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==PAPER 180: THE FAREWELL DISCOURSE==

==PAPER 180: THE FAREWELL DISCOURSE==

180:0.1 After singing [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_118 the Psalm] at the conclusion of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_179#PAPER_179:_THE_LAST_SUPPER Last Supper], [[the apostles]] [[thought]] that [[Jesus]] [[intended]] to return [[immediately]] to the camp, but he indicated that they should sit down. Said [[the Master]]:

180:0.1 After singing [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_118 the Psalm] at the conclusion of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_179#PAPER_179:_THE_LAST_SUPPER Last Supper], [[the apostles]] [[thought]] that [[Jesus]] [[intended]] to return [[immediately]] to the camp, but he indicated that they should sit down. Said [[the Master]]:

180:0.2 " You well [[remember]] when I sent you forth without purse or wallet and even [[advised]] that you take with you no extra clothes.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_10] And you will all recall that you lacked nothing. But now have you come upon [[Problems|troublous]] times. No longer can you depend upon the [[good]] will of [[the multitudes]]. Henceforth, he who has a [[Money|purse]], let him take it with him. When you go out into the world to [[proclaim]] this [[gospel]], make such [[provision]] for your [[support]] as seems best.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_22] I have come to bring [[peace]], but it will not [[appear]] for a [[time]].

180:0.2 " You well [[remember]] when I sent you forth without purse or wallet and even [[advised]] that you take with you no extra clothes.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_10] And you will all recall that you lacked nothing. But now have you come upon [[Problems|troublous]] times. No longer can you depend upon the [[good]] will of [[the multitudes]]. Henceforth, he who has a [[Money|purse]], let him take it with him. When you go out into the world to [[proclaim]] this [[gospel]], make such [[provision]] for your [[support]] as seems best.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_22] I have come to bring [[peace]], but it will not [[appear]] for a [[time]].

180:0.3 " The [[time]] has now come for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_man Son of Man] to be [[glorified]], and [[the Father]] shall be [[glorified]] in me. My [[friends]], I am to be with you only a little longer. Soon you will [[seek]] for me, but you will not find me, for I am going to a place to which you cannot, at this [[Timing|time]], come. But when you have finished your [[work]] on [[earth]] as I have now finished mine, you shall then come to me even as I now [[prepare]] to go to [[the Father|my Father]]. In just a short time I am going to leave you, you will see me no more on [[earth]], but you shall all see me in the age to come when you [[ascend]] to [[the kingdom]] which [[the Father|my Father]] has given to me. "

180:0.3 " The [[time]] has now come for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_man Son of Man] to be [[glorified]], and [[the Father]] shall be [[glorified]] in me. My [[friends]], I am to be with you only a little longer. Soon you will [[seek]] for me, but you will not find me, for I am going to a place to which you cannot, at this [[Timing|time]], come. But when you have finished your [[work]] on [[earth]] as I have now finished mine, you shall then come to me even as I now [[prepare]] to go to [[the Father|my Father]]. In just a short time I am going to leave you, you will see me no more on [[earth]], but you shall all see me in the age to come when you [[ascend]] to [[the kingdom]] which [[the Father|my Father]] has given to me. "

==180:1. THE NEW COMMANDMENT==

==180:1. THE NEW COMMANDMENT==

180:1.1 After a few [[moments]] of informal [[conversation]], [[Jesus]] stood up and said: " When I enacted for you a [[parable]] indicating how you should be willing to [[serve]] one another, I said that I [[desired]] to give you a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Commandment new commandment]; and I would do this now as I am about to leave you. You well know the commandment which directs that you [[love]] one another; that you love your [[neighbor]] even as yourself. But I am not wholly [[satisfied]] with even that [[sincere]] [[devotion]] on the part of my [[children]]. I would have you [[perform]] still greater [[acts]] of [[love]] in [[the kingdom]] of the [[believing]] brotherhood. And so I give you this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Commandment new commandment]: That you [[love]] one another even as I have loved you. And by this will all men know that you are my [[disciples]] if you thus [[love]] one another.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_13]

180:1.1 After a few [[moments]] of informal [[conversation]], [[Jesus]] stood up and said: " When I enacted for you a [[parable]] indicating how you should be willing to [[serve]] one another, I said that I [[desired]] to give you a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Commandment new commandment]; and I would do this now as I am about to leave you. You well know the commandment which directs that you [[love]] one another; that you love your [[neighbor]] even as yourself. But I am not wholly [[satisfied]] with even that [[sincere]] [[devotion]] on the part of my [[children]]. I would have you [[perform]] still greater [[acts]] of [[love]] in [[the kingdom]] of the [[believing]] brotherhood. And so I give you this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Commandment new commandment]: That you [[love]] one another even as I have loved you. And by this will all men know that you are my [[disciples]] if you thus [[love]] one another.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_13]

180:1.2 " When I give you this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Commandment new commandment], I do not place any new burden upon your [[souls]]; rather do I bring you new [[joy]] and make it possible for you to [[experience]] new [[pleasure]] in [[knowing]] the delights of the [[bestowal]] of your [[heart]]'s [[affection]] upon your fellow men. I am about to [[experience]] the [[supreme]] [[joy]], even though [[enduring]] outward [[sorrow]], in the [[bestowal]] of my [[affection]] upon you and your fellow [[mortals]].

180:1.2 " When I give you this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Commandment new commandment], I do not place any new burden upon your [[souls]]; rather do I bring you new [[joy]] and make it possible for you to [[experience]] new [[pleasure]] in [[knowing]] the delights of the [[bestowal]] of your [[heart]]'s [[affection]] upon your fellow men. I am about to [[experience]] the [[supreme]] [[joy]], even though [[enduring]] outward [[sorrow]], in the [[bestowal]] of my [[affection]] upon you and your fellow [[mortals]].

180:1.3 " When I [[invite]] you to [[love]] one another, even as I have loved you, I hold up before you the [[supreme]] [[measure]] of true [[affection]], for greater [[love]] can no man have than this: that he will lay down his life for his [[friends]]. And you are my [[friends]]; you will continue to be my [[friends]] if you are but willing to do what I have taught you. You have called me [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_(form_of_address) Master], but I do not call you servants. If you will only [[love]] one another as I am loving you, you shall be my [[friends]], and I will ever [[speak]] to you of that which [[the Father]] [[reveals]] to me.

180:1.3 " When I [[invite]] you to [[love]] one another, even as I have loved you, I hold up before you the [[supreme]] [[measure]] of true [[affection]], for greater [[love]] can no man have than this: that he will lay down his life for his [[friends]]. And you are my [[friends]]; you will continue to be my [[friends]] if you are but willing to do what I have taught you. You have called me [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_(form_of_address) Master], but I do not call you servants. If you will only [[love]] one another as I am loving you, you shall be my [[friends]], and I will ever [[speak]] to you of that which [[the Father]] [[reveals]] to me.

