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163:2.1 Over fifty [[disciples]] who sought [[ordination]] and appointment to membership in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_163#163:1._ORDINATION_OF_THE_SEVENTY the seventy] were [[rejected]] by the committee appointed by [[Jesus]] to select these [[candidates]]. This committee consisted of [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]], [[Abner]], and the acting head of the evangelistic corps. In all cases where this committee of [[three]] were not unanimous in [[agreement]], they brought the [[candidate]] to [[Jesus]], and while [[the Master]] never [[rejected]] a single [[person]] who craved [[ordination]] as a [[gospel]] [[messenger]], there were more than a [[dozen]] who, when they had talked with [[Jesus]], no more [[desired]] to become [[gospel]] [[messengers]].

163:2.1 Over fifty [[disciples]] who sought [[ordination]] and appointment to membership in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_163#163:1._ORDINATION_OF_THE_SEVENTY the seventy] were [[rejected]] by the committee appointed by [[Jesus]] to select these [[candidates]]. This committee consisted of [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]], [[Abner]], and the acting head of the evangelistic corps. In all cases where this committee of [[three]] were not unanimous in [[agreement]], they brought the [[candidate]] to [[Jesus]], and while [[the Master]] never [[rejected]] a single [[person]] who craved [[ordination]] as a [[gospel]] [[messenger]], there were more than a [[dozen]] who, when they had talked with [[Jesus]], no more [[desired]] to become [[gospel]] [[messengers]].

163:2.2 One [[earnest]] [[disciple]] came to [[Jesus]], saying: " Master, I would be one of your new [[apostles]], but my [[father]] is very old and near [[death]]; could I be [[permitted]] to return [[home]] to [[bury]] him? " To this man [[Jesus]] said: " My son, the foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have nests, but the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] has [[nowhere]] to lay his head. You are a [[faithful]] [[disciple]], and you can remain such while you return [[home]] to minister to your [[Family|loved ones]], but not so with my [[gospel]] [[messengers]]. They have [[forsaken]] all to follow me and [[proclaim]] [[the kingdom]]. If you would be an [[ordained]] [[teacher]], you must let others [[bury]] the [[dead]] while you go forth to [[publish]] the good news. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_9] And this man went away in great [[disappointment]].

163:2.2 One [[earnest]] [[disciple]] came to [[Jesus]], saying: " Master, I would be one of your new [[apostles]], but my [[father]] is very old and near [[death]]; could I be [[permitted]] to return [[home]] to [[bury]] him? " To this man [[Jesus]] said: " My son, the foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have nests, but the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] has [[nowhere]] to lay his head. You are a [[faithful]] [[disciple]], and you can remain such while you return [[home]] to minister to your [[Family|loved ones]], but not so with my [[gospel]] [[messengers]]. They have [[forsaken]] all to follow me and [[proclaim]] [[the kingdom]]. If you would be an [[ordained]] [[teacher]], you must let others [[bury]] the [[dead]] while you go forth to [[publish]] the good news. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_9] And this man went away in great [[disappointment]].

163:2.3 Another [[disciple]] came to [[the Master]] and said: " I would become an [[ordained]] [[messenger]], but I would like to go to my [[home]] for a short while to [[comfort]] my [[family]]. " And [[Jesus]] replied: " If you would be [[ordained]], you must be willing to [[forsake]] all. The [[gospel]] [[messengers]] cannot have divided [[affections]]. No man, having put his hand to the [[plough]], if he turns back, is [[worthy]] to become a [[messenger]] of [[the kingdom]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_9]

163:2.3 Another [[disciple]] came to [[the Master]] and said: " I would become an [[ordained]] [[messenger]], but I would like to go to my [[home]] for a short while to [[comfort]] my [[family]]. " And [[Jesus]] replied: " If you would be [[ordained]], you must be willing to [[forsake]] all. The [[gospel]] [[messengers]] cannot have divided [[affections]]. No man, having put his hand to the [[plough]], if he turns back, is [[worthy]] to become a [[messenger]] of [[the kingdom]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_9]

