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*"No more should you fear that God will punish a nation for the sin of an individual. Neither will the Father in heaven punish one of his believing children for the sins of a nation, albeit the individual member of any family must often suffer the material consequences of family mistakes and group transgressions. <u>Do you not realize that the hope of a better nation -- or a better world -- is bound up in the '''progress''' and '''enlightenment''' of the individual?"</u>

*"No more should you fear that God will punish a nation for the sin of an individual. Neither will the Father in heaven punish one of his believing children for the sins of a nation, albeit the individual member of any family must often suffer the material consequences of family mistakes and group transgressions. <u>Do you not realize that the hope of a better nation -- or a better '''world''' -- is bound up in the '''progress''' and '''enlightenment''' of the individual?"</u>

Then the Master portrayed that the Father in heaven, after man discerns this spiritual freedom, wills that his children on earth should begin the eternal ascent of the Paradise career. That consists in the creature's conscious response to the divine urge of the indwelling spirit to find the Creator, to know God and to seek to become like him. The apostles were greatly helped by this sermon. All of them realized more fully that the gospel of the kingdom is a message directed to the individual, not to the nation.  

Then the Master portrayed that the Father in heaven, after man discerns this spiritual freedom, wills that his children on earth should begin the eternal ascent of the Paradise career. That consists in the creature's conscious response to the divine urge of the indwelling spirit to find the Creator, to know God and to seek to become like him. The apostles were greatly helped by this sermon. All of them realized more fully that the gospel of the kingdom is a message directed to the individual, not to the nation.