180:1.4 " You have not merely chosen me, but I have also [[Chosen People|chosen]] you,[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_15] and I have [[ordained]] you to go forth into the world to yield the fruit of loving [[service]] to your fellows even as I have lived among you and [[revealed]] [[the Father]] to you. The Father and I will both [[work]] with you, and you shall [[experience]] the [[divine]] fullness of [[joy]] if you will only [[obey]] my command to [[love]] one another, even as I have loved you. "

180:1.4 " You have not merely chosen me, but I have also [[Chosen People|chosen]] you,[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_15] and I have [[ordained]] you to go forth into the world to yield the fruit of loving [[service]] to your fellows even as I have lived among you and [[revealed]] [[the Father]] to you. The Father and I will both [[work]] with you, and you shall [[experience]] the [[divine]] fullness of [[joy]] if you will only [[obey]] my command to [[love]] one another, even as I have loved you. "

180:1.5 If you would [[share]] [[the Master]]'s [[joy]], you must [[share]] his [[love]]. And to [[share]] his [[love]] means that you have shared his [[service]]. Such an [[experience]] of [[love]] does not deliver you from the [[difficulties]] of this world; it does not create a new world, but it most [[certainly]] does make the old world new.

180:1.5 If you would [[share]] [[the Master]]'s [[joy]], you must [[share]] his [[love]]. And to [[share]] his [[love]] means that you have shared his [[service]]. Such an [[experience]] of [[love]] does not deliver you from the [[difficulties]] of this world; it does not create a new world, but it most [[certainly]] does make the old world new.

180:1.6 Keep in [[mind]]: It is [[loyalty]], not [[sacrifice]], that [[Jesus]] demands. The [[consciousness]] of [[sacrifice]] implies the [[absence]] of that wholehearted [[affection]] which would have made such a loving [[service]] a [[supreme]] [[joy]]. The [[idea]] of [[duty]] [[signifies]] that you are [[servant]]-minded and hence are missing the mighty thrill of doing your [[service]] as a [[friend]] and for a friend. The impulse of [[friendship]] [[transcends]] all [[convictions]] of [[duty]], and the [[service]] of a [[friend]] for a friend can never be called a [[sacrifice]]. [[The Master]] has taught [[the apostles]] that they are the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of God]. He has called them brethren, and now, before he leaves, he calls them his [[friends]].

180:1.6 Keep in [[mind]]: It is [[loyalty]], not [[sacrifice]], that [[Jesus]] demands. The [[consciousness]] of [[sacrifice]] implies the [[absence]] of that wholehearted [[affection]] which would have made such a loving [[service]] a [[supreme]] [[joy]]. The [[idea]] of [[duty]] [[signifies]] that you are [[servant]]-minded and hence are missing the mighty thrill of doing your [[service]] as a [[friend]] and for a friend. The impulse of [[friendship]] [[transcends]] all [[convictions]] of [[duty]], and the [[service]] of a [[friend]] for a friend can never be called a [[sacrifice]]. [[The Master]] has taught [[the apostles]] that they are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of God]. He has called them brethren, and now, before he leaves, he calls them his [[friends]].

==180:2. THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES==

==180:2. THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES==

180:2.1 Then [[Jesus]] stood up again and continued [[teaching]] his [[apostles]]: " I am the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vine true vine], and [[the Father|my Father]] is the husbandman. I am the vine, and you are the branches. And [[the Father]] requires of me only that you shall bear much [[Fruits of the Spirit|fruit]]. The vine is pruned only to increase the fruitfulness of its branches. Every branch coming out of me which bears no fruit, [[the Father]] will take away. Every branch which bears fruit, [[the Father]] will cleanse that it may bear more fruit. Already are you clean through the [[word]] I have [[spoken]], but you must continue to be clean. You must abide in me, and I in you; the branch will die if it is [[separated]] from the vine. As the branch cannot bear fruit except it abides in the vine, so neither can you yield the fruits of loving [[service]] except you abide in me. [[Remember]]: I am the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vine real vine], and you are the living branches. He who lives in me, and I in him, will bear much [[fruit of the spirit]] and [[experience]] the [[supreme]] [[joy]] of yielding this [[spiritual]] [[harvest]]. If you will [[maintain]] this living spiritual [[connection]] with me, you will bear [[abundant]] fruit. If you abide in me and my [[words]] live in you, you will be able to [[commune]] freely with me, and then can my [[Spirit of Truth|living spirit]] so infuse you that you may ask whatsoever my [[spirit]] wills and do all this with the [[assurance]] that [[the Father]] will grant us our [[petition]]. Herein is [[the Father]] [[glorified]]: that the vine has many living branches, and that every branch bears much fruit. And when the world sees these fruit-bearing branches—my [[friends]] who [[love]] one another, even as I have loved them—all men will know that you are truly my [[disciples]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_15]

180:2.1 Then [[Jesus]] stood up again and continued [[teaching]] his [[apostles]]: " I am the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vine true vine], and [[the Father|my Father]] is the husbandman. I am the vine, and you are the branches. And [[the Father]] requires of me only that you shall bear much [[Fruits of the Spirit|fruit]]. The vine is pruned only to increase the fruitfulness of its branches. Every branch coming out of me which bears no fruit, [[the Father]] will take away. Every branch which bears fruit, [[the Father]] will cleanse that it may bear more fruit. Already are you clean through the [[word]] I have [[spoken]], but you must continue to be clean. You must abide in me, and I in you; the branch will die if it is [[separated]] from the vine. As the branch cannot bear fruit except it abides in the vine, so neither can you yield the fruits of loving [[service]] except you abide in me. [[Remember]]: I am the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vine real vine], and you are the living branches. He who lives in me, and I in him, will bear much [[fruit of the spirit]] and [[experience]] the [[supreme]] [[joy]] of yielding this [[spiritual]] [[harvest]]. If you will [[maintain]] this living spiritual [[connection]] with me, you will bear [[abundant]] fruit. If you abide in me and my [[words]] live in you, you will be able to [[commune]] freely with me, and then can my [[Spirit of Truth|living spirit]] so infuse you that you may ask whatsoever my [[spirit]] wills and do all this with the [[assurance]] that [[the Father]] will grant us our [[petition]]. Herein is [[the Father]] [[glorified]]: that the vine has many living branches, and that every branch bears much fruit. And when the world sees these fruit-bearing branches—my [[friends]] who [[love]] one another, even as I have loved them—all men will know that you are truly my [[disciples]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_15]

180:2.2 " As [[the Father]] has loved me, so have I [[loved]] you. Live in my love even as I live in [[the Father]]'s love. If you do as I have taught you, you shall abide in my love even as I have kept [[the Father]]'s [[word]] and evermore abide in his [[love]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_15]

180:2.2 " As [[the Father]] has loved me, so have I [[loved]] you. Live in my love even as I live in [[the Father]]'s love. If you do as I have taught you, you shall abide in my love even as I have kept [[the Father]]'s [[word]] and evermore abide in his [[love]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_15]

180:2.3 The [[Jews]] had long taught that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah] would be " a stem arising out of the vine " of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidic_line David's ancestors], and in [[commemoration]] of this olden teaching a large emblem of the grape and its attached vine decorated the entrance to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple Herod's temple]. [[The apostles]] all recalled these [[things]] while [[the Master]] talked to them this night in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber].

180:2.3 The [[Jews]] had long taught that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah] would be " a stem arising out of the vine " of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidic_line David's ancestors], and in [[commemoration]] of this olden teaching a large emblem of the grape and its attached vine decorated the entrance to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple Herod's temple]. [[The apostles]] all recalled these [[things]] while [[the Master]] talked to them this night in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber].

