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111:5.1 The [[doing of the will of God]] is nothing more or less than an [[exhibition]] of [[creature]] willingness to [[share]] the [[inner life]] with [[God]]—with the very God who has made such a [[creature]] life of inner [[meaning]]-[[value]] possible. [[Sharing]] is Godlike—[[divine]]. [[God]] [[shares]] all with the [[Eternal Son]] and the [[Infinite Spirit]], while they, in turn, [[share]] all things with the [[divine Sons]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS spirit Daughters] of the [[universes]].
111:5.2 The [[imitation]] of [[God]] is the key to [[perfection]]; the [[doing of his will]] is the [[secret]] of [[survival]] and of [[perfection]] in [[survival]].
111:5.3 [[Mortals]] live in [[God]], and so [[God]] has willed to live in [[mortals]]. As men [[trust]] themselves to him, so has he—and first—trusted a [[part]] of himself to be with men; has consented to live in men and to indwell men subject to the [[human]] [[Free will|will]].
111:5.4 [[Peace]] in this life, [[survival]] in [[death]], [[perfection]] in the next life, [[service]] in [[eternity]]—all these are [[achieved]] (in [[spirit]]) now when the [[creature]] [[personality]] [[consents]]—[[chooses]]—to subject the creature will to [[the Father]]'s will. And already has the Father [[chosen]] to make a [[fragment]] of himself subject to the will of the [[creature]] [[personality]].
111:5.5 Such a [[creature]] [[choice]] is not a [[surrender]] of will. It is a [[consecration]] of will, an expansion of will, a [[glorification]] of will, a [[perfecting]] of will; and such choosing raises the [[creature]] will from the level of [[temporal]] significance to that higher estate wherein the [[personality]] of the [[creature]] son [[communes]] with the [[personality]] of the [[Universal Father|spirit Father]].
111:5.6 This [[choosing]] of [[the Father]]'s will is the [[spiritual]] finding of the [[spirit]] [[Father]] by mortal man, even though an age must pass before the [[creature]] son may [[actually]] stand in the [[factual]] [[presence]] of [[God]] on [[Paradise]]. This choosing does not so much consist in the [[negation]] of [[creature]] will—"Not my will but yours be done"—as it consists in the creature's positive affirmation: "It is my will that your will be done."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_12] And if this [[choice]] is made, sooner or later will the [[God]]-choosing son find inner [[union]] ([http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:7._ADJUSTER_FUSION fusion]) with the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling God fragment]], while this same [[perfecting]] son will find [[supreme]] [[personality]] satisfaction in the [[worship]] [[communion]] of the [[personality]] of man and the personality of his [[Creator|Maker]], two [[personalities]] whose [[creative]] [[attributes]] have eternally joined in [[self]]-willed [[mutuality]] of [[expression]]—the [[birth]] of another [[eternal]] [[partnership]] of the will of man and the will of God.
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[[Category:Paper 111 - The Adjuster and the Soul]]
111:5.1 The [[doing of the will of God]] is nothing more or less than an [[exhibition]] of [[creature]] willingness to [[share]] the [[inner life]] with [[God]]—with the very God who has made such a [[creature]] life of inner [[meaning]]-[[value]] possible. [[Sharing]] is Godlike—[[divine]]. [[God]] [[shares]] all with the [[Eternal Son]] and the [[Infinite Spirit]], while they, in turn, [[share]] all things with the [[divine Sons]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS spirit Daughters] of the [[universes]].
111:5.2 The [[imitation]] of [[God]] is the key to [[perfection]]; the [[doing of his will]] is the [[secret]] of [[survival]] and of [[perfection]] in [[survival]].
111:5.3 [[Mortals]] live in [[God]], and so [[God]] has willed to live in [[mortals]]. As men [[trust]] themselves to him, so has he—and first—trusted a [[part]] of himself to be with men; has consented to live in men and to indwell men subject to the [[human]] [[Free will|will]].
111:5.4 [[Peace]] in this life, [[survival]] in [[death]], [[perfection]] in the next life, [[service]] in [[eternity]]—all these are [[achieved]] (in [[spirit]]) now when the [[creature]] [[personality]] [[consents]]—[[chooses]]—to subject the creature will to [[the Father]]'s will. And already has the Father [[chosen]] to make a [[fragment]] of himself subject to the will of the [[creature]] [[personality]].
111:5.5 Such a [[creature]] [[choice]] is not a [[surrender]] of will. It is a [[consecration]] of will, an expansion of will, a [[glorification]] of will, a [[perfecting]] of will; and such choosing raises the [[creature]] will from the level of [[temporal]] significance to that higher estate wherein the [[personality]] of the [[creature]] son [[communes]] with the [[personality]] of the [[Universal Father|spirit Father]].
111:5.6 This [[choosing]] of [[the Father]]'s will is the [[spiritual]] finding of the [[spirit]] [[Father]] by mortal man, even though an age must pass before the [[creature]] son may [[actually]] stand in the [[factual]] [[presence]] of [[God]] on [[Paradise]]. This choosing does not so much consist in the [[negation]] of [[creature]] will—"Not my will but yours be done"—as it consists in the creature's positive affirmation: "It is my will that your will be done."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_12] And if this [[choice]] is made, sooner or later will the [[God]]-choosing son find inner [[union]] ([http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:7._ADJUSTER_FUSION fusion]) with the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling God fragment]], while this same [[perfecting]] son will find [[supreme]] [[personality]] satisfaction in the [[worship]] [[communion]] of the [[personality]] of man and the personality of his [[Creator|Maker]], two [[personalities]] whose [[creative]] [[attributes]] have eternally joined in [[self]]-willed [[mutuality]] of [[expression]]—the [[birth]] of another [[eternal]] [[partnership]] of the will of man and the will of God.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111 Go to Paper 111]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 111 - The Adjuster and the Soul]]
