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Part IV - The Life and Teachings of Jesus
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PART IV - THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF JESUS


119. THE BESTOWALS OF CHRIST MICHAEL

Chief of Evening Stars

     1. The First Bestowal

 

     2. The Second Bestowal

 

     3. The Third Bestowal

 

     4. The Fourth Bestowal

 

     5. The Fifth Bestowal

 

     6. The Sixth Bestowal

 

     7. The Seventh and Final Bestowal

 

     8. Michael's Postbestowal Status

 

 

 

120. THE BESTOWAL OF MICHAEL ON URANTIA

Mantutia Melchizedek

     1. The Seventh Bestowal Commission

 

     2. The Bestowal Limitations

 

     3. Further Counsel and Advice

 

     4. The Incarnation - Making Two One

 

 

 

121. THE TIMES OF MICHAEL'S BESTOWAL

Midwayer Commission

     1. The Occident of the First Century After Christ

 

     2. The Jewish People

 

     3. Among the Gentiles

 

     4. Gentile Philosophy

 

          (1)  The Epicurean

 

          (2)  The Stoic

 

          (2)  The Cynic

 

          (3)  The Skeptic

 

     5. The Gentile Religions

 

          The mystery religions

 

     6. The Hebrew Religion

 

     7. Jews and Gentiles

 

     8. Previous Written Records

 

          (1)  The Gospel by Mark

 

          (2)  The Gospel of Matthew

 

          (2)  The Gospel by Luke

 

          (3)  The Gospel of John

 

                Acknowledgment

 

 

 

122. BIRTH AND INFANCY OF JESUS

Midwayer Commission

     1. Joseph and Mary

 

     2. Gabriel Appears to Elizabeth

 

     3. Gabriel's Announcement to Mary

 

     4. Joseph's Dream

 

          The "house of David"

 

     5. Jesus' Earth Parents

 

     6. The Home at Nazareth

 

     7. The Trip to Bethlehem

 

     8. The Birth of Jesus

 

          The legend of the shepherds

 

          The three priests from Ur

 

          The "Star of Bethlehem"

 

     9. The Presentation in the Temple

 

     10. Herod Acts

 

          The flight to Egypt"

 

 

 

123. THE EARLY CHILDHOOD OF JESUS

Midwayer Commission

          The Sojourn in Egypt

 

     1. Back in Nazareth

 

          Jesus' fourth year

 

     2. The Fifth Year (2 B.C.)

 

          Child rearing

 

     3. Events of the Sixth Year (1 B.C.)

 

     4. The Seventh Year (A.D. 1)

 

          Material accidents

 

     5. School Days in Nazareth

 

     6. His Eighth Year (A.D. 2)

 

 

 

124. THE LATER CHILDHOOD OF JESUS

Midwayer Commission

     1. Jesus' Ninth Year (A.D. 3)

 

          The picture on the floor

 

          The Climate in Galilee

 

     2. The Tenth Year (A.D. 4)

 

          Jacob the stone mason's son

 

     3. The Eleventh Year (A.D. 5)

 

          The Scythopolis episode

 

     4. The Twelfth Year (A.D. 6)

 

          Personal morality and group loyalty

 

     5. His Thirteenth Year (A.D. 7)

 

     6. The Journey to Jerusalem

 

          Mary, Martha, and Lazarus

 

 

 

125. JESUS AT JERUSALEM

Midwayer Commission

     1. Jesus Views the Temple

 

     2. Jesus and the Passover

 

     3. Departure of Joseph and Mary

 

     4. First and Second Days in the Temple

 

     5. The Third Day in the Temple

 

     6. The Fourth Day in the Temple

 

 

 

126. THE TWO CRUCIAL YEARS

Midwayer Commission

     1. His Fourteenth Year (A.D. 8)

 

     2. The Death of Joseph

 

     3. The Fifteenth Year (A.D. 9)

 

          Origin of "The Lord's Prayer"

 

          The "Son of Man"

 

          Who is the Messiah?

 

     4. First Sermon in the Synagogue

 

     5. The Financial Struggle

 

 

 

127. THE ADOLESCENT YEARS

Midwayer Commission

     1. The Sixteenth Year (A.D. 10)

 

     2. The Seventeenth Year (A.D. 11)

 

          The Zealot episode

 

     3. The Eighteenth Year (A.D. 12)

 

          With James at Passover

 

          Visit of Elizabeth and John

 

          Death of Amos

 

     4. The Nineteenth Year (A.D. 13)

 

          Rearing the children

 

     5. Rebecca, Daughter of Ezra

 

     6. His Twentieth Year (A.D. 14)

 

          Passover visit to Jerusalem

 

 

 

128. JESUS' EARLY MANHOOD

Midwayer Commission

     1. The Twenty-First Year (A.D. 15)

 

          Growing awareness of divinity

 

          With Joseph at the Passover

 

     2. The Twenty-Second Year (A.D. 16)

 

          As a smith at Sepphoris

 

     3. The Twenty-Third Year (A.D. 17)

 

          With Simon at the Passover

 

          Jesus meets Stephen

 

     4. The Damascus Episode

 

     5. The Twenty-Fourth Year (A.D. 18)

 

          The Alexandrian proposal

 

     6. The Twenty-Fifth Year (A.D. 19)

 

          With Jude at the Passover

 

          "Uncle Joshua tell us a story."

