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==CHAPTER 20==
==CHAPTER 20==
The second night of their sojourn at Gennesaret the Master again told the apostles the parable of the sower and added these words:
The second night of their sojourn at Gennesaret the Master again told the apostles the parable of the sower and added these words:
*"You see, my children, the appeal to human feelings is transitory and utterly disappointing. The exclusive appeal to the intellect of man is likewise empty and barren. '''It is only by making your appeal to the spirit that lives within the human mind that you can hope to achieve lasting success'''. And accomplish those marvelous transformations of human character that are presently shown in the abundant yielding of the genuine fruits of the spirit in the daily lives of all who are thus delivered from the darkness of doubt by the birth of the spirit, into the light of faith -- the kingdom of heaven."
*"You see, my children, the appeal to human feelings is transitory and utterly disappointing. The exclusive appeal to the intellect of man is likewise empty and barren. <u>It is only by making your '''appeal''' to the spirit that lives within the human mind that you can hope to achieve lasting success.</u> And to accomplish those marvelous '''transformations''' of human character that are presently shown in the abundant yielding of the genuine fruits of the spirit in the daily lives of all who are thus delivered from the darkness of doubt by the birth of the spirit, into the light of faith -- the kingdom of heaven."
Jesus taught the appeal to the emotions as the technique of arresting and focusing the intellectual attention. He designated the mind thus aroused and quickened as the gateway to the soul, where there resides that spiritual nature of man that must recognize truth and respond to the spiritual appeal of the gospel in order to afford the permanent results of true character transformations.
Jesus taught the appeal to the emotions as the technique of arresting and focusing the intellectual attention. He designated the mind thus aroused and quickened as the gateway to the soul, where there resides that spiritual nature of man that must recognize truth and respond to the spiritual appeal of the gospel in order to afford the permanent results of true character transformations.
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