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==PAPER 3: THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD==

==PAPER 3: THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD==

3:0.1 God is [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Omnipresence-1992-07-14 everywhere present]; the [[Universal Father]] rules the [[circle]] of [[eternity]]. But he rules in the [[local universe]]s in the [[person]]s of his [[Paradise]] [[Creator Son]]s, even as he [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestows life through these Sons]. "God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Sons."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_V] These Creator Sons of God are the personal [[expression]] of himself in the [[Superuniverses|sectors of time]] and to the [[children]] of the whirling [[planet]]s of the [[Grand Universe|evolving universes of space]].

3:0.1 God is [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Omnipresence-1992-07-14 everywhere present]; the [[Universal Father]] rules the [[circle]] of [[eternity]]. But he rules in the [[local universe]]s in the [[person]]s of his [[Paradise]] [[Creator Son]]s, even as he [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestows life through these Sons]. "God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Sons."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_V] These Creator Sons of God are the personal [[expression]] of himself in the [[Superuniverses|sectors of time]] and to the [[children]] of the whirling [[planet]]s of the [[Grand Universe|evolving universes of space]].

3:0.2 The highly personalized Sons of God are clearly discernible by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30 lower orders] of created [[intelligences]], and so do they compensate for the invisibility of the [[infinite]] and therefore less discernible Father. The [[Paradise]] [[Creator Sons]] of the [[Universal Father]] are a [[revelation]] of an otherwise invisible [[being]], invisible because of the [[absolute]]ness and infinity inherent in the [[circle]] of [[eternity]] and in the personalities of the [[Trinity|Paradise Deities]].

3:0.2 The highly personalized Sons of God are clearly discernible by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30 lower orders] of created [[intelligences]], and so do they compensate for the invisibility of the [[infinite]] and therefore less discernible Father. The [[Paradise]] [[Creator Sons]] of the [[Universal Father]] are a [[revelation]] of an otherwise invisible [[being]], invisible because of the [[absolute]]ness and infinity inherent in the [[circle]] of [[eternity]] and in the personalities of the [[Trinity|Paradise Deities]].

3:0.3 Creatorship is hardly an [[attribute]] of [[God]]; it is rather the aggregate of his [[Action|acting]] [[nature]]. And this [[universal]] [[function]] of creatorship is eternally [[manifested]] as it is conditioned and controlled by all the co-ordinated attributes of the infinite and [[divine]] [[reality]] of the [[First Source and Center]]. We [[sincerely]] [[doubt]] whether any one characteristic of the divine nature can be regarded as being antecedent to the others, but if such were the case, then the creatorship nature of [[Deity]] would take precedence over all other natures, activities, and attributes. And the creatorship of Deity culminates in the universal [[truth]] of the [[Fatherhood]] of God.

3:0.3 Creatorship is hardly an [[attribute]] of [[God]]; it is rather the aggregate of his [[Action|acting]] [[nature]]. And this [[universal]] [[function]] of creatorship is eternally [[manifested]] as it is conditioned and controlled by all the co-ordinated attributes of the infinite and [[divine]] [[reality]] of the [[First Source and Center]]. We [[sincerely]] [[doubt]] whether any one characteristic of the divine nature can be regarded as being antecedent to the others, but if such were the case, then the creatorship nature of [[Deity]] would take precedence over all other natures, activities, and attributes. And the creatorship of Deity culminates in the universal [[truth]] of the [[Fatherhood]] of God.

==3:1. GOD'S EVERYWHERENESS==

==3:1. GOD'S EVERYWHERENESS==

3:1.1 The ability of the [[Universal Father]] to be everywhere present, and at the same time, constitutes his [[omnipresence]]. God alone can be in two places, in numberless places, at the same time. God is [[simultaneously]] present "in heaven above and on the earth beneath"; as the Psalmist exclaimed: "Whither shall I go from your spirit? or whither shall I flee from your presence?"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_139]

3:1.1 The ability of the [[Universal Father]] to be everywhere present, and at the same time, constitutes his [[omnipresence]]. God alone can be in two places, in numberless places, at the same time. God is [[simultaneously]] present "in heaven above and on the earth beneath"; as the Psalmist exclaimed: "Whither shall I go from your spirit? or whither shall I flee from your presence?"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_139]

3:1.2 "`I am a God at hand as well as afar off," says the Lord. `Do not I fill [[heaven]] and [[earth]]?'"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Jeremiah#Chapter_.23] The Universal Father is all the time present in all [[parts]] and in all [[hearts]] of his far-flung [[creation]]. He is "the fullness of him who fills all and in all,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Ephesians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Ephesians.2C_I] and "who works all in all,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XII] and further, the [[concept]] of his [[personality]] is such that "the heaven ([[Local Universe|universe]]) and heaven of heavens ([[universe of universes]]) cannot contain him."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Book_of_Kings#Chapter_8] It is [[literally]] true that God is all and in all. But even that is not all of God. The Infinite can be finally revealed only in [[infinity]]; the [[cause]] can never be fully comprehended by an [[analysis]] of effects; the living God is immeasurably greater than the sum total of [[creation]] that has come into [[being]] as a result of the [[creative]] [[acts]] of his unfettered [[free will]]. God is revealed throughout the [[cosmos]], but the cosmos can never contain or encompass the entirety of the infinity of God.

3:1.2 "`I am a God at hand as well as afar off," says the Lord. `Do not I fill [[heaven]] and [[earth]]?'"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Jeremiah#Chapter_.23] The Universal Father is all the time present in all [[parts]] and in all [[hearts]] of his far-flung [[creation]]. He is "the fullness of him who fills all and in all,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Ephesians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Ephesians.2C_I] and "who works all in all,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XII] and further, the [[concept]] of his [[personality]] is such that "the heaven ([[Local Universe|universe]]) and heaven of heavens ([[universe of universes]]) cannot contain him."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Book_of_Kings#Chapter_8] It is [[literally]] true that God is all and in all. But even that is not all of God. The Infinite can be finally revealed only in [[infinity]]; the [[cause]] can never be fully comprehended by an [[analysis]] of effects; the living God is immeasurably greater than the sum total of [[creation]] that has come into [[being]] as a result of the [[creative]] [[acts]] of his unfettered [[free will]]. God is revealed throughout the [[cosmos]], but the cosmos can never contain or encompass the entirety of the infinity of God.

