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The Seventh Lesson: The Beginning of the End.1017
The Seventh Lesson: The Beginning of the End.
The ministry of Jesus went on in about the same channels. Wandering
here and there throughout the country, preaching and teaching in this
town and that village, gathering around Him new followers, Jesus continued
His work. He adapted Himself to His audience, giving to each what it needed,
and not making the mistake of speaking over the heads of the people. He
gave the general public the broad general teachings that they required, but
He reserved the Inner Teachings for the Inner Circle of His followers whom
He knew to be fit to receive the same. In this He showed a deep knowledge
of men, and a strict accordance with the established custom of the mystics,
who never make the mistake of giving the higher spiritual mathematics to
the students who are learning the addition, subtraction and division rules of
the occult. He cautioned His apostles regarding this point of teaching, even
going so far as warning them positively and strongly against “casting pearls
before swine.”
One night He was in a boat crossing the lake of Gennesaret, in company
with some of His fisherman followers. Tired out by the strenuous work of
the day, He wrapped Himself up in His robe and fell into a deep sleep, from
which He was later awakened by a noise and commotion among the crew
and passengers. A terrible lake storm had sprung up, and the little vessel