PART IV
THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF JESUS
This group of papers was sponsored by a commission of twelve Urantia Midwayers
acting under the supervision of a Melchizedek Revelatory Director.
The basis of this narrative was supplied by a secondary
Midwayer who was onetime assigned
to the superhuman watchcare
of the Apostle Andrew.
| 120.The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia | 1323 |
| 1.The Seventh Bestowal Commission | 1325 |
| 2.The Bestowal Limitations | 1327 |
| 3.Further Counsel and Advice | 1329 |
| 4.The Incarnation—Making Two One | 1331 |
| 121.The Times of Michael's Bestowal | 1332 |
| 1.The Occident of the First Century After Christ | 1332 |
| 2.The Jewish People | 1333 |
| 3.Among the Gentiles | 1334 |
| 4.Gentile Philosophy | 1335 |
| (1)The Epicurean | |
| (2)The Stoic | |
| (3)The Cynic | |
| (4)The Skeptic | |
| 5.The Gentile Religions | 1336 |
| The mystery religions | |
| 6.The Hebrew Religion | 1338 |
| 7.Jews and Gentiles | 1339 |
| 8.Previous Written Records | 1341 |
| (1)The Gospel by Mark | |
| (2)The Gospel of Matthew | |
| (3)The Gospel by Luke | |
| (4)The Gospel of John | |
| Acknowledgment |
| 122.Birth and Infancy of Jesus | 1344 |
| 1.Joseph and Mary | 1344 |
| 2.Gabriel Appears to Elizabeth | 1345 |
| 3.Gabriel's Announcement to Mary | 1346 |
| 4.Joseph's Dream | 1347 |
| The "house of David" | |
| 5.Jesus' Earth Parents | 1348 |
| 6.The Home at Nazareth | 1349 |
| 7.The Trip to Bethlehem | 1350 |
| 8.The Birth of Jesus | 1351 |
| The legend of the shepherds | |
| The three priests from Ur | |
| The "Star of Bethlehem" | |
| 9.The Presentation in the Temple | 1352 |
| 10.Herod Acts | 1353 |
| The flight to Egypt |
| 123.The Early Childhood of Jesus | 1355 |
| The Sojourn in Egypt | |
| 1.Back in Nazareth | 1356 |
| Jesus' fourth year | |
| 2.The Fifth Year (2 B.C.) | 1357 |
| Child rearing | |
| 3.Events of the Sixth Year (1 B.C.) | 1359 |
| 4.The Seventh Year (A.D. 1) | 1361 |
| Material accidents | |
| 5.School Days in Nazareth | 1362 |
| 6.His Eighth Year (A.D. 2) | 1364 |
| 124.The Later Childhood of Jesus | 1366 |
| 1.Jesus' Ninth Year (A.D. 3) | 1366 |
| The picture on the floor | |
| Climate in Galilee | |
| 2.The Tenth Year (A.D. 4) | 1368 |
| Jacob the stone mason's son | |
| 3.The Eleventh Year (A.D. 5) | 1369 |
| The Scythopolis episode | |
| 4.The Twelfth Year (A.D. 6) | 1371 |
| Personal morality and group loyalty | |
| 5.His Thirteenth Year (A.D. 7) | 1373 |
| 6.The Journey to Jerusalem | 1374 |
| Mary, Martha, and Lazarus |
| 125.Jesus at Jerusalem | 1377 |
| 1.Jesus Views the Temple | 1378 |
| 2.Jesus and the Passover | 1379 |
| 3.Departure of Joseph and Mary | 1381 |
| 4.First and Second Days in the Temple | 1381 |
| 5.The Third Day in the Temple | 1382 |
| 6.The Fourth Day in the Temple | 1383 |
| 126.The Two Crucial Years | 1386 |
| 1.His Fourteenth Year (A.D. 8) | 1387 |
| 2.The Death of Joseph | 1388 |
| 3.The Fifteenth Year (A.D. 9) | 1389 |
| Origin of "The Lord's Prayer" | |
| The "Son of Man" | |
| Who is the Messiah? | |
| 4.First Sermon in the Synagogue | 1391 |
| 5.The Financial Struggle | 1392 |
| 127.The Adolescent Years | 1395 |
| 1.The Sixteenth Year (A.D. 10) | 1395 |
| 2.The Seventeenth Year (A.D. 11) | 1396 |
| The Zealot episode | |
| 3.The Eighteenth Year (A.D. 12) | 1398 |
| With James at the Passover | |
| Visit of Elizabeth and John | |
| Death of Amos | |
| 4.The Nineteenth Year (A.D. 13) | 1401 |
| Rearing the children | |
| 5.Rebecca, the Daughter of Ezra | 1402 |
| 6.His Twentieth Year (A.D. 14) | 1403 |
| Passover visit to Jerusalem |
| 128.Jesus' Early Manhood | 1407 |
| 1.The Twenty-First Year (A.D. 15) | 1407 |
| Growing awareness of divinity | |
| With Joseph at the Passover |
| 2.The Twenty-Second Year (A.D. 16) | 1409 |
| As a smith at Sepphoris | |
| 3.The Twenty-Third Year (A.D. 17) | 1411 |
| With Simon at the Passover | |
| Jesus meets Stephen | |
| 4.The Damascus Episode | 1412 |
| 5.The Twenty-Fourth Year (A.D. 18) | 1413 |
| The Alexandrian proposal | |
