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180:0.2 " You well [[remember]] when I sent you forth without purse or wallet and even [[advised]] that you take with you no extra clothes.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_10] And you will all recall that you lacked nothing. But now have you come upon [[Problems|troublous]] times. No longer can you depend upon the [[good]] will of [[the multitudes]]. Henceforth, he who has a [[Money|purse]], let him take it with him. When you go out into the world to [[proclaim]] this [[gospel]], make such [[provision]] for your [[support]] as seems best.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_22] I have come to bring [[peace]], but it will not [[appear]] for a [[time]].
 
180:0.2 " You well [[remember]] when I sent you forth without purse or wallet and even [[advised]] that you take with you no extra clothes.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_10] And you will all recall that you lacked nothing. But now have you come upon [[Problems|troublous]] times. No longer can you depend upon the [[good]] will of [[the multitudes]]. Henceforth, he who has a [[Money|purse]], let him take it with him. When you go out into the world to [[proclaim]] this [[gospel]], make such [[provision]] for your [[support]] as seems best.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_22] I have come to bring [[peace]], but it will not [[appear]] for a [[time]].
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180:0.3 " The [[time]] has now come for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_man Son of Man] to be [[glorified]], and [[the Father]] shall be [[glorified]] in me. My [[friends]], I am to be with you only a little longer. Soon you will [[seek]] for me, but you will not find me, for I am going to a place to which you cannot, at this [[Timing|time]], come. But when you have finished your [[work]] on [[earth]] as I have now finished mine, you shall then come to me even as I now [[prepare]] to go to [[the Father|my Father]]. In just a short time I am going to leave you, you will see me no more on [[earth]], but you shall all see me in the age to come when you [[ascend]] to [[the kingdom]] which [[the Father|my Father]] has given to me. "
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180:0.3 " The [[time]] has now come for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_man Son of Man] to be [[glorified]], and [[the Father]] shall be [[glorified]] in me. My [[friends]], I am to be with you only a little longer. Soon you will [[seek]] for me, but you will not find me, for I am going to a place to which you cannot, at this [[Timing|time]], come. But when you have finished your [[work]] on [[earth]] as I have now finished mine, you shall then come to me even as I now [[prepare]] to go to [[the Father|my Father]]. In just a short time I am going to leave you, you will see me no more on [[earth]], but you shall all see me in the age to come when you [[ascend]] to [[the kingdom]] which [[the Father|my Father]] has given to me. "
    