 

     7. The Twenty-Sixth Year (A.D. 20)

 

          James' marriage

 

          Miriam's Marriage

 

          James head of the family of Joseph

 

 

 

129. THE LATER ADULT LIFE OF JESUS

Midwayer Commission

     1. The Twenty-Seventh Year (A.D. 21)

 

          Zebedee of Capernaum

 

          Jesus the boatbuilder

 

     2. The Twenty-Eighth Year (A.D. 22)

 

          Jesus visits Jerusalem

 

          Meeting Gonod and Ganid

 

     3. The Twenty-Ninth Year (A.D. 23)

 

          Purpose of the trip to Rome

 

     4. The Human Jesus

 

 

 

130. ON THE WAY TO ROME

Midwayer Commission

     1. At Joppa - Discourse on Jonah

 

          Discussion of good and evil

 

     2. At Caesarea

 

          The merchant from Mongolia

 

          The Greek worker and the Roman foreman

 

          God's will and man's will

 

     3. At Alexandria

 

     4. Discourse on Reality

 

     5. On the Island of Crete

 

     6. The Young Man Who Was Afraid

 

     7. At Carthage - Discourse on Time and Space

 

     8. On the Way to Naples and Rome

 

          Ezra, the backslidden Jew

 

 

 

131. THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS

Midwayer Commission

     1. Cynicism

 

     2. Judaism

 

     3. Buddhism

 

     4. Hinduism

 

     5. Zoroastrianism

 

     6. Suduanism (Jainism)

 

     7. Shinto

 

     8. Taoism

 

     9. Confucianism

 

     10. "Our Religion"

 

 

 

132. THE SOJOURN AT ROME

Midwayer Commission

          Influence on thirty-two religious leaders

 

     1. True Values

 

     2. Good and Evil

 

     3. Truth and Faith

 

     4. Personal Ministry

 

          To the Roman senator

 

          To the Roman soldier

 

          To the speaker at the forum

 

          To the poor man, falsely accused

 

     5. Counseling the Rich Man

 

     6. Social Ministry

 

     7. Trips About Rome

 

          The thoughtless pagan

 

          "Let's you and I make a new religion."

 

 

 

133. THE RETURN FROM ROME

Midwayer Commission

          India's caste system

 

     1. Mercy and Justice

 

     2. Embarking at Tarentum

 

          The man mistreating his wife

 

     3. At Corinth

 

          Crispus, chief ruler of the synagogue

 

          Justus, the merchant

 

          The two public women

 

     4. Personal Work in Corinth

 

          To the miller

 

          To the Roman centurion

 

          To the Mithraic leader

 

          To the Epicurean teacher

 

          To the Greek contractor

 

          To the Roman judge

 

          To the mistress of the Greek inn

 

          To the Chinese merchant

 

          To the traveler from Britain

 

          To the runaway lad

 

          To the condemned criminal

 

     5. At Athens - Discourse on Science

 

     6. At Ephesus - Discourse on the Soul

 

     7. The Sojourn at Cyprus - Discourse on Mind

 

     8. At Antioch

 

     9. In Mesopotamia

 

 

 

134. THE TRANSITION YEARS

Midwayer Commission

     1. The Thirtieth Year (A.D. 24)

 

          Return to Nazareth

 

          Marriage of Simon; marriage of Jude

 

     2. The Caravan Trip to the Caspian

 

     3. The Urmia Lectures

 

     4. Sovereignty - Divine and Human

 

     5. Political Sovereignty

 

     6. Law, Liberty, and Sovereignty

 

     7. The Thirty-First Year (A.D. 25)

 

          Solitary wanderings

 

     8. The Sojourn on Mount Hermon

 

          End of the Lucifer Rebellion

 

          The sovereignty of Nebadon

 

     8. The Time of Waiting

 

          Visit with John at Jerusalem

 

          Working in Zebedee's boatshop

 

 

 

135. JOHN THE BAPTIST

Midwayer Commission

     1. John Becomes a Nazarite

 

     2. The Death of Zacharias

 

     3. The Life of Shepherd

 

     4. The Death of Elizabeth

 

     5. The Kingdom of God

 

     6. John Begins to Preach

 

     7. John Journeys North

 

     8. Meeting of Jesus and John

 

          Baptism of Jesus

 

     9. Forty Days of Preaching

 

     10. John Journeys South

 

     11. John in Prison

 

     12. Death of John the Baptist

 

 

 

136. BAPTISM AND THE FORTY DAYS

Midwayer Commission

     1. Concepts of the Expected Messiah

 

     2. The Baptism of Jesus

 

     3. The Forty Days

 

          Conference with Gabriel

 

          Completion of universe sovereignty

 

     4. Plans for Public Work

 

          The Father's way

 

     5. The First Great Decision

 

          Personalized Adjuster in command

 

          Insensitivity of Adjuster to time

 

     6. The Second Decision

 

          The path of normal earthly existence

 

     7. The Third Decision

 

          The obedience to natural law

 

     8. The Fourth Decision

 

          Refusal to compromise with evil

 

     9. The Fifth Decision

 

          Rejection of David's throne

 

     9. The Sixth Decision

 

          "I will be subject to the will of my Father."

 

 

 

137. TARRYING TIME IN GALILEE

Midwayer Commission

     1. Choosing the First Four Apostles

 

          Andrew and Peter

 

          James and John

 

     2. Choosing Philip and Nathaniel

 

     3. The Visit to Capernaum

 

     4. The Wedding at Cana

 

     5. Back in Capernaum

 

     6. The Events of a Sabbath Day

 

     7. Four Months of Training

 

     8. Sermon on the Kingdom

 

 

 

138. TRAINING THE KINGDOM'S MESSENGERS

Midwayer Commission

     1. Final Instructions

 

     2. Choosing the Six

 

     3. The Call of Matthew and Simon

 

          Not the righteous but sinners

 

     4. The Call of the Twins

 

     5. The Call of Thomas and Judas

 

     6. The Week of Intensive Training

 

     7. Another Disappointment

 

     8. First Work of the Twelve

 

     9. Five Months of Testing

 

     10. Organization of the Twelve

 

 

 

139. THE TWELVE APOSTLES

Midwayer Commission

     1. Andrew, the First Chosen

 

     2. Simon Peter

 

     3. James Zebedee

 

     4. John Zebedee

 

     5. Philip the Curious

 

     6. Honest Nathaniel

 

     7. Matthew Levi

 

     8. Thomas Didymus

 

     9. and 10. James and Judas Alpheus

 

     11. Simon the Zealot

 

     12. Judas Iscariot

 

 

 

140. THE ORDINATION OF THE TWELVE

Midwayer Commission

     1. Preliminary Instruction

 

     2. The Ordination

 

     3. The Ordination Sermon

 

          The "Sermon on the Mount"

 

     4. You are the Salt of the Earth

 

     5. Fatherly and Brotherly Love

 

          Happy are the poor in spirit - the humble ...

 

          Happy are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness ...

 

          Happy are the meek ...

 

          Happy are the pure in heart ...

 

          Happy are they who mourn ...

 

          Happy are the merciful ...

 

          Happy are the peacemakers ...

 

          Happy are they who are persecuted ...

 

     6. The Evening of the Ordination

 

          "I look beyond the act ..."

 

          Concerning divorcement

 

          Justice and mercy

 

          "They do well - trouble them not."

 

     7. The Week Following the Ordination

 

     8. Thursday Afternoon on the Lake

 

          (1)  Doing the Father's will

 

          (2)  Political attitude

 

          (3)  Social attitude

 

          (4)  Economic attitude

 

          (5)  Personal religion

 

     9. The Day of Consecration

 

     10. The Evening After the Consecration

 

 

 

141. BEGINNING THE PUBLIC WORK

Midwayer Commission

     1. Leaving Galilee

 

     2. God's Law and the Father's Will

 

     3. The Sojourn at Amathus

 

          Jesus' Personality

 

          Jesus' Appearance

 

     4. Teaching about the Father

 

          Minister to the sick

 

     5. Spiritual Unity

 

     6. Last Week at Amathus

 

          Teherna the Persian

 

     7. At Bethany Beyond the Jordan

 

          Teaching about the kingdom

 

          Salvation by faith; liberty through truth

 

     8. Working in Jericho

 

     9. Departing for Jerusalem

 

 

 

142. THE PASSOVER AT JERUSALEM

Midwayer Commission

          Visit to Annas

 

     1. Teaching in the Temple

 

     2. God's Wrath

 

          Jacob of Crete

 

     3. The Concept of God

 

          Six Hebrew concepts of God

 

          The earlier ten commandments

 

     4. Flavius and Greek Culture

 

     5. The Discourse on Assurance

 

     6. The Visit with Nicodemus

 

     7. The Lesson on the Family

 

     8. In Southern Judea

 

          The camp in Gethsemane Park

 

 

 

143. GOING THROUGH SAMARIA

Midwayer Commission

     1. Preaching at Archelais

 

          "The made light of our message."

 

          "Do you resemble weaklings?"