==180:3. ENMITY OF THE WORLD==

==180:3. ENMITY OF THE WORLD==

180:3.1 The eleven had scarcely ceased their [[discussions]] of the [[discourse]] on the vine and the branches when [[the Master]], indicating that he was [[desirous]] of [[speaking]] to them further and knowing that his [[time]] was short, said: " When I have left you, be not [[discouraged]] by the [[enmity]] of the world. Be not [[downcast]] even when faint-hearted [[believers]] turn against you and join hands with the [[enemies]] of [[the kingdom]]. If the world shall [[hate]] you, you should recall that it hated me even before it hated you. If you were of this world, then would the world [[love]] its own, but because you are not, the world refuses to [[love]] you. You are in this world, but your lives are not to be worldlike. I have chosen you out of the world to [[represent]] the [[spirit]] of another world even to this world from which you have been =[[Chosen People|chosen]]. But always remember the [[words]] I have [[spoken]] to you: The [[servant]] is not greater than his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_(form_of_address) master]. If they dare to [[persecute]] me, they will also persecute you. If my [[words]] [[offend]] the unbelievers, so also will your [[words]] offend the ungodly. And all of this will they do to you because they [[believe]] not in me nor in [[the Father|Him]] who sent me; so will you [[suffer]] many things for the sake of my [[gospel]]. But when you [[endure]] these tribulations, you should recall that I also [[suffered]] before you for the sake of this [[gospel]] of [[the heavenly kingdom]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_15]

180:3.1 The eleven had scarcely ceased their [[discussions]] of the [[discourse]] on the vine and the branches when [[the Master]], indicating that he was [[desirous]] of [[speaking]] to them further and knowing that his [[time]] was short, said: " When I have left you, be not [[discouraged]] by the [[enmity]] of the world. Be not [[downcast]] even when faint-hearted [[believers]] turn against you and join hands with the [[enemies]] of [[the kingdom]]. If the world shall [[hate]] you, you should recall that it hated me even before it hated you. If you were of this world, then would the world [[love]] its own, but because you are not, the world refuses to [[love]] you. You are in this world, but your lives are not to be worldlike. I have chosen you out of the world to [[represent]] the [[spirit]] of another world even to this world from which you have been =[[Chosen People|chosen]]. But always remember the [[words]] I have [[spoken]] to you: The [[servant]] is not greater than his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_(form_of_address) master]. If they dare to [[persecute]] me, they will also persecute you. If my [[words]] [[offend]] the unbelievers, so also will your [[words]] offend the ungodly. And all of this will they do to you because they [[believe]] not in me nor in [[the Father|Him]] who sent me; so will you [[suffer]] many things for the sake of my [[gospel]]. But when you [[endure]] these tribulations, you should recall that I also [[suffered]] before you for the sake of this [[gospel]] of [[the heavenly kingdom]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_15]

180:3.2 " Many of those who will assail you are [[ignorant]] of the [[light]] of [[heaven]], but this is not true of some who now [[persecute]] us. If we had not taught them the [[truth]], they might do many [[strange]] things without falling under [[condemnation]], but now, since they have known the [[light]] and presumed to [[reject]] it, they have no excuse for their [[attitude]]. He who [[hates]] me hates [[the Father|my Father]]. It cannot be otherwise; the [[light]] which would save you if [[accepted]] can only [[condemn]] you if it is [[Conscious|knowingly]] [[rejected]]. And what have I done to these men that they should [[hate]] me with such a terrible hatred? Nothing, save to offer them [[fellowship]] on [[earth]] and [[salvation]] in [[heaven]]. But have you not [[read]] in the [[Scripture]] the saying: `And they hated me without a [[cause]]'?[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_69]

180:3.2 " Many of those who will assail you are [[ignorant]] of the [[light]] of [[heaven]], but this is not true of some who now [[persecute]] us. If we had not taught them the [[truth]], they might do many [[strange]] things without falling under [[condemnation]], but now, since they have known the [[light]] and presumed to [[reject]] it, they have no excuse for their [[attitude]]. He who [[hates]] me hates [[the Father|my Father]]. It cannot be otherwise; the [[light]] which would save you if [[accepted]] can only [[condemn]] you if it is [[Conscious|knowingly]] [[rejected]]. And what have I done to these men that they should [[hate]] me with such a terrible hatred? Nothing, save to offer them [[fellowship]] on [[earth]] and [[salvation]] in [[heaven]]. But have you not [[read]] in the [[Scripture]] the saying: `And they hated me without a [[cause]]'?[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_69]

180:3.3 " But I will not leave you [[alone]] in the world. Very soon, after I have gone, I will send you [[Spirit of Truth|a spirit helper]]. You shall have with you one who will take my place among you, one who will continue to teach you the way of [[truth]], who will even [[comfort]] you.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_14]

180:3.3 " But I will not leave you [[alone]] in the world. Very soon, after I have gone, I will send you [[Spirit of Truth|a spirit helper]]. You shall have with you one who will take my place among you, one who will continue to teach you the way of [[truth]], who will even [[comfort]] you.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_14]

180:3.4 " Let not your [[hearts]] be troubled. You [[believe]] in [[God]]; continue to [[believe]] also in me. Even though I must leave you, I will not be far from you. I have already told you that in [[the Father|my Father]]'s [[universe]] there are many tarrying-places. If this were not true, I would not have [[repeatedly]] told you about them. I am going to return to these [worlds of light, stations in [[the Father]]'s [[heaven]] to which you shall some time [[ascend]]. From these places I came into this world, and the hour is now at hand when I must return to [[the Father|my Father]]'s [[work]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33 spheres on high].

180:3.4 " Let not your [[hearts]] be troubled. You [[believe]] in [[God]]; continue to [[believe]] also in me. Even though I must leave you, I will not be far from you. I have already told you that in [[the Father|my Father]]'s [[universe]] there are many tarrying-places. If this were not true, I would not have [[repeatedly]] told you about them. I am going to return to these [worlds of light, stations in [[the Father]]'s [[heaven]] to which you shall some time [[ascend]]. From these places I came into this world, and the hour is now at hand when I must return to [[the Father|my Father]]'s [[work]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33 spheres on high].

180:3.5 " If I thus go before you into [[the Father]]'s [[heavenly kingdom]], so will I surely send for you that you may be with me in the places that were [[prepared]] for the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE mortal sons of God] before this world was. Even though I must leave you, I will be present with you in [[spirit]], and [[eventually]] you shall be with me in [[person]] when you have [[ascended]] to me in my [[universe]] even as I am about to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_193 ascend to my Father] in his [[Central Universe|greater universe]]. And what I have told you is [[true]] and [[everlasting]], even though you may not fully [[comprehend]] it. I go to [[the Father]], and though you cannot now follow me, you shall certainly follow me in the ages to come. "

180:3.5 " If I thus go before you into [[the Father]]'s [[heavenly kingdom]], so will I surely send for you that you may be with me in the places that were [[prepared]] for the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE mortal sons of God] before this world was. Even though I must leave you, I will be present with you in [[spirit]], and [[eventually]] you shall be with me in [[person]] when you have [[ascended]] to me in my [[universe]] even as I am about to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_193 ascend to my Father] in his [[Central Universe|greater universe]]. And what I have told you is [[true]] and [[everlasting]], even though you may not fully [[comprehend]] it. I go to [[the Father]], and though you cannot now follow me, you shall certainly follow me in the ages to come. "

180:3.6 When [[Jesus]] sat down, [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] arose and said: " Master, we do not know where you are going; so of course we do not [[know]] the way. But we will follow you this very night if you will show us the way. "

180:3.6 When [[Jesus]] sat down, [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] arose and said: " Master, we do not know where you are going; so of course we do not [[know]] the way. But we will follow you this very night if you will show us the way. "

