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==PAPER 165: THE PEREAN MISSION BEGINS==

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165:0.1 On Tuesday, January 3, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_AD A.D. 30], [[Abner]], the former [[chief]] of the [[twelve]] [[apostles]] of [[John the Baptist]], a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazarite Nazarite] and onetime head of the Nazarite school at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein_Gedi Engedi], now chief of [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_163 the seventy] [[messengers]] of [[the kingdom]], called his [[associates]] [[together]] and gave them final instructions before sending them on a [[mission]] to all of the [[cities]] and villages of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perea Perea]. This Perean [[mission]] continued for almost three months and was the last ministry of [[the Master]]. From these [[labors]] [[Jesus]] went directly to [[Jerusalem]] to pass through his final [[experiences]] in the [[flesh]]. [[The seventy]], supplemented by the periodic labors of [[Jesus]] and the [[twelve apostles]], worked in the following [[cities]] and towns and some fifty additional villages: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaphon Zaphon], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadara Gadara], Macad, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbela Arbela], [http://eastonsbibledictionary.com/ramath-gilead.htm Ramath], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edrei Edrei], Bosora, Caspin, Mispeh, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerasa Gerasa], Ragaba, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot_%28place%29 Succoth], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amathus Amathus], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Adam Adam], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penuel Penuel], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitolias Capitolias], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion,_Jordan Dion], Hatita, Gadda, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman Philadelphia], Jogbehah, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilead Gilead], Beth-Nimrah, Tyrus, Elealah, Livias, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heshbon Heshbon], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zareth-shahar Callirrhoe], [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deuteronomy#Chapter_.34 Beth-Peor], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abila_(Peraea) Shittim], Sibmah, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medeba Medeba], [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Jeremiah#Chapter_.48 Beth-Meon], [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01701a.htm Areopolis], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroer Aroer].

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165:0.1 On Tuesday, January 3, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_AD A.D. 30], [[Abner]], the former [[chief]] of the [[twelve]] [[apostles]] of [[John the Baptist]], a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazarite Nazarite] and onetime head of the Nazarite school at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein_Gedi Engedi], now chief of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_163 the seventy] [[messengers]] of [[the kingdom]], called his [[associates]] [[together]] and gave them final instructions before sending them on a [[mission]] to all of the [[cities]] and villages of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perea Perea]. This Perean [[mission]] continued for almost three months and was the last ministry of [[the Master]]. From these [[labors]] [[Jesus]] went directly to [[Jerusalem]] to pass through his final [[experiences]] in the [[flesh]]. [[The seventy]], supplemented by the periodic labors of [[Jesus]] and the [[twelve apostles]], worked in the following [[cities]] and towns and some fifty additional villages: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaphon Zaphon], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadara Gadara], Macad, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbela Arbela], [http://eastonsbibledictionary.com/ramath-gilead.htm Ramath], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edrei Edrei], Bosora, Caspin, Mispeh, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerasa Gerasa], Ragaba, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot_%28place%29 Succoth], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amathus Amathus], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Adam Adam], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penuel Penuel], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitolias Capitolias], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion,_Jordan Dion], Hatita, Gadda, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman Philadelphia], Jogbehah, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilead Gilead], Beth-Nimrah, Tyrus, Elealah, Livias, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heshbon Heshbon], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zareth-shahar Callirrhoe], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deuteronomy#Chapter_.34 Beth-Peor], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abila_(Peraea) Shittim], Sibmah, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medeba Medeba], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Jeremiah#Chapter_.48 Beth-Meon], [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01701a.htm Areopolis], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroer Aroer].

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165:0.2 Throughout this [[tour]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perea_(Holy_Land) Perea] [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_150#150:1._THE_WOMEN.27S_EVANGELISTIC_CORPS the women's corps], now numbering sixty-two, took over most of the [[work]] of ministration to the [[sick]]. This was the final period of the [[development]] of the higher [[spiritual]] aspects of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], and there was, accordingly, an [[absence]] of [[miracle]] working. No other part of [[Palestine]] was so thoroughly worked by [[the apostles]] and [[disciples]] of [[Jesus]], and in no other region did the better classes of [[citizens]] so generally accept [[the Master]]'s teaching.

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165:0.2 Throughout this [[tour]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perea_(Holy_Land) Perea] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_150#150:1._THE_WOMEN.27S_EVANGELISTIC_CORPS the women's corps], now numbering sixty-two, took over most of the [[work]] of ministration to the [[sick]]. This was the final period of the [[development]] of the higher [[spiritual]] aspects of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], and there was, accordingly, an [[absence]] of [[miracle]] working. No other part of [[Palestine]] was so thoroughly worked by [[the apostles]] and [[disciples]] of [[Jesus]], and in no other region did the better classes of [[citizens]] so generally accept [[the Master]]'s teaching.

165:0.3 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perea_(Holy_Land) Perea] at this time was about [[equally]] [[gentile]] and [[Jewish]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] having been generally removed from these regions during the times of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Maccabeus Judas Maccabeus]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perea_(Holy_Land) Perea] was the most [[beautiful]] and picturesque province of all [[Palestine]]. It was generally referred to by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] as " the land beyond the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan]. "

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165:0.4 Throughout this period [[Jesus]] divided his [[time]] between the camp at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella,_Jordan Pella] and trips with [[the twelve]] to assist [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_163 the seventy] in the various [[cities]] where they taught and [[preached]]. Under [[Abner]]'s instructions the seventy [[baptized]] all [[believers]], although [[Jesus]] had not so charged them.

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165:0.4 Throughout this period [[Jesus]] divided his [[time]] between the camp at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella,_Jordan Pella] and trips with [[the twelve]] to assist [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_163 the seventy] in the various [[cities]] where they taught and [[preached]]. Under [[Abner]]'s instructions the seventy [[baptized]] all [[believers]], although [[Jesus]] had not so charged them.