3:1.3 The Father's [[presence]] unceasingly patrols the [[master universe]]. "His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit to the ends of it; and there is nothing hidden from the light thereof."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_19]

3:1.3 The Father's [[presence]] unceasingly patrols the [[master universe]]. "His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit to the ends of it; and there is nothing hidden from the light thereof."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_19]

3:1.4 The [[creature]] not only exists in [[God]], but God also lives in the creature. "We know we dwell in him because he lives in us[[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV]; he has given us his spirit. This gift from the Paradise Father is man's inseparable companion." "He is the ever-present and all-pervading God."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_19] "The spirit of the everlasting Father is concealed in the [[mind]] of every mortal child."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_17] "Man goes forth searching for a friend while that very friend lives within his own heart." "The true God is not afar off; he is a part of us; his spirit speaks from within us."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.32] "The Father lives in the child. God is always with us. He is the guiding spirit of [[eternal]] [[destiny]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ezekiel#Chapter_36]

3:1.4 The [[creature]] not only exists in [[God]], but God also lives in the creature. "We know we dwell in him because he lives in us[[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV]; he has given us his spirit. This gift from the Paradise Father is man's inseparable companion." "He is the ever-present and all-pervading God."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_19] "The spirit of the everlasting Father is concealed in the [[mind]] of every mortal child."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_17] "Man goes forth searching for a friend while that very friend lives within his own heart." "The true God is not afar off; he is a part of us; his spirit speaks from within us."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.32] "The Father lives in the child. God is always with us. He is the guiding spirit of [[eternal]] [[destiny]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ezekiel#Chapter_36]

3:1.5 Truly of the human race has it been said, "You are of God"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV] because "he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV] Even in wrongdoing you [[Torture|torment]] the indwelling gift of God, for the [[Thought Adjuster]] must needs go through the consequences of [[evil]] [[thinking]] with the [[human]] [[mind]] of its [[Solitary confinement|incarceration]].

3:1.5 Truly of the human race has it been said, "You are of God"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV] because "he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV] Even in wrongdoing you [[Torture|torment]] the indwelling gift of God, for the [[Thought Adjuster]] must needs go through the consequences of [[evil]] [[thinking]] with the [[human]] [[mind]] of its [[Solitary confinement|incarceration]].

3:1.6 The omnipresence of [[God]] is in [[reality]] a part of his infinite [[nature]]; [[space]] constitutes no barrier to Deity. God is, in [[perfection]] and without [[limitation]], [[discernibly]] present only on [[Paradise]] and in the [[Havona|central universe]]. He is not thus observably present in the [[Superuniverses|creations]] encircling Havona, for God has limited his direct and actual [[presence]] in recognition of the [[sovereignty]] and the [[divine]] prerogatives of the co-ordinate creators and rulers of the universes of time and space. Hence must the [[concept]] of the divine presence allow for a wide range of both mode and [[channel]] of [[manifestation]] [[embracing]] the presence [[circuits]] of the [[Eternal Son]], the [[Infinite Spirit]], and the [[Isle of Paradise]]. Nor is it always possible to distinguish between the [[presence]] of the Universal Father and the [[actions]] of his eternal co-ordinates and agencies, so perfectly do they fulfill all the infinite requirements of his unchanging [[purpose]]. But not so with the [[personality]] [[circuit]] and the [[Adjusters]]; here God acts [[uniquely]], directly, and exclusively.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_1#1:3._GOD_IS_A_UNIVERSAL_SPIRIT]

3:1.6 The omnipresence of [[God]] is in [[reality]] a part of his infinite [[nature]]; [[space]] constitutes no barrier to Deity. God is, in [[perfection]] and without [[limitation]], [[discernibly]] present only on [[Paradise]] and in the [[Havona|central universe]]. He is not thus observably present in the [[Superuniverses|creations]] encircling Havona, for God has limited his direct and actual [[presence]] in recognition of the [[sovereignty]] and the [[divine]] prerogatives of the co-ordinate creators and rulers of the universes of time and space. Hence must the [[concept]] of the divine presence allow for a wide range of both mode and [[channel]] of [[manifestation]] [[embracing]] the presence [[circuits]] of the [[Eternal Son]], the [[Infinite Spirit]], and the [[Isle of Paradise]]. Nor is it always possible to distinguish between the [[presence]] of the Universal Father and the [[actions]] of his eternal co-ordinates and agencies, so perfectly do they fulfill all the infinite requirements of his unchanging [[purpose]]. But not so with the [[personality]] [[circuit]] and the [[Adjusters]]; here God acts [[uniquely]], directly, and exclusively.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_1#1:3._GOD_IS_A_UNIVERSAL_SPIRIT]

3:1.7 The Universal Controller is [[potentially]] present in the [[gravity]] [[circuits]][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:3._UNIVERSAL_GRAVITY] of the [[Isle of Paradise]] in all [[parts]] of the universe at all times and in the same degree, in accordance with the [[mass]], in [[response]] to the [[physical]] demands for this presence, and because of the inherent [[nature]] of all [[creation]] which causes [[Everything|all things]] to adhere and consist in him. Likewise is the [[First Source and Center]] potentially present in the [[Unqualified Absolute]], the repository of the uncreated universes of the eternal future. God thus potentially pervades the [[physical]] [[universes]] of the past, present, and future. He is the primordial [[foundation]] of the coherence of the so-called [[material]] [[creation]]. This [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Three_Absolutes#The_Unqualified_Absolute nonspiritual Deity potential] becomes actual here and there throughout the level of physical existences by the inexplicable intrusion of some one of his exclusive agencies upon the stage of [[universe]] [[action]].

3:1.7 The Universal Controller is [[potentially]] present in the [[gravity]] [[circuits]][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:3._UNIVERSAL_GRAVITY] of the [[Isle of Paradise]] in all [[parts]] of the universe at all times and in the same degree, in accordance with the [[mass]], in [[response]] to the [[physical]] demands for this presence, and because of the inherent [[nature]] of all [[creation]] which causes [[Everything|all things]] to adhere and consist in him. Likewise is the [[First Source and Center]] potentially present in the [[Unqualified Absolute]], the repository of the uncreated universes of the eternal future. God thus potentially pervades the [[physical]] [[universes]] of the past, present, and future. He is the primordial [[foundation]] of the coherence of the so-called [[material]] [[creation]]. This [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Three_Absolutes#The_Unqualified_Absolute nonspiritual Deity potential] becomes actual here and there throughout the level of physical existences by the inexplicable intrusion of some one of his exclusive agencies upon the stage of [[universe]] [[action]].

