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178:1.2 The [[Nations|kingdoms]] of this world, being [[material]], may often find it [[necessary]] to employ [[physical]] [[force]] in the [[execution]] of their [[laws]] and for the [[maintenance]] of order. In [[the kingdom]] of heaven true [[believers]] will not resort to the employment of [[physical]] [[force]]. [[The kingdom]] of heaven, being a [[spiritual]] brotherhood of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD spirit-born sons of God], may be [[promulgated]] only by the [[power]] of the [[spirit]]. This distinction of [[procedure]] refers to the [[relations]] of [[the kingdom]] of [[believers]] to the [[Nations|kingdoms]] of [[secular]] [[government]] and does not nullify the [[right]] of [[social]] [[groups]] of [[believers]] to maintain order in their ranks and [[administer]] [[discipline]] upon unruly and unworthy members.

178:1.2 The [[Nations|kingdoms]] of this world, being [[material]], may often find it [[necessary]] to employ [[physical]] [[force]] in the [[execution]] of their [[laws]] and for the [[maintenance]] of order. In [[the kingdom]] of heaven true [[believers]] will not resort to the employment of [[physical]] [[force]]. [[The kingdom]] of heaven, being a [[spiritual]] brotherhood of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD spirit-born sons of God], may be [[promulgated]] only by the [[power]] of the [[spirit]]. This distinction of [[procedure]] refers to the [[relations]] of [[the kingdom]] of [[believers]] to the [[Nations|kingdoms]] of [[secular]] [[government]] and does not nullify the [[right]] of [[social]] [[groups]] of [[believers]] to maintain order in their ranks and [[administer]] [[discipline]] upon unruly and unworthy members.

178:1.3 There is nothing incompatible between [[sonship]] in [[the Kingdom|the spiritual kingdom]] and [[citizenship]] in the [[secular]] or [[civil]] [[government]]. It is the [[believer]]'s [[duty]] to render to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar Caesar] the [[things]] which are Caesar's and to [[God]] the things which are God's. There cannot be any disagreement between these two requirements, the one being [[material]] and the other [[spiritual]], unless it should [[develop]] that a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar Caesar] [[presumes]] to [[usurp]] the [[prerogatives]] of [[God]] and demand that [[spiritual]] [[homage]] and [[supreme]] [[worship]] be rendered to him. In such a case you shall [[worship]] only [[God]] while you seek to [[enlighten]] such misguided earthly rulers and in this way [[lead]] them also to the [[recognition]] of [[the Father]] in heaven. You shall not render [[spiritual]] [[worship]] to [[earth]]ly [[Leaders|rulers]]; neither should you employ the [[physical]] [[forces]] of [[earthly]] [[governments]], whose rulers may sometime become [[believers]], in the [[work]] of furthering the [[mission]] of the [[the Kingdom|spiritual kingdom]].

178:1.3 There is nothing incompatible between [[sonship]] in [[the Kingdom|the spiritual kingdom]] and [[citizenship]] in the [[secular]] or [[civil]] [[government]]. It is the [[believer]]'s [[duty]] to render to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar Caesar] the [[things]] which are Caesar's and to [[God]] the things which are God's. There cannot be any disagreement between these two requirements, the one being [[material]] and the other [[spiritual]], unless it should [[develop]] that a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar Caesar] [[presumes]] to [[usurp]] the [[prerogatives]] of [[God]] and demand that [[spiritual]] [[homage]] and [[supreme]] [[worship]] be rendered to him. In such a case you shall [[worship]] only [[God]] while you seek to [[enlighten]] such misguided earthly rulers and in this way [[lead]] them also to the [[recognition]] of [[the Father]] in heaven. You shall not render [[spiritual]] [[worship]] to [[earth]]ly [[Leaders|rulers]]; neither should you employ the [[physical]] [[forces]] of [[earthly]] [[governments]], whose rulers may sometime become [[believers]], in the [[work]] of furthering the [[mission]] of the [[the Kingdom|spiritual kingdom]].

178:1.4 [[Sonship]] in [[the kingdom]], from the [[standpoint]] of advancing [[civilization]], should [[assist]] you in becoming the [[ideal]] [[citizens]] of the [[Nations|kingdoms]] of this world since [[brotherhood]] and [[service]] are the [[cornerstones]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. The [[love]] call of the [[spiritual]] kingdom should [[prove]] to be the [[effective]] destroyer of the [[hate]] urge of the unbelieving and [[war]]-minded [[citizens]] of the [[earthly]] [[Nations|kingdoms]]. But these [[material]]-[[mind]]ed sons in [[darkness]] will never know of your [[spiritual]] [[light]] of [[truth]] unless you draw very near them with that [[unselfish]] [[social]] [[service]] which is the [[natural]] outgrowth of the bearing of the [[fruits of the spirit]] in the life [[experience]] of each [[individual]] [[believer]].