==165:1. AT THE PELLA CAMP==

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165:2.2 " On this night I have much to tell you, and since many of you are my [[disciples]] and some of you my bitter [[enemies]], I will present my teaching in a [[parable]], so that you may each take for yourself that which finds a [[reception]] in your [[heart]].

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165:2.3 " Tonight, here before me are men who would be willing to die for me and for this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], and some of them will so offer themselves in the years to come; and here also are some of you, [[slaves]] of [[tradition]], who have followed me down from [[Jerusalem]], and who, with your [[darkened]] and [[deluded]] [[leaders]], seek to [[kill]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]. The life which I now live in the [[flesh]] shall [[judge]] both of you, the true [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd shepherds] and the false shepherds. If the false shepherd were blind, he would have no [[sin]], but you claim that you see; you [[profess]] to be [[teachers]] in [[Israel]]; therefore does your [[sin]] remain upon you.[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_9]

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165:2.3 " Tonight, here before me are men who would be willing to die for me and for this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], and some of them will so offer themselves in the years to come; and here also are some of you, [[slaves]] of [[tradition]], who have followed me down from [[Jerusalem]], and who, with your [[darkened]] and [[deluded]] [[leaders]], seek to [[kill]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]. The life which I now live in the [[flesh]] shall [[judge]] both of you, the true [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd shepherds] and the false shepherds. If the false shepherd were blind, he would have no [[sin]], but you claim that you see; you [[profess]] to be [[teachers]] in [[Israel]]; therefore does your [[sin]] remain upon you.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_9]

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165:2.4 " The true shepherd gathers his flock into the fold for the night in times of [[danger]]. And when the morning has come, he enters into the fold by the door, and when he calls, the sheep know his [[voice]]. Every shepherd who gains entrance to the sheepfold by any other means than by the door is a thief and a robber. The true shepherd enters the fold after the porter has opened the door for him, and his sheep, knowing his [[voice]], come out at his [[word]]; and when they that are his are thus brought forth, the true shepherd goes before them; he [[leads]] the way and the sheep follow him. His sheep follow him because they know his [[voice]]; they will not follow a stranger. They will flee from the stranger because they know not his [[voice]]. This [[Public|multitude]] which is gathered about us here are like sheep without a shepherd, but when we speak to them, they [[know]] the shepherd's [[voice]], and they follow after us; at least, those who [[hunger]] for [[truth]] and [[thirst]] for [[righteousness]] do. Some of you are not of my fold; you know not my [[voice]], and you do not follow me. And because you are false shepherds, the sheep know not your [[voice]] and will not follow you. "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_10]

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165:2.4 " The true shepherd gathers his flock into the fold for the night in times of [[danger]]. And when the morning has come, he enters into the fold by the door, and when he calls, the sheep know his [[voice]]. Every shepherd who gains entrance to the sheepfold by any other means than by the door is a thief and a robber. The true shepherd enters the fold after the porter has opened the door for him, and his sheep, knowing his [[voice]], come out at his [[word]]; and when they that are his are thus brought forth, the true shepherd goes before them; he [[leads]] the way and the sheep follow him. His sheep follow him because they know his [[voice]]; they will not follow a stranger. They will flee from the stranger because they know not his [[voice]]. This [[Public|multitude]] which is gathered about us here are like sheep without a shepherd, but when we speak to them, they [[know]] the shepherd's [[voice]], and they follow after us; at least, those who [[hunger]] for [[truth]] and [[thirst]] for [[righteousness]] do. Some of you are not of my fold; you know not my [[voice]], and you do not follow me. And because you are false shepherds, the sheep know not your [[voice]] and will not follow you. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_10]

165:2.5 And when [[Jesus]] had [[spoken]] this [[parable]], no one asked him a [[question]]. After a time he began again to speak and went on to [[discuss]] the [[parable]]:

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165:2.6 " You who would be the undershepherds of [[Universal Father|my Father]]'s flocks must not only be [[worthy]] [[leaders]], but you must also feed the flock with [[good]] [[food]]; you are not true shepherds unless you lead your flocks into green [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasture pastures] and beside still waters.

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165:2.7 " And now, lest some of you too easily [[comprehend]] this [[parable]], I will [[declare]] that I am both the door to [[the Father]]'s sheepfold and at the same time the true shepherd of my Father's flocks. Every shepherd who seeks to enter the fold without me shall fail, and the sheep will not hear his [[voice]]. I, with those who minister with me, am the door. Every [[soul]] who enters upon the [[eternal]] way by the means I have created and [[ordained]] shall be saved and will be able to go on to the [[attainment]] of the [[eternal]] pastures of [[Paradise]].[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_10]

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165:2.7 " And now, lest some of you too easily [[comprehend]] this [[parable]], I will [[declare]] that I am both the door to [[the Father]]'s sheepfold and at the same time the true shepherd of my Father's flocks. Every shepherd who seeks to enter the fold without me shall fail, and the sheep will not hear his [[voice]]. I, with those who minister with me, am the door. Every [[soul]] who enters upon the [[eternal]] way by the means I have created and [[ordained]] shall be saved and will be able to go on to the [[attainment]] of the [[eternal]] pastures of [[Paradise]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_10]

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165:2.8 " But I also am the true shepherd who is willing even to lay down his life for the sheep. The thief breaks into the fold only to [[steal]], and to [[kill]], and to destroy; but I have come that you all may have life and have it more [[abundantly]]. He who is a hireling, when [[danger]] arises, will flee and allow the sheep to be scattered and destroyed; but the true shepherd will not flee when the wolf comes; he will [[protect]] his flock and, if [[necessary]], lay down his life for his sheep. Verily, verily, I say to you, [[friends]] and [[enemies]], I am the true shepherd; I know my own and my own know me. I will not flee in the face of [[danger]]. I will finish this service of the completion of [[Universal Father|my Father]]'s will, and I will not forsake the flock which [[the Father]] has in[[trust]]ed to my keeping.[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_10]

