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130:1.4 (In this [[narrative]] of the [[personal]] [[work]] of [[Jesus]] with his fellow [[mortals]] on this tour of the [[Mediterranean]], we shall, in accordance with our [[permission]], freely [[translate]] his [[words]] into modern phraseology current on [[Urantia]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934 the time of this presentation].)

130:1.4 (In this [[narrative]] of the [[personal]] [[work]] of [[Jesus]] with his fellow [[mortals]] on this tour of the [[Mediterranean]], we shall, in accordance with our [[permission]], freely [[translate]] his [[words]] into modern phraseology current on [[Urantia]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934 the time of this presentation].)

130:1.5 [[Jesus]]' last visit with Gadiah had to do with a discussion of [[good]] and [[evil]]. This young [[Philistine]] was much troubled by a [[feeling]] of injustice because of the [[presence]] of [[evil]] in the world alongside the [[good]]. He said: " How can [[God]], if he is infinitely [[good]], permit us to [[suffer]] the sorrows of [[evil]]; after all, who creates evil? "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Theodicy] It was still believed by many in those days that [[God]] creates both good and evil, but  never taught such [[error]]. In answering this question, Jesus said: " My [[brother]], [[God]] is [[love]]; therefore he must be [[good]], and his goodness is so great and real that it cannot contain the small and unreal things of [[evil]]. God is so positively good that there is [[absolutely]] no place in him for [[negative]] [[evil]]. Evil is the immature [[choosing]] and the unthinking misstep of those who are [[resistant]] to [[goodness]], rejectful of [[beauty]], and disloyal to [[truth]]. Evil is only the misadaptation of immaturity or the disruptive and distorting [[influence]] of [[ignorance]]. Evil is the [[inevitable]] [[darkness]] which follows upon the heels of the unwise rejection of light. [[Evil]] is that which is [[dark]] and untrue, and which, when [[consciously]] [[embraced]] and willfully endorsed, becomes [[sin]].

130:1.5 [[Jesus]]' last visit with Gadiah had to do with a discussion of [[good]] and [[evil]]. This young [[Philistine]] was much troubled by a [[feeling]] of injustice because of the [[presence]] of [[evil]] in the world alongside the [[good]]. He said: " How can [[God]], if he is infinitely [[good]], permit us to [[suffer]] the sorrows of [[evil]]; after all, who creates evil? "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Theodicy] It was still believed by many in those days that [[God]] creates both good and evil, but  never taught such [[error]]. In answering this question, Jesus said: " My [[brother]], [[God]] is [[love]]; therefore he must be [[good]], and his goodness is so great and real that it cannot contain the small and unreal things of [[evil]]. God is so positively good that there is [[absolutely]] no place in him for [[negative]] [[evil]]. Evil is the immature [[choosing]] and the unthinking misstep of those who are [[resistant]] to [[goodness]], rejectful of [[beauty]], and disloyal to [[truth]]. Evil is only the misadaptation of immaturity or the disruptive and distorting [[influence]] of [[ignorance]]. Evil is the [[inevitable]] [[darkness]] which follows upon the heels of the unwise rejection of light. [[Evil]] is that which is [[dark]] and untrue, and which, when [[consciously]] [[embraced]] and willfully endorsed, becomes [[sin]].

130:1.6 " Y[[our Father]] in heaven, by [[endowing]] you with the [[power]] to [[choose]] between [[truth]] and [[error]], created the [[potential]] [[negative]] of the positive way of [[light and life]]; but such [[errors]] of [[evil]] are really nonexistent until such a time as an [[intelligent]] [[creature]] wills their [[existence]] by mischoosing the way of life. And then are such [[evils]] later exalted into [[sin]] by the knowing and [[deliberate]] [[choice]] of such a willful and [[rebellious]] [[creature]]. This is why [[our Father]] in heaven [[permit]]s the [[good]] and the [[evil]] to go along [[together]] until the end of life, just as [[nature]] allows the wheat and the tares to grow side by side until the [[harvest]]. " Gadiah was fully [[satisfied]] with [[Jesus]]' answer to his question after their subsequent [[discussion]] had made clear to his [[mind]] the real [[meaning]] of these momentous [[statements]].

130:1.6 " Y[[our Father]] in heaven, by [[endowing]] you with the [[power]] to [[choose]] between [[truth]] and [[error]], created the [[potential]] [[negative]] of the positive way of [[light and life]]; but such [[errors]] of [[evil]] are really nonexistent until such a time as an [[intelligent]] [[creature]] wills their [[existence]] by mischoosing the way of life. And then are such [[evils]] later exalted into [[sin]] by the knowing and [[deliberate]] [[choice]] of such a willful and [[rebellious]] [[creature]]. This is why [[our Father]] in heaven [[permit]]s the [[good]] and the [[evil]] to go along [[together]] until the end of life, just as [[nature]] allows the wheat and the tares to grow side by side until the [[harvest]]. " Gadiah was fully [[satisfied]] with [[Jesus]]' answer to his question after their subsequent [[discussion]] had made clear to his [[mind]] the real [[meaning]] of these momentous [[statements]].

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[[Category:Paper 130 - On the Way to Rome]]

[[Category:Paper 130 - On the Way to Rome]]