March 9, 2025
The Apostles John and Judas
From paper 139 we explore the personalities as they are described n the Urantia Book regarding John Zebedee and Judas Iscariot, two apostles who could not be farther apart in personality, character and faith in the their Master Jesus.
It is said these papers have been instrumental in convincing many readers of the Urantia Book of its authenticity as a divine revelation, including Dr. William S. Sadler, and the reverend and Dr. Meredith J. Sprunger.
You will be more than captivated learning about these two men who were part of the most important spiritual event in the history of mankind, being ambassadors of the Son of Man and Son of God.
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Welcome to another edition of
the Urantia Radio podcast.
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I am a longtime reader and
student and fellow in studying
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the. 5th Epical.
Revelation, the Urantia book,
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and in this episode, we're going
to begin to.
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Talk about the apostles.
And read from the Urantia book,
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particularly one paper 139, and
delve into who these unique
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personalities were.
They were part of the initial
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team that Jesus had assembled
when he went about undertaking
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the public tour the final years.
Of his life.
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These were his best friends.
These were his.
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Brothers.
These were the ambassadors of
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the Kingdom that Jesus.
Brought to the world.
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And I think that you'll find it
a very fascinating read.
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As a matter of fact, it is of
historical note that two, maybe
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3 of the people involved in the
early printing and then the
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promotion of the Urantia.
Book say that.
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For a long time, in reading and
studying the book, they weren't
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convinced it was an authentic
revelation until they read.
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What we're about to.
Read today Paper 139 the.
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Apostles of Jesus.
And we'll start with two
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definitively interesting.
Characters The youngest apostle
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and the last apostle.
John Zebedee and.
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Judas Iscariot when we.
Continue in just a moment on the
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Urantia.
Radio Podcast.
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Welcome back to the.
Ranch Radio podcast to Jim
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Watkins It's.
Good to have.
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You here and every once in a
while.
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Before we get to the.
Readings of John Zebedee.
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And and Judas Iscariot because
we took a take a look at the
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apostles.
In the Urantia book I I do want
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I find it interesting that.
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Two pivotal people involved.
In the Urantia.
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Book Doctor William Sadler, of
course he.
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And his wife Elena were very,
very instrumental and making it
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possible the conditions that
eventuated in the Urantia book.
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Being published, but what?
People may not know is that for
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a long time, Doctor William
Sadler did not wholly believe in
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the.
Authenticity of the Urantia.
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Book as a revelation.
He knew.
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He knew he had something
special, but he didn't
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understand and.
He was a critic.
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I mean, he was a very.
Critical guy, this guy.
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Would go around and you know
back then in the 1920s and 30s
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mediumship.
Was a very popular.
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Form of entertainment.
People would go watch people
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like Edgar Cayce and.
You know, even all the
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magicians, Houdini, many of
these people.
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In fact, I think I read
somewhere that Houdini was
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actually shown the Urantia book
and asked what he thought, and I
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don't know what he.
Said but I.
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Do know that there?
Was a lot of.
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Skepticism about the Urantia
book and Doctor William Sadler
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admitted that for many, many.
Years he had doubts like could
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this really be what it what it
says it is?
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And he said that.
The turning of events was when
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he.
Read and.
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Started receiving the papers on.
The apostles and he.
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Was free, pretty fluent in the
Bible and the.
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Gospels particularly, but he
said that the way that the
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Urantia book described the the
apostles.
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And in Paper 139.
In The Life and Teachings of
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Jesus, section of the Urantia
Book Papers, 139.
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They dedicate that whole paper
to the 12 apostles.
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And to my knowledge, this would
be the first time in literature.
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That you would have.
Such an expose.
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Of the.
Apostles and their lives.
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We don't know really much other
than what the Bible.
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Tells us about the.
Apostles we can speculate and
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maybe the Urantia.
Book is.
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Speculating, but when you.
Read the words.
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It becomes clear that the person
who wrote.
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These particular chapters must.
Have had some insight.
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That that we just.
Don't know and, and, and the
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other person that was also
convinced of the Urantia Book's
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authenticity as a revelation was
none other than Doctor Meredith
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Sprunger.
And for those who know, Doctor
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Meredith Sprunger, for many
years from the early 60s, he
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actually became friends with
William.
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Sadler but.
It was by the condition that he
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and fellow ministers had gone to
Chicago.
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To question Doctor Sadler.
On the book that he had become
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familiar with because Meredith
Sprunger was.
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Also very skeptical.
Took him almost a year from the
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time his friend Judge
Hammerschmidt gave him a copy of
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the book and said, what do you
think of this?
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And he was a minister at that
time.
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And I believe he had a a church
in South Bend Anyway, for years
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and years.
Meredith Sprunger.
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Actually took the torch.
In many ways from William Sadler
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and integrated it into his his
sermons.
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I'm not telling the.
The people, of course, but he
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would be very subtle.
But he would integrate some of
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the Urantia truths from the lies
and teachings of Jesus into his,
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into his.
Speeches so this.
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Should tell you something.
About the power.
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Of the Urantia book, and
particularly since both of those
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gentlemen actually were
convinced of the authenticity.
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Of the Urantia.
Book as a revelation after
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reading.
The Apostles, so I.
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Thought it would be an
interesting thing to maybe read
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about John Zebedee and Judas
Iscariot 2 extreme.
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Opposites of the Apostles.
And then perhaps we'll get into
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some of the.
Other apostles later.
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And then at some point I would.
Like to read the?
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Urantia Books.
Interpretation.
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Of the Gospels.
And how they came to be, because
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I find that also very
fascinating, especially for
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Christians who want to.
Delve a little deeper into
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Scripture.
And find out a little bit more
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about these incredible 12 men
that.
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Jesus chose to.
Carry his message to the world.
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So let us begin.
Then from paper 139 and Section
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4, we read about John Zebedee
when he became an apostle.
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John was 24 years.
Old, and he was.
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The youngest.
