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If you find yourself caught up short in twisted [[behavior]] or twisted [[thinking]], the [[goodness]] of God will [[reveal]] to you your [[error]], and with goodness return you to your clear [[path]], clear [[thinking]], right [[behavior]]. When you [[manifest]] these [[fruits of the spirit]], such as [[enlightened]] [[honesty]], it is the fruit of unfailing goodness that allows your honesty to be given and received, for who denies good? All seek [[good]] - in each other, in themselves.

If you find yourself caught up short in twisted [[behavior]] or twisted [[thinking]], the [[goodness]] of God will [[reveal]] to you your [[error]], and with goodness return you to your clear [[path]], clear [[thinking]], right [[behavior]]. When you [[manifest]] these [[fruits of the spirit]], such as [[enlightened]] [[honesty]], it is the fruit of unfailing goodness that allows your honesty to be given and received, for who denies good? All seek [[good]] - in each other, in themselves.

"First make the tree good"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_12] and this good tree will produce good fruit. Do not be alarmed when you [[discover]] that sometimes as a [[mortal]] you fail to [[recognize]] the [[opportunity]] to be good. Turn only to that opportunity as soon as you know that you have been unaware of goodness.  In your loving [[service]], be good. [[The Master]] said, "be good to those who spitefully abuse you."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_6]  The human retaliates, (but) the divine [[comprehends]], [[manifests]] [[forgiving]] [[tolerance]], understanding that [[justice]] is a law of [[the universe]] and is in [[Our Father]]'s hands.

"First make the tree good"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_12] and this good tree will produce good fruit. Do not be alarmed when you [[discover]] that sometimes as a [[mortal]] you fail to [[recognize]] the [[opportunity]] to be good. Turn only to that opportunity as soon as you know that you have been unaware of goodness.  In your loving [[service]], be good. [[The Master]] said, "be good to those who spitefully abuse you."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_6]  The human retaliates, (but) the divine [[comprehends]], [[manifests]] [[forgiving]] [[tolerance]], understanding that [[justice]] is a law of [[the universe]] and is in [[Our Father]]'s hands.

There is a [http://www.amazon.com/When-Things-Happen-Good-People/dp/1400034728/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1349194617&sr=1-1&keywords=when+bad+things+happen+to+good+people book recently on the market] that [[wonders]] why bad things happen to good people, and it reminds me of a story about a man who traveled the world far and wide seeking the answer to this question to which he received many, many answers and finally he ended up in the [[garden]] of a great [[guru]]. The guru could not answer his question, but sent him out to talk to the gardener who was lame and hunched over. The man talked with the gardener who had lost his [[wife]] and his [[children]], had lost his [[career]], had lost his [[home]] and his standing in [[society]], but had come to find a place as a gardener of the Great Guru, and when the man asked the gardener why it was that bad things happened to [[good]] people, the gardener replied, "I don't know. Nothing bad has ever happened to me." He was a man of simple [[faith]], you see, and in him, God's [[goodness]] was evident by the [[quiet]] [[joy]] in which he went about doing good, in the [[garden]], uncomplaining.

There is a [http://www.amazon.com/When-Things-Happen-Good-People/dp/1400034728/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1349194617&sr=1-1&keywords=when+bad+things+happen+to+good+people book recently on the market] that [[wonders]] why bad things happen to good people, and it reminds me of a story about a man who traveled the world far and wide seeking the answer to this question to which he received many, many answers and finally he ended up in the [[garden]] of a great [[guru]]. The guru could not answer his question, but sent him out to talk to the gardener who was lame and hunched over. The man talked with the gardener who had lost his [[wife]] and his [[children]], had lost his [[career]], had lost his [[home]] and his standing in [[society]], but had come to find a place as a gardener of the Great Guru, and when the man asked the gardener why it was that bad things happened to [[good]] people, the gardener replied, "I don't know. Nothing bad has ever happened to me." He was a man of simple [[faith]], you see, and in him, God's [[goodness]] was evident by the [[quiet]] [[joy]] in which he went about doing good, in the [[garden]], uncomplaining.

TOMAS: It is a designated [[fruit of the spirit]]. Perhaps we should pause in this presentation and look it up and [[read]] it from the text to familiarize ourselves with the nature of these lessons. We will be in recess.

TOMAS: It is a designated [[fruit of the spirit]]. Perhaps we should pause in this presentation and look it up and [[read]] it from the text to familiarize ourselves with the nature of these lessons. We will be in recess.

