of the actuality of the life of God in the soul of man. “By their fruits ye shall know them” (Matt. 7:16). Having explained the essential relationship of believers to Himself, Jesus proceeded to show His disciples what their relationship to each other should be. The differences of temperament among them and the jealousies that had arisen over the positions which they expected to hold in the coming kingdom made their group unstable. Jesus knew that
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