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34:6.3 From the heights of [[eternal]] [[glory]] the [[divine]] [[Spirit]] [[descends]], by a long series of steps, to meet you as you are and where you are and then, in the [[partnership]] of [[faith]], lovingly to [[embrace]] the [[soul]] of [[mortal]] [[origin]] and to embark on the sure and certain retracement of those steps of condescension, never stopping until the [[evolutionary]] [[soul]] is safely exalted to the very heights of [[bliss]] from which the divine Spirit originally sallied forth on this mission of [[mercy]] and [[ministry]].

34:6.3 From the heights of [[eternal]] [[glory]] the [[divine]] [[Spirit]] [[descends]], by a long series of steps, to meet you as you are and where you are and then, in the [[partnership]] of [[faith]], lovingly to [[embrace]] the [[soul]] of [[mortal]] [[origin]] and to embark on the sure and certain retracement of those steps of condescension, never stopping until the [[evolutionary]] [[soul]] is safely exalted to the very heights of [[bliss]] from which the divine Spirit originally sallied forth on this mission of [[mercy]] and [[ministry]].

34:6.4 [[Spiritual]] [[forces]] unerringly seek and [[attain]] their own [[original]] levels. Having gone out from the [[Eternal]], they are certain to return thereto, bringing with them all those [[children]] of [[time and space]] who have espoused the [[leading]] and [[teaching]] of the [[indwelling Adjuster]], those who have been truly "born of the Spirit,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_3] the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD faith sons of God].

34:6.4 [[Spiritual]] [[forces]] unerringly seek and [[attain]] their own [[original]] levels. Having gone out from the [[Eternal]], they are certain to return thereto, bringing with them all those [[children]] of [[time and space]] who have espoused the [[leading]] and [[teaching]] of the [[indwelling Adjuster]], those who have been truly "born of the Spirit,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_3] the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD faith sons of God].

34:6.5 The [[divine]] [[Spirit]] is the [[source]] of continual [[ministry]] and [[encouragement]] to the [[children]] of [[men]]. Your [[power]] and achievement is "according to his mercy, through the renewing of the Spirit."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_Titus#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_Titus.2C_III] [[Spiritual]] life, like [[physical]] [[energy]], is consumed. Spiritual [[effort]] results in [[relative]] spiritual [[exhaustion]]. The whole [[ascendant]] [[experience]] is real as well as [[spiritual]]; therefore, it is truly written, "It is the Spirit that quickens."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_III] "The Spirit gives life."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_6]

34:6.5 The [[divine]] [[Spirit]] is the [[source]] of continual [[ministry]] and [[encouragement]] to the [[children]] of [[men]]. Your [[power]] and achievement is "according to his mercy, through the renewing of the Spirit."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_Titus#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_Titus.2C_III] [[Spiritual]] life, like [[physical]] [[energy]], is consumed. Spiritual [[effort]] results in [[relative]] spiritual [[exhaustion]]. The whole [[ascendant]] [[experience]] is real as well as [[spiritual]]; therefore, it is truly written, "It is the Spirit that quickens."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_III] "The Spirit gives life."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_6]

34:6.6 The [[dead]] [[theory]] of even the highest religious [[doctrines]] is powerless to [[transform]] [[human]] [[character]] or to [[control]] [[mortal]] [[behavior]]. What the world of today needs is the [[truth]] which your [[teacher]] of old declared: "Not in word only but also in power and in the Holy Spirit."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Thessalonians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Thessalonians.2C_I] The [[seed]] of [[theoretical]] [[truth]] is ''dead'', the highest [[moral]] [[concepts]] without [[effect]], unless and until the [[divine]] [[Spirit]] [[breathes]] upon the [[forms]] of [[truth]] and quickens the [[formulas]] of [[righteousness]].

34:6.6 The [[dead]] [[theory]] of even the highest religious [[doctrines]] is powerless to [[transform]] [[human]] [[character]] or to [[control]] [[mortal]] [[behavior]]. What the world of today needs is the [[truth]] which your [[teacher]] of old declared: "Not in word only but also in power and in the Holy Spirit."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Thessalonians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Thessalonians.2C_I] The [[seed]] of [[theoretical]] [[truth]] is ''dead'', the highest [[moral]] [[concepts]] without [[effect]], unless and until the [[divine]] [[Spirit]] [[breathes]] upon the [[forms]] of [[truth]] and quickens the [[formulas]] of [[righteousness]].

