{"id":2268,"date":"2023-10-15T01:12:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T01:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lightandlife.org\/?p=2268"},"modified":"2024-01-06T20:29:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T20:29:00","slug":"b144-%ec%98%81%ed%95%9c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightandlife.org\/?p=2268","title":{"rendered":"b144 (\uc601\ud55c)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
P.1617 – \u00a71 September and October were
\nspent in retirement at a secluded camp upon the slopes of Mount Gilboa.
\nThe month of September Jesus spent here alone with his apostles, teaching
\nand instructing them in the truths of the kingdom.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n		\uc11c\uae30 27\ub144<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1617 – \u00a72 There were a number of reasons why Jesus
\nand his apostles were in retirement at this time on the borders of Samaria
\nand the Decapolis. The Jerusalem religious rulers were very antagonistic;
\nHerod Antipas still held John in prison, fearing either to release or
\nexecute him, while he continued to entertain suspicions that John and
\nJesus were in some way associated. These conditions made it unwise to
\nplan for aggressive work in either Judea or Galilee. There was a third
\nreason: the slowly augmenting tension between the leaders of John’s disciples
\nand the apostles of Jesus, which grew worse with the increasing number
\nof believers.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1617 – \u00a73 Jesus knew that the days of the preliminary
\nwork of teaching and preaching were about over, that the next move involved
\nthe beginning of the full and final effort of his life on earth, and he
\ndid not wish the launching of this undertaking to be in any manner either
\ntrying or embarrassing to John the Baptist. Jesus had therefore decided
\nto spend some time in retirement rehearsing his apostles and then to do
\nsome quiet work in the cities of the Decapolis until John should be either
\nexecuted or released to join them in a united effort.<\/font><\/td>\n		\uc694\ud55c\uc774 \ucc98\ud615\ub418\ub4e0\uc9c0 \uc11d\ubc29\ub420 \ub54c\uae4c\uc9c0, \uae30\ub2e4\ub9b0\ub2e4.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1. THE GILBOA ENCAMPMENT – P.1617
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1617 – \u00a74 As time passed, the twelve became more
\ndevoted to Jesus and increasingly committed to the work of the kingdom.
\nTheir devotion was in large part a matter of personal loyalty. They did
\nnot grasp his many-sided teaching; they did not fully comprehend the nature
\nof Jesus or the significance of his bestowal on earth.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

as time passed, \uc2dc\uac04\uc774 \uc9c0\ub0a8\uc5d0 \ub530\ub77c\uc11c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1617 – \u00a75 Jesus made it plain to his apostles that
\nthey were in retirement for three reasons:<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1617 – \u00a76 1. To confirm their understanding of,
\nand faith in, the gospel of the kingdom.<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1617 – \u00a77 2. To allow opposition to their work
\nin both Judea and Galilee to quiet down.<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1617 – \u00a78 3. To await the fate of John the Baptist.<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/td>\n

make it plain, \uc124\uba85\ud558\ub2e4<\/p>\n

in retirement, \uc740\ud1f4, \ubb34\ud65c\ub3d9<\/p>\n

quiet down, \uc7a0\uc7a0\ud574\uc9c0\ub2e4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

P.1617 – \u00a79 While tarrying on Gilboa, Jesus told
\nthe twelve much about his early life and his experiences on Mount Hermon;
\nhe also revealed something of what happened in the hills during the forty
\ndays immediately after his baptism. And
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1618 – \u00a70 he directly charged them that they should
\ntell no man about these experiences until after he had returned to the
\nFather.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1618 – \u00a71 During these September weeks they rested,
\nvisited, recounted their experiences since Jesus first called them to
\nservice, and engaged in an earnest effort to co-ordinate what the Master
\nhad so far taught them. In a measure they all sensed that this would be
\ntheir last opportunity for prolonged rest. They realized that their next
\npublic effort in either Judea or Galilee would mark the beginning of the
\nfinal proclamation of the coming kingdom, but they had little or no settled
\nidea as to what the kingdom would be when it came. John and Andrew thought
\nthe kingdom had already come; Peter and James believed that it was yet
\nto come; Nathaniel and Thomas frankly confessed they were puzzled; Matthew,
\nPhilip, and Simon Zelotes were uncertain and confused; the twins were
\nblissfully ignorant of the controversy; and Judas Iscariot was silent,
\nnoncommittal.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n		recount, \ub418\uc0c8\uae30\ub2e4<\/p>\n

in a measure, \uc5b4\ub290 \uc815\ub3c4, \uc5b4\ub290 \ub9cc\ud07c<\/p>\n

yet to come, \uc55e\uc73c\ub85c \ub2e4\uac00 \uc62c (\ud558\ub298\ub098\ub77c)<\/p>\n

noncommittal, \uc544\ubb34 \ud3b8\ub3c4 \uc548\ub4dc\ub294<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

P.1618 – \u00a72 Much of this time Jesus was alone on
\nthe mountain near the camp. Occasionally he took with him Peter, James,
\nor John, but more often he went off to pray or commune alone. Subsequent
\nto the baptism of Jesus and the forty days in the Perean hills, it is
\nhardly proper to speak of these seasons of communion with his Father as
\nprayer, nor is it consistent to speak of Jesus as worshiping, but it is
\naltogether correct to allude to these seasons as personal communion with
\nhis Father.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n		\uc608\ubc30 (\uac10\uc0ac) < \uad50\ud1b5 < \uae30\ub3c4 (\uc694\uccad)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1618 – \u00a73 The central theme of the discussions
\nthroughout the entire month of September was prayer and worship. After
\nthey had discussed worship for some days, Jesus finally delivered his
\nmemorable discourse on prayer in answer to Thomas’s request: “Master,
\nteach us how to pray.”
\n<\/font><\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/p>\n

