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3:6.1 With [[divine]] [[selflessness]], consummate [[generosity]], the [[Universal Father]] relinquishes [[authority]] and delegates [[power]], but he is still primal; his hand is on the mighty [[lever]] of the [[Context|circumstances]] of the [[universal]] realms; he has reserved all final [[decisions]] and unerringly wields the all-powerful veto scepter of his eternal [[purpose]] with unchallengeable [[authority]] over the welfare and [[destiny]] of the outstretched, whirling, and ever-circling [[creation]].
3:6.2 The [[sovereignty]] of God is unlimited; it is the [[Foundation|fundamental]] [[fact]] of all [[creation]]. The universe was not inevitable. The universe is not an [[accident]], neither is it self-existent. The universe is a [[work]] of creation and is therefore wholly subject to the will of the [[Creator]]. The will of God is divine [[truth]], living [[love]]; therefore are the [[Paper 15 - The Seven Superuniverses|perfecting creations of the evolutionary universes]] characterized by [[goodness]]—nearness to divinity; by [[potential]] [[evil]]—remoteness from [[divinity]].
3:6.3 All religious [[philosophy]], sooner or later, arrives at the concept of unified universe rule, of [[Monotheism|one God]]. Universe [[cause]]s cannot be lower than universe [[effects]]. The source of the streams of universe life and of the [[cosmic]] [[mind]] must be above the levels of their [[manifestation]]. The human mind cannot be consistently explained in terms of the lower orders of [[existence]]. Man's mind can be truly comprehended only by recognizing the [[reality]] of higher orders of [[thought]] and purposive will. Man as a [[moral]] [[being]] is inexplicable unless the [[reality]] of the [[Universal Father]] is acknowledged.
3:6.4 The [[mechanistic]] philosopher professes to reject the [[idea]] of a [[universal]] and sovereign will, the very sovereign will whose [[activity]] in the elaboration of universe [[laws]] he so deeply reverences. What unintended homage the mechanist pays the law-Creator when he conceives such laws to be self-acting and self-explanatory!
3:6.5 It is a great blunder to humanize God, except in the [[concept]] of the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]], but even that is not so stupid as completely to mechanize the [[idea]] of the [[First Great Source and Center]].
3:6.6 Does the [[Paradise]] [[Father]] suffer? I do not know. The [[Creator Sons]] most certainly can and sometimes do, even as do [[mortals]]. The [[Eternal Son]] and the [[Infinite Spirit]] suffer in a modified sense. I think the Universal Father does, but I cannot [[understand]] how; perhaps through the [[personality]] [[circuit]] or through the individuality of the [[Thought Adjusters]] and other bestowals of his eternal nature. He has said of the mortal races, "In all your afflictions I am afflicted."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.63] He unquestionably [[experiences]] a [[fatherly]] and [[Sympathy|sympathetic]] [[understanding]]; he may truly suffer, but I do not comprehend the [[nature]] thereof.
3:6.7 The infinite and eternal Ruler of the [[universe of universes]] is [[power]], form, [[energy]], [[process]], [[pattern]], principle, [[presence]], and idealized [[reality]]. But he is more; he is [[personal]]; he exercises a sovereign will, experiences self-consciousness of [[divinity]], executes the [[mandates]] of a [[creative]] [[mind]], pursues the satisfaction of the [[realization]] of an eternal [[purpose]], and manifests a Father's [[love]] and [[affection]] for his [[Paper 30 - Personalities of the Grand Universe|universe children]]. And all these more personal [[Attributes|traits]] of the Father can be better understood by [[observing]] them as they were revealed in the [[Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia|bestowal life of Michael]], your [[Creator Son]], while he was [[incarnate]]d on [[Urantia]].
3:6.8 [[God]] [[the Father]] [[loves]] men; God [[Eternal Son|the Son]] serves men; [[God the Spirit]] [[inspires]] the [[children]] of the [[universe]] to the ever-ascending [[adventure]] of finding God the Father by the ways ordained by God the Sons through the [[ministry]] of the [[grace]] of God the Spirit.
3:6.9 [Being the [[Divine Counselor]] assigned to the presentation of the [[revelation]] of the Universal Father, I have continued with this [[statement]] of the [[attributes]] of [[Deity]].]
