163:2.6 When [[Matadormus]] heard this, his [[countenance]] fell. He arose and went away [[sorrowful]], for he had great [[possessions]]. This [[wealthy]] young [[Pharisee]] had been raised to believe that [[wealth]] was the token of [[God]]'s [[favor]]. [[Jesus]] knew that he was not [[free]] from the [[love]] of himself and his [[riches]]. [[The Master]] wanted to deliver him from the [[love]] of [[wealth]], not [[necessarily]] from the [[wealth]]. While the [[disciples]] of [[Jesus]] did not part with all their worldly goods, [[the apostles]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_163#163:1._ORDINATION_OF_THE_SEVENTY the seventy] did. Matadormus [[desired]] to be one of the seventy new [[messengers]], and that was the [[reason]] for [[Jesus]]' requiring him to part with all of his [[temporal]] [[possessions]]. | 163:2.6 When [[Matadormus]] heard this, his [[countenance]] fell. He arose and went away [[sorrowful]], for he had great [[possessions]]. This [[wealthy]] young [[Pharisee]] had been raised to believe that [[wealth]] was the token of [[God]]'s [[favor]]. [[Jesus]] knew that he was not [[free]] from the [[love]] of himself and his [[riches]]. [[The Master]] wanted to deliver him from the [[love]] of [[wealth]], not [[necessarily]] from the [[wealth]]. While the [[disciples]] of [[Jesus]] did not part with all their worldly goods, [[the apostles]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_163#163:1._ORDINATION_OF_THE_SEVENTY the seventy] did. Matadormus [[desired]] to be one of the seventy new [[messengers]], and that was the [[reason]] for [[Jesus]]' requiring him to part with all of his [[temporal]] [[possessions]]. |