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165:2.8 " But I also am the true shepherd who is willing even to lay down his life for the sheep. The thief breaks into the fold only to [[steal]], and to [[kill]], and to destroy; but I have come that you all may have life and have it more [[abundantly]]. He who is a hireling, when [[danger]] arises, will flee and allow the sheep to be scattered and destroyed; but the true shepherd will not flee when the wolf comes; he will [[protect]] his flock and, if [[necessary]], lay down his life for his sheep. Verily, verily, I say to you, [[friends]] and [[enemies]], I am the true shepherd; I know my own and my own know me. I will not flee in the face of [[danger]]. I will finish this service of the completion of [[Universal Father|my Father]]'s will, and I will not forsake the flock which [[the Father]] has in[[trust]]ed to my keeping.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_10]

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165:2.9 " But I have many [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33 other sheep] not of this fold, and these [[words]] are true not only of [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 this world]. These other sheep also hear and know my [[voice]], and I have [[promised]] [[the Father]] that they shall all be brought into one fold, one brotherhood of the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 sons of God]. And then shall you all know the [[voice]] of one shepherd, the true shepherd, and shall all acknowledge the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]].[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_10]

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165:2.9 " But I have many [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33 other sheep] not of this fold, and these [[words]] are true not only of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 this world]. These other sheep also hear and know my [[voice]], and I have [[promised]] [[the Father]] that they shall all be brought into one fold, one brotherhood of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 sons of God]. And then shall you all know the [[voice]] of one shepherd, the true shepherd, and shall all acknowledge the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_10]

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165:2.10 " And so shall you [[know]] why [[the Father]] [[loves]] me and has put all of his flocks in this [[domain]] in my hands for keeping; it is because [[the Father]] knows that I will not falter in the safeguarding of the sheepfold, that I will not desert my sheep, and that, if it shall be required, I will not hesitate to lay down my life in the [[service]] of his manifold flocks. But, [[mind]] you, if I lay down my life, I will take it up again. No man nor any other [[creature]] can take away my life. I have the right and the [[power]] to lay down my life, and I have the same power and right to take it up again. You cannot [[understand]] this, but I [[received]] such [[authority]] from [[Universal Father|my Father]] even before this world was. "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_10]

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165:2.10 " And so shall you [[know]] why [[the Father]] [[loves]] me and has put all of his flocks in this [[domain]] in my hands for keeping; it is because [[the Father]] knows that I will not falter in the safeguarding of the sheepfold, that I will not desert my sheep, and that, if it shall be required, I will not hesitate to lay down my life in the [[service]] of his manifold flocks. But, [[mind]] you, if I lay down my life, I will take it up again. No man nor any other [[creature]] can take away my life. I have the right and the [[power]] to lay down my life, and I have the same power and right to take it up again. You cannot [[understand]] this, but I [[received]] such [[authority]] from [[Universal Father|my Father]] even before this world was. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_10]

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165:2.11 When they heard these [[words]], his [[apostles]] were [[confused]], his [[disciples]] were [[amazed]], while the [[Pharisees]] from [[Jerusalem]] and around about went out into the night, saying, " He is either mad or has a [[devil]]. " But even some of the [[Jerusalem]] [[teachers]] said: " He [[speaks]] like one having [[authority]]; besides, who ever saw one having a [[devil]] open the eyes of a man [[born]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindness blind] and do all of the [[wonderful]] things which this man has done? "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_10]

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165:2.11 When they heard these [[words]], his [[apostles]] were [[confused]], his [[disciples]] were [[amazed]], while the [[Pharisees]] from [[Jerusalem]] and around about went out into the night, saying, " He is either mad or has a [[devil]]. " But even some of the [[Jerusalem]] [[teachers]] said: " He [[speaks]] like one having [[authority]]; besides, who ever saw one having a [[devil]] open the eyes of a man [[born]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindness blind] and do all of the [[wonderful]] things which this man has done? "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_10]

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165:2.12 On the morrow about half of these Jewish [[teachers]] professed [[belief]] in [[Jesus]], and the other half in dismay returned to [[Jerusalem]] and their [[homes]].[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_10]

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165:2.12 On the morrow about half of these Jewish [[teachers]] professed [[belief]] in [[Jesus]], and the other half in dismay returned to [[Jerusalem]] and their [[homes]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_10]

==165:3. SABBATH SERMON AT PELLA==

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165:3.1 By the end of January the [[Sabbath]]-afternoon multitudes numbered almost three thousand. On Saturday, January 28, [[Jesus]] preached the memorable [[sermon]] on " [[Trust]] and [[Spiritual]] [[Preparation|Preparedness]]. " After preliminary remarks by [[Simon Peter]], [[the Master]] said:

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165:3.2 " What I have many times said to my [[apostles]] and to my [[disciples]], I now [[declare]] to this multitude: [[Beware]] of the leaven of the [[Pharisees]] which is [[hypocrisy]], born of [[prejudice]] and [[nurtured]] in [[traditional]] [[bondage]], albeit many of these [[Pharisees]] are [[honest]] of [[heart]] and some of them abide here as my [[disciples]]. Presently all of you shall [[understand]] my teaching, for there is nothing now covered that shall not be [[revealed]]. That which is now hid from you shall all be made known when the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] has completed his [[mission]] on [[earth]] and in the [[flesh]].[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12]

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165:3.2 " What I have many times said to my [[apostles]] and to my [[disciples]], I now [[declare]] to this multitude: [[Beware]] of the leaven of the [[Pharisees]] which is [[hypocrisy]], born of [[prejudice]] and [[nurtured]] in [[traditional]] [[bondage]], albeit many of these [[Pharisees]] are [[honest]] of [[heart]] and some of them abide here as my [[disciples]]. Presently all of you shall [[understand]] my teaching, for there is nothing now covered that shall not be [[revealed]]. That which is now hid from you shall all be made known when the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] has completed his [[mission]] on [[earth]] and in the [[flesh]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12]