180:3.7 When [[Jesus]] heard [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], he answered: " [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], I am the way, the [[truth]], and the life. No man goes to the Father except through me. All who find the Father, first find me. If you know me, you know the way to the Father. And you do know me, for you have lived with me and you now see me. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_14]

180:3.7 When [[Jesus]] heard [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], he answered: " [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], I am the way, the [[truth]], and the life. No man goes to the Father except through me. All who find the Father, first find me. If you know me, you know the way to the Father. And you do know me, for you have lived with me and you now see me. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_14]

180:3.8 But this teaching was too [[deep]] for many of [[the apostles]], especially for [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]], who, after [[speaking]] a few [[words]] with [[Nathaniel]], arose and said: " Master, show us [[the Father]], and [[everything]] you have said will be made plain. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_14]

180:3.8 But this teaching was too [[deep]] for many of [[the apostles]], especially for [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]], who, after [[speaking]] a few [[words]] with [[Nathaniel]], arose and said: " Master, show us [[the Father]], and [[everything]] you have said will be made plain. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_14]

180:3.9 And when [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]] had [[spoken]], [[Jesus]] said: " [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]], have I been so long with you and yet you do not even now know me? Again do I [[declare]]: He who has seen me has seen [[the Father]]. How can you then say, Show us the Father?[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_14] Do you not [[believe]] that I am in [[the Father]] and the Father in me? Have I not taught you that the [[words]] which I [[speak]] are not my words but the words of [[the Father]]? I speak for [[the Father]] and not of myself. I am in this world to [[do the Father's will]], and that I have done. [[the Father|My Father]] abides in me and [[works]] through me. [[Believe]] me when I say that [[the Father]] is in me, and that I am in the Father, or else believe me for the sake of the very life I have lived—for the [[work]]'s sake. "

180:3.9 And when [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]] had [[spoken]], [[Jesus]] said: " [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]], have I been so long with you and yet you do not even now know me? Again do I [[declare]]: He who has seen me has seen [[the Father]]. How can you then say, Show us the Father?[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_14] Do you not [[believe]] that I am in [[the Father]] and the Father in me? Have I not taught you that the [[words]] which I [[speak]] are not my words but the words of [[the Father]]? I speak for [[the Father]] and not of myself. I am in this world to [[do the Father's will]], and that I have done. [[the Father|My Father]] abides in me and [[works]] through me. [[Believe]] me when I say that [[the Father]] is in me, and that I am in the Father, or else believe me for the sake of the very life I have lived—for the [[work]]'s sake. "

180:3.10 As [[the Master]] went aside to refresh himself with [[water]], the eleven [[engaged]] in a spirited [[discussion]] of these teachings, and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] was beginning to deliver himself of an extended [[speech]] when [[Jesus]] returned and beckoned them to be seated.

180:3.10 As [[the Master]] went aside to refresh himself with [[water]], the eleven [[engaged]] in a spirited [[discussion]] of these teachings, and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] was beginning to deliver himself of an extended [[speech]] when [[Jesus]] returned and beckoned them to be seated.

==180:4. THE PROMISED HELPER==

==180:4. THE PROMISED HELPER==

180:4.1 [[Jesus]] continued to [[teach]], saying: " When I have gone to [[the Father]], and after he has fully [[accepted]] the [[work]] I have done for you on [[earth]], and after I have [[received]] the final [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY sovereignty of my own domain], I shall say to my Father: Having left my [[children]] [[alone]] on [[earth]], it is in [[accordance]] with my [[promise]] to send them another [[teacher]]. And when [[the Father]] shall [[approve]], I will pour out the [[Spirit of Truth]] upon all [[flesh]]. Already is [[Thought Adjuster|my Father's spirit]] in your [[hearts]], and when this day shall come, you will also have me with you even as you now have [[the Father]]. This new [[gift]] is the spirit of living [[truth]]. The unbelievers will not at first [[listen]] to the [[teachings]] of this [[spirit]], but the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of light] will all [[receive]] him gladly and with a whole [[heart]]. And you shall know [[Spirit of Truth|this spirit]] when he comes even as you have known me, and you will [[receive]] this [[gift]] in your [[hearts]], and he will abide with you. You thus [[perceive]] that I am not going to leave you without [[help]] and [[guidance]]. I will not leave you desolate. Today I can be with you only in [[person]]. In the times to come I will be with you and all other men who [[desire]] my [[presence]], wherever you may be, and with each of you at the [[same time]]. Do you not [[discern]] that it is better for me to go away; that I leave you in the [[flesh]] so that I may the better and the more fully be with you in the [[spirit]]?[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_14]

180:4.1 [[Jesus]] continued to [[teach]], saying: " When I have gone to [[the Father]], and after he has fully [[accepted]] the [[work]] I have done for you on [[earth]], and after I have [[received]] the final [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY sovereignty of my own domain], I shall say to my Father: Having left my [[children]] [[alone]] on [[earth]], it is in [[accordance]] with my [[promise]] to send them another [[teacher]]. And when [[the Father]] shall [[approve]], I will pour out the [[Spirit of Truth]] upon all [[flesh]]. Already is [[Thought Adjuster|my Father's spirit]] in your [[hearts]], and when this day shall come, you will also have me with you even as you now have [[the Father]]. This new [[gift]] is the spirit of living [[truth]]. The unbelievers will not at first [[listen]] to the [[teachings]] of this [[spirit]], but the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of light] will all [[receive]] him gladly and with a whole [[heart]]. And you shall know [[Spirit of Truth|this spirit]] when he comes even as you have known me, and you will [[receive]] this [[gift]] in your [[hearts]], and he will abide with you. You thus [[perceive]] that I am not going to leave you without [[help]] and [[guidance]]. I will not leave you desolate. Today I can be with you only in [[person]]. In the times to come I will be with you and all other men who [[desire]] my [[presence]], wherever you may be, and with each of you at the [[same time]]. Do you not [[discern]] that it is better for me to go away; that I leave you in the [[flesh]] so that I may the better and the more fully be with you in the [[spirit]]?[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_14]

180:4.2 " In just a few hours the world will see me no more; but you will continue to know me in your [[hearts]] even until I send you this new [[teacher]], the [[Spirit of Truth]]. As I have lived with you in [[person]], then shall I live in you; I shall be one with your [[personal]] [[experience]] in [[the Kingdom|the spirit kingdom]]. And when this has come to pass, you shall surely know that I am in [[the Father]], and that, while your life is hid with the Father in me, I am also in you. I have [[loved]] [[the Father]] and have kept his [[word]]; you have loved me, and you will keep my word. As my Father has given me of his spirit, so will I give you of my spirit. And this [[Spirit of Truth]] which I will [[bestow]] upon you shall [[guide]] and [[comfort]] you and shall [[eventually]] lead you into all [[truth]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_14]

180:4.2 " In just a few hours the world will see me no more; but you will continue to know me in your [[hearts]] even until I send you this new [[teacher]], the [[Spirit of Truth]]. As I have lived with you in [[person]], then shall I live in you; I shall be one with your [[personal]] [[experience]] in [[the Kingdom|the spirit kingdom]]. And when this has come to pass, you shall surely know that I am in [[the Father]], and that, while your life is hid with the Father in me, I am also in you. I have [[loved]] [[the Father]] and have kept his [[word]]; you have loved me, and you will keep my word. As my Father has given me of his spirit, so will I give you of my spirit. And this [[Spirit of Truth]] which I will [[bestow]] upon you shall [[guide]] and [[comfort]] you and shall [[eventually]] lead you into all [[truth]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_14]

