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195:9.4 [[Religion]] does need new [[leaders]], [[spiritual]] men and women who will [[dare]] to depend solely on [[Jesus]] and his incomparable teachings. If [[Christianity]] [[persists]] in neglecting its [[spiritual]] [[mission]] while it continues to [[busy]] itself with [[social]] and [[material]] [[problems]], the spiritual [[renaissance]] must await the coming of these new [[teachers]] of [[Jesus]]' [[religion]] who will be exclusively [[devoted]] to the spiritual regeneration of men. And then will these [[spirit]]-[[born]] [[souls]] quickly supply the [[leadership]] and [[inspiration]] requisite for the [[social]], [[moral]], [[economic]], and [[political]] reorganization of the world.

195:9.4 [[Religion]] does need new [[leaders]], [[spiritual]] men and women who will [[dare]] to depend solely on [[Jesus]] and his incomparable teachings. If [[Christianity]] [[persists]] in neglecting its [[spiritual]] [[mission]] while it continues to [[busy]] itself with [[social]] and [[material]] [[problems]], the spiritual [[renaissance]] must await the coming of these new [[teachers]] of [[Jesus]]' [[religion]] who will be exclusively [[devoted]] to the spiritual regeneration of men. And then will these [[spirit]]-[[born]] [[souls]] quickly supply the [[leadership]] and [[inspiration]] requisite for the [[social]], [[moral]], [[economic]], and [[political]] reorganization of the world.

195:9.5 The [[modern]] age will refuse to [[accept]] a [[religion]] which is inconsistent with [[facts]] and out of [[harmony]] with its highest [[conceptions]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS truth, beauty, and goodness]. The hour is striking for a rediscovery of the true and [[original]] [[foundations]] of present-day [[distorted]] and [[compromised]] [[Christianity]]—the real life and teachings of [[Jesus]].

195:9.5 The [[modern]] age will refuse to [[accept]] a [[religion]] which is inconsistent with [[facts]] and out of [[harmony]] with its highest [[conceptions]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS truth, beauty, and goodness]. The hour is striking for a rediscovery of the true and [[original]] [[foundations]] of present-day [[distorted]] and [[compromised]] [[Christianity]]—the real life and teachings of [[Jesus]].

195:9.6 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN Primitive man] lived a life of [[superstitious]] [[bondage]] to religious [[fear]]. [[Modern]], civilized men dread the [[thought]] of falling under the [[dominance]] of strong [[religious]] [[convictions]]. [[Thinking]] man has always [[feared]] to be held by a [[religion]]. When a strong and moving [[religion]] threatens to [[dominate]] him, he invariably tries to [[rationalize]], [[traditionalize]], and [[institutionalize]] it, thereby hoping to gain [[control]] of it. By such [[procedure]], even a revealed religion becomes man-made and man-[[dominated]]. [[Modern]] men and women of [[intelligence]] evade the [[religion]] of [[Jesus]] because of their [[fears]] of what it will do to them—and with them. And all such [[fears]] are well founded. The [[religion]] of [[Jesus]] does, indeed, [[dominate]] and [[transform]] its [[believers]], demanding that men [[dedicate]] their lives to seeking for a [[knowledge]] of the will of [[the Father]] in heaven and requiring that the [[energies]] of [[living]] be [[consecrated]] to the [[unselfish]] [[service]] of the brotherhood of man.

195:9.6 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN Primitive man] lived a life of [[superstitious]] [[bondage]] to religious [[fear]]. [[Modern]], civilized men dread the [[thought]] of falling under the [[dominance]] of strong [[religious]] [[convictions]]. [[Thinking]] man has always [[feared]] to be held by a [[religion]]. When a strong and moving [[religion]] threatens to [[dominate]] him, he invariably tries to [[rationalize]], [[traditionalize]], and [[institutionalize]] it, thereby hoping to gain [[control]] of it. By such [[procedure]], even a revealed religion becomes man-made and man-[[dominated]]. [[Modern]] men and women of [[intelligence]] evade the [[religion]] of [[Jesus]] because of their [[fears]] of what it will do to them—and with them. And all such [[fears]] are well founded. The [[religion]] of [[Jesus]] does, indeed, [[dominate]] and [[transform]] its [[believers]], demanding that men [[dedicate]] their lives to seeking for a [[knowledge]] of the will of [[the Father]] in heaven and requiring that the [[energies]] of [[living]] be [[consecrated]] to the [[unselfish]] [[service]] of the brotherhood of man.

195:9.7 [[Selfish]] men and women simply will not pay such a price for even the greatest [[spiritual]] [[treasure]] ever offered [[mortal]] man. Only when man has become sufficiently [[disillusioned]] by the sorrowful [[disappointments]] attendant upon the [[foolish]] and [[deceptive]] pursuits of [[selfishness]], and subsequent to the [[discovery]] of the barrenness of [[formalized]] [[religion]], will he be disposed to turn wholeheartedly to the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], the [[religion]] of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]].

195:9.7 [[Selfish]] men and women simply will not pay such a price for even the greatest [[spiritual]] [[treasure]] ever offered [[mortal]] man. Only when man has become sufficiently [[disillusioned]] by the sorrowful [[disappointments]] attendant upon the [[foolish]] and [[deceptive]] pursuits of [[selfishness]], and subsequent to the [[discovery]] of the barrenness of [[formalized]] [[religion]], will he be disposed to turn wholeheartedly to the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], the [[religion]] of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]].

195:9.11 So-called [[Christianity]] has become a [[social]] and [[cultural]] [[movement]] as well as a religious [[belief]] and [[practice]]. The stream of [[modern]] [[Christianity]] drains many an ancient [[pagan]] swamp and many a [[barbarian]] morass; many olden cultural watersheds drain into this present-day [[cultural]] [[stream]] as well as the high [[Galilean]] tablelands which are supposed to be its exclusive [[source]].

195:9.11 So-called [[Christianity]] has become a [[social]] and [[cultural]] [[movement]] as well as a religious [[belief]] and [[practice]]. The stream of [[modern]] [[Christianity]] drains many an ancient [[pagan]] swamp and many a [[barbarian]] morass; many olden cultural watersheds drain into this present-day [[cultural]] [[stream]] as well as the high [[Galilean]] tablelands which are supposed to be its exclusive [[source]].

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