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==155:1. WHY DO THE HEATHEN RAGE?==

==155:1. WHY DO THE HEATHEN RAGE?==

155:1.1 Said [[Jesus]]: " You should all recall how the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Psalms Psalmist] spoke of these times, saying, `Why do the heathen [[rage]] and the peoples plot in vain? The [[kings]] of the [[earth]] set themselves, and the rulers of the people take [[counsel]] together, against the Lord and against his [[anointed]], saying, Let us break the bonds of [[mercy]] asunder and let us cast away the cords of [[love]].'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_2]

155:1.1 Said [[Jesus]]: " You should all recall how the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Psalms Psalmist] spoke of these times, saying, `Why do the heathen [[rage]] and the peoples plot in vain? The [[kings]] of the [[earth]] set themselves, and the rulers of the people take [[counsel]] together, against the Lord and against his [[anointed]], saying, Let us break the bonds of [[mercy]] asunder and let us cast away the cords of [[love]].'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_2]

155:1.2 " Today you see this [[fulfilled]] before your eyes. But you shall not see the remainder of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Psalms Psalmist]'s [[prophecy]] fulfilled, for he entertained [[erroneous]] [[ideas]] about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] and his [[mission]] on [[earth]]. My [[The Kingdom|kingdom]] is founded on [[love]], [[proclaimed]] in [[mercy]], and [[established]] by [[unselfish]] [[service]]. [[Universal Father|My Father]] does not sit in [[heaven]] laughing in [[derision]] at the [[heathen]]. He is not [[wrathful]] in his great displeasure. True is the [[promise]] that [[Creator Son|the Son]] shall have these so-called [[heathen]] (in [[reality]] his [[ignorant]] and untaught brethren) for an inheritance. And I will [[receive]] these [[gentiles]] with open arms of [[mercy]] and [[affection]]. All this [[loving]]-[[kindness]] shall be shown the so-called [[heathen]], notwithstanding the unfortunate [[declaration]] of the [[record]] which intimates that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism triumphant Son] `shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them to pieces like a potter's vessel.'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_2] The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Psalms Psalmist] exhorted you to `serve the Lord with [[fear]]'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_2]—I bid you enter into the exalted [[privileges]] of [[divine]] sonship by [[faith]]; he commands you to [[rejoice]] with trembling; I bid you rejoice with [[assurance]]. He says, `Kiss the Son, lest he be [[angry]], and you perish when his wrath is kindled.'[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_2] But you who have lived with me well know that [[anger]] and wrath are not a part of the [[establishment]] of [[the kingdom]] of heaven in the [[hearts]] of men. But the Psalmist did glimpse the true [[light]] when, in finishing this exhortation, he said: `[[Blessed]] are they who put their [[trust]] in this Son.' "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_2]

155:1.2 " Today you see this [[fulfilled]] before your eyes. But you shall not see the remainder of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Psalms Psalmist]'s [[prophecy]] fulfilled, for he entertained [[erroneous]] [[ideas]] about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] and his [[mission]] on [[earth]]. My [[The Kingdom|kingdom]] is founded on [[love]], [[proclaimed]] in [[mercy]], and [[established]] by [[unselfish]] [[service]]. [[Universal Father|My Father]] does not sit in [[heaven]] laughing in [[derision]] at the [[heathen]]. He is not [[wrathful]] in his great displeasure. True is the [[promise]] that [[Creator Son|the Son]] shall have these so-called [[heathen]] (in [[reality]] his [[ignorant]] and untaught brethren) for an inheritance. And I will [[receive]] these [[gentiles]] with open arms of [[mercy]] and [[affection]]. All this [[loving]]-[[kindness]] shall be shown the so-called [[heathen]], notwithstanding the unfortunate [[declaration]] of the [[record]] which intimates that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism triumphant Son] `shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them to pieces like a potter's vessel.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_2] The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Psalms Psalmist] exhorted you to `serve the Lord with [[fear]]'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_2]—I bid you enter into the exalted [[privileges]] of [[divine]] sonship by [[faith]]; he commands you to [[rejoice]] with trembling; I bid you rejoice with [[assurance]]. He says, `Kiss the Son, lest he be [[angry]], and you perish when his wrath is kindled.'[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_2] But you who have lived with me well know that [[anger]] and wrath are not a part of the [[establishment]] of [[the kingdom]] of heaven in the [[hearts]] of men. But the Psalmist did glimpse the true [[light]] when, in finishing this exhortation, he said: `[[Blessed]] are they who put their [[trust]] in this Son.' "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Psalms#Psalm_2]

155:1.3 [[Jesus]] continued to [[teach]] the twenty-four, saying: " The [[heathen]] are not without excuse when they [[rage]] at us. Because their [[outlook]] is small and narrow, they are able to [[concentrate]] their [[energies]] [[enthusiastically]]. Their goal is near and more or less [[visible]]; wherefore do they strive with [[valiant]] and [[effective]] [[execution]]. You who have professed entrance into [[the kingdom]] of heaven are altogether too vacillating and indefinite in your teaching [[conduct]]. The [[heathen]] strike directly for their objectives; you are [[guilty]] of too much chronic yearning. If you [[desire]] to enter [[the kingdom]], why do you not take it by [[spiritual]] [[assault]] even as the [[heathen]] take a [[city]] they lay [[siege]] to? You are hardly [[worthy]] of [[the kingdom]] when your [[service]] consists so largely in an [[attitude]] of [[regretting]] the [[past]], whining over the [[present]], and vainly [[hoping]] for the [[future]]. Why do the [[heathen]] [[rage]]? Because they know not the [[truth]]. Why do you languish in futile yearning? Because you [[obey]] not the [[truth]]. Cease your useless yearning and go forth [[bravely]] doing that which concerns the [[establishment]] of [[the kingdom]].

155:1.3 [[Jesus]] continued to [[teach]] the twenty-four, saying: " The [[heathen]] are not without excuse when they [[rage]] at us. Because their [[outlook]] is small and narrow, they are able to [[concentrate]] their [[energies]] [[enthusiastically]]. Their goal is near and more or less [[visible]]; wherefore do they strive with [[valiant]] and [[effective]] [[execution]]. You who have professed entrance into [[the kingdom]] of heaven are altogether too vacillating and indefinite in your teaching [[conduct]]. The [[heathen]] strike directly for their objectives; you are [[guilty]] of too much chronic yearning. If you [[desire]] to enter [[the kingdom]], why do you not take it by [[spiritual]] [[assault]] even as the [[heathen]] take a [[city]] they lay [[siege]] to? You are hardly [[worthy]] of [[the kingdom]] when your [[service]] consists so largely in an [[attitude]] of [[regretting]] the [[past]], whining over the [[present]], and vainly [[hoping]] for the [[future]]. Why do the [[heathen]] [[rage]]? Because they know not the [[truth]]. Why do you languish in futile yearning? Because you [[obey]] not the [[truth]]. Cease your useless yearning and go forth [[bravely]] doing that which concerns the [[establishment]] of [[the kingdom]].

