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194:2.1 [[Jesus]] lived on [[earth]] and taught a [[gospel]] which [[redeemed]] man from the [[superstition]] that he was a child of the [[devil]] and elevated him to the [[dignity]] of a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD faith son of God]. [[Jesus]]' [[message]], as he [[preached]] it and lived it in his day, was an effective solvent for man's [[spiritual]] [[difficulties]] in that day of its [[statement]]. And now that he has personally left the world, he sends in his place his [[Spirit of Truth]], who is [[designed]] to live in man and, for each new [[generation]], to restate the [[Jesus]] [[message]] so that every new [[group]] of [[mortals]] to appear upon the face of the [[earth]] shall have a new and up-to-date version of the [[gospel]], just such [[personal]] [[enlightenment]] and [[group]] [[guidance]] as will prove to be an effective solvent for man's ever-new and varied [[spiritual]] [[difficulties]].
194:2.2 The first [[mission]] of [[Spirit of Truth|this spirit]] is, of course, to foster and [[personalize]] [[truth]], for it is the [[comprehension]] of [[truth]] that constitutes the highest [[form]] of [[human]] [[liberty]]. Next, it is the [[purpose]] of [[Spirit of Truth|this spirit]] to destroy the [[believer]]'s [[feeling]] of [[orphanhood]]. [[Jesus]] having been among men, all [[believers]] would [[experience]] a sense of [[loneliness]] had not the [[Spirit of Truth]] come to dwell in men's [[hearts]].
194:2.3 This [[bestowal]] of [[Creator Son|the Son]]'s spirit effectively [[prepared]] all [[normal]] men's [[minds]] for the subsequent [[universal]] [[bestowal]] of [[the Father]]'s spirit ([[Thought Adjuster|the Adjuster]]) upon all [[mankind]]. In a certain sense, this [[Spirit of Truth]] is the spirit of both the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Creator Son]].
194:2.4 Do not make the mistake of [[expecting]] to become strongly [[intellectually]] [[conscious]] of the outpoured [[Spirit of Truth]]. The spirit never creates a [[consciousness]] of himself, only a consciousness of [[Michael]], [[Creator Son|the Son]]. From the beginning [[Jesus]] taught that the [[spirit]] would not speak of himself. The [[proof]], therefore, of your fellowship with the [[Spirit of Truth]] is not to be found in your [[consciousness]] of this [[spirit]] but rather in your [[experience]] of enhanced [[fellowship]] with [[Michael]].
194:2.5 [[Spirit of Truth|The spirit]] also came to help men recall and [[understand]] the [[words]] of [[the Master]] as well as to [[illuminate]] and reinterpret his life on [[earth]].
194:2.6 Next, the [[Spirit of Truth]] came to help the [[believer]] to [[witness]] to the [[realities]] of [[Jesus]]' teachings and his life as he lived it in the [[flesh]], and as he now again lives it anew and afresh in the [[individual]] [[believer]] of each passing [[generation]] of the spirit-filled [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of God].
194:2.7 Thus it [[appears]] that the [[Spirit of Truth]] comes really to lead all [[believers]] into all [[truth]], into the expanding [[knowledge]] of the [[experience]] of the [[living]] and growing [[spiritual]] [[consciousness]] of the [[reality]] of [[eternal]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending sonship with God].
194:2.8 [[Jesus]] lived a life which is a [[revelation]] of man submitted to [[the Father]]'s will, not an example for any man [[literally]] to attempt to follow. This life in the [[flesh]], together with his [[death]] on the [[cross]] and subsequent [[resurrection]], presently became a new [[gospel]] of the [[ransom]] which had thus been paid in order to purchase man back from the clutch of [[Satan|the evil one]]—from the [[condemnation]] of an offended [[God]]. Nevertheless, even though the [[gospel]] did become greatly [[distorted]], it remains a [[fact]] that this new [[message]] about [[Jesus]] carried along with it many of the [[fundamental]] [[truths]] and [[teachings]] of his earlier [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. And, sooner or later, these [[concealed]] [[truths]] of the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] and the brotherhood of men will [[emerge]] to effectually [[transform]] the [[civilization]] of all [[mankind]].