178:1.4 [[Sonship]] in [[the kingdom]], from the [[standpoint]] of advancing [[civilization]], should [[assist]] you in becoming the [[ideal]] [[citizens]] of the [[Nations|kingdoms]] of this world since [[brotherhood]] and [[service]] are the [[cornerstones]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. The [[love]] call of the [[spiritual]] kingdom should [[prove]] to be the [[effective]] destroyer of the [[hate]] urge of the unbelieving and [[war]]-minded [[citizens]] of the [[earthly]] [[Nations|kingdoms]]. But these [[material]]-[[mind]]ed sons in [[darkness]] will never know of your [[spiritual]] [[light]] of [[truth]] unless you draw very near them with that [[unselfish]] [[social]] [[service]] which is the [[natural]] outgrowth of the bearing of the [[fruits of the spirit]] in the life [[experience]] of each [[individual]] [[believer]].

178:1.8 You should be made all the better [[citizens]] of the [[secular]] [[government]] as a result of becoming [[enlightened]] [[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of the kingdom]; so should the rulers of [[earthly]] [[governments]] become all the better [[rulers]] in [[civil]] affairs as a result of [[believing]] this [[gospel]] of [[the heavenly kingdom]]. The [[attitude]] of [[unselfish]] [[service]] of [[man]] and [[intelligent]] [[worship]] of [[God]] should make all kingdom [[believers]] better world [[citizens]], while the [[attitude]] of [[honest]] [[citizenship]] and [[sincere]] [[devotion]] to one's [[temporal]] [[duty]] should help to make such a [[citizen]] the more easily reached by the [[spirit]] call to [[sonship]] in [[the heavenly kingdom]].

178:1.8 You should be made all the better [[citizens]] of the [[secular]] [[government]] as a result of becoming [[enlightened]] [[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of the kingdom]; so should the rulers of [[earthly]] [[governments]] become all the better [[rulers]] in [[civil]] affairs as a result of [[believing]] this [[gospel]] of [[the heavenly kingdom]]. The [[attitude]] of [[unselfish]] [[service]] of [[man]] and [[intelligent]] [[worship]] of [[God]] should make all kingdom [[believers]] better world [[citizens]], while the [[attitude]] of [[honest]] [[citizenship]] and [[sincere]] [[devotion]] to one's [[temporal]] [[duty]] should help to make such a [[citizen]] the more easily reached by the [[spirit]] call to [[sonship]] in [[the heavenly kingdom]].

178:1.9 So long as the [[rulers]] of [[earthly]] [[governments]] seek to [[exercise]] the [[authority]] of [[religious]] [[dictators]], you who [[believe]] this [[gospel]] can [[expect]] only [[trouble]], [[persecution]], and even [[death]]. But the very [[light]] which you bear to the world, and even the very [[manner]] in which you will [[suffer]] and die for this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], will, in themselves, [[eventually]] [[enlighten]] the whole world and result in the [[gradual]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state divorcement] of [[politics]] and [[religion]]. The [[persistent]] [[preaching]] of this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] will some day bring to all [[nations]] a new and unbelievable [[liberation]], [[intellectual]] [[freedom]], and [[religious]] [[liberty]].

178:1.9 So long as the [[rulers]] of [[earthly]] [[governments]] seek to [[exercise]] the [[authority]] of [[religious]] [[dictators]], you who [[believe]] this [[gospel]] can [[expect]] only [[trouble]], [[persecution]], and even [[death]]. But the very [[light]] which you bear to the world, and even the very [[manner]] in which you will [[suffer]] and die for this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], will, in themselves, [[eventually]] [[enlighten]] the whole world and result in the [[gradual]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state divorcement] of [[politics]] and [[religion]]. The [[persistent]] [[preaching]] of this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] will some day bring to all [[nations]] a new and unbelievable [[liberation]], [[intellectual]] [[freedom]], and [[religious]] [[liberty]].

