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194:3.4 If [[religion]] is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiate opiate] to [[the people]], it is not the religion of [[Jesus]]. On the [[cross]] he refused to drink the deadening [[drug]], and his [[Spirit of Truth|spirit]], poured out upon all [[flesh]], is a mighty world [[influence]] which [[leads]] man upward and urges him onward. The [[spiritual]] forward urge is the most [[powerful]] driving [[force]] present in this world; the [[truth]]-learning [[believer]] is the one [[progressive]] and [[aggressive]] [[soul]] on [[earth]].

194:3.4 If [[religion]] is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiate opiate] to [[the people]], it is not the religion of [[Jesus]]. On the [[cross]] he refused to drink the deadening [[drug]], and his [[Spirit of Truth|spirit]], poured out upon all [[flesh]], is a mighty world [[influence]] which [[leads]] man upward and urges him onward. The [[spiritual]] forward urge is the most [[powerful]] driving [[force]] present in this world; the [[truth]]-learning [[believer]] is the one [[progressive]] and [[aggressive]] [[soul]] on [[earth]].

194:3.5 On the day of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost] the [[religion]] of [[Jesus]] broke all [[national]] restrictions and [[racial]] fetters. It is forever true, " Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_III] On this day the [[Spirit of Truth]] became the [[personal]] [[gift]] from [[the Master]] to every [[mortal]]. This spirit was [[bestowed]] for the [[purpose]] of qualifying [[believers]] more effectively to [[preach]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], but they mistook the [[experience]] of [[receiving]] the outpoured spirit for a part of the new [[gospel]] which they were [[unconscious]]ly [[formulating]].

194:3.5 On the day of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost] the [[religion]] of [[Jesus]] broke all [[national]] restrictions and [[racial]] fetters. It is forever true, " Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_III] On this day the [[Spirit of Truth]] became the [[personal]] [[gift]] from [[the Master]] to every [[mortal]]. This spirit was [[bestowed]] for the [[purpose]] of qualifying [[believers]] more effectively to [[preach]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], but they mistook the [[experience]] of [[receiving]] the outpoured spirit for a part of the new [[gospel]] which they were [[unconscious]]ly [[formulating]].

194:3.6 Do not overlook the [[fact]] that the [[Spirit of Truth]] was [[bestowed]] upon all [[sincere]] [[believers]]; this [[gift]] of the spirit did not come only to [[the apostles]]. The one hundred and twenty [[men]] and [[women]] assembled in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber] all [[received]] the new teacher, as did all the [[honest]] of [[heart]] throughout the whole world. This new teacher was [[bestowed]] upon [[mankind]], and every [[soul]] [[received]] him in [[accordance]] with the [[love]] for [[truth]] and the [[capacity]] to grasp and [[comprehend]] [[spiritual]] [[realities]]. At last, true [[religion]] is delivered from the [[custody]] of [[priests]] and all [[sacred]] [[classes]] and finds its real [[manifestation]] in the [[individual]] [[souls]] of men.

194:3.6 Do not overlook the [[fact]] that the [[Spirit of Truth]] was [[bestowed]] upon all [[sincere]] [[believers]]; this [[gift]] of the spirit did not come only to [[the apostles]]. The one hundred and twenty [[men]] and [[women]] assembled in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber] all [[received]] the new teacher, as did all the [[honest]] of [[heart]] throughout the whole world. This new teacher was [[bestowed]] upon [[mankind]], and every [[soul]] [[received]] him in [[accordance]] with the [[love]] for [[truth]] and the [[capacity]] to grasp and [[comprehend]] [[spiritual]] [[realities]]. At last, true [[religion]] is delivered from the [[custody]] of [[priests]] and all [[sacred]] [[classes]] and finds its real [[manifestation]] in the [[individual]] [[souls]] of men.

194:3.10 The [[bestowal]] of the [[Spirit of Truth]] was independent of all [[forms]], [[ceremonies]], [[sacred]] places, and special [[behavior]] by those who [[received]] the fullness of its [[manifestation]]. When the spirit came upon those assembled in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber], they were simply sitting there, having just been [[engaged]] in [[silent]] [[prayer]]. The spirit was [[bestowed]] in the [[Rural|country]] as well as in the [[city]]. It was not [[necessary]] for [[the apostles]] to go apart to a [[lonely]] place for years of [[solitary]] [[meditation]] in order to [[receive]] the spirit. For all time, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penecost Pentecost] disassociates the [[idea]] of [[spiritual]] [[experience]] from the notion of especially favorable [[environments]].