 

     2. Lesson on Self-Mastery

 

     3. Diversion and Relaxation

 

          Three days on Mount Sartaba

 

     4. The Jews and the Samaritans

 

     5. The Woman of Sychar

 

     6. The Samaritan Revival

 

          In camp on Mount Gerizim

 

     7. Teachings about Prayer and Worship

 

 

 

144. AT GILBOA AND IN THE DECAPOLIS

Midwayer Commission

     1. The Gilboa Encampment

 

     2. The Discourse on Prayer

 

     3. The Believer's Prayer

 

     4. More about Prayer

 

     5. Other Forms of Prayer

 

          Seven prayers from other worlds

 

     6. Conference with John's Apostles

 

     7. In the Decapolis Cities

 

     8. In Camp Near Pella

 

          "... tell John that he is not forgotten."

 

     9. Death of John the Baptist

 

 

 

145. FOUR EVENTFUL DAYS AT CAPERNAUM

Midwayer Commission

          Visit with Ruth

 

     1. The Draught of Fishes

 

     2. Afternoon at the Synagogue

 

          Religion is a personal experience

 

          The young epileptic

 

          Peter's wife's mother

 

     3. The Healing at Sundown

 

     4. The Evening After

 

     5. Early Sunday Morning

 

 

 

146. FIRST PREACHING TOUR OF GALILEE

Midwayer Commission

     1. Preaching at Rimmon

 

     2. At Jotapata

 

          Prayer, thanksgiving, and worship

 

          Justice and mercy

 

          Prayer and personal effort

 

          Ethical prayer

 

     3. The Stop at Ramah

 

          Religion, science, and philosophy

 

          The assurance of truth

 

          The visit at Zebulun

 

     4. The Gospel at Iron

 

          Work in the mines

 

          Healing the leprous man

 

     5. Back in Cana

 

          Titus the nobleman

 

     6. Nain and the Widow's Son

 

     7. At Endor

 

 

 

147. THE INTERLUDE VISIT TO JERUSALEM

Midwayer Commission

     1. The Centurion's Servant

 

     2. The Journey to Jerusalem

 

          Separation from John's apostles

 

     3. At the Pool of Bethseda

 

     4. The Rule of Living

 

          Nathaniel's question about the golden rule

 

     5. Visiting Simon the Pharisee

 

          Parable of the moneylender

 

          Status and progress

 

     6. Returning to Capernaum

 

          The six spies

 

          "The Sabbath was made for man ...

 

     7. Back in Capernaum

 

     8. The Feast of Spiritual Goodness

 

 

 

148. TRAINING EVANGELISTS AT BETHSAIDA

Midwayer Commission

     1. A New School of the Prophets

 

     2. The Bethsaida Hospital

 

     3. The Father's Business

 

     4. Evil, Sin, and Iniquity

 

     5. The Purpose of Affliction

 

     6. The Misunderstanding of Suffering - Discourse on Job

 

     7. The Man with the Withered Hand

 

     8. Last Week at Bethsaida

 

          Kirmeth of Bagdad

 

     9. Healing the Paralytic

 

          Baptism of three of the spies

 

 

 

149. THE SECOND PREACHING TOUR

Midwayer Commission

          David's intelligence organization

 

     1. The Widespread Fame of Jesus

 

          The healing phenomena

 

     2. Attitude of the People

 

          Two mistakes of early Christianity

 

          Jesus' fame as a healer

 

          His recognition of the equality of women

 

          Charm of his personality

 

     3. Hostility of the Religious Leaders

 

     4. Progress of the Preaching Tour

 

          Comments on anger

 

          Concerning well-balanced characters

 

     5. Lesson Regarding Contentment

 

     6. The "Fear of the Lord"

 

     7. Returning to Bethsaida

 

 

 

150. THE THIRD PREACHING TOUR

Midwayer Commission

     1. The Women's Evangelistic Corps

 

     2. The Stop at Magdala

 

     3. Sabbath at Tiberias

 

          Discourse on "Magic and Superstition"

 

     4. Sending the Apostles Out Two and Two

 

     5. What Must I Do to Be Saved?

 

     6. The Evening Lessons

 

     7. The Sojourn at Nazareth

 

     8. The Sabbath Service

 

     9. The Nazareth Rejection

 

 

 

151. TARRYING AND TEACHING BY THE SEASIDE

Midwayer Commission

     1. The Parable of the Sower

 

     2. Interpretation of the Parable

 

     3. More About Parables

 

     4. More Parables by the Sea

 

     5. The Visit to Kheresa

 

          The storm on the lake

 

     6. The Kheresa Lunatic

 

 

 

152. EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE CAPERNAUM CRISIS

Midwayer Commission

          Veronica of Caesarea-Philippi

 

     1. At Jairus's House

 

     2. Feeding the Five Thousand

 

     3. The King-Making Episode

 

     4. Simon Peter's Night Vision

 

     5. Back in Bethsaida

 

     6. At Gennesaret

 

          More about the parable of the sower

 

     7. At Jerusalem

 

 

 

153. THE CRISIS AT CAPERNAUM

Midwayer Commission

     1. The Setting of the Stage

 

     2. The Epochal Sermon

 

          "I am the bread of life."