| 6.The Twenty-Fifth Year (A.D. 19) | 1415 |
| With Jude at the Passover | |
| "Uncle Joshua tell us a story." | |
| 7.The Twenty-Sixth Year (A.D. 20) | 1416 |
| James' marriage | |
| Miriam's marriage | |
| James head of the family of Joseph |
| 129.The Later Adult Life of Jesus | 1419 |
| 1.The Twenty-Seventh Year (A.D. 21) | 1419 |
| Zebedee of Capernaum | |
| Jesus the boatbuilder | |
| 2.The Twenty-Eighth Year (A.D. 22) | 1421 |
| Jesus visits Jerusalem | |
| Meeting Gonid and Ganid | |
| 3.The Twenty-Ninth Year (A.D. 23) | 1423 |
| Purpose of the trip to Rome | |
| 4.The Human Jesus | 1424 |
| 130.On the Way to Rome | 1427 |
| 1.At Joppa—Discourse on Jonah | 1428 |
| Discussion of good and evil | |
| 2.At Caesarea | 1429 |
| The merchant from Mongolia | |
| The Greek worker and the Roman foreman | |
| God's will and man's will | |
| 3.At Alexandria | 1432 |
| 4.Discourse on Reality | 1433 |
| 5.On the Island of Crete | 1436 |
| 6.The Young Man Who was Afraid | 1437 |
| 7.At Carthage—Discourse on Time and Space | 1438 |
| 8.On the Way to Naples and Rome | 1440 |
| Ezra, the backslidden Jew |
| 131.The World's Religions | 1442 |
| 1.Cynicism | 1442 |
| 2.Judaism | 1444 |
| 3.Buddhism | 1446 |
| 4.Hinduism | 1447 |
| 5.Zoroastrianism | 1449 |
| 6.Suduanism (Jainism) | 1450 |
| 7.Shinto | 1451 |
| 8.Taoism | 1451 |
| 9.Confucianism | 1452 |
| 10."Our Religion" | 1453 |
| 132.The Sojourn at Rome | 1455 |
| Influence on thirty-two religious leaders | |
| 1.True Values | 1456 |
| 2.Good and Evil | 1457 |
| 3.Truth and Faith | 1459 |
| 4.Personal Ministry | 1460 |
| 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 | 1462 |
| 6.Social Ministry | 1465 |
| 7.Trips About Rome | 1466 |
| The thoughtless pagan | |
| "Let's you and I make a new religion." |
| 133.The Return from Rome | 1468 |
| India's caste system | |
| 1.Mercy and Justice | 1468 |
| 2.Embarking at Tarentum | 1470 |
| The man mistreating his wife | |
| 3.At Corinth | 1471 |
| Crispus, chief ruler of the synagogue | |
| Justus, the merchant | |
| The two public women | |
| 4.Personal Work in Corinth. | 1474 |
| 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 | 1476 |
| 6.At Ephesus—Discourse on the Soul | 1477 |
| 7.The Sojourn at Cyprus—Discourse on Mind | 1479 |
| 8.At Antioch | 1480 |
| 9.In Mesopotamia | 1481 |
| 134.The Transition Years | 1483 |
| 1.The Thirtieth Year (A.D. 24) | 1483 |
| Return to Nazareth | |
| Marriage of Simon; marriage of Jude | |
| 2.The Caravan Trip to the Caspian | 1484 |
| 3.The Urmia Lectures | 1485 |
| 4.Sovereignty—Divine and Human | 1486 |
| 5.Political Sovereignty | 1487 |
| 6.Law, Liberty, and Sovereignty | 1490 |
| 7.The Thirty-First Year (A.D. 25) | 1492 |
| Solitary wanderings | |
| 8.The Sojourn on Mount Hermon | 1492 |
| End of the Lucifer Rebellion | |
| The sovereignty of Nebadon | |
| 9.The Time of Waiting | 1494 |
| Visit with John at Jerusalem | |
| Working in Zebedee's boatshop |
| 135.John the Baptist | 1496 |
| 1.John Becomes a Nazarite | 1496 |
| 2.The Death of Zacharias | 1497 |
| 3.The Life of a Shepherd | 1497 |
| 4.The Death of Elizabeth | 1499 |
| 5.The Kingdom of God | 1500 |
| 6.John Begins to Preach | 1501 |
| 7.John Journeys North | 1503 |
| 8.Meeting of Jesus and John | 1503 |
| Baptism of Jesus | |
| 9.Forty Days of Preaching | 1505 |
| 10.John Journeys South | 1506 |
| 11.John in Prison | 1506 |
| 12.Death of John the Baptist | 1508 |
| 136.Baptism and the Forty Days | 1509 |
| 1.Concepts of the Expected Messiah | 1509 |
| 2.The Baptism of Jesus | 1510 |
| 3.The Forty Days | 1512 |
| Conference with Gabriel | |
| Completion of universe sovereignty | |
| 4.Plans for Public Work | 1514 |
| The Father's way | |
| 5.The First Great Decision | 1516 |
| Personalized Adjuster in command | |
| Insensitivity of Adjuster to time | |
| 6.The Second Decision | 1517 |
| The path of normal earthly existence | |
| 7.The Third Decision | 1519 |
| Obedience to natural law |
| 8.The Fourth Decision | 1520 |
| Refusal to compromise with evil | |
| 9.The Fifth Decision | 1521 |
