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147:4.1 On the evening of this same [[Sabbath]] day, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany], while [[Jesus]], [[the twelve]], and a [[group]] of believers were assembled about the [[fire]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus Lazarus]'s [[garden]], [[Nathaniel]] asked [[Jesus]] this question: " Master, although you have taught us the [[positive]] version of the old rule of life, instructing us that we should do to others as we [[wish]] them to do to us, I do not fully [[discern]] how we can always abide by such an injunction. Let me [[illustrate]] my contention by citing the example of a [[lustful]] man who thus [[wicked]]ly looks upon his intended consort in [[sin]]. How can we teach that this [[evil]]-intending man should do to others as he would they should do to him? "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_7]
147:4.2 When [[Jesus]] heard [[Nathaniel]]'s question, he [[immediately]] stood upon his feet and, pointing his finger at the [[apostle]], said: " Nathaniel, [[Nathaniel]]! What [[manner]] of [[thinking]] is going on in your [[heart]]? Do you not [[receive]] my teachings as one who has been [[born]] of the [[spirit]]? Do you not hear the [[truth]] as men of [[wisdom]] and [[spiritual]] [[understanding]]? When I admonished you to do to others as you would have them do to you, I [[spoke]] to men of high [[ideals]], not to those who would be [[tempted]] to distort my teaching into a [[license]] for the [[encouragement]] of [[evil]] doing. "
147:4.3 When [[the Master]] had spoken, [[Nathaniel]] stood up and said: " But, Master, you should not think that I approve of such an [[interpretation]] of your teaching. I asked the question because I [[conjecture]]d that many such men might thus misjudge your [[admonition]], and I [[hoped]] you would give us further instruction regarding these matters. " And then when [[Nathaniel]] had sat down, [[Jesus]] continued speaking: " I well know, [[Nathaniel]], that no such [[idea]] of [[evil]] is approved in your [[mind]], but I am [[disappointed]] in that you all so often fail to put a genuinely [[spiritual]] [[interpretation]] upon my commonplace teachings, instruction which must be given you in [[human]] [[language]] and as men must speak. Let me now teach you concerning the [[differing]] levels of [[meaning]] attached to the [[interpretation]] of this rule of living, this [[admonition]] to `do to others that which you desire others to do to you':[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_7]
*1. 147:4.4 " ''The level of the flesh''. Such a [[purely]] [[selfish]] and [[lustful]] [[interpretation]] would be well exemplified by the [[supposition]] of your question.
*2. 147:4.5 " ''The level of the feelings''. This [[plane]] is one level higher than that of the [[flesh]] and implies that [[sympathy]] and pity would enhance one's [[interpretation]] of this rule of living.
*3. 147:4.6 " ''The level of mind''. Now come into [[action]] the [[reason]] of [[mind]] and the [[intelligence]] of [[experience]]. Good [[judgment]] dictates that such a rule of living should be [[interpreted]] in consonance with the highest [[idealism]] embodied in the [[nobility]] of [[profound]] [[self]]-[[respect]].
*4. 147:4.7 " ''The level of brotherly love''. Still higher is [[discovered]] the level of [[unselfish]] [[devotion]] to the welfare of one's fellows. On this higher [[plane]] of wholehearted [[social]] [[service]] growing out of the [[consciousness]] of the fatherhood of [[God]] and the consequent [[recognition]] of the brotherhood of man, there is [[discovered]] a new and far more [[beautiful]] [[interpretation]] of this basic rule of life.
*5. 147:4.8 " ''The moral level''. And then when you [[attain]] true philosophic levels of [[interpretation]], when you have real [[insight]] into the rightness and wrongness of things, when you [[perceive]] the [[eternal]] fitness of [[human]] [[relationships]], you will begin to view such a [[problem]] of [[interpretation]] as you would [[imagine]] a high-minded, [[idealistic]], [[wise]], and impartial third [[person]] would so view and [[interpret]] such an injunction as applied to your [[personal]] [[problems]] of [[adjustment]] to your life situations.