180:4.3 " I am telling you these things while I am still with you that you may be the better [[prepared]] to [[endure]] those [[trials]] which are even now right upon us. And when this new day comes, you will be indwelt by [[Creator Son|the Son]] as well as by [[the Father]]. And these [[gifts]] of [[heaven]] will ever [[work]] the one with the other even as [[the Father]] and I have wrought on [[earth]] and before your very eyes as one [[person]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]. And this [[spirit]] [[friend]] will bring to your [[remembrance]] everything I have taught you. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_14]

180:4.3 " I am telling you these things while I am still with you that you may be the better [[prepared]] to [[endure]] those [[trials]] which are even now right upon us. And when this new day comes, you will be indwelt by [[Creator Son|the Son]] as well as by [[the Father]]. And these [[gifts]] of [[heaven]] will ever [[work]] the one with the other even as [[the Father]] and I have wrought on [[earth]] and before your very eyes as one [[person]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]. And this [[spirit]] [[friend]] will bring to your [[remembrance]] everything I have taught you. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_14]

180:4.4 As [[the Master]] paused for a [[moment]], [[Judas Alpheus]] made [[bold]] to ask one of the few [[questions]] which either he or his [[brother]] ever addressed to [[Jesus]] in [[public]]. Said [[Judas: " Master, you have always lived among us as a [[friend]]; how shall we know you when you no longer [[manifest]] yourself to us save by [[Spirit of Truth|this spirit]]? If the world sees you not, how shall we be certain about you? How will you show yourself to us? "

180:4.4 As [[the Master]] paused for a [[moment]], [[Judas Alpheus]] made [[bold]] to ask one of the few [[questions]] which either he or his [[brother]] ever addressed to [[Jesus]] in [[public]]. Said [[Judas: " Master, you have always lived among us as a [[friend]]; how shall we know you when you no longer [[manifest]] yourself to us save by [[Spirit of Truth|this spirit]]? If the world sees you not, how shall we be certain about you? How will you show yourself to us? "

180:5.1 The new helper which [[Jesus]] [[promised]] to send into the [[hearts]] of ''believers'', to pour out upon all [[flesh]], is the [[Spirit of Truth]]. This [[divine]] [[endowment]] is not the [[letter]] or [[law]] of [[truth]], neither is it to [[function]] as the [[form]] or [[expression]] of [[truth]]. The new [[teacher]] is the [[conviction]] of [[truth]], the [[consciousness]] and [[assurance]] of true [[meanings]] on real [[spirit]] [[levels]]. And this new teacher is the spirit of living and [[growing]] [[truth]], expanding, [[unfolding]], and [[adaptative]] [[truth]].

180:5.1 The new helper which [[Jesus]] [[promised]] to send into the [[hearts]] of ''believers'', to pour out upon all [[flesh]], is the [[Spirit of Truth]]. This [[divine]] [[endowment]] is not the [[letter]] or [[law]] of [[truth]], neither is it to [[function]] as the [[form]] or [[expression]] of [[truth]]. The new [[teacher]] is the [[conviction]] of [[truth]], the [[consciousness]] and [[assurance]] of true [[meanings]] on real [[spirit]] [[levels]]. And this new teacher is the spirit of living and [[growing]] [[truth]], expanding, [[unfolding]], and [[adaptative]] [[truth]].

180:5.2 [[Divine]] [[truth]] is a [[spirit]]-[[discerned]] and living [[reality]]. [[Truth]] [[exists]] only on high spiritual [[levels]] of the [[realization]] of [[divinity]] and the [[consciousness]] of [[communion]] with [[God]]. You can know the [[truth]], and you can live the truth; you can [[experience]] the [[growth]] of truth in the [[soul]] and enjoy the [[liberty]] of its [[enlightenment]] in the [[mind]], but you cannot [[imprison]] [[truth]] in [[formulas]], codes, [[creeds]], or [[intellectual]] [[patterns]] of [[human]] [[conduct]]. When you undertake the human [[formulation]] of [[divine]] [[truth]], it speedily dies. The post-mortem salvage of [[imprisoned]] [[truth]], even at best, can [[eventuate]] only in the [[realization]] of a peculiar [[form]] of intellectualized [[glorified]] [[wisdom]]. [[Static]] [[truth]] is dead [[truth]], and only dead [[truth]] can be held as a [[theory]]. Living [[truth]] is [[dynamic]] and can [[enjoy]] only an [[experiential]] [[existence]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind].

180:5.2 [[Divine]] [[truth]] is a [[spirit]]-[[discerned]] and living [[reality]]. [[Truth]] [[exists]] only on high spiritual [[levels]] of the [[realization]] of [[divinity]] and the [[consciousness]] of [[communion]] with [[God]]. You can know the [[truth]], and you can live the truth; you can [[experience]] the [[growth]] of truth in the [[soul]] and enjoy the [[liberty]] of its [[enlightenment]] in the [[mind]], but you cannot [[imprison]] [[truth]] in [[formulas]], codes, [[creeds]], or [[intellectual]] [[patterns]] of [[human]] [[conduct]]. When you undertake the human [[formulation]] of [[divine]] [[truth]], it speedily dies. The post-mortem salvage of [[imprisoned]] [[truth]], even at best, can [[eventuate]] only in the [[realization]] of a peculiar [[form]] of intellectualized [[glorified]] [[wisdom]]. [[Static]] [[truth]] is dead [[truth]], and only dead [[truth]] can be held as a [[theory]]. Living [[truth]] is [[dynamic]] and can [[enjoy]] only an [[experiential]] [[existence]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind].

180:5.3 [[Intelligence]] [[grows]] out of a [[material]] [[existence]] which is [[illuminated]] by the [[presence]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 cosmic mind]. [[Wisdom]] comprises the [[consciousness]] of [[knowledge]] elevated to new levels of [[meaning]] and [[activated]] by the [[presence]] of the [[universe]] [[endowment]] of the [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|adjutant of wisdom]]. [[Truth]] is a [[spiritual]] [[reality]] [[value]] [[experienced]] only by [[spirit]]-[[endowed]] [[beings]] who [[function]] upon supermaterial levels of [[universe]] [[consciousness]], and who, after the [[realization]] of [[truth]], [[permit]] its spirit of [[activation]] to live and [[reign]] within their [[souls]].

180:5.3 [[Intelligence]] [[grows]] out of a [[material]] [[existence]] which is [[illuminated]] by the [[presence]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 cosmic mind]. [[Wisdom]] comprises the [[consciousness]] of [[knowledge]] elevated to new levels of [[meaning]] and [[activated]] by the [[presence]] of the [[universe]] [[endowment]] of the [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|adjutant of wisdom]]. [[Truth]] is a [[spiritual]] [[reality]] [[value]] [[experienced]] only by [[spirit]]-[[endowed]] [[beings]] who [[function]] upon supermaterial levels of [[universe]] [[consciousness]], and who, after the [[realization]] of [[truth]], [[permit]] its spirit of [[activation]] to live and [[reign]] within their [[souls]].

