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196:0.1 [[Jesus]] enjoyed a [[sublime]] and wholehearted [[faith]] in [[God]]. He [[experienced]] the [[ordinary]] ups and downs of [[mortal]] [[existence]], but he never religiously [[doubted]] the certainty of [[God]]'s watchcare and [[guidance]]. His [[faith]] was the outgrowth of the [[insight]] born of the [[activity]] of the [[divine]] [[presence]], his [[indwelling Adjuster]]. His [[faith]] was neither [[traditional]] nor merely [[intellectual]]; it was wholly [[personal]] and purely [[spiritual]].

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196:0.2 The [[human]] [[Jesus]] saw [[God]] as being [[holy]], just, and great, as well as being [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS true, beautiful, and good]. All these [[attributes]] of [[divinity]] he [[focused]] in his [[mind]] as the " will of [[the Father]] in heaven. " [[Jesus]]' [[God]] was at one and the same time " The Holy One of [[Israel]] " and " The living and loving Father in heaven. " The [[concept]] of [[God]] as a [[Father]] was not [[original]] with [[Jesus]], but he exalted and elevated the [[idea]] into a [[sublime]] [[experience]] by achieving a new [[revelation]] of [[God]] and by [[proclaiming]] that every [[mortal]] [[creature]] is a child of this Father of [[love]], a [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD son of God].

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196:0.2 The [[human]] [[Jesus]] saw [[God]] as being [[holy]], just, and great, as well as being [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS true, beautiful, and good]. All these [[attributes]] of [[divinity]] he [[focused]] in his [[mind]] as the " will of [[the Father]] in heaven. " [[Jesus]]' [[God]] was at one and the same time " The Holy One of [[Israel]] " and " The living and loving Father in heaven. " The [[concept]] of [[God]] as a [[Father]] was not [[original]] with [[Jesus]], but he exalted and elevated the [[idea]] into a [[sublime]] [[experience]] by achieving a new [[revelation]] of [[God]] and by [[proclaiming]] that every [[mortal]] [[creature]] is a child of this Father of [[love]], a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD son of God].

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196:0.3 [[Jesus]] did not cling to [[faith]] in [[God]] as would a [[struggling]] [[soul]] at [[war]] with the [[universe]] and at death grips with a [[hostile]] and [[sinful]] world; he did not resort to [[faith]] merely as a [[consolation]] in the midst of [[difficulties]] or as a [[comfort]] in threatened [[despair]]; [[faith]] was not just an illusory [[compensation]] for the unpleasant [[realities]] and the [[sorrows]] of living. In the very [[face]] of all the [[natural]] [[difficulties]] and the temporal [[contradiction]]s of [[mortal]] [[existence]], he [[experienced]] the tranquillity of [[supreme]] and unquestioned [[trust]] in [[God]] and felt the tremendous thrill of living, by [[faith]], in the very [[presence]] of [[the heavenly Father]]. And this [[triumphant]] [[faith]] was a living [[experience]] of [[actual]] [[spirit]] [[attainment]]. [[Jesus]]' great contribution to the [[values]] of [[human]] [[experience]] was not that he [[revealed]] so many new [[ideas]] about [[the Father]] in heaven, but rather that he so [[magnificently]] and [[humanly]] [[demonstrated]] a new and higher type of living [[faith]] in [[God]]. Never on all [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49#PAPER_49:_THE_INHABITED_WORLDS the worlds] of this [[universe]], in the life of any one [[mortal]], did [[God]] ever become such a living [[reality]] as in the [[human]] [[experience]] of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]].

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196:0.3 [[Jesus]] did not cling to [[faith]] in [[God]] as would a [[struggling]] [[soul]] at [[war]] with the [[universe]] and at death grips with a [[hostile]] and [[sinful]] world; he did not resort to [[faith]] merely as a [[consolation]] in the midst of [[difficulties]] or as a [[comfort]] in threatened [[despair]]; [[faith]] was not just an illusory [[compensation]] for the unpleasant [[realities]] and the [[sorrows]] of living. In the very [[face]] of all the [[natural]] [[difficulties]] and the temporal [[contradiction]]s of [[mortal]] [[existence]], he [[experienced]] the tranquillity of [[supreme]] and unquestioned [[trust]] in [[God]] and felt the tremendous thrill of living, by [[faith]], in the very [[presence]] of [[the heavenly Father]]. And this [[triumphant]] [[faith]] was a living [[experience]] of [[actual]] [[spirit]] [[attainment]]. [[Jesus]]' great contribution to the [[values]] of [[human]] [[experience]] was not that he [[revealed]] so many new [[ideas]] about [[the Father]] in heaven, but rather that he so [[magnificently]] and [[humanly]] [[demonstrated]] a new and higher type of living [[faith]] in [[God]]. Never on all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49#PAPER_49:_THE_INHABITED_WORLDS the worlds] of this [[universe]], in the life of any one [[mortal]], did [[God]] ever become such a living [[reality]] as in the [[human]] [[experience]] of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]].

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196:0.4 In [[the Master]]'s life on [[Urantia]], this and all [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49#PAPER_49:_THE_INHABITED_WORLDS other worlds] of the [[Local Universe|local creation]] [[discover]] a new and higher type of [[religion]], religion based on [[personal]] [[spiritual]] [[relations]] with the [[Universal Father]] and wholly validated by the [[supreme]] [[authority]] of genuine [[personal]] [[experience]]. This living [[faith]] of [[Jesus]] was more than an [[intellectual]] [[reflection]], and it was not a [[mystic]] [[meditation]].

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196:0.4 In [[the Master]]'s life on [[Urantia]], this and all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49#PAPER_49:_THE_INHABITED_WORLDS other worlds] of the [[Local Universe|local creation]] [[discover]] a new and higher type of [[religion]], religion based on [[personal]] [[spiritual]] [[relations]] with the [[Universal Father]] and wholly validated by the [[supreme]] [[authority]] of genuine [[personal]] [[experience]]. This living [[faith]] of [[Jesus]] was more than an [[intellectual]] [[reflection]], and it was not a [[mystic]] [[meditation]].

196:0.5 [[Theology]] may fix, [[formulate]], define, and [[dogmatize]] [[faith]], but in the [[human]] life of [[Jesus]] [[faith]] was [[personal]], living, [[original]], [[spontaneous]], and purely [[spiritual]]. This [[faith]] was not [[reverence]] for [[tradition]] nor a mere [[intellectual]] [[belief]] which he held as a [[sacred]] [[creed]], but rather a [[sublime]] [[experience]] and a [[profound]] [[conviction]] which securely held him. His [[faith]] was so real and all-[[encompassing]] that it absolutely swept away any [[spiritual]] [[doubts]] and effectively destroyed every [[conflicting]] [[desire]]. Nothing was able to tear him away from the [[spiritual]] anchorage of this fervent, [[sublime]], and undaunted [[faith]]. Even in the face of [[apparent]] [[defeat]] or in the throes of [[disappointment]] and threatening [[despair]], he calmly stood in the [[divine]] [[presence]] [[free]] from [[fear]] and fully [[conscious]] of spiritual invincibility. [[Jesus]] enjoyed the invigorating [[assurance]] of the [[possession]] of unflinching [[faith]], and in each of life's trying situations he unfailingly [[exhibited]] an unquestioning [[loyalty]] to [[the Father]]'s will. And this superb [[faith]] was undaunted even by the [[cruel]] and crushing threat of an ignominious [[death]].

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196:0.6 In a [[religious]] [[genius]], strong [[spiritual]] [[faith]] so many times leads directly to disastrous [[fanaticism]], to exaggeration of the [[religious]] [[ego]], but it was not so with [[Jesus]]. He was not unfavorably affected in his [[practical]] life by his extraordinary [[faith]] and [[spirit]] [[attainment]] because this spiritual exaltation was a wholly [[unconscious]] and [[spontaneous]] [[soul]] [[expression]] of his [[personal]] [[experience]] with [[God]].

