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*FEBRUARY 16, 1992

*FEBRUARY 16, 1992

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

WILL: The love of God upholds us. The power of God enfolds us. What a splendid flawless being is our Father. He has lain creation at our feet. Good evening, I am your teacher, Will, and I have missed your company recently. I cannot complain about being upstaged by the Melchizedek, for I approach his words with reverence, as you do.

WILL: The [[love]] of [[God]] upholds us. The [[power]] of God enfolds us. What a splendid flawless being is [[our Father]]. He has lain creation at our feet. Good evening, I am your [[teacher]], Will, and I have missed your company recently. I cannot [[complain]] about being upstaged by the [[Melchizedek]], for I approach his [[words]] with [[reverence]], as you do.

If you [[ponder]] this instruction, you will see that it changes your [[perspective]] on things. For this [[reason]], we ask you not to clash with your [[brothers]], neither clash with your superiors or inferiors in the [[hierarchy]] of your work situations. It is not [[necessary]] that you bend your knee to those above or show unnecessary [[solicitude]] for those below. You must [[honestly]] and forthrightly defend what you know to be the highest [[teaching]] so far presented to the people on your [[planet]]: those teachings related by the man [[Jesus]] and those teachings contained within the [[text]] of [[Urantia Book]]. We ask that you rely upon those [[sources]] of [[information]]. You are unlikely to stray far from the [[path]] by following the [[wisdom]] and [[guidance]] contained in those [[revelations]].

I have some words to say tonight on the topic of brotherly love. In olden times on your planet, the families were ruled by the men with the strongest arm and the men who ruled the family might also rule a clan, and when the clans clashed seriously, not over issues of territory, or hunting rights, but with malice, and attempted to destroy one another, a clan leader might become the leader of the tribe by absorbing the subject defeated clan members. And from those tribes ultimately came nations. Tonight you sit here, the product of those conflicts. Much has changed over the history of your planet. In the days of those with strong arms, few people received a Thought Adjuster. Now all do who are capable of making a moral decision receive one. The Father's ministry and, by extension, the Father's participation in your world, has grown from the days of the first human pair. Now the Father lives in the hearts and lives of all normal-minded people since the day of the pouring out of the Spirit of Truth upon your world. The Father has participated fully by His own laws. He has shown His personal solicitude and His loving expression of concern for all the people of your world no matter what their color, their economic status, their political stripe, their goals and schemes in the material life. The Father is personally present and active in each human being's life. This brings a new dimension to the instruction to love your brother as yourself. For you may feel from time to time that you yourself are not all that loveable, and yet we say, the Father loves you dearly as His own special child. How can we then say that you are not loveable? Your worth has been proven through the Father's participation and so has that of your neighbor. Those persons sitting to the left of you, to the right, before and after are all the recipients of the fragment of the Universal Father, who has chosen to participate personally in the furthest realms of His own creation so that He might understand things that He could not otherwise understand. This participation is imbued with many qualities, some subtle and fine, others coarse and obvious. But the Father says through His son that your worth is proven so too is the worth of your neighbor proven and in a similar fashion, the worth of those unmet is also proven. There is no person you may encounter upon the streets, in your work environment, around the world, those you see on television, in wretched circumstance, hopelessly trapped, or living lives of luxury, all have the imprimatur of the Father's approval stamped upon their spiritual potential.

You will show more love for your [[brothers and sisters]] by dealing with them [[honestly]] than you will show by [[demonstrating]] insincere [[compassion]] or unjustifiable concern or an unnatural [[degree]] of personal interest in their lives. Those things are unnecessary and will arouse the [[suspicion]] of those who you wish to ultimately [[embrace]]. Just be [[honest]] and forthright with the people. They are certainly that [[intelligent]]. You do not need to couch your [[ideas]] in [[cliched]] phrases. You do not need to sugarcoat [[the Father]]'s message. To some it shall [[taste]] bitter, to others sweet and light. The [[message]] is the same. It matters more the [[posture]] of the person who is receiving it. The Father's [[medicine]] is good for all. Therefore we lay this charge upon you. In order to love your [[brother]], speak [[honestly]]. Portray your highest [[understanding]], even better, exhibit through your [[actions]] your understanding of [[the Father]]'s love and His daily concern for your brothers and sisters who are your [[companions]] in this life.