3:1.8 The [[mind]] [[presence]] of God is correlated with the [[absolute]] mind of the [[Conjoint Actor]], the Infinite Spirit, but in the finite creations it is better discerned in the everywhere functioning of the cosmic mind of the [[Paradise]] [[Master Spirits]]. Just as the First Source and Center is potentially present in the mind circuits of the Conjoint Actor, so is he potentially present in the tensions of the [[Universal Absolute]]. But mind of the human order is a bestowal of the Daughters of the Conjoint Actor, the [[Paper 34 - The Local Universe Mother Spirit|Divine Ministers]] of the [[Superuniverses|evolving universes]].

3:1.8 The [[mind]] [[presence]] of God is correlated with the [[absolute]] mind of the [[Conjoint Actor]], the Infinite Spirit, but in the finite creations it is better discerned in the everywhere functioning of the cosmic mind of the [[Paradise]] [[Master Spirits]]. Just as the First Source and Center is potentially present in the mind circuits of the Conjoint Actor, so is he potentially present in the tensions of the [[Universal Absolute]]. But mind of the human order is a bestowal of the Daughters of the Conjoint Actor, the [[Paper 34 - The Local Universe Mother Spirit|Divine Ministers]] of the [[Superuniverses|evolving universes]].

3:1.9 The everywhere-present spirit of the Universal Father is co-ordinated with the function of the universal spirit presence of the Eternal Son and the everlasting divine potential of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Three_Absolutes#The_Deity_Absolute Deity Absolute]. But neither the spiritual activity of the [[Eternal Son]] and his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20 Paradise Sons] nor the mind bestowals of the [[Infinite Spirit]] seem to exclude the [[Immediate|direct]] [[action]] of the [[Thought Adjuster]]s, the indwelling fragments of God, in the [[hearts]] of his [[creature]] [[children]].

3:1.9 The everywhere-present spirit of the Universal Father is co-ordinated with the function of the universal spirit presence of the Eternal Son and the everlasting divine potential of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Three_Absolutes#The_Deity_Absolute Deity Absolute]. But neither the spiritual activity of the [[Eternal Son]] and his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20 Paradise Sons] nor the mind bestowals of the [[Infinite Spirit]] seem to exclude the [[Immediate|direct]] [[action]] of the [[Thought Adjuster]]s, the indwelling fragments of God, in the [[hearts]] of his [[creature]] [[children]].

3:1.10 Concerning God's presence in a [[planet]], [[Satania|system]], [[constellation]], or a [[Local Universe|universe]], the degree of such presence in any creational unit is a [[measure]] of the degree of the evolving presence of the [[Supreme Being]]: It is determined by the [[Total|en masse]] recognition of [[God]] and [[loyalty]] to him on the part of the vast universe organization, running down to the systems and [[planets]] themselves. Therefore it is sometimes with the [[hope]] of conserving and safeguarding these phases of God's precious presence that, when some [[planets]] (or even systems) have plunged far into spiritual [[darkness]], they are in a certain sense [[Solitary confinement|quarantined]], or partially isolated from [[intercourse]] with the larger units of [[creation]]. And all this, as it operates on [[Urantia]], is a spiritually [[defensive]] [[reaction]] of the majority of the worlds to save themselves, as far as possible, from suffering the isolating [[consequences]] of the [[alienating]] acts of a headstrong, [[wicked]], and [[rebellious]] minority.

3:1.10 Concerning God's presence in a [[planet]], [[Satania|system]], [[constellation]], or a [[Local Universe|universe]], the degree of such presence in any creational unit is a [[measure]] of the degree of the evolving presence of the [[Supreme Being]]: It is determined by the [[Total|en masse]] recognition of [[God]] and [[loyalty]] to him on the part of the vast universe organization, running down to the systems and [[planets]] themselves. Therefore it is sometimes with the [[hope]] of conserving and safeguarding these phases of God's precious presence that, when some [[planets]] (or even systems) have plunged far into spiritual [[darkness]], they are in a certain sense [[Solitary confinement|quarantined]], or partially isolated from [[intercourse]] with the larger units of [[creation]]. And all this, as it operates on [[Urantia]], is a spiritually [[defensive]] [[reaction]] of the majority of the worlds to save themselves, as far as possible, from suffering the isolating [[consequences]] of the [[alienating]] acts of a headstrong, [[wicked]], and [[rebellious]] minority.

==3:2. GOD'S INFINITE POWER==

==3:2. GOD'S INFINITE POWER==

3:2.1 [[Grand Universe|All the universes]] know that "the Lord God omnipotent reigns."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_19] The affairs of this world and other worlds are divinely [[Administration|supervised]]. "He does according to his will in the army of [[heaven]] and among the inhabitants of the [[earth]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_4] It is eternally true, "there is no power but 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_XIII]

3:2.1 [[Grand Universe|All the universes]] know that "the Lord God omnipotent reigns."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_19] The affairs of this world and other worlds are divinely [[Administration|supervised]]. "He does according to his will in the army of [[heaven]] and among the inhabitants of the [[earth]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_4] It is eternally true, "there is no power but 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_XIII]

3:2.2 Within the bounds of that which is consistent with the [[divine]] [[nature]], it is [[literally]] true that "with God all things are possible."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark#Chapter_10] The long-drawn-out [[evolutionary]] [[processes]] of peoples, planets, and universes are under the perfect control of the [[Creator Sons|universe creators]] and [[Paper 33 - Administration of the Local Universe|administrators]] and unfold in accordance with the [[eternal]] [[purpose]] of the [[Universal Father]], proceeding in [[harmony]] and order and in keeping with the all-wise plan of God. There is only one lawgiver. He upholds the worlds in [[space]] and swings the universes around the endless [[circle]] of the eternal [[circuit]].

3:2.2 Within the bounds of that which is consistent with the [[divine]] [[nature]], it is [[literally]] true that "with God all things are possible."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark#Chapter_10] The long-drawn-out [[evolutionary]] [[processes]] of peoples, planets, and universes are under the perfect control of the [[Creator Sons|universe creators]] and [[Paper 33 - Administration of the Local Universe|administrators]] and unfold in accordance with the [[eternal]] [[purpose]] of the [[Universal Father]], proceeding in [[harmony]] and order and in keeping with the all-wise plan of God. There is only one lawgiver. He upholds the worlds in [[space]] and swings the universes around the endless [[circle]] of the eternal [[circuit]].