P.1618 – \u00a74 John had taught his disciples a prayer,
\na prayer for salvation in the coming kingdom. Although Jesus never forbade
\nhis followers to use John’s form of prayer, the apostles very early perceived
\nthat their Master did not fully approve of the practice of uttering set
\nand formal prayers. Nevertheless, believers constantly requested to be
\ntaught how to pray. The twelve longed to know what form of petition Jesus
\nwould approve. And it was chiefly because of this need for some simple
\npetition for the common people that Jesus at this time consented, in answer
\nto Thomas’s request, to teach them a suggestive form of prayer. Jesus
\ngave this lesson one afternoon in the third week of their sojourn on Mount
\nGilboa.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2. THE DISCOURSE ON PRAYER – P.1618
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1618 – \u00a75 “John indeed taught you a simple
\nform of prayer: ‘O Father, cleanse us from sin, show us your glory, reveal
\nyour love, and let your spirit sanctify our hearts forevermore, Amen!’
\nHe taught this prayer that you might have something to teach the multitude.
\nHe did not intend that you should use such a set and formal petition as
\nthe expression of your own souls in prayer.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1618 – \u00a76 “Prayer is entirely a personal and
\nspontaneous expression of the attitude of the soul toward the spirit;
\nprayer should be the communion of sonship and the expression of fellowship.
\nPrayer, when indited by the spirit, leads to co-operative spiritual progress.
\nThe ideal prayer is a form of spiritual communion which leads to intelligent
\nworship. True praying is the sincere attitude of reaching heavenward for
\nthe attainment of your ideals.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n		spontaneous < sua (own) + sponte (will, volition), \uc800\uc808\ub85c \ub098\uc624\ub294<\/p>\n

indite < in + dictare (declare) or dicere (speak), put down in writing, \uae00\ub85c \uc801\ub2e4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

P.1619 – \u00a71 “Prayer is the breath of the soul
\nand should lead you to be persistent in your attempt to ascertain the
\nFather’s will. If any one of you has a neighbor, and you go to him at
\nmidnight and say: `Friend, lend me three loaves, for a friend of mine
\non a journey has come to see me, and I have nothing to set before him’;
\nand if your neighbor answers, `Trouble me not, for the door is now shut
\nand the children and I are in bed; therefore I cannot rise and give you
\nbread,’ you will persist, explaining that your friend hungers, and that
\nyou have no food to offer him. <\/font><\/p>\n

I say to you, though your neighbor will
\nnot rise and give you bread because he is your friend, yet because of
\nyour importunity he will get up and give you as many loaves as you need.
\nIf, then, persistence will win favors even from mortal man, how much more
\nwill your persistence in the spirit win the bread of life for you from
\nthe willing hands of the Father in heaven. Again I say to you: Ask and
\nit shall be given you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be
\nopened to you. For every one who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and
\nto him who knocks the door of salvation will be opened.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

importune < importunari (\uc131\uac00\uc2dc\uac8c \uad74\ub2e4)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/p>\n

P.1619 – \u00a72 “Which of you who is a father, if
\nhis son asks unwisely, would hesitate to give in accordance with parental
\nwisdom rather than in the terms of the son’s faulty petition? If the child
\nneeds a loaf, will you give him a stone just because he unwisely asks
\nfor it? If your son needs a fish, will you give him a watersnake just
\nbecause it may chance to come up in the net with the fish and the child
\nfoolishly asks for the serpent? If you, then, being mortal and finite,
\nknow how to answer prayer and give good and appropriate gifts to your
\nchildren, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the spirit and
\nmany additional blessings to those who ask him? Men ought always to pray
\nand not become discouraged.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1619 – \u00a73 “Let me tell you the story of a
\ncertain judge who lived in a wicked city. This judge feared not God nor
\nhad respect for man. Now there was a needy widow in that city who came
\nrepeatedly to this unjust judge, saying, `Protect me from my adversary.’
\nFor some time he would not give ear to her, but presently he said to himself:
\n`Though I fear not God nor have regard for man, yet because this widow
\nceases not to trouble me, I will vindicate her lest she wear me out by
\nher continual coming.’ These stories I tell you to encourage you to persist
\nin praying and not to intimate that your petitions will change the just
\nand righteous Father above. Your persistence, however, is not to win favor
\nwith God but to change your earth attitude and to enlarge your soul’s
\ncapacity for spirit receptivity.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1619 – \u00a74 “But when you pray, you exercise
\nso little faith. Genuine faith will remove mountains of material difficulty
\nwhich may chance to lie in the path of soul expansion and spiritual progress.”
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3. THE BELIEVER’S PRAYER – P.1619
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1619 – \u00a75 But the apostles were not yet satisfied;
\nthey desired Jesus to give them a model prayer which they could teach
\nthe new disciples. After listening to this discourse on prayer, James
\nZebedee said: “Very good, Master, but we do not desire a form of
\nprayer for ourselves so much as for the newer believers who so frequently
\nbeseech us, `Teach us how acceptably to pray to the Father in heaven.'”
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1619 – \u00a76 When James had finished speaking, Jesus
\nsaid: “If, then, you still desire such a prayer, I would present
\nthe one which I taught my brothers and sisters in Nazareth”:<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1620 – \u00a71 Our Father who is in heaven,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1620 – \u00a72 Hallowed be your name.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1620 – \u00a73 Your kingdom come; your will be done
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1620 – \u00a74 On earth as it is in heaven.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1620 – \u00a75 Give us this day our bread for tomorrow;
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1620 – \u00a76 Refresh our souls with the water of life.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1620 – \u00a77 And forgive us every one our debts
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1620 – \u00a78 As we also have forgiven our debtors.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

