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162:7.1 On the afternoon of the last day of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot the feast] and after [[the apostles]] had [[failed]] in their [[efforts]] to persuade him to flee from [[Jerusalem]], [[Jesus]] again went into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple the temple] to [[teach]]. Finding a large company of believers assembled in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon%27s_Porch Solomon's Porch], he [[spoke]] to them, saying:

162:7.1 On the afternoon of the last day of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot the feast] and after [[the apostles]] had [[failed]] in their [[efforts]] to persuade him to flee from [[Jerusalem]], [[Jesus]] again went into [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple the temple] to [[teach]]. Finding a large company of believers assembled in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon%27s_Porch Solomon's Porch], he [[spoke]] to them, saying:

162:7.2 " If my [[words]] abide in you and you are minded to [[Doing the will of God|do the will of my Father]], then are you truly my [[disciples]]. You shall know the [[truth]], and the truth shall make you [[free]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_8] I [[know]] how you will answer me: We are the [[children]] of [[Abraham]], and we are in [[bondage]] to none; how then shall we be made free? Even so, I do not [[speak]] of outward subjection to another's rule; I refer to the [[liberties]] of the [[soul]]. Verily, verily, I say to you, everyone who [[commits]] [[sin]] is the bond-servant of sin. And you know that the bond servant is not likely to abide forever in the master's house. You also know that the son does remain in his [[father]]'s house. If, therefore, [[Divine Son|the Son]] shall make you free, shall make you sons, you shall be [[free]] indeed.

162:7.2 " If my [[words]] abide in you and you are minded to [[Doing the will of God|do the will of my Father]], then are you truly my [[disciples]]. You shall know the [[truth]], and the truth shall make you [[free]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_8] I [[know]] how you will answer me: We are the [[children]] of [[Abraham]], and we are in [[bondage]] to none; how then shall we be made free? Even so, I do not [[speak]] of outward subjection to another's rule; I refer to the [[liberties]] of the [[soul]]. Verily, verily, I say to you, everyone who [[commits]] [[sin]] is the bond-servant of sin. And you know that the bond servant is not likely to abide forever in the master's house. You also know that the son does remain in his [[father]]'s house. If, therefore, [[Divine Son|the Son]] shall make you free, shall make you sons, you shall be [[free]] indeed.

162:7.3 " I know that you are [[Abraham]]'s [[seed]],[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_8] yet your [[leaders]] seek to [[kill]] me because my [[word]] has not been allowed to have its [[transforming]] [[influence]] in their [[hearts]]. Their [[souls]] are sealed by [[prejudice]] and blinded by the [[pride]] of [[revenge]]. I [[declare]] to you the [[truth]] which the [[Universal Father|eternal Father]] shows me, while these [[deluded]] [[teachers]] seek to do the things which they have [[learned]] only from their [[temporal]] [[fathers]]. And when you reply that [[Abraham]] is your [[father]], then do I tell you that, if you were the children of [[Abraham]], you would do the [[works]] of Abraham. Some of you [[believe]] my teaching, but others seek to destroy me because I have told you the [[truth]] which I [[received]] from [[God]]. But [[Abraham]] did not so treat the [[truth]] of God. I [[perceive]] that some among you are [[determined]] to do the [[works]] of the [[evil one]]. If [[God]] were your [[Father]], you would know me and [[love]] the [[truth]] which I [[reveal]]. Will you not see that I come forth from [[the Father]], that I am sent by [[God]], that I am not doing this [[work]] of myself? Why do you not [[understand]] my [[words]]? Is it because you have [[chosen]] to become the children of [[evil]]? If you are the [[children]] of [[darkness]], you will hardly walk in the [[light]] of the [[truth]] which I [[reveal]]. The [[children]] of [[evil]] follow only in the ways of their [[father]], who was a [[deceiver]] and stood not for the [[truth]] because there came to be no truth in him. But now comes the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] [[speaking]] and living the [[truth]], and many of you refuse to [[believe]].

162:7.3 " I know that you are [[Abraham]]'s [[seed]],[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_8] yet your [[leaders]] seek to [[kill]] me because my [[word]] has not been allowed to have its [[transforming]] [[influence]] in their [[hearts]]. Their [[souls]] are sealed by [[prejudice]] and blinded by the [[pride]] of [[revenge]]. I [[declare]] to you the [[truth]] which the [[Universal Father|eternal Father]] shows me, while these [[deluded]] [[teachers]] seek to do the things which they have [[learned]] only from their [[temporal]] [[fathers]]. And when you reply that [[Abraham]] is your [[father]], then do I tell you that, if you were the children of [[Abraham]], you would do the [[works]] of Abraham. Some of you [[believe]] my teaching, but others seek to destroy me because I have told you the [[truth]] which I [[received]] from [[God]]. But [[Abraham]] did not so treat the [[truth]] of God. I [[perceive]] that some among you are [[determined]] to do the [[works]] of the [[evil one]]. If [[God]] were your [[Father]], you would know me and [[love]] the [[truth]] which I [[reveal]]. Will you not see that I come forth from [[the Father]], that I am sent by [[God]], that I am not doing this [[work]] of myself? Why do you not [[understand]] my [[words]]? Is it because you have [[chosen]] to become the children of [[evil]]? If you are the [[children]] of [[darkness]], you will hardly walk in the [[light]] of the [[truth]] which I [[reveal]]. The [[children]] of [[evil]] follow only in the ways of their [[father]], who was a [[deceiver]] and stood not for the [[truth]] because there came to be no truth in him. But now comes the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] [[speaking]] and living the [[truth]], and many of you refuse to [[believe]].