3:2.3 Of all the [[divine]] [[attributes]], his omnipotence, especially as it prevails in the [[material]] [[universe]], is the best [[understood]]. Viewed as an unspiritual [[phenomenon]], God is [[energy]]. This declaration of physical [[fact]] is predicated on the incomprehensible [[truth]] that the [[First Source and Center]] is the primal [[cause]] of the [[universal]] [[physical]] [[phenomena]] of all [[space]]. From this divine activity all physical energy and other material [[manifestations]] are derived. [[Light]], that is, light without [[heat]], is another of the nonspiritual manifestations of the Deities. And there is still another form of nonspiritual energy which is virtually [[unknown]] on [[Urantia]]; it is as yet unrecognized.

3:2.3 Of all the [[divine]] [[attributes]], his omnipotence, especially as it prevails in the [[material]] [[universe]], is the best [[understood]]. Viewed as an unspiritual [[phenomenon]], God is [[energy]]. This declaration of physical [[fact]] is predicated on the incomprehensible [[truth]] that the [[First Source and Center]] is the primal [[cause]] of the [[universal]] [[physical]] [[phenomena]] of all [[space]]. From this divine activity all physical energy and other material [[manifestations]] are derived. [[Light]], that is, light without [[heat]], is another of the nonspiritual manifestations of the Deities. And there is still another form of nonspiritual energy which is virtually [[unknown]] on [[Urantia]]; it is as yet unrecognized.

3:2.4 God controls all [[power]]; he has made "a way for the lightning"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.28]; he has ordained the [[circuits]] of all energy. He has decreed the [[time]] and [[manner]] of the manifestation of all forms of energy-[[matter]]. And all these [[things]] are held forever in his everlasting grasp—in the [[gravitational]] control centering on [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:4._PERIPHERAL_PARADISE nether Paradise]. The light and energy of the eternal God thus swing on forever around his [[majestic]] circuit, the endless but orderly procession of the starry hosts composing the [[universe of universes]]. All [[creation]] circles eternally around the [[Paradise]]-[[Personality]] center of all [[things]] and [[beings]].

3:2.4 God controls all [[power]]; he has made "a way for the lightning"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.28]; he has ordained the [[circuits]] of all energy. He has decreed the [[time]] and [[manner]] of the manifestation of all forms of energy-[[matter]]. And all these [[things]] are held forever in his everlasting grasp—in the [[gravitational]] control centering on [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:4._PERIPHERAL_PARADISE nether Paradise]. The light and energy of the eternal God thus swing on forever around his [[majestic]] circuit, the endless but orderly procession of the starry hosts composing the [[universe of universes]]. All [[creation]] circles eternally around the [[Paradise]]-[[Personality]] center of all [[things]] and [[beings]].

3:2.5 The omnipotence of [[the Father]] pertains to the everywhere dominance of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:6._ABSOLUTE_OR_SIXTH-PHASE_INTEGRATION absolute level], whereon the three energies, [[material]], [[mindal]], and [[spiritual]], are indistinguishable in close proximity to him—the Source of all things. Creature mind, being neither [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#2._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28_PHYSICAL_ENERGIES.29 Paradise monota] nor Paradise spirit, is not directly responsive to the [[Universal Father]]. God adjusts with the mind of imperfection—with [[Urantia]] [[mortals]] through the [[Thought Adjuster]]s.

3:2.5 The omnipotence of [[the Father]] pertains to the everywhere dominance of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:6._ABSOLUTE_OR_SIXTH-PHASE_INTEGRATION absolute level], whereon the three energies, [[material]], [[mindal]], and [[spiritual]], are indistinguishable in close proximity to him—the Source of all things. Creature mind, being neither [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#2._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28_PHYSICAL_ENERGIES.29 Paradise monota] nor Paradise spirit, is not directly responsive to the [[Universal Father]]. God adjusts with the mind of imperfection—with [[Urantia]] [[mortals]] through the [[Thought Adjuster]]s.

3:2.6 The Universal Father is not a [[Temporal|transient]] [[force]], a shifting [[power]], or a [[Change|fluctuating]] [[energy]]. The power and [[wisdom]] of [[the Father]] are wholly adequate to cope with any and all universe [[Contingencies|exigencies]]. As the emergencies of [[human]] [[experience]] arise, he has foreseen them all, and therefore he does not [[react]] to the affairs of the universe in a detached way but rather in accordance with the dictates of eternal [[wisdom]] and in consonance with the [[mandates]] of [[infinite]] [[judgment]]. Regardless of [[appearances]], the power of God is not [[function]]ing in the [[universe]] as a [http://thomism.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/what-is-a-blind-force/ blind force].

3:2.6 The Universal Father is not a [[Temporal|transient]] [[force]], a shifting [[power]], or a [[Change|fluctuating]] [[energy]]. The power and [[wisdom]] of [[the Father]] are wholly adequate to cope with any and all universe [[Contingencies|exigencies]]. As the emergencies of [[human]] [[experience]] arise, he has foreseen them all, and therefore he does not [[react]] to the affairs of the universe in a detached way but rather in accordance with the dictates of eternal [[wisdom]] and in consonance with the [[mandates]] of [[infinite]] [[judgment]]. Regardless of [[appearances]], the power of God is not [[function]]ing in the [[universe]] as a [http://thomism.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/what-is-a-blind-force/ blind force].

==3:3. GOD'S UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE==

==3:3. GOD'S UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE==

3:3.1 "God knows [[Everything|all things]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_III] The <u>divine mind</u> is conscious of, and conversant with, the [[thought]] of all [[creation]]. His [[knowledge]] of [[events]] is [[universal]] and [[Perfection|perfect]]. The divine [[entities]] going out from him are a part of him; he who "balances the clouds"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.37] is also "perfect in knowledge."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.36] "The eyes of the Lord are in every place."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.15] Said your [[Jesus|great teacher]] of the insignificant sparrow, "One of them shall not fall to the ground without my Father's knowledge,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_10] and also, "The very hairs of your head are numbered."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_10] "He tells the number of the stars; he calls them all by their names."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_147]

3:3.1 "God knows [[Everything|all things]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_III] The <u>divine mind</u> is conscious of, and conversant with, the [[thought]] of all [[creation]]. His [[knowledge]] of [[events]] is [[universal]] and [[Perfection|perfect]]. The divine [[entities]] going out from him are a part of him; he who "balances the clouds"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.37] is also "perfect in knowledge."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.36] "The eyes of the Lord are in every place."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.15] Said your [[Jesus|great teacher]] of the insignificant sparrow, "One of them shall not fall to the ground without my Father's knowledge,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_10] and also, "The very hairs of your head are numbered."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_10] "He tells the number of the stars; he calls them all by their names."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_147]

