...ross, he does of his own free will. In foretelling this experience, he said: "The Father loves and sustains me because I am willing to lay down my life. But I...o see Jesus die on the cross. Knowing that he had been turned over...id not carry the whole cross, only this shorter timber. The longer...
...was convinced that it was the will of the Father that he submit himself to the...ne of a nation -- his earthly father's own people.
186:2.5...a matter of personal sin and knowing, deliberate rebellion against the will of the Father and the adminis...
...sover. Such conduct would not only render them ceremonially uncl...the emperor, such as were commonly used in Caesar worship, put up...vasion discloses both the ill-will and the ill-humor of the Sanhed...se. He knew that this was not only the forenoon of preparation for...
...Jesus: "Annas, you have known me from the times of my youth....nothing except that which my Father has appointed, and that I hav...; Jesus looked upon Annas but only replied, "So you have said...him off his balance, and with only one thought uppermost in his mi...
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1. THE FATHER'S WILL
183:1.1 Th...iliation, was truly doing the will of the Father in Paradise. It was, indeed a...in the company of eleven men, only two of whom were armed for resistance. He happened to know that, in the afternoon when the...
...n they all besieged Andrew to know what had become of Judas, their chief remarked only, "I do not know where Judas is, but I fear he...creatures in my realm, and I will give eternal life to all who will become faith sons of God. And t...
...sent me into this world, but only a few of you have chosen fully...arned you that the Son of Man will be killed, but I assure you I w...come back before I go to the Father, even though it be for only a little while. And after I hav...re alone in the world, I willknow of your isolation even as, when...
...as I now prepare to go to my Father. In just a short time I am going to leave you, you will see me no more on earth, but yo...about to leave you. You well know the commandment which directs t...you. And by this will all men know that you are my disciples if yo...
...n the kingdom which my Fatherwill give me when I have finished th...when he was to return to the Father, and that his work on earth w...lowers. And so, with the full knowledge that the Father had put al...ng, they were very curious to know what he intended to do when, af...
...erial-minded sons in darkness will never know of your spiritual light of trut...ice to the brotherhood of God-knowing believers.
178:1.6 You ma...elieve this gospel can expect only trouble, persecution, and even...the very manner in which you will suffer and die for this gospel...