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12:7.1 There is operative throughout all [[time and space]] and with regard to all [[reality]] of whatever [[nature]] an [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Inexorable_Evolution-2006-03-06 inexorable] and impersonal [[law]] which is equivalent to the function of a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:10._FUNCTIONS_OF_PROVIDENCE cosmic providence]. [[Mercy]] characterizes [[God]]'s [[attitude]] of [[love]] for the [[individual]]; impartiality [[motivates]] God's attitude toward the [[total]]. The will of God does not [[necessarily]] prevail in the [[part]]—the [[heart]] of any one [[personality]]—but his will does actually rule the [[whole]], the [[universe of universes]].

12:7.1 There is operative throughout all [[time and space]] and with regard to all [[reality]] of whatever [[nature]] an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Inexorable_Evolution-2006-03-06 inexorable] and impersonal [[law]] which is equivalent to the function of a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:10._FUNCTIONS_OF_PROVIDENCE cosmic providence]. [[Mercy]] characterizes [[God]]'s [[attitude]] of [[love]] for the [[individual]]; impartiality [[motivates]] God's attitude toward the [[total]]. The will of God does not [[necessarily]] prevail in the [[part]]—the [[heart]] of any one [[personality]]—but his will does actually rule the [[whole]], the [[universe of universes]].

12:7.2 In all his dealings with all his [[beings]] it is true that the [[laws]] of God are not inherently [[arbitrary]]. To you, with your limited [[vision]] and [[finite]] [[viewpoint]], the [[acts]] of God must often appear to be [[Tyranny|dictatorial]] and [[arbitrary]]. The laws of God are merely the [[habits]] of God, his way of [[Repetition|repeatedly]] [[doing]] [[things]]; and he ever does [[all things]] well. You [[observe]] that God does the same thing in the same way, repeatedly, simply because that is the best way to do that particular thing in a given circumstance; and the best way is the right way, and therefore does infinite [[wisdom]] always order it done in that precise and [[perfect]] [[manner]]. You should also [[remember]] that [[nature]] is not the exclusive [[act]] of [[Deity]]; other [[influences]] are present in those [[phenomena]] which man calls nature.

12:7.2 In all his dealings with all his [[beings]] it is true that the [[laws]] of God are not inherently [[arbitrary]]. To you, with your limited [[vision]] and [[finite]] [[viewpoint]], the [[acts]] of God must often appear to be [[Tyranny|dictatorial]] and [[arbitrary]]. The laws of God are merely the [[habits]] of God, his way of [[Repetition|repeatedly]] [[doing]] [[things]]; and he ever does [[all things]] well. You [[observe]] that God does the same thing in the same way, repeatedly, simply because that is the best way to do that particular thing in a given circumstance; and the best way is the right way, and therefore does infinite [[wisdom]] always order it done in that precise and [[perfect]] [[manner]]. You should also [[remember]] that [[nature]] is not the exclusive [[act]] of [[Deity]]; other [[influences]] are present in those [[phenomena]] which man calls nature.

12:7.3 It is repugnant to the divine nature to suffer any sort of deterioration or ever to permit the [[execution]] of any [[pure]]ly [[personal]] [[act]] in an inferior way. It should be made clear, however, that, if, in the [[divinity]] of any situation, in the extremity of any circumstance, in any case where the course of supreme wisdom might indicate the demand for [[different]] [[conduct]]—if the demands of perfection might for any [[reason]] dictate another [[method]] of [[reaction]], a better one, then and there would the all-wise God [[function]] in that better and more suitable way. That would be the [[expression]] of a higher law, not the reversal of a lower law.

12:7.3 It is repugnant to the divine nature to suffer any sort of deterioration or ever to permit the [[execution]] of any [[pure]]ly [[personal]] [[act]] in an inferior way. It should be made clear, however, that, if, in the [[divinity]] of any situation, in the extremity of any circumstance, in any case where the course of supreme wisdom might indicate the demand for [[different]] [[conduct]]—if the demands of perfection might for any [[reason]] dictate another [[method]] of [[reaction]], a better one, then and there would the all-wise God [[function]] in that better and more suitable way. That would be the [[expression]] of a higher law, not the reversal of a lower law.