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196:0.7 The all-consuming and indomitable [[spiritual]] [[faith]] of [[Jesus]] never became [[fanatical]], for it never attempted to run away with his well-[[balanced]] [[intellectual]] [[judgments]] concerning the [[proportional]] [[values]] of [[practical]] and commonplace [[social]], [[economic]], and [[moral]] life situations. The [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] was a splendidly unified [[human]] [[personality]]; he was a perfectly [[endowed]] [[divine]] [[being]]; he was also [[magnificently]] [[co-ordinated]] as a combined [[human]] and [[divine]] [[being]] functioning on [[earth]] as a single [[personality]]. Always did [[the Master]] [[co-ordinate]] the [[faith]] of the [[soul]] with the [[wisdom]]-appraisals of seasoned [[experience]]. [[Personal]] [[faith]], spiritual [[hope]], and moral [[devotion]] were always correlated in a matchless [[religious]] [[unity]] of [[harmonious]] [[association]] with the keen [[realization]] of the [[reality]] and sacredness of all [[human]] loyalties—[[personal]] [[honor]], [[family]] [[love]], [[religious]] [[obligation]], [[social]] [[duty]], and [[economic]] [[necessity]].

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196:0.7 The all-consuming and indomitable [[spiritual]] [[faith]] of [[Jesus]] never became [[fanatical]], for it never attempted to run away with his well-[[balanced]] [[intellectual]] [[judgments]] concerning the [[proportional]] [[values]] of [[practical]] and commonplace [[social]], [[economic]], and [[moral]] life situations. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] was a splendidly unified [[human]] [[personality]]; he was a perfectly [[endowed]] [[divine]] [[being]]; he was also [[magnificently]] [[co-ordinated]] as a combined [[human]] and [[divine]] [[being]] functioning on [[earth]] as a single [[personality]]. Always did [[the Master]] [[co-ordinate]] the [[faith]] of the [[soul]] with the [[wisdom]]-appraisals of seasoned [[experience]]. [[Personal]] [[faith]], spiritual [[hope]], and moral [[devotion]] were always correlated in a matchless [[religious]] [[unity]] of [[harmonious]] [[association]] with the keen [[realization]] of the [[reality]] and sacredness of all [[human]] loyalties—[[personal]] [[honor]], [[family]] [[love]], [[religious]] [[obligation]], [[social]] [[duty]], and [[economic]] [[necessity]].

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196:0.8 The [[faith]] of [[Jesus]] visualized all [[spirit]] [[values]] as being found in [[the kingdom]] of [[God]]; therefore he said, " Seek first [[the kingdom]] of heaven. "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12] [[Jesus]] saw in the advanced and [[ideal]] fellowship of [[the kingdom]] the achievement and fulfillment of the " will of God. " The very [[heart]] of the [[prayer]] which he taught his disciples was, " Your kingdom come; your will be done. " Having thus conceived of [[the kingdom]] as comprising the will of God, he [[devoted]] himself to the cause of its [[realization]] with amazing self-forgetfulness and unbounded [[enthusiasm]]. But in all his [[intense]] [[mission]] and throughout his extraordinary life there never appeared the [[fury]] of the [[fanatic]] nor the [[superficial]] frothiness of the [[religious]] [[egotist]].

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196:0.8 The [[faith]] of [[Jesus]] visualized all [[spirit]] [[values]] as being found in [[the kingdom]] of [[God]]; therefore he said, " Seek first [[the kingdom]] of heaven. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_12] [[Jesus]] saw in the advanced and [[ideal]] fellowship of [[the kingdom]] the achievement and fulfillment of the " will of God. " The very [[heart]] of the [[prayer]] which he taught his disciples was, " Your kingdom come; your will be done. " Having thus conceived of [[the kingdom]] as comprising the will of God, he [[devoted]] himself to the cause of its [[realization]] with amazing self-forgetfulness and unbounded [[enthusiasm]]. But in all his [[intense]] [[mission]] and throughout his extraordinary life there never appeared the [[fury]] of the [[fanatic]] nor the [[superficial]] frothiness of the [[religious]] [[egotist]].

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196:0.9 [[The Master]]'s entire life was consistently conditioned by this living [[faith]], this sublime [[religious]] [[experience]]. This spiritual [[attitude]] wholly [[dominated]] his [[thinking]] and [[feeling]], his believing and [[praying]], his [[teaching]] and [[preaching]]. This [[personal]] [[faith]] of a son in the certainty and [[security]] of the [[guidance]] and protection of [[the heavenly Father]] imparted to his [[unique]] life a [[profound]] [[endowment]] of [[spiritual]] [[reality]]. And yet, despite this very deep [[consciousness]] of close [[relationship]] with [[divinity]], this [[Galilean]], God's Galilean, when addressed as Good Teacher, instantly replied, " Why do you call me good? "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_18] When we stand [[confronted]] by such splendid self-forgetfulness, we begin to [[understand]] how the [[Universal Father]] found it possible so fully to [[manifest]] himself to him and [[reveal]] himself through him to the [[mortals]] of the realms.

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196:0.9 [[The Master]]'s entire life was consistently conditioned by this living [[faith]], this sublime [[religious]] [[experience]]. This spiritual [[attitude]] wholly [[dominated]] his [[thinking]] and [[feeling]], his believing and [[praying]], his [[teaching]] and [[preaching]]. This [[personal]] [[faith]] of a son in the certainty and [[security]] of the [[guidance]] and protection of [[the heavenly Father]] imparted to his [[unique]] life a [[profound]] [[endowment]] of [[spiritual]] [[reality]]. And yet, despite this very deep [[consciousness]] of close [[relationship]] with [[divinity]], this [[Galilean]], God's Galilean, when addressed as Good Teacher, instantly replied, " Why do you call me good? "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_18] When we stand [[confronted]] by such splendid self-forgetfulness, we begin to [[understand]] how the [[Universal Father]] found it possible so fully to [[manifest]] himself to him and [[reveal]] himself through him to the [[mortals]] of the realms.

196:0.10 [[Jesus]] brought to [[God]], as a man of the realm, the greatest of all offerings: the [[consecration]] and [[dedication]] of his own will to the [[majestic]] [[service]] of doing the divine will. [[Jesus]] always and [[consistently]] [[interpreted]] [[religion]] wholly in terms of [[the Father]]'s will. When you [[study]] the [[career]] of [[the Master]], as concerns [[prayer]] or any other feature of the [[religious]] life, look not so much for what he taught as for what he did. [[Jesus]] never [[prayed]] as a [[religious]] [[duty]]. To him prayer was a [[sincere]] [[expression]] of spiritual [[attitude]], a [[declaration]] of [[soul]] [[loyalty]], a [[recital]] of personal [[devotion]], an [[expression]] of [[thanksgiving]], an avoidance of [[emotional]] [[tension]], a prevention of [[conflict]], an exaltation of intellection, an ennoblement of [[desire]], a [[vindication]] of [[moral]] [[decision]], an enrichment of [[thought]], an [[invigoration]] of higher inclinations, a [[consecration]] of [[impulse]], a [[clarification]] of [[viewpoint]], a [[declaration]] of [[faith]], a [[transcendental]] surrender of will, a [[sublime]] [[assertion]] of [[confidence]], a [[revelation]] of [[courage]], the [[proclamation]] of [[discovery]], a [[confession]] of supreme [[devotion]], the validation of [[consecration]], a [[technique]] for the [[adjustment]] of [[difficulties]], and the mighty mobilization of the combined [[soul]] powers to withstand all [[human]] tendencies toward [[selfishness]], [[evil]], and [[sin]]. He lived just such a life of prayerful [[consecration]] to the [[doing of his Father's will]] and ended his life [[triumphantly]] with just such a prayer. The [[secret]] of his unparalleled religious life was this [[consciousness]] of the [[presence]] of [[God]]; and he [[attained]] it by [[intelligent]] [[prayer]] and [[sincere]] [[worship]]—unbroken [[communion]] with [[God]]—and not by [[leadings]], [[voices]], [[visions]], or extraordinary religious [[practices]].

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196:0.11 In the earthly life of [[Jesus]], [[religion]] was a living [[experience]], a direct and [[personal]] movement from [[spiritual]] [[reverence]] to practical [[righteousness]]. The [[faith]] of [[Jesus]] bore the [[transcendent]] [[Fruits of the spirit.|fruits of the divine spirit]]. His [[faith]] was not immature and credulous like that of a child, but in many ways it did resemble the unsuspecting [[trust]] of the child mind. [[Jesus]] trusted [[God]] much as the child trusts a [[parent]]. He had a [[profound]] [[confidence]] in the [[universe]]—just such a trust as the child has in its [[parental]] [[environment]]. [[Jesus]]' wholehearted [[faith]] in the [[fundamental]] [[goodness]] of the universe very much resembled the child's [[trust]] in the [[security]] of its earthly [[surroundings]]. He depended on [[the heavenly Father]] as a child leans upon its earthly [[parent]], and his fervent [[faith]] never for one moment [[doubted]] the [[certainty]] of [[the heavenly Father]]'s overcare. He was not disturbed seriously by [[fears]], [[doubts]], and [[skepticism]]. Unbelief did not inhibit the [[free]] and original [[expression]] of his life. He combined the [[stalwart]] and [[intelligent]] [[courage]] of a full-grown man with the [[sincere]] and trusting [[optimism]] of a believing child. His [[faith]] grew to such heights of [[trust]] that it was devoid of [[fear]].

