The Urantia Book The Bible

[terraricca]

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Quote (terraricca @ July 24 2012,15:45) Quote (Wakeup @ July 24 2012,22:24) Quote (mikeboll64 @ July 17 2012,13:05) Quote (Colter @ July 16 2012,20:03) He claimed divinity while on earth in the Bible. I don't know of that scripture off hand, but how would a divine being BECOMING flesh prohibit him from being divine? Like I said, neither of our understandings make a distinction on this matter, so I'm not sure why you would ask that question. MikeB. Jesus was without sin;you can say that he is the chief saint, on earth,he is our big brother saint. Saints are the ones sanctified; made clean,Holy. We also ; if we walk with Christ,we are saints. There are saints here on earth today; when the false prophet comes to rule,he will make war with the saints,and kill some. Rev20:6. —-they shall be priests of God and Christ,and shall reign with him a1000yrs. Re' the soul: We have the light bulb; and the electricity(power). The soul is the light it gives out. When the bulb is finished;the power goes back to the power station, but the light it gives during the life of the bulb is preserved,and in the resurrection it will be given power it self. Some bulbs shines brighter than others,all according to measure.The 24 elders in rev,4:4. are our chief saints,under Christ,with crowns on their heads. wakeup. wakeup Quote Jesus was without sin;you can say that he is the chief saint, on earth,he is our big brother saint. Saints are the ones sanctified; made clean,Holy. the first few words are true ;Jesus was without sin;but the only reason for it is that he is born through the will of God and was the first creation of God he changed him into a man to pay the prize of our sins ,if he would not be this ;then he could not save us because he would have been born under the curse of dead by Adam ,: all die in Adam and all are brought a live through Christ for this Christ at to be some thing more than a man he was a spirit of live,HE HIS THE WORD OF GOD AND HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON Terra. Which of my words are not true?state your case. wakeup.

wakeup

I have already answered you

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Revelation 4:4

“Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads.”

THE FOUR AND TWENTY COUNSELORS

45:4.1 At the center of the seven angelic residential circles on Jerusem is located the headquarters of the Urantia advisory council, the four and twenty counselors. John the Revelator called them the four and twenty elders: “And round about the throne were four and twenty seats, and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment.” The throne in the center of this group is the judgment seat of the presiding archangel, the throne of the resurrection roll call of mercy and justice for all Satania. This judgment seat has always been on Jerusem, but the twenty-four surrounding seats were placed in position no more than nineteen hundred years ago, soon after Christ Michael was elevated to the full sovereignty of Nebadon. These four and twenty counselors are his personal agents on Jerusem, and they have authority to represent the Master Son in all matters concerning the roll calls of Satania and in many other phases of the scheme of mortal ascension on the isolated worlds of the system. They are the designated agents for executing the special requests of Gabriel and the unusual mandates of Michael.

45:4.2 These twenty-four counselors have been recruited from the eight Urantia races, and the last of this group were assembled at the time of the resurrection roll call of Michael, nineteen hundred years ago. This Urantia advisory council is made up of the following members:

45:4.3 1. Onagar, the master mind of the pre-Planetary Prince age, who directed his fellows in the worship of “The Breath Giver.”

45:4.4 2. Mansant, the great teacher of the post-Planetary Prince age on Urantia, who pointed his fellows to the veneration of “The Great Light.”

45:4.5 3. Onamonalonton, a far-distant leader of the red man and the one who directed this race from the worship of many gods to the veneration of “The Great Spirit.”

45:4.6 4. Orlandof, a prince of the blue men and their leader in the recognition of the divinity of “The Supreme Chief.”

45:4.7 5. Porshunta, the oracle of the extinct orange race and the leader of this people in the worship of “The Great Teacher.”

45:4.8 6. Singlangton, the first of the yellow men to teach and lead his people in the worship of “One Truth” instead of many. Thousands of years ago the yellow man knew of the one God.

45:4.9 7. Fantad, the deliverer of the green men from darkness and their leader in the worship of “The One Source of Life.”

45:4.10 8. Orvonon, the enlightener of the indigo races and their leader in the onetime service of “The God of Gods.”

45:4.11 9. Adam, the discredited but rehabilitated planetary father of Urantia, a Material Son of God who was relegated to the likeness of mortal flesh, but who survived and was subsequently elevated to this position by the decree of Michael.

45:4.12 10. Eve, the mother of the violet race of Urantia, who suffered the penalty of default with her mate and was also rehabilitated with him and assigned to serve with this group of mortal survivors.