3:3.2 The [[Universal Father]] is the only [[personality]] in all the [[universe]] who does actually know the [[number]] of the stars and [[planets]] of space. All the worlds of every universe are constantly within the [[consciousness]] of God. He also says: "I have surely seen the [[Pain|affliction]] of my people, I have heard their cry, and I know their [[Grief|sorrows]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.3] For "the Lord looks from [[heaven]]; he beholds all the sons of men; from the place of his habitation he looks upon all the inhabitants of the [[earth]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_33] Every creature child may truly say: "He knows the way I take, and when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold." "God knows our downsittings and our uprisings; he [[understands]] our [[thoughts]] afar off and is acquainted with all our ways."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_139] "All [[things]] are [[Transparent|naked]] and open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_IV] And it should be a real comfort to every human being to understand that "he knows your frame; he remembers that you are dust."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_103] [[Jesus]], speaking of the living God, said, "Your Father knows what you have need of even before you ask him."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_6]

3:3.2 The [[Universal Father]] is the only [[personality]] in all the [[universe]] who does actually know the [[number]] of the stars and [[planets]] of space. All the worlds of every universe are constantly within the [[consciousness]] of God. He also says: "I have surely seen the [[Pain|affliction]] of my people, I have heard their cry, and I know their [[Grief|sorrows]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.3] For "the Lord looks from [[heaven]]; he beholds all the sons of men; from the place of his habitation he looks upon all the inhabitants of the [[earth]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_33] Every creature child may truly say: "He knows the way I take, and when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold." "God knows our downsittings and our uprisings; he [[understands]] our [[thoughts]] afar off and is acquainted with all our ways."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_139] "All [[things]] are [[Transparent|naked]] and open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_IV] And it should be a real comfort to every human being to understand that "he knows your frame; he remembers that you are dust."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_103] [[Jesus]], speaking of the living God, said, "Your Father knows what you have need of even before you ask him."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_6]

3:3.3 God is possessed of [[Infinite|unlimited]] [[power]] to know all things; his [[consciousness]] is [[universal]]. His personal [[circuit]] [[encompasses]] all personalities, and his knowledge of even the lowly creatures is supplemented indirectly through the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:1._THE_DESCENDING_SONS_OF_GOD descending series of divine Sons] and directly through the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]]s. And furthermore, the [[Infinite Spirit]] is all the [[time]] [[Omnipresence|everywhere present]].

3:3.3 God is possessed of [[Infinite|unlimited]] [[power]] to know all things; his [[consciousness]] is [[universal]]. His personal [[circuit]] [[encompasses]] all personalities, and his knowledge of even the lowly creatures is supplemented indirectly through the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:1._THE_DESCENDING_SONS_OF_GOD descending series of divine Sons] and directly through the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]]s. And furthermore, the [[Infinite Spirit]] is all the [[time]] [[Omnipresence|everywhere present]].

3:3.4 We are not wholly certain as to whether or not God chooses to foreknow [[events]] of [[sin]]. But even if God should foreknow the [[freewill]] [[acts]] of his [[children]], such foreknowledge does not in the least abrogate their [[freedom]]. One thing is certain: God is never subjected to surprise.

3:3.4 We are not wholly certain as to whether or not God chooses to foreknow [[events]] of [[sin]]. But even if God should foreknow the [[freewill]] [[acts]] of his [[children]], such foreknowledge does not in the least abrogate their [[freedom]]. One thing is certain: God is never subjected to surprise.

==3:4. GOD'S LIMITLESSNESS==

==3:4. GOD'S LIMITLESSNESS==

3:4.1 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:1._THE_DESCENDING_SONS_OF_GOD successive bestowal of himself] upon the universes as they are brought into being in no wise lessens the [[potential]] of [[power]] or the store of [[wisdom]] as they continue to reside and repose in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_1#1:5._PERSONALITY_OF_THE_UNIVERSAL_FATHER central personality of Deity]. In potential of [[force]], wisdom, and [[love]], the Father has never lessened aught of his possession nor become divested of any [[attribute]] of his [[glorious]] personality as the result of the unstinted bestowal of himself upon the [[Paper 20 - The Paradise Sons of God|Paradise Sons]], upon his [[Local Universe|subordinate creations]], and upon the manifold [[creatures]] thereof.

3:4.1 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:1._THE_DESCENDING_SONS_OF_GOD successive bestowal of himself] upon the universes as they are brought into being in no wise lessens the [[potential]] of [[power]] or the store of [[wisdom]] as they continue to reside and repose in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_1#1:5._PERSONALITY_OF_THE_UNIVERSAL_FATHER central personality of Deity]. In potential of [[force]], wisdom, and [[love]], the Father has never lessened aught of his possession nor become divested of any [[attribute]] of his [[glorious]] personality as the result of the unstinted bestowal of himself upon the [[Paper 20 - The Paradise Sons of God|Paradise Sons]], upon his [[Local Universe|subordinate creations]], and upon the manifold [[creatures]] thereof.

3:4.2 The [[creation]] of every new [[universe]] calls for a new adjustment of [[gravity]]; but even if creation should continue indefinitely, eternally, even to infinity, so that eventually the material creation would exist without limitations, still the power of control and co-ordination reposing in the [[Isle of Paradise]] would be found equal to, and adequate for, the mastery, control, and co-ordination of such an infinite universe. And subsequent to this bestowal of limitless [[force]] and [[power]] upon a boundless universe, the [[Infinite]] would still be surcharged with the same [[degree]] of force and energy; the [[Unqualified Absolute]] would still be undiminished; God would still possess the same infinite potential, just as if force, energy, and power had never been poured forth for the endowment of [[Universe of Universes|universe upon universe]].

3:4.2 The [[creation]] of every new [[universe]] calls for a new adjustment of [[gravity]]; but even if creation should continue indefinitely, eternally, even to infinity, so that eventually the material creation would exist without limitations, still the power of control and co-ordination reposing in the [[Isle of Paradise]] would be found equal to, and adequate for, the mastery, control, and co-ordination of such an infinite universe. And subsequent to this bestowal of limitless [[force]] and [[power]] upon a boundless universe, the [[Infinite]] would still be surcharged with the same [[degree]] of force and energy; the [[Unqualified Absolute]] would still be undiminished; God would still possess the same infinite potential, just as if force, energy, and power had never been poured forth for the endowment of [[Universe of Universes|universe upon universe]].

