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==144:7. IN THE DECAPOLIS CITIES==

==144:7. IN THE DECAPOLIS CITIES==

144:7.1 Throughout the months of November and December, [[Jesus]] and the twenty-four worked [[quietly]] in the [[Greek]] [[cities]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis Decapolis], chiefly in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythopolis Scythopolis], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerasa Gerasa], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abila_(Decapolis) Abila], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadara Gadara]. This was really the end of that preliminary period of taking over [[John the Baptist|John]]'s [[work]] and [[organization]]. Always does the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_99 socialized religion] of a new [[revelation]] pay the price of [[compromise]] with the [[established]] [[forms]] and usages of the preceding [[religion]] which it seeks to salvage. [[Baptism]] was the price which the followers of [[Jesus]] paid in order to carry with them, as a socialized religious group, the followers of John the Baptist. John's followers, in joining Jesus' followers, gave up just about everything except water baptism.

144:7.1 Throughout the months of November and December, [[Jesus]] and the twenty-four worked [[quietly]] in the [[Greek]] [[cities]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis Decapolis], chiefly in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythopolis Scythopolis], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerasa Gerasa], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abila_(Decapolis) Abila], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadara Gadara]. This was really the end of that preliminary period of taking over [[John the Baptist|John]]'s [[work]] and [[organization]]. Always does the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_99 socialized religion] of a new [[revelation]] pay the price of [[compromise]] with the [[established]] [[forms]] and usages of the preceding [[religion]] which it seeks to salvage. [[Baptism]] was the price which the followers of [[Jesus]] paid in order to carry with them, as a socialized [[religious]] [[group]], the followers of [[John the Baptist]]. John's followers, in joining [[Jesus]]' followers, gave up just about everything except water [[baptism]].

144:7.2 Jesus did little public teaching on this mission to the cities of the Decapolis. He spent considerable time teaching the twenty-four and had many special sessions with John's twelve apostles. In time they became more understanding as to why Jesus did not go to visit John in prison, and why he made no effort to secure his release. But they never could understand why Jesus did no marvelous works, why he refused to produce outward signs of his divine authority. Before coming to the Gilboa camp, they had believed in Jesus mostly because of John's testimony, but soon they were beginning to believe as a result of their own contact with the Master and his teachings.

144:7.2 [[Jesus]] did little public teaching on this [[mission]] to the [[cities]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis Decapolis]. He spent considerable time teaching the twenty-four and had many special sessions with John's [[twelve apostles]]. In time they became more [[understanding]] as to why [[Jesus]] did not go to visit [[John the Baptist|John]] in [[prison]], and why he made no [[effort]] to secure his release. But they never could [[understand]] why [[Jesus]] did no [[marvelous]] works, why he refused to produce outward [[signs]] of his [[divine]] [[authority]]. Before coming to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gilboa Gilboa] camp, they had believed in [[Jesus]] mostly because of [[John the Baptist|John]]'s [[testimony]], but soon they were beginning to believe as a result of their own contact with [[the Master]] and his teachings.

144:7.3 For these two months the group worked most of the time in pairs, one of Jesus' apostles going out with one of John's. The apostle of John baptized, the apostle of Jesus instructed, while they both preached the gospel of the kingdom as they understood it. And they won many souls among these gentiles and apostate Jews.

144:7.3 For these two months the [[group]] worked most of the time in pairs, one of [[Jesus]]' [[apostles]] going out with one of [[John the Baptist|John]]'s. The apostle of John [[baptized]], the apostle of [[Jesus]] instructed, while they both preached the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] as they [[understood]] it. And they won many [[souls]] among these [[gentiles]] and [[apostate]] [[Jews]].

144:7.4 Abner, the chief of John's apostles, became a devout believer in Jesus and was later on made the head of a group of seventy teachers whom the Master commissioned to preach the gospel.

144:7.4 [[Abner]], the chief of [[John the Baptist|John]]'s apostles, became a [[devout]] believer in [[Jesus]] and was later on made the head of a [[group]] of seventy teachers whom [[the Master]] commissioned to [[preach]] the [[gospel]].

==144:8. IN CAMP NEAR PELLA==

==144:8. IN CAMP NEAR PELLA==