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165:3.3 " Soon, very soon, will the things which our [[enemies]] now [[plan]] in [[secrecy]] and in [[darkness]] be brought out into the [[light]] and be [[proclaimed]] from the housetops. But I say to you, my [[friends]], when they seek to destroy the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man], be not [[afraid]] of them. [[Fear]] not those who, although they may be able to [[kill]] the [[body]], after that have no more [[power]] over you. I [[admonish]] you to [[fear]] none, in [[heaven]] or on [[earth]], but to [[rejoice]] in the [[knowledge]] of Him who has [[power]] to deliver you from all unrighteousness and to present you blameless before the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:12._THE_SUPREME_TRIBUNALS judgment seat of a universe].[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_10]

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165:3.3 " Soon, very soon, will the things which our [[enemies]] now [[plan]] in [[secrecy]] and in [[darkness]] be brought out into the [[light]] and be [[proclaimed]] from the housetops. But I say to you, my [[friends]], when they seek to destroy the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man], be not [[afraid]] of them. [[Fear]] not those who, although they may be able to [[kill]] the [[body]], after that have no more [[power]] over you. I [[admonish]] you to [[fear]] none, in [[heaven]] or on [[earth]], but to [[rejoice]] in the [[knowledge]] of Him who has [[power]] to deliver you from all unrighteousness and to present you blameless before the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:12._THE_SUPREME_TRIBUNALS judgment seat of a universe].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_10]

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165:3.4 " Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And yet, when these birds flit about in [[quest]] of their sustenance, not one of them exists without the [[knowledge]] of [[the Father]], the [[source]] of all life. To the [[seraphic guardians]] the very hairs of your head are numbered. And if all of this is true, why should you live in [[fear]] of the many trifles which come up in your daily lives? I say to you: [[Fear]] not; you are of much more [[value]] than many sparrows.[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_10]

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165:3.4 " Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And yet, when these birds flit about in [[quest]] of their sustenance, not one of them exists without the [[knowledge]] of [[the Father]], the [[source]] of all life. To the [[seraphic guardians]] the very hairs of your head are numbered. And if all of this is true, why should you live in [[fear]] of the many trifles which come up in your daily lives? I say to you: [[Fear]] not; you are of much more [[value]] than many sparrows.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_10]

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165:3.5 " All of you who have had the [[courage]] to [[confess]] [[faith]] in my [[gospel]] before men I will presently acknowledge before the [[angels]] of [[heaven]]; but he who shall knowingly [[deny]] the [[truth]] of my teachings before men shall be denied by his [[guardian of destiny]] even before the [[angels]] of heaven.[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_10]

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165:3.5 " All of you who have had the [[courage]] to [[confess]] [[faith]] in my [[gospel]] before men I will presently acknowledge before the [[angels]] of [[heaven]]; but he who shall knowingly [[deny]] the [[truth]] of my teachings before men shall be denied by his [[guardian of destiny]] even before the [[angels]] of heaven.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_10]

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165:3.6 " Say what you will about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man], and it shall be [[forgiven]] you; but he who [[presumes]] to [[blaspheme]] against [[God]] shall hardly find [[forgiveness]]. When men go so far as knowingly to ascribe the [[doings]] of [[God]] to the [[forces]] of [[evil]], such [[deliberate]] [[rebels]] will hardly seek [[forgiveness]] for their [[sins]].[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_12]

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165:3.6 " Say what you will about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man], and it shall be [[forgiven]] you; but he who [[presumes]] to [[blaspheme]] against [[God]] shall hardly find [[forgiveness]]. When men go so far as knowingly to ascribe the [[doings]] of [[God]] to the [[forces]] of [[evil]], such [[deliberate]] [[rebels]] will hardly seek [[forgiveness]] for their [[sins]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_12]

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165:3.7 " And when our [[enemies]] bring you before the rulers of the [[synagogues]] and before other high [[authorities]], be not concerned about what you should say and be not [[anxious]] as to how you should answer their [[questions]], for [[Thought Adjuster|the spirit]] that dwells within you shall certainly teach you in that very hour what you should say in [[honor]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]].[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12]

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165:3.7 " And when our [[enemies]] bring you before the rulers of the [[synagogues]] and before other high [[authorities]], be not concerned about what you should say and be not [[anxious]] as to how you should answer their [[questions]], for [[Thought Adjuster|the spirit]] that dwells within you shall certainly teach you in that very hour what you should say in [[honor]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12]

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165:3.8 " How long will you tarry in the valley of [[decision]]? Why do you halt between two [[opinions]]? Why should [[Jew]] or [[gentile]] [[hesitate]] to [[accept]] the [[Gospel|good news]] that he is a [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD son of the eternal God]? How long will it take us to [[persuade]] you to enter [[joyfully]] into your [[spiritual]] [[inheritance]]? I came into this world to [[reveal]] [[the Father]] to you and to [[lead]] you to the Father. The first I have done, but the last I may not do without your [[consent]]; [[the Father]] never [[compels]] any man to enter [[the kingdom]]. The [[invitation]] ever has been and always will be: Whosoever will, let him come and freely partake of the [[water]] of life. "

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165:3.8 " How long will you tarry in the valley of [[decision]]? Why do you halt between two [[opinions]]? Why should [[Jew]] or [[gentile]] [[hesitate]] to [[accept]] the [[Gospel|good news]] that he is a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD son of the eternal God]? How long will it take us to [[persuade]] you to enter [[joyfully]] into your [[spiritual]] [[inheritance]]? I came into this world to [[reveal]] [[the Father]] to you and to [[lead]] you to the Father. The first I have done, but the last I may not do without your [[consent]]; [[the Father]] never [[compels]] any man to enter [[the kingdom]]. The [[invitation]] ever has been and always will be: Whosoever will, let him come and freely partake of the [[water]] of life. "

165:3.9 When [[Jesus]] had finished [[speaking]], many went forth to be [[baptized]] by [[the apostles]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_river Jordan] while he [[listened]] to the [[questions]] of those who remained.