debtor, \ube5a\uc9c4 \uc790<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1620 – \u00a79 Save us in temptation, deliver us from
\nevil,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1620 – \u00a710 And increasingly make us perfect like
\nyourself.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1620 – \u00a711 It is not strange that the apostles
\ndesired Jesus to teach them a model prayer for believers. John the Baptist
\nhad taught his followers several prayers; all great teachers had formulated
\nprayers for their pupils. The religious teachers of the Jews had some
\ntwenty-five or thirty set prayers which they recited in the synagogues
\nand even on the street corners. Jesus was particularly averse to praying
\nin public. Up to this time the twelve had heard him pray only a few times.
\nThey observed him spending entire nights at prayer or worship, and they
\nwere very curious to know the manner or form of his petitions. They were
\nreally hard pressed to know what to answer the multitudes when they asked
\nto be taught how to pray as John had taught his disciples.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n		set prayer, \ud615\uc2dd\uc774 \uace0\uc815\ub41c \uae30\ub3c4<\/p>\n

curious to know, \uc54c\uace0 \uc2f6\uc5b4\ud558\ub2e4.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

P.1620 – \u00a712 Jesus taught the twelve always to pray
\nin secret; to go off by themselves amidst the quiet surroundings of nature
\nor to go in their rooms and shut the doors when they engaged in prayer.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n		go off, \ud6cc\uca4d \ub5a0\ub098\ub2e4.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/p>\n

P.1620 – \u00a713 After Jesus’ death and ascension to
\nthe Father it became the practice of many believers to finish this so-called
\nLord’s prayer by the addition of–“In the name of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist.” Still later on, two lines were lost in copying, and there
\nwas added to this prayer an extra clause, reading: “For yours is
\nthe kingdom and the power and the glory, forevermore.”
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1620 – \u00a714 Jesus gave the apostles the prayer in
\ncollective form as they had prayed it in the Nazareth home. He never taught
\na formal personal prayer, only group, family, or social petitions. And
\nhe never volunteered to do that.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1620 – \u00a715 Jesus taught that effective prayer must
\nbe:<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1620 – \u00a716 1. Unselfish–not alone for oneself.<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1620 – \u00a717 2. Believing–according to faith.<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1620 – \u00a718 3. Sincere–honest of heart.<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1620 – \u00a719 4. Intelligent–according to light.<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1620 – \u00a720 5. Trustful–in submission to the Father’s
\nall-wise will.<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1620 – \u00a721 When Jesus spent whole nights on the
\nmountain in prayer, it was mainly for his disciples, particularly for
\nthe twelve. The Master prayed very little for himself, although he engaged
\nin much worship of the nature of understanding communion with his Paradise
\nFather.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n		 <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4. MORE ABOUT PRAYER – P.1620
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1620 – \u00a722 For days after the discourse on prayer
\nthe apostles continued to ask the Master questions regarding this all-important
\nand worshipful practice. Jesus’ instruction to the apostles during these
\ndays, regarding prayer and worship, may be summarized and restated in
\nmodern phraseology as follows:<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1621 – \u00a71 The earnest and longing repetition of
\nany petition, when such a prayer is the sincere expression of a child
\nof God and is uttered in faith, no matter how ill-advised or impossible
\nof direct answer, never fails to expand the soul’s capacity for spiritual
\nreceptivity.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n		\uc9c4\uc2ec\uc73c\ub85c \uae30\ub3c4\ud560 \ub54c, \uc601\uc801 \uc218\uc6a9\ub2a5\ub825\uc744 \ub298\uc778\ub2e4.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1621 – \u00a72 In all praying, remember that sonship
\nis a gift. No child has aught to do with earning the status of son or
\ndaughter. The earth child comes into being by the will of its parents.
\nEven so, the child of God comes into grace and the new life of the spirit
\nby the will of the Father in heaven. Therefore must the kingdom of heaven–divine
\nsonship–be received as by a little child. You earn righteousness–progressive
\ncharacter development–but you receive sonship by grace and through faith.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n		\uc62c\ubc14\ub984\uc740 \uc810\uc9c4\uc801\uc73c\ub85c,<\/p>\n

\uc544\ub4e4 \uc790\uaca9\uc740 \ubbff\uc74c\uc744 \ud1b5\ud574\uc11c, \uc740\ud61c\ub85c, \uc5bb\ub294\ub2e4.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

 <\/p>\n

P.1621 – \u00a73 Prayer led Jesus up to the supercommunion
\nof his soul with the Supreme Rulers of the universe of universes. Prayer
\nwill lead the mortals of earth up to the communion of true worship. The
\nsoul’s spiritual capacity for receptivity determines the quantity of heavenly
\nblessings which can be personally appropriated and consciously realized
\nas an answer to prayer.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

\ud63c\uc774 \ubc1b\uc544\ub4e4\uc774\ub294 \uc218\uc6a9 \ub2a5\ub825\uc774 \ucd95\ubcf5\uc758 \uc591\uc744 \uc815\ud55c\ub2e4.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/p>\n