Of the 12.
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He was unmarried and lived with
his parents in Beseda.
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He was a fisherman and.
Worked with his brother.
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James in partnership with.
Andrew and Peter.
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Both before and after becoming
an apostle, John functioned as
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the personal agent of Jesus in
dealing with the master's
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family, and he continued to bear
this responsibility as long as
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Mary, the mother of Jesus, lived
since John was the youngest of
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the 12 and so closely.
Associated with Jesus.
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And his family affairs.
He was very dear.
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To the Master, but it cannot be
truthfully.
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Said that he was quote the
disciple.
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Whom Jesus loved.
That's from a quote in the
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Bible.
You would hardly suspect such.
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A magnanimous personality.
As Jesus to be.
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Guilty of showing favoritism, of
loving one of his apostles more
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than the.
Others the fact that.
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John was one of the three
personal aides of Jesus lent
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further color to this mistaken
idea.
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Not to mention that John, along
with his brother James, had
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known Jesus longer than the
others.
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Peter, James and John were
assigned as personal aides to
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Jesus soon after they became
apostles.
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Shortly after the.
Selection of the 12 and at the
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time Jesus appointed Andrew.
To act as the director of the
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group.
He said to him, now I.
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Desire that you assign two or
three of your associates.
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To be with me and to remain by
my side, to comfort me and to
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minister to my daily needs.
And Andrew thought.
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Best to select for this special
duty.
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The next three first chosen
apostles he would have liked to.
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Volunteer for such a.
Blessed service himself, but the
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Master had already given him his
Commission, so he immediately.
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Directed that Peter.
James and John attached
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themselves to Jesus.
John Zebedee had many lovely.
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Traits of character, but.
One which was not.
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So lovely was his.
Inordinate but usually well
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concealed conceit, his long
association with Jesus made many
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and great changes in his
character.
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This conceit was greatly
lessened, but after.
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Growing old and becoming more or
less childish, this self esteem
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reappeared to a certain extent,
so that when engaged in
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directing Nathan in the writing
of the Gospels which now bears
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his name, the aged apostle did
not hesitate.
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Repeatedly to refer to himself
as the disciple.
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Whom Jesus loved, in view of the
fact that John came nearer to
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being the chum of Jesus than any
other mortal.
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That he was his.
Chosen personal representative
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in so many matters, it is not
strange that he should have come
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to regard.
Himself as the disciple.
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Who whom Jesus loved, since he
most certainly knew he was the.
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He was the disciple.
When whom?
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Jesus so frequently trusted the.
Strongest trait in John's
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character was his dependability
he was prompt and courageous,
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faithful and.
Devoted, his greatest.
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Weakness was this characteristic
conceit.
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He was the youngest member of
his father's family and the
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youngest of the Apostolic.
Group.
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Perhaps he was just a bit
spoiled.
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Maybe.
He had been humoured slightly
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too much, but the John of after.
Years was a very.
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Different type of person than
the self admiring and arbitrary
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young man who joined the ranks
of.
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Jesus as apostles.
When he was 20.
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Four those characteristics of
Jesus, which.
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John most appreciated were the
Master's love and unselfishness.
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These traits made such an
impression on him.
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That his whole subsequent.
Life became dominated by the
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sentiment of love and brotherly.
Devotion, he talked about.
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Love and wrote about love this
son of Thunder became the.
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Apostle of love.
And at Ephesus, when the aged
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Bishop was no longer able to
stand in the pulpit and preach.
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But had to be carried to a.
Church and a chair and when at
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the.
Close of the service, he was
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asked to say a few words to the
believers.
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For years his only utterance was
my little children love one
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another.
John was a man of.
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Few words.
Except when his temper.
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Was aroused.
He thought much.
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But said little as he grew
older.
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His temper became more subdued,
better controlled, but he never
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overcame his disinclination to
talk.
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He never fully mastered this
reticence.
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But he was gifted.
With a remarkable and creative
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imagination, there was another
side to John that one would not
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expect to find in this quiet and
introspective type.
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He was somewhat bigoted and
inordinately intolerant.
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In this respect.
He and James were much alike.
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They both wanted to call down
fire from heaven on the.
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Heads of the disrespectful.
Samaritans.
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When John encountered some
strangers teaching in Jesus's
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name, he promptly forbade them.
But he was not the only one of
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the 12 who was tainted with this
kind of self esteem and
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superiority consciousness.
John's life was tremendously
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influenced.
By the sight.
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Of Jesus going about without a
home, as he knew how faithfully
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he had made provisions for the
care of his mother and family.
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John also deeply sympathized.
With Jesus because of.
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His family's failure to
understand him being aware.
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That they were gradually.
Withdrawing from him this
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entire.
Situation together with Jesus's
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ever.
Deferring his slightest.
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Wish to the will of the.
Father in Heaven and his daily
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life of implicit trust made such
a profound impression on John
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that it produced market and
permanent changes in his
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character, changes which
manifested themselves throughout
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his entire subsequent life.
John had a cool and daring
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courage which.
Few of the other apostles
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possessed he was the.
Only one who followed right
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along with Jesus at the night of
his arrest and dared to
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accompany his Master into the
very.
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Jaws of death.
He was present and near at hand.
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Right up to the last earthly
hour.
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And was found faithfully
carrying out his trust.
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With regard to Jesus.
'S mother and ready to receive.
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Such.
Additional instructions as might
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be given during the last moments
of the Master's mortal
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existence.
One thing is certain, John was
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thoroughly dependable.
John usually sat on Jesus's
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right hand when the 12 were at
meet.
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He was the first of the 12,
really.
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And fully to believe in the
resurrection.
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And he was.
The first to.
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Recognize the master when he
came to them on the.
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Seashore after his resurrection.
This son of Zebedee.
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Was very closely associated.
With Peter in the early.
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Activities of the Christian.
Movement becoming one of the.
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Chief supporters of the.
Jerusalem Church.
