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4:3.1 All too long has man [[thought]] of [[God]] as one like himself. God is not, never was, and never will be [[jealous]] of man or any other [[being]] in the [[universe of universes]]. Knowing that the [[Creator Son]] intended man to be the masterpiece of the [[planetary]] [[creation]], to be the ruler of all the [[earth]], the sight of his being dominated by his own baser [[passions]], the [[spectacle]] of his bowing down before [[idols]] of wood, stone, gold, and selfish [[ambition]]—these sordid scenes stir God and [[Paper 20 - The Paradise Sons of God|his Sons]] to be jealous for man, but never of him.
4:3.2 The [[eternal]] God is incapable of wrath and [[anger]] in the sense of these [[human]] [[emotions]] and as man [[understands]] such [[reactions]]. These sentiments are mean and despicable; they are hardly [[worthy]] of being called [[human]], much less [[divine]]; and such [[attitudes]] are utterly foreign to the perfect nature and [[gracious]] [[character]] of the [[Universal Father]].
4:3.3 Much, very much, of the [[Challenge|difficulty]] which [[Urantia]] [[mortals]] have in [[understanding]] God is due to the far-reaching [[consequences]] of the [[Lucifer rebellion]] and the [[Caligastia]] [[betrayal]]. On worlds not segregated by [[sin]], the [[evolutionary]] [[races]] are able to formulate far better [[ideas]] of the [[Universal Father]]; they suffer less from [[confusion]], distortion, and [[perversion]] of [[concept]].
4:3.4 God repents of nothing he has ever done, now does, or ever will do. He is [[Omniscience|all-wise]] as well as [[Omnipotent|all-powerful]]. Man's [[wisdom]] grows out of the [[trials]] and errors of [[human]] [[experience]]; God's wisdom consists in the unqualified [[perfection]] of his infinite [[universe]] [[insight]], and this [[divine]] foreknowledge effectively directs the [[creative]] [[free will]].
4:3.5 The [[Universal Father]] never does anything that causes subsequent [[grief|sorrow]] or regret, but the will [[creatures]] of the planning and making of his [[Creator Sons|Creator personalities]] in the [[ Seven superuniverses|outlying universes]], by their unfortunate choosing, sometimes occasion [[emotions]] of divine sorrow in the personalities of their [[Creator]] [[parents]]. But though the Father neither makes mistakes, harbors regrets, nor experiences sorrows, he is a [[being]] with a [[father]]'s [[affection]], and his [[heart]] is undoubtedly [[Grief|grieved]] when his children fail to attain the [[spiritual]] levels they are capable of reaching with the assistance which has been so freely provided by the [[Ascension Career|spiritual-attainment plans]] and the mortal-[[ascension]] [[policies]] of the [[Grand Universe|universes]].
4:3.6 The infinite [[goodness]] of [[the Father]] is beyond the [[comprehension]] of the finite mind of [[time]]; hence must there always be afforded a contrast with comparative [[evil]] (not [[sin]]) for the effective exhibition of all [[phases]] of [[relative]] [[goodness]]. [[Perfection]] of divine goodness can be [[discerned]] by mortal imperfection of insight only because it stands in contrastive [[association]] with [[relative]] imperfection in the [[relationships]] of [[time]] and [[matter]] in the [[motion]]s of [[space]].
4:3.7 The [[character]] of God is infinitely superhuman; therefore must such a nature of [[divinity]] be [[Personal|personalized]], as in the [[Paper 20 - The Paradise Sons of God|divine Sons]], before it can even be [[faith]]-grasped by the [[finite]] [[mind]] of man.
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[[Category:Paper 4 - God's Relation to the Universe]]
4:3.1 All too long has man [[thought]] of [[God]] as one like himself. God is not, never was, and never will be [[jealous]] of man or any other [[being]] in the [[universe of universes]]. Knowing that the [[Creator Son]] intended man to be the masterpiece of the [[planetary]] [[creation]], to be the ruler of all the [[earth]], the sight of his being dominated by his own baser [[passions]], the [[spectacle]] of his bowing down before [[idols]] of wood, stone, gold, and selfish [[ambition]]—these sordid scenes stir God and [[Paper 20 - The Paradise Sons of God|his Sons]] to be jealous for man, but never of him.
4:3.2 The [[eternal]] God is incapable of wrath and [[anger]] in the sense of these [[human]] [[emotions]] and as man [[understands]] such [[reactions]]. These sentiments are mean and despicable; they are hardly [[worthy]] of being called [[human]], much less [[divine]]; and such [[attitudes]] are utterly foreign to the perfect nature and [[gracious]] [[character]] of the [[Universal Father]].
4:3.3 Much, very much, of the [[Challenge|difficulty]] which [[Urantia]] [[mortals]] have in [[understanding]] God is due to the far-reaching [[consequences]] of the [[Lucifer rebellion]] and the [[Caligastia]] [[betrayal]]. On worlds not segregated by [[sin]], the [[evolutionary]] [[races]] are able to formulate far better [[ideas]] of the [[Universal Father]]; they suffer less from [[confusion]], distortion, and [[perversion]] of [[concept]].
4:3.4 God repents of nothing he has ever done, now does, or ever will do. He is [[Omniscience|all-wise]] as well as [[Omnipotent|all-powerful]]. Man's [[wisdom]] grows out of the [[trials]] and errors of [[human]] [[experience]]; God's wisdom consists in the unqualified [[perfection]] of his infinite [[universe]] [[insight]], and this [[divine]] foreknowledge effectively directs the [[creative]] [[free will]].
4:3.5 The [[Universal Father]] never does anything that causes subsequent [[grief|sorrow]] or regret, but the will [[creatures]] of the planning and making of his [[Creator Sons|Creator personalities]] in the [[ Seven superuniverses|outlying universes]], by their unfortunate choosing, sometimes occasion [[emotions]] of divine sorrow in the personalities of their [[Creator]] [[parents]]. But though the Father neither makes mistakes, harbors regrets, nor experiences sorrows, he is a [[being]] with a [[father]]'s [[affection]], and his [[heart]] is undoubtedly [[Grief|grieved]] when his children fail to attain the [[spiritual]] levels they are capable of reaching with the assistance which has been so freely provided by the [[Ascension Career|spiritual-attainment plans]] and the mortal-[[ascension]] [[policies]] of the [[Grand Universe|universes]].
4:3.6 The infinite [[goodness]] of [[the Father]] is beyond the [[comprehension]] of the finite mind of [[time]]; hence must there always be afforded a contrast with comparative [[evil]] (not [[sin]]) for the effective exhibition of all [[phases]] of [[relative]] [[goodness]]. [[Perfection]] of divine goodness can be [[discerned]] by mortal imperfection of insight only because it stands in contrastive [[association]] with [[relative]] imperfection in the [[relationships]] of [[time]] and [[matter]] in the [[motion]]s of [[space]].
4:3.7 The [[character]] of God is infinitely superhuman; therefore must such a nature of [[divinity]] be [[Personal|personalized]], as in the [[Paper 20 - The Paradise Sons of God|divine Sons]], before it can even be [[faith]]-grasped by the [[finite]] [[mind]] of man.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_4 Go to Paper 4]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 4 - God's Relation to the Universe]]
