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163:2.6 When [[Matadormus]] heard this, his [[countenance]] fell. He arose and went away [[sorrowful]], for he had great [[possessions]]. This [[wealthy]] young [[Pharisee]] had been raised to believe that [[wealth]] was the token of [[God]]'s [[favor]]. [[Jesus]] knew that he was not [[free]] from the [[love]] of himself and his [[riches]]. [[The Master]] wanted to deliver him from the [[love]] of [[wealth]], not [[necessarily]] from the [[wealth]]. While the [[disciples]] of [[Jesus]] did not part with all their worldly goods, [[the apostles]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_163#163:1._ORDINATION_OF_THE_SEVENTY the seventy] did. Matadormus [[desired]] to be one of the seventy new [[messengers]], and that was the [[reason]] for [[Jesus]]' requiring him to part with all of his [[temporal]] [[possessions]].

163:2.6 When [[Matadormus]] heard this, his [[countenance]] fell. He arose and went away [[sorrowful]], for he had great [[possessions]]. This [[wealthy]] young [[Pharisee]] had been raised to believe that [[wealth]] was the token of [[God]]'s [[favor]]. [[Jesus]] knew that he was not [[free]] from the [[love]] of himself and his [[riches]]. [[The Master]] wanted to deliver him from the [[love]] of [[wealth]], not [[necessarily]] from the [[wealth]]. While the [[disciples]] of [[Jesus]] did not part with all their worldly goods, [[the apostles]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_163#163:1._ORDINATION_OF_THE_SEVENTY the seventy] did. Matadormus [[desired]] to be one of the seventy new [[messengers]], and that was the [[reason]] for [[Jesus]]' requiring him to part with all of his [[temporal]] [[possessions]].

163:2.7 Almost every [[human being]] has some [[one]] [[thing]] which is held on to as a pet [[evil]], and which the entrance into [[the kingdom]] of heaven requires as a part of the price of admission. If Matadormus had parted with his [[wealth]], it probably would have been put right back into his hands for [[administration]] as [[treasurer]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_163#163:1._ORDINATION_OF_THE_SEVENTY the seventy]. For later on, after the [[establishment]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Jerusalem church at Jerusalem], he did [[obey]] [[the Master]]'s [[injunction]], although it was then too late to enjoy membership in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_163#163:1._ORDINATION_OF_THE_SEVENTY the seventy], and he became the [[treasurer]] of the [[Jerusalem]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christianity church], of which [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James] the Lord's [[brother]] in the [[flesh]] was the head.

163:2.7 Almost every [[human being]] has some [[one]] [[thing]] which is held on to as a pet [[evil]], and which the entrance into [[the kingdom]] of heaven requires as a part of the price of admission. If Matadormus had parted with his [[wealth]], it probably would have been put right back into his hands for [[administration]] as [[treasurer]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_163#163:1._ORDINATION_OF_THE_SEVENTY the seventy]. For later on, after the [[establishment]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Jerusalem church at Jerusalem], he did [[obey]] [[the Master]]'s [[injunction]], although it was then too late to enjoy membership in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_163#163:1._ORDINATION_OF_THE_SEVENTY the seventy], and he became the [[treasurer]] of the [[Jerusalem]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity], of which [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James] the Lord's [[brother]] in the [[flesh]] was the head.

163:2.8 Thus always it was and forever will be: Men must arrive at their own [[decisions]]. There is a certain [[Degree|range]] of the [[freedom]] of [[choice]] which [[mortals]] may [[exercise]]. The [[forces]] of the [[spiritual]] world will not [[coerce]] [[man]]; they allow him to go the way of his own [[choosing]].

163:2.8 Thus always it was and forever will be: Men must arrive at their own [[decisions]]. There is a certain [[Degree|range]] of the [[freedom]] of [[choice]] which [[mortals]] may [[exercise]]. The [[forces]] of the [[spiritual]] world will not [[coerce]] [[man]]; they allow him to go the way of his own [[choosing]].