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131:10.1 After the arduous [[labor]] of effecting this compilation of the teachings of the world religions concerning the [[Paradise Father]], Ganid set himself to the task of [[formulating]] what he deemed to be a summary of the [[belief]] he had arrived at regarding [[God]] as a result of [[Jesus]]' teaching. This young man was in the [[habit]] of referring to such beliefs as " our religion. " This was his [[record]]:
131:10.2 " The Lord our [[God]] is one Lord, and you should [[love]] him with all your [[mind]] and [[heart]] while you do your very best to [[love]] all his [[children]] as you love yourself. This one God is our [[heavenly Father]], in whom [[all things]] consist, and who dwells, by his [[spirit]], in every [[sincere]] [[human]] [[soul]]. And we who are the [[children]] of [[God]] should learn how to [[commit]] the keeping of our [[souls]] to him as to a [[faithful]] [[Creator]]. With our [[heavenly Father]] all things are possible. Since he is the [[Creator]], having made all [[things]] and all [[beings]], it could not be otherwise. Though we cannot see [[God]], we can [[know]] him. And by daily living the will of [[the Father]] in heaven, we can [[reveal]] him to our fellow men.
131:10.3 " The [[divine]] riches of [[God]]'s [[character]] must be infinitely [[deep]] and [[eternally]] [[wise]]. We cannot search out [[God]] by [[knowledge]], but we can know him in our [[hearts]] by [[personal]] [[experience]]. While his [[justice]] may be past finding out, his [[mercy]] may be [[received]] by the [[humblest]] [[being]] on [[earth]]. While [[the Father]] fills the [[universe]], he also lives in our [[hearts]]. The [[mind]] of man is [[human]], [[mortal]], but the [[spirit]] of man is [[divine]], [[immortal]]. [[God]] is not only all-[[powerful]] but also all-[[wise]]. If our earth [[parents]], being of [[evil]] tendency, know how to [[love]] their children and bestow good gifts on them, how much more must the good Father in heaven know how wisely to [[love]] his [[children]] on [[earth]] and to bestow suitable [[blessings]] upon them.
131:10.4 " [[The Father]] in [[heaven]] will not suffer a single [[child]] on [[earth]] to perish if that child has a [[desire]] to find [[the Father]] and truly longs to be like him. [[Our Father]] even [[loves]] the [[wicked]] and is always kind to the ungrateful. If more [[human being]]s could only know about the [[goodness]] of [[God]], they would certainly be led to [[repent]] of their [[evil]] ways and forsake all known [[sin]]. All good things come down from the [[Father]] of [[light]], in whom there is no variableness neither [[shadow]] of changing. The [[spirit]] of the true God is in man's [[heart]]. He intends that all men should be [[brothers]]. When men begin to [[feel]] after [[God]], that is [[evidence]] that God has found them, and that they are in [[quest]] of [[knowledge]] about him. We live in [[God]] and God dwells in us.
131:10.5 " I will no longer be [[satisfied]] to believe that [[God]] is [[the Father]] of all my people; I will henceforth believe that he is also my Father. Always will I try to [[worship]] [[God]] with the help of the [[Spirit of Truth]], which is my helper when I have become really [[God]]-knowing. But first of all I am going to [[practice]] worshiping [[God]] by learning how to [[do the will of God]] on [[earth]]; that is, I am going to do my best to treat each of my fellow [[mortals]] just as I think [[God]] would like to have him treated. And when we live this sort of a life in the [[flesh]], we may ask many [[things]] of [[God]], and he will give us the [[desire]] of our [[hearts]] that we may be the better [[prepared]] to serve our fellows. And all of this loving [[service]] of the [[children]] of [[God]] enlarges our [[capacity]] to [[receive]] and [[experience]] the joys of heaven, the high [[pleasures]] of the ministry of the spirit of heaven.