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196:0.12 The [[faith]] of [[Jesus]] [[attained]] the [[purity]] of a child's [[trust]]. His [[faith]] was so [[absolute]] and undoubting that it responded to the [[charm]] of the contact of fellow beings and to the [[wonders]] of the universe. His sense of dependence on the [[divine]] was so complete and so [[confident]] that it yielded the [[joy]] and the [[assurance]] of [[absolute]] [[personal]] [[security]]. There was no [[hesitating]] pretense in his religious [[experience]]. In this giant [[intellect]] of the full-grown man the [[faith]] of the child reigned [[supreme]] in all matters relating to the religious [[consciousness]]. It is not strange that he once said, " Except you become as a little child, you shall not enter [[the kingdom]]. "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_9] Notwithstanding that [[Jesus]]' [[faith]] was childlike, it was in no sense childish.

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196:0.12 The [[faith]] of [[Jesus]] [[attained]] the [[purity]] of a child's [[trust]]. His [[faith]] was so [[absolute]] and undoubting that it responded to the [[charm]] of the contact of fellow beings and to the [[wonders]] of the universe. His sense of dependence on the [[divine]] was so complete and so [[confident]] that it yielded the [[joy]] and the [[assurance]] of [[absolute]] [[personal]] [[security]]. There was no [[hesitating]] pretense in his religious [[experience]]. In this giant [[intellect]] of the full-grown man the [[faith]] of the child reigned [[supreme]] in all matters relating to the religious [[consciousness]]. It is not strange that he once said, " Except you become as a little child, you shall not enter [[the kingdom]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_9] Notwithstanding that [[Jesus]]' [[faith]] was childlike, it was in no sense childish.

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196:0.13 [[Jesus]] does not require his [[disciples]] to [[believe]] in him but rather to believe with him, believe in the [[reality]] of the [[love]] of [[God]] and in full [[confidence]] [[accept]] the [[security]] of the [[assurance]] of sonship with the heavenly Father. [[The Master]] [[desires]] that all his [[followers]] should fully [[share]] his [[transcendent]] [[faith]]. [[Jesus]] most touchingly [[challenged]] his [[followers]], not only to [[believe]] what he believed, but also to believe as he believed. This is the full significance of his one [[supreme]] requirement, " Follow me. "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_21]

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196:0.13 [[Jesus]] does not require his [[disciples]] to [[believe]] in him but rather to believe with him, believe in the [[reality]] of the [[love]] of [[God]] and in full [[confidence]] [[accept]] the [[security]] of the [[assurance]] of sonship with the heavenly Father. [[The Master]] [[desires]] that all his [[followers]] should fully [[share]] his [[transcendent]] [[faith]]. [[Jesus]] most touchingly [[challenged]] his [[followers]], not only to [[believe]] what he believed, but also to believe as he believed. This is the full significance of his one [[supreme]] requirement, " Follow me. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_21]

196:0.14 [[Jesus]]' earthly life was [[devoted]] to one great [[purpose]]—[[doing the Father's will]], [[living]] the human life religiously and by [[faith]]. The [[faith]] of [[Jesus]] was [[trusting]], like that of a child, but it was wholly [[free]] from [[presumption]]. He made robust and manly [[decisions]], [[courageously]] faced manifold [[disappointments]], resolutely surmounted extraordinary [[difficulties]], and unflinchingly confronted the stern requirements of [[duty]]. It required a [[strong]] [[Free will|will]] and an unfailing [[confidence]] to believe what [[Jesus]] believed and as he believed.

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196:1.1 [[Jesus]]' [[devotion]] to [[the Father]]'s will and the [[service]] of man was even more than [[mortal]] [[decision]] and human [[determination]]; it was a wholehearted [[consecration]] of himself to such an unreserved [[bestowal]] of [[love]]. No matter how great the [[fact]] of the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY sovereignty of Michael], you must not take the [[human]] [[Jesus]] away from men. [[The Master]] has [[ascended]] on high as a man, as well as [[God]]; he belongs to men; men belong to him. How unfortunate that [[religion]] itself should be so misinterpreted as to take the [[human]] [[Jesus]] away from [[struggling]] [[mortals]]! Let not the [[discussions]] of the [[humanity]] or the [[divinity]] of the [[Christ]] obscure the saving [[truth]] that [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] was a [[religious]] man who, by [[faith]], [[achieved]] the knowing and the [[doing of the will of God]]; he was the most truly [[religious]] man who has ever lived on [[Urantia]].

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196:1.1 [[Jesus]]' [[devotion]] to [[the Father]]'s will and the [[service]] of man was even more than [[mortal]] [[decision]] and human [[determination]]; it was a wholehearted [[consecration]] of himself to such an unreserved [[bestowal]] of [[love]]. No matter how great the [[fact]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY sovereignty of Michael], you must not take the [[human]] [[Jesus]] away from men. [[The Master]] has [[ascended]] on high as a man, as well as [[God]]; he belongs to men; men belong to him. How unfortunate that [[religion]] itself should be so misinterpreted as to take the [[human]] [[Jesus]] away from [[struggling]] [[mortals]]! Let not the [[discussions]] of the [[humanity]] or the [[divinity]] of the [[Christ]] obscure the saving [[truth]] that [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] was a [[religious]] man who, by [[faith]], [[achieved]] the knowing and the [[doing of the will of God]]; he was the most truly [[religious]] man who has ever lived on [[Urantia]].

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196:1.2 The time is ripe to [[witness]] the [[figurative]] [[resurrection]] of the [[human]] [[Jesus]] from his [[burial]] [[tomb]] amidst the [[theological]] [[traditions]] and the religious [[dogmas]] of [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity nineteen centuries]. [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] must not be longer [[sacrificed]] to even the splendid [[concept]] of the [[glorified]] [[Christ]]. What a [[transcendent]] [[service]] if, through this [[revelation]], the [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] should be recovered from the [[tomb]] of [[traditional]] [[theology]] and be presented as the living [[Jesus]] to the [[church]] that bears his name, and to all other [[religions]]! Surely the [[Christian]] fellowship of [[believers]] will not [[hesitate]] to make such [[adjustments]] of [[faith]] and of [[practices]] of [[living]] as will enable it to " follow after " [[the Master]] in the [[demonstration]] of his real life of religious [[devotion]] to [[the doing of his Father's will]] and of [[consecration]] to the [[unselfish]] [[service]] of man. Do professed [[Christians]] [[fear]] the [[exposure]] of a self-sufficient and unconsecrated fellowship of [[social]] respectability and [[selfish]] [[economic]] maladjustment? Does [[institutional]] [[Christianity]] [[fear]] the possible jeopardy, or even the overthrow, of [[traditional]] [[ecclesiastical]] [[authority]] if the [[Jesus]] of [[Galilee]] is reinstated in the [[minds]] and [[souls]] of [[mortal]] men as the [[ideal]] of [[personal]] religious living? Indeed, the [[social]] readjustments, the [[economic]] [[transformations]], the [[moral]] rejuvenations, and the religious revisions of [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christendom Christian civilization] would be drastic and revolutionary if the living religion of [[Jesus]] should suddenly supplant the [[theologic]] religion about [[Jesus]].