34:6.7 Those who have received and [[recognized]] the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling of God]] have been born of the Spirit. "You are the temple of God, and the spirit of God dwells in you."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_III] It is not enough that this [[Thought Adjuster|spirit]] be poured out upon you; the divine Spirit must dominate and [[control]] every [[phase]] of [[human]] [[experience]].

34:6.7 Those who have received and [[recognized]] the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling of God]] have been born of the Spirit. "You are the temple of God, and the spirit of God dwells in you."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_III] It is not enough that this [[Thought Adjuster|spirit]] be poured out upon you; the divine Spirit must dominate and [[control]] every [[phase]] of [[human]] [[experience]].

34:6.8 It is the [[presence]] of the divine Spirit, the water of life, that prevents the consuming thirst of [[mortal]] discontent and that indescribable hunger of the unspiritualized [[human]] [[mind]]. Spirit-[[motivated]] [[beings]] "never thirst, for this spiritual water shall be in them a well of satisfaction springing up into life everlasting."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_4] Such [[divinely]] watered souls are all but [[independent]] of [[material]] [[environment]] as regards the [[joys]] of living and the [[satisfactions]] of [[earthly]] [[existence]]. They are [[spiritually]] [[illuminated]] and refreshed, [[morally]] strengthened and [[endowed]].

34:6.8 It is the [[presence]] of the divine Spirit, the water of life, that prevents the consuming thirst of [[mortal]] discontent and that indescribable hunger of the unspiritualized [[human]] [[mind]]. Spirit-[[motivated]] [[beings]] "never thirst, for this spiritual water shall be in them a well of satisfaction springing up into life everlasting."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_4] Such [[divinely]] watered souls are all but [[independent]] of [[material]] [[environment]] as regards the [[joys]] of living and the [[satisfactions]] of [[earthly]] [[existence]]. They are [[spiritually]] [[illuminated]] and refreshed, [[morally]] strengthened and [[endowed]].

34:6.9 In every [[mortal]] there exists a dual nature: the [[inheritance]] of [[animal]] tendencies and the high urge of [[spirit]] [[endowment]]. During the short life you live on [[Urantia]], these two [[diverse]] and [[opposing]] urges can seldom be fully [[reconciled]]; they can hardly be [[harmonized]] and unified; but throughout your lifetime the combined Spirit ever ministers to assist you in subjecting the [[flesh]] more and more to the [[leading]] of the [[Spirit]]. Even though you must live your [[material]] life through, even though you cannot escape the [[body]] and its [[necessities]], nonetheless, in [[purpose]] and [[ideals]] you are empowered increasingly to subject the [[animal nature]] to the mastery of the Spirit. There truly exists within you a [[conspiracy]] of [[spiritual]] [[forces]], a confederation of [[divine]] [[powers]], whose exclusive [[purpose]] is to effect your final deliverance from [[material]] bondage and [[finite]] [[handicaps]].

34:6.9 In every [[mortal]] there exists a dual nature: the [[inheritance]] of [[animal]] tendencies and the high urge of [[spirit]] [[endowment]]. During the short life you live on [[Urantia]], these two [[diverse]] and [[opposing]] urges can seldom be fully [[reconciled]]; they can hardly be [[harmonized]] and unified; but throughout your lifetime the combined Spirit ever ministers to assist you in subjecting the [[flesh]] more and more to the [[leading]] of the [[Spirit]]. Even though you must live your [[material]] life through, even though you cannot escape the [[body]] and its [[necessities]], nonetheless, in [[purpose]] and [[ideals]] you are empowered increasingly to subject the [[animal nature]] to the mastery of the Spirit. There truly exists within you a [[conspiracy]] of [[spiritual]] [[forces]], a confederation of [[divine]] [[powers]], whose exclusive [[purpose]] is to effect your final deliverance from [[material]] bondage and [[finite]] [[handicaps]].

