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156:5.1 On this Wednesday afternoon, in the [[course]] of his [[Discourse|address]], [[Jesus]] first told his followers the [[story]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_lily white lily] which rears its [[pure]] and snowy head high into the [[sun]]shine while its [[roots]] are grounded in the slime and muck of the [[darkened]] [[soil]] beneath. " Likewise, " said he, " [[mortal]] man, while he has his [[roots]] of [[origin]] and [[being]] in the [[animal]] [[soil]] of [[human]] [[nature]], can by [[faith]] raise his [[spiritual]] [[nature]] up into the sun[[light]] of heavenly [[truth]] and actually bear the [[noble]] [[fruits of the spirit.]] "

156:5.1 On this Wednesday afternoon, in the [[course]] of his [[Discourse|address]], [[Jesus]] first told his followers the [[story]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_lily white lily] which rears its [[pure]] and snowy head high into the [[sun]]shine while its [[roots]] are grounded in the slime and muck of the [[darkened]] [[soil]] beneath. " Likewise, " said he, " [[mortal]] man, while he has his [[roots]] of [[origin]] and [[being]] in the [[animal]] [[soil]] of [[human]] [[nature]], can by [[faith]] raise his [[spiritual]] [[nature]] up into the sun[[light]] of heavenly [[truth]] and actually bear the [[noble]] [[fruits of the spirit.]] "

156:5.2 It was during this same [[sermon]] that [[Jesus]] made use of his first and only [[parable]] having to do with his own trade—[[carpentry]]. In the [[course]] of his [[admonition]] to " Build well the [[foundations]] for the [[growth]] of a [[noble]] [[character]] of [[spiritual]] [[endowments]], " he said: " In order to yield the [[fruits of the spirit]], you must be [[born]] of the [[spirit]]. You must be taught by the spirit and be [[led]] by the spirit if you would live the spirit-filled life among your fellows. But do not make the mistake of the [[foolish]] [[carpenter]] who wastes valuable time squaring, measuring, and smoothing his worm-eaten and inwardly rotting timber and then, when he has thus [[bestowed]] all of his labor upon the unsound beam, must reject it as unfit to enter into the [[foundations]] of the building which he would construct to withstand the [[assault]]s of [[time]] and storm.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_6] Let every man make sure that the [[intellectual]] and [[moral]] [[foundations]] of [[character]] are such as will adequately [[support]] the super[[structure]] of the enlarging and ennobling [[spiritual]] [[nature]], which is thus to [[transform]] the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND mortal mind] and then, in [[association]] with that re-created [[mind]], is to [[achieve]] the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolvement of the soul] of [[immortal]] [[destiny]]. Your [[spirit]] [[nature]]—the jointly created [[soul]]—is a living [[growth]], but the [[mind]] and [[morals]] of the [[individual]] are the [[soil]] from which these higher [[manifestations]] of [[human]] [[development]] and [[divine]] [[destiny]] must spring. The [[soil]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving soul] is [[human]] and [[material]], but the [[destiny]] of this combined [[creature]] of [[mind]] and [[spirit]] is [[spiritual]] and [[divine]]. "