194:2.9 But these [[mistakes]] of the [[intellect]] in no way [[interfered]] with the [[believer]]'s great [[progress]] in [[growth]] in [[spirit]]. In less than a month after the [[bestowal]] of the [[Spirit of Truth]], [[the apostles]] made more [[individual]] [[spiritual]] [[progress]] than during their almost four years of [[personal]] and loving [[association]] with [[the Master]]. Neither did this [[substitution]] of the [[fact]] of the [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]] for the saving [[gospel]] [[truth]] of [[sonship]] with [[God]] in any way [[interfere]] with the rapid spread of their teachings; on the [[contrary]], this overshadowing of [[Jesus]]' [[message]] by the new teachings about his [[person]] and [[resurrection]] seemed greatly to [[facilitate]] the [[preaching]] of the good news.
194:2.10 The term " [[baptism]] of the [[spirit]], " which came into such general use about this time, merely [[signified]] the [[conscious]] [[reception]] of this gift of the [[Spirit of Truth]] and the [[personal]] acknowledgment of this new [[spiritual]] [[power]] as an augmentation of all [[spiritual]] [[influences]] previously [[experienced]] by [[God]]-knowing [[souls]].
194:2.11 Since the [[bestowal]] of the [[Spirit of Truth]], man is subject to the [[teaching]] and [[guidance]] of a threefold [[spirit]] [[endowment]]: the spirit of [[the Father]], the [[Thought Adjuster]]; the spirit of [[Creator Son|the Son]], the [[Spirit of Truth]]; the spirit of [[Mother Spirit|the Spirit]], the [[Holy Spirit]].
194:2.12 In a way, [[mankind]] is subject to the double [[influence]] of the [[Seven|sevenfold]] [[appeal]] of the [[universe]] spirit influences. The [[Paper 64 - The Evolutionary Races|early evolutionary races]] of [[mortals]] are subject to the [[progressive]] [[contact]] of the [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]] of the [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]]. As man [[progresses]] upward in the [[scale]] of [[intelligence]] and [[spiritual]] [[perception]], there [[eventually]] come to hover over him and dwell within him the [[seven]] higher [[spirit]] [[influences]]. And these [[seven]] spirits of the advancing worlds are:
*1. 194:2.13 The [[bestowed]] spirit of the [[Universal Father]]—the [[Thought Adjusters]].
*2. 194:2.14 The spirit presence of the [[Eternal Son]]—the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT spirit gravity] of the [[universe of universes]] and the certain [[channel]] of all spirit [[communion]].
*3. 194:2.15 The spirit [[presence]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]]—the [[universal]] spirit-mind of all [[creation]], the spiritual source of the [[intellectual]] kinship of all [[progressive]] intelligences.
*4. 194:2.16 The spirit of the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Creator Son]]—the [[Spirit of Truth]], generally regarded as the spirit of the Universe Son.
*5. 194:2.17 The spirit of the [[Infinite Spirit]] and the [[Universe Mother Spirit]]—the [[Holy Spirit]], generally regarded as the spirit of the Universe Spirit.
*6. 194:2.18 The mind-spirit of the [[Universe Mother Spirit]]—the [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]] of the [[local universe]].
*7. 194:2.19 The spirit of the Father, Sons, and Spirits—the new-[[name]] spirit of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortals of the realms] after the [[fusion]] of the [[mortal]] spirit-[[born]] [[soul]] with the [[Paradise]] [[Thought Adjuster]] and after the subsequent [[attainment]] of the [[divinity]] and [[glorification]] of the [[status]] of the [[Paradise]] [[Corps of the Finality]].
194:2.20 And so did the [[bestowal]] of the [[Spirit of Truth]] bring to the world and its peoples the last of the spirit [[endowment]] [[designed]] to aid in the [[ascending]] search for [[God]].