45:4.13 11. Enoch, the first of the mortals of Urantia to fuse with the Thought Adjuster during the mortal life in the flesh.

45:4.14 12. Moses, the emancipator of a remnant of the submerged violet race and the instigator of the revival of the worship of the Universal Father under the name of “The God of Israel.”

45:4.15 13. Elijah, a translated soul of brilliant spiritual achievement during the post-Material Son age.

45:4.16 14. Machiventa Melchizedek, the only Son of this order to bestow himself upon the Urantia races. While still numbered as a Melchizedek, he has become “forever a minister of the Most Highs,” eternally assuming the assignment of service as a mortal ascender, having sojourned on Urantia in the likeness of mortal flesh at Salem in the days of Abraham. This Melchizedek has latterly been proclaimed vicegerent Planetary Prince of Urantia with headquarters on Jerusem and authority to act in behalf of Michael, who is actually the Planetary Prince of the world whereon he experienced his terminal bestowal in human form. Notwithstanding this, Urantia is still supervised by successive resident governors general, members of the four and twenty counselors.

45:4.17 15. John the Baptist, the forerunner of Michael’s mission on Urantia and, in the flesh, distant cousin of the Son of Man.

45:4.18 16. 1-2-3 the first, the leader of the loyal midway creatures in the service of Gabriel at the time of the Caligastia betrayal, elevated to this position by Michael soon after his entrance upon unconditioned sovereignty.

45:4.19 These selected personalities are exempt from the ascension regime for the time being, on Gabriel’s request, and we have no idea how long they may serve in this capacity.

45:4.20 Seats numbers 17, 18, 19, and 20 are not permanently occupied. They are temporarily filled by the unanimous consent of the sixteen permanent members, being kept open for later assignment to ascending mortals from the present postbestowal Son age on Urantia.

45:4.21 Numbers 21, 22, 23, and 24 are likewise temporarily filled while being held in reserve for the great teachers of other and subsequent ages which undoubtedly will follow the present age. Eras of the Magisterial Sons and Teacher Sons and the ages of light and life are to be anticipated on Urantia, regardless of unexpected visitations of divine Sons which may or may not occur.

Colter

[Ed J]

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Quote (Ed J @ July 24 2012,21:20) Hi Colter, I remember reading that part. God bless Ed J Hi Ed, So it seems that what atheist argue is mans natural reaction to the unknown is actually an ingrained mechanism to carry man to a place where he can begin to receive genuine revelation. BTW, I've debated “Stu” for years, all over the net, he's deaf and blind. In your discussion of a source of energy for creation, for a beginning, science has recently drawn mathematical conclusions that validate the UB's assertion that the universe “respirates” as apposed to just expands from a “big bang”. Further, these scientist now speculate that there was an “ultraverse” from which the material universe originated. If you recall the UB teaches that the created universe that we know came from the eternal isle of paradise which is the incubator pattern for the reset of the universe; the source of energy. Colter

Hi Colter,

I remember reading that as well.

God bless
Ed J (Joshua 22:34)
http://www.holycitybiblecode.org

[Spock]

Quote (Ed J @ July 25 2012,05:07)

Quote (Colter @ July 24 2012,23:10) Quote (Ed J @ July 24 2012,21:20) Hi Colter, I remember reading that part. God bless Ed J Hi Ed, So it seems that what atheist argue is mans natural reaction to the unknown is actually an ingrained mechanism to carry man to a place where he can begin to receive genuine revelation. BTW, I've debated “Stu” for years, all over the net, he's deaf and blind. In your discussion of a source of energy for creation, for a beginning, science has recently drawn mathematical conclusions that validate the UB's assertion that the universe “respirates” as apposed to just expands from a “big bang”. Further, these scientist now speculate that there was an “ultraverse” from which the material universe originated. If you recall the UB teaches that the created universe that we know came from the eternal isle of paradise which is the incubator pattern for the reset of the universe; the source of energy. Colter Hi Colter, I remember reading that as well. God bless Ed J (Joshua 22:34) http://www.holycitybiblecode.org

Hi Ed,

Did you read this?