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196:1.2 The time is ripe to [[witness]] the [[figurative]] [[resurrection]] of the [[human]] [[Jesus]] from his [[burial]] [[tomb]] amidst the [[theological]] [[traditions]] and the religious [[dogmas]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity nineteen centuries]. [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] must not be longer [[sacrificed]] to even the splendid [[concept]] of the [[glorified]] [[Christ]]. What a [[transcendent]] [[service]] if, through this [[revelation]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] should be recovered from the [[tomb]] of [[traditional]] [[theology]] and be presented as the living [[Jesus]] to the [[church]] that bears his name, and to all other [[religions]]! Surely the [[Christian]] fellowship of [[believers]] will not [[hesitate]] to make such [[adjustments]] of [[faith]] and of [[practices]] of [[living]] as will enable it to " follow after " [[the Master]] in the [[demonstration]] of his real life of religious [[devotion]] to [[the doing of his Father's will]] and of [[consecration]] to the [[unselfish]] [[service]] of man. Do professed [[Christians]] [[fear]] the [[exposure]] of a self-sufficient and unconsecrated fellowship of [[social]] respectability and [[selfish]] [[economic]] maladjustment? Does [[institutional]] [[Christianity]] [[fear]] the possible jeopardy, or even the overthrow, of [[traditional]] [[ecclesiastical]] [[authority]] if the [[Jesus]] of [[Galilee]] is reinstated in the [[minds]] and [[souls]] of [[mortal]] men as the [[ideal]] of [[personal]] religious living? Indeed, the [[social]] readjustments, the [[economic]] [[transformations]], the [[moral]] rejuvenations, and the religious revisions of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christendom Christian civilization] would be drastic and revolutionary if the living religion of [[Jesus]] should suddenly supplant the [[theologic]] religion about [[Jesus]].

196:1.3 To " follow Jesus " means to [[personally]] [[share]] his religious [[faith]] and to enter into the [[spirit]] of [[the Master]]'s life of [[unselfish]] [[service]] for man. One of the most important things in [[human]] [[living]] is to find out what [[Jesus]] believed, to [[discover]] his [[ideals]], and to strive for the [[achievement]] of his exalted life [[purpose]]. Of all human [[knowledge]], that which is of greatest [[value]] is to know the [[religious]] life of [[Jesus]] and how he lived it.

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196:1.5 It should not be the aim of kingdom [[believers]] [[literally]] to [[imitate]] the outward life of [[Jesus]] in the [[flesh]] but rather to share his [[faith]]; to [[trust]] [[God]] as he trusted God and to [[believe]] in men as he believed in men. [[Jesus]] never [[argued]] about either the fatherhood of God or the brotherhood of men; he was a living [[illustration]] of the one and a [[profound]] [[demonstration]] of the other.

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196:1.6 Just as men must [[progress]] from the [[consciousness]] of the [[human]] to the [[realization]] of the [[divine]], so did [[Jesus]] [[ascend]] from the [[nature]] of man to the [[consciousness]] of the [[nature]] of [[God]]. And [[the Master]] made this great [[ascent]] from the [[human]] to the [[divine]] by the conjoint [[achievement]] of the [[faith]] of his mortal [[intellect]] and the [[acts]] of his [[indwelling Adjuster]]. The [[fact]]-[[realization]] of the [[attainment]] of totality of [[divinity]] (all the while fully [[conscious]] of the [[reality]] of [[humanity]]) was attended by [[seven]] [[stages]] of [[faith]] [[consciousness]] of [[progressive]] divinization. These [[stages]] of [[progressive]] [[self-realization]] were marked off by the following extraordinary [[events]] in [[the Master]]'s [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal experience]:

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196:1.6 Just as men must [[progress]] from the [[consciousness]] of the [[human]] to the [[realization]] of the [[divine]], so did [[Jesus]] [[ascend]] from the [[nature]] of man to the [[consciousness]] of the [[nature]] of [[God]]. And [[the Master]] made this great [[ascent]] from the [[human]] to the [[divine]] by the conjoint [[achievement]] of the [[faith]] of his mortal [[intellect]] and the [[acts]] of his [[indwelling Adjuster]]. The [[fact]]-[[realization]] of the [[attainment]] of totality of [[divinity]] (all the while fully [[conscious]] of the [[reality]] of [[humanity]]) was attended by [[seven]] [[stages]] of [[faith]] [[consciousness]] of [[progressive]] divinization. These [[stages]] of [[progressive]] [[self-realization]] were marked off by the following extraordinary [[events]] in [[the Master]]'s [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal experience]:

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*1. The [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_123#123:2._THE_FIFTH_YEAR_.282_B.C..29 arrival] of the [[Thought Adjuster]].

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*1. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_123#123:2._THE_FIFTH_YEAR_.282_B.C..29 arrival] of the [[Thought Adjuster]].

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*2. The messenger of [[Immanuel]] who [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_124#124:6._THE_JOURNEY_TO_JERUSALEM appeared to him at Jerusalem] when he was about twelve years old.

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*2. The messenger of [[Immanuel]] who [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_124#124:6._THE_JOURNEY_TO_JERUSALEM appeared to him at Jerusalem] when he was about twelve years old.

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*3. The [[manifestations]] attendant upon [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS his baptism].

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*3. The [[manifestations]] attendant upon [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS his baptism].

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*4. The [[experiences]] on the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_158 Mount of Transfiguration].

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*4. The [[experiences]] on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_158 Mount of Transfiguration].

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*5. The [[morontia]] [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_189 resurrection].

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*5. The [[morontia]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_189 resurrection].

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*6. The [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_193 spirit ascension].

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*6. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_193 spirit ascension].

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*7. The final [[embrace]] of the [[Paradise Father]], conferring [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS unlimited sovereignty] of [[Nebadon|his universe]].

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*7. The final [[embrace]] of the [[Paradise Father]], conferring [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS unlimited sovereignty] of [[Nebadon|his universe]].

==196:2. THE RELIGION OF JESUS==

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196:2.1 Some day a [[reformation]] in the [[Christian]] [[church]] may strike deep enough to get back to the unadulterated religious teachings of [[Jesus]], the [[author]] and finisher of our [[faith]].[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XII] You may [[preach]] a [[religion]] about Jesus, but, perforce, you must live the religion of Jesus. In the [[enthusiasm]] of [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost], [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] unintentionally [[inaugurated]] a [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_religious_movement new religion], the religion of the risen and [[glorified]] [[Christ]]. The [[Apostle Paul]] later on [[transformed]] this new [[gospel]] into [[Christianity]], a [[religion]] embodying his own [[theologic]] views and portraying his own [[personal]] [[experience]] with the [[Jesus]] of the [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_road Damascus road]. The [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] is founded on the [[personal]] [[religious]] [[experience]] of the [[Jesus]] of [[Galilee]]; [[Christianity]] is founded almost exclusively on the [[personal]] religious [[experience]] of the [[Apostle Paul]]. Almost the whole of the [[New Testament]] is [[devoted]], not to the portrayal of the significant and [[inspiring]] religious life of [[Jesus]], but to a [[discussion]] of [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]]'s [[religious]] [[experience]] and to a portrayal of his [[personal]] [[religious]] [[convictions]]. The only notable exceptions to this [[statement]], aside from certain parts of [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]], [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]], and [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]], are the [[The Letter to the Hebrews|Book of Hebrews]] and the [[The Letter of James|Epistle of James]]. Even [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], in his [[writing]], only once reverted to the [[personal]] [[religious]] life of his [[the Master|Master]]. The [[New Testament]] is a superb [[Christian]] [[document]], but it is only meagerly Jesusonian.

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196:2.1 Some day a [[reformation]] in the [[Christian]] [[church]] may strike deep enough to get back to the unadulterated religious teachings of [[Jesus]], the [[author]] and finisher of our [[faith]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XII] You may [[preach]] a [[religion]] about Jesus, but, perforce, you must live the religion of Jesus. In the [[enthusiasm]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost], [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] unintentionally [[inaugurated]] a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_religious_movement new religion], the religion of the risen and [[glorified]] [[Christ]]. The [[Apostle Paul]] later on [[transformed]] this new [[gospel]] into [[Christianity]], a [[religion]] embodying his own [[theologic]] views and portraying his own [[personal]] [[experience]] with the [[Jesus]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_road Damascus road]. The [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] is founded on the [[personal]] [[religious]] [[experience]] of the [[Jesus]] of [[Galilee]]; [[Christianity]] is founded almost exclusively on the [[personal]] religious [[experience]] of the [[Apostle Paul]]. Almost the whole of the [[New Testament]] is [[devoted]], not to the portrayal of the significant and [[inspiring]] religious life of [[Jesus]], but to a [[discussion]] of [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]]'s [[religious]] [[experience]] and to a portrayal of his [[personal]] [[religious]] [[convictions]]. The only notable exceptions to this [[statement]], aside from certain parts of [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]], [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]], and [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]], are the [[The Letter to the Hebrews|Book of Hebrews]] and the [[The Letter of James|Epistle of James]]. Even [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], in his [[writing]], only once reverted to the [[personal]] [[religious]] life of his [[the Master|Master]]. The [[New Testament]] is a superb [[Christian]] [[document]], but it is only meagerly Jesusonian.