| Rejection of David's throne | |
| 10.The Sixth Decision | 1523 |
| "I will be subject to the will of my Father." |
| 137.Tarrying Time in Galilee | 1524 |
| 1.Choosing the First Four Apostles | 1524 |
| Andrew and Peter | |
| James and John | |
| 2.Choosing Philip and Nathaniel | 1526 |
| 3.The Visit to Capernaum | 1527 |
| 4.The Wedding at Cana | 1528 |
| 5.Back in Capernaum | 1531 |
| 6.The Events of a Sabbath Day | 1532 |
| 7.Four Months of Training | 1533 |
| 8.Sermon on the Kingdom | 1535 |
| 138.Training the Kingdom's Messengers | 1538 |
| 1.Final Instructions | 1538 |
| 2.Choosing the Six | 1539 |
| 3.The Call of Matthew and Simon | 1540 |
| Not the righteous but sinners | |
| 4.The Call of the Twins | 1541 |
| 5.The Call of Thomas and Judas | 1542 |
| 6.The Week of Intensive Training | 1542 |
| 7.Another Disappointment | 1543 |
| 8.First Work of the Twelve | 1545 |
| 9.Five Months of Testing | 1546 |
| 10.Organization of the Twelve | 1547 |
| 139.The Twelve Apostles | 1548 |
| 1.Andrew, the First Chosen | 1548 |
| 2.Simon Peter | 1550 |
| 3.James Zebedee | 1552 |
| 4.John Zebedee | 1553 |
| 5.Philip the Curious | 1556 |
| 6.Honest Nathaniel | 1558 |
| 7.Matthew Levi | 1559 |
| 8.Thomas Didymus | 1561 |
| 9.and10.James and Judas Alpheus | 1563 |
| 11.Simon the Zealot | 1564 |
| 12.Judas Iscariot | 1565 |
| 140.The Ordination of the Twelve | 1568 |
| 1.Preliminary Instruction | 1568 |
| 2.The Ordination | 1569 |
| 3.The Ordination Sermon | 1570 |
| The "Sermon on the Mount" |
| 4.You are the Salt of the Earth | 1572 |
| 5.Fatherly and Brotherly Love | 1573 |
| 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 | 1576 |
| "I look beyond the act . . ." | |
| Concerning divorcement | |
| Justice and mercy | |
| "They do well—trouble them not." | |
| 7.The Week Following the Ordination | 1578 |
| 8.Thursday Afternoon on the Lake | 1579 |
| (1)Doing the Father's Will | |
| (2)Political attitude | |
| (3)Social attitude | |
| (4)Economic attitude | |
| (5)Personal religion | |
| 9.The Day of Consecration | 1583 |
| 10.The Evening After the Consecration | 1584 |
| 141.Beginning the Public Work | 1587 |
| 1.Leaving Galilee | 1587 |
| 2.God's Law and the Father's Will | 1588 |
| 3.The Sojourn at Amathus | 1589 |
| Jesus' personality | |
| Jesus' appearance | |
| 4.Teaching about the Father | 1590 |
| Minister to the sick | |
| 5.Spiritual Unity | 1591 |
| 6.Last Week at Amathus | 1592 |
| Teherma the Persian | |
| 7.At Bethany Beyond Jordan | 1593 |
| Teaching about the kingdom | |
| Salvation by faith; liberty through truth | |
| 8.Working in Jericho | 1595 |
| 9.Departing for Jerusalem | 1595 |
| 142.The Passover at Jerusalem | 1596 |
| Visit to Annas | |
| 1.Teaching in the Temple | 1596 |
| 2.God's Wrath | 1597 |
| Jacob of Crete |
| 3.The Concept of God | 1598 |
| Six Hebrew concepts of God | |
| The earlier ten commandments | |
| 4.Flavius and Greek Culture | 1600 |
| 5.The Discourse on Assurance | 1601 |
| 6.The Visit with Nicodemus | 1601 |
| 7.The Lesson on the Family | 1603 |
| 8.In Southern Judea | 1605 |
| The camp in Gethsemane Park |
| 143.Going Through Samaria | 1607 |
| 1.Preaching at Archelais | 1607 |
| "They made light of our message." | |
| "Do you resemble weaklings?" | |
| 2.Lesson on Self-Mastery | 1609 |
| 3.Diversion and Relaxation | 1610 |
| Three days on Mount Sartaba | |
| 4.The Jews and the Samaritans | 1612 |
| 5.The Woman of Sychar | 1612 |
| 6.The Samaritan Revival | 1615 |
| In camp on Mount Gerizim | |
| 7.Teachings about Prayer and Worship | 1616 |
| 144.At Gilboa and in the Decapolis | 1617 |
| 1.The Gilboa Encampment | 1617 |
| 2.The Discourse on Prayer | 1618 |
| 3.The Believer's Prayer | 1619 |
| 4.More about Prayer | 1620 |
| 5.Other Forms of Prayer | 1621 |
| Seven prayers from other worlds | |
| 6.Conference with John's Apostles | 1624 |
| 7.In the Decapolis Cities | 1626 |
| 8.In Camp Near Pella | 1626 |
| ". . . tell John that he is not forgotten." | |
| 9.Death of John the Baptist | 1627 |
| 145.Four Eventful Days at Capernaum | 1628 |
