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Chapter 16 - Training Evangelists at Bethsaida (view source)
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==CHAPTER 16==
==CHAPTER 16==
It was the habit of Jesus two evenings each week to hold special converse with individuals who desired to talk with him, in a certain secluded and sheltered corner of the Zebedee garden. At one of these evening conversations in private Thomas asked the Master this question:
It was the habit of Jesus two evenings each week to hold special converse with individuals who desired to talk with him, in a certain secluded and sheltered corner of the Zebedee garden. At one of these evening conversations in private Thomas asked the Master this question:
*"Why is it necessary for men to be born of the spirit in order to enter the kingdom? Is rebirth necessary to escape the control of the evil one? '''Master, what is evil'''?"
*"Why is it necessary for men to be born of the spirit in order to enter the kingdom? Is rebirth necessary to escape the control of the evil one? <u>Master, what is '''evil'''?"</u>
When Jesus heard these questions, he said to Thomas:
When Jesus heard these questions, he said to Thomas:
====[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_148#148:5._THE_PURPOSE_OF_AFFLICTION The Purpose of Affliction]====
====[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_148#148:5._THE_PURPOSE_OF_AFFLICTION The Purpose of Affliction]====
At another of these private interviews in the garden Nathaniel asked Jesus:
At another of these private interviews in the garden Nathaniel asked Jesus:
*"Master, though I am beginning to understand why you refuse to practice healing indiscriminately, '''I am still at a loss to understand why the loving Father in heaven permits so many of his children on earth to suffer so many afflictions."'''
*<u>"Master, though I am beginning to understand why you refuse to practice healing indiscriminately, I am still at a loss to understand why the loving Father in heaven permits so many of his children on earth to '''suffer''' so many afflictions."</u>
The Master answered Nathaniel, saying:
The Master answered Nathaniel, saying:
It was this same evening at Bethsaida that John also asked Jesus:
It was this same evening at Bethsaida that John also asked Jesus:
*'''Why do so many apparently innocent people suffer from so many diseases and experience so many afflictions?'''
*<u>"Why do so many apparently innocent people '''suffer''' from so many diseases and experience so many afflictions?"</u>
In answering John's questions, among many other things, the Master said:
In answering John's questions, among many other things, the Master said: