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| − | 193:0.1 The sixteenth [[morontia]] [[manifestation]] of [[Jesus]] occurred on Friday, May 5, in the [[courtyard]] of [ | + | 193:0.1 The sixteenth [[morontia]] [[manifestation]] of [[Jesus]] occurred on Friday, May 5, in the [[courtyard]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus Nicodemus], about nine o'clock at night. On this evening the [[Jerusalem]] [[believers]] had made their first attempt to get [[together]] since the [[resurrection]]. Assembled here at this [[time]] were the eleven [[apostles]], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_150#150:1._THE_WOMEN.27S_EVANGELISTIC_CORPS the women's corps] and their [[associates]], and about fifty other leading [[disciples]] of [[the Master]], including a number of the [[Greeks]]. This company of [[believers]] had been [[visiting]] [[informally]] for more than half an hour when, suddenly, the [[morontia]] [[the Master|Master]] [[appeared]] in full view and [[immediately]] began to [[Teaching|instruct]] them. Said [[Jesus]]: |
| − | 193:0.2 " [[Peace]] be upon you. This is the most [[representative]] [[group]] of [[believers]]—[[apostles]] and [[disciples]], both [[men]] and [[women]]—to which I have [[appeared]] since the time of my [[deliverance]] from the [[flesh]]. I now call you to [[witness]] that I told you beforehand that my [[sojourn]] among you must come to an end; I told you that presently I must return to [[the Father]]. And then I plainly told you how the [ | + | 193:0.2 " [[Peace]] be upon you. This is the most [[representative]] [[group]] of [[believers]]—[[apostles]] and [[disciples]], both [[men]] and [[women]]—to which I have [[appeared]] since the time of my [[deliverance]] from the [[flesh]]. I now call you to [[witness]] that I told you beforehand that my [[sojourn]] among you must come to an end; I told you that presently I must return to [[the Father]]. And then I plainly told you how the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol chief priests] and the [[Sanhedrin|rulers]] of the [[Jews]] would deliver me up to be put to [[death]], and that I would [[Resurrection|rise]] from the [[grave]]. Why, then, did you allow yourselves to become so disconcerted by all this when it came to pass? and why were you so [[surprised]] when I rose from the [[tomb]] on the third day? You [[failed]] to believe me because you heard my [[words]] without [[comprehending]] the [[meaning]] thereof. |
193:0.3 " And now you should give ear to my [[words]] lest you again make the mistake of hearing my [[teaching]] with the [[mind]] while in your [[hearts]] you fail to [[comprehend]] the [[meaning]]. From the beginning of my [[sojourn]] as one of you, I taught you that my one [[purpose]] was to [[reveal]] [[the Father|my Father]] in [[heaven]] to his [[children]] on [[earth]]. I have lived the [[God]]-[[revealing]] [[Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia|bestowal]] that you might [[experience]] the [[God]]-knowing [[career]]. I have [[revealed]] [[God]] as y[[our Father]] in heaven; I have [[revealed]] you as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God] on [[earth]]. It is a [[fact]] that [[God]] loves you, his sons. By [[faith]] in my [[word]] this [[fact]] becomes an [[eternal]] and [[living]] [[truth]] in your [[hearts]]. When, by [[living]] [[faith]], you become [[divinely]] [[God-conscious]], you are then [[born]] of the [[spirit]] as [[children]] of [[light and life]], even the [[eternal]] life wherewith you shall [[Ascension Career|ascend]] the [[universe of universes]] and [[attain]] the [[experience]] of finding [[God]] [[the Father]] on [[Paradise]]. | 193:0.3 " And now you should give ear to my [[words]] lest you again make the mistake of hearing my [[teaching]] with the [[mind]] while in your [[hearts]] you fail to [[comprehend]] the [[meaning]]. From the beginning of my [[sojourn]] as one of you, I taught you that my one [[purpose]] was to [[reveal]] [[the Father|my Father]] in [[heaven]] to his [[children]] on [[earth]]. I have lived the [[God]]-[[revealing]] [[Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia|bestowal]] that you might [[experience]] the [[God]]-knowing [[career]]. I have [[revealed]] [[God]] as y[[our Father]] in heaven; I have [[revealed]] you as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God] on [[earth]]. It is a [[fact]] that [[God]] loves you, his sons. By [[faith]] in my [[word]] this [[fact]] becomes an [[eternal]] and [[living]] [[truth]] in your [[hearts]]. When, by [[living]] [[faith]], you become [[divinely]] [[God-conscious]], you are then [[born]] of the [[spirit]] as [[children]] of [[light and life]], even the [[eternal]] life wherewith you shall [[Ascension Career|ascend]] the [[universe of universes]] and [[attain]] the [[experience]] of finding [[God]] [[the Father]] on [[Paradise]]. | ||