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He was the right hand support of
Peter.
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On the day.
Of Pentecost several years.
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After the martyrdom of James,
John married.
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His brother's widow.
The last 20 years of his life.
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He was cared for.
By a loving granddaughter, John
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was imprisoned several times and
was banished.
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To the Isle of.
Patmos for a.
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Period of four years.
Until another emperor came to
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power in Rome, had not John been
tactful and sagacious, he would
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undoubtedly have been killed.
As.
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Was his more outspoken brother
James.
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As the years passed.
John together with James.
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The Lord's brother.
Learned to practice wise
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conciliation when they.
Appeared before the Civil.
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Magistrates, they found that a
soft.
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Answer turns away wrath.
They also learned to represent
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the.
Church as a spiritual
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brotherhood devoted to the
social service.
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Of mankind rather than as the
Kingdom of heaven.
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They taught loving service
rather than ruling power,
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Kingdom and king.
When in temporary exile on
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Patmos, John wrote the Book of
Revelation, which you now have
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in greatly abridged and
distorted form.
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This Book of Revelation contains
the surviving fragments.
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Of a great revelation large.
Portions of which were lost,
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other portions of which were
removed subsequent to John's
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writing.
It is preserved.
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Only in fragmentary and
adulterated form.
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John traveled much, labored
incessantly, and after becoming
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Bishop.
Of the Asia churches settled
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down at Ephesus, he directed his
associate.
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Nathan in the writing.
Of the so-called Gospel.
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According to John Ataphysus when
he was 99 years old.
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Of all the 12 apostles.
John Zebedee eventually became
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the outstanding theologian.
He died a natural death
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Ataphysus in AD one O 3 when he
was 101 years of age.
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So there you have.
The more complete story of John
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Zebedee the.
Disciple that Jesus loved.
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Now, in a minute, we're going to
take another turn and take a
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look at another.
Apostle Judas Iscariot We'll
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take a brief music.
Interlude and then continue on
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with our examination.
Of the apostles.
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In the Urantia book.
All right, let's get into.
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The story of Judas the 12th
apostle.
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This is sort.
Of the first time that we've.
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Ever, actually.
Taken a look at.
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The apostles themselves.
And how the urantia?
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Book describes these unique
characters that were a part of
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basically Jesus's team.
This was the team that he
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assembled.
It's a wonderful.
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Story it's.
So much more full than what you
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might pick up in the.
Scripture.
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Makes it more interesting I
think and certainly a more
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thought provoking approach to
who these men were, the
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challenges they faced.
Their relationship with Jesus
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was unique.
That's one good thing about this
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paper 139 is that it goes into
the relationships that.
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The each of the apostles had and
the appeal to each of their
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hearts.
So then, let us read from Paper
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139, section 12 on.
Judas Iscariot Judas Iscariot,
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the 12th Apostle.
Was chosen by Nathaniel.
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He was born in Kirioth, a small
town in southern Judea.
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When he was a lad, his parents
moved to Jericho.
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Where he lived.
And had been employed in his
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father's various business
enterprises until he became
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interested in the preachings and
the work of John the.
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Baptist Judas's parents were
Sadducees.
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And when their son joined John's
disciples, they disowned him
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when Nathaniel met.
Judas at Terekia.
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He was seeking employment with a
fish drawing enterprise at the
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lowest end.
Of the sea of Galilee he was 30
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years of.
Age and unmarried when he joined
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the Apostles.
He was probably the best
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educated.
Man among the 12 and the only
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Judean in the Masters Apostolic
family.
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Judas had no outstanding trait
of personal strength, though he
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had many outwardly appearing
traits of culture and habits of
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training.
He was a good thinker, but not
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always a truly honest thinker.
Judas did not really understand
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himself and he was not really
sincere in dealing with himself.
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Andrew appointed.
Judas, Treasurer of the 12A
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position.
Which he eminently.
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Was fitted to hold.
And up to the time of the
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betrayal of his master.
He discharged the
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responsibilities of his office.
Honestly, faithfully, and most
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efficiently.
There was no special trait about
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Jesus.
Which Judas?
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Admired above the generally
attractive and exquisitely
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charming personality of the
master, Judas was never able to.
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Rise above his.
Judean prejudices against his
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Galilean associates.
He would even criticize in his
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mind many things about Jesus,
Him whom 11 of the apostles
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looked upon as the perfect man,
as the one quote, one altogether
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lovely and the chiefest among
10,000.
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This self satisfied.
Judean often dared to criticize
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in his own.
Heart he really.
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Entertained the notion that
Jesus was timid and somewhat
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afraid to assert his own power
and authority.
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Judas was a good.
Businessman.
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It required tact, ability and
patience, as well as painstaking
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devotion to manage the financial
affairs of such an idealist as
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Jesus, to say nothing of
wrestling.
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With the helter skelter.
Business method.
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Of some of his apostles, Judas
was a great executive a far.
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Seeing and able financier and
he.
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Was a stickler for.
Organization.
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None of the 12.
Ever criticized Judas as far as
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they could see Judas Iscariot?
Was a matchless treasurer, a
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learned man, a loyal though,
sometimes.
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Critical Apostle.
And at every sense of.
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The world a great success.
The apostles loved Judas.
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He was.
Really one of them.
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He must have believed in Jesus.
But.
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We doubt rather he.
Really loved the Master.
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With a whole heart, the case of
Judas illustrates the.
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Truthfulness of the saying.
There is a way that.
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Seems right to a man, but the
end.
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Thereof is death.
It is altogether possible to
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fall.
Victim to the peaceful deception
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of pleasant adjustment.
To the paths.
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Of sin and death.
Be assured that Judas was.
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Always financially loyal to his
master and his fellow.
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Apostles.
Money could never have been the
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motive.
For his betrayal.
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Of the master, Judas was an only
son of unwise parents.
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When very young, he was pampered
and petted.
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He was a spoiled child.
As he grew up, he had
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exaggerated ideas about his.