3:4.3 And so with wisdom: The [[fact]] that [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9#9:4._THE_ABSOLUTE_MIND mind is so freely distributed] to the [[thinking]] of the realms in no wise impoverishes the [[Center|central]] source of [[divine]] wisdom. As the universes multiply, and [[beings]] of the realms increase in number to the limits of [[comprehension]], if mind continues without end to be bestowed upon these beings of high and low estate, still will [[God]]'s [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_1#1:5._PERSONALITY_OF_THE_UNIVERSAL_FATHER central personality] continue to [[embrace]] the same eternal, infinite, and all-wise mind.

3:4.3 And so with wisdom: The [[fact]] that [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9#9:4._THE_ABSOLUTE_MIND mind is so freely distributed] to the [[thinking]] of the realms in no wise impoverishes the [[Center|central]] source of [[divine]] wisdom. As the universes multiply, and [[beings]] of the realms increase in number to the limits of [[comprehension]], if mind continues without end to be bestowed upon these beings of high and low estate, still will [[God]]'s [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_1#1:5._PERSONALITY_OF_THE_UNIVERSAL_FATHER central personality] continue to [[embrace]] the same eternal, infinite, and all-wise mind.

3:4.4 The [[fact]] that he sends forth [[Thought Adjusters|spirit messengers]] from himself to indwell the men and women of your world and other worlds in no wise lessens his ability to [[function]] as a divine and all-powerful [[spirit]] [[personality]]; and there is absolutely no limit to the extent or [[number]] of such spirit Monitors which he can and may send out. This giving of himself to his [[creatures]] creates a boundless, almost inconceivable future possibility of [[progressive]] and successive [[existences]] for these divinely endowed [[mortals]]. And this prodigal distribution of himself as these ministering spirit entities in no [[manner]] diminishes the [[wisdom]] and [[perfection]] of [[truth]] and [[knowledge]] which repose in the person of the all-wise, all-knowing, and all-powerful [[Father]].

3:4.4 The [[fact]] that he sends forth [[Thought Adjusters|spirit messengers]] from himself to indwell the men and women of your world and other worlds in no wise lessens his ability to [[function]] as a divine and all-powerful [[spirit]] [[personality]]; and there is absolutely no limit to the extent or [[number]] of such spirit Monitors which he can and may send out. This giving of himself to his [[creatures]] creates a boundless, almost inconceivable future possibility of [[progressive]] and successive [[existences]] for these divinely endowed [[mortals]]. And this prodigal distribution of himself as these ministering spirit entities in no [[manner]] diminishes the [[wisdom]] and [[perfection]] of [[truth]] and [[knowledge]] which repose in the person of the all-wise, all-knowing, and all-powerful [[Father]].

3:4.5 To the mortals of time there is a future, but God inhabits [[eternity]]. Even though I hail from near the very [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:1._THE_DIVINE_RESIDENCE abiding place of Deity], I cannot presume to speak with perfection of understanding concerning the infinity of many of the divine attributes. Infinity of mind alone can fully comprehend infinity of [[existence]] and eternity of [[action]].

3:4.5 To the mortals of time there is a future, but God inhabits [[eternity]]. Even though I hail from near the very [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:1._THE_DIVINE_RESIDENCE abiding place of Deity], I cannot presume to speak with perfection of understanding concerning the infinity of many of the divine attributes. Infinity of mind alone can fully comprehend infinity of [[existence]] and eternity of [[action]].

3:4.6 [[Mortal]] [[Human|man]] cannot possibly know the infinitude of the heavenly Father. [[Finite]] mind cannot [[think]] through such an [[absolute]] [[truth]] or [[fact]]. But this same finite human being can actually feel—[[literally]] [[experience]]—the full and undiminished impact of such an infinite Father's [[Love|LOVE]]. Such a love can be truly experienced, albeit while [[quality]] of experience is unlimited, [[quantity]] of such an experience is strictly limited by the [[human]] capacity for [[spiritual]] [[receptivity]] and by the associated capacity to love the Father in return.

3:4.6 [[Mortal]] [[Human|man]] cannot possibly know the infinitude of the heavenly Father. [[Finite]] mind cannot [[think]] through such an [[absolute]] [[truth]] or [[fact]]. But this same finite human being can actually feel—[[literally]] [[experience]]—the full and undiminished impact of such an infinite Father's [[Love|LOVE]]. Such a love can be truly experienced, albeit while [[quality]] of experience is unlimited, [[quantity]] of such an experience is strictly limited by the [[human]] capacity for [[spiritual]] [[receptivity]] and by the associated capacity to love the Father in return.

3:5.1 In his contact with the post-[[Havona]] [[Superuniverse|creations]], the [[Universal Father]] does not exercise his infinite power and final [[authority]] by direct [[Transmitting|transmittal]] but rather through his [[Creator Sons|Sons]] and their [[Paper 35 - The Local Universe Sons of God|subordinate personalities]]. And God does all this of his own [[free will]]. Any and all powers delegated, if occasion should arise, if it should become the choice of the divine mind, could be exercised direct; but, as a rule, such [[action]] only takes place as a result of the failure of the delegated [[personality]] to fulfill the divine [[trust]]. At such times and in the face of such [[default]] and within the limits of the reservation of divine power and potential, the Father does act independently and in accordance with the [[mandates]] of his own [[choice]]; and that choice is always one of unfailing [[perfection]] and infinite [[wisdom]].

3:5.1 In his contact with the post-[[Havona]] [[Superuniverse|creations]], the [[Universal Father]] does not exercise his infinite power and final [[authority]] by direct [[Transmitting|transmittal]] but rather through his [[Creator Sons|Sons]] and their [[Paper 35 - The Local Universe Sons of God|subordinate personalities]]. And God does all this of his own [[free will]]. Any and all powers delegated, if occasion should arise, if it should become the choice of the divine mind, could be exercised direct; but, as a rule, such [[action]] only takes place as a result of the failure of the delegated [[personality]] to fulfill the divine [[trust]]. At such times and in the face of such [[default]] and within the limits of the reservation of divine power and potential, the Father does act independently and in accordance with the [[mandates]] of his own [[choice]]; and that choice is always one of unfailing [[perfection]] and infinite [[wisdom]].

