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143:2.1 [[The Master]] was a [[perfected]] specimen of human [[self-control]]. When he was reviled, he reviled not; when he [[suffered]], he uttered no threats against his tormentors; when he was denounced by his enemies, he simply [[committed]] himself to the [[righteous]] [[judgment]] of [[the Father]] in heaven.
143:2.2 At one of the evening [[conferences]], [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] asked [[Jesus]]: " Master, are we to [[practice]] self-denial as [[John the Baptist|John]] taught us, or are we to strive for the [[self-control]] of your teaching? Wherein does your teaching differ from that of John? " [[Jesus]] answered: " John indeed taught you the way of [[righteousness]] in accordance with the [[light]] and [[laws]] of his fathers, and that was the [[religion]] of [[self-examination]] and self-denial. But I come with a new [[message]] of self-forgetfulness and [[self-control]]. I show to you the way of life as [[revealed]] to me by [[Universal Father|my Father]] in heaven.
143:2.3 " Verily, verily, I say to you, he who rules his own [[self]] is greater than he who captures a [[city]]. [[Self-mastery]] is the [[measure]] of man's [[moral]] [[nature]] and the indicator of his [[spiritual]] [[development]]. In the old order you [[fasted]] and [[prayed]]; as the new creature of the rebirth of the [[spirit]], you are taught to [[believe]] and [[rejoice]]. In [[the Father]]'s kingdom you are to become new creatures; old things are to pass away; behold I show you how [[all things]] are to become new. And by your [[love]] for one another you are to convince the world that you have passed from [[bondage]] to [[liberty]], from [[death]] into life everlasting.
143:2.4 " By the old way you seek to [[suppress]], [[obey]], and [[conform]] to the rules of living; by the new way you are first [[transformed]] by the [[Spirit of Truth]] and thereby strengthened in your inner [[soul]] by the constant [[spiritual]] renewing of your [[mind]], and so are you [[endowed]] with the [[power]] of the certain and [[joyous]] [[performance]] of the [[gracious]], acceptable, and [[perfect]] will of [[God]]. Forget not—it is your [[personal]] [[faith]] in the exceedingly great and precious [[promises]] of [[God]] that ensures your becoming partakers of the [[divine]] nature. Thus by your [[faith]] and the [[spirit]]'s [[transformation]], you become in [[reality]] the [[temples]] of [[God]], and [[Thought Adjuster|his spirit]] actually dwells within you. If, then, the spirit dwells within you, you are no longer bond[[slaves]] of the [[flesh]] but [[free]] and [[liberated]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of the spirit]. The new [[law]] of the [[spirit]] [[endows]] you with the [[liberty]] of [[self-mastery]] in place of the old law of the [[fear]] of self-bondage and the [[slavery]] of self-denial.
143:2.5 " Many times, when you have done [[evil]], you have thought to charge up your [[acts]] to the [[influence]] of the evil one when in [[reality]] you have but been led astray by your own [[natural]] tendencies. Did not the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Prophet Jeremiah] long ago tell you that the [[human]] [[heart]] is [[deceitful]] above [[all things]] and sometimes even desperately [[wicked]]? How easy for you to become [[self]]-[[deceived]] and thereby fall into foolish [[fears]], divers [[lusts]], enslaving [[pleasures]], malice, [[envy]], and even vengeful [[hatred]]!
143:2.6 " [[Salvation]] is by the regeneration of the [[spirit]] and not by the [[self-righteous]] deeds of the flesh. You are [[justified]] by [[faith]] and fellowshipped by [[grace]], not by [[fear]] and the self-denial of the [[flesh]], albeit [[the Father]]'s [[children]] who have been [[born]] of the [[spirit]] are ever and always masters of the [[self]] and all that pertains to the [[desires]] of the [[flesh]]. When you know that you are [[Salvation|saved]] by [[faith]], you have real [[peace]] with [[God]]. And all who follow in the way of this heavenly [[peace]] are [[destined]] to be [[sanctified]] to the [[eternal]] [[service]] of the ever-advancing [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of the eternal God]. Henceforth, it is not a [[duty]] but rather your exalted [[privilege]] to cleanse yourselves from all [[evils]] of [[mind]] and [[body]] while you seek for [[perfection]] in the [[love]] of [[God]].
143:2.7 " Your sonship is grounded in [[faith]], and you are to remain unmoved by [[fear]]. Your [[joy]] is [[born]] of [[trust]] in the [[divine]] [[word]], and you shall not therefore be led to [[doubt]] the [[reality]] of [[the Father]]'s [[love]] and [[mercy]]. It is the very [[goodness]] of [[God]] that [[leads]] men into true and [[genuine]] [[repentance]]. Your [[secret]] of the mastery of [[self]] is bound up with your [[faith]] in the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling spirit]], which ever works by [[love]]. Even this saving [[faith]] you have not of yourselves; it also is the gift of God. And if you are the [[children]] of this living [[faith]], you are no longer the bondslaves of [[self]] but rather the [[triumphant]] masters of yourselves, the [[liberated]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of God].
143:2.8 " If, then, my [[children]], you are [[born]] of the [[spirit]], you are forever delivered from the [[self-conscious]] [[bondage]] of a life of self-[[denial]] and watchcare over the [[desires]] of the [[flesh]], and you are [[translated]] into the [[joyous]] kingdom of the spirit, whence you [[spontaneously]] show forth the [[fruits of the spirit]] in your daily lives; and the fruits of the spirit are the [[essence]] of the highest type of enjoyable and ennobling [[self-control]], even the heights of [[terrestrial]] [[mortal]] [[attainment]]—true self-mastery. "
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[[Category:Paper 143 - Going Through Samaria]]
143:2.1 [[The Master]] was a [[perfected]] specimen of human [[self-control]]. When he was reviled, he reviled not; when he [[suffered]], he uttered no threats against his tormentors; when he was denounced by his enemies, he simply [[committed]] himself to the [[righteous]] [[judgment]] of [[the Father]] in heaven.