Self importance.
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He was a poor loser, he had.
Loose and distorted ideas about
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fairness.
He was given to the indulgence
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of hate and suspicion.
He was an expert at
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misinterpretation of the.
Words and acts.
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Of his friends.
All through his life, Judas had
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cultivated the habit of.
Getting even with those whom he
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fancied had mistreated him.
His sense of values.
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And loyalties was defective to
Jesus.
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Judas was a faith.
Adventure from the beginning of
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the Master fully understood the
weakness of this apostle, and
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well knew the dangers of
admitting him.
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To Fellowship.
But it is the nature of the
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sons.
Of God to give.
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Every created being a full and
equal chance for salvation and.
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Survival, Jesus.
Wanted not only the mortals of
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this world, but the onlookers of
innumerable other worlds to know
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that when doubts exist as to the
sincerity and wholeheartedness.
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Of a creature's.
Devotion to the Kingdom.
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It is the invariable.
Practice of the judges.
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Of men fully to receive the
doubtful candidate, the door of
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eternal.
Life is wide.
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Open to all, quote whosoever
will may come.
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There are no restrictions or
qualifications, save.
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The faith of.
The one who comes.
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This is just the.
Reason why Jesus permitted Judas
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to go on to the very end, always
doing everything possible to
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transform and save this week and
confused.
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Apostle.
But when light is not honestly
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received and lived up to, it
tends to become darkness within
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the soul.
Judas grew intellectually
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regarding Jesus's teachings
about the Kingdom, but he did
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not make progress in the
achievement.
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Of spiritual character, as did
the other apostles, he.
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Failed to make satisfactory
personal progress in spiritual
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experience.
Judas became increasingly a
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brooder over personal
disappointments, and finally he
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became a victim of resentment.
His feelings had been many times
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hurt and he grew abnormally.
Suspicious of his best.
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Friends even of the master.
Presently he became obsessed
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with the idea of getting even
anything to avenge himself.
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Yes, even betrayal.
Of the.
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Associates and the master.
But these?
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Wicked and dangerous ideas did
not take definite shape until
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the day when a grateful woman
broke an expensive box of
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incense.
At Jesus's feet.
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This seemed.
Wasteful to Judas?
469
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And when his?
Public protest was so.
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Sweepingly disallowed.
By Jesus right there.
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In the hearing of.
All it was too.
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Much that event determined the
mobilization of all the
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accumulated hate, hurt, malice,
prejudice, jealousy, and
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revenge.
Of a lifetime.
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And he made-up in his mind to
get even with he knew not whom.
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But he crystallized all of the
evil of his.
477
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Nature upon the one innocent
person in all the sort of drama
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of his unfortunate.
Life just because Jesus.
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Happened to be.
The chief actor.
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In the episode which marked his
passing from the progressive
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Kingdom of Light into that self
chosen domain of darkness, the
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Master many times, both
privately and publicly, had
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warned Judas.
That he was slipping.
484
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But divine warnings are usually
useless in dealing with
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embittered human nature.
Jesus did everything possible
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consistent with man's moral
freedom to prevent Judas's
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choosing to go the wrong.
Way the great test.
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Finally came the son of
resentment failed he.
489
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Yielded to the sour.
And sordid dictates of a proud
490
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and vengeful mind of exaggerated
self importance and swiftly
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plunged on down into confusion,
despair and depravity.
492
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Judas then entered into the base
and shameful.
493
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Intrigue to betray the Lord, his
Lord.
494
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And master and quickly carried
the nefarious scheme into effect
495
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during the outworking of his
anger conceived plans of
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traitorious betrayal.
He.
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Experienced moments of regret
and shame, and in these lucid
498
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intervals he faint heartedly
conceived as a defense in his
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own mind.
The idea that Jesus.
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Might.
Possibly exert his power.
501
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And deliver himself at the last
minute, when the sordid and
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sinful business.
Was all over this.
503
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Renegade mortal who thought
lightly of selling his friend.
504
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For 30 pieces of silver to
satisfy his.
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Long nursed, craving for
revenge, rushed out and
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committed the final act in the
drama of fleeing from the
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realities of mortal existence,
suicide, the 11.
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Apostles were horrified.
Stunned, Jesus regarded the
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betrayal only with pity.
The world's have found it
510
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difficult to forgive Judas.
And his name has become eschewed
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throughout a far-flung universe.
Now, that's not a legacy I would
512
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want to have, but you can see
from the elegance and and the.
513
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Phraseology of of these.
Descriptions of the apostles
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that they come across wholly
authentic.
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I can see why.
People of great.
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Religious education and faith,
namely Dr. William Sadler and
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also Meredith Sprunger, would
have been captivated and
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convinced.
By these papers about the 12
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apostles.
And we may again venture into
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this.
Let me know if you like these.
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Short readings of the apostles.
I think it'd be great to go.
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Through each one of them, I
think each one.
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Deserves a second look.
Much of their lives and the
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truths of their lives and the.
Relationship with Jesus has been
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lost through.
The sands of time, and I enjoy
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reading them.
So we'll take a break here.
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We'll see you.
Again on the.
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Other side of the.
Episodes As we continue with the
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Urantia Radio podcast, Just
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Way you can leave a message.
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To convey a message, you don't
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have to type anything, just.
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Button on the right hand side.
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you again.
Music.
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Welcome to another edition of
the Urantia Radio podcast.
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I am a longtime reader and
student and fellow in studying
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the. 5th Epical.
Revelation, the Urantia book,
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and in this episode, we're going
to begin to.
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Talk about the apostles.
And read from the Urantia book,
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particularly one paper 139, and
delve into who these unique
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personalities were.
They were part of the initial
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team that Jesus had assembled
when he went about undertaking
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the public tour the final years.
Of his life.
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These were his best friends.
These were his.
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Brothers.
These were the ambassadors of
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the Kingdom that Jesus.
Brought to the world.