156:5.2 It was during this same [[sermon]] that [[Jesus]] made use of his first and only [[parable]] having to do with his own trade—[[carpentry]]. In the [[course]] of his [[admonition]] to " Build well the [[foundations]] for the [[growth]] of a [[noble]] [[character]] of [[spiritual]] [[endowments]], " he said: " In order to yield the [[fruits of the spirit]], you must be [[born]] of the [[spirit]]. You must be taught by the spirit and be [[led]] by the spirit if you would live the spirit-filled life among your fellows. But do not make the mistake of the [[foolish]] [[carpenter]] who wastes valuable time squaring, measuring, and smoothing his worm-eaten and inwardly rotting timber and then, when he has thus [[bestowed]] all of his labor upon the unsound beam, must reject it as unfit to enter into the [[foundations]] of the building which he would construct to withstand the [[assault]]s of [[time]] and storm.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_6] Let every man make sure that the [[intellectual]] and [[moral]] [[foundations]] of [[character]] are such as will adequately [[support]] the super[[structure]] of the enlarging and ennobling [[spiritual]] [[nature]], which is thus to [[transform]] the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND mortal mind] and then, in [[association]] with that re-created [[mind]], is to [[achieve]] the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolvement of the soul] of [[immortal]] [[destiny]]. Your [[spirit]] [[nature]]—the jointly created [[soul]]—is a living [[growth]], but the [[mind]] and [[morals]] of the [[individual]] are the [[soil]] from which these higher [[manifestations]] of [[human]] [[development]] and [[divine]] [[destiny]] must spring. The [[soil]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving soul] is [[human]] and [[material]], but the [[destiny]] of this combined [[creature]] of [[mind]] and [[spirit]] is [[spiritual]] and [[divine]]. "

156:5.3 On the evening of this same day [[Nathaniel]] asked [[Jesus]]: " Master, why do we [[pray]] that [[God]] will [[lead]] us not into [[temptation]] when we well [[know]] from your [[revelation]] of [[the Father]] that he never does such things? " [[Jesus]] answered [[Nathaniel]]:

156:5.3 On the evening of this same day [[Nathaniel]] asked [[Jesus]]: " Master, why do we [[pray]] that [[God]] will [[lead]] us not into [[temptation]] when we well [[know]] from your [[revelation]] of [[the Father]] that he never does such things? " [[Jesus]] answered [[Nathaniel]]:

156:5.4 " It is not strange that you ask such questions seeing that you are beginning to [[know]] [[the Father]] as I know him, and not as the early [[Hebrew]] [[prophets]] so dimly saw him. You well know how our [[forefathers]] were disposed to see [[God]] in almost everything that happened. They looked for the hand of [[God]] in all [[natural]] occurrences and in every unusual [[episode]] of [[human]] [[experience]]. They [[connected]] [[God]] with both [[good]] and [[evil]]. They [[thought]] he softened the [[heart]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] and hardened the [[heart]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaoh_of_the_Exodus Pharaoh]. When man had a strong urge to do something, [[good]] or [[evil]], he was in the [[habit]] of accounting for these unusual [[emotions]] by remarking: `The Lord spoke to me saying, do thus and so, or go here and there.' Accordingly, since men so often and so [[violently]] ran into [[temptation]], it became the [[habit]] of our [[forefathers]] to [[believe]] that [[God]] led them thither for testing, [[punishing]], or strengthening. But you, indeed, now know better. You know that men are all too often led into [[temptation]] by the urge of their own [[selfishness]] and by the [[impulses]] of their [[animal]] natures. When you are in this way tempted, I admonish you that, while you [[recognize]] [[temptation]] [[honestly]] and [[sincerely]] for just what it is, you [[intelligently]] redirect the [[energies]] of [[spirit]], [[mind]], and [[body]], which are seeking [[expression]], into higher [[channels]] and toward more [[idealistic]] goals. In this way may you [[transform]] your [[temptations]] into the highest types of uplifting [[mortal]] [[ministry]] while you almost wholly avoid these wasteful and weakening [[conflicts]] between the [[animal]] and [[spiritual]] [[natures]].