P.1621 – \u00a74 Prayer and its associated worship is
\na technique of detachment from the daily routine of life, from the monotonous
\ngrind of material existence. It is an avenue of approach to spiritualized
\nself-realization and individuality of intellectual and religious attainment.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

grind, \uc0ac\ub78c\uc744 \uc9c4\uc774 \ube60\uc9c0\uac8c \ub9cc\ub4dc\ub294 \uace0\uc5ed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/p>\n

P.1621 – \u00a75 Prayer is an antidote for harmful introspection.
\nAt least, prayer as the Master taught it is such a beneficent ministry
\nto the soul. Jesus consistently employed the beneficial influence of praying
\nfor one’s fellows. The Master usually prayed in the plural, not in the
\nsingular. Only in the great crises of his earth life did Jesus ever pray
\nfor himself.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

antidote, \ud574\ub3c5\uc81c<\/p>\n

introspection = intro (inward) + specere (look at), \uc790\uae30 \ubc18\uc131<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

 <\/p>\n

P.1621 – \u00a76 Prayer is the breath of the spirit life
\nin the midst of the material civilization of the races of mankind. Worship
\nis salvation for the pleasure-seeking generations of mortals.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1621 – \u00a77 As prayer may be likened to recharging
\nthe spiritual batteries of the soul, so worship may be compared to the
\nact of tuning in the soul to catch the universe broadcasts of the infinite
\nspirit of the Universal Father.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1621 – \u00a78 Prayer is the sincere and longing look
\nof the child to its spirit Father; it is a psychologic process of exchanging
\nthe human will for the divine will. Prayer is a part of the divine plan
\nfor making over that which is into that which ought to be.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

be likened, ~\uacfc \ube44\uad50\uac00 \ub41c\ub2e4. \ube44\ud560 \uc218 \uc788\ub2e4.<\/p>\n

tune in, \uc8fc\ud30c\uc218\ub97c \uc870\uc808\ud558\ub2e4, \ub9de\ucd94\ub2e4.<\/p>\n

make over, \uace0\uccd0 \ub9cc\ub4e4\ub2e4.<\/p>\n

\ud604\uc7ac \uc0c1\ud0dc\ub97c \ub418\uc5b4\uc57c \ud558\ub294 \uc0c1\ud0dc\ub85c \ub9cc\ub4dc\ub294 \uacc4\ud68d.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

P.1621 – \u00a79 One of the reasons why Peter, James,
\nand John, who so often accompanied Jesus on his long night vigils, never
\nheard Jesus pray, was because their Master so rarely uttered his prayers
\nas spoken words. Practically all of Jesus’ praying was done in the spirit
\nand in the heart–silently.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1621 – \u00a710 Of all the apostles, Peter and James
\ncame the nearest to comprehending the Master’s teaching about prayer and
\nworship.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

\uc870\uc6a9\ud788 \uae30\ub3c4\ud588\ub2e4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5. OTHER FORMS OF PRAYER – P.1621
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1621 – \u00a711 From time to time, during the remainder
\nof Jesus’ sojourn on earth, he brought to the notice of the apostles several
\nadditional forms of prayer, but he did this only in illustration of other
\nmatters, and he enjoined that these “parable prayers” should
\nnot be taught to the multitudes. Many of them were from other inhabited
\nplanets, but this fact Jesus did not reveal to the twelve. Among these
\nprayers were the following:<\/font><\/td>\n

enjoin, \uba85\ud558\ub2e4, \uae08\ud558\ub2e4.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1622 – \u00a71 Our Father in whom consist the universe
\nrealms,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a72 Uplifted be your name and all-glorious
\nyour character.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a73 Your presence encompasses us, and your
\nglory is manifested
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a74 Imperfectly through us as it is in perfection
\nshown on high.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

on high, \ub192\uc740 \uacf3\uc5d0\uc11c, \ud558\ub298\uc5d0\uc11c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a75 Give us this day the vivifying forces
\nof light,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a76 And let us not stray into the evil bypaths
\nof our imagination,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a77 For yours is the glorious indwelling,
\nthe everlasting power,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a78 And to us, the eternal gift of the infinite
\nlove of your Son.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a79 Even so, and everlastingly true.<\/font><\/p>\n

***<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/td>\n

even so, \uadf8\ub807\ub2e4 \ud574\ub3c4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1622 – \u00a710 Our creative Parent, who is in the center
\nof the universe,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a711 Bestow upon us your nature and give
\nto us your character.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a712 Make us sons and daughters of yours
\nby grace
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a713 And glorify your name through our eternal
\nachievement.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

character, \uc778\ud488<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a714 Your adjusting and controlling spirit
\ngive to live and dwell within us
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a715 That we may do your will on this sphere
\nas angels do your bidding in light.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a716 Sustain us this day in our progress
\nalong the path of truth.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a717 Deliver us from inertia, evil, and all
\nsinful transgression.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a718 Be patient with us as we show loving-kindness
\nto our fellows.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

inertia < in (not) + ars (skill, art) \uad00\uc131, \ud0c0\uc131)<\/p>\n

Ars longa, vita brevis (not \uc778\uc0dd\uc740 \uc9e7\uace0 \uc608\uc220\uc740 \uae38\ub2e4\uac00 \uc544\ub2c8\ub77c) \uae30\uc220 \ud130\ub4dd\uc740 \uc2dc\uc77c\uc774 \uc624\ub798 \uac78\ub9ac\uace0, \uc778\uc0dd\uc740 \uc9e7\ub2e4.<\/p>\n

transgress = trans + gress (walk), \uc704\ubc18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

