Gospel Talk #26
from Sant Bani Tapes Hosted by Sant Bani Ashram
John 5 cont. healing story - Jews persecuted Jesus and tried to kill Him because He worked on Sabbath and said His father was God - Jesus understood purpose of sabbath and felt healing on Sabbath was benign - He said His Father worked on Sabbath and so could He, which implied He was equal to God - This made Jews more upset - "If the Father raises up the dead and quickens them, even so does the Son" - God has a right to judge and gives that right also to His Son - If we really love God from our heart, we will recognize the Son to some degree or another - We have to hear the word, act on it, and recognize that it comes from God (prerequisites for having everlasting life/liberation) - God has life and has given that to His Son to give out - 2 principle works of God and His Son - give life and authority to give judgement - From point of view of humans, Master is greater than God because He is the One Who has the authority and power to give us what we want. - Man is the teacher of man - From point of view of God, He is the only Doer and Giver - Master is the ultimate human being because He is like human beings are supposed to be - In His presence and by doing what He tells us, we can see that for ourselves and experience what He has experienced and become what He has become - "I and My Father are one" - Masters do not always reveal Themselves; this time He did
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