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196:2.2 [[Jesus]]' life in the [[flesh]] portrays a [[transcendent]] [[religious]] [[growth]] from the early [[ideas]] of [[primitive]] [[awe]] and human [[reverence]] up through years of [[personal]] [[spiritual]] [[communion]] until he finally arrived at that advanced and exalted [[status]] of the [[consciousness]] of his [[oneness]] with [[the Father]]. And thus, in one short life, did [[Jesus]] traverse that [[experience]] of religious [[spiritual]] [[progression]] which man begins on [[earth]] and ordinarily achieves only at the conclusion of his long [[sojourn]] in the [[Paper 14 - The Central and Divine Universe|spirit training schools of the successive levels of the pre-Paradise career]]. [[Jesus]] progressed from a purely [[human]] [[consciousness]] of the [[faith]] certainties of [[personal]] religious [[experience]] to the [[sublime]] [[spiritual]] heights of the [[positive]] [[realization]] of his [[divine]] [[nature]] and to the [[consciousness]] of his close [[association]] with the [[Universal Father]] in the [[management]] of a [[universe]]. He progressed from the [[humble]] [[status]] of [[mortal]] dependence which prompted him [[spontaneously]] to say to the one who called him Good Teacher, " Why do you call me good? None is good but God, "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_18] to that [[sublime]] [[consciousness]] of achieved [[divinity]] which led him to [[exclaim]], " Which one of you convicts me of sin? "[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_8] And this [[progressing]] [[ascent]] from the [[human]] to the [[divine]] was an exclusively [[mortal]] [[achievement]]. And when he had thus [[attained]] [[divinity]], he was still the same [[human]] [[Jesus]], the [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] as well as the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Son of God].

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196:2.2 [[Jesus]]' life in the [[flesh]] portrays a [[transcendent]] [[religious]] [[growth]] from the early [[ideas]] of [[primitive]] [[awe]] and human [[reverence]] up through years of [[personal]] [[spiritual]] [[communion]] until he finally arrived at that advanced and exalted [[status]] of the [[consciousness]] of his [[oneness]] with [[the Father]]. And thus, in one short life, did [[Jesus]] traverse that [[experience]] of religious [[spiritual]] [[progression]] which man begins on [[earth]] and ordinarily achieves only at the conclusion of his long [[sojourn]] in the [[Paper 14 - The Central and Divine Universe|spirit training schools of the successive levels of the pre-Paradise career]]. [[Jesus]] progressed from a purely [[human]] [[consciousness]] of the [[faith]] certainties of [[personal]] religious [[experience]] to the [[sublime]] [[spiritual]] heights of the [[positive]] [[realization]] of his [[divine]] [[nature]] and to the [[consciousness]] of his close [[association]] with the [[Universal Father]] in the [[management]] of a [[universe]]. He progressed from the [[humble]] [[status]] of [[mortal]] dependence which prompted him [[spontaneously]] to say to the one who called him Good Teacher, " Why do you call me good? None is good but God, "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_18] to that [[sublime]] [[consciousness]] of achieved [[divinity]] which led him to [[exclaim]], " Which one of you convicts me of sin? "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_8] And this [[progressing]] [[ascent]] from the [[human]] to the [[divine]] was an exclusively [[mortal]] [[achievement]]. And when he had thus [[attained]] [[divinity]], he was still the same [[human]] [[Jesus]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] as well as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Son of God].

196:2.3 [[Gospel of Mark|Mark]], [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]], and [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] retain something of the picture of the [[human]] [[Jesus]] as he [[engaged]] in the superb [[struggle]] to ascertain the [[divine]] will and to do that will. [[Gospel of John|John]] presents a picture of the [[triumphant]] [[Jesus]] as he walked on [[earth]] in the full [[consciousness]] of [[divinity]]. The great [[mistake]] that has been made by those who have [[studied]] [[the Master]]'s life is that some have [[conceived]] of him as entirely [[human]], while others have thought of him as only [[divine]]. Throughout his entire [[experience]] he was truly both [[human]] and [[divine]], even as he yet is.

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196:2.4 But the greatest [[mistake]] was made in that, while the [[human]] [[Jesus]] was recognized as having a [[religion]], the [[divine]] [[Jesus]] ([[Christ]]) almost overnight became a [[religion]]. [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Christianity Paul's Christianity] made sure of the [[adoration]] of the [[divine]] [[Christ]], but it almost wholly lost [[sight]] of the [[struggling]] and [[valiant]] [[human]] [[Jesus]] of [[Galilee]], who, by the [[valor]] of his [[personal]] religious [[faith]] and the [[heroism]] of his [[indwelling Adjuster]], [[ascended]] from the lowly levels of [[humanity]] to become one with [[divinity]], thus becoming the new and living way whereby all [[mortals]] may so [[ascend]] from [[humanity]] to [[divinity]]. [[Mortals]] in all [[stages]] of [[spirituality]] and on all worlds may find in the [[personal]] life of [[Jesus]] that which will [[strengthen]] and [[inspire]] them as they [[progress]] from the lowest spirit levels up to the highest [[divine]] [[values]], from the beginning to the end of all [[personal]] [[religious]] [[experience]].

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196:2.4 But the greatest [[mistake]] was made in that, while the [[human]] [[Jesus]] was recognized as having a [[religion]], the [[divine]] [[Jesus]] ([[Christ]]) almost overnight became a [[religion]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Christianity Paul's Christianity] made sure of the [[adoration]] of the [[divine]] [[Christ]], but it almost wholly lost [[sight]] of the [[struggling]] and [[valiant]] [[human]] [[Jesus]] of [[Galilee]], who, by the [[valor]] of his [[personal]] religious [[faith]] and the [[heroism]] of his [[indwelling Adjuster]], [[ascended]] from the lowly levels of [[humanity]] to become one with [[divinity]], thus becoming the new and living way whereby all [[mortals]] may so [[ascend]] from [[humanity]] to [[divinity]]. [[Mortals]] in all [[stages]] of [[spirituality]] and on all worlds may find in the [[personal]] life of [[Jesus]] that which will [[strengthen]] and [[inspire]] them as they [[progress]] from the lowest spirit levels up to the highest [[divine]] [[values]], from the beginning to the end of all [[personal]] [[religious]] [[experience]].

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196:2.5 At the time of the [[writing]] of the [[New Testament]], the [[authors]] not only most [[profoundly]] [[believed]] in the [[divinity]] of the risen [[Christ]], but they also [[devotedly]] and [[sincerely]] believed in his [[immediate]] [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_coming return to earth] to [[consummate]] [[the heavenly kingdom]]. This strong [[faith]] in the Lord's [[immediate]] return had much to do with the tendency to omit from the [[record]] those [[references]] which portrayed the purely [[human]] [[experiences]] and [[attributes]] of [[the Master]]. The whole [[Christian]] [[movement]] tended away from the human picture of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] toward the exaltation of the risen [[Christ]], the glorified and soon-returning Lord Jesus Christ.

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196:2.5 At the time of the [[writing]] of the [[New Testament]], the [[authors]] not only most [[profoundly]] [[believed]] in the [[divinity]] of the risen [[Christ]], but they also [[devotedly]] and [[sincerely]] believed in his [[immediate]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_coming return to earth] to [[consummate]] [[the heavenly kingdom]]. This strong [[faith]] in the Lord's [[immediate]] return had much to do with the tendency to omit from the [[record]] those [[references]] which portrayed the purely [[human]] [[experiences]] and [[attributes]] of [[the Master]]. The whole [[Christian]] [[movement]] tended away from the human picture of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] toward the exaltation of the risen [[Christ]], the glorified and soon-returning Lord Jesus Christ.

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196:2.6 [[Jesus]] founded the [[religion]] of [[personal]] [[experience]] in [[doing the will of God]] and serving the [[human]] brotherhood; [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] founded a [[religion]] in which the [[glorified]] [[Jesus]] became the object of [[worship]] and the brotherhood consisted of fellow [[believers]] in the divine [[Christ]]. In the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal of Jesus] these two [[concepts]] were [[potential]] in his [[divine]]-[[human]] life, and it is indeed a [[pity]] that his [[followers]] failed to create a unified religion which might have given proper [[recognition]] to both the [[human]] and the [[divine]] natures of [[the Master]] as they were inseparably bound up in his [[earth]] life and so [[gloriously]] set forth in the [[original]] [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]].