180:5.4 The true [[child]] of [[universe]] [[insight]] looks for the living [[Spirit of Truth]] in every [[wise]] saying. The [[God]]-knowing [[individual]] is constantly elevating [[wisdom]] to the living-[[truth]] levels of [[divine]] [[attainment]]; the spiritually unprogressive [[soul]] is all the while dragging the living [[truth]] down to the dead levels of [[wisdom]] and to the [[domain]] of mere exalted [[knowledge]].

180:5.4 The true [[child]] of [[universe]] [[insight]] looks for the living [[Spirit of Truth]] in every [[wise]] saying. The [[God]]-knowing [[individual]] is constantly elevating [[wisdom]] to the living-[[truth]] levels of [[divine]] [[attainment]]; the spiritually unprogressive [[soul]] is all the while dragging the living [[truth]] down to the dead levels of [[wisdom]] and to the [[domain]] of mere exalted [[knowledge]].

180:5.6 Some [[persons]] [[discern]] and [[interpret]] the [[golden rule]] as a [[purely]] [[intellectual]] affirmation of human fraternity. Others [[experience]] this [[expression]] of human [[relationship]] as an [[emotional]] [[gratification]] of the [[tender]] [[feelings]] of the [[human]] [[personality]]. Another [[mortal]] [[recognizes]] this same [[golden rule]] as the yardstick for measuring all [[social]] [[relations]], the [[standard]] of [[social]] [[conduct]]. Still others look upon it as [[being]] the [[positive]] injunction of a great [[moral]] [[teacher]] who embodied in this [[statement]] the highest [[concept]] of [[moral]] [[obligation]] as regards all fraternal [[relationships]]. In the lives of such [[moral]] beings the [[golden rule]] becomes the [[wise]] [[center]] and [[circumference]] of all their [[philosophy]].

180:5.6 Some [[persons]] [[discern]] and [[interpret]] the [[golden rule]] as a [[purely]] [[intellectual]] affirmation of human fraternity. Others [[experience]] this [[expression]] of human [[relationship]] as an [[emotional]] [[gratification]] of the [[tender]] [[feelings]] of the [[human]] [[personality]]. Another [[mortal]] [[recognizes]] this same [[golden rule]] as the yardstick for measuring all [[social]] [[relations]], the [[standard]] of [[social]] [[conduct]]. Still others look upon it as [[being]] the [[positive]] injunction of a great [[moral]] [[teacher]] who embodied in this [[statement]] the highest [[concept]] of [[moral]] [[obligation]] as regards all fraternal [[relationships]]. In the lives of such [[moral]] beings the [[golden rule]] becomes the [[wise]] [[center]] and [[circumference]] of all their [[philosophy]].

180:5.7 In [[the kingdom]] of the [[believing]] brotherhood of [[God]]-[[knowing]] [[truth]] lovers, this [[golden rule]] takes on living [[qualities]] of [[spiritual]] [[realization]] on those higher [[levels]] of [[interpretation]] which cause the [[mortal]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God] to view this injunction of [[the Master]] as requiring them so to relate themselves to their fellows that they will [[receive]] the highest possible [[good]] as a result of the [[believer]]'s contact with them. This is the [[essence]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_101#101:1._TRUE_RELIGION true religion]: that you [[love]] your [[neighbor]] as yourself.

180:5.7 In [[the kingdom]] of the [[believing]] brotherhood of [[God]]-[[knowing]] [[truth]] lovers, this [[golden rule]] takes on living [[qualities]] of [[spiritual]] [[realization]] on those higher [[levels]] of [[interpretation]] which cause the [[mortal]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God] to view this injunction of [[the Master]] as requiring them so to relate themselves to their fellows that they will [[receive]] the highest possible [[good]] as a result of the [[believer]]'s contact with them. This is the [[essence]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_101#101:1._TRUE_RELIGION true religion]: that you [[love]] your [[neighbor]] as yourself.

180:5.8 But the highest [[realization]] and the truest [[interpretation]] of the [[golden rule]] consists in the [[consciousness]] of the spirit of the [[truth]] of the [[enduring]] and living [[reality]] of such a [[divine]] [[declaration]]. The true [[cosmic]] [[meaning]] of this rule of [[universal]] [[relationship]] is [[revealed]] only in its [[spiritual]] [[realization]], in the [[interpretation]] of the [[law]] of [[conduct]] by the [[Spirit of Truth|spirit of the Son]] to the [[Thought Adjuster|spirit of the Father]] that indwells the [[soul]] of [[mortal]] man. And when such [[spirit]]-led [[mortals]] [[realize]] the true [[meaning]] of this [[golden rule]], they are filled to overflowing with the [[assurance]] of [[citizenship]] in a friendly [[universe]], and their [[ideals]] of [[spirit]] [[reality]] are [[satisfied]] only when they [[love]] their fellows as [[Jesus]] loved us all, and that is the [[reality]] of the [[realization]] of the [[love]] of [[God]].

180:5.8 But the highest [[realization]] and the truest [[interpretation]] of the [[golden rule]] consists in the [[consciousness]] of the spirit of the [[truth]] of the [[enduring]] and living [[reality]] of such a [[divine]] [[declaration]]. The true [[cosmic]] [[meaning]] of this rule of [[universal]] [[relationship]] is [[revealed]] only in its [[spiritual]] [[realization]], in the [[interpretation]] of the [[law]] of [[conduct]] by the [[Spirit of Truth|spirit of the Son]] to the [[Thought Adjuster|spirit of the Father]] that indwells the [[soul]] of [[mortal]] man. And when such [[spirit]]-led [[mortals]] [[realize]] the true [[meaning]] of this [[golden rule]], they are filled to overflowing with the [[assurance]] of [[citizenship]] in a friendly [[universe]], and their [[ideals]] of [[spirit]] [[reality]] are [[satisfied]] only when they [[love]] their fellows as [[Jesus]] loved us all, and that is the [[reality]] of the [[realization]] of the [[love]] of [[God]].

180:5.9 This same [[philosophy]] of the living [[flexibility]] and [[cosmic]] [[adaptability]] of [[divine]] [[truth]] to the [[individual]] requirements and [[capacity]] of every [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD son of God], must be [[perceived]] before you can [[hope]] adequately to [[understand]] [[the Master]]'s [[teaching]] and [[practice]] of [[nonresistance]] to [[evil]]. [[The Master]]'s teaching is basically a [[spiritual]] pronouncement. Even the [[material]] implications of his [[philosophy]] cannot be helpfully [[considered]] apart from their [[spiritual]] correlations. The spirit of [[the Master]]'s injunction consists in the [[nonresistance]] of all [[selfish]] [[reaction]] to the [[universe]], coupled with the [[aggressive]] and [[progressive]] [[attainment]] of [[righteous]] levels of true spirit [[values]]: [[divine]] [[beauty]], [[infinite]] [[goodness]], and [[eternal]] [[truth]]—to know [[God]] and to become increasingly like him.

180:5.9 This same [[philosophy]] of the living [[flexibility]] and [[cosmic]] [[adaptability]] of [[divine]] [[truth]] to the [[individual]] requirements and [[capacity]] of every [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD son of God], must be [[perceived]] before you can [[hope]] adequately to [[understand]] [[the Master]]'s [[teaching]] and [[practice]] of [[nonresistance]] to [[evil]]. [[The Master]]'s teaching is basically a [[spiritual]] pronouncement. Even the [[material]] implications of his [[philosophy]] cannot be helpfully [[considered]] apart from their [[spiritual]] correlations. The spirit of [[the Master]]'s injunction consists in the [[nonresistance]] of all [[selfish]] [[reaction]] to the [[universe]], coupled with the [[aggressive]] and [[progressive]] [[attainment]] of [[righteous]] levels of true spirit [[values]]: [[divine]] [[beauty]], [[infinite]] [[goodness]], and [[eternal]] [[truth]]—to know [[God]] and to become increasingly like him.