Colter

[Wakeup]

Quote (terraricca @ July 25 2012,01:12)

Quote (Wakeup @ July 25 2012,06:02) Quote (terraricca @ July 24 2012,15:45) Quote (Wakeup @ July 24 2012,22:24) Quote (mikeboll64 @ July 17 2012,13:05) Quote (Colter @ July 16 2012,20:03) He claimed divinity while on earth in the Bible. I don't know of that scripture off hand, but how would a divine being BECOMING flesh prohibit him from being divine? Like I said, neither of our understandings make a distinction on this matter, so I'm not sure why you would ask that question. MikeB. Jesus was without sin;you can say that he is the chief saint, on earth,he is our big brother saint. Saints are the ones sanctified; made clean,Holy. We also ; if we walk with Christ,we are saints. There are saints here on earth today; when the false prophet comes to rule,he will make war with the saints,and kill some. Rev20:6. —-they shall be priests of God and Christ,and shall reign with him a1000yrs. Re' the soul: We have the light bulb; and the electricity(power). The soul is the light it gives out. When the bulb is finished;the power goes back to the power station, but the light it gives during the life of the bulb is preserved,and in the resurrection it will be given power it self. Some bulbs shines brighter than others,all according to measure.The 24 elders in rev,4:4. are our chief saints,under Christ,with crowns on their heads. wakeup. wakeup Quote Jesus was without sin;you can say that he is the chief saint, on earth,he is our big brother saint. Saints are the ones sanctified; made clean,Holy. the first few words are true ;Jesus was without sin;but the only reason for it is that he is born through the will of God and was the first creation of God he changed him into a man to pay the prize of our sins ,if he would not be this ;then he could not save us because he would have been born under the curse of dead by Adam ,: all die in Adam and all are brought a live through Christ for this Christ at to be some thing more than a man he was a spirit of live,HE HIS THE WORD OF GOD AND HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON Terra. Which of my words are not true?state your case. wakeup. wakeup I have already answered you

Terra.

Are you hiding your light under bushel?
Are you keeping all your knowledge that is given to you freely;and keeping it to yourself?

wakeup.

[terraricca]

wakeup
my answer;

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the first few words are true ;Jesus was without sin;but the only reason for it is that he is born through the will of God and was the first creation of God he changed him into a man to pay the prize of our sins ,if he would not be this ;then he could not save us because he would have been born under the curse of dead by Adam ,: all die in Adam and all are brought a live through Christ for this Christ at to be some thing more than a man he was a spirit of live,HE HIS THE WORD OF GOD AND HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON

your comment ;

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you can say that he is the chief saint, on earth,he is our big brother saint. Saints are the ones sanctified; made clean,Holy.

how vague is this is Christ a SAINT is Christ our big brother or only the brother of the 144k,??? so not of the great crowed in Revelation,

yes Saints are specially called by Christ ,and yes they have been cleaned by him through his sacrifice ,BUT THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED

[Ed J]

Quote (Colter @ July 25 2012,05:17)

Hi Ed, Did you read this? Colter

Hi Colter,

No, but reading it reminded me of this verse…

1 John 4:20-21 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar:
for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

God bless
Ed J (Joshua 22:34)
http://www.holycitybiblecode.org

[Spock]

Quote (Ed J @ July 25 2012,08:42)

Quote (Colter @ July 25 2012,05:17) Hi Ed, Did you read this? Colter Hi Colter, No, but reading it reminded me of this verse… 1 John 4:20-21 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. God bless Ed J (Joshua 22:34) http://www.holycitybiblecode.org

Not sure what provoked that comparison, there isn't anything about hating your brother in the link.

Colter

[Ed J]

Quote (Colter @ July 25 2012,08:55)

Quote (Ed J @ July 25 2012,08:42) Quote (Colter @ July 25 2012,05:17) Hi Ed, Did you read this? Colter Hi Colter, No, but reading it reminded me of this verse… 1 John 4:20-21 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. God bless Ed J Not sure what provoked  that comparison, there isn't anything about hating your brother in the link. Colter

Hi Colter,

Does not discontinuity not effect hostility within the body of Christ?

God bless
Ed J (Joshua 22:34)
http://www.holycitybiblecode.org

[Spock]

Quote (Ed J @ July 25 2012,09:28)

Quote (Colter @ July 25 2012,08:55) Quote (Ed J @ July 25 2012,08:42) Quote (Colter @ July 25 2012,05:17) Hi Ed, Did you read this? Colter Hi Colter, No, but reading it reminded me of this verse… 1 John 4:20-21 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. God bless Ed J Not sure what provoked  that comparison, there isn't anything about hating your brother in the link. Colter Hi Colter, Does not discontinuity not effect hostility within the body of Christ? God bless Ed J (Joshua 22:34) http://www.holycitybiblecode.org

The body of Christ is a false contract, Jesus never used such a term as that, he established the “kingdom of heaven”.