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196:2.6 [[Jesus]] founded the [[religion]] of [[personal]] [[experience]] in [[doing the will of God]] and serving the [[human]] brotherhood; [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] founded a [[religion]] in which the [[glorified]] [[Jesus]] became the object of [[worship]] and the brotherhood consisted of fellow [[believers]] in the divine [[Christ]]. In the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal of Jesus] these two [[concepts]] were [[potential]] in his [[divine]]-[[human]] life, and it is indeed a [[pity]] that his [[followers]] failed to create a unified religion which might have given proper [[recognition]] to both the [[human]] and the [[divine]] natures of [[the Master]] as they were inseparably bound up in his [[earth]] life and so [[gloriously]] set forth in the [[original]] [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]].

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196:2.7 You would be neither [[shocked]] nor disturbed by some of [[Jesus]]' strong pronouncements if you would only [[remember]] that he was the world's most wholehearted and [[devoted]] [[religionist]]. He was a wholly [[consecrated]] [[mortal]], unreservedly [[dedicated]] [[to doing his Father's will]]. Many of his apparently hard sayings were more of a [[personal]] [[confession]] of [[faith]] and a pledge of [[devotion]] than commands to his [[followers]]. And it was this very singleness of [[purpose]] and [[unselfish]] [[devotion]] that enabled him to effect such extraordinary [[progress]] in the [[conquest]] of the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND human mind] in one short life. Many of his [[declaration]]s should be considered as a [[confession]] of what he demanded of himself rather than what he required of all his [[followers]]. In his [[devotion]] to the cause of [[the kingdom]], [[Jesus]] [~~http~~://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/burn+bridges burned all bridges behind him]; he [[sacrificed]] all hindrances to the [[doing of his Father's will]].

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196:2.7 You would be neither [[shocked]] nor disturbed by some of [[Jesus]]' strong pronouncements if you would only [[remember]] that he was the world's most wholehearted and [[devoted]] [[religionist]]. He was a wholly [[consecrated]] [[mortal]], unreservedly [[dedicated]] [[to doing his Father's will]]. Many of his apparently hard sayings were more of a [[personal]] [[confession]] of [[faith]] and a pledge of [[devotion]] than commands to his [[followers]]. And it was this very singleness of [[purpose]] and [[unselfish]] [[devotion]] that enabled him to effect such extraordinary [[progress]] in the [[conquest]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND human mind] in one short life. Many of his [[declaration]]s should be considered as a [[confession]] of what he demanded of himself rather than what he required of all his [[followers]]. In his [[devotion]] to the cause of [[the kingdom]], [[Jesus]] [https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/burn+bridges burned all bridges behind him]; he [[sacrificed]] all hindrances to the [[doing of his Father's will]].

196:2.8 [[Jesus]] [[blessed]] the [[poor]] because they were usually [[sincere]] and [[pious]]; he [[condemned]] the rich because they were usually wanton and irreligious. He would equally [[condemn]] the irreligious pauper and commend the [[consecrated]] and [[worshipful]] man of [[wealth]].

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196:2.9 [[Jesus]] led men to [[feel]] at [[home]] in the world; he delivered them from the [[slavery]] of [[taboo]] and taught them that the world was not fundamentally [[evil]]. He did not long to [[escape]] from his [[earthly]] life; he mastered a [[technique]] of acceptably [[doing the Father's will]] while in the [[flesh]]. He [[attained]] an [[idealistic]] [[religious]] life in the very midst of a [[realistic]] world. [[Jesus]] did not [[share]] [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]]'s [[pessimistic]] view of [[humankind]]. [[The Master]] looked upon men as the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God] and foresaw a [[magnificent]] and [[eternal]] [[future]] for those who chose [[survival]]. He was not a [[moral]] [[skeptic]]; he viewed man [[positively]], not [[negatively]]. He saw most men as [[weak]] rather than [[wicked]], more distraught than depraved. But no matter what their [[status]], they were all God's children and his brethren.

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196:2.9 [[Jesus]] led men to [[feel]] at [[home]] in the world; he delivered them from the [[slavery]] of [[taboo]] and taught them that the world was not fundamentally [[evil]]. He did not long to [[escape]] from his [[earthly]] life; he mastered a [[technique]] of acceptably [[doing the Father's will]] while in the [[flesh]]. He [[attained]] an [[idealistic]] [[religious]] life in the very midst of a [[realistic]] world. [[Jesus]] did not [[share]] [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]]'s [[pessimistic]] view of [[humankind]]. [[The Master]] looked upon men as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God] and foresaw a [[magnificent]] and [[eternal]] [[future]] for those who chose [[survival]]. He was not a [[moral]] [[skeptic]]; he viewed man [[positively]], not [[negatively]]. He saw most men as [[weak]] rather than [[wicked]], more distraught than depraved. But no matter what their [[status]], they were all God's children and his brethren.

196:2.10 He taught men to place a high [[value]] upon themselves in [[time]] and in [[eternity]]. Because of this high estimate which [[Jesus]] placed upon men, he was willing to spend himself in the unremitting [[service]] of [[humankind]]. And it was this [[infinite]] [[worth]] of the [[finite]] that made the [[golden rule]] a [[vital]] [[factor]] in his [[religion]]. What [[mortal]] can fail to be uplifted by the extraordinary [[faith]] [[Jesus]] has in him?

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196:3.6 The [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 mind of man] can [[attain]] high levels of [[spiritual]] [[insight]] and [[corresponding]] spheres of [[divinity]] of [[values]] because it is not wholly [[material]]. There is a [[spirit]] [[nucleus]] in the [[mind]] of man—[[the Adjuster]] of the [[divine]] [[presence]]. There are [[three]] separate [[evidences]] of this [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND spirit indwelling of the human mind]:

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196:3.6 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 mind of man] can [[attain]] high levels of [[spiritual]] [[insight]] and [[corresponding]] spheres of [[divinity]] of [[values]] because it is not wholly [[material]]. There is a [[spirit]] [[nucleus]] in the [[mind]] of man—[[the Adjuster]] of the [[divine]] [[presence]]. There are [[three]] separate [[evidences]] of this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND spirit indwelling of the human mind]:

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*1. 196:3.7 ''[[Humanitarian]] fellowship—[[love]]''. The purely [[animal]] mind may be gregarious for [[self]]-[[protection]], but only the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND spirit-indwelt] [[intellect]] is [[unselfishly]] altruistic and unconditionally loving.

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*1. 196:3.7 ''[[Humanitarian]] fellowship—[[love]]''. The purely [[animal]] mind may be gregarious for [[self]]-[[protection]], but only the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND spirit-indwelt] [[intellect]] is [[unselfishly]] altruistic and unconditionally loving.

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*2. 196:3.8 ''[[Interpretation]] of the [[universe]]—[[wisdom]]''. Only the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND spirit-indwelt mind] can [[comprehend]] that the [[universe]] is [[friendly]] to the [[individual]].

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*2. 196:3.8 ''[[Interpretation]] of the [[universe]]—[[wisdom]]''. Only the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND spirit-indwelt mind] can [[comprehend]] that the [[universe]] is [[friendly]] to the [[individual]].

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*3. 196:3.9 ''[[Spiritual]] [[evaluation]] of life—[[worship]]''. Only the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND spirit-indwelt man] can [[realize]] the [[divine]] [[presence]] and seek to [[attain]] a fuller [[experience]] in and with this foretaste of [[divinity]].

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*3. 196:3.9 ''[[Spiritual]] [[evaluation]] of life—[[worship]]''. Only the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND spirit-indwelt man] can [[realize]] the [[divine]] [[presence]] and seek to [[attain]] a fuller [[experience]] in and with this foretaste of [[divinity]].

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196:3.10 The [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind] does not create real [[values]]; human [[experience]] does not yield [[universe]] [[insight]]. Concerning [[insight]], the [[recognition]] of [[moral]] [[values]] and the [[discernment]] of [[spiritual]] [[meanings]], all that the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind] can do is to [[discover]], [[recognize]], [[interpret]], and [[choose]].

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196:3.10 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind] does not create real [[values]]; human [[experience]] does not yield [[universe]] [[insight]]. Concerning [[insight]], the [[recognition]] of [[moral]] [[values]] and the [[discernment]] of [[spiritual]] [[meanings]], all that the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind] can do is to [[discover]], [[recognize]], [[interpret]], and [[choose]].

196:3.11 The [[moral]] [[values]] of the [[universe]] become [[intellectual]] [[possessions]] by the [[exercise]] of the [[three]] basic [[judgments]], or [[choices]], of the [[mortal]] [[mind]]:

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196:3.12 Thus it [[appears]] that all [[human]] [[progress]] is effected by a [[technique]] of conjoint [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revelational evolution].