 

     3. The After Meeting

 

     4. Last Words in the Synagogue

 

          The boy possessed by the evil spirit

 

          "How can Satan cast out Satan?"

 

     5. The Saturday Evening

 

          Desertion of the halfhearted followers

 

 

 

154. LAST DAYS AT CAPERNAUM

Midwayer Commission

     1. A Week of Counsel

 

     2. A Week of Rest

 

          Closing of the synagogues

 

     3. The Second Tiberias Conference

 

     4. Saturday Night in Capernaum

 

          "What shall we do with Jesus?"

 

     5. The Eventful Sunday Morning

 

     6. Jesus' Family Arrives

 

     7. The Hasty Flight

 

 

 

155. FLEEING THROUGH NORTHERN GALILEE

Midwayer Commission

     1. Why do the Heathen Rage?

 

     2. The Evangelists in Chorazin

 

     3. At Caesarea-Philippi

 

          Truth and creed

 

          Origin of religious traditions

 

     4. On the Way to Phoenicia

 

     5. The Discourse on True Religion

 

     6. The Second Discourse on Religion

 

 

 

156. THE SOJOURN AT TYRE AND SIDON

Midwayer Commission

     1. The Syrian Woman

 

     2. Teaching in Sidon

 

          "This world is only a bridge ..."

 

     3. The Journey Up the Coast

 

     4. At Tyre

 

     5. Jesus' Teaching at Tyre

 

          Parable of the foolish carpenter

 

          Temptation and human nature

 

          The essentials of material success

 

          Spiritual living and self-respect

 

          Ideals and ideas

 

          Tact, charm, and wisdom

 

     6. The Return from Phoenicia

 

          Attitude of the Jewish leaders

 

 

 

157. AT CAESAREA-PHILIPPI

Midwayer Commission

          Jesus attempts to see his family

 

     1. The Temple-Tax Collector

 

          "The fish with a shekel in his mouth."

 

     2. At Bethsaida-Julias

 

     3. Peter's Confession

 

          "Who do men say that I am?"

 

     4. The Talk About the Kingdom

 

     5. The New Concept

 

     6. The Next Afternoon

 

          The four stages of Jesus' life

 

          New authoritative pronouncements

 

     7. Andrew's Conference

 

 

 

158. THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION

Midwayer Commission

     1. The Transfiguration

 

     2. Coming Down the Mountain

 

     3. Meaning of the Transfiguration

 

     4. The Epileptic Boy

 

          James of Safed

 

     5. Jesus Heals the Boy

 

          "Lord I believe ... help my unbelief

 

     6. In Celsus' Garden

 

     7. Peter's Protest

 

     8. At Peter's House

 

 

 

159. THE DECAPOLIS TOUR

Midwayer Commission

     1. The Sermon on Forgiveness

 

          "How often shall my brother sin against me?"

 

          Parable of the reckoning with the stewards

 

          Dangers of personal judgement

 

     2. The Strange Preacher

 

     3. Instruction for Teachers and Believers

 

     4. The Talk with Nathaniel

 

          "What is the truth about the Scriptures?"

 

     5. The Positive Nature of Jesus' Religion

 

          "... carry the pack a second mile."

 

     6. The Return to Magadan

 

 

 

160. RODAN OF ALEXANDRIA

Midwayer Commission

     1. Rodan's Greek Philosophy

 

          The three drives of life

 

          Problem solving and worshipful mediation

 

          Prejudice and the recognition of truth

 

     2. The Art of Living

 

          Socializing value of friendship

 

          The great value of marriage

 

     3. The Lures of Maturity

 

     4. The Balance of Maturity

 

          Essentials of temporal life

 

          Factors of material success

 

          The meaning of failure

 

     5. The Religion of the Ideal

 

          What is religion?

 

          The idea of God and the ideal of God

 

          The Father is the final value

 

          "But are willing to pay the price ...?

 

 

 

161. FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH RODAN

Midwayer Commission

     1. The Personality of God

 

          Nathaniel's five points

 

     2. The Divine Nature of Jesus

 

          Discourse of Nathaniel and Thomas

 

     3. Jesus' Human and Divine Minds

 

          The midwayers' views

 

 

 

162. AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES

Midwayer Commission

          "Master ... bid fire come down from heaven ..."