155:2.2 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and the [[evangelists]] [[sojourned]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorazin Chorazin] for two weeks, [[preaching]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] to a small but [[earnest]] company of [[believers]]. But they were not able to win many new [[converts]]. No [[city]] of all [[Galilee]] yielded so few [[souls]] for [[the kingdom]] as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorazin Chorazin]. In [[accordance]] with [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s instructions the twelve [[evangelists]] had less to say about [[healing]]—things [[physical]]—while they [[preached]] and taught with increased [[vigor]] the [[spiritual]] [[truths]] of the heavenly [[The kingdom|kingdom]]. These two weeks at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorazin Chorazin] constituted a veritable [[baptism]] of [[adversity]] for the twelve [[evangelists]] in that it was the most [[difficult]] and unproductive period in their [[careers]] up to this time. Being thus deprived of the [[satisfaction]] of winning [[souls]] for [[the kingdom]], each of them the more [[earnestly]] and [[honestly]] took stock of his own [[soul]] and its [[progress]] in the [[spiritual]] [[path]]s of the new life.

155:2.2 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and the [[evangelists]] [[sojourned]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorazin Chorazin] for two weeks, [[preaching]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] to a small but [[earnest]] company of [[believers]]. But they were not able to win many new [[converts]]. No [[city]] of all [[Galilee]] yielded so few [[souls]] for [[the kingdom]] as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorazin Chorazin]. In [[accordance]] with [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s instructions the twelve [[evangelists]] had less to say about [[healing]]—things [[physical]]—while they [[preached]] and taught with increased [[vigor]] the [[spiritual]] [[truths]] of the heavenly [[The kingdom|kingdom]]. These two weeks at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorazin Chorazin] constituted a veritable [[baptism]] of [[adversity]] for the twelve [[evangelists]] in that it was the most [[difficult]] and unproductive period in their [[careers]] up to this time. Being thus deprived of the [[satisfaction]] of winning [[souls]] for [[the kingdom]], each of them the more [[earnestly]] and [[honestly]] took stock of his own [[soul]] and its [[progress]] in the [[spiritual]] [[path]]s of the new life.

155:2.3 When it [[appeared]] that no more people were minded to seek entrance into [[the kingdom]], [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], on Tuesday, June 7, called his [[associates]] together and departed for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea_Philippi Caesarea-Philippi] to join [[Jesus]] and [[the apostles]]. They arrived about noontime on Wednesday and spent the entire evening in [[rehearsing]] their [[experiences]] among the unbelievers of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorazin Chorazin]. During the [[discussions]] of this evening [[Jesus]] made further [[reference]] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_151#151:1._THE_PARABLE_OF_THE_SOWER parable of the sower] and taught them much about the [[meaning]] of the [[apparent]] failure of life undertakings.

155:2.3 When it [[appeared]] that no more people were minded to seek entrance into [[the kingdom]], [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], on Tuesday, June 7, called his [[associates]] together and departed for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea_Philippi Caesarea-Philippi] to join [[Jesus]] and [[the apostles]]. They arrived about noontime on Wednesday and spent the entire evening in [[rehearsing]] their [[experiences]] among the unbelievers of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorazin Chorazin]. During the [[discussions]] of this evening [[Jesus]] made further [[reference]] to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_151#151:1._THE_PARABLE_OF_THE_SOWER parable of the sower] and taught them much about the [[meaning]] of the [[apparent]] failure of life undertakings.

==155:3. AT CAESAREA-PHILIPPI==

==155:3. AT CAESAREA-PHILIPPI==

155:3.1 Although [[Jesus]] did no [[public]] [[work]] during this two weeks' [[sojourn]] near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea_Phillippi Caesarea-Philippi], [[the apostles]] held numerous [[quiet]] evening [[meeting]]s in the [[city]], and many of the [[believers]] came out to the camp to talk with [[the Master]]. Very few were added to the group of [[believers]] as a result of this [[visit]]. [[Jesus]] talked with [[the apostles]] each day, and they more clearly [[discerned]] that a new [[phase]] of the [[work]] of [[preaching]] [[the kingdom]] of heaven was now beginning. They were commencing to [[comprehend]] that the " [[kingdom of heaven]] is not meat and drink but the [[realization]] of the [[spiritual]] [[joy]] of the [[acceptance]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE divine sonship]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_XIV]

155:3.1 Although [[Jesus]] did no [[public]] [[work]] during this two weeks' [[sojourn]] near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea_Phillippi Caesarea-Philippi], [[the apostles]] held numerous [[quiet]] evening [[meeting]]s in the [[city]], and many of the [[believers]] came out to the camp to talk with [[the Master]]. Very few were added to the group of [[believers]] as a result of this [[visit]]. [[Jesus]] talked with [[the apostles]] each day, and they more clearly [[discerned]] that a new [[phase]] of the [[work]] of [[preaching]] [[the kingdom]] of heaven was now beginning. They were commencing to [[comprehend]] that the " [[kingdom of heaven]] is not meat and drink but the [[realization]] of the [[spiritual]] [[joy]] of the [[acceptance]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE divine sonship]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_XIV]

155:3.2 The [[sojourn]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea_Phillippi Caesarea-Philippi] was a real [[test]] to the eleven [[apostles]]; it was a [[difficult]] two weeks for them to live through. They were well-nigh [[depressed]], and they missed the periodic [[stimulation]] of [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s [[enthusiastic]] [[personality]]. In these times it was truly a great and testing [[adventure]] to [[believe]] in [[Jesus]] and go forth to follow after him. Though they made few [[converts]] during these two weeks, they did [[learn]] much that was highly profitable from their daily [[conferences]] with [[the Master]].

155:3.2 The [[sojourn]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea_Phillippi Caesarea-Philippi] was a real [[test]] to the eleven [[apostles]]; it was a [[difficult]] two weeks for them to live through. They were well-nigh [[depressed]], and they missed the periodic [[stimulation]] of [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s [[enthusiastic]] [[personality]]. In these times it was truly a great and testing [[adventure]] to [[believe]] in [[Jesus]] and go forth to follow after him. Though they made few [[converts]] during these two weeks, they did [[learn]] much that was highly profitable from their daily [[conferences]] with [[the Master]].