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And I think that you'll find it
a very fascinating read.
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As a matter of fact, it is of
historical note that two, maybe
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3 of the people involved in the
early printing and then the
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promotion of the Urantia.
Book say that.
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For a long time, in reading and
studying the book, they weren't
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convinced it was an authentic
revelation until they read.
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What we're about to.
Read today Paper 139 the.
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Apostles of Jesus.
And we'll start with two
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definitively interesting.
Characters The youngest apostle
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and the last apostle.
John Zebedee and.
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Judas Iscariot when we.
Continue in just a moment on the
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Urantia.
Radio Podcast.
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Welcome back to the.
Ranch Radio podcast to Jim
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Watkins It's.
Good to have.
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You here and every once in a
while.
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Before we get to the.
Readings of John Zebedee.
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And and Judas Iscariot because
we took a take a look at the
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apostles.
In the Urantia book I I do want
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to every once in a while.
I think it's always.
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Good to touch, reach out to
folks.
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Who are listening?
To this podcast.
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From around the world while we
have a.
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Majority of people.
Who listen to the Urantia Radio
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podcast from the United States.
We also have a.
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Fair amount of people that
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Countries as well, which is
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Encouraging to me because.
We're talking about.
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The 5th epical Revelation.
Of course.
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And it's.
Nice to know that.
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It has appealed to.
Our brothers and sisters in
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Where up to three.
Percent of the audience is
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comprised of Australians who
listen.
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To this podcast regularly we
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Fair number of people that are
in the United Kingdom that
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listen to us regularly.
So we appreciate you.
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And then of course, Canada and
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listening in Canada is from the
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Can break it down to the folks
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We also have folks that are
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A real majority of people are
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Save a website.
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That points up and if you hit
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Just see the icon and that's how
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Is it's.
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on some things and I'll post
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All of the podcasts are there.
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That is the.
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Of these podcasts and we have
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Podcasts.
That have been.
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Created over the past few years,
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Growing exponentially.
I find it interesting that.
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Two pivotal people involved.
In the Urantia.
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Book Doctor William Sadler, of
course he.
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And his wife Elena were very,
very instrumental and making it
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possible the conditions that
eventuated in the Urantia book.
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Being published, but what?
People may not know is that for
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a long time, Doctor William
Sadler did not wholly believe in
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the.
Authenticity of the Urantia.
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Book as a revelation.
He knew.
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He knew he had something
special, but he didn't
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understand and.
He was a critic.
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I mean, he was a very.
Critical guy, this guy.
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Would go around and you know
back then in the 1920s and 30s
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mediumship.
Was a very popular.
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Form of entertainment.
People would go watch people
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like Edgar Cayce and.
You know, even all the
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magicians, Houdini, many of
these people.
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In fact, I think I read
somewhere that Houdini was
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actually shown the Urantia book
and asked what he thought, and I
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don't know what he.
Said but I.
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Do know that there?
Was a lot of.
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Skepticism about the Urantia
book and Doctor William Sadler
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admitted that for many, many.
Years he had doubts like could
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this really be what it what it
says it is?
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And he said that.
The turning of events was when
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he.
Read and.
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Started receiving the papers on.
The apostles and he.
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Was free, pretty fluent in the
Bible and the.
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Gospels particularly, but he
said that the way that the
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Urantia book described the the
apostles.
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And in Paper 139.
In The Life and Teachings of
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Jesus, section of the Urantia
Book Papers, 139.
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They dedicate that whole paper
to the 12 apostles.
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And to my knowledge, this would
be the first time in literature.
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That you would have.
Such an expose.
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Of the.
Apostles and their lives.
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We don't know really much other
than what the Bible.
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Tells us about the.
Apostles we can speculate and
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maybe the Urantia.
Book is.
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Speculating, but when you.
Read the words.
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It becomes clear that the person
who wrote.
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These particular chapters must.
Have had some insight.
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That that we just.
Don't know and, and, and the
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other person that was also
convinced of the Urantia Book's
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authenticity as a revelation was
none other than Doctor Meredith
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Sprunger.
And for those who know, Doctor
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Meredith Sprunger, for many
years from the early 60s, he
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actually became friends with
William.
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Sadler but.
It was by the condition that he
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and fellow ministers had gone to
Chicago.
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To question Doctor Sadler.
On the book that he had become
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familiar with because Meredith
Sprunger was.
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Also very skeptical.
Took him almost a year from the
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time his friend Judge
Hammerschmidt gave him a copy of
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the book and said, what do you
think of this?
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And he was a minister at that
time.
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And I believe he had a a church
in South Bend Anyway, for years
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and years.
Meredith Sprunger.
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Actually took the torch.
In many ways from William Sadler
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and integrated it into his his
sermons.
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I'm not telling the.
The people, of course, but he
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would be very subtle.
But he would integrate some of
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the Urantia truths from the lies
and teachings of Jesus into his,
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into his.
Speeches so this.
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Should tell you something.
About the power.
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Of the Urantia book, and
particularly since both of those
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gentlemen actually were
convinced of the authenticity.
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Of the Urantia.
Book as a revelation after
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reading.
The Apostles, so I.
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Thought it would be an
interesting thing to maybe read
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about John Zebedee and Judas
Iscariot 2 extreme.
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Opposites of the Apostles.
And then perhaps we'll get into
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some of the.
Other apostles later.
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And then at some point I would.
Like to read the?
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Urantia Books.
Interpretation.
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Of the Gospels.
And how they came to be, because
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I find that also very
fascinating, especially for
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Christians who want to.
Delve a little deeper into
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Scripture.
And find out a little bit more
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about these incredible 12 men
that.
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Jesus chose to.
Carry his message to the world.
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So let us begin.
Then from paper 139 and Section
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4, we read about John Zebedee
when he became an apostle.
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John was 24 years.
Old, and he was.
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The youngest.
Of the 12.
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He was unmarried and lived with
his parents in Beseda.
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He was a fisherman and.
Worked with his brother.
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James in partnership with.
Andrew and Peter.
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Both before and after becoming
an apostle, John functioned as
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the personal agent of Jesus in
dealing with the master's
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family, and he continued to bear
this responsibility as long as
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Mary, the mother of Jesus, lived
since John was the youngest of
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the 12 and so closely.
Associated with Jesus.
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And his family affairs.
He was very dear.
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To the Master, but it cannot be
truthfully.
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Said that he was quote the
disciple.
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Whom Jesus loved.
That's from a quote in the
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Bible.
You would hardly suspect such.
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A magnanimous personality.
As Jesus to be.
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Guilty of showing favoritism, of
loving one of his apostles more
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than the.
Others the fact that.
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John was one of the three
personal aides of Jesus lent
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further color to this mistaken
idea.
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Not to mention that John, along
with his brother James, had
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known Jesus longer than the
others.
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Peter, James and John were
assigned as personal aides to
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Jesus soon after they became
apostles.
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Shortly after the.
Selection of the 12 and at the
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time Jesus appointed Andrew.
To act as the director of the
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group.
He said to him, now I.
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Desire that you assign two or
three of your associates.
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To be with me and to remain by
my side, to comfort me and to
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minister to my daily needs.
And Andrew thought.
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Best to select for this special
duty.
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The next three first chosen
apostles he would have liked to.
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Volunteer for such a.
Blessed service himself, but the
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Master had already given him his
Commission, so he immediately.
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Directed that Peter.
James and John attached
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themselves to Jesus.
John Zebedee had many lovely.
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Traits of character, but.
One which was not.
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So lovely was his.
Inordinate but usually well
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concealed conceit, his long
association with Jesus made many
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and great changes in his
character.
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This conceit was greatly
lessened, but after.
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Growing old and becoming more or
less childish, this self esteem
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reappeared to a certain extent,
so that when engaged in
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directing Nathan in the writing
of the Gospels which now bears
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his name, the aged apostle did
not hesitate.
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Repeatedly to refer to himself
as the disciple.
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Whom Jesus loved, in view of the
fact that John came nearer to
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being the chum of Jesus than any
other mortal.
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That he was his.
Chosen personal representative
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in so many matters, it is not
strange that he should have come
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to regard.
Himself as the disciple.
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Who whom Jesus loved, since he
most certainly knew he was the.
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He was the disciple.
When whom?
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Jesus so frequently trusted the.
Strongest trait in John's
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character was his dependability
he was prompt and courageous,
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faithful and.
Devoted, his greatest.
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Weakness was this characteristic
conceit.
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He was the youngest member of
his father's family and the
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youngest of the Apostolic.
Group.
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Perhaps he was just a bit
spoiled.
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Maybe.
He had been humoured slightly
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too much, but the John of after.
Years was a very.
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Different type of person than
the self admiring and arbitrary
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young man who joined the ranks
of.
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Jesus as apostles.
When he was 20.
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Four those characteristics of
Jesus, which.
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John most appreciated were the
Master's love and unselfishness.
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These traits made such an
impression on him.
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That his whole subsequent.
Life became dominated by the
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sentiment of love and brotherly.
Devotion, he talked about.
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Love and wrote about love this
son of Thunder became the.
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Apostle of love.
And at Ephesus, when the aged
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Bishop was no longer able to
stand in the pulpit and preach.
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But had to be carried to a.
Church and a chair and when at
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the.
Close of the service, he was
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asked to say a few words to the
believers.
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For years his only utterance was
my little children love one
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another.
John was a man of.
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Few words.
Except when his temper.
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Was aroused.
He thought much.
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But said little as he grew
older.
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His temper became more subdued,
better controlled, but he never
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overcame his disinclination to
talk.
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He never fully mastered this
reticence.
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But he was gifted.
With a remarkable and creative
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imagination, there was another
side to John that one would not
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expect to find in this quiet and
introspective type.
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He was somewhat bigoted and
inordinately intolerant.
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In this respect.
He and James were much alike.
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They both wanted to call down
fire from heaven on the.
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Heads of the disrespectful.
Samaritans.
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When John encountered some
strangers teaching in Jesus's
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name, he promptly forbade them.
But he was not the only one of
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the 12 who was tainted with this
kind of self esteem and
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superiority consciousness.
John's life was tremendously
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influenced.
By the sight.
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Of Jesus going about without a
home, as he knew how faithfully
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he had made provisions for the
care of his mother and family.
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John also deeply sympathized.
With Jesus because of.
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His family's failure to
understand him being aware.
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That they were gradually.
Withdrawing from him this
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entire.
Situation together with Jesus's
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ever.
Deferring his slightest.
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Wish to the will of the.
Father in Heaven and his daily
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life of implicit trust made such
a profound impression on John
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that it produced market and
permanent changes in his
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character, changes which
manifested themselves throughout
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his entire subsequent life.
John had a cool and daring
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courage which.
Few of the other apostles
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possessed he was the.
Only one who followed right
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along with Jesus at the night of
his arrest and dared to
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accompany his Master into the
very.
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Jaws of death.
He was present and near at hand.
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Right up to the last earthly
hour.
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And was found faithfully
carrying out his trust.
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With regard to Jesus.
'S mother and ready to receive.
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Such.
Additional instructions as might
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be given during the last moments
of the Master's mortal
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existence.
One thing is certain, John was
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thoroughly dependable.
John usually sat on Jesus's
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right hand when the 12 were at
meet.
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He was the first of the 12,
really.
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And fully to believe in the
resurrection.
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And he was.
The first to.
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Recognize the master when he
came to them on the.
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Seashore after his resurrection.
This son of Zebedee.
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Was very closely associated.
With Peter in the early.
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Activities of the Christian.
Movement becoming one of the.
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Chief supporters of the.
Jerusalem Church.
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He was the right hand support of
Peter.
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On the day.
Of Pentecost several years.
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After the martyrdom of James,
John married.
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His brother's widow.
The last 20 years of his life.
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He was cared for.
By a loving granddaughter, John
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was imprisoned several times and
was banished.
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To the Isle of.
Patmos for a.
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Period of four years.
Until another emperor came to
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power in Rome, had not John been
tactful and sagacious, he would
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undoubtedly have been killed.
As.
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Was his more outspoken brother
James.
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As the years passed.
John together with James.
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The Lord's brother.
Learned to practice wise
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conciliation when they.
Appeared before the Civil.
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Magistrates, they found that a
soft.
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Answer turns away wrath.
They also learned to represent
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the.
Church as a spiritual
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brotherhood devoted to the
social service.
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Of mankind rather than as the
Kingdom of heaven.
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They taught loving service
rather than ruling power,
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Kingdom and king.
When in temporary exile on
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Patmos, John wrote the Book of
Revelation, which you now have
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in greatly abridged and
distorted form.
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This Book of Revelation contains
the surviving fragments.
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Of a great revelation large.
Portions of which were lost,
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other portions of which were
removed subsequent to John's
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writing.
It is preserved.
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Only in fragmentary and
adulterated form.
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John traveled much, labored
incessantly, and after becoming
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Bishop.
Of the Asia churches settled
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down at Ephesus, he directed his
associate.
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Nathan in the writing.
Of the so-called Gospel.
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According to John Ataphysus when
he was 99 years old.
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Of all the 12 apostles.
John Zebedee eventually became
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the outstanding theologian.
He died a natural death
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Ataphysus in AD one O 3 when he
was 101 years of age.
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So there you have.
The more complete story of John
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Zebedee the.
Disciple that Jesus loved.
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Now, in a minute, we're going to
take another turn and take a
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look at another.
Apostle Judas Iscariot We'll
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take a brief music.
Interlude and then continue on
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with our examination.
Of the apostles.
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In the Urantia book.
All right, let's get into.
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The story of Judas the 12th
apostle.
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This is sort.
Of the first time that we've.
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Ever, actually.
Taken a look at.
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The apostles themselves.
And how the urantia?
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Book describes these unique
characters that were a part of
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basically Jesus's team.
This was the team that he
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assembled.
It's a wonderful.
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Story it's.
So much more full than what you
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might pick up in the.
Scripture.
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Makes it more interesting I
think and certainly a more
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thought provoking approach to
who these men were, the
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challenges they faced.
Their relationship with Jesus
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was unique.
That's one good thing about this
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paper 139 is that it goes into
the relationships that.
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The each of the apostles had and
the appeal to each of their
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hearts.
So then, let us read from Paper
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139, section 12 on.
Judas Iscariot Judas Iscariot,
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the 12th Apostle.
Was chosen by Nathaniel.
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He was born in Kirioth, a small
town in southern Judea.
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When he was a lad, his parents
moved to Jericho.
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Where he lived.
And had been employed in his
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father's various business
enterprises until he became
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interested in the preachings and
the work of John the.
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Baptist Judas's parents were
Sadducees.
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And when their son joined John's
disciples, they disowned him
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when Nathaniel met.
Judas at Terekia.
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He was seeking employment with a
fish drawing enterprise at the
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lowest end.
Of the sea of Galilee he was 30
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years of.
Age and unmarried when he joined
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the Apostles.
He was probably the best
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educated.
Man among the 12 and the only
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Judean in the Masters Apostolic
family.
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Judas had no outstanding trait
of personal strength, though he
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had many outwardly appearing
traits of culture and habits of
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training.
He was a good thinker, but not
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always a truly honest thinker.
Judas did not really understand
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himself and he was not really
sincere in dealing with himself.
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Andrew appointed.
Judas, Treasurer of the 12A
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position.
Which he eminently.
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Was fitted to hold.
And up to the time of the
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betrayal of his master.
He discharged the
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responsibilities of his office.
Honestly, faithfully, and most
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efficiently.
There was no special trait about
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Jesus.
Which Judas?
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Admired above the generally
attractive and exquisitely
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charming personality of the
master, Judas was never able to.
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Rise above his.
Judean prejudices against his
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Galilean associates.
He would even criticize in his
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mind many things about Jesus,
Him whom 11 of the apostles
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looked upon as the perfect man,
as the one quote, one altogether
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lovely and the chiefest among
10,000.
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This self satisfied.
Judean often dared to criticize
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in his own.
Heart he really.
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Entertained the notion that
Jesus was timid and somewhat
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afraid to assert his own power
and authority.
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Judas was a good.
Businessman.
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It required tact, ability and
patience, as well as painstaking
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devotion to manage the financial
affairs of such an idealist as
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Jesus, to say nothing of
wrestling.
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With the helter skelter.
Business method.
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Of some of his apostles, Judas
was a great executive a far.
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Seeing and able financier and
he.
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Was a stickler for.
Organization.
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None of the 12.
Ever criticized Judas as far as
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they could see Judas Iscariot?
Was a matchless treasurer, a
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learned man, a loyal though,
sometimes.
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Critical Apostle.
And at every sense of.
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The world a great success.
The apostles loved Judas.
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He was.
Really one of them.
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He must have believed in Jesus.
But.
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We doubt rather he.
Really loved the Master.
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With a whole heart, the case of
Judas illustrates the.
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Truthfulness of the saying.
There is a way that.
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Seems right to a man, but the
end.
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Thereof is death.
It is altogether possible to
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fall.
Victim to the peaceful deception
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of pleasant adjustment.
To the paths.
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Of sin and death.
Be assured that Judas was.
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Always financially loyal to his
master and his fellow.
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Apostles.
Money could never have been the
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motive.
For his betrayal.
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Of the master, Judas was an only
son of unwise parents.
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When very young, he was pampered
and petted.
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He was a spoiled child.
As he grew up, he had
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exaggerated ideas about his.
Self importance.
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He was a poor loser, he had.