3:5.2 The Father rules [[Paper 30 - Personalities of the Grand Universe|through his Sons]]; on down through the universe organization there is an unbroken chain of rulers ending with the [[Planetary Prince]]s, who direct the destinies of the evolutionary [[spheres]] of the Father's vast domains. It is no mere poetic [[expression]] that exclaims: "The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_24] "He removes kings and sets up kings."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_2] "The Most Highs rule in the kingdoms of men."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_4]

3:5.2 The Father rules [[Paper 30 - Personalities of the Grand Universe|through his Sons]]; on down through the universe organization there is an unbroken chain of rulers ending with the [[Planetary Prince]]s, who direct the destinies of the evolutionary [[spheres]] of the Father's vast domains. It is no mere poetic [[expression]] that exclaims: "The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_24] "He removes kings and sets up kings."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_2] "The Most Highs rule in the kingdoms of men."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Daniel#Chapter_4]

3:5.3 In the affairs of men's [[hearts]] the [[Universal Father]] may not always have his way; but in the conduct and [[destiny]] of a [[planet]] the divine plan prevails; the eternal [[purpose]] of wisdom and [[love]] triumphs.

3:5.3 In the affairs of men's [[hearts]] the [[Universal Father]] may not always have his way; but in the conduct and [[destiny]] of a [[planet]] the divine plan prevails; the eternal [[purpose]] of wisdom and [[love]] triumphs.

3:5.4 Said [[Jesus]]: "My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; and no one is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_10] As you glimpse the manifold [[work]]ings and view the staggering immensity of God's well-nigh limitless [[creation]], you may falter in your [[concept]] of his primacy, but you should not fail to accept him as securely and everlastingly enthroned at the [[Paradise]] [[center]] of [[Everything|all things]] and as the beneficent [[Father]] of all [[intelligent]] [[beings]]. There is but "one God and Father of all, who is above all and in all,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Ephesians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Ephesians.2C_IV] "and he is before all [[things]], and in him all things consist."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Colossians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Colossians.2C_I]

3:5.4 Said [[Jesus]]: "My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; and no one is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_10] As you glimpse the manifold [[work]]ings and view the staggering immensity of God's well-nigh limitless [[creation]], you may falter in your [[concept]] of his primacy, but you should not fail to accept him as securely and everlastingly enthroned at the [[Paradise]] [[center]] of [[Everything|all things]] and as the beneficent [[Father]] of all [[intelligent]] [[beings]]. There is but "one God and Father of all, who is above all and in all,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Ephesians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Ephesians.2C_IV] "and he is before all [[things]], and in him all things consist."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Colossians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Colossians.2C_I]

3:5.5 The uncertainties of life and the vicissitudes of [[existence]] do not in any [[manner]] contradict the [[concept]] of the [[universal]] [[sovereignty]] of [[God]]. All [[evolutionary]] [[creature]] life is beset by certain inevitabilities. Consider the following:

3:5.5 The uncertainties of life and the vicissitudes of [[existence]] do not in any [[manner]] contradict the [[concept]] of the [[universal]] [[sovereignty]] of [[God]]. All [[evolutionary]] [[creature]] life is beset by certain inevitabilities. Consider the following:

*9. 3:5.14 Is [[pleasure]]—the satisfaction of [[happiness]]—desirable? Then must man live in a world where the alternative of [[pain]] and the likelihood of suffering are ever-present experiential possibilities.

*9. 3:5.14 Is [[pleasure]]—the satisfaction of [[happiness]]—desirable? Then must man live in a world where the alternative of [[pain]] and the likelihood of suffering are ever-present experiential possibilities.

3:5.15 Throughout the [[universe]], every unit is regarded as a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:7._THE_PART_AND_THE_WHOLE part of the whole]. [[Survival]] of the part is dependent on [[co-operation]] with the plan and [[purpose]] of the whole, the wholehearted [[desire]] and perfect willingness [[Doing the will of God |to do the Father's divine will]]. The only evolutionary world without [[error]] (the possibility of unwise [[judgment]]) would be a world without free [[intelligence]]. In the [[Havona]] universe there are a billion perfect worlds with their perfect inhabitants, but evolving man must be [[fallible]] if he is to be free. Free and inexperienced [[intelligence]] cannot possibly at first be [[uniform]]ly wise. The possibility of mistaken [[judgment]] ([[evil]]) becomes [[sin]] only when the human will consciously endorses and knowingly [[embraces]] a deliberate immoral [[judgment]].

3:5.15 Throughout the [[universe]], every unit is regarded as a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:7._THE_PART_AND_THE_WHOLE part of the whole]. [[Survival]] of the part is dependent on [[co-operation]] with the plan and [[purpose]] of the whole, the wholehearted [[desire]] and perfect willingness [[Doing the will of God |to do the Father's divine will]]. The only evolutionary world without [[error]] (the possibility of unwise [[judgment]]) would be a world without free [[intelligence]]. In the [[Havona]] universe there are a billion perfect worlds with their perfect inhabitants, but evolving man must be [[fallible]] if he is to be free. Free and inexperienced [[intelligence]] cannot possibly at first be [[uniform]]ly wise. The possibility of mistaken [[judgment]] ([[evil]]) becomes [[sin]] only when the human will consciously endorses and knowingly [[embraces]] a deliberate immoral [[judgment]].

3:5.16 The full appreciation of [[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[goodness]] is inherent in the [[perfection]] of the [[divine]] [[universe]]. The inhabitants of the [[Havona]] worlds do not require the [[potential]] of [[relative]] [[value]] levels as a [[choice]] stimulus; such perfect beings are able to identify and choose the good in the [[absence]] of all contrastive and thought-compelling [[moral]] situations. But all such perfect beings are, in moral [[nature]] and spiritual [[status]], what they are by [[virtue]] of the [[fact]] of [[existence]]. They have experientially earned advancement only within their inherent [[status]]. Mortal man earns even his status as an [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD ascension candidate] by his own [[faith]] and [[hope]]. [[Everything]] divine which the human mind grasps and the human soul acquires is an experiential attainment; it is a [[reality]] of [[personal]] [[experience]] and is therefore a [[unique]] possession in contrast to the inherent goodness and righteousness of the [[Infallible|inerrant]] personalities of [[Havona]].

3:5.16 The full appreciation of [[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[goodness]] is inherent in the [[perfection]] of the [[divine]] [[universe]]. The inhabitants of the [[Havona]] worlds do not require the [[potential]] of [[relative]] [[value]] levels as a [[choice]] stimulus; such perfect beings are able to identify and choose the good in the [[absence]] of all contrastive and thought-compelling [[moral]] situations. But all such perfect beings are, in moral [[nature]] and spiritual [[status]], what they are by [[virtue]] of the [[fact]] of [[existence]]. They have experientially earned advancement only within their inherent [[status]]. Mortal man earns even his status as an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD ascension candidate] by his own [[faith]] and [[hope]]. [[Everything]] divine which the human mind grasps and the human soul acquires is an experiential attainment; it is a [[reality]] of [[personal]] [[experience]] and is therefore a [[unique]] possession in contrast to the inherent goodness and righteousness of the [[Infallible|inerrant]] personalities of [[Havona]].