| Visit with Ruth | |
| 1.The Draught of Fishes | 1628 |
| 2.Afternoon at the Synagogue | 1629 |
| Religion is a personal experience | |
| The young epileptic | |
| Peter's wife's mother | |
| 3.The Healing at Sundown | 1631 |
| 4.The Evening After | 1634 |
| 5.Early Sunday Morning | 1634 |
| 146.First Preaching Tour of Galilee | 1637 |
| 1.Preaching at Rimmon | 1637 |
| 2.At Jotapata | 1638 |
| Prayer, thanksgiving, and worship | |
| Justice and mercy | |
| Prayer and personal effort | |
| Ethical prayer | |
| 3.The Stop at Ramah | 1641 |
| Religion, science, and philosophy | |
| The assurance of truth | |
| The visit at Zebulun | |
| 4.The Gospel at Iron | 1643 |
| Work in the mines | |
| Healing the leprous man | |
| 5.Back in Cana | 1644 |
| Titus the nobleman | |
| 6.Nain and the Widow's Son | 1645 |
| 7.At Endor | 1646 |
| 147.The Interlude Visit to Jerusalem | 1647 |
| 1.The Centurion's Servant | 1647 |
| 2.The Journey to Jerusalem | 1648 |
| Separation from John's apostles | |
| 3.At the Pool of Bethesda | 1649 |
| 4.The Rule of Living | 1650 |
| Nathaniel's question about the golden rule | |
| 5.Visiting Simon the Pharisee | 1651 |
| Parable of the moneylender | |
| Status and progress | |
| 6.Returning to Capernaum | 1653 |
| The six spies | |
| "The Sabbath was made for man . . ." | |
| 7.Back in Capernaum | 1655 |
| 8.The Feast of Spiritual Goodness | 1656 |
| 148.Training Evangelists at Bethsaida | 1657 |
| 1.A New School of the Prophets | 1657 |
| 2.The Bethsaida Hospital | 1658 |
| 3.The Father's Business | 1659 |
| 4.Evil, Sin, and Iniquity | 1659 |
| 5.The Purpose of Affliction | 1661 |
| 6.The Misunderstanding of Suffering—Discourse on Job | 1662 |
| 7.The Man with the Withered Hand | 1664 |
| 8.Last Week at Bethsaida | 1665 |
| Kirmeth of Bagdad | |
| 9.Healing the Paralytic | 1666 |
| Baptism of three of the spies |
| 149.The Second Preaching Tour | 1668 |
| David's intelligence organization | |
| 1.The Widespread Fame of Jesus | 1668 |
| The healing phenomena |
| 2.Attitude of the People | 1670 |
| 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 | 1672 |
| 4.Progress of the Preaching Tour | 1673 |
| Comments on anger | |
| Concerning well-balanced characters | |
| 5.Lesson Regarding Contentment | 1674 |
| 6.The "Fear of the Lord" | 1675 |
| 7.Returning to Bethsaida | 1677 |
| 150.The Third Preaching Tour | 1678 |
| 1.The Women's Evangelistic Corps | 1678 |
| 2.The Stop at Magdala | 1679 |
| 3.Sabbath at Tiberias | 1680 |
| Discourse on "Magic and Superstition" | |
| 4.Sending the Apostles Out Two and Two | 1681 |
| 5.What Must I Do to Be Saved? | 1682 |
| 6.The Evening Lessons | 1683 |
| 7.The Sojourn at Nazareth | 1683 |
| 8.The Sabbath Service | 1684 |
| 9.The Nazareth Rejection | 1686 |
| 151.Tarrying and Teaching by the Seaside | 1688 |
| 1.The Parable of the Sower | 1688 |
| 2.Interpretation of the Parable | 1689 |
| 3.More About Parables | 1691 |
| 4.More Parables by the Sea | 1693 |
| 5.The Visit to Kheresa | 1694 |
| The storm on the lake | |
| 6.The Kheresa Lunatic | 1695 |
| 152.Events Leading up to the Capernaum Crisis | 1698 |
| Veronica of Caesarea-Philippi | |
| 1.At Jairus's House | 1699 |
| 2.Feeding the Five Thousand | 1700 |
| 3.The King-Making Episode | 1702 |
| 4.Simon Peter's Night Vision | 1703 |
| 5.Back in Bethsaida | 1703 |
| 6.At Gennesaret | 1705 |
| More about the parable of the sower | |
| 7.At Jerusalem | 1706 |
| 153.The Crisis at Capernaum | 1707 |
| 1.The Setting of the Stage | 1707 |
| 2.The Epochal Sermon | 1709 |
| "I am the bread of life." |
| 3.The After Meeting | 1712 |
| 4.Last Words in the Synagogue | 1713 |
| The boy possessed by the evil spirit | |
| "How can Satan cast out Satan?" | |
| 5.The Saturday Evening | 1715 |
| Desertion of the halfhearted followers |
| 154.Last Days at Capernaum | 1717 |
| 1.A Week of Counsel | 1717 |
| 2.A Week of Rest | 1718 |
| Closing of the synagogues | |
| 3.The Second Tiberias Conference | 1719 |
| 4.Saturday Night in Capernaum | 1719 |
| "What shall we do with Jesus?" | |