==180:1. THE NEW COMMANDMENT==
 
==180:1. THE NEW COMMANDMENT==
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180:1.1 After a few [[moments]] of informal [[conversation]], [[Jesus]] stood up and said: " When I enacted for you a [[parable]] indicating how you should be willing to [[serve]] one another, I said that I [[desired]] to give you a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Commandment new commandment]; and I would do this now as I am about to leave you. You well know the commandment which directs that you [[love]] one another; that you love your [[neighbor]] even as yourself. But I am not wholly [[satisfied]] with even that [[sincere]] [[devotion]] on the part of my [[children]]. I would have you [[perform]] still greater [[acts]] of [[love]] in [[the kingdom]] of the [[believing]] brotherhood. And so I give you this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Commandment new commandment]: That you [[love]] one another even as I have loved you. And by this will all men know that you are my [[disciples]] if you thus [[love]] one another.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_13]
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180:1.1 After a few [[moments]] of informal [[conversation]], [[Jesus]] stood up and said: " When I enacted for you a [[parable]] indicating how you should be willing to [[serve]] one another, I said that I [[desired]] to give you a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Commandment new commandment]; and I would do this now as I am about to leave you. You well know the commandment which directs that you [[love]] one another; that you love your [[neighbor]] even as yourself. But I am not wholly [[satisfied]] with even that [[sincere]] [[devotion]] on the part of my [[children]]. I would have you [[perform]] still greater [[acts]] of [[love]] in [[the kingdom]] of the [[believing]] brotherhood. And so I give you this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Commandment new commandment]: That you [[love]] one another even as I have loved you. And by this will all men know that you are my [[disciples]] if you thus [[love]] one another.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_13]
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180:1.2 " When I give you this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Commandment new commandment], I do not place any new burden upon your [[souls]]; rather do I bring you new [[joy]] and make it possible for you to [[experience]] new [[pleasure]] in [[knowing]] the delights of the [[bestowal]] of your [[heart]]'s [[affection]] upon your fellow men. I am about to [[experience]] the [[supreme]] [[joy]], even though [[enduring]] outward [[sorrow]], in the [[bestowal]] of my [[affection]] upon you and your fellow [[mortals]].
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180:1.2 " When I give you this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Commandment new commandment], I do not place any new burden upon your [[souls]]; rather do I bring you new [[joy]] and make it possible for you to [[experience]] new [[pleasure]] in [[knowing]] the delights of the [[bestowal]] of your [[heart]]'s [[affection]] upon your fellow men. I am about to [[experience]] the [[supreme]] [[joy]], even though [[enduring]] outward [[sorrow]], in the [[bestowal]] of my [[affection]] upon you and your fellow [[mortals]].
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180:1.3 " When I [[invite]] you to [[love]] one another, even as I have loved you, I hold up before you the [[supreme]] [[measure]] of true [[affection]], for greater [[love]] can no man have than this: that he will lay down his life for his [[friends]]. And you are my [[friends]]; you will continue to be my [[friends]] if you are but willing to do what I have taught you. You have called me [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_(form_of_address) Master], but I do not call you servants. If you will only [[love]] one another as I am loving you, you shall be my [[friends]], and I will ever [[speak]] to you of that which [[the Father]] [[reveals]] to me.
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180:1.3 " When I [[invite]] you to [[love]] one another, even as I have loved you, I hold up before you the [[supreme]] [[measure]] of true [[affection]], for greater [[love]] can no man have than this: that he will lay down his life for his [[friends]]. And you are my [[friends]]; you will continue to be my [[friends]] if you are but willing to do what I have taught you. You have called me [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_(form_of_address) Master], but I do not call you servants. If you will only [[love]] one another as I am loving you, you shall be my [[friends]], and I will ever [[speak]] to you of that which [[the Father]] [[reveals]] to me.
    
180:1.4 " You have not merely chosen me, but I have also [[Chosen People|chosen]] you,[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_15] and I have [[ordained]] you to go forth into the world to yield the fruit of loving [[service]] to your fellows even as I have lived among you and [[revealed]] [[the Father]] to you. The Father and I will both [[work]] with you, and you shall [[experience]] the [[divine]] fullness of [[joy]] if you will only [[obey]] my command to [[love]] one another, even as I have loved you. "
 
180:1.4 " You have not merely chosen me, but I have also [[Chosen People|chosen]] you,[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_15] and I have [[ordained]] you to go forth into the world to yield the fruit of loving [[service]] to your fellows even as I have lived among you and [[revealed]] [[the Father]] to you. The Father and I will both [[work]] with you, and you shall [[experience]] the [[divine]] fullness of [[joy]] if you will only [[obey]] my command to [[love]] one another, even as I have loved you. "
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==180:2. THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES==
 