P.1622 – \u00a719 Shed abroad the spirit of your mercy
\nin our creature hearts.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a720 Lead us by your own hand, step by step,
\nthrough the uncertain maze of life,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a721 And when our end shall come, receive
\ninto your own bosom our faithful spirits.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a722 Even so, not our desires but your will
\nbe done.<\/font><\/p>\n

***<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/td>\n

maze, \ubbf8\ub85c, \uc625\uc218\uc218<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1622 – \u00a723 Our perfect and righteous heavenly Father,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a724 This day guide and direct our journey.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a725 Sanctify our steps and co-ordinate our
\nthoughts.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a726 Ever lead us in the ways of eternal
\nprogress.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a727 Fill us with wisdom to the fullness
\nof power
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a728 And vitalize us with your infinite energy.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

to the fullness of power, \uad8c\ub2a5\uc774 \ucda9\ub9cc\ud558\uae30\uae4c\uc9c0<\/p>\n

to + noun, \uc815\ub3c4 \ubc0f \ubc94\uc704\uc5d0 \uc774\ub974\uae30\uae4c\uc9c0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

P.1622 – \u00a729 Inspire us with the divine consciousness
\nof
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a730 The presence and guidance of the seraphic
\nhosts.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a731 Guide us ever upward in the pathway
\nof light;
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a732 Justify us fully in the day of the great
\njudgment.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a733 Make us like yourself in eternal glory
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a734 And receive us into your endless service
\non high.<\/font><\/p>\n

***<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1622 – \u00a735 Our Father who is in the mystery,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a736 Reveal to us your holy character.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a737 Give your children on earth this day
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a738 To see the way, the light, and the truth.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a739 Show us the pathway of eternal progress
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a740 And give us the will to walk therein.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1622 – \u00a741 Establish within us your divine kingship
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a742 And thereby bestow upon us the full
\nmastery of self.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a743 Let us not stray into paths of darkness
\nand death;
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a744 Lead us everlastingly beside the waters
\nof life.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a745 Hear these our prayers for your own
\nsake;
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

divine kingship, \uc2e0\uc774 \ub2e4\uc2a4\ub9ac\ub294 \ub098\ub77c<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

 <\/p>\n

P.1622 – \u00a746 Be pleased to make us more and more
\nlike yourself.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a71 At the end, for the sake of the divine
\nSon,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a72 Receive us into the eternal arms.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a73 Even so, not our will but yours be done.<\/font><\/p>\n

***<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1623 – \u00a74 Glorious Father and Mother, in one parent
\ncombined,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a75 Loyal would we be to your divine nature.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a76 Your own self to live again in and through
\nus
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a77 By the gift and bestowal of your divine
\nspirit,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a78 Thus reproducing you imperfectly in this
\nsphere
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a79 As you are perfectly and majestically
\nshown on high.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1623 – \u00a710 Give us day by day your sweet ministry
\nof brotherhood
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a711 And lead us moment by moment in the
\npathway of loving service.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a712 Be you ever and unfailingly patient
\nwith us
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a713 Even as we show forth your patience
\nto our children.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a714 Give us the divine wisdom that does
\nall things well
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a715 And the infinite love that is gracious
\nto every creature.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/td>\n

moment by moment, \ud55c \uc21c\uac04, \ud55c \uc21c\uac04<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

P.1623 – \u00a716 Bestow upon us your patience and loving-kindness
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a717 That our charity may enfold the weak
\nof the realm.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a718 And when our career is finished, make
\nit an honor to your name,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a719 A pleasure to your good spirit, and
\na satisfaction to our soul helpers.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a720 Not as we wish, our loving Father, but
\nas you desire the eternal good of your mortal children,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a721 Even so may it be.<\/font><\/p>\n

***<\/font><\/td>\n

enfold, \uac10\uc2f8\ub2e4, \uaef4\uc548\ub2e4.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1623 – \u00a722 Our all-faithful Source and all-powerful
\nCenter,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a723 Reverent and holy be the name of your
\nall-gracious Son.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a724 Your bounties and your blessings have
\ndescended upon us,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a725 Thus empowering us to perform your will
\nand execute your bidding.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a726 Give us moment by moment the sustenance
\nof the tree of life;
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

bounty, \uc790\uc5f0\uc758 \ud61c\ud0dd, \ud604\uc0c1\uae08<\/p>\n

sustenance, \uc591\ubd84, \uc601\uc591<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

P.1623 – \u00a727 Refresh us day by day with the living
\nwaters of the river thereof.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a728 Step by step lead us out of darkness
\nand into the divine light.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a729 Renew our minds by the transformations
\nof the indwelling spirit,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a730 And when the mortal end shall finally
\ncome upon us,
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a731 Receive us to yourself and send us forth
\nin eternity.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a732 Crown us with celestial diadems of fruitful
\nservice,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a733 And we shall glorify the Father, the
\nSon, and the Holy Influence.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a734 Even so, throughout a universe without
\nend.<\/font><\/p>\n