| 5.The Eventful Sunday Morning | 1720 |
| 6.Jesus' Family Arrives | 1721 |
| 7.The Hasty Flight | 1723 |
| 155.Fleeing Through Northern Galilee | 1725 |
| 1.Why do the Heathen Rage? | 1725 |
| 2.The Evangelists in Chorazin | 1726 |
| 3.At Caesarea-Philippi | 1727 |
| Truth and creed | |
| Origin of religious traditions | |
| 4.On the Way to Phoenicia | 1728 |
| 5.The Discourse on True Religion | 1728 |
| 6.The Second Discourse on Religion | 1730 |
| 156.The Sojourn at Tyre and Sidon | 1734 |
| 1.The Syrian Woman | 1734 |
| 2.Teaching in Sidon | 1735 |
| "This world is only a bridge . . ." | |
| 3.The Journey up the Coast | 1736 |
| 4.At Tyre | 1737 |
| 5.Jesus' Teaching at Tyre | 1737 |
| 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 | 1741 |
| Attitude of the Jewish leaders |
| 157.At Caesarea-Philippi | 1743 |
| Jesus attempts to see his family | |
| 1.The Temple-Tax Collector | 1743 |
| "The fish with a shekel in his mouth." | |
| 2.At Bethsaida-Julias | 1744 |
| 3.Peter's Confession | 1745 |
| "Who do men say that I am?" | |
| 4.The Talk About the Kingdom | 1746 |
| 5.The New Concept | 1748 |
| 6.The Next Afternoon | 1748 |
| The four stages of Jesus' life | |
| New authoritative pronouncements | |
| 7.Andrew's Conference | 1750 |
| 158.The Mount of Transfiguration | 1752 |
| 1.The Transfiguration | 1752 |
| 2.Coming Down the Mountain | 1754 |
| 3.Meaning of the Transfiguration | 1755 |
| 4.The Epileptic Boy | 1755 |
| James of Safed | |
| 5.Jesus Heals the Boy | 1757 |
| "Lord I believe . . . help my unbelief." | |
| 6.In Celsus' Garden | 1758 |
| 7.Peter's Protest | 1759 |
| 8.At Peter's House | 1761 |
| 159.The Decapolis Tour | 1762 |
| 1.The Sermon on Forgiveness | 1762 |
| "How often shall my brother sin against me?" | |
| Parable of the reckoning with the stewards | |
| Dangers of personal judgment | |
| 2.The Strange Preacher | 1764 |
| 3.Instruction for Teachers and Believers | 1765 |
| 4.The Talk with Nathaniel | 1767 |
| "What is the truth about the Scriptures?" | |
| 5.The Positive Nature of Jesus' Religion | 1769 |
| ". . . carry the pack a second mile." | |
| 6.The Return to Magadan | 1771 |
| 160.Rodan of Alexandria | 1772 |
| 1.Rodan's Greek Philosophy | 1772 |
| The three drives of life | |
| Problem solving and worshipful meditation | |
| Prejudice and the recognition of truth | |
| 2.The Art of Living | 1775 |
| Socializing value of friendship | |
| The great value of marriage | |
| 3.The Lures of Maturity | 1777 |
| 4.The Balance of Maturity | 1778 |
| Essentials of temporal life | |
| Factors of material success | |
| The meaning of failure | |
| 5.The Religion of the Ideal | 1780 |
| What is religion? |
| The idea of God and the ideal of God |
| The Father is the final value |
| "But are we willing to pay the price . . . ?" |
| 161.Further Discussions with Rodan | 1783 |
| 1.The Personality of God | 1783 |
| Nathaniel's five points | |
| 2.The Divine Nature of Jesus | 1785 |
| Discourse by Nathaniel and Thomas | |
| 3.Jesus' Human and Divine Minds | 1787 |
| The midwayers' views |
| 162.At the Feast of Tabernacles | 1788 |
| "Master . . . bid fire come down from heaven . . ." | |
| 1.The Dangers of the Visit to Jerusalem | 1788 |
| 2.The First Temple Talk | 1790 |
| Eber the officer of the Sanhedrin | |
| 3.The Woman Taken in Adultery | 1792 |
| 4.The Feast of Tabernacles | 1793 |
| 5.Sermon on the Light of the World | 1794 |
| 6.Discourse on the Water of Life | 1795 |
| 7.The Discourse on Spiritual Freedom | 1796 |
| 8.The Visit with Martha and Mary | 1797 |
| 9.At Bethlehem with Abner | 1798 |
| 163.Ordination of the Seventy at Magadan | 1800 |
| 1.Ordination of the Seventy | 1800 |
| The harvest is plenteous but the laborers are few | |
| 2.The Rich Young Man and Others | 1801 |
| Riches and the love of wealth | |
| 3.The Discussion about Wealth | 1803 |
| Parable of the laborers in the vineyard | |
| 4.Farewell to the Seventy | 1804 |
| Jesus' instructions | |
| Peter's ordination sermon | |
| 5.Moving the Camp to Pella | 1806 |
| 6.The Return of the Seventy | 1806 |