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193:0.4 " I [[admonish]] you ever to [[remember]] that your [[mission]] among men is to [[proclaim]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]—the [[reality]] of the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] and the [[truth]] of the [[sonship]] of [[man]]. [[Proclaim]] the whole [[truth]] of the good news, not just a part of the saving [[gospel]]. Your [[message]] is not changed by my [[resurrection]] [[experience]]. [[Sonship]] with [[God]], by [[faith]], is still the saving [[truth]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. You are to go forth [[preaching]] the [[love]] of [[God]] and the [[service]] of [[man]]. That which the world needs most to [[know]] is: Men are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God], and through [[faith]] they can actually [[realize]], and daily [[experience]], this [[ennobling]] [[truth]]. [[Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia|My bestowal]] should help all men to know that they are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD children of God], but such [[knowledge]] will not suffice if they [[fail]] [[personally]] to [[faith]]-grasp the saving [[truth]] that they are the living spirit sons of [[the Father|the eternal Father]]. The [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] is concerned with the [[love]] of [[the Father]] and the [[service]] of his [[children]] on [[earth]]. | 193:0.4 " I [[admonish]] you ever to [[remember]] that your [[mission]] among men is to [[proclaim]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]—the [[reality]] of the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] and the [[truth]] of the [[sonship]] of [[man]]. [[Proclaim]] the whole [[truth]] of the good news, not just a part of the saving [[gospel]]. Your [[message]] is not changed by my [[resurrection]] [[experience]]. [[Sonship]] with [[God]], by [[faith]], is still the saving [[truth]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. You are to go forth [[preaching]] the [[love]] of [[God]] and the [[service]] of [[man]]. That which the world needs most to [[know]] is: Men are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God], and through [[faith]] they can actually [[realize]], and daily [[experience]], this [[ennobling]] [[truth]]. [[Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia|My bestowal]] should help all men to know that they are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD children of God], but such [[knowledge]] will not suffice if they [[fail]] [[personally]] to [[faith]]-grasp the saving [[truth]] that they are the living spirit sons of [[the Father|the eternal Father]]. The [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] is concerned with the [[love]] of [[the Father]] and the [[service]] of his [[children]] on [[earth]]. | ||
| − | 193:0.5 " Among yourselves, here, you [[share]] the [[knowledge]] that I have [[Resurrection|risen]] from the [[dead]], but that is not [[strange]]. I have the [[power]] to lay down my life and to take it up again; [[the Father]] gives such [[power]] to his [[Paradise Sons]]. You should the rather be stirred in your [[hearts]] by the [[knowledge]] that the dead of an age entered upon the [[eternal]] [[ascent]] soon after I left [ | + | 193:0.5 " Among yourselves, here, you [[share]] the [[knowledge]] that I have [[Resurrection|risen]] from the [[dead]], but that is not [[strange]]. I have the [[power]] to lay down my life and to take it up again; [[the Father]] gives such [[power]] to his [[Paradise Sons]]. You should the rather be stirred in your [[hearts]] by the [[knowledge]] that the dead of an age entered upon the [[eternal]] [[ascent]] soon after I left [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph]'s new [[tomb]]. I lived my life in the [[flesh]] to show how you can, through [[loving]] [[service]], become [[God]]-[[revealing]] to your fellow men even as, by loving you and serving you, I have become [[God]]-[[revealing]] to you. I have lived among you as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] that you, and all other men, might know that you are all indeed the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God]. Therefore, go you now into all the world [[preaching]] this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] of heaven to all men. [[Love]] all men as I have loved you; serve your fellow [[mortals]] as I have served you. [[Free]]ly you have [[received]], freely give. Only tarry here in [[Jerusalem]] while I go to [[the Father]], and until I send you the [[Spirit of Truth]]. He shall lead you into the enlarged [[truth]], and I will go with you into all the world. I am with you always, and my [[peace]] I leave with you. " |
193:0.6 When [[the Master]] had [[spoken]] to them, he vanished from their [[sight]]. It was near [[Dawn|daybreak]] before these [[believers]] [[dispersed]]; all night they remained [[together]], earnestly [[discussing]] [[the Master]]'s [[admonitions]] and [[contemplating]] all that had befallen them. [[James Zebedee]] and others of [[the apostles]] also told them of their [[experiences]] with the [[Paper 192 - Appearances in Galilee|morontia Master in Galilee]] and [[recited]] how he had [[three]] times [[appeared]] to them. | 193:0.6 When [[the Master]] had [[spoken]] to them, he vanished from their [[sight]]. It was near [[Dawn|daybreak]] before these [[believers]] [[dispersed]]; all night they remained [[together]], earnestly [[discussing]] [[the Master]]'s [[admonitions]] and [[contemplating]] all that had befallen them. [[James Zebedee]] and others of [[the apostles]] also told them of their [[experiences]] with the [[Paper 192 - Appearances in Galilee|morontia Master in Galilee]] and [[recited]] how he had [[three]] times [[appeared]] to them. | ||