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196:3.12 Thus it [[appears]] that all [[human]] [[progress]] is effected by a [[technique]] of conjoint [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revelational evolution].

196:3.13 Unless a [[Thought Adjuster|divine lover]] lived in [[man]], he could not [[unselfishly]] and [[spiritually]] love. Unless an [[interpreter]] lived in the [[mind]], man could not truly [[realize]] the [[unity]] of the [[universe]]. Unless an [[evaluator]] dwelt with man, he could not possibly appraise [[moral]] [[values]] and [[recognize]] [[spiritual]] [[meanings]]. And [[Thought Adjuster|this lover]] hails from the very [[source]] of infinite [[love]]; this [[interpreter]] is a [[part]] of [[Universal]] [[Unity]]; this evaluator is the [[Part|child]] of the [[First Source and Center|Center and Source]] of all [[absolute]] [[values]] of [[divine]] and [[eternal]] [[reality]].

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196:3.14 [[Moral]] [[evaluation]] with a [[religious]] [[meaning]]—[[spiritual]] [[insight]]—connotes the [[individual]]'s [[choice]] between [[good]] and [[evil]], [[truth]] and [[error]], [[material]] and [[spiritual]], [[human]] and [[divine]], [[time]] and [[eternity]]. Human [[survival]] is in great [[measure]] dependent on [[consecrating]] the human [[Free will|will]] to the [[choosing]] of those [[values]] selected by this spirit-value sorter—the indwelling [[interpreter]] and unifier. [[Personal]] religious [[experience]] consists in [[two]] [[phases]]: [[discovery]] in the [[human]] [[mind]] and [[revelation]] by the [[indwelling divine spirit]]. Through oversophistication or as a result of the irreligious [[conduct]] of professed religionists, a man, or even a [[generation]] of men, may elect to [[suspend]] their [[efforts]] to [[discover]] the [[God]] who [[Thought Adjuster|indwells them]]; they may fail to [[progress]] in and [[attain]] the [[divine]] [[revelation]]. But such [[attitudes]] of spiritual nonprogression cannot long [[persist]] because of the [[presence]] and [[influence]] of the indwelling [[Thought Adjusters]].

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196:3.15 This [[profound]] [[experience]] of the [[reality]] of the [[Thought Adjuster|divine indwelling]] forever [[transcends]] the crude [[materialistic]] [[technique]] of the [[physical sciences]]. You cannot put [[spiritual]] [[joy]] under a [~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscope microscope]; you cannot weigh [[love]] in a [[balance]]; you cannot [[measure]] moral [[values]]; neither can you estimate the [[quality]] of [[spiritual]] [[worship]].

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196:3.15 This [[profound]] [[experience]] of the [[reality]] of the [[Thought Adjuster|divine indwelling]] forever [[transcends]] the crude [[materialistic]] [[technique]] of the [[physical sciences]]. You cannot put [[spiritual]] [[joy]] under a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscope microscope]; you cannot weigh [[love]] in a [[balance]]; you cannot [[measure]] moral [[values]]; neither can you estimate the [[quality]] of [[spiritual]] [[worship]].

196:3.16 The [[Hebrews]] had a [[religion]] of [[moral]] [[sublimity]]; the [[Greeks]] evolved a religion of [[beauty]]; [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] and his conferees founded a [[religion]] of [[faith]], [[hope]], and [[charity]]. [[Jesus]] [[revealed]] and exemplified a religion of [[love]]: [[security]] in [[the Father]]'s [[love]], with [[joy]] and [[satisfaction]] consequent upon [[sharing]] this [[love]] in the [[service]] of the human brotherhood.

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196:3.19 True [[religious]] [[worship]] is not a futile [[monologue]] of [[self]]-[[deception]]. [[Worship]] is a [[personal]] [[communion]] with that which is divinely [[real]], with that which is the very [[source]] of [[reality]]. Man [[aspires]] by [[worship]] to be better and thereby [[eventually]] attains the best.

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196:3.20 The [[idealization]] and attempted [[service]] of [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS truth, beauty, and goodness] is not a [[substitute]] for genuine [[religious]] [[experience]]—[[spiritual]] [[reality]]. [[Psychology]] and [[idealism]] are not the [[equivalent]] of religious [[reality]]. The [[projections]] of the human [[intellect]] may indeed originate [[false]] [[gods]]—gods in man's image—but the true [[God-consciousness]] does not have such an [[origin]]. The [[God-consciousness]] is resident in the [[indwelling spirit]]. Many of the [[religious]] [[systems]] of man come from the [[formulations]] of the human [[intellect]], but the [[God-consciousness]] is not [[necessarily]] a part of these [[grotesque]] systems of religious [[slavery]].

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196:3.20 The [[idealization]] and attempted [[service]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS truth, beauty, and goodness] is not a [[substitute]] for genuine [[religious]] [[experience]]—[[spiritual]] [[reality]]. [[Psychology]] and [[idealism]] are not the [[equivalent]] of religious [[reality]]. The [[projections]] of the human [[intellect]] may indeed originate [[false]] [[gods]]—gods in man's image—but the true [[God-consciousness]] does not have such an [[origin]]. The [[God-consciousness]] is resident in the [[indwelling spirit]]. Many of the [[religious]] [[systems]] of man come from the [[formulations]] of the human [[intellect]], but the [[God-consciousness]] is not [[necessarily]] a part of these [[grotesque]] systems of religious [[slavery]].

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196:3.21 [[God]] is not the mere [[invention]] of man's [[idealism]]; he is the very [[source]] of all such superanimal [[insights]] and [[values]]. God is not a [[hypothesis]] [[formulated]] to [[unify]] the human [[concepts]] of [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS truth, beauty, and goodness]; he is the [[personality]] of [[love]] from whom all of these [[universe]] [[manifestations]] are derived. The [[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[goodness]] of man's world are [[unified]] by the increasing [[spirituality]] of the [[experience]] of [[mortals]] [[Ascension Career|ascending toward Paradise realities]. The [[unity]] of [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS truth, beauty, and goodness] can only be [[realized]] in the spiritual [[experience]] of the [[God]]-[[knowing]] [[personality]].

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196:3.21 [[God]] is not the mere [[invention]] of man's [[idealism]]; he is the very [[source]] of all such superanimal [[insights]] and [[values]]. God is not a [[hypothesis]] [[formulated]] to [[unify]] the human [[concepts]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS truth, beauty, and goodness]; he is the [[personality]] of [[love]] from whom all of these [[universe]] [[manifestations]] are derived. The [[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[goodness]] of man's world are [[unified]] by the increasing [[spirituality]] of the [[experience]] of [[mortals]] [[Ascension Career|ascending toward Paradise realities]. The [[unity]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS truth, beauty, and goodness] can only be [[realized]] in the spiritual [[experience]] of the [[God]]-[[knowing]] [[personality]].

196:3.22 [[Morality]] is the [[essential]] pre-existent [[soil]] of [[personal]] [[God-consciousness]], the [[personal]] [[realization]] of [[the Adjuster]]'s inner [[presence]], but such [[morality]] is not the source of religious [[experience]] and the resultant [[spiritual]] [[insight]]. The [[moral]] [[nature]] is superanimal but subspiritual. [[Morality]] is [[equivalent]] to the [[recognition]] of [[duty]], the [[realization]] of the [[existence]] of right and wrong. The moral zone [[intervenes]] between the [[animal]] and the [[human]] types of [[mind]] as [[morontia]] [[functions]] between the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]] spheres of [[personality]] [[attainment]].

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196:3.23 The [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 evolutionary mind] is able to [[discover]] [[law]], [[morals]], and [[ethics]]; but the [[bestowed]] [[spirit]], the [[indwelling Adjuster]], [[reveals]] to the evolving [[human]] [[mind]] the lawgiver, [[the Father]]-source of all that is [[true]], [[beautiful]], and [[good]]; and such an [[illuminated]] man has a [[religion]] and is [[spiritually]] equipped to begin the long and [[adventurous]] search for [[God]].

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196:3.23 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 evolutionary mind] is able to [[discover]] [[law]], [[morals]], and [[ethics]]; but the [[bestowed]] [[spirit]], the [[indwelling Adjuster]], [[reveals]] to the evolving [[human]] [[mind]] the lawgiver, [[the Father]]-source of all that is [[true]], [[beautiful]], and [[good]]; and such an [[illuminated]] man has a [[religion]] and is [[spiritually]] equipped to begin the long and [[adventurous]] search for [[God]].