 

     1. The Dangers of the Visit to Jerusalem

 

     2. The First Temple Talk

 

          Eber the officer of the Sanhedrin

 

     3. The Woman Taken in Adultery

 

     4. The Feast of Tabernacles

 

     5. Sermon on the Light of the World

 

     6. Discourse on the Water of Life

 

     7. The Discourse on Spiritual Freedom

 

     8. The Visit with Martha and Mary

 

     9. At Bethlehem with Abner

 

 

 

163. ORDINATION OF THE SEVENTY AT MAGADAN

Midwayer Commission

     1. Ordination of the Seventy

 

          The harvest is plenteous but the laborers are few

 

     2. The Rich Young Man and Others

 

          Riches and the love of wealth

 

     3. The Discussion about Wealth

 

          Parable of the laborers in the vineyard

 

     4. Farewell to the Seventy

 

          Jesus' Instructions

 

          Peter's ordination sermon

 

     5. Moving the Camp to Pella

 

     6. The Return of the Seventy

 

     7. Preparation for the Last Mission

 

 

 

164. AT THE FEAST OF DEDICATION

Midwayer Commission

     1. Story of the Good Samaritan

 

     2. At Jerusalem

 

     3. Healing the Blind Beggar

 

     4. Josiah Before the Sanhedrin

 

     5. Teaching in Solomon's Porch

 

 

 

165. THE PEREAN MISSION BEGINS

Midwayer Commission

     1. At the Pella Camp

 

     2. Sermon on the Good Shepherd

 

     3. Sabbath Sermon at Pella

 

          "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees ..."

 

          "... the very hairs of your head are numbered"

 

     4. Dividing the Inheritance

 

          Parable of the foolish rich man

 

          "Where your treasure is there will your heart be also"

 

          "What shall it profit if you gain the whole world ...?"

 

     5. Talks to the Apostles on Wealth

 

          "Consider the lilies, how they grow ..."

 

     6. Answer to Peter's Question

 

 

 

166. LAST VISIT TO NORTHERN PEREA

Midwayer Commission

     1. The Pharisees at Ragaba

 

          Ceremonial hand washing

 

     2. The Ten Lepers

 

     3. The Sermon at Gerasa

 

          The straight and narrow way

 

          Many who are first will be last

 

          "I stand at the door and knock ..."

 

     4. Teaching About Accidents

 

     5. The Congregation at Philadelphia

 

          The later ministry and death of Abner

 

 

 

167. THE VISIT TO PHILADELPHIA

Midwayer Commission

     1. Breakfast with the Pharisees

 

          Healing the believer

 

          "... sit not down in the chief seat ..."

 

     2. Parable of the Great Supper

 

     3. The Woman with the Spirit of Infirmity

 

     4. The Message from Bethany

 

     5. On the Way to Bethany

 

          The Pharisee and the publican

 

          Teaching about marriage

 

     6. Blessing the Little Children

 

          Beauty as and influence to worship

 

     7. The Talk about Angels

 

 

 

168. THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS

Midwayer Commission

          "I am the resurrection and the life ..."

 

     1. At the Tomb of Lazarus

 

     2. The Resurrection of Lazarus

 

     3. Meeting of the Sanhedrin

 

          "It is better than one man die ..."

 

     4. The Answer to Prayer

 

     5. What Became of Lazarus

 

 

 

169. LAST TEACHING AT PELLA

Midwayer Commission

          The Sanhedrin's charges against Jesus

 

     1. Parable of the Lost Son

 

     2. Parable of the Shrewd Steward

 

     3. The Rich Man and the Beggar

 

     4. The Father and His Kingdom

 

          Jesus lived a revelation of God

 

          Elohim and Yahweh

 

 

 

170. THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

Midwayer Commission

     1. Concepts of the Kingdom of Heaven

 

     2. Jesus' Concept of the Kingdom

 

          Sin and forgiveness

 

     3. In Relation to Righteousness

 

     4. Jesus' Teaching About the Kingdom

 

     5. Later Ideas of the Kingdom

 

          Social brotherhood and spiritual brotherhood

 

          Another and greater John the Baptist

 

          Christianity and the Jesus gospel

 

 

 

171. ON THE WAY TO JERUSALEM

Midwayer Commission

          "... promise me that these my sons shall have honor ..."

 

     1. The Departure from Pella

 

          David Zebedee's later life

 

          Antioch and Philadelphia

 

     2. On Counting the Cost

 

     3. The Perean Tour

 

          Farewell to Abner

 

     4. Teaching at Livias

 

          Peter and Simon and the 100 Swords

 

          Warning of the friendly Pharisees

 

     5. The Blind Man at Jericho

 

     6. The Visit to Zaccheus

 

     7. "As Jesus Passed By"

 

     8. Parable of the Pounds

 

          Nathaniel's interpretation of the parable

 

 

 

172. GOING INTO JERUSALEM

Midwayer Commission

     1. Sabbath at Bethany

 

          Mary anoints Jesus' feet

 

          Jesus rebukes Judas

 

     2. Sunday Morning with the Apostles

 

     3. The Start for Jerusalem

 

     4. Visiting About the Temple

 

          The widow's mite

 

     5. The Apostles' Attitude

 

 

 

173. MONDAY IN JERUSALEM

Midwayer Commission

     1. Cleansing the Temple

 

     2. Challenging the Master's Authority

 

          "The baptism of John, whence was it?"

