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==102:7. THE CERTITUDE OF THE DIVINE==

==102:7. THE CERTITUDE OF THE DIVINE==

102:7.1 The [[Universal Father]], being self-existent, is also self-explanatory; he actually lives in every [[rational]] [[mortal]]. But you cannot be sure about [[God]] unless you know him; sonship is the only [[experience]] which makes [[fatherhood]] certain. The [[universe]] is everywhere undergoing [[change]]. A [[changing]] [[universe]] is a [[dependent]] universe; such a [[creation]] cannot be either final or [[absolute]]. A [[finite]] [[universe]] is wholly [[dependent]] on the [[Ultimate]] and the [[Absolute]]. The [[universe]] and [[God]] are not identical; one is [[cause]], the other [[effect]]. The cause is [[absolute]], [[infinite]], [[eternal]], and changeless; the [[effect]], [[time-space]] and [[transcendental]] but ever changing, always [[growing]].

102:7.1 The [[Universal Father]], being self-existent, is also self-explanatory; he actually lives in every [[rational]] [[mortal]]. But you cannot be sure about [[God]] unless you know him; sonship is the only [[experience]] which makes [[fatherhood]] certain. The [[universe]] is everywhere undergoing [[change]]. A [[changing]] [[universe]] is a dependent universe; such a [[creation]] cannot be either final or [[absolute]]. A [[finite]] [[universe]] is wholly dependent on the [[Ultimate]] and the [[Absolute]]. The [[universe]] and [[God]] are not identical; one is [[cause]], the other [[effect]]. The cause is [[absolute]], [[infinite]], [[eternal]], and changeless; the [[effect]], [[time-space]] and [[transcendental]] but ever changing, always [[growing]].

102:7.2 [[God]] is the one and only [[self]]-[[cause]]d [[fact]] in the [[universe]]. He is the [[secret]] of the order, [[plan]], and [[purpose]] of the whole [[creation]] of [[things]] and [[beings]]. The everywhere-changing [[universe]] is regulated and [[stabilized]] by absolutely unchanging [[laws]], the [[habits]] of an unchanging [[God]]. The [[fact]] of [[God]], the [[divine]] [[law]], is changeless; the [[truth]] of [[God]], his [[relation]] to the [[universe]], is a [[relative]] [[revelation]] which is ever [[adaptable]] to the constantly [[evolving]] [[universe]].

102:7.2 [[God]] is the one and only [[self]]-[[cause]]d [[fact]] in the [[universe]]. He is the [[secret]] of the order, [[plan]], and [[purpose]] of the whole [[creation]] of [[things]] and [[beings]]. The everywhere-changing [[universe]] is regulated and [[stabilized]] by absolutely unchanging [[laws]], the [[habits]] of an unchanging [[God]]. The [[fact]] of [[God]], the [[divine]] [[law]], is changeless; the [[truth]] of [[God]], his [[relation]] to the [[universe]], is a [[relative]] [[revelation]] which is ever [[adaptable]] to the constantly [[evolving]] [[universe]].