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1 Tuomet Jėzus buvo Dvasios nuvestas į dykumą, kad būtų velnio gundomas.

2 Išpasninkavęs keturiasdešimt dienų ir keturiasdešimt naktų, Jis buvo alkanas.

3 Prie Jo prisiartino gundytojas ir tarė: “Jei Tu Dievo Sūnus, liepk, kad šie akmenys pavirstų duona”.

4 Bet Jėzus atsakė: “Parašyta: ‘Žmogus gyvens ne viena duona, bet kiekvienu žodžiu, išeinančiu iš Dievo lūpų’ ”.

5 Tada velnias paėmė Jį į šventąjį miestą, pastatė ant šventyklos šelmens

6 ir tarė Jam: “Jei Tu Dievo Sūnus, pulk žemyn, nes parašyta: ‘Jis lieps savo angelams globoti Tave, ir jie nešios Tave ant rankų, kad neužsigautum kojos į akmenį’ ”.

7 Jėzus jam atsakė: “Taip pat parašyta: ‘Negundyk Viešpaties, savo Dievo’ ”.

8 Velnias vėl paėmė Jį į labai aukštą kalną ir, rodydamas viso pasaulio karalystes bei jų šlovę,

9 tarė Jam: “Visa tai aš Tau atiduosiu, jei parpuolęs pagarbinsi mane”.

10 Tada Jėzus jam atsakė: “Eik šalin nuo manęs, šėtone! Nes parašyta: ‘Viešpatį, savo Dievą, tegarbink ir Jam vienam tetarnauk!’ ”

11 Tuomet velnias nuo Jo atsitraukė, ir štai angelai prisiartino ir Jam tarnavo.

12 Išgirdęs, kad Jonas suimtas, Jėzus pasitraukė į Galilėją.

13 Jis paliko Nazaretą ir apsigyveno Kafarnaume, prie ežero, kur susieina Zabulono ir Neftalio sritys,

14 kad išsipildytų, kas buvo pasakyta per pranašą Izaiją:

15 “Zabulono ir Neftalio žeme! Paežerės juosta, žeme už Jordano­pagonių Galilėja!

16 Tamsybėje sėdinti tauta išvydo skaisčią šviesą, gyvenantiems mirties šalyje ir šešėlyje užtekėjo šviesa”.

17 Nuo to laiko Jėzus pradėjo pamokslauti, skelbdamas: “Atgailaukite, nes prisiartino dangaus karalystė!”

18 Vaikščiodamas palei Galilėjos ežerą, Jėzus pamatė du brolius­ Simoną, vadinamą Petru, ir jo brolį Andriejų­metančius tinklą į ežerą; mat jie buvo žvejai.

19 Jis tarė jiems: “Sekite paskui mane, ir Aš padarysiu jus žmonių žvejais”.

20 Tuodu tuojau paliko tinklus ir nusekė paskui Jį.

21 Paėjęs toliau, Jis pamatė kitus du brolius­Zebediejaus sūnų Jokūbą ir jo brolį Joną. Jiedu su savo tėvu Zebediejumi valtyje taisė tinklus. Jėzus juos pašaukė,

22 ir tie, tučtuojau palikę valtį ir tėvą, nusekė paskui Jį.

23 Jėzus vaikščiojo po visą Galilėją, mokydamas sinagogose, pamokslaudamas karalystės Evangeliją ir gydydamas visas žmonių ligas bei negalias.

24 Garsas apie Jį pasklido visoje Sirijoje. Žmonės nešė pas Jį visus sergančius, įvairiausių ligų bei kentėjimų suimtus, demonų apsėstus, nakvišas bei paralyžiuotus,­ir Jis išgydydavo juos.

25 Paskui Jį sekė didelės minios žmonių iš Galilėjos, Dekapolio, Jeruzalės, Judėjos ir Užjordanės.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4766

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4766. 'And I, where do I go?' means, Where now is the Church? This is clear from the representation of 'Reuben' as the Church's faith in general, dealt with in 4731, 4734, 4761. And because Reuben says of himself, 'And I, where do I go?' the meaning is, Where now is the Church's faith? or what amounts to the same, Where now is the Church? For the Church does not exist where no heavenly Joseph - that is, no Lord as regards Divine Truth - does so. In particular it has no existence where the Divine Truth that the Lord's Human is Divine and the Truth that charity, and therefore the works of charity, is the essential element of the Church have no existence, as may be seen from what has been shown in this chapter about these two Truths.

[2] If there is no acceptance of this Divine Truth, that the Lord's Human is Divine, then of necessity it follows that a triad and not a single entity should be worshipped, and only half the Lord, that is, His Divine but not His Human (for is there anyone who worships that which is not Divine?) Is the Church anything when a triad is worshipped, each of the three separately from another, or what amounts to the same, when equal homage is paid to each of them? For although the three are called one, thought still keeps them separate and makes them three, the declaration 'a single entity' being no more than a saying spoken with the lips. Let anyone ask himself, when he says that he acknowledges and believes in one God, whether or not he has thoughts of three. Or when he says that the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and that these are distinct and separate both in their persons and as to their functions, whether he can think that there is one God, except in the way that three who are distinct from one another make one through unanimity and also through deference insofar as one goes forth from another. When therefore three gods are worshipped, where then is the Church?

[3] But if the Lord alone is worshipped, in whom the perfect Triad dwells, and in whom is the Father and the Father in Him, as He Himself says in the following places -

Even though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father. John 10:38.

He who has seen Me has seen the Father. Do you not believe, Philip, that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? Believe Me that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me. John 14:9-11.

He who sees Me sees Him who sent Me. John 12:45.

All Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine. John 17:10.

- then it is a Christian Church, as it is when it keeps to the following spoken by the Lord,

The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord; therefore you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment. The second is like it, You shall love your neighbour as yourself. There Is no other commandment greater than these. Mark 12:29-31.

'The Lord our God' is the Lord, see Matthew 4:7, 10; 22:43-44; Luke 1:16-17; John 20:28, 'Jehovah' in the Old Testament being called 'the Lord' in the New, see 2921.

[4] If this Divine Truth too goes unaccepted both in doctrine and in life - the Truth that love towards the neighbour, that is, charity, and therefore the works of charity, is the essential element of the Church - then of necessity it follows that thinking what is true exists in the Church but not thinking what is good. That being so, the thought of one who belongs to the Church may consist of elements that contradict and stand opposed to each other; that is to say, thinking what is evil and thinking what is true may be present simultaneously. In thinking what is evil he lives with the devil and in thinking what is true he does so with the Lord. But truth and evil cannot possibly be in accord,

No one can serve two masters, either he will hate the one and love the other . . . Luke 16:13.

When faith separated from charity advocates this, and endorses it in life, then no matter how much it talks about the fruits of faith, where indeed is the Church?

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.