==180:2. THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES==
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180:2.1 Then [[Jesus]] stood up again and continued [[teaching]] his [[apostles]]: " I am the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vine true vine], and [[the Father|my Father]] is the husbandman. I am the vine, and you are the branches. And [[the Father]] requires of me only that you shall bear much [[Fruits of the Spirit|fruit]]. The vine is pruned only to increase the fruitfulness of its branches. Every branch coming out of me which bears no fruit, [[the Father]] will take away. Every branch which bears fruit, [[the Father]] will cleanse that it may bear more fruit. Already are you clean through the [[word]] I have [[spoken]], but you must continue to be clean. You must abide in me, and I in you; the branch will die if it is [[separated]] from the vine. As the branch cannot bear fruit except it abides in the vine, so neither can you yield the fruits of loving [[service]] except you abide in me. [[Remember]]: I am the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vine real vine], and you are the living branches. He who lives in me, and I in him, will bear much [[fruit of the spirit]] and [[experience]] the [[supreme]] [[joy]] of yielding this [[spiritual]] [[harvest]]. If you will [[maintain]] this living spiritual [[connection]] with me, you will bear [[abundant]] fruit. If you abide in me and my [[words]] live in you, you will be able to [[commune]] freely with me, and then can my [[Spirit of Truth|living spirit]] so infuse you that you may ask whatsoever my [[spirit]] wills and do all this with the [[assurance]] that [[the Father]] will grant us our [[petition]]. Herein is [[the Father]] [[glorified]]: that the vine has many living branches, and that every branch bears much fruit. And when the world sees these fruit-bearing branches—my [[friends]] who [[love]] one another, even as I have loved them—all men will know that you are truly my [[disciples]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_15]
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180:2.1 Then [[Jesus]] stood up again and continued [[teaching]] his [[apostles]]: " I am the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vine true vine], and [[the Father|my Father]] is the husbandman. I am the vine, and you are the branches. And [[the Father]] requires of me only that you shall bear much [[Fruits of the Spirit|fruit]]. The vine is pruned only to increase the fruitfulness of its branches. Every branch coming out of me which bears no fruit, [[the Father]] will take away. Every branch which bears fruit, [[the Father]] will cleanse that it may bear more fruit. Already are you clean through the [[word]] I have [[spoken]], but you must continue to be clean. You must abide in me, and I in you; the branch will die if it is [[separated]] from the vine. As the branch cannot bear fruit except it abides in the vine, so neither can you yield the fruits of loving [[service]] except you abide in me. [[Remember]]: I am the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vine real vine], and you are the living branches. He who lives in me, and I in him, will bear much [[fruit of the spirit]] and [[experience]] the [[supreme]] [[joy]] of yielding this [[spiritual]] [[harvest]]. If you will [[maintain]] this living spiritual [[connection]] with me, you will bear [[abundant]] fruit. If you abide in me and my [[words]] live in you, you will be able to [[commune]] freely with me, and then can my [[Spirit of Truth|living spirit]] so infuse you that you may ask whatsoever my [[spirit]] wills and do all this with the [[assurance]] that [[the Father]] will grant us our [[petition]]. Herein is [[the Father]] [[glorified]]: that the vine has many living branches, and that every branch bears much fruit. And when the world sees these fruit-bearing branches—my [[friends]] who [[love]] one another, even as I have loved them—all men will know that you are truly my [[disciples]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_15]
    
180:2.2 " As [[the Father]] has loved me, so have I [[loved]] you. Live in my love even as I live in [[the Father]]'s love. If you do as I have taught you, you shall abide in my love even as I have kept [[the Father]]'s [[word]] and evermore abide in his [[love]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_15]
 