178:1.10 Under the soon-coming [[persecutions]] by those who [[hate]] this [[gospel]] of [[joy]] and [[liberty]], you will thrive and [[the kingdom]] will prosper. But you will stand in grave [[danger]] in subsequent times when most men will [[speak]] well of kingdom [[believers]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinian_shift many in high places] nominally [[accept]] the [[gospel]] of [[the heavenly kingdom]]. [[Learn]] to be [[faithful]] to [[the kingdom]] even in times of [[peace]] and [[prosperity]]. [[Tempt]] not the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#PAPER_113:_SERAPHIC_GUARDIANS_OF_DESTINY angels of your supervision] to [[lead]] you in troublous ways as a [[loving]] [[discipline]] [[designed]] to save your [[ease]]-drifting [[souls]].

178:1.10 Under the soon-coming [[persecutions]] by those who [[hate]] this [[gospel]] of [[joy]] and [[liberty]], you will thrive and [[the kingdom]] will prosper. But you will stand in grave [[danger]] in subsequent times when most men will [[speak]] well of kingdom [[believers]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinian_shift many in high places] nominally [[accept]] the [[gospel]] of [[the heavenly kingdom]]. [[Learn]] to be [[faithful]] to [[the kingdom]] even in times of [[peace]] and [[prosperity]]. [[Tempt]] not the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#PAPER_113:_SERAPHIC_GUARDIANS_OF_DESTINY angels of your supervision] to [[lead]] you in troublous ways as a [[loving]] [[discipline]] [[designed]] to save your [[ease]]-drifting [[souls]].

178:1.11 [[Remember]] that you are [[commissioned]] to [[preach]] this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]—the [[supreme]] [[desire]] to [[do the Father's will]] coupled with the [[supreme]] [[joy]] of the [[faith]] [[realization]] of [[sonship]] with [[God]]—and you must not allow anything to divert your [[devotion]] to this one [[duty]]. Let all [[mankind]] benefit from the overflow of your [[loving]] [[spiritual]] [[ministry]], [[enlightening]] [[intellectual]] [[communion]], and uplifting [[social]] [[service]]; but none of these [[humanitarian]] [[labors]], nor all of them, should be [[permitted]] to take the place of [[proclaiming]] the [[gospel]]. These mighty ministrations are the [[social]] by-products of the still more mighty and [[sublime]] ministrations and [[transformations]] wrought in the [[heart]] of [[the kingdom]] [[believer]] by the living [[Spirit of Truth]] and by the [[personal]] [[realization]] that the [[faith]] of a [[spirit]]-[[born]] man confers the [[assurance]] of living fellowship with the [[eternal]] [[God]].

178:1.11 [[Remember]] that you are [[commissioned]] to [[preach]] this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]—the [[supreme]] [[desire]] to [[do the Father's will]] coupled with the [[supreme]] [[joy]] of the [[faith]] [[realization]] of [[sonship]] with [[God]]—and you must not allow anything to divert your [[devotion]] to this one [[duty]]. Let all [[mankind]] benefit from the overflow of your [[loving]] [[spiritual]] [[ministry]], [[enlightening]] [[intellectual]] [[communion]], and uplifting [[social]] [[service]]; but none of these [[humanitarian]] [[labors]], nor all of them, should be [[permitted]] to take the place of [[proclaiming]] the [[gospel]]. These mighty ministrations are the [[social]] by-products of the still more mighty and [[sublime]] ministrations and [[transformations]] wrought in the [[heart]] of [[the kingdom]] [[believer]] by the living [[Spirit of Truth]] and by the [[personal]] [[realization]] that the [[faith]] of a [[spirit]]-[[born]] man confers the [[assurance]] of living fellowship with the [[eternal]] [[God]].

178:1.12 You must not seek to [[promulgate]] [[truth]] nor to [[establish]] [[righteousness]] by the [[power]] of [[civil]] [[governments]] or by the enaction of [[secular]] [[laws]]. You may always [[labor]] to [[persuade]] men's [[minds]], but you must never [[dare]] to [[compel]] them. You must not forget the great [[law]] of [[human]] [[fairness]] which I have taught you in [[positive]] form: [[Golden Rule|Whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do even so to them]].

178:1.12 You must not seek to [[promulgate]] [[truth]] nor to [[establish]] [[righteousness]] by the [[power]] of [[civil]] [[governments]] or by the enaction of [[secular]] [[laws]]. You may always [[labor]] to [[persuade]] men's [[minds]], but you must never [[dare]] to [[compel]] them. You must not forget the great [[law]] of [[human]] [[fairness]] which I have taught you in [[positive]] form: [[Golden Rule|Whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do even so to them]].