3:5.17 The creatures of [[Havona]] are naturally brave, but they are not [[courage]]ous in the human sense. They are innately [[kind]] and considerate, but hardly altruistic in the human way. They are expectant of a pleasant future, but not hopeful in the exquisite [[manner]] of the [[trust]]ing [[mortal]] of the uncertain [[evolutionary]] [[spheres]]. They have [[faith]] in the [[stability]] of the [[universe]], but they are utter strangers to that saving faith whereby mortal man climbs from the [[status]] of an [[animal]] up to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:3._UPPER_PARADISE portals of Paradise]. They [[love]] the [[truth]], but they know nothing of its [[soul]]-saving qualities. They are [[idealists]], but they were born that way; they are wholly ignorant of the [[ecstasy]] of becoming such by exhilarating [[choice]]. They are [[loyal]], but they have never experienced the thrill of wholehearted and [[intelligent]] [[devotion]] to [[duty]] in the face of [[temptation]] to [[default]]. They are unselfish, but they never gained such levels of [[experience]] by the magnificent conquest of a belligerent [[Ego|self]]. They enjoy [[pleasure]], but they do not [[comprehend]] the sweetness of the [[pleasure]] escape from the [[pain]] [[potential]].

3:5.17 The creatures of [[Havona]] are naturally brave, but they are not [[courage]]ous in the human sense. They are innately [[kind]] and considerate, but hardly altruistic in the human way. They are expectant of a pleasant future, but not hopeful in the exquisite [[manner]] of the [[trust]]ing [[mortal]] of the uncertain [[evolutionary]] [[spheres]]. They have [[faith]] in the [[stability]] of the [[universe]], but they are utter strangers to that saving faith whereby mortal man climbs from the [[status]] of an [[animal]] up to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:3._UPPER_PARADISE portals of Paradise]. They [[love]] the [[truth]], but they know nothing of its [[soul]]-saving qualities. They are [[idealists]], but they were born that way; they are wholly ignorant of the [[ecstasy]] of becoming such by exhilarating [[choice]]. They are [[loyal]], but they have never experienced the thrill of wholehearted and [[intelligent]] [[devotion]] to [[duty]] in the face of [[temptation]] to [[default]]. They are unselfish, but they never gained such levels of [[experience]] by the magnificent conquest of a belligerent [[Ego|self]]. They enjoy [[pleasure]], but they do not [[comprehend]] the sweetness of the [[pleasure]] escape from the [[pain]] [[potential]].

==3:6. THE FATHER'S PRIMACY==

==3:6. THE FATHER'S PRIMACY==

3:6.5 It is a great blunder to humanize God, except in the [[concept]] of the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]], but even that is not so stupid as completely to mechanize the [[idea]] of the [[First Great Source and Center]].

3:6.5 It is a great blunder to humanize God, except in the [[concept]] of the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]], but even that is not so stupid as completely to mechanize the [[idea]] of the [[First Great Source and Center]].

3:6.6 Does the [[Paradise]] [[Father]] suffer? I do not know. The [[Creator Sons]] most certainly can and sometimes do, even as do [[mortals]]. The [[Eternal Son]] and the [[Infinite Spirit]] suffer in a modified sense. I think the Universal Father does, but I cannot [[understand]] how; perhaps through the [[personality]] [[circuit]] or through the individuality of the [[Thought Adjusters]] and other bestowals of his eternal nature. He has said of the mortal races, "In all your afflictions I am afflicted."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.63] He unquestionably [[experiences]] a [[fatherly]] and [[Sympathy|sympathetic]] [[understanding]]; he may truly suffer, but I do not comprehend the [[nature]] thereof.

3:6.6 Does the [[Paradise]] [[Father]] suffer? I do not know. The [[Creator Sons]] most certainly can and sometimes do, even as do [[mortals]]. The [[Eternal Son]] and the [[Infinite Spirit]] suffer in a modified sense. I think the Universal Father does, but I cannot [[understand]] how; perhaps through the [[personality]] [[circuit]] or through the individuality of the [[Thought Adjusters]] and other bestowals of his eternal nature. He has said of the mortal races, "In all your afflictions I am afflicted."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.63] He unquestionably [[experiences]] a [[fatherly]] and [[Sympathy|sympathetic]] [[understanding]]; he may truly suffer, but I do not comprehend the [[nature]] thereof.

3:6.7 The infinite and eternal Ruler of the [[universe of universes]] is [[power]], form, [[energy]], [[process]], [[pattern]], principle, [[presence]], and idealized [[reality]]. But he is more; he is [[personal]]; he exercises a sovereign will, experiences self-consciousness of [[divinity]], executes the [[mandates]] of a [[creative]] [[mind]], pursues the satisfaction of the [[realization]] of an eternal [[purpose]], and manifests a Father's [[love]] and [[affection]] for his [[Paper 30 - Personalities of the Grand Universe|universe children]]. And all these more personal [[Attributes|traits]] of the Father can be better understood by [[observing]] them as they were revealed in the [[Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia|bestowal life of Michael]], your [[Creator Son]], while he was [[incarnate]]d on [[Urantia]].

3:6.7 The infinite and eternal Ruler of the [[universe of universes]] is [[power]], form, [[energy]], [[process]], [[pattern]], principle, [[presence]], and idealized [[reality]]. But he is more; he is [[personal]]; he exercises a sovereign will, experiences self-consciousness of [[divinity]], executes the [[mandates]] of a [[creative]] [[mind]], pursues the satisfaction of the [[realization]] of an eternal [[purpose]], and manifests a Father's [[love]] and [[affection]] for his [[Paper 30 - Personalities of the Grand Universe|universe children]]. And all these more personal [[Attributes|traits]] of the Father can be better understood by [[observing]] them as they were revealed in the [[Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia|bestowal life of Michael]], your [[Creator Son]], while he was [[incarnate]]d on [[Urantia]].

3:6.9 [Being the [[Divine Counselor]] assigned to the presentation of the [[revelation]] of the Universal Father, I have continued with this [[statement]] of the [[attributes]] of [[Deity]].]

3:6.9 [Being the [[Divine Counselor]] assigned to the presentation of the [[revelation]] of the Universal Father, I have continued with this [[statement]] of the [[attributes]] of [[Deity]].]

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[[Category: PART I: The Central and Superuniverses]]

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