{"id":5767,"date":"2013-02-16T20:30:10","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T01:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newagedevelopments.org\/blog\/?p=5767"},"modified":"2013-02-16T20:46:01","modified_gmt":"2013-02-17T01:46:01","slug":"in-the-words-of-jesus-part-587-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newagedevelopments.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/16\/in-the-words-of-jesus-part-587-2\/","title":{"rendered":"IN THE WORDS OF JESUS\u2013Part 588"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love is the Fulfilling of the Law<\/span><\/h2>\n

ON LOVE; PART CLXXVI<\/em>I<\/span><\/h2>\n
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GoodWill\u00a0IS Love in Action<\/span><\/h2>\n
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“There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. \u00a0And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: \u00a0That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life<\/em>” (John 3:1-15).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Over the last several essays we have been discussing the Fifteen Points of Emmet Fox, points that he believes put one ‘in Truth<\/strong><\/em>‘ if they are followed. This is of course a doctrinal statement much like the doctrinal statements of ALL religions,\u00a0denominations\u00a0and sects and we must include in this ourselves as well as we do set forth a doctrine that we believe is a Truth. In this ALL we find the Truth to the Master’s cautions and His apostles methods of KNOWING Truth which we have ofttimes presented to tell ALL that it is only each man as an individual that can discern the Truth and this only when he is ready to look past the self and the attitude of self in the world. In the Master’s words, we must “Take heed what ye hear<\/em>” (Mark 4:24) which is rendered by the Apostle Luke as “Take heed therefore how ye hear<\/em>“<\/span> (Luke 8:18), <\/span>which we understand as to be careful what we believe as based upon the reality of the Greek word akouo,<\/em> a word which, in addition to the actual act of hearing, includes the defining terms\u00a0to attend to, consider what is or has been said;\u00a0to understand, perceive the sense of what is said; and\u00a0to comprehend, to understand<\/em>\u00a02<\/sup>.\u00a0<\/em>ALL of these ideas from the lexicon give us a better idea of the Master’s intent than the idea that it is what enters the ear that matters and while believe<\/em> may seem a stretch, we see it as covered by understanding which is like KNOWING and this sense of KNOWING IS our defining idea for both believing<\/em> and faith<\/em> thereby taking these away from being just one’s emotional response in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to these words by the Master which are among many that tell us of the deceptions<\/strong> of this world of illusion<\/strong> and\u00a0glamour,<\/strong> we have the words of the Apostle James on the Wisdom from above and we have the fruit<\/em> of the Spirit in a list that is given us by the Apostle Paul, both of which give us guidelines for KNOWING what is Truth and what is of this world. While we do discuss these things often, they are brought to us lately by the saying that has been atop our essays now for many weeks and which is likely one of the most misunderstood and misapplied of ALL the Master’s sayings and we KNOW this by the use of the idea of being born again<\/strong><\/em> in the doctrines of the churches. We have covered this in much detail in In the Words of Jesus parts 562 through 572 and in these several posts we have shown that this idea of born again<\/strong><\/em> IS equivalent to ALL of the other sayings by the Master that tell us how to attain the Kingdom and discipleship and, in ALL of these ways given by the Master, we find the single\u00a0requirement\u00a0of\u00a0keeping\u00a0His words <\/em>at the heart<\/em><\/strong> of ALL. As part of this study we come across, as we most always do, the Master’s words on Love which include His Golden Rule and it is this that again brought us to Emmet Fox who states for us the ultimate reality of the Master’s intent saying that:\u00a0The important point about the Golden Rule is that I am to practice it whether the other fellow does so or not \u2021<\/strong>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>From the Truth we find in this saying, we proceeded to discuss the entirety of Mr. Fox’s Fifteen Points as they too relate to the doctrinal understanding of the Bible which we encounter in our saying above. It is in doing this that we are brought to a new understanding of the words of Paul to disciples regarding their, and our, focus<\/em> on the things of God and this from the apostles words that heretofore had only been seen as a helpful aid for Life in this world. The apostle tells us:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cRejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. Let our moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.\u00a0<\/em>Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things<\/strong>\u201d (Philippians 4:4-8).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Our reality here is that if one does “think on these things<\/strong>\u201d, this itemization\u00a0of the Good, the Beautiful and the True, then we are not thinking on the things of the world or on our self and our attitudes of self……we are focused upon God and not on mammon. We must ever remember that the words of the apostles are words of men in form who until that final act of complete and total Soul infusion through their Life on Earth, speak and act through their several personalities and it is in this we see their varied tones, their different writing styles and their emotional mind set as they write for us in a time when the use of the mind was subordinate to the use of the emotions and, while both do function in ALL men, there is an evolutionary progression to the current, more mental, state of man. For this reason it is ofttimes difficult to discern the True intent of the sayings and the writings of the apostles, this plus the reality that the apostles are most times writing to a specific audience of which we KNOW little. Underlying ALL of this, the style and mind set of the apostle and the nature of the specific audience to which he writes, there are Great Truths that stand ready to be seen and this seeing is as well a part of an evolutionary progression causing succeeding generations to see more and different Truths in the words of the Master and His apostles. ALL is a matter of realization<\/em><\/strong> and we can see in this word the Master’s caution on hearing<\/em> above for as we realize Truths based upon our understanding of fruits<\/em> and of Wisdom, we realize<\/em><\/strong> a greater and greater degree of that anointing<\/strong><\/em> that the Apostle John speaks of, that anointing<\/strong><\/em> that teaches us and shows us ALL:<\/span><\/p>\n