***<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/td>\n

diadem, \uc655\uad00 (Greek: dia + dein, bind across), \uc54c\ub808\uc0b0\ub354 \ub300\uc655\uc774 \ud398\ub974\uc2dc\uc544\uc778\uc73c\ub85c\ubd80\ud130 \uc5bb\uc740 \ud48d\uc2b5. headband, \uc655\uc871 \uc0c1\uc9d5)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1623 – \u00a735 Our Father who dwells in the secret
\nplaces of the universe,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a736 Honored be your name, reverenced your
\nmercy, and respected your judgment.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a737 Let the sun of righteousness shine upon
\nus at noontime,
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a738 While we beseech you to guide our wayward
\nsteps in the twilight.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a739 Lead us by the hand in the ways of your
\nown choosing
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a740 And forsake us not when the path is
\nhard and the hours are dark.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1623 – \u00a741 Forget us not as we so often neglect
\nand forget you.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a742 But be you merciful and love us as we
\ndesire to love you.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a743 Look down upon us in kindness and forgive
\nus in mercy
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1623 – \u00a744 As we in justice forgive those who distress
\nand injure us.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1624 – \u00a71 May the love, devotion, and bestowal
\nof the majestic Son
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1624 – \u00a72 Make available life everlasting with
\nyour endless mercy and love.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1624 – \u00a73 May the God of universes bestow upon
\nus the full measure of his spirit;
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1624 – \u00a74 Give us grace to yield to the leading
\nof this spirit.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1624 – \u00a75 By the loving ministry of devoted seraphic
\nhosts
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1624 – \u00a76 May the Son guide and lead us to the
\nend of the age.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1624 – \u00a77 Make us ever and increasingly like yourself
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1624 – \u00a78 And at our end receive us into the eternal
\nParadise embrace.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1624 – \u00a79 Even so, in the name of the bestowal
\nSon
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1624 – \u00a710 And for the honor and glory of the Supreme
\nFather.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/p>\n

P.1624 – \u00a711 Though the apostles were not at liberty
\nto present these prayer lessons in their public teachings, they profited
\nmuch from all of these revelations in their personal religious experiences.
\nJesus utilized these and other prayer models as illustrations in connection
\nwith the intimate instruction of the twelve, and specific permission has
\nbeen granted for transcribing these seven specimen prayers into this record.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

specimen, \ud45c\ubcf8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6. CONFERENCE WITH JOHN’S APOSTLES – P.1624
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1624 – \u00a712 Around the first of October, Philip
\nand some of his fellow apostles were in a near-by village buying food
\nwhen they met some of the apostles of John the Baptist. As a result of
\nthis chance meeting in the market place there came about a three weeks’
\nconference at the Gilboa camp between the apostles of Jesus and the apostles
\nof John, for John had recently appointed twelve of his leaders to be apostles,
\nfollowing the precedent of Jesus. John had done this in response to the
\nurging of Abner, the chief of his loyal supporters. Jesus was present
\nat the Gilboa camp throughout the first week of this joint conference
\nbut absented himself the last two weeks.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

precedent, \uc120\ub840\ubbb4<\/p>\n

\u00e1bsent (\uc55e \uac15\uc870), \uc790\ub9ac\ub97c \ube44\uc6b4<\/p>\n

abs\u00e9nt (\ub4a4 \uac15\uc870) oneself, \uc790\ub9ac\ub97c \ube44\uc6b0\ub2e4.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

P.1624 – \u00a713 By the beginning of the second week
\nof this month, Abner had assembled all of his associates at the Gilboa
\ncamp and was prepared to go into council with the apostles of Jesus. For
\nthree weeks these twenty-four men were in session three times a day and
\nfor six days each week. The first week Jesus mingled with them between
\ntheir forenoon, afternoon, and evening sessions. They wanted the Master
\nto meet with them and preside over their joint deliberations, but he steadfastly
\nrefused to participate in their discussions, though he did consent to
\nspeak to them on three occasions. These talks by Jesus to the twenty-four
\nwere on sympathy, co-operation, and tolerance.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n		in session, \ud68c\uc758 \uc911<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1624 – \u00a714 Andrew and Abner alternated in presiding
\nover these joint meetings of the two apostolic groups. These men had many
\ndifficulties to discuss and numerous problems to solve. Again and again
\nwould they take their troubles to Jesus, only to hear him say: “I
\nam concerned only with your personal and purely religious problems. I
\nam the representative of the Father to the individual, not to the group.
\nIf you are in personal difficulty in your relations with God, come to
\nme, and I will hear you and counsel you in the solution of your problem.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

But when you enter upon the co-ordination of divergent human interpretations
\nof religious questions and upon the socialization of religion, you are
\ndestined to solve all such problems by your own decisions. Albeit, I am
\never sympathetic and always interested, and when you arrive at your conclusions
\ntouching these matters of nonspiritual import, provided you are all agreed,
\nthen I pledge in advance my full
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1625 – \u00a70 approval and hearty co-operation. And
\nnow, in order to leave you unhampered in your deliberations, I am leaving
\nyou for two weeks. Be not anxious about me, for I will return to you.
\nI will be about my Father’s business, for we have other realms besides
\nthis one.”
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

alternate, \ubc88\uac08\ub2e4.<\/p>\n

unhampered, \uc81c\uc57d \ubc1b\uc9c0 \uc54a\uc740<\/p>\n

this one = \uc9c0\uad6c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

 <\/p>\n

P.1625 – \u00a71 After thus speaking, Jesus went down
\nthe mountainside, and they saw him no more for two full weeks. And they
\nnever knew where he went or what he did during these days. It was some
\ntime before the twenty-four could settle down to the serious consideration
\nof their problems, they were so disconcerted by the absence of the Master.
\nHowever, within a week they were again in the heart of their discussions,
\nand they could not go to Jesus for help.<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/td>\n

disconcerted, \ub099\uc2ec<\/p>\n

unanimous = un (one) + animums (\uc0dd\uba85, \uc9c0\uc131) = \uac19\uc740 \uc0dd\uac01, \ub9cc\uc7a5\uc77c\uce58.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

P.1625 – \u00a72 The first item the group agreed upon
\nwas the adoption of the prayer which Jesus had so recently taught them.
\nIt was unanimously voted to accept this prayer as the one to be taught
\nbelievers by both groups of apostles.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1625 – \u00a73 They next decided that, as long as John
\nlived, whether in prison or out, both groups of twelve apostles would
\ngo on with their work, and that joint meetings for one week would be held
\nevery three months at places to be agreed upon from time to time.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n		from time to time, \ub54c\ub54c\ub85c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/p>\n

P.1625 – \u00a74 But the most serious of all their problems
\nwas the question of baptism. Their difficulties were all the more aggravated
\nbecause Jesus had refused to make any pronouncement upon the subject.
\nThey finally agreed: As long as John lived, or until they might jointly
\nmodify this decision, only the apostles of John would baptize believers,
\nand only the apostles of Jesus would finally instruct the new disciples.
\nAccordingly, from that time until after the death of John, two of the
\napostles of John accompanied Jesus and his apostles to baptize believers,
\nfor the joint council had unanimously voted that baptism was to become
\nthe initial step in the outward alliance with the affairs of the kingdom.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

aggravate = ad (-to) + gravare (be heavy, weigh down), \uc545\ud654\uc2dc\ud0a4\ub2e4.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/p>\n

P.1625 – \u00a75 It was next agreed, in case of the death
\nof John, that the apostles of John would present themselves to Jesus and
\nbecome subject to his direction, and that they would baptize no more unless
\nauthorized by Jesus or his apostles.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1625 – \u00a76 And then was it voted that, in case of
\nJohn’s death, the apostles of Jesus would begin to baptize with water
\nas the emblem of the baptism of the divine Spirit. As to whether or not
\nrepentance should be attached to the preaching of baptism was left optional;
\nno decision was made binding upon the group. John’s apostles preached,
\n“Repent and be baptized.” Jesus’ apostles proclaimed, “Believe
\nand be baptized.”<\/font><\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1625 – \u00a77 And this is the story of the first attempt
\nof Jesus’ followers to co-ordinate divergent efforts, compose differences
\nof opinion, organize group undertakings, legislate on outward observances,
\nand socialize personal religious practices.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n		diverge = dis (apart) + vergere (turn), (\ub450 \uac00\uc9c0\ub85c) \uac08\ub77c\uc9c0\ub2e4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1625 – \u00a78 Many other minor matters were considered
\nand their solutions unanimously agreed upon. These twenty-four men had
\na truly remarkable experience these two weeks when they were compelled
\nto face problems and compose difficulties without Jesus. They learned
\nto differ, to debate, to contend, to pray, and to compromise, and throughout
\nit all to remain sympathetic with the other person’s viewpoint and to
\nmaintain at least some degree of tolerance for his honest opinions.<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/td>\n

compose difficulties, \ubb38\uc81c\ub4e4\uc744 \uc870\uc815\ud558\ub2e4, \uc815\ub9ac\ud558\ub2e4.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P.1625 – \u00a79 On the afternoon of their final discussion
\nof financial questions, Jesus returned, heard of their deliberations,
\nlistened to their decisions, and said: “These, then, are your conclusions,
\nand I shall help you each to carry out the spirit of your united decisions.”
\n<\/font><\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/p>\n

P.1626 – \u00a71 Two months and a half from this time
\nJohn was executed, and throughout this period the apostles of John remained
\nwith Jesus and the twelve. They all worked together and baptized believers
\nduring this season of labor in the cities of the Decapolis. The Gilboa
\ncamp was broken up on November 2, A.D. 27.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7. IN THE DECAPOLIS CITIES – P.1626
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1626 – \u00a72 Throughout the months of November and
\nDecember, Jesus and the twenty-four worked quietly in the Greek cities
\nof the Decapolis, chiefly in Scythopolis, Gerasa, Abila, and Gadara. This
\nwas really the end of that preliminary period of taking over John’s work
\nand organization. Always does the socialized religion of a new revelation
\npay the price of compromise with the established forms and usages of the
\npreceding religion which it seeks to salvage. Baptism was the price which
\nthe followers of Jesus paid in order to carry with them, as a socialized
\nreligious group, the followers of John the Baptist. John’s followers,
\nin joining Jesus’ followers, gave up just about everything except water
\nbaptism.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

take over, \uc810\ub839\ud558\ub2e4, \uc778\uacc4\ubc1b\ub2e4.<\/p>\n

compromise = co + promittere (\uacf5\ub3d9 \uc57d\uc18d = \ud0c0\ud611)<\/p>\n

salvage, \uad6c\uc81c\ud558\ub2e4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

 <\/p>\n

P.1626 – \u00a73 Jesus did little public teaching on this
\nmission to the cities of the Decapolis. He spent considerable time teaching
\nthe twenty-four and had many special sessions with John’s twelve apostles.
\nIn time they became more understanding as to why Jesus did not go to visit
\nJohn in prison, and why he made no effort to secure his release. But they
\nnever could understand why Jesus did no marvelous works, why he refused
\nto produce outward signs of his divine authority. Before coming to the
\nGilboa camp, they had believed in Jesus mostly because of John’s testimony,
\nbut soon they were beginning to believe as a result of their own contact
\nwith the Master and his teachings.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

in time, \uc2dc\uac04\uc774 \uc9c0\ub098\uc790<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

P.1626 – \u00a74 For these two months the group worked
\nmost of the time in pairs, one of Jesus’ apostles going out with one of
\nJohn’s. The apostle of John baptized, the apostle of Jesus instructed,
\nwhile they both preached the gospel of the kingdom as they understood
\nit. And they won many souls among these gentiles and apostate Jews.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n		apostate, \ubcc0\uc808, \uadf8\ub7f0 \uc0ac\ub78c, G\/L: apostata<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/p>\n

P.1626 – \u00a75 Abner, the chief of John’s apostles,
\nbecame a devout believer in Jesus and was later on made the head of a
\ngroup of seventy teachers whom the Master commissioned to preach the gospel.
\n<\/font><\/td>\n

 <\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8. IN CAMP NEAR PELLA – P.1626
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1626 – \u00a76 The latter part of December they all
\nwent over near the Jordan, close by Pella, where they again began to teach
\nand preach. Both Jews and gentiles came to this camp to hear the gospel.
\nIt was while Jesus was teaching the multitude one afternoon that some
\nof John’s special friends brought the Master the last message which he
\never had from the Baptist.
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1626 – \u00a77 John had now been in prison a year and
\na half, and most of this time Jesus had labored very quietly; so it was
\nnot strange that John should be led to wonder about the kingdom. John’s
\nfriends interrupted Jesus’ teaching to say to him: “John the Baptist
\nhas sent us to ask–are you truly the Deliverer, or shall we look for
\nanother?”
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

P.1626 – \u00a78 Jesus paused to say to John’s friends:
\n“Go back and tell John that he is not forgotten. Tell him what you
\nhave seen and heard, that the poor have good tidings preached to them.”
\nAnd when Jesus had spoken further to the messengers of John, he turned
\nagain to the multitude and said: “Do not think that John doubts the
\ngospel of the kingdom. He makes inquiry only to assure his disciples who<\/p>\n

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P.1627 – \u00a70 are also my disciples. John is no weakling.
\nLet me ask you who heard John preach before Herod put him in prison: What
\ndid you behold in John–a reed shaken with the wind? A man of changeable
\nmoods and clothed in soft raiment? As a rule they who are gorgeously appareled
\nand who live delicately are in kings’ courts and in the mansions of the
\nrich. But what did you see when you beheld John? A prophet? Yes, I say
\nto you, and much more than a prophet. Of John it was written: `Behold,
\nI send my messenger before your face; he shall prepare the way before
\nyou.’
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P.1627 – \u00a71 “Verily, verily, I say to you, among
\nthose born of women there has not arisen a greater than John the Baptist;
\nyet he who is but small in the kingdom of heaven is greater because he
\nhas been born of the spirit and knows that he has become a son of God.”
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P.1627 – \u00a72 Many who heard Jesus that day submitted
\nthemselves to John’s baptism, thereby publicly professing entrance into
\nthe kingdom. And the apostles of John were firmly knit to Jesus from that
\nday forward. This occurrence marked the real union of John’s and Jesus’
\nfollowers.
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P.1627 – \u00a73 After the messengers had conversed with
\nAbner, they departed for Machaerus to tell all this to John. He was greatly
\ncomforted, and his faith was strengthened by the words of Jesus and the
\nmessage of Abner.
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P.1627 – \u00a74 On this afternoon Jesus continued to
\nteach, saying: “But to what shall I liken this generation? Many of
\nyou will receive neither John’s message nor my teaching. You are like
\nthe children playing in the market place who call to their fellows and
\nsay: `We piped for you and you did not dance; we wailed and you did not
\nmourn.’ And so with some of you. John came neither eating nor drinking,
\nand they said he had a devil. The Son of Man comes eating and drinking,
\nand these same people say: `Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber,
\na friend of publicans and sinners!’ Truly, wisdom is justified by her
\nchildren.
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P.1627 – \u00a75 “It would appear that the Father
\nin heaven has hidden some of these truths from the wise and haughty, while
\nhe has revealed them to babes. But the Father does all things well; the
\nFather reveals himself to the universe by the methods of his own choosing.
\nCome, therefore, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and you shall
\nfind rest for your souls. Take upon you the divine yoke, and you will
\nexperience the peace of God, which passes all understanding.”
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9. DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST – P.1627
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P.1627 – \u00a76 John the Baptist was executed by order
\nof Herod Antipas on the evening of January 10, A.D. 28. The next day a
\nfew of John’s disciples who had gone to Machaerus heard of his execution
\nand, going to Herod, made request for his body, which they put in a tomb,
\nlater giving it burial at Sebaste, the home of Abner. The following day,
\nJanuary 12, they started north to the camp of John’s and Jesus’ apostles
\nnear Pella, and they told Jesus about the death of John. When Jesus heard
\ntheir report, he dismissed the multitude and, calling the twenty-four
\ntogether, said: “John is dead. Herod has beheaded him. Tonight go
\ninto joint council and arrange your affairs accordingly. There shall be
\ndelay no longer. The hour has come to proclaim the kingdom openly and
\nwith power. Tomorrow we go into Galilee.”
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P.1627 – \u00a77 Accordingly, early on the morning of
\nJanuary 13, A.D. 28, Jesus and the apostles, accompanied by some twenty-five
\ndisciples, made their way to Capernaum and lodged that night in Zebedee’s
\nhouse.<\/font><\/td>\n

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