155:3.6 [[Jesus]] [[warned]] his [[believers]] that, if their [[religious]] longings were only [[material]], increasing [[knowledge]] of [[nature]] would, by [[progressive]] displacement of the supposed [[supernatural]] [[origin]] of [[things]], ultimately deprive them of their [[faith]] in [[God]]. But that, if their [[religion]] were [[spiritual]], never could the [[progress]] of physical [[science]] disturb their [[faith]] in [[eternal]] [[realities]] and [[divine]] [[values]].

155:3.6 [[Jesus]] [[warned]] his [[believers]] that, if their [[religious]] longings were only [[material]], increasing [[knowledge]] of [[nature]] would, by [[progressive]] displacement of the supposed [[supernatural]] [[origin]] of [[things]], ultimately deprive them of their [[faith]] in [[God]]. But that, if their [[religion]] were [[spiritual]], never could the [[progress]] of physical [[science]] disturb their [[faith]] in [[eternal]] [[realities]] and [[divine]] [[values]].

155:3.7 They [[learned]] that, when [[religion]] is wholly [[spiritual]] in [[motive]], it makes all life more worth while, filling it with high [[purposes]], [[Dignity|dignifying]] it with [[transcendent]] [[values]], [[inspiring]] it with superb [[motives]], all the while [[comforting]] the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul] with a [[sublime]] and sustaining [[hope]]. True [[religion]] is [[designed]] to lessen the strain of [[existence]]; it releases [[faith]] and [[courage]] for daily living and [[unselfish]] serving. [[Faith]] promotes [[spiritual]] [[vitality]] and [[righteous]] fruitfulness.

155:3.7 They [[learned]] that, when [[religion]] is wholly [[spiritual]] in [[motive]], it makes all life more worth while, filling it with high [[purposes]], [[Dignity|dignifying]] it with [[transcendent]] [[values]], [[inspiring]] it with superb [[motives]], all the while [[comforting]] the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul] with a [[sublime]] and sustaining [[hope]]. True [[religion]] is [[designed]] to lessen the strain of [[existence]]; it releases [[faith]] and [[courage]] for daily living and [[unselfish]] serving. [[Faith]] promotes [[spiritual]] [[vitality]] and [[righteous]] fruitfulness.

155:3.8 [[Jesus]] [[repeatedly]] taught his [[apostles]] that no [[civilization]] could long [[survive]] the loss of the best in its [[religion]]. And he never grew weary of pointing out to [[the twelve]] the great [[danger]] of [[accepting]] [[religious]] [[symbols]] and [[ceremonies]] in the place of religious [[experience]]. His whole [[earth]] life was consistently [[devoted]] to the [[mission]] of thawing out the frozen [[forms]] of [[religion]] into the [[liquid]] [[liberties]] of [[enlightened]] [[sonship]].

155:3.8 [[Jesus]] [[repeatedly]] taught his [[apostles]] that no [[civilization]] could long [[survive]] the loss of the best in its [[religion]]. And he never grew weary of pointing out to [[the twelve]] the great [[danger]] of [[accepting]] [[religious]] [[symbols]] and [[ceremonies]] in the place of religious [[experience]]. His whole [[earth]] life was consistently [[devoted]] to the [[mission]] of thawing out the frozen [[forms]] of [[religion]] into the [[liquid]] [[liberties]] of [[enlightened]] [[sonship]].

155:5.2 While the [[religions]] of the world have a double [[origin]]—natural and revelatory—at any one time and among any one people there are to be found three distinct forms of religious devotion. And these three manifestations of the religious urge are:

155:5.2 While the [[religions]] of the world have a double [[origin]]—natural and revelatory—at any one time and among any one people there are to be found three distinct forms of religious devotion. And these three manifestations of the religious urge are:

*1. 155:5.3 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86 ''Primitive religion'']. The seminatural and [[instinctive]] urge to [[fear]] [[mysterious]] [[energies]] and [[worship]] superior forces, chiefly a [[religion]] of the [[physical]] [[nature]], the religion of [[fear]].

*1. 155:5.3 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86 ''Primitive religion'']. The seminatural and [[instinctive]] urge to [[fear]] [[mysterious]] [[energies]] and [[worship]] superior forces, chiefly a [[religion]] of the [[physical]] [[nature]], the religion of [[fear]].

*2. 155:5.4 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION ''The religion of civilization'']. The advancing religious [[concepts]] and [[practices]] of the civilizing races—the [[religion]] of the [[mind]]—the [[intellectual]] [[theology]] of the [[authority]] of [[established]] religious [[tradition]].

*2. 155:5.4 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION ''The religion of civilization'']. The advancing religious [[concepts]] and [[practices]] of the civilizing races—the [[religion]] of the [[mind]]—the [[intellectual]] [[theology]] of the [[authority]] of [[established]] religious [[tradition]].

*3. 155:5.5 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION ''True religion'']—the religion of [[revelation]]. The revelation of [[supernatural]] [[values]], a partial [[insight]] into eternal [[realities]], a glimpse of the [[goodness]] and [[beauty]] of the [[infinite]] [[character]] of [[the Father]] in heaven—the [[religion]] of the [[spirit]] as [[demonstrated]] in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_100 human experience].

*3. 155:5.5 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION ''True religion'']—the religion of [[revelation]]. The revelation of [[supernatural]] [[values]], a partial [[insight]] into eternal [[realities]], a glimpse of the [[goodness]] and [[beauty]] of the [[infinite]] [[character]] of [[the Father]] in heaven—the [[religion]] of the [[spirit]] as [[demonstrated]] in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_100 human experience].

155:5.6 The [[religion]] of the [[physical]] [[senses]] and the [[superstitious]] [[fears]] of [[natural]] man, [[the Master]] refused to belittle, though he deplored the [[fact]] that so much of this [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_87 primitive form of worship] should [[persist]] in the religious [[forms]] of the more [[intelligent]] [[races]] of [[mankind]]. [[Jesus]] made it [[clear]] that the great [[difference]] between the [[religion]] of the [[mind]] and the religion of the [[spirit]] is that, while the former is upheld by [[ecclesiastical]] [[authority]], the latter is wholly based on [[human]] [[experience]].