I commend you all for your [[progress]] in the 1,2,3 exercise. This very progress has allowed a further development of our charge to you. We would like you to speak more boldly. We would like you to speak more candidly. We would like you to take more chances. You all know by now that there is little or nothing to fear. Who among the people can deny the truth? Still, it is of concern in untested relationships and in long-standing relationships that new and profound developments such as those we have incorporated might be threatening to one or more of the parties involved. Yet all who know you, each of you, are capable of absorbing increasing steps towards perfection. Every day is an occasion to be about the Father's business and His main business is perfection. There is always a better way-that is the salesmen's rhetoric of your society. Your job is to demonstrate that better way. Your job is to challenge the people, show them, lead them. They will follow along after you shortly. You need not be overly concerned for the immediate product of your example and teaching; the people will follow along. They are afraid to walk out upon the untracked grass. Your footsteps will be the footsteps that will bend over the blades of that grass, and others will follow until it becomes a trail and then a rut of another kind. The Father will then blaze a new trail through you or such as you. But the people will follow along. You will see. So I encourage you to challenge them. Challenge them to move towards perfection. Challenge them to embrace the better life. There is no occasion from turning aside from the better way. Hardly an argument can be raised against it.

 

 

I commend you all for your progress in the 1,2,3 exercise. This very progress has allowed a further development of our charge to you. We would like you to speak more boldly. We would like you to speak more candidly. We would like you to take more chances. You all know by now that there is little or nothing to fear. Who among the people can deny the truth? Still, it is of concern in untested relationships and in long-standing relationships that new and profound developments such as those we have incorporated might be threatening to one or more of the parties involved. Yet all who know you, each of you, are capable of absorbing increasing steps towards perfection. Every day is an occasion to be about the Father's business and His main business is perfection. There is always a better way-that is the salesmen's rhetoric of your society. Your job is to demonstrate that better way. Your job is to challenge the people, show them, lead them. They will follow along after you shortly. You need not be overly concerned for the immediate product of your example and teaching; the people will follow along. They are afraid to walk out upon the untracked grass. Your footsteps will be the footsteps that will bend over the blades of that grass, and others will follow until it becomes a trail and then a rut of another kind. The Father will then blaze a new trail through you or such as you. But the people will follow along. You will see. So I encourage you to challenge them. Challenge them to move towards perfection. Challenge them to embrace the better life. There is no occasion from turning aside from the better way. Hardly an argument can be raised against it.

There has been much discussion and much thought tonight on the topic of how the Father proposes to accomplish all of this. You people are coming close.

There has been much discussion and much thought tonight on the topic of how the Father proposes to accomplish all of this. You people are coming close.

Each of you has your feet set upon the Father's path. You will not be dislodged. The Father sees the direction each of you travels. He welcomes you. He wishes you godspeed. He beckons you. The Father waits for you to join Him. He desires your company and wishes to hear of your experiences-those very experiences which have allowed Him to increase His power and understanding of His own personality, His power and beneficence. You may not be dislodged from the path. I say so. Your date with destiny is secure. Therefore I will greet you now and again. I welcome your companionship and the service which you provide to us all, and your concern and cooperation for each other and those yet unmet. The peace of the Universal Father I leave upon you. Amen.

Each of you has your feet set upon the Father's path. You will not be dislodged. The Father sees the direction each of you travels. He welcomes you. He wishes you godspeed. He beckons you. The Father waits for you to join Him. He desires your company and wishes to hear of your experiences-those very experiences which have allowed Him to increase His power and understanding of His own personality, His power and beneficence. You may not be dislodged from the path. I say so. Your date with destiny is secure. Therefore I will greet you now and again. I welcome your companionship and the service which you provide to us all, and your concern and cooperation for each other and those yet unmet. The peace of the Universal Father I leave upon you. Amen.

==Session 9==

==Session 9==

*02/19/92 Wednesday a.m., message from Melchizedek in response to Hal's question on Mason offenses:

*02/19/92 Wednesday a.m., message from Melchizedek in response to Hal's question on Mason offenses: