Published in The Gospel of God’s Love, on page 175, from Jesus.
“When I came to teach the Truths of my Father, the world was almost devoid of a spiritual conception of the true relationship of God to humans, and God was seen primarily as a Being of Power and wrath. The Jews largely envisioned him as a God who was interested in their material welfare, and did not realize that he was a God who wanted them to know him as their spiritual Father, and as their savior from sin and evil.
“Consequently when I came they, who accepted me as the Messiah, looked upon me as one who would redeem them from slavery and make them a great and independent nation. They had no conception of my true mission on earth, and even my disciples, until shortly before my death, looked upon me as a savior from the burdens which the Roman yoke had placed upon them.
“The only one of my disciples who had a clear realization of what my teachings meant was John, and that was because of the great amount of love that seemed to be part of his nature and being. To him I explained my real mission, and the truths which I had come to teach. Hence only in John’s Gospel is written the one necessary requirement to the full salvation and redemption of humankind – the declaration that mortals must be born again in order to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. This is the only way by which humans can become true children of God, fitted to live in and enjoy His Kingdom to the fullest.
“The other disciples had a more or less accurate conception of this necessary truth, but not the full comprehension of what it involved. Excepting John, Peter was more possessed of God’s Love than were the others, and with it he also understood that I was the “true son” of our Father (and that I was Not God). But he did not fully realize that my Kingdom was not to be an earthly one – until after my death – then he became the most powerful and influencial of all my disciples.
“After the Pentecost, all my disciples understood what my real mission was, and they went into the world and preached the true doctrines of my mission on earth and the Love of the Father for all his children.” To be continued…