 

     3. Parable of the Two Sons

 

     4. Parable of the Absent Landlord

 

          The stone which the builders rejected

 

     5. Parable of the Marriage Feast

 

          "Destroy the temple and ... I will raise it up."

 

 

 

174. TUESDAY MORNING IN THE TEMPLE

Midwayer Commission

          Individual salutations to the twelve

 

     1. Divine Forgiveness

 

     2. Questions by the Jewish Rulers

 

          Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar?

 

     3. The Sadducees and the Resurrection

 

     4. The Great Commandment

 

          The Deliverer, whose son is he?

 

     5. The Inquiring Greeks

 

          "... except a grain of wheat falls into

 

          the earth and dies ..."

 

          "... if I be lifted up ... in your lives ..."

 

 

 

175. THE LAST TEMPLE DISCOURSE

Midwayer Commission

     1. The Discourse

 

          "Generation after generation we have sent our

 

          prophets ..."

 

          "Woe upon you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!"

 

          "... you ... cleanse the outside of the cup ..."

 

          "And now I take leave of you."

 

     2. Status of Individual Jews

 

     3. The Fateful Sanhedrin Meeting

 

     4. The Situation in Jerusalem

 

          Judas' final decision

 

 

 

176. TUESDAY EVENING ON MOUNT OLIVET

Midwayer Commission

     1. The Destruction of Jerusalem

 

     2. The Master's Second Coming

 

          The account in the Matthew Gospel

 

     3. Later Discussion at the Camp

 

          Parable of the talents

 

          "Carry on until I come."

 

          Comments on the growth of living truth

 

     4. The Return of Michael

 

 

 

177. WEDNESDAY, THE REST DAY

Midwayer Commission

     1. One Day Alone with God

 

          John Mark and the lunch basket

 

     2. Early Home Life

 

     3. The Day at Camp

 

     4. Judas and the Chief Priests

 

     5. The Last Social Hour

 

          Beware of the support of the multitude

 

 

 

178. LAST DAY AT THE CAMP

Midwayer Commission

     1. Discourse on Sonship and Citizenship

 

          Learn to be faithful even in your prosperity

 

          Tempt not the angels of your supervision ...

 

     2. After the Noontime Meal

 

          David relieves Judas of the "bag"

 

          Arrangements for the Last Supper

 

     3. On the Way to the Supper

 

 

 

179. THE LAST SUPPER

Midwayer Commission

     1. The Desire for Preference

 

     2. Beginning the Supper

 

     3. Washing the Apostles' Feet

 

     4. Last Words to the Betrayer

 

     5. Establishing the Remembrance Supper

 

 

 

180. THE FAREWELL DISCOURSE

Midwayer Commission

     1. The New Commandment

 

          "... love one another as I have loved you."

 

     2. The Vine and the Branches

 

     3. Enmity of the World

 

          "Let not your hearts be troubled."

 

          "Master, show us the Father ..."

 

     4. The Promised Helper

 

     5. The Spirit of Truth

 

          Commandments of the golden rule

 

     6. The Necessity for Leaving

 

 

 

181. FINAL ADMONITIONS AND WARNINGS

Midwayer Commission

     1. Last Words of Comfort

 

          "I give each of you all that you will receive."

 

          "Let not you hearts be troubled."

 

     2. Farewell Personal Admonitions

 

 

 

182. IN GETHSEMANE

Midwayer Commission

     1. The Last Group Prayer

 

          Jesus' enlargement of the revelation of God's name

 

     2. Last Hour Before the Betrayal

 

          Dispatching the runner to Abner

 

          David Zebedee's Farewell

 

     3. Alone in Gethsemane

 

          The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

 

 

 

183. THE BETRAYAL AND ARREST OF JESUS

Midwayer Commission

     1. The Father's Will

 

     2. Judas in the City

 

     3. The Master's Arrest

 

     4. Discussion at the Olive Press

 

     5. On the Way to the High Priest's Palace

 

 

 

184. BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN COURT

Midwayer Commission

     1. Examination by Annas

 

     2. Peter in the Courtyard

 

     3. Before the Court of Sanhedrists

 

     4. The Hour of Humiliation

 

          A new revelation of man to God

 

     5. The Second Meeting of the Court

 

 

 

185. THE TRIAL BEFORE PILATE

Midwayer Commission

     1. Pontius Pilate

 

     2. Jesus Appears Before Pilate

 

          The written charges of the Sanhedrist tribunal

 

     3. The Private Examination by Pilate

 

     4. Jesus Before Herod

 

     5. Jesus Returns to Pilate

 

     6. Pilate's Last Appeal

 

          The scourging of Jesus

 

          "Behold the man!"