12:7.4 God is not a [[habit]]-bound [[slave]] to the chronicity of the [[repetition]] of his own [[Free will|voluntary]] acts. There is no [[conflict]] among the laws of the Infinite; they are all [[perfections]] of the [[infallible]] nature; they are all the unquestioned acts expressive of faultless [[decisions]]. Law is the unchanging reaction of an infinite, perfect, and [[divine]] mind. The acts of God are all [[volitional]] notwithstanding this apparent sameness. In God there "is no variableness neither shadow of changing."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_James#James_I] But all this which can be truly said of the [[Universal Father]] cannot be said with equal certainty of all his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35 subordinate intelligences] or of his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 evolutionary creatures].

12:7.4 God is not a [[habit]]-bound [[slave]] to the chronicity of the [[repetition]] of his own [[Free will|voluntary]] acts. There is no [[conflict]] among the laws of the Infinite; they are all [[perfections]] of the [[infallible]] nature; they are all the unquestioned acts expressive of faultless [[decisions]]. Law is the unchanging reaction of an infinite, perfect, and [[divine]] mind. The acts of God are all [[volitional]] notwithstanding this apparent sameness. In God there "is no variableness neither shadow of changing."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_James#James_I] But all this which can be truly said of the [[Universal Father]] cannot be said with equal certainty of all his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35 subordinate intelligences] or of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 evolutionary creatures].

12:7.5 Because God is changeless, therefore can you depend, in all ordinary circumstances, on his doing the same [[thing]] in the same identical and ordinary way. God is the [[assurance]] of [[stability]] for all created [[things]] and [[beings]]. He is God; therefore he changes not.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Malachi#Chapter_.3]

12:7.5 Because God is changeless, therefore can you depend, in all ordinary circumstances, on his doing the same [[thing]] in the same identical and ordinary way. God is the [[assurance]] of [[stability]] for all created [[things]] and [[beings]]. He is God; therefore he changes not.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Malachi#Chapter_.3]

12:7.6 And all this [[steadfastness]] of [[conduct]] and [[uniformity]] of [[action]] is [[personal]], conscious, and highly [[volitional]], for the great God is not a helpless [[slave]] to his own [[perfection]] and infinity. God is not a self-acting [[automatic]] force; he is not a slavish law-bound [[power]]. God is neither a [[mathematical]] [[equation]] nor a [[chemical]] [[formula]]. He is a freewill and primal [[personality]]. He is the [[Universal Father]], a being surcharged with personality and the universal [[Source|fount]] of all creature personality.

12:7.6 And all this [[steadfastness]] of [[conduct]] and [[uniformity]] of [[action]] is [[personal]], conscious, and highly [[volitional]], for the great God is not a helpless [[slave]] to his own [[perfection]] and infinity. God is not a self-acting [[automatic]] force; he is not a slavish law-bound [[power]]. God is neither a [[mathematical]] [[equation]] nor a [[chemical]] [[formula]]. He is a freewill and primal [[personality]]. He is the [[Universal Father]], a being surcharged with personality and the universal [[Source|fount]] of all creature personality.

12:7.7 The will of God does not uniformly prevail in the [[heart]] of the God-seeking [[material]] [[mortal]], but if the [[Frame of Reference|time frame]] is enlarged beyond the [[moment]] to [[embrace]] the whole of the first life, then does God's will become increasingly [[discernible]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Fruits_of_the_spirit spirit fruits] which are borne in the lives of the spirit-led children of God. And then, if human life is further enlarged to include the [[Mansion Worlds|morontia experience]], the [[divine]] will is observed to shine brighter and brighter in the spiritualizing [[acts]] of those [[creatures]] of [[time]] who have begun to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Smell.2C_Taste.2C_and_Touch taste] the divine delights of experiencing the [[relationship]] of the [[personality]] of man with the personality of the [[Universal Father]].

12:7.7 The will of God does not uniformly prevail in the [[heart]] of the God-seeking [[material]] [[mortal]], but if the [[Frame of Reference|time frame]] is enlarged beyond the [[moment]] to [[embrace]] the whole of the first life, then does God's will become increasingly [[discernible]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Fruits_of_the_spirit spirit fruits] which are borne in the lives of the spirit-led children of God. And then, if human life is further enlarged to include the [[Mansion Worlds|morontia experience]], the [[divine]] will is observed to shine brighter and brighter in the spiritualizing [[acts]] of those [[creatures]] of [[time]] who have begun to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Smell.2C_Taste.2C_and_Touch taste] the divine delights of experiencing the [[relationship]] of the [[personality]] of man with the personality of the [[Universal Father]].