143:2.2 At one of the evening [[conferences]], [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] asked [[Jesus]]: " Master, are we to [[practice]] self-denial as [[John the Baptist|John]] taught us, or are we to strive for the [[self-control]] of your teaching? Wherein does your teaching differ from that of John? " [[Jesus]] answered: " John indeed taught you the way of [[righteousness]] in accordance with the [[light]] and [[laws]] of his fathers, and that was the [[religion]] of [[self-examination]] and self-denial. But I come with a new [[message]] of self-forgetfulness and [[self-control]]. I show to you the way of life as [[revealed]] to me by [[Universal Father|my Father]] in heaven.
143:2.3 " Verily, verily, I say to you, he who rules his own [[self]] is greater than he who captures a [[city]]. [[Self-mastery]] is the [[measure]] of man's [[moral]] [[nature]] and the indicator of his [[spiritual]] [[development]]. In the old order you [[fasted]] and [[prayed]]; as the new creature of the rebirth of the [[spirit]], you are taught to [[believe]] and [[rejoice]]. In [[the Father]]'s kingdom you are to become new creatures; old things are to pass away; behold I show you how [[all things]] are to become new. And by your [[love]] for one another you are to convince the world that you have passed from [[bondage]] to [[liberty]], from [[death]] into life everlasting.
143:2.4 " By the old way you seek to [[suppress]], [[obey]], and [[conform]] to the rules of living; by the new way you are first [[transformed]] by the [[Spirit of Truth]] and thereby strengthened in your inner [[soul]] by the constant [[spiritual]] renewing of your [[mind]], and so are you [[endowed]] with the [[power]] of the certain and [[joyous]] [[performance]] of the [[gracious]], acceptable, and [[perfect]] will of [[God]]. Forget not—it is your [[personal]] [[faith]] in the exceedingly great and precious [[promises]] of [[God]] that ensures your becoming partakers of the [[divine]] nature. Thus by your [[faith]] and the [[spirit]]'s [[transformation]], you become in [[reality]] the [[temples]] of [[God]], and [[Thought Adjuster|his spirit]] actually dwells within you. If, then, the spirit dwells within you, you are no longer bond[[slaves]] of the [[flesh]] but [[free]] and [[liberated]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of the spirit]. The new [[law]] of the [[spirit]] [[endows]] you with the [[liberty]] of [[self-mastery]] in place of the old law of the [[fear]] of self-bondage and the [[slavery]] of self-denial.
143:2.5 " Many times, when you have done [[evil]], you have thought to charge up your [[acts]] to the [[influence]] of the evil one when in [[reality]] you have but been led astray by your own [[natural]] tendencies. Did not the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah Prophet Jeremiah] long ago tell you that the [[human]] [[heart]] is [[deceitful]] above [[all things]] and sometimes even desperately [[wicked]]? How easy for you to become [[self]]-[[deceived]] and thereby fall into foolish [[fears]], divers [[lusts]], enslaving [[pleasures]], malice, [[envy]], and even vengeful [[hatred]]!
143:2.6 " [[Salvation]] is by the regeneration of the [[spirit]] and not by the [[self-righteous]] deeds of the flesh. You are [[justified]] by [[faith]] and fellowshipped by [[grace]], not by [[fear]] and the self-denial of the [[flesh]], albeit [[the Father]]'s [[children]] who have been [[born]] of the [[spirit]] are ever and always masters of the [[self]] and all that pertains to the [[desires]] of the [[flesh]]. When you know that you are [[Salvation|saved]] by [[faith]], you have real [[peace]] with [[God]]. And all who follow in the way of this heavenly [[peace]] are [[destined]] to be [[sanctified]] to the [[eternal]] [[service]] of the ever-advancing [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of the eternal God]. Henceforth, it is not a [[duty]] but rather your exalted [[privilege]] to cleanse yourselves from all [[evils]] of [[mind]] and [[body]] while you seek for [[perfection]] in the [[love]] of [[God]].
143:2.7 " Your sonship is grounded in [[faith]], and you are to remain unmoved by [[fear]]. Your [[joy]] is [[born]] of [[trust]] in the [[divine]] [[word]], and you shall not therefore be led to [[doubt]] the [[reality]] of [[the Father]]'s [[love]] and [[mercy]]. It is the very [[goodness]] of [[God]] that [[leads]] men into true and [[genuine]] [[repentance]]. Your [[secret]] of the mastery of [[self]] is bound up with your [[faith]] in the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling spirit]], which ever works by [[love]]. Even this saving [[faith]] you have not of yourselves; it also is the gift of God. And if you are the [[children]] of this living [[faith]], you are no longer the bondslaves of [[self]] but rather the [[triumphant]] masters of yourselves, the [[liberated]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD sons of God].
143:2.8 " If, then, my [[children]], you are [[born]] of the [[spirit]], you are forever delivered from the [[self-conscious]] [[bondage]] of a life of self-[[denial]] and watchcare over the [[desires]] of the [[flesh]], and you are [[translated]] into the [[joyous]] kingdom of the spirit, whence you [[spontaneously]] show forth the [[fruits of the spirit]] in your daily lives; and the fruits of the spirit are the [[essence]] of the highest type of enjoyable and ennobling [[self-control]], even the heights of [[terrestrial]] [[mortal]] [[attainment]]—true self-mastery. "
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_143 Go to Paper 143]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 143 - Going Through Samaria]]