| 7.Preparation for the Last Mission | 1808 |
| 164.At the Feast of Dedication | 1809 |
| 1.Story of the Good Samaritan | 1809 |
| 2.At Jerusalem | 1810 |
| 3.Healing the Blind Beggar | 1811 |
| 4.Josiah Before the Sanhedrin | 1813 |
| 5.Teaching in Solomon's Porch | 1815 |
| 165.The Perean Mission Begins | 1817 |
| 1.At the Pella Camp | 1817 |
| 2.Sermon on the Good Shepherd | 1818 |
| 3.Sabbath Sermon at Pella | 1819 |
| "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees . . ." | |
| ". . . the very hairs of your head are numbered" | |
| 4.Dividing the Inheritance | 1821 |
| 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 | 1823 |
| "Consider the lilies, how they grow . . ." | |
| 6.Answer to Peter's Question | 1824 |
| 166.Last Visit to Northern Perea | 1825 |
| 1.The Pharisees at Ragaba | 1825 |
| Ceremonial hand washing | |
| 2.The Ten Lepers | 1827 |
| 3.The Sermon at Gerasa | 1828 |
| The straight and narrow way | |
| Many who are first will be last | |
| "I stand at the door and knock . . ." | |
| 4.Teaching About Accidents | 1830 |
| 5.The Congregation at Philadelphia | 1831 |
| The later ministry and death of Abner |
| 167.The Visit to Philadelphia | 1833 |
| 1.Breakfast with the Pharisees | 1833 |
| Healing the believer | |
| ". . . sit not down in the chief seat . . ." | |
| 2.Parable of the Great Supper | 1835 |
| 3.The Woman with the Spirit of Infirmity | 1835 |
| 4.The Message from Bethany | 1836 |
| 5.On the Way to Bethany | 1838 |
| The Pharisee and the publican | |
| Teaching about marriage | |
| 6.Blessing the Little Children | 1839 |
| Beauty as an influence to worship | |
| 7.The Talk about Angels | 1840 |
| 168.The Resurrection of Lazarus | 1842 |
| "I am the resurrection and the life . . ." | |
| 1.At the Tomb of Lazarus | 1843 |
| 2.The Resurrection of Lazarus | 1845 |
| 3.Meeting of the Sanhedrin | 1847 |
| "It is better that one man die . . ." | |
| 4.The Answer to Prayer | 1848 |
| 5.What Became of Lazarus | 1849 |
| 169.Last Teaching at Pella | 1850 |
| The Sanhedrin's charges against Jesus | |
| 1.Parable of the Lost Son | 1850 |
| 2.Parable of the Shrewd Steward | 1853 |
| 3.The Rich Man and the Beggar | 1854 |
| 4.The Father and his Kingdom | 1855 |
| Jesus lived a revelation of God | |
| Elohim and Yahweh |
| 170.The Kingdom of Heaven | 1858 |
| 1.Concepts of the Kingdom of Heaven | 1858 |
| 2.Jesus' Concept of the Kingdom | 1859 |
| Sin and forgiveness | |
| 3.In Relation to Righteousness | 1861 |
| 4.Jesus' Teaching About the Kingdom | 1862 |
| 5.Later Ideas of the Kingdom | 1864 |
| Social brotherhood and spiritual brotherhood | |
| Another and greater John the Baptist | |
| Christianity and the Jesus gospel |
| 171.On the Way to Jerusalem | 1867 |
| ". . . promise me that these my sons shall have honor . . ." | |
| 1.The Departure from Pella | 1868 |
| David Zebedee's later life | |
| Antioch and Philadelphia | |
| 2.On Counting the Cost | 1869 |
| 3.The Perean Tour | 1870 |
| Farewell to Abner | |
| 4.Teaching at Livias | 1871 |
| Peter and Simon and the 100 swords | |
| Warning of the friendly Pharisees | |
| 5.The Blind Man at Jericho | 1873 |
| 6.The Visit to Zaccheus | 1873 |
| 7."As Jesus Passed By" | 1874 |
| 8.Parable of the Pounds | 1875 |
| Nathaniel's interpretation of the parable |
| 172.Going into Jerusalem | 1878 |
| 1.Sabbath at Bethany | 1878 |
| Mary anoints Jesus' feet | |
| Jesus rebukes Judas | |
| 2.Sunday Morning with the Apostles | 1880 |
| 3.The Start for Jerusalem | 1880 |
| 4.Visiting About the Temple | 1883 |
| The widow's mite | |
| 5.The Apostles' Attitude | 1883 |
| 173.Monday in Jerusalem | 1888 |
| 1.Cleansing the Temple | 1888 |
| 2.Challenging the Master's Authority | 1891 |
| "The baptism of John, whence was it?" | |
| 3.Parable of the Two Sons | 1893 |
| 4.Parable of the Absent Landlord | 1893 |
| The stone which the builders rejected | |
| 5.Parable of the Marriage Feast | 1894 |
| "Destroy this temple and . . . I will raise it up." |
| 174.Tuesday Morning in the Temple | 1897 |