131:10.6 " I will every day [[thank]] God for his unspeakable gifts; I will [[praise]] him for his [[wonderful]] works to the [[children]] of men. To me he is [[the Almighty]], the [[Creator]], the [[Power]], and the [[Mercy]], but best of all, he is my [[spirit Father]], and as his [[earth]] [[child]] I am sometime going forth to see him. And my [[tutor]] has said that by searching for him I shall become like him. By [[faith]] in [[God]] I have [[attained]] [[peace]] with him. This new [[religion]] of ours is very full of [[joy]], and it generates an enduring [[happiness]]. I am [[confident]] that I shall be [[faithful]] even to [[death]], and that I will surely receive the crown of eternal life.
131:10.7 " I am [[learning]] to [[prove]] all things and [[adhere]] to that which is [[good]]. Whatsoever I would that men should do to me, that I will do to my fellows. By this new [[faith]] I know that man may become the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 son of God], but it sometimes [[terrifies]] me when I stop to [[think]] that all men are my [[brothers]], but it must be true. I do not see how I can [[rejoice]] in the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] while I refuse to accept the [[brotherhood]] of man. Whosoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. If that is true, then all men must be my brothers.
131:10.8 " Henceforth will I do my [[good]] [[deeds]] in [[secret]]; I will also [[pray]] most when by myself. I will [[judge]] not that I may not be unfair to my fellows. I am going to learn to [[love]] my enemies; I have not truly mastered this [[practice]] of being Godlike. Though I see [[God]] in these other religions, I find him in `our religion' as being more [[beautiful]], loving, [[merciful]], [[personal]], and [[positive]]. But most of all, this great and [[glorious]] [[Being]] is my spiritual [[Father]]; I am his [[child]]. And by no other means than my [[honest]] [[desire]] to be like him, I am [[eventually]] to find him and eternally to serve him. At last I have a religion with a [[God]], a [[marvelous]] God, and he is a God of [[eternal]] [[salvation]]. "
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_131 Go to Paper 131]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 131 - The World's Religions]]
131:10.1 After the arduous [[labor]] of effecting this compilation of the teachings of the world religions concerning the [[Paradise Father]], Ganid set himself to the task of [[formulating]] what he deemed to be a summary of the [[belief]] he had arrived at regarding [[God]] as a result of [[Jesus]]' teaching. This young man was in the [[habit]] of referring to such beliefs as " our religion. " This was his [[record]]:
131:10.2 " The Lord our [[God]] is one Lord, and you should [[love]] him with all your [[mind]] and [[heart]] while you do your very best to [[love]] all his [[children]] as you love yourself. This one God is our [[heavenly Father]], in whom [[all things]] consist, and who dwells, by his [[spirit]], in every [[sincere]] [[human]] [[soul]]. And we who are the [[children]] of [[God]] should learn how to [[commit]] the keeping of our [[souls]] to him as to a [[faithful]] [[Creator]]. With our [[heavenly Father]] all things are possible. Since he is the [[Creator]], having made all [[things]] and all [[beings]], it could not be otherwise. Though we cannot see [[God]], we can [[know]] him. And by daily living the will of [[the Father]] in heaven, we can [[reveal]] him to our fellow men.
131:10.3 " The [[divine]] riches of [[God]]'s [[character]] must be infinitely [[deep]] and [[eternally]] [[wise]]. We cannot search out [[God]] by [[knowledge]], but we can know him in our [[hearts]] by [[personal]] [[experience]]. While his [[justice]] may be past finding out, his [[mercy]] may be [[received]] by the [[humblest]] [[being]] on [[earth]]. While [[the Father]] fills the [[universe]], he also lives in our [[hearts]]. The [[mind]] of man is [[human]], [[mortal]], but the [[spirit]] of man is [[divine]], [[immortal]]. [[God]] is not only all-[[powerful]] but also all-[[wise]]. If our earth [[parents]], being of [[evil]] tendency, know how to [[love]] their children and bestow good gifts on them, how much more must the good Father in heaven know how wisely to [[love]] his [[children]] on [[earth]] and to bestow suitable [[blessings]] upon them.