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_3 Go to Paper 3]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 3 - The Attributes of God]]
3:6.1 With [[divine]] [[selflessness]], consummate [[generosity]], the [[Universal Father]] relinquishes [[authority]] and delegates [[power]], but he is still primal; his hand is on the mighty [[lever]] of the [[Context|circumstances]] of the [[universal]] realms; he has reserved all final [[decisions]] and unerringly wields the all-powerful veto scepter of his eternal [[purpose]] with unchallengeable [[authority]] over the welfare and [[destiny]] of the outstretched, whirling, and ever-circling [[creation]].
3:6.2 The [[sovereignty]] of God is unlimited; it is the [[Foundation|fundamental]] [[fact]] of all [[creation]]. The universe was not inevitable. The universe is not an [[accident]], neither is it self-existent. The universe is a [[work]] of creation and is therefore wholly subject to the will of the [[Creator]]. The will of God is divine [[truth]], living [[love]]; therefore are the [[Paper 15 - The Seven Superuniverses|perfecting creations of the evolutionary universes]] characterized by [[goodness]]—nearness to divinity; by [[potential]] [[evil]]—remoteness from [[divinity]].
3:6.3 All religious [[philosophy]], sooner or later, arrives at the concept of unified universe rule, of [[Monotheism|one God]]. Universe [[cause]]s cannot be lower than universe [[effects]]. The source of the streams of universe life and of the [[cosmic]] [[mind]] must be above the levels of their [[manifestation]]. The human mind cannot be consistently explained in terms of the lower orders of [[existence]]. Man's mind can be truly comprehended only by recognizing the [[reality]] of higher orders of [[thought]] and purposive will. Man as a [[moral]] [[being]] is inexplicable unless the [[reality]] of the [[Universal Father]] is acknowledged.
3:6.4 The [[mechanistic]] philosopher professes to reject the [[idea]] of a [[universal]] and sovereign will, the very sovereign will whose [[activity]] in the elaboration of universe [[laws]] he so deeply reverences. What unintended homage the mechanist pays the law-Creator when he conceives such laws to be self-acting and self-explanatory!
3:6.5 It is a great blunder to humanize God, except in the [[concept]] of the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]], but even that is not so stupid as completely to mechanize the [[idea]] of the [[First Great Source and Center]].
3:6.6 Does the [[Paradise]] [[Father]] suffer? I do not know. The [[Creator Sons]] most certainly can and sometimes do, even as do [[mortals]]. The [[Eternal Son]] and the [[Infinite Spirit]] suffer in a modified sense. I think the Universal Father does, but I cannot [[understand]] how; perhaps through the [[personality]] [[circuit]] or through the individuality of the [[Thought Adjusters]] and other bestowals of his eternal nature. He has said of the mortal races, "In all your afflictions I am afflicted."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.63] He unquestionably [[experiences]] a [[fatherly]] and [[Sympathy|sympathetic]] [[understanding]]; he may truly suffer, but I do not comprehend the [[nature]] thereof.
3:6.7 The infinite and eternal Ruler of the [[universe of universes]] is [[power]], form, [[energy]], [[process]], [[pattern]], principle, [[presence]], and idealized [[reality]]. But he is more; he is [[personal]]; he exercises a sovereign will, experiences self-consciousness of [[divinity]], executes the [[mandates]] of a [[creative]] [[mind]], pursues the satisfaction of the [[realization]] of an eternal [[purpose]], and manifests a Father's [[love]] and [[affection]] for his [[Paper 30 - Personalities of the Grand Universe|universe children]]. And all these more personal [[Attributes|traits]] of the Father can be better understood by [[observing]] them as they were revealed in the [[Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia|bestowal life of Michael]], your [[Creator Son]], while he was [[incarnate]]d on [[Urantia]].
3:6.8 [[God]] [[the Father]] [[loves]] men; God [[Eternal Son|the Son]] serves men; [[God the Spirit]] [[inspires]] the [[children]] of the [[universe]] to the ever-ascending [[adventure]] of finding God the Father by the ways ordained by God the Sons through the [[ministry]] of the [[grace]] of God the Spirit.
3:6.9 [Being the [[Divine Counselor]] assigned to the presentation of the [[revelation]] of the Universal Father, I have continued with this [[statement]] of the [[attributes]] of [[Deity]].]
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_3 Go to Paper 3]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 3 - The Attributes of God]]