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196:3.24 [[Morality]] is not necessarily [[spiritual]]; it may be wholly and [[purely]] [[human]], albeit [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_101#101:1._TRUE_RELIGION real religion] enhances all [[moral]] [[values]], makes them more meaningful. [[Morality]] without [[religion]] fails to reveal [[ultimate]] [[goodness]], and it also fails to provide for the [[survival]] of even its own moral [[values]]. [[Religion]] provides for the enhancement, glorification, and [[assured]] [[survival]] of everything [[morality]] [[recognizes]] and approves.

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196:3.24 [[Morality]] is not necessarily [[spiritual]]; it may be wholly and [[purely]] [[human]], albeit [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_101#101:1._TRUE_RELIGION real religion] enhances all [[moral]] [[values]], makes them more meaningful. [[Morality]] without [[religion]] fails to reveal [[ultimate]] [[goodness]], and it also fails to provide for the [[survival]] of even its own moral [[values]]. [[Religion]] provides for the enhancement, glorification, and [[assured]] [[survival]] of everything [[morality]] [[recognizes]] and approves.

196:3.25 [[Religion]] stands above [[science]], [[art]], [[philosophy]], [[ethics]], and [[morals]], but not independent of them. They are all indissolubly interrelated in human experience, [[personal]] and [[social]]. [[Religion]] is man's [[supreme]] [[experience]] in the [[mortal]] [[nature]], but [[finite]] [[language]] makes it forever impossible for [[theology]] ever adequately to depict real [[religious]] [[experience]].

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196:3.26 [[Religious]] [[insight]] possesses the [[power]] of turning [[defeat]] into higher [[desires]] and new [[determinations]]. [[Love]] is the highest [[motivation]] which man may utilize in his [[Ascension Career|universe ascent]]. But [[love]], divested of [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS truth, beauty, and goodness], is only a sentiment, a [[philosophic]] [[distortion]], a psychic [[illusion]], a spiritual [[deception]]. [[Love]] must always be redefined on successive [[levels]] of [[morontia]] and [[spirit]] [[progression]].

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196:3.26 [[Religious]] [[insight]] possesses the [[power]] of turning [[defeat]] into higher [[desires]] and new [[determinations]]. [[Love]] is the highest [[motivation]] which man may utilize in his [[Ascension Career|universe ascent]]. But [[love]], divested of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS truth, beauty, and goodness], is only a sentiment, a [[philosophic]] [[distortion]], a psychic [[illusion]], a spiritual [[deception]]. [[Love]] must always be redefined on successive [[levels]] of [[morontia]] and [[spirit]] [[progression]].

196:3.27 [[Art]] results from man's attempt to [[escape]] from the lack of [[beauty]] in his [[material]] [[environment]]; it is a [[gesture]] toward the [[morontia]] level. [[Science]] is man's [[effort]] to solve the apparent [[riddles]] of the [[material]] [[universe]]. [[Philosophy]] is man's attempt at the [[unification]] of [[human]] [[experience]]. [[Religion]] is man's [[supreme]] [[gesture]], his [[magnificent]] reach for final [[reality]], his [[determination]] to find [[God]] and to be like him.

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196:3.28 In the realm of [[religious]] [[experience]], [[spiritual]] possibility is [[potential]] [[reality]]. Man's forward [[spiritual]] urge is not a [[psychic]] [[illusion]]. All of man's [[universe]] [[romancing]] may not be [[fact]], but much, very much, is [[truth]].

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196:3.29 Some men's lives are too great and [[noble]] to [[descend]] to the low level of being merely successful. The [[animal]] must adapt itself to the [[environment]], but the [[religious]] man [[transcends]] his [[environment]] and in this way [[escapes]] the [[limitations]] of the present [[material]] world through this [[insight]] of [[divine]] [[love]]. This [[concept]] of [[love]] generates in the [[soul]] of man that superanimal [[effort]] to find [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS truth, beauty, and goodness]; and when he does find them, he is [[glorified]] in their [[embrace]]; he is consumed with the [[desire]] to live them, to do [[righteousness]].

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196:3.29 Some men's lives are too great and [[noble]] to [[descend]] to the low level of being merely successful. The [[animal]] must adapt itself to the [[environment]], but the [[religious]] man [[transcends]] his [[environment]] and in this way [[escapes]] the [[limitations]] of the present [[material]] world through this [[insight]] of [[divine]] [[love]]. This [[concept]] of [[love]] generates in the [[soul]] of man that superanimal [[effort]] to find [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS truth, beauty, and goodness]; and when he does find them, he is [[glorified]] in their [[embrace]]; he is consumed with the [[desire]] to live them, to do [[righteousness]].

196:3.30 Be not discouraged; [[human]] [[evolution]] is still in [[progress]], and the [[revelation]] of [[God]] to the world, in and through [[Jesus]], shall not fail.

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196:3.31 The great [[challenge]] to [[modern]] man is to [[achieve]] better [[communication]] with the [[Thought Adjuster|divine Monitor]] that dwells within the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind]. Man's greatest [[adventure]] in the [[flesh]] consists in the well-[[balanced]] and sane effort to advance the borders of [[self-consciousness]] out through the dim realms of embryonic [[soul]]-[[consciousness]] in a wholehearted [[effort]] to reach the borderland of [[spirit]]-consciousness—[[contact]] with the [[Thought Adjuster|divine presence]]. Such an [[experience]] constitutes [[God-consciousness]], an [[experience]] mightily confirmative of the pre-existent [[truth]] of the [[religious]] [[experience]] of knowing [[God]]. Such spirit-consciousness is the [[equivalent]] of the [[knowledge]] of the [[actuality]] of [[sonship]] with [[God]]. Otherwise, the [[assurance]] of sonship is the [[experience]] of [[faith]].

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196:3.31 The great [[challenge]] to [[modern]] man is to [[achieve]] better [[communication]] with the [[Thought Adjuster|divine Monitor]] that dwells within the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind]. Man's greatest [[adventure]] in the [[flesh]] consists in the well-[[balanced]] and sane effort to advance the borders of [[self-consciousness]] out through the dim realms of embryonic [[soul]]-[[consciousness]] in a wholehearted [[effort]] to reach the borderland of [[spirit]]-consciousness—[[contact]] with the [[Thought Adjuster|divine presence]]. Such an [[experience]] constitutes [[God-consciousness]], an [[experience]] mightily confirmative of the pre-existent [[truth]] of the [[religious]] [[experience]] of knowing [[God]]. Such spirit-consciousness is the [[equivalent]] of the [[knowledge]] of the [[actuality]] of [[sonship]] with [[God]]. Otherwise, the [[assurance]] of sonship is the [[experience]] of [[faith]].

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196:3.32 And [[God-consciousness]] is equivalent to the [[integration]] of the [[self]] with the [[universe]], and on its highest levels of [[spiritual]] [[reality]]. Only the spirit [[content]] of any [[value]] is imperishable. Even that which is [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS true, beautiful, and good] may not perish in [[human]] [[experience]]. If man does not [[choose]] to [[survive]], then does the surviving [[Thought Adjuster|Adjuster]] conserve those [[realities]] born of [[love]] and nurtured in [[service]]. And all these [[things]] are a part of the [[Universal Father]]. [[The Father]] is living [[love]], and this life of [[the Father]] is in his [[Divine Sons|Sons]]. And the [[Thought Adjuster|spirit of the Father]] is in his [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE Son's sons—mortal men]. When all is said and done, the [[Father]] [[idea]] is still the highest [[human]] [[concept]] of [[God]].

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196:3.32 And [[God-consciousness]] is equivalent to the [[integration]] of the [[self]] with the [[universe]], and on its highest levels of [[spiritual]] [[reality]]. Only the spirit [[content]] of any [[value]] is imperishable. Even that which is [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS true, beautiful, and good] may not perish in [[human]] [[experience]]. If man does not [[choose]] to [[survive]], then does the surviving [[Thought Adjuster|Adjuster]] conserve those [[realities]] born of [[love]] and nurtured in [[service]]. And all these [[things]] are a part of the [[Universal Father]]. [[The Father]] is living [[love]], and this life of [[the Father]] is in his [[Divine Sons|Sons]]. And the [[Thought Adjuster|spirit of the Father]] is in his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE Son's sons—mortal men]. When all is said and done, the [[Father]] [[idea]] is still the highest [[human]] [[concept]] of [[God]].

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