155:5.6 The [[religion]] of the [[physical]] [[senses]] and the [[superstitious]] [[fears]] of [[natural]] man, [[the Master]] refused to belittle, though he deplored the [[fact]] that so much of this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_87 primitive form of worship] should [[persist]] in the religious [[forms]] of the more [[intelligent]] [[races]] of [[mankind]]. [[Jesus]] made it [[clear]] that the great [[difference]] between the [[religion]] of the [[mind]] and the religion of the [[spirit]] is that, while the former is upheld by [[ecclesiastical]] [[authority]], the latter is wholly based on [[human]] [[experience]].

155:5.7 And then [[the Master]], in his hour of teaching, went on to make [[clear]] these [[truths]]:

155:5.7 And then [[the Master]], in his hour of teaching, went on to make [[clear]] these [[truths]]:

155:5.8 Until the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA races] become highly [[intelligent]] and more fully civilized, there will [[persist]] many of those childlike and [[superstitious]] [[ceremonies]] which are so characteristic of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_88#PAPER_88:_FETISHES.2C_CHARMS.2C_AND_MAGIC evolutionary religious practices] of [[primitive]] and backward peoples. Until the [[human]] race [[progresses]] to the level of a higher and more general [[recognition]] of the [[realities]] of [[spiritual]] [[experience]], large numbers of men and women will continue to show a [[personal]] preference for those religions of [[authority]] which require only [[intellectual]] assent, in [[contrast]] to the [[religion]] of the [[spirit]], which entails [[active]] [[participation]] of [[mind]] and [[soul]] in the [[faith]] [[adventure]] of grappling with the rigorous [[realities]] of [[progressive]] human [[experience]].

155:5.8 Until the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA races] become highly [[intelligent]] and more fully civilized, there will [[persist]] many of those childlike and [[superstitious]] [[ceremonies]] which are so characteristic of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_88#PAPER_88:_FETISHES.2C_CHARMS.2C_AND_MAGIC evolutionary religious practices] of [[primitive]] and backward peoples. Until the [[human]] race [[progresses]] to the level of a higher and more general [[recognition]] of the [[realities]] of [[spiritual]] [[experience]], large numbers of men and women will continue to show a [[personal]] preference for those religions of [[authority]] which require only [[intellectual]] assent, in [[contrast]] to the [[religion]] of the [[spirit]], which entails [[active]] [[participation]] of [[mind]] and [[soul]] in the [[faith]] [[adventure]] of grappling with the rigorous [[realities]] of [[progressive]] human [[experience]].

155:5.9 The [[acceptance]] of the [[traditional]] [[religions]] of [[authority]] presents the easy way out for man's urge to seek [[satisfaction]] for the longings of his [[spiritual]] [[nature]]. The settled, crystallized, and [[established]] religions of [[authority]] afford a ready [[refuge]] to which the distracted and distraught [[soul]] of man may flee when harassed by [[fear]] and tormented by [[uncertainty]]. Such a [[religion]] requires of its [[devotees]], as the price to be paid for its [[satisfactions]] and [[assurances]], only a [[passive]] and purely [[intellectual]] assent.

155:5.9 The [[acceptance]] of the [[traditional]] [[religions]] of [[authority]] presents the easy way out for man's urge to seek [[satisfaction]] for the longings of his [[spiritual]] [[nature]]. The settled, crystallized, and [[established]] religions of [[authority]] afford a ready [[refuge]] to which the distracted and distraught [[soul]] of man may flee when harassed by [[fear]] and tormented by [[uncertainty]]. Such a [[religion]] requires of its [[devotees]], as the price to be paid for its [[satisfactions]] and [[assurances]], only a [[passive]] and purely [[intellectual]] assent.

155:5.10 And for a long time there will live on [[earth]] those timid, fearful, and hesitant [[individuals]] who will prefer thus to [[secure]] their [[religious]] [[consolation]]s, even though, in so casting their lot with the [[religions]] of [[authority]], they [[compromise]] the [[sovereignty]] of [[personality]], debase the [[dignity]] of [[self]]-[[respect]], and utterly [[surrender]] the [[right]] to [[participate]] in that most thrilling and [[inspiring]] of all possible human [[experiences]]: the personal [[quest]] for [[truth]], the exhilaration of facing the [[perils]] of [[intellectual]] [[discovery]], the [[determination]] to [[explore]] the [[realities]] of personal religious [[experience]], the [[supreme]] [[satisfaction]] of [[experiencing]] the personal triumph of the [[actual]] [[realization]] of the [[victory]] of spiritual [[faith]] over [[intellectual]] [[doubt]] as it is [[honestly]] won in the [[supreme]] [[adventure]] of all human [[existence]]—man seeking [[God]], for himself and as himself, and finding him.

155:5.10 And for a long time there will live on [[earth]] those timid, fearful, and hesitant [[individuals]] who will prefer thus to [[secure]] their [[religious]] [[consolation]]s, even though, in so casting their lot with the [[religions]] of [[authority]], they [[compromise]] the [[sovereignty]] of [[personality]], debase the [[dignity]] of [[self]]-[[respect]], and utterly [[surrender]] the [[right]] to [[participate]] in that most thrilling and [[inspiring]] of all possible human [[experiences]]: the personal [[quest]] for [[truth]], the exhilaration of facing the [[perils]] of [[intellectual]] [[discovery]], the [[determination]] to [[explore]] the [[realities]] of personal religious [[experience]], the [[supreme]] [[satisfaction]] of [[experiencing]] the personal triumph of the [[actual]] [[realization]] of the [[victory]] of spiritual [[faith]] over [[intellectual]] [[doubt]] as it is [[honestly]] won in the [[supreme]] [[adventure]] of all human [[existence]]—man seeking [[God]], for himself and as himself, and finding him.

155:5.11 The [[religion]] of the [[spirit]] means [[effort]], [[struggle]], [[conflict]], [[faith]], [[determination]], [[love]], [[loyalty]], and [[progress]]. The religion of the [[mind]]—the [[theology]] of [[authority]]—requires little or none of these exertions from its [[formal]] believers. [[Tradition]] is a safe [[refuge]] and an easy [[path]] for those fearful and halfhearted [[souls]] who [[instinctively]] shun the [[spirit]] [[struggles]] and mental [[uncertainties]] associated with those [[faith]] [[voyages]] of daring [[adventure]] out upon the high [[seas]] of [[Unknown|unexplored]] [[truth]] in search for the farther shores of [[spiritual]] [[realities]] as they may be [[discovered]] by the [[progressive]] human [[mind]] and [[experienced]] by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving human soul].