194:3.10 The [[bestowal]] of the [[Spirit of Truth]] was independent of all [[forms]], [[ceremonies]], [[sacred]] places, and special [[behavior]] by those who [[received]] the fullness of its [[manifestation]]. When the spirit came upon those assembled in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber], they were simply sitting there, having just been [[engaged]] in [[silent]] [[prayer]]. The spirit was [[bestowed]] in the [[Rural|country]] as well as in the [[city]]. It was not [[necessary]] for [[the apostles]] to go apart to a [[lonely]] place for years of [[solitary]] [[meditation]] in order to [[receive]] the spirit. For all time, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penecost Pentecost] disassociates the [[idea]] of [[spiritual]] [[experience]] from the notion of especially favorable [[environments]].

194:3.11 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost], with its [[spiritual]] [[endowment]], was [[designed]] forever to loose the [[religion]] of [[the Master]] from all dependence upon [[physical]] [[force]]; the teachers of this new [[religion]] are now equipped with [[spiritual]] [[weapons]]. They are to go out to [[conquer]] the world with unfailing [[forgiveness]], matchless [[good]] will, and abounding [[love]]. They are equipped to overcome [[evil]] with [[good]], to vanquish [[hate]] by [[love]], to destroy [[fear]] with a [[courageous]] and living [[faith]] in [[truth]]. [[Jesus]] had already taught his [[followers]] that his [[religion]] was never [[passive]]; always were his [[disciples]] to be [[active]] and [[positive]] in their [[ministry]] of [[mercy]] and in their [[manifestations]] of [[love]]. No longer did these [[believers]] look upon [[Yahweh]] as " the Lord of Hosts. " They now regarded the [[eternal]] [[Deity]] as the " God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Peter#1st_Letter_of_Peter.2C_I] They made that [[progress]], at least, even if they did in some [[measure]] fail fully to grasp the [[truth]] that [[God]] is also the spiritual [[Father]] of every [[individual]].

194:3.11 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost], with its [[spiritual]] [[endowment]], was [[designed]] forever to loose the [[religion]] of [[the Master]] from all dependence upon [[physical]] [[force]]; the teachers of this new [[religion]] are now equipped with [[spiritual]] [[weapons]]. They are to go out to [[conquer]] the world with unfailing [[forgiveness]], matchless [[good]] will, and abounding [[love]]. They are equipped to overcome [[evil]] with [[good]], to vanquish [[hate]] by [[love]], to destroy [[fear]] with a [[courageous]] and living [[faith]] in [[truth]]. [[Jesus]] had already taught his [[followers]] that his [[religion]] was never [[passive]]; always were his [[disciples]] to be [[active]] and [[positive]] in their [[ministry]] of [[mercy]] and in their [[manifestations]] of [[love]]. No longer did these [[believers]] look upon [[Yahweh]] as " the Lord of Hosts. " They now regarded the [[eternal]] [[Deity]] as the " God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Peter#1st_Letter_of_Peter.2C_I] They made that [[progress]], at least, even if they did in some [[measure]] fail fully to grasp the [[truth]] that [[God]] is also the spiritual [[Father]] of every [[individual]].

194:3.12 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost] [[endowed]] [[mortal]] man with the [[power]] to [[forgive]] [[personal]] [[injuries]], to keep sweet in the midst of the gravest injustice, to remain unmoved in the face of appalling [[danger]], and to [[challenge]] the [[evils]] of [[hate]] and [[anger]] by the fearless [[acts]] of [[love]] and [[forbearance]]. [[Urantia]] has passed through the ravages of great and destructive [[wars]] in its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_history history]. All [[participants]] in these terrible [[struggles]] met with [[defeat]]. There was but one [[victor]]; there was only one who came out of these embittered [[struggles]] with an enhanced [[reputation]]—that was [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] and his [[gospel]] of overcoming [[evil]] with [[good]]. The [[secret]] of a better [[civilization]] is bound up in the Master's teachings of the brotherhood of man, the [[good]] will of [[love]] and [[mutual]] [[trust]].