| Individual salutations to the twelve | |
| 1.Divine Forgiveness | 1898 |
| 2.Questions by the Jewish Rulers | 1899 |
| Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar? | |
| 3.The Sadducees and the Resurrection | 1900 |
| 4.The Great Commandment | 1901 |
| The Deliverer, whose son is he? | |
| 5.The Inquiring Greeks | 1902 |
| ". . . except a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies . . ." | |
| ". . . if I be lifted up . . . in your lives . . ." |
| 175.The Last Temple Discourse | 1905 |
| 1.The Discourse | 1905 |
| "Generation after generation have we sent our prophets . . ." | |
| ". . . he who would be greatest among you . . ." | |
| "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 | 1909 |
| 3.The Fateful Sanhedrin Meeting | 1909 |
| 4.The Situation in Jerusalem | 1910 |
| Judas' final decision |
| 176.Tuesday Evening on Mount Olivet | 1912 |
| 1.The Destruction of Jerusalem | 1912 |
| 2.The Master's Second Coming | 1914 |
| The account in the Matthew Gospel | |
| 3.Later Discussion at the Camp | 1916 |
| Parable of the talents | |
| "Carry on until I come." | |
| Comments on the growth of living truth | |
| 4.The Return of Michael | 1918 |
| 177.Wednesday, the Rest Day | 1920 |
| 1.One Day Alone with God | 1920 |
| John Mark and the lunch basket | |
| 2.Early Home Life | 1921 |
| 3.The Day at Camp | 1923 |
| 4.Judas and the Chief Priests | 1924 |
| 5.The Last Social Hour | 1927 |
| Beware of the support of the multitude |
| 178.Last Day at the Camp | 1929 |
| 1.Discourse on Sonship and Citizenship | 1929 |
| Learn to be faithful even in prosperity | |
| Tempt not the angels of your supervision . . . | |
| 2.After the Noontime Meal | 1932 |
| David relieves Judas of the "bag" | |
| Arrangements for the Last Supper | |
| 3.On the Way to the Supper | 1934 |
| 179.The Last Supper | 1936 |
| 1.The Desire for Preference | 1936 |
| 2.Beginning the Supper | 1937 |
| 3.Washing the Apostles' Feet | 1938 |
| 4.Last Words to the Betrayer | 1940 |
| 5.Establishing the Remembrance Supper | 1941 |
| 180.The Farewell Discoure | 1944 |
| 1.The New Commandment | 1944 |
| ". . . love one another even as I have loved you." | |
| 2.The Vine and the Branches | 1945 |
| 3.Enmity of the World | 1946 |
| "Let not your hearts be troubled." | |
| "Master, show us the Father . . ." | |
| 4.The Promised Helper | 1948 |
| 5.The Spirit of Truth | 1949 |
| Comments on the golden rule | |
| 6.The Necessity for Leaving | 1951 |
| 181.Final Admonitions and Warning | 1953 |
| 1.Last Words of Comfort | 1963 |
| "I give each of you all you will receive." | |
| "Let not your heart be troubled." | |
| 2.Farewell Personal Admonitions | 1955 |
| 182.In Gethsemane | 1963 |
| 1.The Last Group Prayer | 1963 |
| Jesus' enlargement of the revelation of God's name | |
| 2.Last Hour Before the Betrayal | 1966 |
| Dispatching the runner to Abner | |
| David Zebedee's farewell | |
| 3.Alone in Gethsemane | 1968 |
| The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
| 183.The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus | 1971 |
| 1.The Father's Will | 1971 |
| 2.Judas in the City | 1971 |
| 3.The Master's Arrest | 1973 |
| 4.Discussion at the Olive Press | 1975 |
| 5.On the Way to the High Priest's Palace | 1977 |
| 184.Before the Sanhedrin Court | 1978 |
| 1.Examination by Annas | 1978 |
| 2.Peter in the Courtyard | 1980 |
| 3.Before the Court of Sanhedrists | 1982 |
| 4.The Hour of Humiliation | 1984 |
| A new revelation of man to God | |
| 5.The Second Meeting of the Court | 1985 |
| 185.The Trial Before Pilate | 1987 |
| 1.Pontius Pilate | 1987 |
| 2.Jesus Appears Before Pilate | 1989 |
| The written charges of the Sanhedrist tribunal | |
| 3.The Private Examination by Pilate | 1991 |
| 4.Jesus Before Herod | 1992 |
| 5.Jesus Returns to Pilate | 1993 |
| 6.Pilate's Last Appeal | 1994 |
| The scourging of Jesus | |
| "Behold the man!" | |
| 7.Pilate's Last Interview | 1995 |
| 8.Pilate's Tragic Surrender | 1996 |
| 186.Just Before the Crucifixion | 1997 |
| Jesus' family at Bethany | |