But discontinuity doesn’t mean hostility, at least not in the same way that the Christians treat each other on this forum or those they don't agree with.

103:5.12 When a member of a social religious group has complied with the requirements of such a group, he should be encouraged to enjoy religious liberty in the full expression of his own personal interpretation of the truths of religious belief and the facts of religious experience. The security of a religious group depends on spiritual unity, not on theological uniformity. A religious group should be able to enjoy the liberty of freethinking without having to become “freethinkers.” There is great hope for any church that worships the living God, validates the brotherhood of man, and dares to remove all creedal pressure from its members.

155:6.9 The religions of authority can only divide men and set them in conscientious array against each other; the religion of the spirit will progressively draw men together and cause them to become understandingly sympathetic with one another. The religions of authority require of men uniformity in belief, but this is impossible of realization in the present state of the world. The religion of the spirit requires only unity of experience — uniformity of destiny — making full allowance for diversity of belief. The religion of the spirit requires only uniformity of insight, not uniformity of viewpoint and outlook. The religion of the spirit does not demand uniformity of intellectual views, only unity of spirit feeling. The religions of authority crystallize into lifeless creeds; the religion of the spirit grows into the increasing joy and liberty of ennobling deeds of loving service and merciful ministration.

Colter

[Ed J]

Quote (Colter @ July 25 2012,09:45)

The body of Christ is a false contract

Hi Colter,

What do YOU mean?

God bless
Ed J (Joshua 22:34)
http://www.holycitybiblecode.org

[Spock]

Quote (Ed J @ July 25 2012,09:55)

Quote (Colter @ July 25 2012,09:45) The body of Christ is a false contract Hi Colter, What do YOU mean? God bless Ed J (Joshua 22:34) http://www.holycitybiblecode.org

That should read “a false construct”, the social, authoritative organization of the church became a substitute for the “kingdom of heaven” concept that Jesus had sought to establish.

As for discontinuity, Jesus did not desire that we all think alike or see alike. Doctrine formation is of the same flavour of evil that beset the legalistic Jews.

Colter

[Ed J]

Quote (Colter @ July 25 2012,09:45)

The body of Christ is a false contract

Hi Colter,

“Ye are the body of Christ” (1 Cor 12:27)

God bless
Ed J (Joshua 22:34)
http://www.holycitybiblecode.org

[Spock]

Quote (Ed J @ July 25 2012,12:37)

Quote (Colter @ July 25 2012,09:45) The body of Christ is a false contract Hi Colter, “Ye are the body of Christ” (1 Cor 12:27) God bless Ed J (Joshua 22:34) http://www.holycitybiblecode.org

That's from a letter written by Paul, not Jesus. But even Paul's letters were made into a fetish.

Colter

[Ed J]

Quote (Colter @ July 25 2012,21:08)

Quote (Ed J @ July 25 2012,12:37) Quote (Colter @ July 25 2012,09:45) The body of Christ is a false contract Hi Colter, “Ye are the body of Christ” (1 Cor 12:27) God bless Ed J (Joshua 22:34) http://www.holycitybiblecode.org That's from a letter written by Paul, not Jesus. But even Paul's letters were made into a fetish. Colter

Hi Colter,

You don't consider God's word to be sacred?

God bless
Ed J (Joshua 22:34)
http://www.holycitybiblecode.org

[Spock]

Quote (Ed J @ July 25 2012,21:25)

Quote (Colter @ July 25 2012,21:08) Quote (Ed J @ July 25 2012,12:37) Quote (Colter @ July 25 2012,09:45) The body of Christ is a false contract Hi Colter, “Ye are the body of Christ” (1 Cor 12:27) God bless Ed J (Joshua 22:34) http://www.holycitybiblecode.org That's from a letter written by Paul, not Jesus. But even Paul's letters were made into a fetish. Colter Hi Colter, You don't consider God's word to be sacred? God bless Ed J (Joshua 22:34) http://www.holycitybiblecode.org

Gods Word is living, those were Paul's words, is he now a God also?

Colter

[Ed J]

Hi Colter,

Where is God's word living at?

God bless
Ed J (Joshua 22:34)
http://www.holycitybiblecode.org

[Spock]

Quote (Ed J @ July 25 2012,22:04)

Hi Colter, Where is God's word living at? God bless Ed J (Joshua 22:34) http://www.holycitybiblecode.org

In his will.

Colter

[Ed J]

Quote (Colter @ July 25 2012,22:47)

Quote (Ed J @ July 25 2012,22:04) Hi Colter, Where is God's word living at? God bless Ed J (Joshua 22:34) http://www.holycitybiblecode.org In his will. Colter

And where is his will located?