194:3.12 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost] [[endowed]] [[mortal]] man with the [[power]] to [[forgive]] [[personal]] [[injuries]], to keep sweet in the midst of the gravest injustice, to remain unmoved in the face of appalling [[danger]], and to [[challenge]] the [[evils]] of [[hate]] and [[anger]] by the fearless [[acts]] of [[love]] and [[forbearance]]. [[Urantia]] has passed through the ravages of great and destructive [[wars]] in its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_history history]. All [[participants]] in these terrible [[struggles]] met with [[defeat]]. There was but one [[victor]]; there was only one who came out of these embittered [[struggles]] with an enhanced [[reputation]]—that was [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] and his [[gospel]] of overcoming [[evil]] with [[good]]. The [[secret]] of a better [[civilization]] is bound up in the Master's teachings of the brotherhood of man, the [[good]] will of [[love]] and [[mutual]] [[trust]].

194:3.13 Up to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost], [[religion]] had [[revealed]] only man seeking for [[God]]; since [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost], man is still searching for [[God]], but there shines out over the world the [[spectacle]] of [[God]] also seeking for man and sending [[Thought Adjuster|his spirit]] to dwell within him when he has found him.

194:3.13 Up to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost], [[religion]] had [[revealed]] only man seeking for [[God]]; since [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost], man is still searching for [[God]], but there shines out over the world the [[spectacle]] of [[God]] also seeking for man and sending [[Thought Adjuster|his spirit]] to dwell within him when he has found him.

194:3.14 Before the teachings of [[Jesus]] which culminated in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost], [[women]] had little or no spiritual standing in the [[tenets]] of the older [[religions]]. After [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost], in the brotherhood of [[the kingdom]] woman stood before [[God]] on an [[equality]] with man. Among the one hundred and twenty who [[received]] this special [[visitation]] of the spirit were many of the [[women]] [[disciples]], and they [[shared]] these [[blessings]] equally with the men believers. No longer can man [[presume]] to [[monopolize]] the [[ministry]] of [[religious]] service. The [[Pharisee]] might go on thanking [[God]] that he was " not born a [[woman]], a [[leper]], or a [[gentile]], " but among the [[followers]] of [[Jesus]] woman has been forever set [[free]] from all [[religious]] [[Segregation|discriminations]] based on [[Gender|sex]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost] obliterated all [[religious]] [[discrimination]] founded on [[racial]] distinction, cultural [[differences]], social [[caste]], or [[Gender|sex]] [[prejudice]]. No [[wonder]] these [[believers]] in the new religion would cry out, " Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_III]

194:3.14 Before the teachings of [[Jesus]] which culminated in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost], [[women]] had little or no spiritual standing in the [[tenets]] of the older [[religions]]. After [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost], in the brotherhood of [[the kingdom]] woman stood before [[God]] on an [[equality]] with man. Among the one hundred and twenty who [[received]] this special [[visitation]] of the spirit were many of the [[women]] [[disciples]], and they [[shared]] these [[blessings]] equally with the men believers. No longer can man [[presume]] to [[monopolize]] the [[ministry]] of [[religious]] service. The [[Pharisee]] might go on thanking [[God]] that he was " not born a [[woman]], a [[leper]], or a [[gentile]], " but among the [[followers]] of [[Jesus]] woman has been forever set [[free]] from all [[religious]] [[Segregation|discriminations]] based on [[Gender|sex]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost] obliterated all [[religious]] [[discrimination]] founded on [[racial]] distinction, cultural [[differences]], social [[caste]], or [[Gender|sex]] [[prejudice]]. No [[wonder]] these [[believers]] in the new religion would cry out, " Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_III]

194:3.15 Both the [[mother]] and [[brother]] of [[Jesus]] were present among the one hundred and twenty [[believers]], and as members of this common [[group]] of [[disciples]], they also received the outpoured spirit. They received no more of the [[good]] [[gift]] than did their fellows. No special gift was [[bestowed]] upon the [[members]] of [[Jesus]]' earthly [[family]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost] marked the end of special [[priesthoods]] and all [[belief]] in [[sacred]] [[families]].

194:3.15 Both the [[mother]] and [[brother]] of [[Jesus]] were present among the one hundred and twenty [[believers]], and as members of this common [[group]] of [[disciples]], they also received the outpoured spirit. They received no more of the [[good]] [[gift]] than did their fellows. No special gift was [[bestowed]] upon the [[members]] of [[Jesus]]' earthly [[family]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost] marked the end of special [[priesthoods]] and all [[belief]] in [[sacred]] [[families]].

