31 Jan 2023
1. If Jesus did not want Peter to walk on the water, why did He give permission to Peter to come to Him?
Swami replied: God wanted to tell that a doubt in the faith on God is always wrong and dips the devotee.
2. What is the essence of Christmas, in which Jesus was born in a cattle house, in humble circumstances, and was even denied a place for delivery?
Swami replied: Krishna was also born in jail. The birth of an incarnation of God speaks about humble beginning.
Swami decorated by devotees as Lord Jesus
3. Why did Jesus not give permission to even bury the disciple’s father?
[Mathew: 8:21-22: 'Another of His disciples said to Him, 'Lord, first let me go and bury my father. ' But Jesus said to him, 'Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead’. Swami why did Jesus not given permission to even bury the disciple’s father?]
Swami replied: The idea is that the five elements of this body mingle with the five cosmic elements in whatever manner the dead body is disposed or even not disposed.
4. Why did Jesus say the following?
[Why did Jesus say the following: Mathew: 10:32-33: Whosoever therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father who is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father who is in heaven.]
Swami replied: This indicates that the human incarnation of God is always the absolute God in human form. If one denies the human incarnation, automatically he is denied by God.
5. What is the essence of the following preaching of Jesus?
[What is the essence of the following preaching of Jesus: Mathew 12: 46-50: While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, His mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to Him. Someone told Him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.” He replied to him, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?” Pointing to His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers. For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”]
Swami replied: This indicates that the bond with God is far far higher than worldly bonds.
6. Please give the essence of the following parable.
[Swami please give the essence of this parable: Mathew: 13: 44: “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.]
Swami replied: The field indicates the human body of the incarnation and the treasure indicates God hidden in that body.
7. There is a belief that Popes are ordained by God the same way Jesus ordained Peter. Is this still true today?
[Based on the following verse in the Bible, there is a belief that Popes are ordained by God the same way Jesus ordained Peter as the first leader of the church. Is this true now also? Mathew: 16: 18-20: And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock, I will build My church, and the gates of hell will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you lose on earth will be lost in heaven.”]
Swami replied: This indicates the inspiration for getting right guidance through true Spiritual knowledge. The Spiritual service done on this earth will always have unimaginable divine fruits after death.
8. What is the reason for Jesus’s order to His disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Messiah?
Swami replied: It only indicates the precaution to be taken about the natural ego and jealousy towards the human incarnation.
9. Why did Jesus say the following: Mathew 16:25 “For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for Me will find it”.
Swami replied: The loss in worldly life is a benefit in Spiritual life.
10. Does the earthly parents not interfere in the work of Human incarnation?
[Jesus and parents went to Jerusalem, where in Jesus was lost in a crowd and was found after 3 days. Jesus was 12 yrs then. His mother asked. Luke: 2: 48-49: “Your father and I have been anxiously searching for You.” “Why were you looking for Me?” He asked. “Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s work? Swami, does this means that earthly parents shall not interfere in the work of the Human incarnation?]
Swami replied: Exactly.
11. What did Jesus mean by the following statement?
[When Jesus met Peter, He told the following to him. Luke: 5: 10: Then Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will be fishing (catching) for people.” What did Jesus mean by that?]
Swami replied: Catching the people to introduce Spiritual taste is the main idea.
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