[Spock]

Quote (Ed J @ July 25 2012,22:55)

Quote (Colter @ July 25 2012,22:47) Quote (Ed J @ July 25 2012,22:04) Hi Colter, Where is God's word living at? God bless Ed J (Joshua 22:34) http://www.holycitybiblecode.org In his will. Colter And where is his will located?

In his spirit, that is present within spirit born believers, and can be accessed in prayer, as taught, preached and practiced by Jesus. In his time it was a revolutionary departure from the yoke of authoritarian religion with a national God.

In his spirit, that is present within spirit born believers, and can be accessed in prayer, as taught, preached and practiced by Jesus. In his time it was a revolutionary departure from the yoke of authoritarian religion with a national God and doctine.

Jesus did a much better Job of explaining the difference between his religion and the of religion……and then there is a third religion, the Christian religion which evolved about Jesus.

“You have come out from among those of your fellows who choose to remain satisfied with a religion of mind, who crave security and prefer conformity. You have elected to exchange your feelings of authoritative certainty for the assurances of the spirit of adventurous and progressive faith. You have dared to protest against the grueling bondage of institutional religion and to reject the authority of the traditions of record which are now regarded as the word of God. Our Father did indeed speak through Moses, Elijah, Isaiah, Amos, and Hosea, but he did not cease to minister words of truth to the world when these prophets of old made an end of their utterances. My Father is no respecter of races or generations in that the word of truth is vouchsafed one age and withheld from another. Commit not the folly of calling that divine which is wholly human, and fail not to discern the words of truth which come not through the traditional oracles of supposed inspiration.

155:6.3 I have called upon you to be born again, to be born of the spirit. I have called you out of the darkness of authority and the lethargy of tradition into the transcendent light of the realization of the possibility of making for yourselves the greatest discovery possible for the human soul to make—the supernal experience of finding God for yourself, in yourself, and of yourself, and of doing all this as a fact in your own personal experience. And so may you pass from death to life, from the authority of tradition to the experience of knowing God; thus will you pass from darkness to light, from a racial faith inherited to a personal faith achieved by actual experience; and thereby will you progress from a theology of mind handed down by your ancestors to a true religion of spirit which shall be built up in your souls as an eternal endowment.

155:6.4 Your religion shall change from the mere intellectual belief in traditional authority to the actual experience of that living faith which is able to grasp the reality of God and all that relates to the divine spirit of the Father. The religion of the mind ties you hopelessly to the past; the religion of the spirit consists in progressive revelation and ever beckons you on toward higher and holier achievements in spiritual ideals and eternal realities.

155:6.5 While the religion of authority may impart a present feeling of settled security, you pay for such a transient satisfaction the price of the loss of your spiritual freedom and religious liberty. My Father does not require of you as the price of entering the kingdom of heaven that you should force yourself to subscribe to a belief in things which are spiritually repugnant, unholy, and untruthful. It is not required of you that your own sense of mercy, justice, and truth should be outraged by submission to an outworn system of religious forms and ceremonies. The religion of the spirit leaves you forever free to follow the truth wherever the leadings of the spirit may take you. And who can judge—perhaps this spirit may have something to impart to this generation which other generations have refused to hear?

155:6.6 Shame on those false religious teachers who would drag hungry souls back into the dim and distant past and there leave them! And so are these unfortunate persons doomed to become frightened by every new discovery, while they are discomfited by every new revelation of truth. The prophet who said, “He will be kept in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on God.” was not a mere intellectual believer in authoritative theology. This truth-knowing human had discovered God; he was not merely talking about God.

155:6.7 I admonish you to give up the practice of always quoting the prophets of old and praising the heroes of Israel, and instead aspire to become living prophets of the Most High and spiritual heroes of the coming kingdom. To honor the God-knowing leaders of the past may indeed be worth while, but why, in so doing, should you sacrifice the supreme experience of human existence: finding God for yourselves and knowing him in your own souls?

155:6.8 Every race of mankind has its own mental outlook upon human existence; therefore must the religion of the mind ever run true to these various racial viewpoints. Never can the religions of authority come to unification. Human unity and mortal brotherhood can be achieved only by and through the superendowment of the religion of the spirit. Racial minds may differ, but all mankind is indwelt by the same divine and eternal spirit. The hope of human brotherhood can only be realized when, and as, the divergent mind religions of authority become impregnated with, and overshadowed by, the unifying and ennobling religion of the spirit—the religion of personal spiritual experience.