155:5.11 The [[religion]] of the [[spirit]] means [[effort]], [[struggle]], [[conflict]], [[faith]], [[determination]], [[love]], [[loyalty]], and [[progress]]. The religion of the [[mind]]—the [[theology]] of [[authority]]—requires little or none of these exertions from its [[formal]] believers. [[Tradition]] is a safe [[refuge]] and an easy [[path]] for those fearful and halfhearted [[souls]] who [[instinctively]] shun the [[spirit]] [[struggles]] and mental [[uncertainties]] associated with those [[faith]] [[voyages]] of daring [[adventure]] out upon the high [[seas]] of [[Unknown|unexplored]] [[truth]] in search for the farther shores of [[spiritual]] [[realities]] as they may be [[discovered]] by the [[progressive]] human [[mind]] and [[experienced]] by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving human soul].

155:5.12 And [[Jesus]] went on to say: " At [[Jerusalem]] the religious [[leaders]] have [[formulated]] the various [[doctrines]] of their [[traditional]] [[teachers]] and the [[prophets]] of other days into an [[established]] [[system]] of [[intellectual]] [[beliefs]], a religion of [[authority]]. The [[appeal]] of all such [[religions]] is largely to the [[mind]]. And now are we about to enter upon a deadly [[conflict]] with such a [[religion]] since we will so shortly begin the [[bold]] [[proclamation]] of a new religion—a religion which is not a religion in the present-day [[meaning]] of that [[word]], a religion that makes its chief [[appeal]] to [[Thought Adjuster|the divine spirit of my Father]] which resides in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mind of man]; a religion which shall derive its [[authority]] from the fruits of its [[acceptance]] that will so certainly [[appear]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_100#PAPER_100:_RELIGION_IN_HUMAN_EXPERIENCE personal experience] of all who really and truly become [[believers]] in the [[truths]] of this higher spiritual [[communion]]. "

155:5.12 And [[Jesus]] went on to say: " At [[Jerusalem]] the religious [[leaders]] have [[formulated]] the various [[doctrines]] of their [[traditional]] [[teachers]] and the [[prophets]] of other days into an [[established]] [[system]] of [[intellectual]] [[beliefs]], a religion of [[authority]]. The [[appeal]] of all such [[religions]] is largely to the [[mind]]. And now are we about to enter upon a deadly [[conflict]] with such a [[religion]] since we will so shortly begin the [[bold]] [[proclamation]] of a new religion—a religion which is not a religion in the present-day [[meaning]] of that [[word]], a religion that makes its chief [[appeal]] to [[Thought Adjuster|the divine spirit of my Father]] which resides in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mind of man]; a religion which shall derive its [[authority]] from the fruits of its [[acceptance]] that will so certainly [[appear]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_100#PAPER_100:_RELIGION_IN_HUMAN_EXPERIENCE personal experience] of all who really and truly become [[believers]] in the [[truths]] of this higher spiritual [[communion]]. "

155:5.13 Pointing out each of the twenty-four and calling them by [[name]], [[Jesus]] said: " And now, which one of you would prefer to take this easy [[path]] of [[conformity]] to an [[established]] and [[Fossil|fossilized]] [[religion]], as defended by the [[Pharisees]] at [[Jerusalem]], rather than to [[suffer]] the difficulties and [[persecutions]] attendant upon the [[mission]] of proclaiming a better way of [[salvation]] to men while you [[realize]] the [[satisfaction]] of [[discovering]] for yourselves the [[beauties]] of the [[realities]] of a living and [[personal]] [[experience]] in the eternal [[truths]] and [[supreme]] grandeurs of [[the kingdom]] of heaven? Are you fearful, soft, and ease-seeking? Are you afraid to [[trust]] your [[future]] in the hands of the [[God]] of [[truth]], whose [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons] you are? Are you distrustful of [[the Father]], whose [[children]] you are? Will you go back to the easy [[path]] of the [[certainty]] and [[intellectual]] settledness of the [[religion]] of [[traditional]] [[authority]], or will you gird yourselves to go forward with me into that [[uncertain]] and troublous [[future]] of [[proclaiming]] the new [[truths]] of the [[religion]] of the [[spirit]], [[the kingdom]] of heaven in the [[hearts]] of men? "

155:5.13 Pointing out each of the twenty-four and calling them by [[name]], [[Jesus]] said: " And now, which one of you would prefer to take this easy [[path]] of [[conformity]] to an [[established]] and [[Fossil|fossilized]] [[religion]], as defended by the [[Pharisees]] at [[Jerusalem]], rather than to [[suffer]] the difficulties and [[persecutions]] attendant upon the [[mission]] of proclaiming a better way of [[salvation]] to men while you [[realize]] the [[satisfaction]] of [[discovering]] for yourselves the [[beauties]] of the [[realities]] of a living and [[personal]] [[experience]] in the eternal [[truths]] and [[supreme]] grandeurs of [[the kingdom]] of heaven? Are you fearful, soft, and ease-seeking? Are you afraid to [[trust]] your [[future]] in the hands of the [[God]] of [[truth]], whose [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons] you are? Are you distrustful of [[the Father]], whose [[children]] you are? Will you go back to the easy [[path]] of the [[certainty]] and [[intellectual]] settledness of the [[religion]] of [[traditional]] [[authority]], or will you gird yourselves to go forward with me into that [[uncertain]] and troublous [[future]] of [[proclaiming]] the new [[truths]] of the [[religion]] of the [[spirit]], [[the kingdom]] of heaven in the [[hearts]] of men? "

155:5.14 All twenty-four of his hearers rose to their feet, [[intending]] to [[signify]] their [[united]] and [[loyal]] [[response]] to this, one of the few [[emotional]] [[appeals]] which [[Jesus]] ever made to them, but he raised his hand and stopped them, saying: " Go now apart by yourselves, each man [[alone]] with [[the Father]], and there find the unemotional answer to my question, and having found such a true and [[sincere]] [[attitude]] of [[soul]], speak that answer freely and boldly to my Father and y[[our Father]], whose [[infinite]] life of [[love]] is the very [[spirit]] of the religion we [[proclaim]]. "

155:5.14 All twenty-four of his hearers rose to their feet, [[intending]] to [[signify]] their [[united]] and [[loyal]] [[response]] to this, one of the few [[emotional]] [[appeals]] which [[Jesus]] ever made to them, but he raised his hand and stopped them, saying: " Go now apart by yourselves, each man [[alone]] with [[the Father]], and there find the unemotional answer to my question, and having found such a true and [[sincere]] [[attitude]] of [[soul]], speak that answer freely and boldly to my Father and y[[our Father]], whose [[infinite]] life of [[love]] is the very [[spirit]] of the religion we [[proclaim]]. "