180:2.2 " As [[the Father]] has loved me, so have I [[loved]] you. Live in my love even as I live in [[the Father]]'s love. If you do as I have taught you, you shall abide in my love even as I have kept [[the Father]]'s [[word]] and evermore abide in his [[love]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_15]
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180:2.3 The [[Jews]] had long taught that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah] would be " a stem arising out of the vine " of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidic_line David's ancestors], and in [[commemoration]] of this olden teaching a large emblem of the grape and its attached vine decorated the entrance to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple Herod's temple]. [[The apostles]] all recalled these [[things]] while [[the Master]] talked to them this night in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber].
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180:2.3 The [[Jews]] had long taught that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah] would be " a stem arising out of the vine " of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidic_line David's ancestors], and in [[commemoration]] of this olden teaching a large emblem of the grape and its attached vine decorated the entrance to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple Herod's temple]. [[The apostles]] all recalled these [[things]] while [[the Master]] talked to them this night in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber].
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180:2.4 But great [[sorrow]] later attended the mis[[interpretation]] of [[the Master]]'s [[inferences]] regarding [[prayer]]. There would have been little [[difficulty]] about these [[teachings]] if his exact [[words]] had been remembered and subsequently truthfully [[recorded]]. But as the record was made, believers [[eventually]] regarded [[prayer]] in [[Jesus]]' [[name]] as a sort of [[supreme]] [[magic]], [[thinking]] that they would [[receive]] from [[the Father]] anything they asked for. For [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity centuries] [[honest]] [[souls]] have continued to wreck their [[faith]] against this stumbling block. How long will it take the world of [[believers]] to [[understand]] that [[prayer]] is not a [[process]] of getting your way but rather a [[program]] of taking [[God]]'s way, an [[experience]] of [[learning]] how to [[recognize]] and [[execute]] [[the Father]]'s will? It is entirely true that, when your will has been truly [[aligned]] with his, you can ask anything [[conceived]] by that [[Free will|will]]-[[union]], and it will be granted. And such a will-union is [[effected]] by and through [[Jesus]] even as the life of the vine flows into and through the living branches.
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180:2.4 But great [[sorrow]] later attended the mis[[interpretation]] of [[the Master]]'s [[inferences]] regarding [[prayer]]. There would have been little [[difficulty]] about these [[teachings]] if his exact [[words]] had been remembered and subsequently truthfully [[recorded]]. But as the record was made, believers [[eventually]] regarded [[prayer]] in [[Jesus]]' [[name]] as a sort of [[supreme]] [[magic]], [[thinking]] that they would [[receive]] from [[the Father]] anything they asked for. For [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity centuries] [[honest]] [[souls]] have continued to wreck their [[faith]] against this stumbling block. How long will it take the world of [[believers]] to [[understand]] that [[prayer]] is not a [[process]] of getting your way but rather a [[program]] of taking [[God]]'s way, an [[experience]] of [[learning]] how to [[recognize]] and [[execute]] [[the Father]]'s will? It is entirely true that, when your will has been truly [[aligned]] with his, you can ask anything [[conceived]] by that [[Free will|will]]-[[union]], and it will be granted. And such a will-union is [[effected]] by and through [[Jesus]] even as the life of the vine flows into and through the living branches.
    
180:2.5 When there exists this living [[connection]] between [[divinity]] and [[humanity]], if humanity should thoughtlessly and [[ignorantly]] [[pray]] for [[selfish]] [[Indolence|ease]] and vainglorious accomplishments, there could be only one [[divine]] answer: more and increased bearing of the [[fruits of the spirit]] on the stems of the living branches. When the branch of the vine is alive, there can be only one answer to all its [[petitions]]: increased grape bearing. In [[fact]], the branch exists only for, and can do nothing except, fruit bearing, yielding grapes. So does the true [[believer]] exist only for the [[purpose]] of bearing the [[fruits of the spirit]]: to [[love]] man as he himself has been loved by [[God]]—that we should love one another, even as [[Jesus]] has loved us.
 
180:2.5 When there exists this living [[connection]] between [[divinity]] and [[humanity]], if humanity should thoughtlessly and [[ignorantly]] [[pray]] for [[selfish]] [[Indolence|ease]] and vainglorious accomplishments, there could be only one [[divine]] answer: more and increased bearing of the [[fruits of the spirit]] on the stems of the living branches. When the branch of the vine is alive, there can be only one answer to all its [[petitions]]: increased grape bearing. In [[fact]], the branch exists only for, and can do nothing except, fruit bearing, yielding grapes. So does the true [[believer]] exist only for the [[purpose]] of bearing the [[fruits of the spirit]]: to [[love]] man as he himself has been loved by [[God]]—that we should love one another, even as [[Jesus]] has loved us.
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==180:3. ENMITY OF THE WORLD==
 