155:6.9 The religions of authority can only divide men and set them in conscientious array against each other; the religion of the spirit will progressively draw men together and cause them to become understandingly sympathetic with one another. The religions of authority require of men uniformity in belief, but this is impossible of realization in the present state of the world. The religion of the spirit requires only unity of experience—uniformity of destiny—making full allowance for diversity of belief. The religion of the spirit requires only uniformity of insight, not uniformity of viewpoint and outlook. The religion of the spirit does not demand uniformity of intellectual views, only unity of spirit feeling. The religions of authority crystallize into lifeless creeds; the religion of the spirit grows into the increasing joy and liberty of ennobling deeds of loving service and merciful ministration.

155:6.10 But watch, lest any of you look with disdain upon the children of Abraham because they have fallen on these evil days of traditional barrenness. Our forefathers gave themselves up to the persistent and passionate search for God, and they found him as no other whole race of men have ever known him since the times of Adam, who knew much of this as he was himself a Son of God. My Father has not failed to mark the long and untiring struggle o
f Israel, ever since the days of Moses, to find God and to know God. For weary generations the Jews have not ceased to toil, sweat, groan, travail, and endure the sufferings and experience the sorrows of a misunderstood and despised people, all in order that they might come a little nearer the discovery of the truth about God. And, notwithstanding all the failures and falterings of Israel, our fathers progressively, from Moses to the times of Amos and Hosea, did reveal increasingly to the whole world an ever clearer and more truthful picture of the eternal God. And so was the way prepared for the still greater revelation of the Father which you have been called to share.

155:6.11 Never forget there is only one adventure which is more satisfying and thrilling than the attempt to discover the will of the living God, and that is the supreme experience of honestly trying to do that divine will. And fail not to remember that the will of God can be done in any earthly occupation. Some callings are not holy and others secular. All things are sacred in the lives of those who are spirit led; that is, subordinated to truth, ennobled by love, dominated by mercy, and restrained by fairness— justice. The spirit which my Father and I shall send into the world is not only the Spirit of Truth but also the spirit of idealistic beauty.

155:6.12 You must cease to seek for the word of God only on the pages of the olden records of theologic authority. Those who are born of the spirit of God shall henceforth discern the word of God regardless of whence it appears to take origin. Divine truth must not be discounted because the channel of its bestowal is apparently human. Many of your brethren have minds which accept the theory of God while they spiritually fail to realize the presence of God. And that is just the reason why I have so often taught you that the kingdom of heaven can best be realized by acquiring the spiritual attitude of a sincere child. It is not the mental immaturity of the child that I commend to you but rather the spiritual simplicity of such an easy-believing and fully-trusting little one. It is not so important that you should know about the fact of God as that you should increasingly grow in the ability to feel the presence of God.

155:6.13 When you once begin to find God in your soul, presently you will begin to discover him in other men’s souls and eventually in all the creatures and creations of a mighty universe. But what chance does the Father have to appear as a God of supreme loyalties and divine ideals in the souls of men who give little or no time to the thoughtful contemplation of such eternal realities? While the mind is not the seat of the spiritual nature, it is indeed the gateway thereto.

155:6.14 But do not make the mistake of trying to prove to other men that you have found God; you cannot consciously produce such valid proof, albeit there are two positive and powerful demonstrations of the fact that you are God-knowing, and they are:

1. The fruits of the spirit of God showing forth in your daily routine life.

2. The fact that your entire life plan furnishes positive proof that you have unreservedly risked everything you are and have on the adventure of survival after death in the pursuit of the hope of finding the God of eternity, whose presence you have foretasted in time.

155:6.17 Now, mistake not, my Father will ever respond to the faintest flicker of faith. He takes note of the physical and superstitious emotions of the primitive man. And with those honest but fearful souls whose faith is so weak that it amounts to little more than an intellectual conformity to a passive attitude of assent to religions of authority, the Father is ever alert to honor and foster even all such feeble attempts to reach out for him. But you who have been called out of darkness into the light are expected to believe with a whole heart; your faith shall dominate the combined attitudes of body, mind, and spirit.

155:6.18 You are my apostles, and to you religion shall not become a theologic shelter to which you may flee in fear of facing the rugged realities of spiritual progress and idealistic adventure; but rather shall your religion become the fact of real experience which testifies that God has found you, idealized, ennobled, and spiritualized you, and that you have enlisted in the eternal adventure of finding the God who has thus found and sonshipped you.

Colter

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