180:5.10 [[Love]], [[unselfishness]], must undergo a constant and living readaptative [[interpretation]] of [[relationships]] in [[accordance]] with the [[leading]] of the [[Spirit of Truth]]. [[Love]] must thereby grasp the ever-[[changing]] and enlarging [[concepts]] of the highest [[cosmic]] [[good]] of the [[individual]] who is [[loved]]. And then [[love]] goes on to strike this same [[attitude]] concerning all other [[individuals]] who could possibly be [[influenced]] by the [[growing]] and living [[relationship]] of one [[spirit]]-led [[mortal]]'s [[love]] for other [[citizens]] of the [[universe]]. And this entire living [[adaptation]] of [[love]] must be effected in the [[light]] of both the [[environment]] of present [[evil]] and the [[eternal]] goal of the [[perfection]] of [[divine]] [[destiny]].

180:5.10 [[Love]], [[unselfishness]], must undergo a constant and living readaptative [[interpretation]] of [[relationships]] in [[accordance]] with the [[leading]] of the [[Spirit of Truth]]. [[Love]] must thereby grasp the ever-[[changing]] and enlarging [[concepts]] of the highest [[cosmic]] [[good]] of the [[individual]] who is [[loved]]. And then [[love]] goes on to strike this same [[attitude]] concerning all other [[individuals]] who could possibly be [[influenced]] by the [[growing]] and living [[relationship]] of one [[spirit]]-led [[mortal]]'s [[love]] for other [[citizens]] of the [[universe]]. And this entire living [[adaptation]] of [[love]] must be effected in the [[light]] of both the [[environment]] of present [[evil]] and the [[eternal]] goal of the [[perfection]] of [[divine]] [[destiny]].

==180:6. THE NECESSITY FOR LEAVING==

==180:6. THE NECESSITY FOR LEAVING==

180:6.1 After [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], [[James, the Apostle|James]], [[John, the Apostle|John]], and [[Matthew, the Apostle|Matthew]] had asked [[the Master]] numerous [[questions]], he continued his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farewell_discourse farewell discourse] by saying: " And I am telling you about all this before I leave you in order that you may be so [[prepared]] for what is coming upon you that you will not stumble into serious [[error]]. The [[authorities]] will not be content with merely putting you out of the [[synagogues]]; I warn you the hour draws near when they who [[kill]] you will [[think]] they are doing a [[service]] to [[God]]. And all of these things they will do to you and to those whom you lead into [[the kingdom]] of heaven because they do not know [[the Father]].[[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_16]

180:6.1 After [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], [[James, the Apostle|James]], [[John, the Apostle|John]], and [[Matthew, the Apostle|Matthew]] had asked [[the Master]] numerous [[questions]], he continued his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farewell_discourse farewell discourse] by saying: " And I am telling you about all this before I leave you in order that you may be so [[prepared]] for what is coming upon you that you will not stumble into serious [[error]]. The [[authorities]] will not be content with merely putting you out of the [[synagogues]]; I warn you the hour draws near when they who [[kill]] you will [[think]] they are doing a [[service]] to [[God]]. And all of these things they will do to you and to those whom you lead into [[the kingdom]] of heaven because they do not know [[the Father]].[[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_16]

] They have refused to know [[the Father]] by refusing to [[receive]] me; and they refuse to receive me when they [[reject]] you, [[provided]] you have kept my new commandment that you [[love]] one another even as I have loved you. I am telling you in advance about these things so that, when [[Timing|your hour comes]], as mine now has, you may be [[strengthened]] in the [[knowledge]] that all was known to me, and that my spirit shall be with you in all your [[sufferings]] for my sake and the [[gospel]]'s. It was for this [[purpose]] that I have been [[talking]] so plainly to you from the very beginning. I have even [[warned]] you that a man's [[foes]] may be those of his own [[Home|household]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_21] Although this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] never fails to bring great [[peace]] to the [[soul]] of the [[individual]] [[believer]], it will not bring [[peace]] on [[earth]] until man is willing to [[believe]] my teaching wholeheartedly and to [[establish]] the [[practice]] of [[doing the Father's will]] as the chief [[purpose]] in living the [[mortal]] life.

] They have refused to know [[the Father]] by refusing to [[receive]] me; and they refuse to receive me when they [[reject]] you, [[provided]] you have kept my new commandment that you [[love]] one another even as I have loved you. I am telling you in advance about these things so that, when [[Timing|your hour comes]], as mine now has, you may be [[strengthened]] in the [[knowledge]] that all was known to me, and that my spirit shall be with you in all your [[sufferings]] for my sake and the [[gospel]]'s. It was for this [[purpose]] that I have been [[talking]] so plainly to you from the very beginning. I have even [[warned]] you that a man's [[foes]] may be those of his own [[Home|household]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_21] Although this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] never fails to bring great [[peace]] to the [[soul]] of the [[individual]] [[believer]], it will not bring [[peace]] on [[earth]] until man is willing to [[believe]] my teaching wholeheartedly and to [[establish]] the [[practice]] of [[doing the Father's will]] as the chief [[purpose]] in living the [[mortal]] life.

180:6.2 " Now that I am leaving you, seeing that the hour has come when I am about to go to [[the Father]], I am [[surprised]] that none of you have asked me, Why do you leave us? Nevertheless, I know that you ask such [[questions]] in your [[hearts]]. I will [[speak]] to you plainly, as one [[friend]] to another. It is really profitable for you that I go away. If I go not away, the [[Spirit of Truth|new teacher]] cannot come into your [[hearts]]. I must be divested of this [[mortal]] [[body]] and be restored to [[Salvington|my place on high]] before I can send this [[spirit]] [[teacher]] to live in your [[souls]] and [[lead]] your spirits into the [[truth]]. And when [[Spirit of Truth|my spirit]] comes to indwell you, he will [[illuminate]] the [[difference]] between [[sin]] and [[righteousness]] and will enable you to [[judge]] [[wisely]] in your [[hearts]] concerning them.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16]

180:6.2 " Now that I am leaving you, seeing that the hour has come when I am about to go to [[the Father]], I am [[surprised]] that none of you have asked me, Why do you leave us? Nevertheless, I know that you ask such [[questions]] in your [[hearts]]. I will [[speak]] to you plainly, as one [[friend]] to another. It is really profitable for you that I go away. If I go not away, the [[Spirit of Truth|new teacher]] cannot come into your [[hearts]]. I must be divested of this [[mortal]] [[body]] and be restored to [[Salvington|my place on high]] before I can send this [[spirit]] [[teacher]] to live in your [[souls]] and [[lead]] your spirits into the [[truth]]. And when [[Spirit of Truth|my spirit]] comes to indwell you, he will [[illuminate]] the [[difference]] between [[sin]] and [[righteousness]] and will enable you to [[judge]] [[wisely]] in your [[hearts]] concerning them.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16]

180:6.3 " I have yet much to say to you, but you cannot stand any more just now. Albeit, when he, the [[Spirit of Truth]], comes, he shall [[eventually]] [[guide]] you into all [[truth]] as you pass through the [[Ascension Career|many abodes in my Father's universe]].