| 1.The End of Judas Iscariot | 1997 |
| The thirty pieces of silver | |
| 2.The Master's Attitude | 1999 |
| "Pilate on trial before Jesus." | |
| "Behold God and man!" | |
| 3.The Dependable David Zebedee | 2000 |
| 4.Preparation for the Crucifixion | 2001 |
| 5.Jesus' Death in Relation to the Passover | 2002 |
| 187.The Crucifixion | 2012 |
| 1.On the Way to Golgotha | 2004 |
| "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me . . ." | |
| Simon from Cyrene | |
| 2.The Crucifixion | 2006 |
| 3.Those Who Saw the Crucifixion | 2008 |
| 4.The Thief on the Cross | 2008 |
| Jesus' charge to John | |
| 5.Last Hour on the Cross | 2010 |
| 6.After the Crucifixion | 2011 |
| 188.The Time of the Tomb | 2012 |
| Joseph and Nicodemus before Pilate | |
| 1.The Burial of Jesus | 2012 |
| 2.Safeguarding the Tomb | 2014 |
| 3.During the Sabbath Day | 2014 |
| What did Jesus commend to the Father's hands? | |
| Status of the personality of Jesus |
| 4.Meaning of the Death on the Cross | 2016 |
| 5.Lessons from the Cross | 2017 |
| 189.The Resurrection | 2020 |
| 1.The Morontia Transit | 2020 |
| 2.The Material Body of Jesus | 2022 |
| 3.The Dispensational Resurrection | 2024 |
| Departure of the Personalized Adjuster | |
| 4.Discovery of the Empty Tomb | 2025 |
| The five women | |
| Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene | |
| 5.Peter and John at the Tomb | 2027 |
| Second appearance—to Mary Magdalene |
| 190.Morontia Appearances of Jesus | 2029 |
| 1.Heralds of the Resurrection | 2029 |
| 2.Jesus' Appearance at Bethany | 2031 |
| Appearance to his brother James | |
| Appearance to his earthly family | |
| 3.At the Home of Joseph | 2033 |
| 4.Appearance to the Greeks | 2033 |
| 5.The Walk With Two Brothers | 2034 |
| 191.Appearances to the Apostles and Other Leaders | 2037 |
| Reactions of the individual apostles | |
| 1.The Appearance to Peter | 2039 |
| 2.First Appearance to the Apostles | 2040 |
| 3.With the Morontia Creatures | 2040 |
| Stages of morontia progression | |
| 4.The Tenth Appearance (At Philadelphia) | 2041 |
| 5.Second Appearance to the Apostles | 2042 |
| "Blessed are those in the ages to come . . ." | |
| 6.The Alexandrian Appearance | 2044 |
| 192.Appearances in Galilee | 2045 |
| 1.Appearance by the Lake | 2045 |
| "Lads, have you caught anything?" | |
| 2.Visiting With the Apostles Two and Two | 2047 |
| 3.On the Mount of Ordination | 2050 |
| 4.The Lakeside Gathering | 2050 |
| 193.Final Appearances and Ascension | 2052 |
| The sixteenth appearance (courtyard of Nicodemus) | |
| 1.The Appearance at Sychar | 2053 |
| 2.The Phoenician Appearance | 2054 |
| 3.Last Appearance in Jerusalem | 2055 |
| 4.Causes of Judas's Downfall | 2055 |
| 5.The Master's Ascension | 2057 |
| 6.Peter Calls a Meeting | 2057 |
| 194.Bestowal of the Spirit of Truth | 2059 |
| The new gospel about Jesus | |
| 1.The Pentecost Sermon | 2060 |
| 2.The Significance of Pentecost | 2060 |
| The mission of the Spirit of Truth | |
| Man's threefold spiritual endowment | |
| The seven higher spiritual influences | |
| 3.What Happened at Pentecost | 2062 |
| 4.Beginnings of the Christian Church | 2066 |
| 195.After Pentecost | 2069 |
| Reasons for the triumph of Christianity in the Occident | |
| Early Christian compromises | |
| 1.Influence of the Greeks | 2071 |
| 2.The Roman Influence | 2072 |
| 3.Under the Roman Empire | 2073 |
| 4.The European Dark Ages | 2074 |
| 5.The Modern Problem | 2075 |
| 6.Materialism | 2076 |
| 7.The Vulnerability of Materialism | 2078 |
| 8.Secular Totalitarianism | 2081 |
| 9.Christianity's Problem | 2082 |
| 10.The Future | 2084 |
| 196.The Faith of Jesus | 2087 |
| 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 | 2090 |
| 2.The Religion of Jesus | 2091 |
| The religion about Jesus | |
| Religion as a personal experience | |
| 3.The Supremacy of Religion | 2093 |
| Fact, idea, and relation | |
| Reason, wisdom, and faith | |
| Thing, meaning, and value | |
| Unless a divine lover lived in man . . . | |
| Morality and religion | |
| The Father is living love . . . |