178:1.13 When a kingdom [[believer]] is called upon to serve the [[civil]] [[government]], let him render such [[service]] as a [[temporal]] [[citizen]] of such a [[government]], albeit such a [[believer]] should display in his [[civil]] [[service]] all of the ordinary [[traits]] of [[citizenship]] as these have been enhanced by the [[spiritual]] [[enlightenment]] of the ennobling [[association]] of the [[mind]] of [[mortal]] man with the [[indwelling spirit]] of the [[eternal]] [[God]]. If the unbeliever can qualify as a superior [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_service civil servant], you should seriously [[question]] whether the [[roots]] of [[truth]] in your [[heart]] have not died from the lack of the living waters of combined [[spiritual]] [[communion]] and [[social]] [[service]]. The [[consciousness]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sonship with God] should quicken the entire life [[service]] of every man, woman, and child who has become the possessor of such a mighty [[stimulus]] to all the [[inherent]] [[powers]] of a [[human]] [[personality]].

178:1.13 When a kingdom [[believer]] is called upon to serve the [[civil]] [[government]], let him render such [[service]] as a [[temporal]] [[citizen]] of such a [[government]], albeit such a [[believer]] should display in his [[civil]] [[service]] all of the ordinary [[traits]] of [[citizenship]] as these have been enhanced by the [[spiritual]] [[enlightenment]] of the ennobling [[association]] of the [[mind]] of [[mortal]] man with the [[indwelling spirit]] of the [[eternal]] [[God]]. If the unbeliever can qualify as a superior [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_service civil servant], you should seriously [[question]] whether the [[roots]] of [[truth]] in your [[heart]] have not died from the lack of the living waters of combined [[spiritual]] [[communion]] and [[social]] [[service]]. The [[consciousness]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sonship with God] should quicken the entire life [[service]] of every man, woman, and child who has become the possessor of such a mighty [[stimulus]] to all the [[inherent]] [[powers]] of a [[human]] [[personality]].

178:1.14 You are not to be [[passive]] [[mystics]] or colorless [[ascetics]]; you should not become [[dreamers]] and drifters, supinely [[trusting]] in a fictitious [[Providence]] to provide even the [[necessities]] of life. You are indeed to be [[gentle]] in your dealings with [[erring]] [[mortals]], [[patient]] in your [[intercourse]] with [[ignorant]] men, and forbearing under [[provocation]]; but you are also to be [[valiant]] in [[defense]] of [[righteousness]], mighty in the [[promulgation]] of [[truth]], and [[aggressive]] in the [[preaching]] of this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], even to the ends of the [[earth]].

178:1.14 You are not to be [[passive]] [[mystics]] or colorless [[ascetics]]; you should not become [[dreamers]] and drifters, supinely [[trusting]] in a fictitious [[Providence]] to provide even the [[necessities]] of life. You are indeed to be [[gentle]] in your dealings with [[erring]] [[mortals]], [[patient]] in your [[intercourse]] with [[ignorant]] men, and forbearing under [[provocation]]; but you are also to be [[valiant]] in [[defense]] of [[righteousness]], mighty in the [[promulgation]] of [[truth]], and [[aggressive]] in the [[preaching]] of this [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], even to the ends of the [[earth]].

178:1.15 This [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] is a living [[truth]]. I have told you it is like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaven leaven in the dough], like the grain of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_seen mustard seed]; and now I [[declare]] that it is like the [[seed]] of the living [[being]], which, from [[generation]] to [[generation]], while it remains the same living [[seed]], unfailingly unfolds itself in new [[manifestations]] and [[grows]] [[Progressive|acceptably]] in [[channels]] of new [[adaptation]] to the peculiar needs and conditions of each [[successive]] [[generation]]. The [[revelation]] I have made to you is a living revelation, and I [[desire]] that it shall bear appropriate [[Fruits of the Spirit|fruits]] in each [[individual]] and in each [[generation]] in [[accordance]] with the [[laws]] of spiritual [[growth]], increase, and [[adaptative]] [[development]]. From [[generation]] to [[generation]] this [[gospel]] must show increasing [[vitality]] and [[exhibit]] greater depth of [[spiritual]] [[power]]. It must not be [[permitted]] to become merely a [[sacred]] [[memory]], a mere [[tradition]] about me and the times in which we now live.