12:7.8 The Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man present the [[paradox]] of the [[part]] and the [[whole]] on the level of personality. God loves each individual as an individual child in the heavenly [[family]]. Yet God thus [[loves]] every individual; he is no respecter of persons[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wisdom_of_Jesus,_Son_of_Sirach#Sirach_35], and the [[universality]] of his love brings into being a [[relationship]] of the [[whole]], the universal [[brotherhood]].

12:7.8 The Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man present the [[paradox]] of the [[part]] and the [[whole]] on the level of personality. God loves each individual as an individual child in the heavenly [[family]]. Yet God thus [[loves]] every individual; he is no respecter of persons[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wisdom_of_Jesus,_Son_of_Sirach#Sirach_35], and the [[universality]] of his love brings into being a [[relationship]] of the [[whole]], the universal [[brotherhood]].

12:7.9 The love of the Father absolutely individualizes each [[personality]] as a [[unique]] child of the Universal Father, a child without duplicate in infinity, a [[Free will|will]] creature irreplaceable in all eternity. The Father's love [[glorifies]] each child of God, [[illuminating]] each member of the celestial family, sharply silhouetting the unique nature of each personal being against the impersonal levels that lie outside the fraternal circuit of the Father of all. The love of God strikingly portrays the [[transcendent]] [[value]] of each will creature, unmistakably reveals the high value which the Universal Father has placed upon each and every one of his [[children]] from the [[Creator Son|highest creator personality]] of [[Paradise]] [[status]] to the lowest personality of will dignity among the [[Primitive|savage]] tribes of men in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_68 dawn of the human species] on some [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary world] of [[time and space]].

12:7.9 The love of the Father absolutely individualizes each [[personality]] as a [[unique]] child of the Universal Father, a child without duplicate in infinity, a [[Free will|will]] creature irreplaceable in all eternity. The Father's love [[glorifies]] each child of God, [[illuminating]] each member of the celestial family, sharply silhouetting the unique nature of each personal being against the impersonal levels that lie outside the fraternal circuit of the Father of all. The love of God strikingly portrays the [[transcendent]] [[value]] of each will creature, unmistakably reveals the high value which the Universal Father has placed upon each and every one of his [[children]] from the [[Creator Son|highest creator personality]] of [[Paradise]] [[status]] to the lowest personality of will dignity among the [[Primitive|savage]] tribes of men in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_68 dawn of the human species] on some [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary world] of [[time and space]].

12:7.10 This very [[love]] of God for the [[individual]] brings into being the divine [[family]] of all individuals, the universal brotherhood of the [[freewill]] [[children]] of the [[Paradise]] [[Father]]. And this brotherhood, being universal, is a [[relationship]] of the [[whole]]. Brotherhood, when universal, discloses not the each relationship, but the all relationship. Brotherhood is a [[reality]] of the [[total]] and therefore discloses [[qualities]] of the whole in contradistinction to qualities of the [[part]].

12:7.10 This very [[love]] of God for the [[individual]] brings into being the divine [[family]] of all individuals, the universal brotherhood of the [[freewill]] [[children]] of the [[Paradise]] [[Father]]. And this brotherhood, being universal, is a [[relationship]] of the [[whole]]. Brotherhood, when universal, discloses not the each relationship, but the all relationship. Brotherhood is a [[reality]] of the [[total]] and therefore discloses [[qualities]] of the whole in contradistinction to qualities of the [[part]].

12:7.11 Brotherhood constitutes a [[fact]] of relationship between every personality in universal [[existence]]. No person can escape the benefits or the penalties that may come as a result of relationship to other persons. The part profits or suffers in measure with the whole. The [[good]] effort of each man benefits all men; the error or [[evil]] of each man augments the tribulation of all men. As moves the part, so moves the whole. As the progress of the whole, so the progress of the part. The [[relative]] [[velocities]] of part and whole determine whether the part is retarded by the [[inertia]] of the whole or is carried forward by the [[momentum]] of the cosmic brotherhood.