163:2.4 Then [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] brought to [[Jesus]] a certain [[rich]] young man who was a [[devout]] [[believer]], and who [[desired]] to [[receive]] [[ordination]]. This [[young man]], [[Matadormus]], was a member of the [[Jerusalem]] [[Sanhedrin]]; he had heard [[Jesus]] teach and had been subsequently instructed in the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] by [[Peter]] and the other [[apostles]]. [[Jesus]] [[talked]] with Matadormus concerning the requirements of [[ordination]] and requested that he defer [[decision]] until after he had [[thought]] more fully about the matter. Early the next morning, as [[Jesus]] was going for a walk, this young man accosted him and said: " Master, I would know from you the [[assurances]] of [[eternal]] life. Seeing that I have [[observed]] all [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments the commandments] from my [[youth]], I would like to [[know]] what more I must do to gain [[eternal]] life? " In answer to this question [[Jesus]] said: " If you keep all the commandments—do not commit [[adultery]], do not [[kill]], do not [[steal]], do not bear [[false]] [[witness]], do not de[[fraud]], [[honor]] your [[parents]]—you do well, but [[salvation]] is the reward of [[faith]], not merely of [[works]]. Do you [[believe]] this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]? " And Matadormus answered: " Yes, Master, I do [[believe]] [[everything]] you and your [[apostles]] have taught me. " And [[Jesus]] said, " Then are you indeed my [[disciple]] and a [[child]] of [[the kingdom]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_18]

163:2.4 Then [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] brought to [[Jesus]] a certain [[rich]] young man who was a [[devout]] [[believer]], and who [[desired]] to [[receive]] [[ordination]]. This [[young man]], [[Matadormus]], was a member of the [[Jerusalem]] [[Sanhedrin]]; he had heard [[Jesus]] teach and had been subsequently instructed in the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] by [[Peter]] and the other [[apostles]]. [[Jesus]] [[talked]] with Matadormus concerning the requirements of [[ordination]] and requested that he defer [[decision]] until after he had [[thought]] more fully about the matter. Early the next morning, as [[Jesus]] was going for a walk, this young man accosted him and said: " Master, I would know from you the [[assurances]] of [[eternal]] life. Seeing that I have [[observed]] all [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments the commandments] from my [[youth]], I would like to [[know]] what more I must do to gain [[eternal]] life? " In answer to this question [[Jesus]] said: " If you keep all the commandments—do not commit [[adultery]], do not [[kill]], do not [[steal]], do not bear [[false]] [[witness]], do not de[[fraud]], [[honor]] your [[parents]]—you do well, but [[salvation]] is the reward of [[faith]], not merely of [[works]]. Do you [[believe]] this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]? " And Matadormus answered: " Yes, Master, I do [[believe]] [[everything]] you and your [[apostles]] have taught me. " And [[Jesus]] said, " Then are you indeed my [[disciple]] and a [[child]] of [[the kingdom]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_18]

163:2.5 Then said the [[young man]]: " But, Master, I am not content to be your [[disciple]]; I would be one of your new [[messengers]]. " When [[Jesus]] heard this, he looked down upon him with a great [[love]] and said: " I will have you to be one of my [[messengers]] if you are willing to pay the price, if you will supply the one [[thing]] which you lack. " Matadormus replied: " Master, I will do anything if I may be [[allowed]] to follow you. " [[Jesus]], kissing the kneeling [[young man]] on the forehead, said: " If you would be my [[messenger]], go and sell all that you have and, when you have [[bestowed]] the proceeds upon the [[poor]] or upon your brethren, come and follow me, and you shall have [[treasure]] in [[the kingdom]] of heaven. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_18]

163:2.5 Then said the [[young man]]: " But, Master, I am not content to be your [[disciple]]; I would be one of your new [[messengers]]. " When [[Jesus]] heard this, he looked down upon him with a great [[love]] and said: " I will have you to be one of my [[messengers]] if you are willing to pay the price, if you will supply the one [[thing]] which you lack. " Matadormus replied: " Master, I will do anything if I may be [[allowed]] to follow you. " [[Jesus]], kissing the kneeling [[young man]] on the forehead, said: " If you would be my [[messenger]], go and sell all that you have and, when you have [[bestowed]] the proceeds upon the [[poor]] or upon your brethren, come and follow me, and you shall have [[treasure]] in [[the kingdom]] of heaven. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_18]

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 [https://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_centers_of_Christianity], 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 [https://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 [https://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_centers_of_Christianity], 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 [[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]].

163:2.8 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]].

163:2.10 [[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 [https://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 [https://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.

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[[Category:Paper 163 - Ordination of the Seventy at Magadan]]

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