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138:6.1 The next week was [[devoted]] to a program of [[intense]] [[training]]. Each day the six new [[apostles]] were put in the hands of their respective nominators for a thoroughgoing review of all they had [[learned]] and [[experienced]] in [[preparation]] for the work of [[the kingdom]]. The older apostles carefully reviewed, for the benefit of the younger six, [[Jesus]]' teachings up to that hour. Evenings they all assembled in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s [[garden]] to [[receive]] [[Jesus]]' instruction.d
138:6.2 It was at this [[time]] that [[Jesus]] [[established]] the mid-week holiday for [[rest]] and [[recreation]]. And they pursued this [[plan]] of [[relaxation]] for one day each week throughout the remainder of his material life. As a general rule, they never prosecuted their regular [[activities]] on Wednesday. On this weekly holiday [[Jesus]] would usually take himself away from them, saying: " My [[children]], go for a day of [[play]]. [[Rest]] yourselves from the arduous labors of [[the kingdom]] and [[enjoy]] the refreshment that comes from reverting to your former [[vocations]] or from [[discovering]] new sorts of recreational [[activity]]. " While [[Jesus]], at this period of his earth life, did not actually require this day of [[rest]], he [[conformed]] to this [[plan]] because he knew it was best for his [[human]] associates. Jesus was the [[teacher]]—[[the Master]]; his associates were his [[pupils]]—[[disciples]].
138:6.3 [[Jesus]] endeavored to make clear to his [[apostles]] the [[difference]] between his teachings and his life among them and the teachings which might subsequently spring up about him. Said [[Jesus]]: " [[My kingdom]] and the [[gospel]] related thereto shall be the burden of your [[message]]. Be not sidetracked into preaching about me and about my teachings. [[Proclaim]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] and portray my [[revelation]] of [[the Father]] in heaven but do not be misled into the bypaths of creating [[legends]] and building up a [[cult]] having to do with [[beliefs]] and teachings about my beliefs and teachings. " But again they did not [[understand]] why he thus spoke, and no man dared to ask why he so taught them.
138:6.4 In these early teachings [[Jesus]] sought to avoid [[controversies]] with his [[apostles]] as far as possible excepting those involving wrong [[concepts]] of [[Universal Father|his Father]] in heaven. In all such matters he never [[hesitated]] to correct [[erroneous]] [[beliefs]]. There was just one [[motive]] in [[Jesus]]' postbaptismal life on [[Urantia]], and that was a better and truer [[revelation]] of his [[Paradise Father]]; he was the [[pioneer]] of the new and better way to [[God]], the way of [[faith]] and [[love]]. Ever his exhortation to [[the apostles]] was: " Go seek for the sinners; find the downhearted and [[comfort]] the [[anxious]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_9]
138:6.5 [[Jesus]] had a [[perfect]] grasp of the situation; he [[possessed]] unlimited [[power]], which might have been utilized in the furtherance of his [[mission]], but he was wholly content with means and [[personalities]] which most people would have regarded as inadequate and would have looked upon as insignificant. He was [[engaged]] in a mission of enormous [[dramatic]] [[possibilities]], but he insisted on going about [[Universal Father|his Father]]'s business in the most [[quiet]] and undramatic [[manner]]; he [[studiously]] avoided all display of [[power]]. And he now planned to work [[quiet]]ly, at least for several months, with his [[twelve apostles]] around about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee Sea of Galilee].
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[[Category:Paper 138 - Training the Kingdom's Messengers]]
138:6.1 The next week was [[devoted]] to a program of [[intense]] [[training]]. Each day the six new [[apostles]] were put in the hands of their respective nominators for a thoroughgoing review of all they had [[learned]] and [[experienced]] in [[preparation]] for the work of [[the kingdom]]. The older apostles carefully reviewed, for the benefit of the younger six, [[Jesus]]' teachings up to that hour. Evenings they all assembled in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee]'s [[garden]] to [[receive]] [[Jesus]]' instruction.d
138:6.2 It was at this [[time]] that [[Jesus]] [[established]] the mid-week holiday for [[rest]] and [[recreation]]. And they pursued this [[plan]] of [[relaxation]] for one day each week throughout the remainder of his material life. As a general rule, they never prosecuted their regular [[activities]] on Wednesday. On this weekly holiday [[Jesus]] would usually take himself away from them, saying: " My [[children]], go for a day of [[play]]. [[Rest]] yourselves from the arduous labors of [[the kingdom]] and [[enjoy]] the refreshment that comes from reverting to your former [[vocations]] or from [[discovering]] new sorts of recreational [[activity]]. " While [[Jesus]], at this period of his earth life, did not actually require this day of [[rest]], he [[conformed]] to this [[plan]] because he knew it was best for his [[human]] associates. Jesus was the [[teacher]]—[[the Master]]; his associates were his [[pupils]]—[[disciples]].
138:6.3 [[Jesus]] endeavored to make clear to his [[apostles]] the [[difference]] between his teachings and his life among them and the teachings which might subsequently spring up about him. Said [[Jesus]]: " [[My kingdom]] and the [[gospel]] related thereto shall be the burden of your [[message]]. Be not sidetracked into preaching about me and about my teachings. [[Proclaim]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] and portray my [[revelation]] of [[the Father]] in heaven but do not be misled into the bypaths of creating [[legends]] and building up a [[cult]] having to do with [[beliefs]] and teachings about my beliefs and teachings. " But again they did not [[understand]] why he thus spoke, and no man dared to ask why he so taught them.
138:6.4 In these early teachings [[Jesus]] sought to avoid [[controversies]] with his [[apostles]] as far as possible excepting those involving wrong [[concepts]] of [[Universal Father|his Father]] in heaven. In all such matters he never [[hesitated]] to correct [[erroneous]] [[beliefs]]. There was just one [[motive]] in [[Jesus]]' postbaptismal life on [[Urantia]], and that was a better and truer [[revelation]] of his [[Paradise Father]]; he was the [[pioneer]] of the new and better way to [[God]], the way of [[faith]] and [[love]]. Ever his exhortation to [[the apostles]] was: " Go seek for the sinners; find the downhearted and [[comfort]] the [[anxious]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_9]
138:6.5 [[Jesus]] had a [[perfect]] grasp of the situation; he [[possessed]] unlimited [[power]], which might have been utilized in the furtherance of his [[mission]], but he was wholly content with means and [[personalities]] which most people would have regarded as inadequate and would have looked upon as insignificant. He was [[engaged]] in a mission of enormous [[dramatic]] [[possibilities]], but he insisted on going about [[Universal Father|his Father]]'s business in the most [[quiet]] and undramatic [[manner]]; he [[studiously]] avoided all display of [[power]]. And he now planned to work [[quiet]]ly, at least for several months, with his [[twelve apostles]] around about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee Sea of Galilee].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_138 Go to Paper 138]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 138 - Training the Kingdom's Messengers]]