]] of [[God]] [[leads]] to [[intelligent]] and freehearted [[worship]].

149:6.4 " [[Intelligent]] [[children]] do not [[fear]] their [[father]] in order that they may [[receive]] [[good]] [[gifts]] from his hand; but having already [[received]] the [[abundance]] of good things bestowed by the dictates of the [[father]]'s [[affection]] for his sons and daughters, these much loved [[children]] are [[led]] to [[love]] their [[father]] in [[responsive]] [[recognition]] and [[appreciation]] of such [[munificent]] [[beneficence]]. The [[goodness]] of [[God]] leads to [[repentance]]; the [[beneficence]] of [[God]] leads to [[service]]; the [[mercy]] of [[God]] [[leads]] to [[salvation]]; while the [[love]] of [[God]] [[leads]] to [[intelligent]] and freehearted [[worship]].

149:6.11 " You do well to be [[meek]] before [[God]] and [[self]]-[[control]]led before men, but let your [[meekness]] be of [[spiritual]] [[origin]] and not the self-[[deceptive]] display of a [[self-conscious]] sense of [[self-righteous]] superiority. The [[prophet]] spoke advisedly when he said, `Walk [[humbly]] with [[God]],'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Micah#Chapter_.6] for, while [[the Father]] in heaven is the [[Infinite]] and the [[Eternal]], he also dwells `with him who is of a contrite mind and a humble spirit.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.57] My Father disdains [[pride]], loathes [[hypocrisy]], and abhors [[iniquity]]. And it was to [[emphasize]] the [[value]] of [[sincerity]] and [[perfect]] [[trust]] in the loving [[support]] and [[faithful]] [[guidance]] of the [[heavenly Father]] that I have so often referred to the little [[child]] as [[illustrative]] of the [[attitude]] of [[mind]] and the [[response]] of [[spirit]] which are so [[essential]] to the entrance of [[mortal]] man into the [[spirit]] [[realities]] of [[the kingdom]] of heaven.

149:6.11 " You do well to be [[meek]] before [[God]] and [[self]]-[[control]]led before men, but let your [[meekness]] be of [[spiritual]] [[origin]] and not the self-[[deceptive]] display of a [[self-conscious]] sense of [[self-righteous]] superiority. The [[prophet]] spoke advisedly when he said, `Walk [[humbly]] with [[God]],'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Micah#Chapter_.6] for, while [[the Father]] in heaven is the [[Infinite]] and the [[Eternal]], he also dwells `with him who is of a contrite mind and a humble spirit.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.57] My Father disdains [[pride]], loathes [[hypocrisy]], and abhors [[iniquity]]. And it was to [[emphasize]] the [[value]] of [[sincerity]] and [[perfect]] [[trust]] in the loving [[support]] and [[faithful]] [[guidance]] of the [[heavenly Father]] that I have so often referred to the little [[child]] as [[illustrative]] of the [[attitude]] of [[mind]] and the [[response]] of [[spirit]] which are so [[essential]] to the entrance of [[mortal]] man into the [[spirit]] [[realities]] of [[the kingdom]] of heaven.

149:6.12 " Well did the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Prophet Jeremiah] describe many [[mortals]] when he said: `You are near [[God]] in the [[Speech|mouth]] but far from him in the [[heart]].'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Jeremiah#Chapter_.12] And have you not also read that direful [[warning]] of the [[prophet]] who said: `The [[priests]] thereof teach for hire, and the [[prophets]] thereof divine for [[money]]. At the same time they [[profess]] [[piety]] and [[proclaim]] that the Lord is with them.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Micah#Chapter_.3] Have you not been well [[warned]] against those who `speak [[peace]] to their [[neighbors]] when [[mischief]] is in their [[hearts]],'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_28] those who `[[flatter]] with the lips while the [[heart]] is given to double-dealing'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_12]? Of all the [[sorrows]] of a [[trusting]] man, none are so terrible as to be `[[wounded]] in the house of a trusted [[friend]].' "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Zechariah#Chapter_.13]

