God's Plan For Man Final

in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.” “ A s t uden t i s no t abov e h i s t ea che r , no r a s e r van t abov e h i s mas t e r . It is enough for the student to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebub, how much more the members of his household! ‘So do not be afraid of them. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.’ ” “Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven. Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I d i d no t c ome t o br i ng pea c e , bu t a swo rd…” (Matthew 10: 22-42) These instructions were once thought to apply to Jesus, and they do. However, when one does not know who Jesus is and what He did for the love of man, they relate differently because the context is changed. The instructions were meant to delineate the union of the Divine Will and human will; a union that mere man gladly accepts, so that the word of God becomes a living word. Questioning their understanding, this was asked, “Don’t you believe that I am in the Father,” Jesus said, “and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Ra t he r , i t i s t he Fa t he r , l i v i ng i n me , who i s do i ng h i s wo rk . Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. I tell you the truth; anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I wi l l do wha t e v e r y ou ask i n my name [wh i ch name ] , s o t ha t t he Son may br i ng g l o r y t o t he Fa t he r . You may ask me for anything in my name [which name], and I will do it.’ ” The son of man will bring glory to the Father, because the son knows the Father and does everything the Father tells him to do.

“If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father,

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