162:7.4 " Which of you [[convicts]] me of [[sin]]?[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_8] If I, then, [[proclaim]] and live the [[truth]] shown me by [[the Father,]] why do you not [[believe]]? He who is of [[God]] hears gladly the [[words]] of God; for this [[cause]] many of you hear not my [[words]], because you are not of God. Your [[teachers]] have even presumed to say that I do my [[works]] by the [[power]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beezelbub prince of devils]. One near by has just said that I have a [[devil]], that I am a child of the devil. But all of you who deal [[honestly]] with your own [[souls]] know full well that I am not a [[devil]]. You know that I [[honor]] [[the Father]] even while you would dishonor me. I seek not my own [[glory]], only the glory of my [[Paradise Father]]. And I do not [[judge]] you, for there is one who judges for me.

162:7.4 " Which of you [[convicts]] me of [[sin]]?[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_8] If I, then, [[proclaim]] and live the [[truth]] shown me by [[the Father,]] why do you not [[believe]]? He who is of [[God]] hears gladly the [[words]] of God; for this [[cause]] many of you hear not my [[words]], because you are not of God. Your [[teachers]] have even presumed to say that I do my [[works]] by the [[power]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beezelbub prince of devils]. One near by has just said that I have a [[devil]], that I am a child of the devil. But all of you who deal [[honestly]] with your own [[souls]] know full well that I am not a [[devil]]. You know that I [[honor]] [[the Father]] even while you would dishonor me. I seek not my own [[glory]], only the glory of my [[Paradise Father]]. And I do not [[judge]] you, for there is one who judges for me.

162:7.5 " Verily, verily, I say to you who [[believe]] the [[gospel]] that, if a man will keep this [[word]] of [[truth]] alive in his [[heart]], he shall never taste [[death]]. And now just at my side a [[scribe]] says this [[statement]] proves that I have a [[devil]], seeing that [[Abraham]] is dead, also [[Hebrew Prophets|the prophets]]. And he asks: `Are you so much greater than [[Abraham]] and the [[prophets]] that you [[dare]] to stand here and say that whoso keeps your [[word]] shall not taste [[death]]? Who do you claim to be that you [[dare]] to utter such [[blasphemies]]?' And I say to all such that, if I [[glorify]] myself, my glory is as [[nothing]]. But it is [[the Father]] who shall [[glorify]] me, even the same Father whom you call [[God]]. But you have [[failed]] to know this your [[God]] and [[Universal Father|my Father]], and I have come to bring you [[together]]; to show you how to become truly the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God]. Though you know not [[the Father]], I truly know him. Even [[Abraham]] [[rejoiced]] to see my day, and by [[faith]] he saw it and was glad. "

162:7.5 " Verily, verily, I say to you who [[believe]] the [[gospel]] that, if a man will keep this [[word]] of [[truth]] alive in his [[heart]], he shall never taste [[death]]. And now just at my side a [[scribe]] says this [[statement]] proves that I have a [[devil]], seeing that [[Abraham]] is dead, also [[Hebrew Prophets|the prophets]]. And he asks: `Are you so much greater than [[Abraham]] and the [[prophets]] that you [[dare]] to stand here and say that whoso keeps your [[word]] shall not taste [[death]]? Who do you claim to be that you [[dare]] to utter such [[blasphemies]]?' And I say to all such that, if I [[glorify]] myself, my glory is as [[nothing]]. But it is [[the Father]] who shall [[glorify]] me, even the same Father whom you call [[God]]. But you have [[failed]] to know this your [[God]] and [[Universal Father|my Father]], and I have come to bring you [[together]]; to show you how to become truly the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God]. Though you know not [[the Father]], I truly know him. Even [[Abraham]] [[rejoiced]] to see my day, and by [[faith]] he saw it and was glad. "

162:7.6 When the unbelieving [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] and the [[agents]] of the [[Sanhedrin]] who had gathered about by this [[time]] heard these [[words]], they raised a [[Turbulence|tumult]], shouting: " You are not fifty years of age, and yet you talk about [[seeing]] [[Abraham]]; you are a child of the [[devil]]! "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_8] [[Jesus]] was unable to continue the [[discourse]]. He only said as he departed, " Verily, verily, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_8]] Many of the unbelievers rushed forth for stones to cast at him, and the [[agents]] of the [[Sanhedrin]] sought to place him under [[arrest]], but [[the Master]] quickly made his way through the [[temple]] corridors and [[escaped]] to a [[secret]] meeting place near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] where [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha Martha], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Bethany Mary], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus Lazarus] awaited him.

162:7.6 When the unbelieving [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] and the [[agents]] of the [[Sanhedrin]] who had gathered about by this [[time]] heard these [[words]], they raised a [[Turbulence|tumult]], shouting: " You are not fifty years of age, and yet you talk about [[seeing]] [[Abraham]]; you are a child of the [[devil]]! "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_8] [[Jesus]] was unable to continue the [[discourse]]. He only said as he departed, " Verily, verily, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_8]] Many of the unbelievers rushed forth for stones to cast at him, and the [[agents]] of the [[Sanhedrin]] sought to place him under [[arrest]], but [[the Master]] quickly made his way through the [[temple]] corridors and [[escaped]] to a [[secret]] meeting place near [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] where [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha Martha], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Bethany Mary], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus Lazarus] awaited him.

<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_162 Go to Paper 162]</center>

<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_162 Go to Paper 162]</center>