==180:3. ENMITY OF THE WORLD==
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180:3.1 The eleven had scarcely ceased their [[discussions]] of the [[discourse]] on the vine and the branches when [[the Master]], indicating that he was [[desirous]] of [[speaking]] to them further and knowing that his [[time]] was short, said: " When I have left you, be not [[discouraged]] by the [[enmity]] of the world. Be not [[downcast]] even when faint-hearted [[believers]] turn against you and join hands with the [[enemies]] of [[the kingdom]]. If the world shall [[hate]] you, you should recall that it hated me even before it hated you. If you were of this world, then would the world [[love]] its own, but because you are not, the world refuses to [[love]] you. You are in this world, but your lives are not to be worldlike. I have chosen you out of the world to [[represent]] the [[spirit]] of another world even to this world from which you have been =[[Chosen People|chosen]]. But always remember the [[words]] I have [[spoken]] to you: The [[servant]] is not greater than his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_(form_of_address) master]. If they dare to [[persecute]] me, they will also persecute you. If my [[words]] [[offend]] the unbelievers, so also will your [[words]] offend the ungodly. And all of this will they do to you because they [[believe]] not in me nor in [[the Father|Him]] who sent me; so will you [[suffer]] many things for the sake of my [[gospel]]. But when you [[endure]] these tribulations, you should recall that I also [[suffered]] before you for the sake of this [[gospel]] of [[the heavenly kingdom]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_15]
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180:3.1 The eleven had scarcely ceased their [[discussions]] of the [[discourse]] on the vine and the branches when [[the Master]], indicating that he was [[desirous]] of [[speaking]] to them further and knowing that his [[time]] was short, said: " When I have left you, be not [[discouraged]] by the [[enmity]] of the world. Be not [[downcast]] even when faint-hearted [[believers]] turn against you and join hands with the [[enemies]] of [[the kingdom]]. If the world shall [[hate]] you, you should recall that it hated me even before it hated you. If you were of this world, then would the world [[love]] its own, but because you are not, the world refuses to [[love]] you. You are in this world, but your lives are not to be worldlike. I have chosen you out of the world to [[represent]] the [[spirit]] of another world even to this world from which you have been =[[Chosen People|chosen]]. But always remember the [[words]] I have [[spoken]] to you: The [[servant]] is not greater than his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_(form_of_address) master]. If they dare to [[persecute]] me, they will also persecute you. If my [[words]] [[offend]] the unbelievers, so also will your [[words]] offend the ungodly. And all of this will they do to you because they [[believe]] not in me nor in [[the Father|Him]] who sent me; so will you [[suffer]] many things for the sake of my [[gospel]]. But when you [[endure]] these tribulations, you should recall that I also [[suffered]] before you for the sake of this [[gospel]] of [[the heavenly kingdom]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_15]
    
180:3.2 " Many of those who will assail you are [[ignorant]] of the [[light]] of [[heaven]], but this is not true of some who now [[persecute]] us. If we had not taught them the [[truth]], they might do many [[strange]] things without falling under [[condemnation]], but now, since they have known the [[light]] and presumed to [[reject]] it, they have no excuse for their [[attitude]]. He who [[hates]] me hates [[the Father|my Father]]. It cannot be otherwise; the [[light]] which would save you if [[accepted]] can only [[condemn]] you if it is [[Conscious|knowingly]] [[rejected]]. And what have I done to these men that they should [[hate]] me with such a terrible hatred? Nothing, save to offer them [[fellowship]] on [[earth]] and [[salvation]] in [[heaven]]. But have you not [[read]] in the [[Scripture]] the saying: `And they hated me without a [[cause]]'?[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_69]
 
180:3.2 " Many of those who will assail you are [[ignorant]] of the [[light]] of [[heaven]], but this is not true of some who now [[persecute]] us. If we had not taught them the [[truth]], they might do many [[strange]] things without falling under [[condemnation]], but now, since they have known the [[light]] and presumed to [[reject]] it, they have no excuse for their [[attitude]]. He who [[hates]] me hates [[the Father|my Father]]. It cannot be otherwise; the [[light]] which would save you if [[accepted]] can only [[condemn]] you if it is [[Conscious|knowingly]] [[rejected]]. And what have I done to these men that they should [[hate]] me with such a terrible hatred? Nothing, save to offer them [[fellowship]] on [[earth]] and [[salvation]] in [[heaven]]. But have you not [[read]] in the [[Scripture]] the saying: `And they hated me without a [[cause]]'?[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_69]
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180:4.2 " In just a few hours the world will see me no more; but you will continue to know me in your [[hearts]] even until I send you this new [[teacher]], the [[Spirit of Truth]]. As I have lived with you in [[person]], then shall I live in you; I shall be one with your [[personal]] [[experience]] in [[the Kingdom|the spirit kingdom]]. And when this has come to pass, you shall surely know that I am in [[the Father]], and that, while your life is hid with the Father in me, I am also in you. I have [[loved]] [[the Father]] and have kept his [[word]]; you have loved me, and you will keep my word. As my Father has given me of his spirit, so will I give you of my spirit. And this [[Spirit of Truth]] which I will [[bestow]] upon you shall [[guide]] and [[comfort]] you and shall [[eventually]] lead you into all [[truth]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_14]
 