155:6.2 You have come out from among those of your fellows who [[choose]] to remain [[satisfied]] with a religion of [[mind]], who crave [[security]] and prefer [[conformity]]. You have elected to [[exchange]] your [[feelings]] of [[authoritative]] [[certainty]] for the [[assurances]] of the spirit of [[adventurous]] and [[progressive]] [[faith]]. You have [[dared]] to [[protest]] against the grueling [[bondage]] of [[institutional]] [[religion]] and to reject the [[authority]] of the [[traditions]] of [[record]] which are now regarded as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_literalism word of God]. [[Our Father]] did indeed [[speak]] through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah Elijah], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_(prophet) Amos], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea Hosea], but he did not cease to minister [[words]] of [[truth]] to the world when these [[prophets]] of old made an end of their utterances. [[Universal Father|My Father]] is no respecter of [[races]] or [[generations]] in that the [[word]] of [[truth]] is vouchsafed one age and withheld from another. Commit not the [[folly]] of calling that [[divine]] which is wholly [[human]], and fail not to [[discern]] the [[words]] of [[truth]] which come not through the [[traditional]] [[oracles]] of supposed [[inspiration]].

155:6.2 You have come out from among those of your fellows who [[choose]] to remain [[satisfied]] with a religion of [[mind]], who crave [[security]] and prefer [[conformity]]. You have elected to [[exchange]] your [[feelings]] of [[authoritative]] [[certainty]] for the [[assurances]] of the spirit of [[adventurous]] and [[progressive]] [[faith]]. You have [[dared]] to [[protest]] against the grueling [[bondage]] of [[institutional]] [[religion]] and to reject the [[authority]] of the [[traditions]] of [[record]] which are now regarded as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_literalism word of God]. [[Our Father]] did indeed [[speak]] through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah Elijah], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah Isaiah], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_(prophet) Amos], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea Hosea], but he did not cease to minister [[words]] of [[truth]] to the world when these [[prophets]] of old made an end of their utterances. [[Universal Father|My Father]] is no respecter of [[races]] or [[generations]] in that the [[word]] of [[truth]] is vouchsafed one age and withheld from another. Commit not the [[folly]] of calling that [[divine]] which is wholly [[human]], and fail not to [[discern]] the [[words]] of [[truth]] which come not through the [[traditional]] [[oracles]] of supposed [[inspiration]].

155:6.3 I have called upon you to be born again, to be [[born]] of the [[spirit]]. I have called you out of the [[darkness]] of [[authority]] and the [[lethargy]] of [[tradition]] into the [[transcendent]] [[light]] of the [[realization]] of the possibility of making for yourselves the greatest [[discovery]] possible for the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul] to make—the [[supernal]] [[experience]] of finding [[God]] for yourself, in yourself, and of yourself, and of doing all this as a [[fact]] in your own [[personal]] [[experience]]. And so may you pass from [[death]] to life, from the [[authority]] of [[tradition]] to the [[experience]] of knowing [[God]]; thus will you pass from [[darkness]] to [[light]], from a [[racial]] [[faith]] [[inherited]] to a [[personal]] [[faith]] achieved by [[actual]] [[experience]]; and thereby will you [[progress]] from a [[theology]] of [[mind]] handed down by your [[ancestors]] to a true [[religion]] of [[spirit]] which shall be built up in your [[souls]] as an [[eternal]] [[endowment]].

155:6.3 I have called upon you to be born again, to be [[born]] of the [[spirit]]. I have called you out of the [[darkness]] of [[authority]] and the [[lethargy]] of [[tradition]] into the [[transcendent]] [[light]] of the [[realization]] of the possibility of making for yourselves the greatest [[discovery]] possible for the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul] to make—the [[supernal]] [[experience]] of finding [[God]] for yourself, in yourself, and of yourself, and of doing all this as a [[fact]] in your own [[personal]] [[experience]]. And so may you pass from [[death]] to life, from the [[authority]] of [[tradition]] to the [[experience]] of knowing [[God]]; thus will you pass from [[darkness]] to [[light]], from a [[racial]] [[faith]] [[inherited]] to a [[personal]] [[faith]] achieved by [[actual]] [[experience]]; and thereby will you [[progress]] from a [[theology]] of [[mind]] handed down by your [[ancestors]] to a true [[religion]] of [[spirit]] which shall be built up in your [[souls]] as an [[eternal]] [[endowment]].

155:6.4 Your [[religion]] shall [[change]] from the mere [[intellectual]] [[belief]] in [[traditional]] [[authority]] to the [[actual]] [[experience]] of that living [[faith]] which is able to grasp the [[reality]] of [[God]] and all that relates to the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] of [[the Father]]. The [[religion]] of the [[mind]] ties you hopelessly to the [[past]]; the religion of the [[spirit]] consists in [[progressive]] [[revelation]] and ever beckons you on toward higher and [[Holy|holier]] achievements in [[spiritual]] [[ideals]] and eternal [[realities]].

155:6.4 Your [[religion]] shall [[change]] from the mere [[intellectual]] [[belief]] in [[traditional]] [[authority]] to the [[actual]] [[experience]] of that living [[faith]] which is able to grasp the [[reality]] of [[God]] and all that relates to the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] of [[the Father]]. The [[religion]] of the [[mind]] ties you hopelessly to the [[past]]; the religion of the [[spirit]] consists in [[progressive]] [[revelation]] and ever beckons you on toward higher and [[Holy|holier]] achievements in [[spiritual]] [[ideals]] and eternal [[realities]].

155:6.5 While the [[religion]] of [[authority]] may impart a present [[feeling]] of settled [[security]], you pay for such a transient [[satisfaction]] the price of the loss of your [[spiritual]] [[freedom]] and religious liberty. [[Universal Father|My Father]] does not require of you as the price of entering [[the kingdom]] of heaven that you should [[force]] yourself to subscribe to a [[belief]] in [[things]] which are [[spiritually]] repugnant, unholy, and untruthful. It is not required of you that your own sense of [[mercy]], [[justice]], and [[truth]] should be outraged by submission to an outworn [[system]] of religious [[forms]] and [[ceremonies]]. The religion of the [[spirit]] leaves you forever [[free]] to follow the [[truth]] wherever the [[leadings]] of the [[spirit]] may take you. And who can [[judge]]—perhaps this spirit may have something to impart to this [[generation]] which other generations have refused to hear?