156:5.4 " It is not strange that you ask such questions seeing that you are beginning to [[know]] [[the Father]] as I know him, and not as the early [[Hebrew]] [[prophets]] so dimly saw him. You well know how our [[forefathers]] were disposed to see [[God]] in almost everything that happened. They looked for the hand of [[God]] in all [[natural]] occurrences and in every unusual [[episode]] of [[human]] [[experience]]. They [[connected]] [[God]] with both [[good]] and [[evil]]. They [[thought]] he softened the [[heart]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] and hardened the [[heart]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaoh_of_the_Exodus Pharaoh]. When man had a strong urge to do something, [[good]] or [[evil]], he was in the [[habit]] of accounting for these unusual [[emotions]] by remarking: `The Lord spoke to me saying, do thus and so, or go here and there.' Accordingly, since men so often and so [[violently]] ran into [[temptation]], it became the [[habit]] of our [[forefathers]] to [[believe]] that [[God]] led them thither for testing, [[punishing]], or strengthening. But you, indeed, now know better. You know that men are all too often led into [[temptation]] by the urge of their own [[selfishness]] and by the [[impulses]] of their [[animal]] natures. When you are in this way tempted, I admonish you that, while you [[recognize]] [[temptation]] [[honestly]] and [[sincerely]] for just what it is, you [[intelligently]] redirect the [[energies]] of [[spirit]], [[mind]], and [[body]], which are seeking [[expression]], into higher [[channels]] and toward more [[idealistic]] goals. In this way may you [[transform]] your [[temptations]] into the highest types of uplifting [[mortal]] [[ministry]] while you almost wholly avoid these wasteful and weakening [[conflicts]] between the [[animal]] and [[spiritual]] [[natures]].

156:5.5 " But let me [[warn]] you against the [[folly]] of undertaking to surmount [[temptation]] by the [[effort]] of supplanting one [[desire]] by another and supposedly superior desire through the mere [[force]] of the human [[Free will|will]]. If you would be truly [[triumphant]] over the [[temptations]] of the lesser and lower [[nature]], you must come to that place of [[spiritual]] [[advantage]] where you have really and truly [[developed]] an [[actual]] interest in, and [[love]] for, those higher and more [[idealistic]] [[forms]] of [[conduct]] which your [[mind]] is [[desirous]] of substituting for these lower and less idealistic [[habits]] of [[behavior]] that you [[recognize]] as [[temptation]]. You will in this way be delivered through [[spiritual]] [[transformation]] rather than be increasingly overburdened with the [[deceptive]] [[suppression]] of [[mortal]] [[desires]]. The old and the inferior will be [[forgotten]] in the [[love]] for the new and the superior. [[Beauty]] is always [[triumphant]] over [[ugliness]] in the [[hearts]] of all who are [[illuminated]] by the [[love]] of [[truth]]. There is mighty [[power]] in the expulsive [[energy]] of a new and [[sincere]] [[spiritual]] [[affection]]. And again I say to you, be not overcome by [[evil]] but rather overcome evil with [[good]]. "

156:5.5 " But let me [[warn]] you against the [[folly]] of undertaking to surmount [[temptation]] by the [[effort]] of supplanting one [[desire]] by another and supposedly superior desire through the mere [[force]] of the human [[Free will|will]]. If you would be truly [[triumphant]] over the [[temptations]] of the lesser and lower [[nature]], you must come to that place of [[spiritual]] [[advantage]] where you have really and truly [[developed]] an [[actual]] interest in, and [[love]] for, those higher and more [[idealistic]] [[forms]] of [[conduct]] which your [[mind]] is [[desirous]] of substituting for these lower and less idealistic [[habits]] of [[behavior]] that you [[recognize]] as [[temptation]]. You will in this way be delivered through [[spiritual]] [[transformation]] rather than be increasingly overburdened with the [[deceptive]] [[suppression]] of [[mortal]] [[desires]]. The old and the inferior will be [[forgotten]] in the [[love]] for the new and the superior. [[Beauty]] is always [[triumphant]] over [[ugliness]] in the [[hearts]] of all who are [[illuminated]] by the [[love]] of [[truth]]. There is mighty [[power]] in the expulsive [[energy]] of a new and [[sincere]] [[spiritual]] [[affection]]. And again I say to you, be not overcome by [[evil]] but rather overcome evil with [[good]]. "

156:5.15 As the days pass, every true believer becomes more [[skillful]] in alluring his fellows into the [[love]] of [[eternal]] [[truth]]. Are you more resourceful in [[revealing]] [[goodness]] to [[humanity]] today than you were yesterday? Are you a better righteousness recommender this year than you were last year? Are you becoming increasingly artistic in your [[technique]] of [[leading]] [[hungry]] [[souls]] into the [[the kingdom|spiritual kingdom]]?