178:1.15 This [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] is a living [[truth]]. I have told you it is like the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaven leaven in the dough], like the grain of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_seen mustard seed]; and now I [[declare]] that it is like the [[seed]] of the living [[being]], which, from [[generation]] to [[generation]], while it remains the same living [[seed]], unfailingly unfolds itself in new [[manifestations]] and [[grows]] [[Progressive|acceptably]] in [[channels]] of new [[adaptation]] to the peculiar needs and conditions of each [[successive]] [[generation]]. The [[revelation]] I have made to you is a living revelation, and I [[desire]] that it shall bear appropriate [[Fruits of the Spirit|fruits]] in each [[individual]] and in each [[generation]] in [[accordance]] with the [[laws]] of spiritual [[growth]], increase, and [[adaptative]] [[development]]. From [[generation]] to [[generation]] this [[gospel]] must show increasing [[vitality]] and [[exhibit]] greater depth of [[spiritual]] [[power]]. It must not be [[permitted]] to become merely a [[sacred]] [[memory]], a mere [[tradition]] about me and the times in which we now live.

178:1.16 And forget not: We have made no direct [[attack]] upon the [[persons]] or upon the [[authority]] of those who sit in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses]' seat; we only offered them the new [[light]], which they have so [[vigorously]] [[rejected]]. We have assailed them only by the [[denunciation]] of their spiritual disloyalty to the very [[truths]] which they profess to [[teach]] and safeguard. We [[clashed]] with these [[established]] [[leaders]] and recognized rulers only when they threw themselves directly in the way of the [[preaching]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] to the sons of men. And even now, it is not we who assail them, but they who seek our [[Death|destruction]]. Do not forget that you are [[commissioned]] to go forth [[preaching]] only the good news. You are not to attack the old ways; you are [[skillfully]] to put the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaven leaven] of new [[truth]] in the midst of the old [[beliefs]]. Let the [[Spirit of Truth]] do his own [[work]]. Let [[controversy]] come only when they who despise the [[truth]] [[force]] it upon you. But when the willful unbeliever [[attacks]] you, do not [[hesitate]] to stand in [[vigorous]] [[defense]] of the [[truth]] which has saved and [[sanctified]] you.

178:1.16 And forget not: We have made no direct [[attack]] upon the [[persons]] or upon the [[authority]] of those who sit in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses]' seat; we only offered them the new [[light]], which they have so [[vigorously]] [[rejected]]. We have assailed them only by the [[denunciation]] of their spiritual disloyalty to the very [[truths]] which they profess to [[teach]] and safeguard. We [[clashed]] with these [[established]] [[leaders]] and recognized rulers only when they threw themselves directly in the way of the [[preaching]] of the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] to the sons of men. And even now, it is not we who assail them, but they who seek our [[Death|destruction]]. Do not forget that you are [[commissioned]] to go forth [[preaching]] only the good news. You are not to attack the old ways; you are [[skillfully]] to put the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaven leaven] of new [[truth]] in the midst of the old [[beliefs]]. Let the [[Spirit of Truth]] do his own [[work]]. Let [[controversy]] come only when they who despise the [[truth]] [[force]] it upon you. But when the willful unbeliever [[attacks]] you, do not [[hesitate]] to stand in [[vigorous]] [[defense]] of the [[truth]] which has saved and [[sanctified]] you.

178:1.17 Throughout the [[vicissitudes]] of life, remember always to [[love]] one another. Do not strive with men, even with unbelievers. Show [[mercy]] even to those who despitefully [[abuse]] you. Show yourselves to be [[loyal]] [[citizens]], upright [[artisans]], praiseworthy [[neighbors]], [[devoted]] kinsmen, [[understanding]] [[parents]], and [[sincere]] [[believers]] in the brotherhood of [[the Father]]'s kingdom. And [[Spirit of Truth|my spirit]] shall be upon you, now and even to the end of the world.

178:1.17 Throughout the [[vicissitudes]] of life, remember always to [[love]] one another. Do not strive with men, even with unbelievers. Show [[mercy]] even to those who despitefully [[abuse]] you. Show yourselves to be [[loyal]] [[citizens]], upright [[artisans]], praiseworthy [[neighbors]], [[devoted]] kinsmen, [[understanding]] [[parents]], and [[sincere]] [[believers]] in the brotherhood of [[the Father]]'s kingdom. And [[Spirit of Truth|my spirit]] shall be upon you, now and even to the end of the world.