<blockquote>[From the [[193:2 The Phoenician Appearance|Urantia Book, pg. 2054]]: [[Peace]] be upon you. You [[rejoice]] to know that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] has [[Resurrection|risen]] from the [[dead]] because you thereby know that you and your brethren shall also [[survive]] [[mortal]] [[death]]. But such [[survival]] is dependent on your having been previously [[born]] of the [[spirit]] of [[truth]]-seeking and [[God]]-finding. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_of_Life bread of life] and the [[water]] thereof are given only to those who [[hunger]] for [[truth]] and [[thirst]] for [[righteousness]]—for [[God]]. The [[fact]] that the [[Resurrection|dead rise]] is not the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. These great [[truths]] and these [[universe]] [[facts]] are all [[related]] to this [[gospel]] in that they are a [[part]] of the result of [[believing]] the good news and are [[embraced]] in the subsequent [[experience]] of those who, by [[faith]], become, in [[deed]] and in [[truth]], the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:7._FATHER-FUSED_MORTALS everlasting sons] of the [[eternal]] [[God]]. [[the Father|My Father]] sent me into the world to [[proclaim]] this [[salvation]] of [[sonship]] to all men. And so send I you abroad to [[preach]] this [[salvation]] of [[sonship]]. [[Salvation]] is the [[free]] [[gift]] of [[God]], but those who are [[born]] of the [[spirit]] will [[immediately]] begin to show forth the [[fruits of the spirit]] in loving [[service]] to their fellow [[creatures]]. And the [[Fruits of the spirit|fruits of the divine spirit]] which are yielded in the lives of [[spirit]]-[[born]] and [[God]]-[[knowing]] [[mortals]] are: [[loving]] [[service]], [[unselfish]] [[devotion]], [[courageous]] [[loyalty]], [[sincere]] [[fairness]], [[enlightened]] [[honesty]], undying [[hope]], confiding [[trust]], [[merciful]] ministry, unfailing [[goodness]], [[forgiving]] [[tolerance]], and [[enduring]] [[peace]]. If professed [[believers]] bear not these [[fruits of the divine spirit]] in their lives, they are [[dead]]; the [[Spirit of Truth]] is not in them; they are useless branches on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_180#180:2._THE_VINE_AND_THE_BRANCHES living vine], and they soon will be taken away. [[the Father|My Father]] requires of the [[children]] of [[faith]] that they bear much spirit fruit. If, therefore, you are not fruitful, he will dig about your [[roots]] and cut away your unfruitful branches. Increasingly, must you yield the [[fruits of the spirit]] as you [[progress]] heavenward in [[the kingdom]] of [[God]]. You may enter [[the kingdom]] as a child, but [[the Father]] requires that you [[grow]] up, by [[grace]], to the full stature of [[spiritual]] [[Maturity|adulthood]]. And when you go abroad to tell all [[nations]] the good news of this [[gospel]], I will go before you, and my [[Spirit of Truth]] shall abide in your [[hearts]]. My [[peace]] I leave with you. "</blockquote>

<blockquote>[From the [[193:2 The Phoenician Appearance|Urantia Book, pg. 2054]]: [[Peace]] be upon you. You [[rejoice]] to know that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] has [[Resurrection|risen]] from the [[dead]] because you thereby know that you and your brethren shall also [[survive]] [[mortal]] [[death]]. But such [[survival]] is dependent on your having been previously [[born]] of the [[spirit]] of [[truth]]-seeking and [[God]]-finding. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_of_Life bread of life] and the [[water]] thereof are given only to those who [[hunger]] for [[truth]] and [[thirst]] for [[righteousness]]—for [[God]]. The [[fact]] that the [[Resurrection|dead rise]] is not the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. These great [[truths]] and these [[universe]] [[facts]] are all [[related]] to this [[gospel]] in that they are a [[part]] of the result of [[believing]] the good news and are [[embraced]] in the subsequent [[experience]] of those who, by [[faith]], become, in [[deed]] and in [[truth]], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:7._FATHER-FUSED_MORTALS everlasting sons] of the [[eternal]] [[God]]. [[the Father|My Father]] sent me into the world to [[proclaim]] this [[salvation]] of [[sonship]] to all men. And so send I you abroad to [[preach]] this [[salvation]] of [[sonship]]. [[Salvation]] is the [[free]] [[gift]] of [[God]], but those who are [[born]] of the [[spirit]] will [[immediately]] begin to show forth the [[fruits of the spirit]] in loving [[service]] to their fellow [[creatures]]. And the [[Fruits of the spirit|fruits of the divine spirit]] which are yielded in the lives of [[spirit]]-[[born]] and [[God]]-[[knowing]] [[mortals]] are: [[loving]] [[service]], [[unselfish]] [[devotion]], [[courageous]] [[loyalty]], [[sincere]] [[fairness]], [[enlightened]] [[honesty]], undying [[hope]], confiding [[trust]], [[merciful]] ministry, unfailing [[goodness]], [[forgiving]] [[tolerance]], and [[enduring]] [[peace]]. If professed [[believers]] bear not these [[fruits of the divine spirit]] in their lives, they are [[dead]]; the [[Spirit of Truth]] is not in them; they are useless branches on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_180#180:2._THE_VINE_AND_THE_BRANCHES living vine], and they soon will be taken away. [[the Father|My Father]] requires of the [[children]] of [[faith]] that they bear much spirit fruit. If, therefore, you are not fruitful, he will dig about your [[roots]] and cut away your unfruitful branches. Increasingly, must you yield the [[fruits of the spirit]] as you [[progress]] heavenward in [[the kingdom]] of [[God]]. You may enter [[the kingdom]] as a child, but [[the Father]] requires that you [[grow]] up, by [[grace]], to the full stature of [[spiritual]] [[Maturity|adulthood]]. And when you go abroad to tell all [[nations]] the good news of this [[gospel]], I will go before you, and my [[Spirit of Truth]] shall abide in your [[hearts]]. My [[peace]] I leave with you. "</blockquote>

TOMAS: A [[gourmet]] delight, is it not? I have great [[admiration]] for the [[authors]] of [[Urantia Text|the revelation]]. Would that I had such mastery of the [[language]], but you [[understand]] that I am dealing with the [[English]] language in and through a publican, so you must take me as I am until and unless we become more of a committee of workers. Sometimes I can speak rather [[eloquently]], Kate, but I still doff my hat to these [[wonder]] workers of [[words]].

TOMAS: A [[gourmet]] delight, is it not? I have great [[admiration]] for the [[authors]] of [[Urantia Text|the revelation]]. Would that I had such mastery of the [[language]], but you [[understand]] that I am dealing with the [[English]] language in and through a publican, so you must take me as I am until and unless we become more of a committee of workers. Sometimes I can speak rather [[eloquently]], Kate, but I still doff my hat to these [[wonder]] workers of [[words]].