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[[Divine]] [[law]] is any law that comes directly from the will of [[God]], in contrast to man-made law. Like [[natural law]] (which may be seen as a [[manifestation]] of divine law) it is independent of the will of man, who cannot [[change]] it. However it may be [[revealed]] or not, so it may change in human [[perception]] in time through new revelation. Divine law is commonly equated with [[eternal]] law, meaning that if God is [[infinite]], then his law must also be infinite and eternal.
In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas Thomas Aquinas]'s ''Treatise on Law'', divine law, as opposed to [[natural law]], comes only from revelation or scripture, hence biblical law, and is [[necessary]] for human [[salvation]]. According to Aquinas, divine law must not be [[confused]] with natural law. Divine law is mainly and mostly natural law, but it can also be positive law.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_law]
==Urantia Book==
God loves the sinner and hates the sin: such a [[statement]] is true philosophically, but God is a [[transcendent]] [[personality]], and persons can only love and hate other persons. Sin is not a person. God loves the sinner because he is a personality [[reality]] ([[potentially]] eternal), while towards sin God strikes no personal [[attitude]], for sin is not a spiritual reality; it is not personal; therefore does only the [[justice]] of God take cognizance of its [[existence]]. The love of God saves the sinner; the ''<u>law of God</u>'' destroys the sin. This attitude of the divine nature would apparently [[change]] if the sinner finally identified himself wholly with sin just as the same [[mortal]] [[mind]] may also fully identify itself with the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling spirit Adjuster]]. Such a sin-identified mortal would then become wholly unspiritual in nature (and therefore personally unreal) and would experience eventual [[Death|extinction]] of [[being]]. Unreality, even incompleteness of [[creature]] nature, cannot exist forever in a [[progressively]] real and increasingly spiritual universe.- [[2:6|2:6.8]]
The divine omnipotence is perfectly co-ordinated with the other attributes of the [[personality]] of God. The power of God is, ordinarily, only limited in its universe spiritual [[manifestation]] by three conditions or situations:
*1. By the ''nature'' of God, especially by his infinite [[love]], by [[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[goodness]].
*2. By the ''will'' of God, by his [[mercy]] [[ministry]] and fatherly [[relationship]] with the personalities of the universe.
*3. By the ''law'' of God, by the righteousness and [[justice]] of the eternal [[Paradise Trinity]]. - [[3:2|3:2.14]]
==A Course in Miracles==
When a brother [[acts]] insanely, he is offering you an [[opportunity]] to [[bless]] him. his need is yours. You need the blessing you can offer him. There is no way for you to have it except by giving it. This is the ''law of God'', and it has no [[exceptions]]. What you deny you lack, not because it is lacking, but because you have denied it in another and are therefore not [[aware]] of it in yourself. Every [[response]] you make is determined by what you think you are, and what you want to be is what you think you are. What you want to be, then, must determine every response you make. - [[7.7]]
Your [[peace]] lies in its limitlessness. [[Limit]] the peace you [[share]], and [[your self]]
must be [[unknown]] to you. Every [[altar]] to [[God]] is part of you, because the [[light]]
he created is one with him. Would you cut off a brother from the light that
is yours? You would not do so if you realized that you can [[darken]] only your
own [[mind]]. As you bring him back, so will you return. That is the ''law of
God'', for the [[protection]] of the wholeness of his Son. - [[11.5]]
Those who [[remember]] always that they know nothing, and who have
[[become]] willing to [[learn]] [[everything]], will learn it. But whenever they [[trust]]
themselves, they will not learn. They have destroyed their [[motivation]] for
[[learning]] by [[thinking]] they already know. Think not you [[understand]] anything
until you pass the test of [[perfect]] [[peace]], for peace and understanding go
[[together]] and never can be found alone. Each brings the other with it, for it is
the ''law of God'' they be not [[separate]]. They are [[cause and effect]], each to the
other, so where one is [[absent]] the other cannot be.-[[14.12]]
==Teaching Mission==
The only ''law of God'' is [[love]]. The only requirement [[the Father]] places upon [[his children]] is love. Let love then rule in your [[hearts]]. Let love be your requirement and allow the rest to fall away. - [[2004-03-14-Harmony|Ham]]
You know that real [[growth]] happens in the [[unseen]], which [[manifests]] in the seen. This is the [[concept]] of [[thoughts]] held in [[mind]], producing after their kind. It is the immutable ''law of God''.. As above, so below. - [[1999-03-04-Scribbles from Lytske|Lytske]]
[[Category: Law]]
[[Category: Law/TeaM]]
[[Divine]] [[law]] is any law that comes directly from the will of [[God]], in contrast to man-made law. Like [[natural law]] (which may be seen as a [[manifestation]] of divine law) it is independent of the will of man, who cannot [[change]] it. However it may be [[revealed]] or not, so it may change in human [[perception]] in time through new revelation. Divine law is commonly equated with [[eternal]] law, meaning that if God is [[infinite]], then his law must also be infinite and eternal.