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165:4.1 As [[the apostles]] [[baptized]] [[believers]], [[the Master]] [[talked]] with those who tarried. And a certain [[young man]] said to him: " Master, my [[father]] died leaving much [[property]] to me and my [[brother]], but my brother refuses to give me that which is my own. Will you, then, bid my brother divide this [[inheritance]] with me? " [[Jesus]] was mildly [[indignant]] that this [[material]]-minded [[youth]] should bring up for [[discussion]] such a [[question]] of [[business]]; but he proceeded to use the occasion for the impartation of further instruction. Said [[Jesus]]: " Man, who made me a divider over you? Where did you get the [[idea]] that I give [[attention]] to the [[material]] affairs of this world? " And then, turning to all who were about him, he said: " Take heed and keep yourselves [[free]] from [[covetousness]]; a man's life consists not in the [[abundance]] of the [[things]] which he may [[possess]]. [[Happiness]] comes not from the [[power]] of [[wealth]], and joy springs not from riches. [[Wealth]], in itself, is not a [[curse]], but the [[love]] of riches many times leads to such [[devotion]] to the [[things]] of this world that the soul becomes blinded to the [[beautiful]] [[attractions]] of the [[spiritual]] [[realities]] of [[the kingdom]] of [[God]] on [[earth]] and to the [[joys]] of [[eternal]] life in [[heaven]].[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12]

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165:4.1 As [[the apostles]] [[baptized]] [[believers]], [[the Master]] [[talked]] with those who tarried. And a certain [[young man]] said to him: " Master, my [[father]] died leaving much [[property]] to me and my [[brother]], but my brother refuses to give me that which is my own. Will you, then, bid my brother divide this [[inheritance]] with me? " [[Jesus]] was mildly [[indignant]] that this [[material]]-minded [[youth]] should bring up for [[discussion]] such a [[question]] of [[business]]; but he proceeded to use the occasion for the impartation of further instruction. Said [[Jesus]]: " Man, who made me a divider over you? Where did you get the [[idea]] that I give [[attention]] to the [[material]] affairs of this world? " And then, turning to all who were about him, he said: " Take heed and keep yourselves [[free]] from [[covetousness]]; a man's life consists not in the [[abundance]] of the [[things]] which he may [[possess]]. [[Happiness]] comes not from the [[power]] of [[wealth]], and joy springs not from riches. [[Wealth]], in itself, is not a [[curse]], but the [[love]] of riches many times leads to such [[devotion]] to the [[things]] of this world that the soul becomes blinded to the [[beautiful]] [[attractions]] of the [[spiritual]] [[realities]] of [[the kingdom]] of [[God]] on [[earth]] and to the [[joys]] of [[eternal]] life in [[heaven]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12]

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165:4.2 " Let me tell you a [[story]] of a certain [[rich]] man whose ground brought forth plentifully; and when he had become very rich, he began to [[reason]] with himself, saying: `What shall I do with all my riches? I now have so much that I have no place to store my [[wealth]].' And when he had meditated on his [[problem]], he said: `This I will do; I will pull down my barns and build greater ones, and thus will I have [[abundant]] room in which to store my fruits and my goods. Then can I say to my [[soul]], soul, you have much [[wealth]] laid up for many years; take now your ease; eat, drink, and be merry, for you are rich and increased in goods.'[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12]

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165:4.2 " Let me tell you a [[story]] of a certain [[rich]] man whose ground brought forth plentifully; and when he had become very rich, he began to [[reason]] with himself, saying: `What shall I do with all my riches? I now have so much that I have no place to store my [[wealth]].' And when he had meditated on his [[problem]], he said: `This I will do; I will pull down my barns and build greater ones, and thus will I have [[abundant]] room in which to store my fruits and my goods. Then can I say to my [[soul]], soul, you have much [[wealth]] laid up for many years; take now your ease; eat, drink, and be merry, for you are rich and increased in goods.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12]

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165:4.3 " But this rich man was also [[foolish]]. In providing for the [[material]] requirements of his [[mind]] and [[body]], he had failed to lay up treasures in [[heaven]] for the [[satisfaction]] of the [[spirit]] and for the [[salvation]] of the [[soul]]. And even then he was not to enjoy the [[pleasure]] of consuming his hoarded [[wealth]], for that very night was his [[soul]] required of him. That night there came the [[brigands]] who broke into his house to [[kill]] him, and after they had plundered his barns, they burned that which remained. And for the [[property]] which [[escaped]] the robbers his heirs fell to fighting among themselves. This man laid up [[treasures]] for himself on [[earth]], but he was not rich toward [[God]]. "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12]

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165:4.3 " But this rich man was also [[foolish]]. In providing for the [[material]] requirements of his [[mind]] and [[body]], he had failed to lay up treasures in [[heaven]] for the [[satisfaction]] of the [[spirit]] and for the [[salvation]] of the [[soul]]. And even then he was not to enjoy the [[pleasure]] of consuming his hoarded [[wealth]], for that very night was his [[soul]] required of him. That night there came the [[brigands]] who broke into his house to [[kill]] him, and after they had plundered his barns, they burned that which remained. And for the [[property]] which [[escaped]] the robbers his heirs fell to fighting among themselves. This man laid up [[treasures]] for himself on [[earth]], but he was not rich toward [[God]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12]

165:4.4 [[Jesus]] thus dealt with the [[young man]] and his [[inheritance]] because he knew that his trouble was [[covetousness]]. Even if this had not been the case, [[the Master]] would not have interfered, for he never meddled with the [[temporal]] affairs of even his [[apostles]], much less his [[disciples]].

