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Sermon at
Sycthopolis
CHAPTER 25
Yeshua travels throughout
Galilee, Syria and Judea teaching the Gospel and healing the
sick and diseased. Many people come to hear him
speak and he explains in great detail how to pray to our Heavenly
Mother and Father, and what to pray for. Many are those who are
baptized.
1 During the following months Yeshua traveled all through
Galilee and into Syria and Judea, teaching the Gospel of Light
in the synagogues and in the open air temples of Elohim.
2 And in each town and village he healed all the sick and
diseased who were pure in heart and came unto him with a
contrite spirit.
3 Miriam and his disciples baptized many who had heard his
words and felt the spirit of Elohim moving in their hearts; and
they rose from the water and were called Children of Light.
4 Those who were baptized showed the truth of their convictions
by repenting of their sins and covenanting before man and God to
henceforth live in the light.
5 And the fame of Yeshua went all throughout
Galilee
and Syria and many people with sicknesses and diverse diseases,
and torments of the mind and heart, and those possessed with
devils, and those that had palsy were brought to him; and he
healed all of them who were pure in heart.
6 And it came to pass that large crowds began to follow him;
and people came from Galilee, and from Decapolis and Jerusalem
and Judea, and from Perea and lands beyond the
Jordan.
7 One morning, while encamped near Scythopolis, Yeshua arose
well before dawn and went out to a solitary place toward the
mountain west of the town and prayed there.
8 When Miriam and the disciples awoke, the disciples wondered
where he was, and Miriam told them and they went to him.
9 And when they found him, alone on a hillside, Cephas said
unto him, “A great crowd looks for you this morning; when shall
I tell them that you will come?”
10 And Yeshua said unto them, “I will come now and speak to
those who are here this morning. Then let us go into the next
towns that I may preach and you may baptize, for that is why we
are here in this moment.”
11 Coming down to the people waiting for him on the outskirts
of the city, Yeshua said unto them, “When you pray, do not pray
to an unseen God without a body or form.
12 Know that you are truly children of a Heavenly Mother and
Father and they are as real and tangible as I am.
13 When you pray to them, do not just let words flow out of
your mouth, nor repeat each day the same thing you said the
previous day.
14 Speak your prayers aloud when you are in a private place,
but only in your thoughts when you are in public, unless you
have been called upon to stand and pray as a representative for
your brothers and sisters of spirit for something which you all
desire.
15 In all prayers, before you say a word, take a deep breath
and slowly let it out, then another and another, until you are
in a quiet place of peace in your heart.
16 Then let your spirit expand beyond your body until you feel
one with the grass and the waters and the birds and all life
around you.
17 Then expand into the sun and the stars and feel the spirit
of Elohim moving in your heart, and feel oneness with God in all
that you are.
18 When you then pray, speak not to the ethers, nor to a rock,
or the wall in your home, but to the spirit of your heavenly
parents which dwells within you, which you are one with in your
heart.
19 In humility bow your head, then raise it up with closed eyes
to the sun in your prayers; for all light comes from God, both
the spiritual and the physical, and when your eyes are upon the
light, it is easier to feel the spirit of Elohim moving in your
heart, and hear the voice of Elohim speaking in your thoughts.
20 Be a thankful son or daughter of God, for you have been
given a life on a most blessed world where food grows of its own
accord and beauty and life abounds and surrounds you wherever
you look.
21 When you are in the sacred place of prayer in your heart,
ask of Elohim any selfless and worthy desire, beyond that which
you can do for yourself, and it shall be given to you.
22 But ask not for worldly things, save it be with
selflessness; only for help with your simple needs and for the
good of others and the glory of God.
23 Elohim is not like a distant rich relative to be called upon
to grant your temporal wishes, but a true parent who teaches you
good principles that you may prosper on your own, both
spiritually and temporally.
24 Verily, your heavenly parents greatly desire your continual
well-being and spiritual fulfillment upon Earth, and your
eternal happiness and progression in heaven.
25 Know that you have been blessed by your heavenly parents
with great gifts when you were born to help you in your journey
in life.
26 With your talents and listening to your inner light, you can
gain all that you seek in the world that is worthy of a son or
daughter of God.
27 Not by wishing it were so, but by using the gifts you have
been given with prudence and diligence.’
28 Then a man named Zuriel asked, “The previous moon my fishing
boat was overcome by a storm and sank into the sea. Now it is
hard for my family, for I cannot earn as much working for
another as I can for myself. I have asked God for another boat,
but you say I should not pray for such things. How then may I
get a new boat, for I cannot pay for one on my own.”
29 And Yeshua said unto him, “You may certainly ask Elohim to
help you acquire another boat as it is not for you alone that
you ask, but for the good of your family; and you do not ask for
an excess, but merely to fulfill your humble needs.
30 But do not expect a new boat to magically appear the next
morning at your door, for Elohim helps you after all you have
done with your gifts and talents to help yourself.
31 Have you used your talents and done all that you can do?”
32 Zuriel rubbed his chin as he considered the words of Yeshua
and answered, “In truth, I have not. Even as we speak I have
thought of a way I can acquire a boat that I had not considered
before, and realized that I have spent more time lamenting my
misfortune than doing things within my power to remedy it.
33 I will act now in earnestness, and call upon God to lend
favor to my actions.”
34 Yeshua smiled saying, “And so shall your worthy desires and
prayers be fulfilled.”
35 Then Yeshua continued with his sermon, saying, Remember,
Elohim is the essence of love and light, while the adversary
within and the minions of evil, spew forth hatred, violence and
darkness.
36 Therefore, let every action of the righteous man or woman
always be one of light and life and love, and you shall ever
have the spirit of Elohim as your constant companion to lift
your spirit and surround you in the light you seek, and the
Adversary shall have no place within you.
37 With the light of Elohim in your heart and guiding your
thoughts and actions, you will find contentment in simple things
and success in your selfless endeavors both great and small.
38 If you choose your actions based upon the good that will be
gained for others by accomplishing your tasks, you will always
find the favor of Elohim to help you in your desires.
39 That is not to say that you cannot also gain; but that he
who seeks only for himself has no favor from God and no friends
upon the earth; while he who seeks righteous things of which
others may also freely benefit, shall be blessed by Elohim and
honored in sincerity by men.”
40 Then Yeshua beckoned for the sick and afflicted to come to
him and the repentant and pure in heart he healed, every one.
41 And when he made ready to depart to another city the people
asked him to stay with them and were greatly desirous that he
should not depart from them.
42 But with love he said unto them, “It must needs be that I
also preach across the land; that others might see the true
light of Elohim and repent and be healed both inside and out;
that they might be a light of God among men even as the good
people of Sycthopolis.”
43 And though they were sad at his departure they understood
his words, and with thankfulness asked that he would return
again to them soon.
44 And some could not bear to see him leave and they followed
after him.
45 And the families of Hiram and Abner having heard from
his disciples about the new Community of Light at the north end
of Lake Gennesaret gathered their families and carrying their
belongings, they moved there straightaway.
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