Loose and distorted ideas about
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fairness.
He was given to the indulgence
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of hate and suspicion.
He was an expert at
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misinterpretation of the.
Words and acts.
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Of his friends.
All through his life, Judas had
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cultivated the habit of.
Getting even with those whom he
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fancied had mistreated him.
His sense of values.
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And loyalties was defective to
Jesus.
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Judas was a faith.
Adventure from the beginning of
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the Master fully understood the
weakness of this apostle, and
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well knew the dangers of
admitting him.
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To Fellowship.
But it is the nature of the
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sons.
Of God to give.
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Every created being a full and
equal chance for salvation and.
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Survival, Jesus.
Wanted not only the mortals of
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this world, but the onlookers of
innumerable other worlds to know
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that when doubts exist as to the
sincerity and wholeheartedness.
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Of a creature's.
Devotion to the Kingdom.
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It is the invariable.
Practice of the judges.
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Of men fully to receive the
doubtful candidate, the door of
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eternal.
Life is wide.
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Open to all, quote whosoever
will may come.
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There are no restrictions or
qualifications, save.
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The faith of.
The one who comes.
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This is just the.
Reason why Jesus permitted Judas
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to go on to the very end, always
doing everything possible to
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transform and save this week and
confused.
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Apostle.
But when light is not honestly
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received and lived up to, it
tends to become darkness within
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00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:24,880
the soul.
Judas grew intellectually
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00:26:25,120 --> 00:26:28,640
regarding Jesus's teachings
about the Kingdom, but he did
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00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:30,640
not make progress in the
achievement.
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00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:34,720
Of spiritual character, as did
the other apostles, he.
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Failed to make satisfactory
personal progress in spiritual
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00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:42,600
experience.
Judas became increasingly a
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brooder over personal
disappointments, and finally he
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00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:50,600
became a victim of resentment.
His feelings had been many times
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hurt and he grew abnormally.
Suspicious of his best.
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Friends even of the master.
Presently he became obsessed
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00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:02,320
with the idea of getting even
anything to avenge himself.
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Yes, even betrayal.
Of the.
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Associates and the master.
But these?
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Wicked and dangerous ideas did
not take definite shape until
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the day when a grateful woman
broke an expensive box of
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00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:17,880
incense.
At Jesus's feet.
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00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:20,800
This seemed.
Wasteful to Judas?
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00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,920
And when his?
Public protest was so.
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Sweepingly disallowed.
By Jesus right there.
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00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,040
In the hearing of.
All it was too.
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00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:33,320
Much that event determined the
mobilization of all the
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00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:37,760
accumulated hate, hurt, malice,
prejudice, jealousy, and
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00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:39,440
revenge.
Of a lifetime.
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And he made-up in his mind to
get even with he knew not whom.
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00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,520
But he crystallized all of the
evil of his.
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00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:52,480
Nature upon the one innocent
person in all the sort of drama
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00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,800
of his unfortunate.
Life just because Jesus.
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00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:57,840
Happened to be.
The chief actor.
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00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,760
In the episode which marked his
passing from the progressive
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00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:07,440
Kingdom of Light into that self
chosen domain of darkness, the
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00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:10,320
Master many times, both
privately and publicly, had
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00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:12,440
warned Judas.
That he was slipping.
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00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,200
But divine warnings are usually
useless in dealing with
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00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:20,080
embittered human nature.
Jesus did everything possible
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00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:24,040
consistent with man's moral
freedom to prevent Judas's
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00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:27,040
choosing to go the wrong.
Way the great test.
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00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:30,960
Finally came the son of
resentment failed he.
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00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:35,080
Yielded to the sour.
And sordid dictates of a proud
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00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:39,840
and vengeful mind of exaggerated
self importance and swiftly
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00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:44,360
plunged on down into confusion,
despair and depravity.
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00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,840
Judas then entered into the base
and shameful.
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00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,240
Intrigue to betray the Lord, his
Lord.
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00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:56,320
And master and quickly carried
the nefarious scheme into effect
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00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,960
during the outworking of his
anger conceived plans of
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00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:01,880
traitorious betrayal.
He.
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00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:07,400
Experienced moments of regret
and shame, and in these lucid
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00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:11,400
intervals he faint heartedly
conceived as a defense in his
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00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,720
own mind.
The idea that Jesus.
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00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:15,920
Might.
Possibly exert his power.
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00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:21,160
And deliver himself at the last
minute, when the sordid and
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00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,960
sinful business.
Was all over this.
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00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,560
Renegade mortal who thought
lightly of selling his friend.
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00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:30,720
For 30 pieces of silver to
satisfy his.
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00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:34,600
Long nursed, craving for
revenge, rushed out and
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00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,520
committed the final act in the
drama of fleeing from the
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00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:41,760
realities of mortal existence,
suicide, the 11.
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00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:46,040
Apostles were horrified.
Stunned, Jesus regarded the
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00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:49,520
betrayal only with pity.
The world's have found it
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00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:54,400
difficult to forgive Judas.
And his name has become eschewed
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00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:59,920
throughout a far-flung universe.
Now, that's not a legacy I would
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00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:04,800
want to have, but you can see
from the elegance and and the.
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00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:08,480
Phraseology of of these.
Descriptions of the apostles
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00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:10,840
that they come across wholly
authentic.
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00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,840
I can see why.
People of great.
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00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:19,640
Religious education and faith,
namely Dr. William Sadler and
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00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,720
also Meredith Sprunger, would
have been captivated and
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00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:26,280
convinced.
By these papers about the 12
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00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:29,360
apostles.
And we may again venture into
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this.
Let me know if you like these.
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Short readings of the apostles.
I think it'd be great to go.
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Through each one of them, I
think each one.
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Deserves a second look.
Much of their lives and the
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truths of their lives and the.
Relationship with Jesus has been
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lost through.
The sands of time, and I enjoy
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00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:48,600
reading them.
So we'll take a break here.
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We'll see you.
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