149:6.12 " Well did the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Prophet Jeremiah] describe many [[mortals]] when he said: `You are near [[God]] in the [[Speech|mouth]] but far from him in the [[heart]].'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Jeremiah#Chapter_.12] And have you not also read that direful [[warning]] of the [[prophet]] who said: `The [[priests]] thereof teach for hire, and the [[prophets]] thereof divine for [[money]]. At the same time they [[profess]] [[piety]] and [[proclaim]] that the Lord is with them.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Micah#Chapter_.3] Have you not been well [[warned]] against those who `speak [[peace]] to their [[neighbors]] when [[mischief]] is in their [[hearts]],'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_28] those who `[[flatter]] with the lips while the [[heart]] is given to double-dealing'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_12]? Of all the [[sorrows]] of a [[trusting]] man, none are so terrible as to be `[[wounded]] in the house of a trusted [[friend]].' "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Zechariah#Chapter_.13]

==149:7. RETURNING TO BETHSAIDA==

==149:7. RETURNING TO BETHSAIDA==

149:7.1 [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]], in consultation with [[Simon Peter]] and with the approval of [[Jesus]], had instructed [[David Zebedee|David]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] to dispatch [[messengers]] to the various [[preaching]] [[groups]] with instructions to terminate the tour and return to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] some time on Thursday, December 30. By supper time on that rainy day all of the apostolic party and the teaching [[evangelists]] had arrived at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] [[home]].

149:7.1 [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]], in consultation with [[Simon Peter]] and with the approval of [[Jesus]], had instructed [[David Zebedee|David]] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] to dispatch [[messengers]] to the various [[preaching]] [[groups]] with instructions to terminate the tour and return to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] some time on Thursday, December 30. By supper time on that rainy day all of the apostolic party and the teaching [[evangelists]] had arrived at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] [[home]].

149:7.2 The [[group]] remained [[together]] over the [[Sabbath]] day, being [[accommodated]] in the [[home]]s of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] and near-by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], after which the entire party was granted a two weeks' [[recess]] to go [[home]] to their [[families]], visit their [[friends]], or go [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman fishing]. The two or three days they were [[together]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] were, indeed, exhilarating and [[inspiring]]; even the older [[teachers]] were edified by the young [[preachers]] as they [[narrated]] their [[experiences]].

149:7.2 The [[group]] remained [[together]] over the [[Sabbath]] day, being [[accommodated]] in the [[home]]s of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] and near-by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum], after which the entire party was granted a two weeks' [[recess]] to go [[home]] to their [[families]], visit their [[friends]], or go [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman fishing]. The two or three days they were [[together]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] were, indeed, exhilarating and [[inspiring]]; even the older [[teachers]] were edified by the young [[preachers]] as they [[narrated]] their [[experiences]].

149:7.3 Of the 117 [[evangelists]] who [[participated]] in this second preaching tour of [[Galilee]], only about seventy-five [[survived]] the test of [[actual]] [[experience]] and were on hand to be assigned to [[service]] at the end of the two weeks' [[recess]]. [[Jesus]], with [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]], [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], [[James, the Apostle|James]], and [[John, the Apostle|John]], remained at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] [[home]] and spent much time in [[conference]] regarding the [[welfare]] and extension of [[the kingdom]].

149:7.3 Of the 117 [[evangelists]] who [[participated]] in this second preaching tour of [[Galilee]], only about seventy-five [[survived]] the test of [[actual]] [[experience]] and were on hand to be assigned to [[service]] at the end of the two weeks' [[recess]]. [[Jesus]], with [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]], [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], [[James, the Apostle|James]], and [[John, the Apostle|John]], remained at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] [[home]] and spent much time in [[conference]] regarding the [[welfare]] and extension of [[the kingdom]].

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