131:10.4 " [[The Father]] in [[heaven]] will not suffer a single [[child]] on [[earth]] to perish if that child has a [[desire]] to find [[the Father]] and truly longs to be like him. [[Our Father]] even [[loves]] the [[wicked]] and is always kind to the ungrateful. If more [[human being]]s could only know about the [[goodness]] of [[God]], they would certainly be led to [[repent]] of their [[evil]] ways and forsake all known [[sin]]. All good things come down from the [[Father]] of [[light]], in whom there is no variableness neither [[shadow]] of changing. The [[spirit]] of the true God is in man's [[heart]]. He intends that all men should be [[brothers]]. When men begin to [[feel]] after [[God]], that is [[evidence]] that God has found them, and that they are in [[quest]] of [[knowledge]] about him. We live in [[God]] and God dwells in us.
131:10.5 " I will no longer be [[satisfied]] to believe that [[God]] is [[the Father]] of all my people; I will henceforth believe that he is also my Father. Always will I try to [[worship]] [[God]] with the help of the [[Spirit of Truth]], which is my helper when I have become really [[God]]-knowing. But first of all I am going to [[practice]] worshiping [[God]] by learning how to [[do the will of God]] on [[earth]]; that is, I am going to do my best to treat each of my fellow [[mortals]] just as I think [[God]] would like to have him treated. And when we live this sort of a life in the [[flesh]], we may ask many [[things]] of [[God]], and he will give us the [[desire]] of our [[hearts]] that we may be the better [[prepared]] to serve our fellows. And all of this loving [[service]] of the [[children]] of [[God]] enlarges our [[capacity]] to [[receive]] and [[experience]] the joys of heaven, the high [[pleasures]] of the ministry of the spirit of heaven.
131:10.6 " I will every day [[thank]] God for his unspeakable gifts; I will [[praise]] him for his [[wonderful]] works to the [[children]] of men. To me he is [[the Almighty]], the [[Creator]], the [[Power]], and the [[Mercy]], but best of all, he is my [[spirit Father]], and as his [[earth]] [[child]] I am sometime going forth to see him. And my [[tutor]] has said that by searching for him I shall become like him. By [[faith]] in [[God]] I have [[attained]] [[peace]] with him. This new [[religion]] of ours is very full of [[joy]], and it generates an enduring [[happiness]]. I am [[confident]] that I shall be [[faithful]] even to [[death]], and that I will surely receive the crown of eternal life.
131:10.7 " I am [[learning]] to [[prove]] all things and [[adhere]] to that which is [[good]]. Whatsoever I would that men should do to me, that I will do to my fellows. By this new [[faith]] I know that man may become the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 son of God], but it sometimes [[terrifies]] me when I stop to [[think]] that all men are my [[brothers]], but it must be true. I do not see how I can [[rejoice]] in the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] while I refuse to accept the [[brotherhood]] of man. Whosoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. If that is true, then all men must be my brothers.
131:10.8 " Henceforth will I do my [[good]] [[deeds]] in [[secret]]; I will also [[pray]] most when by myself. I will [[judge]] not that I may not be unfair to my fellows. I am going to learn to [[love]] my enemies; I have not truly mastered this [[practice]] of being Godlike. Though I see [[God]] in these other religions, I find him in `our religion' as being more [[beautiful]], loving, [[merciful]], [[personal]], and [[positive]]. But most of all, this great and [[glorious]] [[Being]] is my spiritual [[Father]]; I am his [[child]]. And by no other means than my [[honest]] [[desire]] to be like him, I am [[eventually]] to find him and eternally to serve him. At last I have a religion with a [[God]], a [[marvelous]] God, and he is a God of [[eternal]] [[salvation]]. "
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_131 Go to Paper 131]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 131 - The World's Religions]]
