Profound Impact of Jesus on John
Excerpt from, Son of Man: Urantia, Chapter 18, pt. 1, “The Twelve Apostles”
John's life was influenced by seeing how Jesus conducted his business without having a home, especially knowing how faithfully he had taken care of his mother and family. John also sympathized with Jesus because of his family's failure to understand him, and he knew that they were gradually withdrawing from him. This entire situation, together with Jesus always deferring his slightest wish to the will of the Father in heaven and living his daily life only on implicit trust, made a profound impression on John and produced permanent changes in his character, changes that manifested themselves throughout his later life. John was cool, daring, and courageous, traits few of the other apostles possessed. He was the one apostle who went with Jesus the night of his arrest and dared to go with him into the very jaws of death. John was nearby, right up to Jesus' last hour on earth, ready to receive whatever restrictions he was given in Jesus' last moments. One thing is certain, John was thoroughly dependable.
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Profound Impact of Jesus on John