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165:4.7 [[Jesus]] did not teach nor countenance improvidence, [[idleness]], indifference to providing the [[physical]] [[necessities]] for one's [[family]], or dependence upon alms. But he did teach that the [[material]] and [[temporal]] must be subordinated to the welfare of the [[soul]] and the [[progress]] of the [[spiritual]] [[nature]] in [[the kingdom]] of heaven.

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165:4.8 Then, as [[the people]] went down by the [[river]] to [[witness]] the [[baptizing]], the first man came privately to [[Jesus]] about his [[inheritance]] inasmuch as he thought Jesus had dealt harshly with him; and when [[the Master]] had again heard him, he replied: " My son, why do you miss the [[opportunity]] to feed upon the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_of_Life bread of life] on a day like this in order to indulge your [[covetous]] disposition? Do you not know that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Law Jewish laws] of [[inheritance]] will be justly [[administered]] if you will go with your complaint to the [[court]] of the [[synagogue]]? Can you not see that my [[work]] has to do with making sure that you know about your [[heavenly]] [[inheritance]]? Have you not read the [[Scripture]]: `There is he who waxes [[rich]] by his wariness and much pinching, and this is the portion of his reward: Whereas he says, I have found [[rest]] and now shall be able to eat continually of my goods, yet he knows not what time shall bring upon him, and also that he must leave all these [[things]] to others when he dies.'[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wisdom_of_Jesus,_Son_of_Sirach#Sirach_11] Have you not read the commandment: `You shall not [[covet]].' And again, `They have eaten and filled themselves and waxed fat, and then did they turn to other gods.'[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deuteronomy#Chapter_.31] Have you read in the [[Psalms]] that `the Lord abhors the [[covetous]],'[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_10] and that `the little a [[righteous]] man has is better than the [[riches]] of many [[wicked]].'[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_37] `If riches increase, set not your [[heart]] upon them.'[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_62] Have you [[read]] where [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Jeremiah] said, `Let not the [[rich]] man [[glory]] in his [[riches]]'[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Jeremiah#Chapter_.9]; and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel Ezekiel] spoke [[truth]] when he said, `With their mouths they make a show of [[love]], but their [[hearts]] are set upon their own [[selfish]] gain'. "

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165:4.8 Then, as [[the people]] went down by the [[river]] to [[witness]] the [[baptizing]], the first man came privately to [[Jesus]] about his [[inheritance]] inasmuch as he thought Jesus had dealt harshly with him; and when [[the Master]] had again heard him, he replied: " My son, why do you miss the [[opportunity]] to feed upon the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_of_Life bread of life] on a day like this in order to indulge your [[covetous]] disposition? Do you not know that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Law Jewish laws] of [[inheritance]] will be justly [[administered]] if you will go with your complaint to the [[court]] of the [[synagogue]]? Can you not see that my [[work]] has to do with making sure that you know about your [[heavenly]] [[inheritance]]? Have you not read the [[Scripture]]: `There is he who waxes [[rich]] by his wariness and much pinching, and this is the portion of his reward: Whereas he says, I have found [[rest]] and now shall be able to eat continually of my goods, yet he knows not what time shall bring upon him, and also that he must leave all these [[things]] to others when he dies.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wisdom_of_Jesus,_Son_of_Sirach#Sirach_11] Have you not read the commandment: `You shall not [[covet]].' And again, `They have eaten and filled themselves and waxed fat, and then did they turn to other gods.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deuteronomy#Chapter_.31] Have you read in the [[Psalms]] that `the Lord abhors the [[covetous]],'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_10] and that `the little a [[righteous]] man has is better than the [[riches]] of many [[wicked]].'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_37] `If riches increase, set not your [[heart]] upon them.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_62] Have you [[read]] where [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Jeremiah] said, `Let not the [[rich]] man [[glory]] in his [[riches]]'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Jeremiah#Chapter_.9]; and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel Ezekiel] spoke [[truth]] when he said, `With their mouths they make a show of [[love]], but their [[hearts]] are set upon their own [[selfish]] gain'. "

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165:4.9 [[Jesus]] sent the [[young man]] away, saying to him, " My son, what shall it [[profit]] you if you gain the whole world and lose your own [[soul]]? "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_mark#Chapter_8]

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165:4.9 [[Jesus]] sent the [[young man]] away, saying to him, " My son, what shall it [[profit]] you if you gain the whole world and lose your own [[soul]]? "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_mark#Chapter_8]

165:4.10 To another standing near by who asked [[Jesus]] how the [[wealthy]] would stand in the day of [[judgment]], he replied: " I have come to judge neither the [[rich]] nor the [[poor]], but the lives men live will sit in [[judgment]] on all. Whatever else may concern the [[wealthy]] in the [[judgment]], at least [[three]] questions must be answered by all who acquire great [[wealth]], and these questions are:

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165:5.1 That evening after supper, when [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] gathered together for their daily [[conference]], [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] asked: " Master, while we were [[baptizing]] the [[believers]], you [[spoke]] many [[words]] to the lingering multitude which we did not hear. Would you be willing to [[repeat]] these words for our benefit? " And in [[response]] to [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]]'s request, [[Jesus]] said:

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165:5.2 " Yes, [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]], I will [[speak]] to you about these matters of [[wealth]] and [[self]]-[[support]], but my words to you, [[the apostles]], must be somewhat [[different]] from those [[spoken]] to the [[disciples]] and [[the multitude]] since you have [[forsaken]] [[everything]], not only to follow me, but to be [[ordained]] as [[ambassadors]] of [[the kingdom]]. Already have you had several years' [[experience]], and you know that [[the Father]] whose kingdom you [[proclaim]] will not [[forsake]] you. You have [[dedicated]] your lives to the [[ministry]] of [[the kingdom]]; therefore be not [[anxious]] or worried about the [[things]] of the [[temporal]] life, what you shall eat, nor yet for your [[body]], what you shall wear. The [[welfare]] of the [[soul]] is more than [[food]] and drink; the [[progress]] in the [[spirit]] is far above the need of raiment. When you are [[tempted]] to [[doubt]] the sureness of your bread, consider the ravens; they sow not neither reap, they have no storehouses or barns, and yet [[the Father]] [[provides]] [[food]] for every one of them that seeks it. And of how much more [[value]] are you than many birds! Besides, all of your [[anxiety]] or fretting [[doubts]] can do nothing to supply your [[material]] needs. Which of you by [[anxiety]] can add a handbreadth to your stature or a day to your life? Since such matters are not in your hands, why do you give [[anxious]] [[thought]] to any of these [[problems]]?[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_6]

