Strengths and Flaws of John
Excerpt from, Son of Man: Urantia, Chapter 18, pt. 1, “The Twelve Apostles”
and that he had been entrusted with so many of Jesus' personal affairs, it was to be expected that he thought of himself as the person most loved by Jesus, even if, in truth, Jesus loved all of them equally. John's greatest strength of character was dependability. He was prompt and courageous, devoted and faithful. His biggest problem was his conceit. It was possible that by being the youngest in his family and the youngest of the apostles, that John was just a bit spoiled and had been humored a bit too much in his life. Regardless, the later John was a different person than the self-admiring and erratic young man who joined Jesus' ranks when he was 24 years old. What John liked most about Jesus was his love and unselfishness.
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Strengths and Flaws of John