155:6.5 While the [[religion]] of [[authority]] may impart a present [[feeling]] of settled [[security]], you pay for such a transient [[satisfaction]] the price of the loss of your [[spiritual]] [[freedom]] and religious liberty. [[Universal Father|My Father]] does not require of you as the price of entering [[the kingdom]] of heaven that you should [[force]] yourself to subscribe to a [[belief]] in [[things]] which are [[spiritually]] repugnant, unholy, and untruthful. It is not required of you that your own sense of [[mercy]], [[justice]], and [[truth]] should be outraged by submission to an outworn [[system]] of religious [[forms]] and [[ceremonies]]. The religion of the [[spirit]] leaves you forever [[free]] to follow the [[truth]] wherever the [[leadings]] of the [[spirit]] may take you. And who can [[judge]]—perhaps this spirit may have something to impart to this [[generation]] which other generations have refused to hear?

155:6.6 [[Shame]] on those [[false]] religious [[teachers]] who would drag [[hungry]] [[souls]] back into the dim and distant [[past]] and there leave them! And so are these unfortunate [[persons]] [[doomed]] to become frightened by every new [[discovery]], while they are discomfited by every new [[revelation]] of [[truth]]. The [[prophet]] who said, " He will be kept in [[perfect]] [[peace]] whose [[mind]] is stayed on [[God]], "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.26] was not a mere [[intellectual]] believer in [[authoritative]] [[theology]]. This [[truth]]-knowing [[human]] had [[discovered]] [[God]]; he was not merely talking about God.

155:6.6 [[Shame]] on those [[false]] religious [[teachers]] who would drag [[hungry]] [[souls]] back into the dim and distant [[past]] and there leave them! And so are these unfortunate [[persons]] [[doomed]] to become frightened by every new [[discovery]], while they are discomfited by every new [[revelation]] of [[truth]]. The [[prophet]] who said, " He will be kept in [[perfect]] [[peace]] whose [[mind]] is stayed on [[God]], "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.26] was not a mere [[intellectual]] believer in [[authoritative]] [[theology]]. This [[truth]]-knowing [[human]] had [[discovered]] [[God]]; he was not merely talking about God.

155:6.7 I admonish you to give up the [[practice]] of always quoting the [[prophets]] of old and [[praising]] the [[heroes]] of [[Israel]], and instead [[aspire]] to become living [[prophets]] of the [[Most High]] and spiritual [[heroes]] of the coming [[The kingdom|kingdom]]. To [[honor]] the [[God]]-knowing [[leaders]] of the [[past]] may indeed be [[worth]] while, but why, in so doing, should you [[sacrifice]] the [[supreme]] [[experience]] of human [[existence]]: finding [[God]] for yourselves and knowing him in your own [[souls]]?

155:6.7 I admonish you to give up the [[practice]] of always quoting the [[prophets]] of old and [[praising]] the [[heroes]] of [[Israel]], and instead [[aspire]] to become living [[prophets]] of the [[Most High]] and spiritual [[heroes]] of the coming [[The kingdom|kingdom]]. To [[honor]] the [[God]]-knowing [[leaders]] of the [[past]] may indeed be [[worth]] while, but why, in so doing, should you [[sacrifice]] the [[supreme]] [[experience]] of human [[existence]]: finding [[God]] for yourselves and knowing him in your own [[souls]]?

155:6.9 The [[religions]] of [[authority]] can only divide men and set them in [[conscientious]] array against each other; the religion of the [[spirit]] will [[progressively]] draw men together and cause them to become [[understanding]]ly [[sympathetic]] with one another. The religions of [[authority]] require of men [[uniformity]] in [[belief]], but this is impossible of [[realization]] in the present [[state]] of the world. The religion of the [[spirit]] requires only [[unity]] of [[experience]]—[[uniformity]] of [[destiny]]—making full allowance for [[diversity]] of [[belief]]. The religion of the spirit requires only [[uniformity]] of [[insight]], not uniformity of [[viewpoint]] and outlook. The religion of the [[spirit]] does not demand [[uniformity]] of [[intellectual]] views, only [[unity]] of [[spirit]] [[feeling]]. The religions of [[authority]] crystallize into lifeless [[creeds]]; the religion of the [[spirit]] grows into the increasing [[joy]] and [[liberty]] of ennobling [[deeds]] of loving [[service]] and [[merciful]] ministration.

155:6.9 The [[religions]] of [[authority]] can only divide men and set them in [[conscientious]] array against each other; the religion of the [[spirit]] will [[progressively]] draw men together and cause them to become [[understanding]]ly [[sympathetic]] with one another. The religions of [[authority]] require of men [[uniformity]] in [[belief]], but this is impossible of [[realization]] in the present [[state]] of the world. The religion of the [[spirit]] requires only [[unity]] of [[experience]]—[[uniformity]] of [[destiny]]—making full allowance for [[diversity]] of [[belief]]. The religion of the spirit requires only [[uniformity]] of [[insight]], not uniformity of [[viewpoint]] and outlook. The religion of the [[spirit]] does not demand [[uniformity]] of [[intellectual]] views, only [[unity]] of [[spirit]] [[feeling]]. The religions of [[authority]] crystallize into lifeless [[creeds]]; the religion of the [[spirit]] grows into the increasing [[joy]] and [[liberty]] of ennobling [[deeds]] of loving [[service]] and [[merciful]] ministration.

155:6.10 But watch, lest any of you look with [[disdain]] upon the [[children]] of [[Abraham]] because they have fallen on these [[evil]] days of [[traditional]] barrenness. Our [[forefathers]] gave themselves up to the [[persistent]] and [[passionate]] search for [[God]], and they found him as no other whole [[race]] of men have ever known him since the times of [[Adam]], who knew much of this as he was himself a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Son of God]. [[Universal Father|My Father]] has not failed to mark the long and untiring [[struggle]] of [[Israel]], ever since the days of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses], to find God and to know [[God]]. For weary [[generations]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] have not ceased to toil, sweat, groan, travail, and [[endure]] the [[sufferings]] and [[experience]] the [[sorrows]] of a misunderstood and despised people, all in order that they might come a little nearer the [[discovery]] of the [[truth]] about [[God]]. And, notwithstanding all the failures and falterings of [[Israel]], our [[fathers]] progressively, from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] to the times of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_%28prophet%29 Amos] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea Hosea], did [[reveal]] increasingly to the [[whole]] world an ever clearer and more [[truthful]] picture of the [[eternal]] [[God]]. And so was the way [[prepared]] for the still greater [[revelation]] of [[the Father]] which you have been called to [[share]].