*6. 147:4.9 " ''The spiritual level''. And then last, but greatest of all, we [[attain]] the level of [[spirit]] [[insight]] and spiritual [[interpretation]] which impels us to [[recognize]] in this rule of life the [[divine]] command to treat all men as we conceive [[God]] would treat them. That is the [[universe]] [[ideal]] of human [[relationships]]. And this is your [[attitude]] toward all such [[problems]] when your [[supreme]] [[desire]] is ever to [[do the Father's will]]. I would, therefore, that you should do to all men that which you know I would do to them in like circumstances. "
147:4.10 Nothing [[Jesus]] had said to [[the apostles]] up to this [[time]] had ever more astonished them. They continued to [[discuss]] [[the Master]]'s [[words]] long after he had [[Sleep|retired]]. While [[Nathaniel]] was slow to recover from his supposition that [[Jesus]] had misunderstood the [[spirit]] of his question, the others were more than [[thankful]] that their [[philosophic]] fellow [[apostle]] had had the [[courage]] to ask such a [[thought]]-provoking question.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_147 Go to Paper 147]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 147 - The Interlude Visit to Jerusalem]]
147:4.1 On the evening of this same [[Sabbath]] day, at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany], while [[Jesus]], [[the twelve]], and a [[group]] of believers were assembled about the [[fire]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus Lazarus]'s [[garden]], [[Nathaniel]] asked [[Jesus]] this question: " Master, although you have taught us the [[positive]] version of the old rule of life, instructing us that we should do to others as we [[wish]] them to do to us, I do not fully [[discern]] how we can always abide by such an injunction. Let me [[illustrate]] my contention by citing the example of a [[lustful]] man who thus [[wicked]]ly looks upon his intended consort in [[sin]]. How can we teach that this [[evil]]-intending man should do to others as he would they should do to him? "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_7]
147:4.2 When [[Jesus]] heard [[Nathaniel]]'s question, he [[immediately]] stood upon his feet and, pointing his finger at the [[apostle]], said: " Nathaniel, [[Nathaniel]]! What [[manner]] of [[thinking]] is going on in your [[heart]]? Do you not [[receive]] my teachings as one who has been [[born]] of the [[spirit]]? Do you not hear the [[truth]] as men of [[wisdom]] and [[spiritual]] [[understanding]]? When I admonished you to do to others as you would have them do to you, I [[spoke]] to men of high [[ideals]], not to those who would be [[tempted]] to distort my teaching into a [[license]] for the [[encouragement]] of [[evil]] doing. "
147:4.3 When [[the Master]] had spoken, [[Nathaniel]] stood up and said: " But, Master, you should not think that I approve of such an [[interpretation]] of your teaching. I asked the question because I [[conjecture]]d that many such men might thus misjudge your [[admonition]], and I [[hoped]] you would give us further instruction regarding these matters. " And then when [[Nathaniel]] had sat down, [[Jesus]] continued speaking: " I well know, [[Nathaniel]], that no such [[idea]] of [[evil]] is approved in your [[mind]], but I am [[disappointed]] in that you all so often fail to put a genuinely [[spiritual]] [[interpretation]] upon my commonplace teachings, instruction which must be given you in [[human]] [[language]] and as men must speak. Let me now teach you concerning the [[differing]] levels of [[meaning]] attached to the [[interpretation]] of this rule of living, this [[admonition]] to `do to others that which you desire others to do to you':[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_7]
*1. 147:4.4 " ''The level of the flesh''. Such a [[purely]] [[selfish]] and [[lustful]] [[interpretation]] would be well exemplified by the [[supposition]] of your question.
*2. 147:4.5 " ''The level of the feelings''. This [[plane]] is one level higher than that of the [[flesh]] and implies that [[sympathy]] and pity would enhance one's [[interpretation]] of this rule of living.
*3. 147:4.6 " ''The level of mind''. Now come into [[action]] the [[reason]] of [[mind]] and the [[intelligence]] of [[experience]]. Good [[judgment]] dictates that such a rule of living should be [[interpreted]] in consonance with the highest [[idealism]] embodied in the [[nobility]] of [[profound]] [[self]]-[[respect]].
*4. 147:4.7 " ''The level of brotherly love''. Still higher is [[discovered]] the level of [[unselfish]] [[devotion]] to the welfare of one's fellows. On this higher [[plane]] of wholehearted [[social]] [[service]] growing out of the [[consciousness]] of the fatherhood of [[God]] and the consequent [[recognition]] of the brotherhood of man, there is [[discovered]] a new and far more [[beautiful]] [[interpretation]] of this basic rule of life.
*5. 147:4.8 " ''The moral level''. And then when you [[attain]] true philosophic levels of [[interpretation]], when you have real [[insight]] into the rightness and wrongness of things, when you [[perceive]] the [[eternal]] fitness of [[human]] [[relationships]], you will begin to view such a [[problem]] of [[interpretation]] as you would [[imagine]] a high-minded, [[idealistic]], [[wise]], and impartial third [[person]] would so view and [[interpret]] such an injunction as applied to your [[personal]] [[problems]] of [[adjustment]] to your life situations.
*6. 147:4.9 " ''The spiritual level''. And then last, but greatest of all, we [[attain]] the level of [[spirit]] [[insight]] and spiritual [[interpretation]] which impels us to [[recognize]] in this rule of life the [[divine]] command to treat all men as we conceive [[God]] would treat them. That is the [[universe]] [[ideal]] of human [[relationships]]. And this is your [[attitude]] toward all such [[problems]] when your [[supreme]] [[desire]] is ever to [[do the Father's will]]. I would, therefore, that you should do to all men that which you know I would do to them in like circumstances. "
147:4.10 Nothing [[Jesus]] had said to [[the apostles]] up to this [[time]] had ever more astonished them. They continued to [[discuss]] [[the Master]]'s [[words]] long after he had [[Sleep|retired]]. While [[Nathaniel]] was slow to recover from his supposition that [[Jesus]] had misunderstood the [[spirit]] of his question, the others were more than [[thankful]] that their [[philosophic]] fellow [[apostle]] had had the [[courage]] to ask such a [[thought]]-provoking question.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_147 Go to Paper 147]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 147 - The Interlude Visit to Jerusalem]]