34:6.11 The Spirit never [[Coercion|drives]], only [[leads]]. If you are a willing learner, if you want to [[attain]] [[spirit]] levels and reach [[divine]] heights, if you [[sincerely]] [[desire]] to reach the [[eternal]] goal, then the divine Spirit will gently and lovingly lead you along the pathway of sonship and [[spiritual]] [[progress]]. Every step you take must be one of willingness, [[intelligent]] and cheerful [[co-operation]]. The domination of the Spirit is never tainted with [[coercion]] nor [[compromised]] by compulsion.

34:6.11 The Spirit never [[Coercion|drives]], only [[leads]]. If you are a willing learner, if you want to [[attain]] [[spirit]] levels and reach [[divine]] heights, if you [[sincerely]] [[desire]] to reach the [[eternal]] goal, then the divine Spirit will gently and lovingly lead you along the pathway of sonship and [[spiritual]] [[progress]]. Every step you take must be one of willingness, [[intelligent]] and cheerful [[co-operation]]. The domination of the Spirit is never tainted with [[coercion]] nor [[compromised]] by compulsion.

34:6.12 And when such a life of spirit [[guidance]] is freely and [[intelligently]] [[accepted]], there [[gradually]] [[develops]] within the [[human]] [[mind]] a positive [[consciousness]] of [[divine]] contact and [[assurance]] of spirit [[communion]]; sooner or later  the Spirit bears witness with your spirit (the Adjuster) that you are a child of God."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_VIII] Already has your own [[Thought Adjuster]] told you of your kinship to [[God]] so that the [[record]] testifies that the Spirit bears witness "with your spirit,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_VIII] not to your spirit.

34:6.12 And when such a life of spirit [[guidance]] is freely and [[intelligently]] [[accepted]], there [[gradually]] [[develops]] within the [[human]] [[mind]] a positive [[consciousness]] of [[divine]] contact and [[assurance]] of spirit [[communion]]; sooner or later  the Spirit bears witness with your spirit (the Adjuster) that you are a child of God."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_VIII] Already has your own [[Thought Adjuster]] told you of your kinship to [[God]] so that the [[record]] testifies that the Spirit bears witness "with your spirit,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_VIII] not to your spirit.

34:6.13 The [[consciousness]] of the spirit domination of a [[human]] life is presently attended by an increasing [[exhibition]] of the characteristics of the Spirit in the life [[reactions]] of such a spirit-led [[mortal]], "for the fruits of the spirit are love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Galatians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Galatians.2C_V] Such spirit-[[guided]] and [[divinely]] [[illuminated]] [[mortals]], while they yet tread the lowly paths of toil and in [[human]] [[faithfulness]] [[perform]] the [[duties]] of their earthly assignments, have already begun to [[discern]] the [[lights]] of [[eternal]] life as they glimmer on the faraway shores of another world; already have they begun to [[comprehend]] the [[reality]] of that [[inspiring]] and comforting [[truth]], "The kingdom of God is not meat and drink but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. " And throughout every trial and in the [[presence]] of every hardship, spirit-born [[souls]] are sustained by that [[hope]] which [[transcends]] all [[fear]] because the [[love]] of [[God]] is shed abroad in all [[hearts]] by the [[presence]] of the divine Spirit.

34:6.13 The [[consciousness]] of the spirit domination of a [[human]] life is presently attended by an increasing [[exhibition]] of the characteristics of the Spirit in the life [[reactions]] of such a spirit-led [[mortal]], "for the fruits of the spirit are love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Galatians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Galatians.2C_V] Such spirit-[[guided]] and [[divinely]] [[illuminated]] [[mortals]], while they yet tread the lowly paths of toil and in [[human]] [[faithfulness]] [[perform]] the [[duties]] of their earthly assignments, have already begun to [[discern]] the [[lights]] of [[eternal]] life as they glimmer on the faraway shores of another world; already have they begun to [[comprehend]] the [[reality]] of that [[inspiring]] and comforting [[truth]], "The kingdom of God is not meat and drink but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. " And throughout every trial and in the [[presence]] of every hardship, spirit-born [[souls]] are sustained by that [[hope]] which [[transcends]] all [[fear]] because the [[love]] of [[God]] is shed abroad in all [[hearts]] by the [[presence]] of the divine Spirit.

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