180:4.2 " In just a few hours the world will see me no more; but you will continue to know me in your [[hearts]] even until I send you this new [[teacher]], the [[Spirit of Truth]]. As I have lived with you in [[person]], then shall I live in you; I shall be one with your [[personal]] [[experience]] in [[the Kingdom|the spirit kingdom]]. And when this has come to pass, you shall surely know that I am in [[the Father]], and that, while your life is hid with the Father in me, I am also in you. I have [[loved]] [[the Father]] and have kept his [[word]]; you have loved me, and you will keep my word. As my Father has given me of his spirit, so will I give you of my spirit. And this [[Spirit of Truth]] which I will [[bestow]] upon you shall [[guide]] and [[comfort]] you and shall [[eventually]] lead you into all [[truth]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_14]
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180:4.3 " I am telling you these things while I am still with you that you may be the better [[prepared]] to [[endure]] those [[trials]] which are even now right upon us. And when this new day comes, you will be indwelt by [[Creator Son|the Son]] as well as by [[the Father]]. And these [[gifts]] of [[heaven]] will ever [[work]] the one with the other even as [[the Father]] and I have wrought on [[earth]] and before your very eyes as one [[person]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]. And this [[spirit]] [[friend]] will bring to your [[remembrance]] everything I have taught you. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_14]
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180:4.3 " I am telling you these things while I am still with you that you may be the better [[prepared]] to [[endure]] those [[trials]] which are even now right upon us. And when this new day comes, you will be indwelt by [[Creator Son|the Son]] as well as by [[the Father]]. And these [[gifts]] of [[heaven]] will ever [[work]] the one with the other even as [[the Father]] and I have wrought on [[earth]] and before your very eyes as one [[person]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man]. And this [[spirit]] [[friend]] will bring to your [[remembrance]] everything I have taught you. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_14]
    
180:4.4 As [[the Master]] paused for a [[moment]], [[Judas Alpheus]] made [[bold]] to ask one of the few [[questions]] which either he or his [[brother]] ever addressed to [[Jesus]] in [[public]]. Said [[Judas: " Master, you have always lived among us as a [[friend]]; how shall we know you when you no longer [[manifest]] yourself to us save by [[Spirit of Truth|this spirit]]? If the world sees you not, how shall we be certain about you? How will you show yourself to us? "
 
180:4.4 As [[the Master]] paused for a [[moment]], [[Judas Alpheus]] made [[bold]] to ask one of the few [[questions]] which either he or his [[brother]] ever addressed to [[Jesus]] in [[public]]. Said [[Judas: " Master, you have always lived among us as a [[friend]]; how shall we know you when you no longer [[manifest]] yourself to us save by [[Spirit of Truth|this spirit]]? If the world sees you not, how shall we be certain about you? How will you show yourself to us? "
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==180:6. THE NECESSITY FOR LEAVING==
 
==180:6. THE NECESSITY FOR LEAVING==
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180:6.1 After [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], [[James, the Apostle|James]], [[John, the Apostle|John]], and [[Matthew, the Apostle|Matthew]] had asked [[the Master]] numerous [[questions]], he continued his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farewell_discourse farewell discourse] by saying: " And I am telling you about all this before I leave you in order that you may be so [[prepared]] for what is coming upon you that you will not stumble into serious [[error]]. The [[authorities]] will not be content with merely putting you out of the [[synagogues]]; I warn you the hour draws near when they who [[kill]] you will [[think]] they are doing a [[service]] to [[God]]. And all of these things they will do to you and to those whom you lead into [[the kingdom]] of heaven because they do not know [[the Father]].[[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_16]
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180:6.1 After [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], [[James, the Apostle|James]], [[John, the Apostle|John]], and [[Matthew, the Apostle|Matthew]] had asked [[the Master]] numerous [[questions]], he continued his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farewell_discourse farewell discourse] by saying: " And I am telling you about all this before I leave you in order that you may be so [[prepared]] for what is coming upon you that you will not stumble into serious [[error]]. The [[authorities]] will not be content with merely putting you out of the [[synagogues]]; I warn you the hour draws near when they who [[kill]] you will [[think]] they are doing a [[service]] to [[God]]. And all of these things they will do to you and to those whom you lead into [[the kingdom]] of heaven because they do not know [[the Father]].[[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_16]
 