Latest revision as of 23:02, 12 December 2020
193:0.1 The sixteenth morontia manifestation of Jesus occurred on Friday, May 5, in the courtyard of Nicodemus, about nine o'clock at night. On this evening the Jerusalem believers had made their first attempt to get together since the resurrection. Assembled here at this time were the eleven apostles, the women's corps and their associates, and about fifty other leading disciples of the Master, including a number of the Greeks. This company of believers had been visiting informally for more than half an hour when, suddenly, the morontia Master appeared in full view and immediately began to instruct them. Said Jesus:
193:0.2 " Peace be upon you. This is the most representative group of believers—apostles and disciples, both men and women—to which I have appeared since the time of my deliverance from the flesh. I now call you to witness that I told you beforehand that my sojourn among you must come to an end; I told you that presently I must return to the Father. And then I plainly told you how the chief priests and the rulers of the Jews would deliver me up to be put to death, and that I would rise from the grave. Why, then, did you allow yourselves to become so disconcerted by all this when it came to pass? and why were you so surprised when I rose from the tomb on the third day? You failed to believe me because you heard my words without comprehending the meaning thereof.
193:0.3 " And now you should give ear to my words lest you again make the mistake of hearing my teaching with the mind while in your hearts you fail to comprehend the meaning. From the beginning of my sojourn as one of you, I taught you that my one purpose was to reveal my Father in heaven to his children on earth. I have lived the God-revealing bestowal that you might experience the God-knowing career. I have revealed God as your Father in heaven; I have revealed you as the sons of God on earth. It is a fact that God loves you, his sons. By faith in my word this fact becomes an eternal and living truth in your hearts. When, by living faith, you become divinely God-conscious, you are then born of the spirit as children of light and life, even the eternal life wherewith you shall ascend the universe of universes and attain the experience of finding God the Father on Paradise.
193:0.4 " I admonish you ever to remember that your mission among men is to proclaim the gospel of the kingdom—the reality of the fatherhood of God and the truth of the sonship of man. Proclaim the whole truth of the good news, not just a part of the saving gospel. Your message is not changed by my resurrection experience. Sonship with God, by faith, is still the saving truth of the gospel of the kingdom. You are to go forth preaching the love of God and the service of man. That which the world needs most to know is: Men are the sons of God, and through faith they can actually realize, and daily experience, this ennobling truth. My bestowal should help all men to know that they are the children of God, but such knowledge will not suffice if they fail personally to faith-grasp the saving truth that they are the living spirit sons of the eternal Father. The gospel of the kingdom is concerned with the love of the Father and the service of his children on earth.
193:0.5 " Among yourselves, here, you share the knowledge that I have risen from the dead, but that is not strange. I have the power to lay down my life and to take it up again; the Father gives such power to his Paradise Sons. You should the rather be stirred in your hearts by the knowledge that the dead of an age entered upon the eternal ascent soon after I left Joseph's new tomb. I lived my life in the flesh to show how you can, through loving service, become God-revealing to your fellow men even as, by loving you and serving you, I have become God-revealing to you. I have lived among you as the Son of Man that you, and all other men, might know that you are all indeed the sons of God. Therefore, go you now into all the world preaching this gospel of the kingdom of heaven to all men. Love all men as I have loved you; serve your fellow mortals as I have served you. Freely you have received, freely give. Only tarry here in Jerusalem while I go to the Father, and until I send you the Spirit of Truth. He shall lead you into the enlarged truth, and I will go with you into all the world. I am with you always, and my peace I leave with you. "
193:0.6 When the Master had spoken to them, he vanished from their sight. It was near daybreak before these believers dispersed; all night they remained together, earnestly discussing the Master's admonitions and contemplating all that had befallen them. James Zebedee and others of the apostles also told them of their experiences with the morontia Master in Galilee and recited how he had three times appeared to them.