194:3.16 Before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost] [[the apostles]] had given up much for [[Jesus]]. They had [[sacrificed]] their [[homes]], [[families]], [[friends]], [[Things|worldly goods]], and positions. At [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost] they gave themselves to [[God]], and [[the Father]] and [[Creator Son|the Son]] responded by giving themselves to man—sending their spirits to live within men. This [[experience]] of losing [[self]] and finding the [[spirit]] was not one of [[emotion]]; it was an [[act]] of [[intelligent]] [[self]]-[[surrender]] and unreserved [[consecration]].

194:3.16 Before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost] [[the apostles]] had given up much for [[Jesus]]. They had [[sacrificed]] their [[homes]], [[families]], [[friends]], [[Things|worldly goods]], and positions. At [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost] they gave themselves to [[God]], and [[the Father]] and [[Creator Son|the Son]] responded by giving themselves to man—sending their spirits to live within men. This [[experience]] of losing [[self]] and finding the [[spirit]] was not one of [[emotion]]; it was an [[act]] of [[intelligent]] [[self]]-[[surrender]] and unreserved [[consecration]].

194:3.17 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost] was the call to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_141#141:5._SPIRITUAL_UNITY spiritual unity] among [[gospel]] [[believers]]. When [[Spirit of Truth|the spirit]] descended on the [[disciples]] at [[Jerusalem]], the same thing happened in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman Philadelphia], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria], and at all other places where true [[believers]] dwelt. It was [[literally]] true that " there was but one [[heart]] and [[soul]] among [[the multitude]] of the [[believers]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ezekiel#Chapter_11] The [[religion]] of [[Jesus]] is the most powerful unifying [[influence]] the world has ever known.

194:3.17 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost] was the call to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_141#141:5._SPIRITUAL_UNITY spiritual unity] among [[gospel]] [[believers]]. When [[Spirit of Truth|the spirit]] descended on the [[disciples]] at [[Jerusalem]], the same thing happened in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman Philadelphia], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria], and at all other places where true [[believers]] dwelt. It was [[literally]] true that " there was but one [[heart]] and [[soul]] among [[the multitude]] of the [[believers]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ezekiel#Chapter_11] The [[religion]] of [[Jesus]] is the most powerful unifying [[influence]] the world has ever known.

194:3.18 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost] was designed to lessen the [[self-assertiveness]] of [[individuals]], [[groups]], [[nations]], and [[races]]. It is this spirit of [[self-assertiveness]] which so increases in [[tension]] that it [[periodically]] breaks loose in destructive [[wars]]. [[Mankind]] can be [[unified]] only by the [[spiritual]] approach, and the [[Spirit of Truth]] is a world [[influence]] which is [[universal]].

194:3.18 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost] was designed to lessen the [[self-assertiveness]] of [[individuals]], [[groups]], [[nations]], and [[races]]. It is this spirit of [[self-assertiveness]] which so increases in [[tension]] that it [[periodically]] breaks loose in destructive [[wars]]. [[Mankind]] can be [[unified]] only by the [[spiritual]] approach, and the [[Spirit of Truth]] is a world [[influence]] which is [[universal]].

194:3.20 [[Prayer]] did not bring the spirit on the day of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost], but it did have much to do with determining the [[capacity]] of [[receptivity]] which characterized the [[individual]] [[believers]]. [[Prayer]] does not move the [[divine]] [[heart]] to liberality of [[bestowal]], but it does so often dig out larger and deeper [[channels]] wherein the [[divine]] [[bestowals]] may [[flow]] to the [[hearts]] and [[souls]] of those who thus remember to [[maintain]] unbroken [[communion]] with their [[Creator|Maker]] through [[sincere]] [[prayer]] and true [[worship]].

194:3.20 [[Prayer]] did not bring the spirit on the day of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost], but it did have much to do with determining the [[capacity]] of [[receptivity]] which characterized the [[individual]] [[believers]]. [[Prayer]] does not move the [[divine]] [[heart]] to liberality of [[bestowal]], but it does so often dig out larger and deeper [[channels]] wherein the [[divine]] [[bestowals]] may [[flow]] to the [[hearts]] and [[souls]] of those who thus remember to [[maintain]] unbroken [[communion]] with their [[Creator|Maker]] through [[sincere]] [[prayer]] and true [[worship]].

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[[Category:Paper 194 - The Bestowal of the Spirit of Truth]]

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