 

     7. Pilate's Last Interview

 

     8. Pilate's Tragic Surrender

 

 

 

186. JUST BEFORE THE CRUCIFIXION

Midwayer Commission

          Jesus' Family at Bethany

 

     1. The End of Judas Iscariot

 

          The thirty pieces of silver

 

     2. The Master's Attitude

 

          "Pilate on trial before Jesus."

 

          "Behold God and man!"

 

     3. The Dependable David Zebedee

 

     4. Preparation for the Crucifixion

 

     5. Jesus' Death in Relation to the Passover

 

 

 

187. THE CRUCIFIXION

Midwayer Commission

     1. On the Way to Golgotha

 

          "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me ..."

 

          Simon from Cyrene

 

     2. The Crucifixion

 

     3. Those Who Saw the Crucifixion

 

     4. The Thief on the Cross

 

          Jesus' charge to John

 

     5. Last Hour on the Cross

 

     6. After the Crucifixion

 

 

 

188. THE TIME OF THE TOMB

Midwayer Commission

          Joseph and Nicodemus before Pilate

 

     1. The Burial of Jesus

 

     2. Safeguarding the Tomb

 

     3. During the Sabbath Day

 

          What did Jesus commend to the Father's hands?

 

          Status of the personality of Jesus

 

     4. Meaning of the Death on the Cross

 

     5. Lessons from the Cross

 

 

 

189. THE RESURRECTION

Midwayer Commission

     1. The Morontia Transit

 

     2. The Material Body of Jesus

 

     3. The Dispensational Resurrection

 

          Departure of the Personalized Adjuster

 

     4. Discovery of the Empty Tomb

 

          The five women

 

          Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene

 

     5. Peter and John at the Tomb

 

          Departure of the Personalized Adjuster

 

 

 

190. MORONTIA APPEARANCES OF JESUS

Midwayer Commission

     1. Heralds of the Resurrection

 

     2. Jesus' Appearance at Bethany

 

          Appearance to his brother James

 

          Appearance to his earthly family

 

     3. At the Home of Joseph

 

     4. Appearance to the Greeks

 

     5. The Walk with Two Brothers

 

 

 

191. APPEARANCES TO THE APOSTLES AND OTHER LEADERS

Midwayer Commission

          Reactions of the individual apostles

 

     1. The Appearance to Peter

 

     2. First Appearance to the Apostles

 

     3. With Morontia Creatures

 

          Stages of morontia progression

 

     4. The Tenth Appearance (at Philadelphia)

 

     5. Second Appearance to the Apostles

 

          "Blessed are those in ages to come ..."

 

     6. The Alexandrian Appearance

 

 

 

192. APPEARANCES IN GALILEE

Midwayer Commission

     1. Appearance by the Lake

 

          "Lads, have you caught anything?"

 

     2. Visiting with the Apostles Two by Two

 

     3. On the Mount of Ordination

 

     4. The Lakeside Gathering

 

 

 

193. FINAL APPEARANCES AND ASCENSION

Midwayer Commission

          The sixteenth appearance (courtyard of Nicodemus)

 

     1. The Appearance at Sychar

 

     2. The Phoenician Appearance

 

     3. The Last Appearance in Jerusalem

 

     4. Causes of Judas' Downfall

 

     5. The Master's Ascension

 

     6. Peter Calls a Meeting

 

 

 

194. BESTOWAL OF THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH

Midwayer Commission

          The new gospel about Jesus

 

     1. The Pentecost Sermon

 

     2. The Significance of Petecost

 

          The mission of the Spirit of Truth

 

          Man's threefold spiritual endowment

 

          The seven higher spiritual influences

 

     3. What Happened at Pentecost

 

     4. The Beginnings of the Christian Church

 

 

 

195. AFTER PENTECOST

Midwayer Commission

          Reasons for the triumph of Christianity in the Occident

 

          Early Christian compromises

 

     1. Influence of the Greeks

 

     2. The Roman Influence

 

     3. Under the Roman Empire

 

     4. The European Dark Ages

 

     5. The Modern Problem

 

     6. Materialism

 

     7. The Vulnerability of Materialism

 

     8. Secular Totalitarianism

 

     9. Christianity's Problem

 

     10. The Future

 

 

 

196. THE FAITH OF JESUS

Midwayer Commission

          Jesus' living faith in God

 

          "Seek first the Kingdom of heaven."

 

          "Why do you call me good?"

 

          What prayer meant to Jesus

 

          Jesus' childlike faith in God

 

     1. Jesus - The Man

 

     2. The Religion of Jesus

 

          The religion about Jesus

 

          Religion as a personal experience

 

     3. The Supremacy of Religion

 

          Fact, idea, and religion

 

          Reason, wisdom, and faith

 

          Thing, meaning, and value

 

          Unless a divine lover lived in man ...

 

          Morality and religion

 

          The Father is living love ...