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165:5.2 " Yes, [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]], I will [[speak]] to you about these matters of [[wealth]] and [[self]]-[[support]], but my words to you, [[the apostles]], must be somewhat [[different]] from those [[spoken]] to the [[disciples]] and [[the multitude]] since you have [[forsaken]] [[everything]], not only to follow me, but to be [[ordained]] as [[ambassadors]] of [[the kingdom]]. Already have you had several years' [[experience]], and you know that [[the Father]] whose kingdom you [[proclaim]] will not [[forsake]] you. You have [[dedicated]] your lives to the [[ministry]] of [[the kingdom]]; therefore be not [[anxious]] or worried about the [[things]] of the [[temporal]] life, what you shall eat, nor yet for your [[body]], what you shall wear. The [[welfare]] of the [[soul]] is more than [[food]] and drink; the [[progress]] in the [[spirit]] is far above the need of raiment. When you are [[tempted]] to [[doubt]] the sureness of your bread, consider the ravens; they sow not neither reap, they have no storehouses or barns, and yet [[the Father]] [[provides]] [[food]] for every one of them that seeks it. And of how much more [[value]] are you than many birds! Besides, all of your [[anxiety]] or fretting [[doubts]] can do nothing to supply your [[material]] needs. Which of you by [[anxiety]] can add a handbreadth to your stature or a day to your life? Since such matters are not in your hands, why do you give [[anxious]] [[thought]] to any of these [[problems]]?[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_6]

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165:5.3 " Consider the lilies, how they [[grow]]; they toil not, neither do they spin; yet I say to you, even [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon Solomon] in all his [[glory]] was not arrayed like one of these. If [[God]] so [[clothes]] the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is cut down and cast into the [[fire]], how much more shall he clothe you, the [[ambassadors]] of [[the heavenly kingdom]]. O you of little [[faith]] ! When you wholeheartedly [[devote]] yourselves to the [[proclamation]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], you should not be of [[doubtful]] [[minds]] concerning the [[support]] of yourselves or the [[families]] you have [[forsaken]]. If you give your lives truly to the [[gospel]], you shall live by the gospel. If you are only believing [[disciples]], you must earn your own bread and [[contribute]] to the sustenance of all who [[teach]] and [[preach]] and [[heal]]. If you are [[anxious]] about your bread and water, wherein are you [[different]] from the [[nations]] of the world who so diligently seek such [[necessities]]? [[Devote]] yourselves to your [[work]], believing that both [[the Father]] and I know that you have need of all these [[things]]. Let me [[assure]] you, once and for all, that, if you [[dedicate]] your lives to the [[work]] of [[the kingdom]], all your real needs shall be supplied. Seek the greater thing, and the lesser will be found therein; ask for the [[heaven]]ly, and the [[earth]]ly shall be included. The [[shadow]] is certain to follow the substance.[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12]

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165:5.3 " Consider the lilies, how they [[grow]]; they toil not, neither do they spin; yet I say to you, even [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon Solomon] in all his [[glory]] was not arrayed like one of these. If [[God]] so [[clothes]] the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is cut down and cast into the [[fire]], how much more shall he clothe you, the [[ambassadors]] of [[the heavenly kingdom]]. O you of little [[faith]] ! When you wholeheartedly [[devote]] yourselves to the [[proclamation]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], you should not be of [[doubtful]] [[minds]] concerning the [[support]] of yourselves or the [[families]] you have [[forsaken]]. If you give your lives truly to the [[gospel]], you shall live by the gospel. If you are only believing [[disciples]], you must earn your own bread and [[contribute]] to the sustenance of all who [[teach]] and [[preach]] and [[heal]]. If you are [[anxious]] about your bread and water, wherein are you [[different]] from the [[nations]] of the world who so diligently seek such [[necessities]]? [[Devote]] yourselves to your [[work]], believing that both [[the Father]] and I know that you have need of all these [[things]]. Let me [[assure]] you, once and for all, that, if you [[dedicate]] your lives to the [[work]] of [[the kingdom]], all your real needs shall be supplied. Seek the greater thing, and the lesser will be found therein; ask for the [[heaven]]ly, and the [[earth]]ly shall be included. The [[shadow]] is certain to follow the substance.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12]

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165:5.4 " You are only a small [[group]], but if you have [[faith]], if you will not stumble in [[fear]], I [[declare]] that it is my [[the Father|Father]]'s [[good]] [[pleasure]] to give you this kingdom. You have laid up your [[treasures]] where the purse waxes not old, where no thief can despoil, and where no moth can destroy. And as I told the people, where your [[treasure]] is, there will your [[heart]] be also.[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12]

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165:5.4 " You are only a small [[group]], but if you have [[faith]], if you will not stumble in [[fear]], I [[declare]] that it is my [[the Father|Father]]'s [[good]] [[pleasure]] to give you this kingdom. You have laid up your [[treasures]] where the purse waxes not old, where no thief can despoil, and where no moth can destroy. And as I told the people, where your [[treasure]] is, there will your [[heart]] be also.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12]

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165:5.5 " But in the [[work]] which is just ahead of us, and in that which remains for you after I go to [[the Father]], you will be [[grievously]] tried. You must all be on your watch against [[fear]] and [[doubts]]. Every one of you, gird up the loins of your [[minds]] and let your lamps be kept burning. Keep yourselves like men who are watching for their master to return from the [[marriage]] feast so that, when he comes and knocks, you may quickly open to him. Such watchful servants are [[blessed]] by the master who finds them [[faithful]] at such a great [[moment]]. Then will the master make his servants sit down while he himself serves them. Verily, verily, I say to you that a [[crisis]] is just ahead in your lives, and it behooves you to watch and be ready.[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12]

