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

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

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

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

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

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

163:2.9 [[Jesus]] foresaw that Matadormus, with his [[riches]], could not possibly become an [[ordained]] [[associate]] of men who had [[forsaken]] all for the [[gospel]]; at the same time, he saw that, without his [[riches]], he would become the [[ultimate]] [[leader]] of all of them. But, like [[Jesus]]' own brethren, he never became great in [[the kingdom]] because he deprived himself of that [[intimate]] and [[personal]] [[association]] with [[the Master]] which might have been his [[experience]] had he been willing to do at this [[Timing|time]] the very thing which [[Jesus]] asked, and which, several years subsequently, he [[actually]] did.

163:2.9 [[Jesus]] foresaw that Matadormus, with his [[riches]], could not possibly become an [[ordained]] [[associate]] of men who had [[forsaken]] all for the [[gospel]]; at the same time, he saw that, without his [[riches]], he would become the [[ultimate]] [[leader]] of all of them. But, like [[Jesus]]' own brethren, he never became great in [[the kingdom]] because he deprived himself of that [[intimate]] and [[personal]] [[association]] with [[the Master]] which might have been his [[experience]] had he been willing to do at this [[Timing|time]] the very thing which [[Jesus]] asked, and which, several years subsequently, he [[actually]] did.

163:2.10 [[Riches]] have nothing directly to do with entrance into [[the kingdom]] of heaven, but the [[love]] of [[wealth]] does. The [[spiritual]] [[loyalties]] of [[the kingdom]] are incompatible with servility to [[materialistic]] [[mammon]]. Man may not [[share]] his [[supreme]] [[loyalty]] to a [[spiritual]] [[ideal]] with a [[material]] [[devotion]].

163:2.10 [[Riches]] have nothing directly to do with entrance into [[the kingdom]] of heaven, but the [[love]] of [[wealth]] does. The [[spiritual]] [[loyalties]] of [[the kingdom]] are incompatible with servility to [[materialistic]] [[mammon]]. Man may not [[share]] his [[supreme]] [[loyalty]] to a [[spiritual]] [[ideal]] with a [[material]] [[devotion]].

163:2.11 [[Jesus]] never taught that it was wrong to have [[wealth]]. He required only [[the twelve]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_163#163:1._ORDINATION_OF_THE_SEVENTY the seventy] to [[dedicate]] all of their worldly [[possessions]] to the common [[cause]]. Even then, he [[provided]] for the profitable liquidation of their [[property]], as in the case of the [[Matthew, the Apostle|Apostle Matthew]]. [[Jesus]] many times [[advised]] his well-to-do [[disciples]] as he taught the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_132#132:5._COUNSELING_THE_RICH_MAN rich man] of [[Rome]]. [[The Master]] regarded the [[wise]] [[investment]] of excess earnings as a legitimate form of [[insurance]] against [[future]] and unavoidable [[adversity]]. When the apostolic [[treasury]] was overflowing, [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] put [[funds]] on deposit to be used subsequently when they might [[suffer]] greatly from a diminution of [[income]]. This [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] did after [[consultation]] with [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]]. [[Jesus]] never [[personally]] had anything to do with the apostolic [[finances]] except in the disbursement of [[alms]]. But there was one [[economic]] [[abuse]] which he many times [[condemned]], and that was the unfair [[exploitation]] of the weak, unlearned, and less fortunate of men by their [[strong]], keen, and more [[intelligent]] fellows. [[Jesus]] [[declared]] that such inhuman treatment of [[men]], [[women]], and [[children]] was incompatible with the [[ideals]] of the brotherhood of [[the kingdom]] of heaven.

163:2.11 [[Jesus]] never taught that it was wrong to have [[wealth]]. He required only [[the twelve]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_163#163:1._ORDINATION_OF_THE_SEVENTY the seventy] to [[dedicate]] all of their worldly [[possessions]] to the common [[cause]]. Even then, he [[provided]] for the profitable liquidation of their [[property]], as in the case of the [[Matthew, the Apostle|Apostle Matthew]]. [[Jesus]] many times [[advised]] his well-to-do [[disciples]] as he taught the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_132#132:5._COUNSELING_THE_RICH_MAN rich man] of [[Rome]]. [[The Master]] regarded the [[wise]] [[investment]] of excess earnings as a legitimate form of insurance against [[future]] and unavoidable [[adversity]]. When the apostolic [[treasury]] was overflowing, [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] put [[funds]] on deposit to be used subsequently when they might [[suffer]] greatly from a diminution of [[income]]. This [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] did after [[consultation]] with [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]]. [[Jesus]] never [[personally]] had anything to do with the apostolic [[finances]] except in the disbursement of [[alms]]. But there was one [[economic]] [[abuse]] which he many times [[condemned]], and that was the unfair [[exploitation]] of the weak, unlearned, and less fortunate of men by their [[strong]], keen, and more [[intelligent]] fellows. [[Jesus]] [[declared]] that such inhuman treatment of [[men]], [[women]], and [[children]] was incompatible with the [[ideals]] of the brotherhood of [[the kingdom]] of heaven.

==163:3. THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WEALTH==

==163:3. THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WEALTH==