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====[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_159#159:5._THE_POSITIVE_NATURE_OF_JESUS.27_RELIGION The Positive Nature of Jesus' Religion]====

At Philadelphia, where James was working, Jesus taught the disciples about the positive nature of the gospel of the kingdom. When, in the course of his remarks, he intimated that some parts of the Scripture were more truth containing than others and admonished his hearers to feed their souls upon the best of the spiritual food, James interrupted the Master, asking:  

At Philadelphia, where James was working, Jesus taught the disciples about the '''positive nature''' of the '''gospel of the kingdom'''. When, in the course of his remarks, he intimated that some parts of the '''Scripture''' were more truth containing than others and admonished his hearers to feed their souls upon '''the best of the spiritual food''', James interrupted the Master, asking:  

*'''“Would you be good enough, Master, to suggest to us how we may choose the better passages from the Scriptures for our personal edification?”'''

*“Would you be good enough, Master, to suggest to us how we may '''choose''' the better passages from the '''Scriptures''' for our personal edification?”  

And Jesus replied:

And Jesus replied:

*“Yes, James, when you read the Scriptures look for those eternally true and divinely beautiful teachings, such as: ‘Create in me a clean heart, O Lord’. ‘The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want’. ‘You should love your neighbor as yourself’. ‘For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, saying, fear not; I will help you’. ‘Neither shall the nations learn war any more.’ ’Love your neighbor as yourself’.”  

*“Yes, James, when you read the '''Scriptures''' look for those '''eternally true''' and '''divinely beautiful teachings''', such as: ‘Create in me a clean heart, O Lord’. ‘The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want’. ‘You should love your neighbor as yourself’. ‘For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, saying, fear not; I will help you’. ‘Neither shall the nations learn war any more.’ ’Love your neighbor as yourself’.”  

And this is illustrative of the way Jesus, day by day, appropriated the cream of the Hebrew scriptures for the instruction of his followers and for inclusion in the teachings of the new gospel of the kingdom.  

And this is illustrative of the way Jesus, day by day, appropriated the cream of the Hebrew '''scriptures''' for the instruction of his followers and for inclusion in the '''teachings of the new gospel of the kingdom'''.  

The worship of God and the service of man became the sum and substance of his religion.

'''The worship of God and the service of man became the sum and substance of his religion'''.

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