In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas Thomas Aquinas]'s ''Treatise on Law'', divine law, as opposed to [[natural law]], comes only from revelation or scripture, hence biblical law, and is [[necessary]] for human [[salvation]]. According to Aquinas, divine law must not be [[confused]] with natural law. Divine law is mainly and mostly natural law, but it can also be positive law.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_law]
==Urantia Book==
God loves the sinner and hates the sin: such a [[statement]] is true philosophically, but God is a [[transcendent]] [[personality]], and persons can only love and hate other persons. Sin is not a person. God loves the sinner because he is a personality [[reality]] ([[potentially]] eternal), while towards sin God strikes no personal [[attitude]], for sin is not a spiritual reality; it is not personal; therefore does only the [[justice]] of God take cognizance of its [[existence]]. The love of God saves the sinner; the ''<u>law of God</u>'' destroys the sin. This attitude of the divine nature would apparently [[change]] if the sinner finally identified himself wholly with sin just as the same [[mortal]] [[mind]] may also fully identify itself with the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling spirit Adjuster]]. Such a sin-identified mortal would then become wholly unspiritual in nature (and therefore personally unreal) and would experience eventual [[Death|extinction]] of [[being]]. Unreality, even incompleteness of [[creature]] nature, cannot exist forever in a [[progressively]] real and increasingly spiritual universe.- [[2:6|2:6.8]]
The divine omnipotence is perfectly co-ordinated with the other attributes of the [[personality]] of God. The power of God is, ordinarily, only limited in its universe spiritual [[manifestation]] by three conditions or situations:
*1. By the ''nature'' of God, especially by his infinite [[love]], by [[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[goodness]].
*2. By the ''will'' of God, by his [[mercy]] [[ministry]] and fatherly [[relationship]] with the personalities of the universe.
*3. By the ''law'' of God, by the righteousness and [[justice]] of the eternal [[Paradise Trinity]]. - [[3:2|3:2.14]]
==A Course in Miracles==
When a brother [[acts]] insanely, he is offering you an [[opportunity]] to [[bless]] him. his need is yours. You need the blessing you can offer him. There is no way for you to have it except by giving it. This is the ''law of God'', and it has no [[exceptions]]. What you deny you lack, not because it is lacking, but because you have denied it in another and are therefore not [[aware]] of it in yourself. Every [[response]] you make is determined by what you think you are, and what you want to be is what you think you are. What you want to be, then, must determine every response you make. - [[7.7]]
Your [[peace]] lies in its limitlessness. [[Limit]] the peace you [[share]], and [[your self]]
must be [[unknown]] to you. Every [[altar]] to [[God]] is part of you, because the [[light]]
he created is one with him. Would you cut off a brother from the light that
is yours? You would not do so if you realized that you can [[darken]] only your
own [[mind]]. As you bring him back, so will you return. That is the ''law of
God'', for the [[protection]] of the wholeness of his Son. - [[11.5]]
Those who [[remember]] always that they know nothing, and who have
[[become]] willing to [[learn]] [[everything]], will learn it. But whenever they [[trust]]
themselves, they will not learn. They have destroyed their [[motivation]] for
[[learning]] by [[thinking]] they already know. Think not you [[understand]] anything
until you pass the test of [[perfect]] [[peace]], for peace and understanding go
[[together]] and never can be found alone. Each brings the other with it, for it is
the ''law of God'' they be not [[separate]]. They are [[cause and effect]], each to the
other, so where one is [[absent]] the other cannot be.-[[14.12]]
==Teaching Mission==
The only ''law of God'' is [[love]]. The only requirement [[the Father]] places upon [[his children]] is love. Let love then rule in your [[hearts]]. Let love be your requirement and allow the rest to fall away. - [[2004-03-14-Harmony|Ham]]
You know that real [[growth]] happens in the [[unseen]], which [[manifests]] in the seen. This is the [[concept]] of [[thoughts]] held in [[mind]], producing after their kind. It is the immutable ''law of God''.. As above, so below. - [[1999-03-04-Scribbles from Lytske|Lytske]]
[[Category: Law]]
[[Category: Law/TeaM]]