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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,