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====Trips About Rome====

====Trips About Rome====

On their visit to the northern Italian lakes they met a thoughtless '''pagan''' and Ganid was surprised that Jesus did not follow his usual practice of enlisting the man in conversation that would naturally lead up to the discussion of spiritual questions.

On their visit to the northern Italian lakes they met a thoughtless pagan and Ganid was surprised that Jesus did not follow his usual practice of enlisting the man in conversation that would naturally lead up to the discussion of spiritual questions.

When Ganid asked his teacher why he evinced so little interest in this '''pagan''', Jesus answered:

When Ganid asked his teacher why he evinced so little interest in this pagan, Jesus answered:

*“Ganid, the man was not '''hungry''' for truth. He was not dissatisfied with himself. He was not '''ready''' to ask for help, and the eyes of his mind were not '''open''' to receive light for the soul. That man was not '''ripe''' for the harvest of salvation. He must be allowed more '''time''' for the trials and difficulties of life to prepare him for the '''reception''' of wisdom and higher learning. Or, if we could have him live with us, we might by our '''lives''' show him the Father in heaven, and thus would he become so attracted by our '''lives''' as sons of God that he would be constrained to inquire about our Father. You cannot reveal God to those who do not '''seek''' for him. You cannot lead '''unwilling''' souls into the joys of salvation. Man must become '''hungry''' for truth as a result of the experiences of living, or he must desire to know God as the result of contact with the '''lives''' of those who are acquainted with the divine Father before another human being can act as the means of leading such a fellow mortal to the Father in heaven. If we know God, our real business on earth is so to '''live''' as to permit the Father to reveal himself in our '''lives'''. Thus will all God-seeking persons see the Father and ask for our help in finding out more about the God who in this manner finds expression in our '''lives'''.”  

*“Ganid, the man was not hungry for truth. He was not dissatisfied with himself. He was not ready to ask for help, and the eyes of his mind were not open to receive light for the soul. That man was not ripe for the harvest of salvation. He must be allowed more time for the trials and difficulties of life to prepare him for the reception of wisdom and higher learning. Or, if we could have him live with us, we might by our lives show him the Father in heaven, and thus would he become so attracted by our lives as sons of God that he would be constrained to inquire about our Father. <u>You cannot reveal God to those who do not seek for him.</u> You cannot lead unwilling souls into the joys of salvation. Man must become hungry for truth as a result of the experiences of living, or he must desire to know God as the result of contact with the lives of those who are acquainted with the divine Father before another human being can act as the means of leading such a fellow mortal to the Father in heaven. If we know God, our real business on earth is so to live as to permit the Father to reveal himself in our lives. Thus will all God-seeking persons see the Father and ask for our help in finding out more about the God who in this manner finds expression in our lives.”