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[[Category:Paper 194 - The Bestowal of the Spirit of Truth]]
194:2.1 [[Jesus]] lived on [[earth]] and taught a [[gospel]] which [[redeemed]] man from the [[superstition]] that he was a child of the [[devil]] and elevated him to the [[dignity]] of a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD faith son of God]. [[Jesus]]' [[message]], as he [[preached]] it and lived it in his day, was an effective solvent for man's [[spiritual]] [[difficulties]] in that day of its [[statement]]. And now that he has personally left the world, he sends in his place his [[Spirit of Truth]], who is [[designed]] to live in man and, for each new [[generation]], to restate the [[Jesus]] [[message]] so that every new [[group]] of [[mortals]] to appear upon the face of the [[earth]] shall have a new and up-to-date version of the [[gospel]], just such [[personal]] [[enlightenment]] and [[group]] [[guidance]] as will prove to be an effective solvent for man's ever-new and varied [[spiritual]] [[difficulties]].
194:2.2 The first [[mission]] of [[Spirit of Truth|this spirit]] is, of course, to foster and [[personalize]] [[truth]], for it is the [[comprehension]] of [[truth]] that constitutes the highest [[form]] of [[human]] [[liberty]]. Next, it is the [[purpose]] of [[Spirit of Truth|this spirit]] to destroy the [[believer]]'s [[feeling]] of [[orphanhood]]. [[Jesus]] having been among men, all [[believers]] would [[experience]] a sense of [[loneliness]] had not the [[Spirit of Truth]] come to dwell in men's [[hearts]].
194:2.3 This [[bestowal]] of [[Creator Son|the Son]]'s spirit effectively [[prepared]] all [[normal]] men's [[minds]] for the subsequent [[universal]] [[bestowal]] of [[the Father]]'s spirit ([[Thought Adjuster|the Adjuster]]) upon all [[mankind]]. In a certain sense, this [[Spirit of Truth]] is the spirit of both the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Creator Son]].
194:2.4 Do not make the mistake of [[expecting]] to become strongly [[intellectually]] [[conscious]] of the outpoured [[Spirit of Truth]]. The spirit never creates a [[consciousness]] of himself, only a consciousness of [[Michael]], [[Creator Son|the Son]]. From the beginning [[Jesus]] taught that the [[spirit]] would not speak of himself. The [[proof]], therefore, of your fellowship with the [[Spirit of Truth]] is not to be found in your [[consciousness]] of this [[spirit]] but rather in your [[experience]] of enhanced [[fellowship]] with [[Michael]].
194:2.5 [[Spirit of Truth|The spirit]] also came to help men recall and [[understand]] the [[words]] of [[the Master]] as well as to [[illuminate]] and reinterpret his life on [[earth]].
194:2.6 Next, the [[Spirit of Truth]] came to help the [[believer]] to [[witness]] to the [[realities]] of [[Jesus]]' teachings and his life as he lived it in the [[flesh]], and as he now again lives it anew and afresh in the [[individual]] [[believer]] of each passing [[generation]] of the spirit-filled [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of God].
194:2.7 Thus it [[appears]] that the [[Spirit of Truth]] comes really to lead all [[believers]] into all [[truth]], into the expanding [[knowledge]] of the [[experience]] of the [[living]] and growing [[spiritual]] [[consciousness]] of the [[reality]] of [[eternal]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending sonship with God].
194:2.8 [[Jesus]] lived a life which is a [[revelation]] of man submitted to [[the Father]]'s will, not an example for any man [[literally]] to attempt to follow. This life in the [[flesh]], together with his [[death]] on the [[cross]] and subsequent [[resurrection]], presently became a new [[gospel]] of the [[ransom]] which had thus been paid in order to purchase man back from the clutch of [[Satan|the evil one]]—from the [[condemnation]] of an offended [[God]]. Nevertheless, even though the [[gospel]] did become greatly [[distorted]], it remains a [[fact]] that this new [[message]] about [[Jesus]] carried along with it many of the [[fundamental]] [[truths]] and [[teachings]] of his earlier [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]. And, sooner or later, these [[concealed]] [[truths]] of the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] and the brotherhood of men will [[emerge]] to effectually [[transform]] the [[civilization]] of all [[mankind]].