12:7.11 Brotherhood constitutes a [[fact]] of relationship between every personality in universal [[existence]]. No person can escape the benefits or the penalties that may come as a result of relationship to other persons. The part profits or suffers in measure with the whole. The [[good]] effort of each man benefits all men; the error or [[evil]] of each man augments the tribulation of all men. As moves the part, so moves the whole. As the progress of the whole, so the progress of the part. The [[relative]] [[velocities]] of part and whole determine whether the part is retarded by the [[inertia]] of the whole or is carried forward by the [[momentum]] of the cosmic brotherhood.

12:7.12 It is a [[mystery]] that God is a highly [[personal]] self-conscious being with [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:1._THE_DIVINE_RESIDENCE residential headquarters], and at the same time personally present in such a vast universe and personally in contact with such a well-nigh [[infinite]] [[number]] of [[beings]]. That such a [[phenomenon]] is a mystery beyond human [[comprehension]] should not in the least lessen your [[faith]]. Do not allow the [[magnitude]] of the infinity, the immensity of the [[eternity]], and the grandeur and [[glory]] of the matchless [[character]] of God to overawe, stagger, or discourage you; for [[the Father]] is not very far from any one of you; he dwells within you, and in him do we all [[literally]] move, actually live, and veritably have our being.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.17]

12:7.12 It is a [[mystery]] that God is a highly [[personal]] self-conscious being with [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:1._THE_DIVINE_RESIDENCE residential headquarters], and at the same time personally present in such a vast universe and personally in contact with such a well-nigh [[infinite]] [[number]] of [[beings]]. That such a [[phenomenon]] is a mystery beyond human [[comprehension]] should not in the least lessen your [[faith]]. Do not allow the [[magnitude]] of the infinity, the immensity of the [[eternity]], and the grandeur and [[glory]] of the matchless [[character]] of God to overawe, stagger, or discourage you; for [[the Father]] is not very far from any one of you; he dwells within you, and in him do we all [[literally]] move, actually live, and veritably have our being.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.17]

12:7.13 Even though the Paradise Father functions through his [[Creator Sons|divine creators]] and his [[creature]] [[children]], he also enjoys the most [[intimate]] inner contact with you, so [[sublime]], so highly personal, that it is even beyond my [[comprehension]]—that [[mysterious]] [[communion]] of the [[Father fragment]] with the human [[soul]] and with the [[mortal]] [[mind]] of its actual indwelling. Knowing what you do of these gifts of God, you therefore know that the Father is in intimate [[touch]], not only with his divine associates, but also with his evolutionary [[mortal]] [[children]] of time. The Father indeed abides on Paradise, but his divine presence also dwells in the minds of men.

12:7.13 Even though the Paradise Father functions through his [[Creator Sons|divine creators]] and his [[creature]] [[children]], he also enjoys the most [[intimate]] inner contact with you, so [[sublime]], so highly personal, that it is even beyond my [[comprehension]]—that [[mysterious]] [[communion]] of the [[Father fragment]] with the human [[soul]] and with the [[mortal]] [[mind]] of its actual indwelling. Knowing what you do of these gifts of God, you therefore know that the Father is in intimate [[touch]], not only with his divine associates, but also with his evolutionary [[mortal]] [[children]] of time. The Father indeed abides on Paradise, but his divine presence also dwells in the minds of men.

12:7.14 Even though the [[Spirit of Truth|spirit of a Son]] be poured out upon all [[flesh]],[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.2] even though a Son once dwelt with you in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]], even though the [[seraphim]] personally guard and guide you, how can any of these divine beings of the [[Eternal Son|Second]] and [[Infinite Spirit|Third Centers]] ever [[hope]] to come as near to you or to [[understand]] you as fully as [[the Father]], who has given a part of himself to be in you, to be your real and [[divine]], even your [[eternal]], self?

12:7.14 Even though the [[Spirit of Truth|spirit of a Son]] be poured out upon all [[flesh]],[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.2] even though a Son once dwelt with you in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]], even though the [[seraphim]] personally guard and guide you, how can any of these divine beings of the [[Eternal Son|Second]] and [[Infinite Spirit|Third Centers]] ever [[hope]] to come as near to you or to [[understand]] you as fully as [[the Father]], who has given a part of himself to be in you, to be your real and [[divine]], even your [[eternal]], self?

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