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165:5.5 " But in the [[work]] which is just ahead of us, and in that which remains for you after I go to [[the Father]], you will be [[grievously]] tried. You must all be on your watch against [[fear]] and [[doubts]]. Every one of you, gird up the loins of your [[minds]] and let your lamps be kept burning. Keep yourselves like men who are watching for their master to return from the [[marriage]] feast so that, when he comes and knocks, you may quickly open to him. Such watchful servants are [[blessed]] by the master who finds them [[faithful]] at such a great [[moment]]. Then will the master make his servants sit down while he himself serves them. Verily, verily, I say to you that a [[crisis]] is just ahead in your lives, and it behooves you to watch and be ready.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12]

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165:5.6 " You well understand that no man would suffer his house to be broken into if he knew what hour the thief was to come. Be you also on watch for yourselves, for in an hour that you least suspect and in a manner you think not, shall the Son of Man depart. "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12]

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165:5.6 " You well understand that no man would suffer his house to be broken into if he knew what hour the thief was to come. Be you also on watch for yourselves, for in an hour that you least suspect and in a manner you think not, shall the Son of Man depart. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12]

165:5.7 For some minutes [[the twelve]] sat in [[silence]]. Some of these [[warnings]] they had heard before but not in the setting presented to them at this time.

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165:6.1 As they sat [[thinking]], [[Simon Peter]] asked: " Do you [[speak]] this [[parable]] to us, your [[apostles]], or is it for all the [[disciples]]? "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12] And [[Jesus]] answered:

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165:6.2 " In the time of testing, a man's [[soul]] is [[revealed]]; [[trial]] discloses what really is in the [[heart]]. When the servant is tested and proved, then may the lord of the house set such a servant over his household and safely [[trust]] this faithful steward to see that his [[children]] are fed and nurtured. Likewise, will I soon know who can be [[trusted]] with the [[welfare]] of my [[children]] when I shall have returned to [[the Father]], As the lord of the household shall set the true and tried servant over the affairs of his [[family]], so will I exalt those who [[endure]] the [[trials]] of this hour in the affairs of [[the kingdom|my kingdom]].[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12]

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165:6.2 " In the time of testing, a man's [[soul]] is [[revealed]]; [[trial]] discloses what really is in the [[heart]]. When the servant is tested and proved, then may the lord of the house set such a servant over his household and safely [[trust]] this faithful steward to see that his [[children]] are fed and nurtured. Likewise, will I soon know who can be [[trusted]] with the [[welfare]] of my [[children]] when I shall have returned to [[the Father]], As the lord of the household shall set the true and tried servant over the affairs of his [[family]], so will I exalt those who [[endure]] the [[trials]] of this hour in the affairs of [[the kingdom|my kingdom]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12]

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165:6.3 " But if the servant is [[slothful]] and begins to say in his [[heart]], `My master delays his coming,' and begins to mistreat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the [[drunken]], then the lord of that servant will come at a time when he looks not for him and, finding him unfaithful, will cast him out in [[disgrace]]. Therefore you do well to [[prepare]] yourselves for that day when you will be [[visited]] suddenly and in an [[Surprise|unexpected]] [[manner]]. [[Remember]], much has been given to you; therefore will much be required of you. Fiery [[trials]] are drawing near you. I have a [[baptism]] to be baptized with, and I am on watch until this is accomplished. You [[preach]] [[peace]] on [[earth]], but my [[mission]] will not bring peace in the [[material]] affairs of men—not for a time, at least. Division can only be the result where two members of a [[family]] believe in me and three members [[reject]] this [[gospel]]. [[Friends]], [[relatives]], and loved ones are destined to be set against each other by the [[gospel]] you [[preach]]. True, each of these believers shall have great and lasting [[peace]] in his own [[heart]], but [[peace]] on [[earth]] will not come until all are willing to [[believe]] and enter into their [[glorious]] inheritance of sonship with [[God]]. Nevertheless, go into all the world [[proclaiming]] this [[gospel]] to all nations, to every [[man]], [[woman]], and [[child]]. "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_28]

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165:6.3 " But if the servant is [[slothful]] and begins to say in his [[heart]], `My master delays his coming,' and begins to mistreat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the [[drunken]], then the lord of that servant will come at a time when he looks not for him and, finding him unfaithful, will cast him out in [[disgrace]]. Therefore you do well to [[prepare]] yourselves for that day when you will be [[visited]] suddenly and in an [[Surprise|unexpected]] [[manner]]. [[Remember]], much has been given to you; therefore will much be required of you. Fiery [[trials]] are drawing near you. I have a [[baptism]] to be baptized with, and I am on watch until this is accomplished. You [[preach]] [[peace]] on [[earth]], but my [[mission]] will not bring peace in the [[material]] affairs of men—not for a time, at least. Division can only be the result where two members of a [[family]] believe in me and three members [[reject]] this [[gospel]]. [[Friends]], [[relatives]], and loved ones are destined to be set against each other by the [[gospel]] you [[preach]]. True, each of these believers shall have great and lasting [[peace]] in his own [[heart]], but [[peace]] on [[earth]] will not come until all are willing to [[believe]] and enter into their [[glorious]] inheritance of sonship with [[God]]. Nevertheless, go into all the world [[proclaiming]] this [[gospel]] to all nations, to every [[man]], [[woman]], and [[child]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_28]

165:6.4 And this was the end of a full and [[busy]] [[Sabbath]] day. On the morrow [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] went into the [[cities]] of northern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perea_(Holy_Land) Perea] to visit with [[the seventy]], who were working in these regions under [[Abner]]'s supervision.

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