194:2.9 But these [[mistakes]] of the [[intellect]] in no way [[interfered]] with the [[believer]]'s great [[progress]] in [[growth]] in [[spirit]]. In less than a month after the [[bestowal]] of the [[Spirit of Truth]], [[the apostles]] made more [[individual]] [[spiritual]] [[progress]] than during their almost four years of [[personal]] and loving [[association]] with [[the Master]]. Neither did this [[substitution]] of the [[fact]] of the [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]] for the saving [[gospel]] [[truth]] of [[sonship]] with [[God]] in any way [[interfere]] with the rapid spread of their teachings; on the [[contrary]], this overshadowing of [[Jesus]]' [[message]] by the new teachings about his [[person]] and [[resurrection]] seemed greatly to [[facilitate]] the [[preaching]] of the good news.
194:2.10 The term " [[baptism]] of the [[spirit]], " which came into such general use about this time, merely [[signified]] the [[conscious]] [[reception]] of this gift of the [[Spirit of Truth]] and the [[personal]] acknowledgment of this new [[spiritual]] [[power]] as an augmentation of all [[spiritual]] [[influences]] previously [[experienced]] by [[God]]-knowing [[souls]].
194:2.11 Since the [[bestowal]] of the [[Spirit of Truth]], man is subject to the [[teaching]] and [[guidance]] of a threefold [[spirit]] [[endowment]]: the spirit of [[the Father]], the [[Thought Adjuster]]; the spirit of [[Creator Son|the Son]], the [[Spirit of Truth]]; the spirit of [[Mother Spirit|the Spirit]], the [[Holy Spirit]].
194:2.12 In a way, [[mankind]] is subject to the double [[influence]] of the [[Seven|sevenfold]] [[appeal]] of the [[universe]] spirit influences. The [[Paper 64 - The Evolutionary Races|early evolutionary races]] of [[mortals]] are subject to the [[progressive]] [[contact]] of the [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]] of the [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]]. As man [[progresses]] upward in the [[scale]] of [[intelligence]] and [[spiritual]] [[perception]], there [[eventually]] come to hover over him and dwell within him the [[seven]] higher [[spirit]] [[influences]]. And these [[seven]] spirits of the advancing worlds are:
*1. 194:2.13 The [[bestowed]] spirit of the [[Universal Father]]—the [[Thought Adjusters]].
*2. 194:2.14 The spirit presence of the [[Eternal Son]]—the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT spirit gravity] of the [[universe of universes]] and the certain [[channel]] of all spirit [[communion]].
*3. 194:2.15 The spirit [[presence]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]]—the [[universal]] spirit-mind of all [[creation]], the spiritual source of the [[intellectual]] kinship of all [[progressive]] intelligences.
*4. 194:2.16 The spirit of the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Creator Son]]—the [[Spirit of Truth]], generally regarded as the spirit of the Universe Son.
*5. 194:2.17 The spirit of the [[Infinite Spirit]] and the [[Universe Mother Spirit]]—the [[Holy Spirit]], generally regarded as the spirit of the Universe Spirit.
*6. 194:2.18 The mind-spirit of the [[Universe Mother Spirit]]—the [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]] of the [[local universe]].
*7. 194:2.19 The spirit of the Father, Sons, and Spirits—the new-[[name]] spirit of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortals of the realms] after the [[fusion]] of the [[mortal]] spirit-[[born]] [[soul]] with the [[Paradise]] [[Thought Adjuster]] and after the subsequent [[attainment]] of the [[divinity]] and [[glorification]] of the [[status]] of the [[Paradise]] [[Corps of the Finality]].
194:2.20 And so did the [[bestowal]] of the [[Spirit of Truth]] bring to the world and its peoples the last of the spirit [[endowment]] [[designed]] to aid in the [[ascending]] search for [[God]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_194 Go to Paper 194]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 194 - The Bestowal of the Spirit of Truth]]