155:6.10 But watch, lest any of you look with [[disdain]] upon the [[children]] of [[Abraham]] because they have fallen on these [[evil]] days of [[traditional]] barrenness. Our [[forefathers]] gave themselves up to the [[persistent]] and [[passionate]] search for [[God]], and they found him as no other whole [[race]] of men have ever known him since the times of [[Adam]], who knew much of this as he was himself a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Son of God]. [[Universal Father|My Father]] has not failed to mark the long and untiring [[struggle]] of [[Israel]], ever since the days of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses], to find God and to know [[God]]. For weary [[generations]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews] have not ceased to toil, sweat, groan, travail, and [[endure]] the [[sufferings]] and [[experience]] the [[sorrows]] of a misunderstood and despised people, all in order that they might come a little nearer the [[discovery]] of the [[truth]] about [[God]]. And, notwithstanding all the failures and falterings of [[Israel]], our [[fathers]] progressively, from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] to the times of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_%28prophet%29 Amos] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea Hosea], did [[reveal]] increasingly to the [[whole]] world an ever clearer and more [[truthful]] picture of the [[eternal]] [[God]]. And so was the way [[prepared]] for the still greater [[revelation]] of [[the Father]] which you have been called to [[share]].

155:6.11 Never [[forget]] there is only one [[adventure]] which is more satisfying and thrilling than the attempt to [[discover]] the will of the living [[God]], and that is the [[supreme]] [[experience]] of [[honestly]] trying to [[Doing the will of God|do that divine will]]. And fail not to [[remember]] that the will of God can be done in any earthly occupation. Some callings are not [[holy]] and others [[secular]]. All things are [[sacred]] in the lives of those who are [[spirit]] [[led]]; that is, subordinated to [[truth]], ennobled by [[love]], dominated by [[mercy]], and restrained by [[fairness]]—[[justice]]. The [[spirit]] which [[Universal Father|my Father]] and I shall send into the world is not only the [[Spirit of Truth]] but also the spirit of [[idealistic]] [[beauty]].

155:6.11 Never [[forget]] there is only one [[adventure]] which is more satisfying and thrilling than the attempt to [[discover]] the will of the living [[God]], and that is the [[supreme]] [[experience]] of [[honestly]] trying to [[Doing the will of God|do that divine will]]. And fail not to [[remember]] that the will of God can be done in any earthly occupation. Some callings are not [[holy]] and others [[secular]]. All things are [[sacred]] in the lives of those who are [[spirit]] [[led]]; that is, subordinated to [[truth]], ennobled by [[love]], dominated by [[mercy]], and restrained by [[fairness]]—[[justice]]. The [[spirit]] which [[Universal Father|my Father]] and I shall send into the world is not only the [[Spirit of Truth]] but also the spirit of [[idealistic]] [[beauty]].

*2. 155:6.16 The [[fact]] that your entire life [[plan]] furnishes positive [[proof]] that you have unreservedly [[risk]]ed everything you are and have on the [[adventure]] of [[survival]] after [[death]] in the pursuit of the [[hope]] of finding the God of [[eternity]], whose [[presence]] you have foretasted in time.

*2. 155:6.16 The [[fact]] that your entire life [[plan]] furnishes positive [[proof]] that you have unreservedly [[risk]]ed everything you are and have on the [[adventure]] of [[survival]] after [[death]] in the pursuit of the [[hope]] of finding the God of [[eternity]], whose [[presence]] you have foretasted in time.

155:6.17 Now, mistake not, [[Universal Father|my Father]] will ever [[respond]] to the faintest flicker of [[faith]]. He takes note of the [[physical]] and [[superstitious]] [[emotions]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_69 primitive man]. And with those [[honest]] but fearful [[souls]] whose [[faith]] is so weak that it amounts to little more than an [[intellectual]] [[conformity]] to a passive [[attitude]] of assent to religions of [[authority]], [[the Father]] is ever alert to [[honor]] and foster even all such feeble attempts to reach out for him. But you who have been called out of [[darkness]] into the [[light]] are expected to believe with a whole [[heart]]; your [[faith]] shall [[dominate]] the combined [[attitudes]] of [[body]], [[mind]], and [[spirit]].

155:6.17 Now, mistake not, [[Universal Father|my Father]] will ever [[respond]] to the faintest flicker of [[faith]]. He takes note of the [[physical]] and [[superstitious]] [[emotions]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_69 primitive man]. And with those [[honest]] but fearful [[souls]] whose [[faith]] is so weak that it amounts to little more than an [[intellectual]] [[conformity]] to a passive [[attitude]] of assent to religions of [[authority]], [[the Father]] is ever alert to [[honor]] and foster even all such feeble attempts to reach out for him. But you who have been called out of [[darkness]] into the [[light]] are expected to believe with a whole [[heart]]; your [[faith]] shall [[dominate]] the combined [[attitudes]] of [[body]], [[mind]], and [[spirit]].

155:6.18 You are my [[apostles]], and to you [[religion]] shall not become a theologic [[shelter]] to which you may flee in [[fear]] of facing the rugged [[realities]] of [[spiritual]] [[progress]] and [[idealistic]] [[adventure]]; but rather shall your [[religion]] become the [[fact]] of real [[experience]] which [[testifies]] that [[God]] has found you, idealized, ennobled, and spiritualized you, and that you have enlisted in the [[eternal]] [[adventure]] of finding the God who has thus found and sonshipped you.

155:6.18 You are my [[apostles]], and to you [[religion]] shall not become a theologic [[shelter]] to which you may flee in [[fear]] of facing the rugged [[realities]] of [[spiritual]] [[progress]] and [[idealistic]] [[adventure]]; but rather shall your [[religion]] become the [[fact]] of real [[experience]] which [[testifies]] that [[God]] has found you, idealized, ennobled, and spiritualized you, and that you have enlisted in the [[eternal]] [[adventure]] of finding the God who has thus found and sonshipped you.

155:6.19 And when [[Jesus]] had finished speaking, he beckoned to [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and, pointing to the west toward [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia Phoenicia], said: " Let us be on our way. "

155:6.19 And when [[Jesus]] had finished speaking, he beckoned to [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and, pointing to the west toward [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia Phoenicia], said: " Let us be on our way. "

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[[Category: PART IV: The Life and Teachings of Jesus]]

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