156:5.15 As the days pass, every true believer becomes more [[skillful]] in alluring his fellows into the [[love]] of [[eternal]] [[truth]]. Are you more resourceful in [[revealing]] [[goodness]] to [[humanity]] today than you were yesterday? Are you a better righteousness recommender this year than you were last year? Are you becoming increasingly artistic in your [[technique]] of [[leading]] [[hungry]] [[souls]] into the [[the kingdom|spiritual kingdom]]?

156:5.16 Are your [[ideals]] sufficiently high to [[insure]] your [[eternal]] [[salvation]] while your [[ideas]] are so [[practical]] as to render you a useful [[citizen]] to [[function]] on [[earth]] in [[association]] with your [[mortal]] fellows? In the [[spirit]], your [[citizenship]] is in heaven; in the [[flesh]], you are still citizens of the [[earth]] kingdoms. Render to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar Caesars] the [[things]] which are [[material]] and to [[God]] those which are [[spiritual]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_20]

156:5.16 Are your [[ideals]] sufficiently high to [[insure]] your [[eternal]] [[salvation]] while your [[ideas]] are so [[practical]] as to render you a useful [[citizen]] to [[function]] on [[earth]] in [[association]] with your [[mortal]] fellows? In the [[spirit]], your [[citizenship]] is in heaven; in the [[flesh]], you are still citizens of the [[earth]] kingdoms. Render to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar Caesars] the [[things]] which are [[material]] and to [[God]] those which are [[spiritual]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_20]

156:5.17 The [[measure]] of the [[spiritual]] [[capacity]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving soul] is your [[faith]] in [[truth]] and your [[love]] for man, but the [[measure]] of your human [[strength]] of [[character]] is your [[ability]] to [[resist]] the holding of grudges and your [[capacity]] to withstand brooding in the face of [[deep]] [[sorrow]]. Defeat is the true [[mirror]] in which you may [[honestly]] view your [[real]] [[self]].

156:5.17 The [[measure]] of the [[spiritual]] [[capacity]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving soul] is your [[faith]] in [[truth]] and your [[love]] for man, but the [[measure]] of your human [[strength]] of [[character]] is your [[ability]] to [[resist]] the holding of grudges and your [[capacity]] to withstand brooding in the face of [[deep]] [[sorrow]]. Defeat is the true [[mirror]] in which you may [[honestly]] view your [[real]] [[self]].

156:5.21 The true [[believer]] does not grow weary in well-doing just because he is thwarted. [[Difficulty]] whets the [[ardor]] of the [[truth]] lover, while obstacles only [[challenge]] the exertions of the undaunted [[the kingdom|kingdom]] builder.

156:5.21 The true [[believer]] does not grow weary in well-doing just because he is thwarted. [[Difficulty]] whets the [[ardor]] of the [[truth]] lover, while obstacles only [[challenge]] the exertions of the undaunted [[the kingdom|kingdom]] builder.

156:5.22 And many other things [[Jesus]] taught them before they made ready to depart from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyre Tyre].

156:5.22 And many other things [[Jesus]] taught them before they made ready to depart from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyre Tyre].

156:5.23 The day before [[Jesus]] left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyre Tyre] for the return to the region of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee Sea of Galilee], he called his [[associates]] [[together]] and directed the twelve evangelists to go back by a route [[different]] from that which he and [[the twelve apostles]] were to take. And after the [[evangelists]] here left [[Jesus]], they were never again so [[intimately]] [[associated]] with him.

156:5.23 The day before [[Jesus]] left [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyre Tyre] for the return to the region of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee Sea of Galilee], he called his [[associates]] [[together]] and directed the twelve evangelists to go back by a route [[different]] from that which he and [[the twelve apostles]] were to take. And after the [[evangelists]] here left [[Jesus]], they were never again so [[intimately]] [[associated]] with him.

<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_156 Go to Paper 156]</center>

<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_156 Go to Paper 156]</center>