] They have refused to know [[the Father]] by refusing to [[receive]] me; and they refuse to receive me when they [[reject]] you, [[provided]] you have kept my new commandment that you [[love]] one another even as I have loved you. I am telling you in advance about these things so that, when [[Timing|your hour comes]], as mine now has, you may be [[strengthened]] in the [[knowledge]] that all was known to me, and that my spirit shall be with you in all your [[sufferings]] for my sake and the [[gospel]]'s. It was for this [[purpose]] that I have been [[talking]] so plainly to you from the very beginning. I have even [[warned]] you that a man's [[foes]] may be those of his own [[Home|household]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_21] Although this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] never fails to bring great [[peace]] to the [[soul]] of the [[individual]] [[believer]], it will not bring [[peace]] on [[earth]] until man is willing to [[believe]] my teaching wholeheartedly and to [[establish]] the [[practice]] of [[doing the Father's will]] as the chief [[purpose]] in living the [[mortal]] life.
 
] They have refused to know [[the Father]] by refusing to [[receive]] me; and they refuse to receive me when they [[reject]] you, [[provided]] you have kept my new commandment that you [[love]] one another even as I have loved you. I am telling you in advance about these things so that, when [[Timing|your hour comes]], as mine now has, you may be [[strengthened]] in the [[knowledge]] that all was known to me, and that my spirit shall be with you in all your [[sufferings]] for my sake and the [[gospel]]'s. It was for this [[purpose]] that I have been [[talking]] so plainly to you from the very beginning. I have even [[warned]] you that a man's [[foes]] may be those of his own [[Home|household]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_21] Although this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] never fails to bring great [[peace]] to the [[soul]] of the [[individual]] [[believer]], it will not bring [[peace]] on [[earth]] until man is willing to [[believe]] my teaching wholeheartedly and to [[establish]] the [[practice]] of [[doing the Father's will]] as the chief [[purpose]] in living the [[mortal]] life.
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180:6.6 While he paused for a [[moment]], [[the apostles]] began to talk with each other: " What is this that he tells us? `In just a little while I will leave you,' and `When you [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_190 see me again] it will not be for long, for I will be [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_193 on my way] to [[the Father]].' What can he mean by this `little while' and `not for long'? We cannot [[understand]] what he is telling us. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16]
 
