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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]].

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]].

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]].

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]].

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.

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.

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]:

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]:

*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]].

*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]].

*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.

*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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*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]].

*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]].

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[[Category: Paper 196 - The Faith of Jesus]]

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