180:6.3 " I have yet much to say to you, but you cannot stand any more just now. Albeit, when he, the [[Spirit of Truth]], comes, he shall [[eventually]] [[guide]] you into all [[truth]] as you pass through the [[Ascension Career|many abodes in my Father's universe]].

180:6.4 " [[Spirit of Truth|This spirit]] will not speak of himself, but he will [[declare]] to you that which [[the Father]] has [[revealed]] to [[Creator Son|the Son]], and he will even show you things to come; he will [[glorify]] me even as I have glorified [[the Father|my Father]]. This [[spirit]] comes forth from me, and he will [[reveal]] my [[truth]] to you. [[Everything]] which [[the Father]] has in this [[domain]] is now mine; wherefore did I say that this new [[teacher]] would take of that which is mine and [[reveal]] it to you.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16]

180:6.4 " [[Spirit of Truth|This spirit]] will not speak of himself, but he will [[declare]] to you that which [[the Father]] has [[revealed]] to [[Creator Son|the Son]], and he will even show you things to come; he will [[glorify]] me even as I have glorified [[the Father|my Father]]. This [[spirit]] comes forth from me, and he will [[reveal]] my [[truth]] to you. [[Everything]] which [[the Father]] has in this [[domain]] is now mine; wherefore did I say that this new [[teacher]] would take of that which is mine and [[reveal]] it to you.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16]

180:6.5 " In just a little while I will leave you for a short time. Afterward, when you again see me, I shall already be on my way to [[the Father]] so that even then you will not see me for long. "

180:6.5 " In just a little while I will leave you for a short time. Afterward, when you again see me, I shall already be on my way to [[the Father]] so that even then you will not see me for long. "

180:6.6 While he paused for a [[moment]], [[the apostles]] began to talk with each other: " What is this that he tells us? `In just a little while I will leave you,' and `When you [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_190 see me again] it will not be for long, for I will be [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_193 on my way] to [[the Father]].' What can he mean by this `little while' and `not for long'? We cannot [[understand]] what he is telling us. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16]

180:6.6 While he paused for a [[moment]], [[the apostles]] began to talk with each other: " What is this that he tells us? `In just a little while I will leave you,' and `When you [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_190 see me again] it will not be for long, for I will be [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_193 on my way] to [[the Father]].' What can he mean by this `little while' and `not for long'? We cannot [[understand]] what he is telling us. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16]

180:6.7 And since [[Jesus]] knew they asked these [[questions]], he said: " Do you [[inquire]] among yourselves about what I meant when I said that in a little while I would not be with you, and that, when you would see me again, I would be on my way to [[the Father]]? I have plainly told you that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] must die, but that he will [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_189 rise again]. Can you not then [[discern]] the [[meaning]] of my [[words]]? You will first be made [[sorrowful]], but later on will you [[rejoice]] with many who will [[understand]] these things after they have come to pass. A [[woman]] is indeed [[sorrowful]] in the hour of her [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childbirth travail], but when she is once delivered of her [[child]], she [[immediately]] forgets her [[anguish]] in the [[joy]] of the [[knowledge]] that a man has been born into the world. And so are you about to [[sorrow]] over my departure, but I will soon see you again, and then will your sorrow be turned into [[rejoicing]], and there shall come to you a new [[revelation]] of the [[salvation]] of [[God]] which no man can ever take away from you. And [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_32#32:2._UNIVERSE_ORGANIZATION all the worlds] will be [[blessed]] in this same [[revelation]] of life in effecting the overthrow of [[death]]. Hitherto have you made all your requests in [[the Father|my Father]]'s name. After you see me again, you may also ask in my [[name]], and I will hear you.

180:6.7 And since [[Jesus]] knew they asked these [[questions]], he said: " Do you [[inquire]] among yourselves about what I meant when I said that in a little while I would not be with you, and that, when you would see me again, I would be on my way to [[the Father]]? I have plainly told you that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] must die, but that he will [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_189 rise again]. Can you not then [[discern]] the [[meaning]] of my [[words]]? You will first be made [[sorrowful]], but later on will you [[rejoice]] with many who will [[understand]] these things after they have come to pass. A [[woman]] is indeed [[sorrowful]] in the hour of her [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childbirth travail], but when she is once delivered of her [[child]], she [[immediately]] forgets her [[anguish]] in the [[joy]] of the [[knowledge]] that a man has been born into the world. And so are you about to [[sorrow]] over my departure, but I will soon see you again, and then will your sorrow be turned into [[rejoicing]], and there shall come to you a new [[revelation]] of the [[salvation]] of [[God]] which no man can ever take away from you. And [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_32#32:2._UNIVERSE_ORGANIZATION all the worlds] will be [[blessed]] in this same [[revelation]] of life in effecting the overthrow of [[death]]. Hitherto have you made all your requests in [[the Father|my Father]]'s name. After you see me again, you may also ask in my [[name]], and I will hear you.

180:6.8 " Down here I have taught you in [[proverbs]] and [[spoken]] to you in [[parables]]. I did so because you were only [[children]] in the [[spirit]]; but the time is coming when I will talk to you plainly concerning [[the Father]] and [[the Kingdom|his kingdom]]. And I shall do this because [[the Father]] himself [[loves]] you and [[desires]] to be more fully [[revealed]] to you. [[Mortal]] man cannot see the [[Universal Father|spirit Father]]; therefore have I come into the world to show [[the Father]] to your [[creature]] eyes. But when you have become [[Paper 31 - The Corps of the Finality|perfected in spirit growth]], you shall then see [[the Father]] himself. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16]

180:6.8 " Down here I have taught you in [[proverbs]] and [[spoken]] to you in [[parables]]. I did so because you were only [[children]] in the [[spirit]]; but the time is coming when I will talk to you plainly concerning [[the Father]] and [[the Kingdom|his kingdom]]. And I shall do this because [[the Father]] himself [[loves]] you and [[desires]] to be more fully [[revealed]] to you. [[Mortal]] man cannot see the [[Universal Father|spirit Father]]; therefore have I come into the world to show [[the Father]] to your [[creature]] eyes. But when you have become [[Paper 31 - The Corps of the Finality|perfected in spirit growth]], you shall then see [[the Father]] himself. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16]

180:6.9 When the eleven had heard him speak, they said to each other: " Behold, he does [[speak]] [[Simplicity|plainly]] to us. Surely [[the Master]] did come forth from [[God]]. But why does he say he must return to [[the Father]]? " And [[Jesus]] saw that they did not even yet [[comprehend]] him. These eleven men could not get away from their long-nourished [[ideas]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism Jewish concept of the Messiah]. The more fully they [[believed]] in [[Jesus]] as the [[Messiah]], the more troublesome became these deep-rooted notions regarding the [[glorious]] [[material]] [[triumph]] of [[the kingdom]] on earth.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16]

180:6.9 When the eleven had heard him speak, they said to each other: " Behold, he does [[speak]] [[Simplicity|plainly]] to us. Surely [[the Master]] did come forth from [[God]]. But why does he say he must return to [[the Father]]? " And [[Jesus]] saw that they did not even yet [[comprehend]] him. These eleven men could not get away from their long-nourished [[ideas]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism Jewish concept of the Messiah]. The more fully they [[believed]] in [[Jesus]] as the [[Messiah]], the more troublesome became these deep-rooted notions regarding the [[glorious]] [[material]] [[triumph]] of [[the kingdom]] on earth.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16]

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