180:6.6 While he paused for a [[moment]], [[the apostles]] began to talk with each other: " What is this that he tells us? `In just a little while I will leave you,' and `When you [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_190 see me again] it will not be for long, for I will be [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_193 on my way] to [[the Father]].' What can he mean by this `little while' and `not for long'? We cannot [[understand]] what he is telling us. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16]
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180:6.7 And since [[Jesus]] knew they asked these [[questions]], he said: " Do you [[inquire]] among yourselves about what I meant when I said that in a little while I would not be with you, and that, when you would see me again, I would be on my way to [[the Father]]? I have plainly told you that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] must die, but that he will [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_189 rise again]. Can you not then [[discern]] the [[meaning]] of my [[words]]? You will first be made [[sorrowful]], but later on will you [[rejoice]] with many who will [[understand]] these things after they have come to pass. A [[woman]] is indeed [[sorrowful]] in the hour of her [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childbirth travail], but when she is once delivered of her [[child]], she [[immediately]] forgets her [[anguish]] in the [[joy]] of the [[knowledge]] that a man has been born into the world. And so are you about to [[sorrow]] over my departure, but I will soon see you again, and then will your sorrow be turned into [[rejoicing]], and there shall come to you a new [[revelation]] of the [[salvation]] of [[God]] which no man can ever take away from you. And [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_32#32:2._UNIVERSE_ORGANIZATION all the worlds] will be [[blessed]] in this same [[revelation]] of life in effecting the overthrow of [[death]]. Hitherto have you made all your requests in [[the Father|my Father]]'s name. After you see me again, you may also ask in my [[name]], and I will hear you.
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180:6.7 And since [[Jesus]] knew they asked these [[questions]], he said: " Do you [[inquire]] among yourselves about what I meant when I said that in a little while I would not be with you, and that, when you would see me again, I would be on my way to [[the Father]]? I have plainly told you that the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] must die, but that he will [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_189 rise again]. Can you not then [[discern]] the [[meaning]] of my [[words]]? You will first be made [[sorrowful]], but later on will you [[rejoice]] with many who will [[understand]] these things after they have come to pass. A [[woman]] is indeed [[sorrowful]] in the hour of her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childbirth travail], but when she is once delivered of her [[child]], she [[immediately]] forgets her [[anguish]] in the [[joy]] of the [[knowledge]] that a man has been born into the world. And so are you about to [[sorrow]] over my departure, but I will soon see you again, and then will your sorrow be turned into [[rejoicing]], and there shall come to you a new [[revelation]] of the [[salvation]] of [[God]] which no man can ever take away from you. And [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_32#32:2._UNIVERSE_ORGANIZATION all the worlds] will be [[blessed]] in this same [[revelation]] of life in effecting the overthrow of [[death]]. Hitherto have you made all your requests in [[the Father|my Father]]'s name. After you see me again, you may also ask in my [[name]], and I will hear you.
    
180:6.8 " Down here I have taught you in [[proverbs]] and [[spoken]] to you in [[parables]]. I did so because you were only [[children]] in the [[spirit]]; but the time is coming when I will talk to you plainly concerning [[the Father]] and [[the Kingdom|his kingdom]]. And I shall do this because [[the Father]] himself [[loves]] you and [[desires]] to be more fully [[revealed]] to you. [[Mortal]] man cannot see the [[Universal Father|spirit Father]]; therefore have I come into the world to show [[the Father]] to your [[creature]] eyes. But when you have become [[Paper 31 - The Corps of the Finality|perfected in spirit growth]], you shall then see [[the Father]] himself. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16]
 
180:6.8 " Down here I have taught you in [[proverbs]] and [[spoken]] to you in [[parables]]. I did so because you were only [[children]] in the [[spirit]]; but the time is coming when I will talk to you plainly concerning [[the Father]] and [[the Kingdom|his kingdom]]. And I shall do this because [[the Father]] himself [[loves]] you and [[desires]] to be more fully [[revealed]] to you. [[Mortal]] man cannot see the [[Universal Father|spirit Father]]; therefore have I come into the world to show [[the Father]] to your [[creature]] eyes. But when you have become [[Paper 31 - The Corps of the Finality|perfected in spirit growth]], you shall then see [[the Father]] himself. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16]
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180:6.9 When the eleven had heard him speak, they said to each other: " Behold, he does [[speak]] [[Simplicity|plainly]] to us. Surely [[the Master]] did come forth from [[God]]. But why does he say he must return to [[the Father]]? " And [[Jesus]] saw that they did not even yet [[comprehend]] him. These eleven men could not get away from their long-nourished [[ideas]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism Jewish concept of the Messiah]. The more fully they [[believed]] in [[Jesus]] as the [[Messiah]], the more troublesome became these deep-rooted notions regarding the [[glorious]] [[material]] [[triumph]] of [[the kingdom]] on earth.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16]
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180:6.9 When the eleven had heard him speak, they said to each other: " Behold, he does [[speak]] [[Simplicity|plainly]] to us. Surely [[the Master]] did come forth from [[God]]. But why does he say he must return to [[the Father]]? " And [[Jesus]] saw that they did not even yet [[comprehend]] him. These eleven men could not get away from their long-nourished [[ideas]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism Jewish concept of the Messiah]. The more fully they [[believed]] in [[Jesus]] as the [[Messiah]], the more troublesome became these deep-rooted notions regarding the [[glorious]] [[material]] [[triumph]] of [[the kingdom]] on earth.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_16]