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“But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him<\/strong><\/em>” (1 John 2:27).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And this anointing is of course our own Soul, that Inner man, the Christ\u00a0Within, which we KNOW as the True man who seeks to live fully through the form in time and space thereby expressing to the world the fullness of the Godhead; this is our goal and our objective, this is FULL\u00a0discipleship\u00a0and this IS the Kingdom of God. And this IS NOT a fanciful dream for, as we have expressed before, it is our destiny and it is the promise of the Master who tells us of the greater things and of our ONENESS with Him saying:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father<\/em>” (John 14:12).<\/span><\/li>\n
  • “The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master<\/em>” (Luke 6:40).<\/span><\/li>\n
  • “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.\u00a0And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one<\/em>” (John 17:20-22).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    There are in these ideas the criteria of keeping His words<\/em> and the promise that in that perfection<\/em> <\/strong>we are AS HE IS and we ARE ONE with HIM who IS ONE with the FATHER and this is encapsulated for us by the Apostle John who tells us AS disciples that “as he is , so are we in this world<\/strong>” <\/span>(John 4:17) and we KNOW His nature in these words from Paul who tells us clearly that: “For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily<\/em>” (Colossians 2:9).<\/span><\/p>\n

    We need however to believe<\/em> on Him which is sometimes framed as believe<\/em> in Him but which we KNOW is the same as they both, ‘in’ and ‘on’, are from the same Greek word and about which we should remember the True meaning as elucidated by Vincent who tells us:\u00a0To believe in, or on, is more than mere acceptance of a statement. It is so to accept a statement or a person as to rest upon them, to trust them practically; to draw upon and avail one\u2019s self of all that is offered to him in them. Hence to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ is not merely to believe the facts of His historic life or of His saving energy as facts, but to accept Him as Savior, Teacher, Sympathizer, Judge; to rest the soul upon Him for present and future salvation, and <\/em>to accept and adopt His precepts and example as binding upon the life\u00a0<\/strong>4<\/sup>. While Vincent’s words are filled with doctrine, they are also filled with Truths in saying that to believe<\/em> is not only to accept and to trust as an emotional religious response to God but it is as well the ability to\u00a0to accept and adopt His precepts and example as binding upon the life\u00a0<\/strong>4\u00a0<\/sup>which we KNOW is done in keeping His words<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    And we KNOW as well from our studies and from our past essays that the paramount word<\/strong><\/em> of the Master IS Love. Love is elevated to the Greatest Commandment by the Master and Love is His common theme in His instruction to us on how we should, how we must, treat our brother, our neighbor and the stranger who qualifies as both abd we see Jesus makes this explicitly clear in the Parable of the Good Samaritan that we discussed in the last post. There can be no pretense in this Love, it is clear and it is beyond the common understanding of that feeling of Love that we see in the Earth, that emotional attraction to other persons and things that bring us pleasure or that we\u00a0foresee\u00a0as bringing us pleasure. The Love that the Master tells us of IS GoodWill, the Will to Good expressed to ALL by the True devotee of the Master and this Love IS, as we defined yesterday, the Golden Rule as in this saying there is the understanding and the way to Love ALL:<\/span><\/p>\n