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Urantia Book Paper 131 The World's Religions
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SPIRITWEB ORG, PROMOTING SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS ON THE INTERNET.
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Subjects Archive The Urantia Book Urantia Book PART IV: The Life and Teachings
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of Jesus : The Bestowal Of Michael On Urantia The Times Of Michael's Bestowal
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Birth And Infancy Of Jesus The Early Childhood Of Jesus The Later Childhood Of
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Jesus Jesus At Jerusalem The Two Crucial Years The Adolescent Years Jesus'
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Early Manhood The Later Adult Life Of Jesus On The Way To Rome The World's
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Religions The Sojourn At Rome The Return From Rome The Transition Years John
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The Baptist Baptism And The Forty Days Tarrying Time In Galilee Training The
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Kingdom's Messengers The Twelve Apostles The Ordination Of The Twelve Beginning
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The Public Work The Passover At Jerusalem Going Through Samaria At Gilboa And
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In The Decapolis Four Eventful Days At Capernaum First Preaching Tour Of
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Galilee The Interlude Visit To Jerusalem Training Evangelists At Bethsaida The
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Second Preaching Tour The Third Preaching Tour Tarrying And Teaching By The
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Seaside Events Leading Up To The Capernaum Crisis The Crisis At Capernaum Last
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Days At Capernaum Fleeing Through Northern Galilee The Sojourn At Tyre And
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Sidon At Caesarea-philippi The Mount Of Transfiguration The Decapolis Tour
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Rodan Of Alexandria Further Discussions With Rodan At The Feast Of Tabernacles
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Ordination Of The Seventy At Magadan At The Feast Of Dedication The Perean
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Mission Begins Last Visit To Northern Perea The Visit To Philadelphia The
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Resurrection Of Lazarus Last Teaching At Pella The Kingdom Of Heaven On The Way
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To Jerusalem Going Into Jerusalem Monday In Jerusalem ...
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Paper 131 The World's Religions
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Introduction
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DURING the Alexandrian sojourn of Jesus, Gonod, and Ganid, the young man spent
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much of his time and no small sum of his father's money making a collection of
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the teachings of the world's religions about God and his relations with mortal
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man. Ganid employed more than threescore learned translators in the making of
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this abstract of the religious doctrines of the world concerning the Deities.
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And it should be made plain in this record that all these teachings portraying
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monotheism were largely derived, directly or indirectly, from the preachments
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of the missionaries of Machiventa Melchizedek, who went forth from their Salem
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headquarters to spread the doctrine of one God--the Most High--to the ends of
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the earth.
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There is presented herewith an abstract of Ganid's manuscript, which he
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prepared at Alexandria and Rome, and which was preserved in India for hundreds
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of years after his death. He collected this material under ten heads, as
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follows:
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1. CYNICISM
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The residual teachings of the disciples of Melchizedek, excepting those which
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persisted in the Jewish religion, were best preserved in the doctrines of the
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Cynics. Ganid's selection embraced the following:
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"God is supreme; he is the Most High of heaven and earth. God is the perfected
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circle of eternity, and he rules the universe of universes. He is the sole
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maker of the heavens and the earth. When he decrees a thing, that thing is. Our
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God is one God, and he is compassionate and merciful. Everything that is high,
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holy, true, and beautiful is like our God. The Most High is the light of heaven
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and earth; he is the God of the east, the west, the north, and the south.
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"Even if the earth should pass away, the resplendent face of the Supreme would
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abide in majesty and glory. The Most High is the first and the last, the
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beginning and the end of everything. There is but this one God, and his name is
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Truth. God is self-existent, and he is devoid of all anger and enmity; he is
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immortal and infinite. Our God is omnipotent and bounteous. While he has many
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manifestations, we worship only God himself. God knows all--our secrets and our
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proclamations; he also knows what each of us deserves. His might is equal to
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all things.
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"God is a peace giver and a faithful protector of all who fear and trust him.
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He gives salvation to all who serve him. All creation exists in the power of
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the Most High. His divine love springs forth from the holiness of his power,
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and
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affection is born of the might of his greatness. The Most High has decreed the
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union of body and soul and has endowed man with his own spirit. What man does
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must come to an end, but what the Creator does goes on forever. We gain
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knowledge from the experience of man, but we derive wisdom from the
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contemplation of the Most High.
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"God pours rain upon the earth, he causes the sun to shine upon the sprouting
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grain, and he gives us the abundant harvest of the good things of this life and
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eternal salvation in the world to come. Our God enjoys great authority; his
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name is Excellent and his nature is unfathomable. When you are sick, it is the
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Most High who heals you. God is full of goodness toward all men; we have no
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friend like the Most High. His mercy fills all places and his goodness
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encompasses all souls. The Most High is changeless; and he is our helper in
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every time of need. Wherever you turn to pray, there is the face of the Most
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High and the open ear of our God. You may hide yourself from men, but not from
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God. God is not a great distance from us; he is omnipresent. God fills all
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places and lives in the heart of the man who fears his holy name. Creation is
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in the Creator and the Creator in his creation. We search for the Most High and
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then find him in our hearts. You go in quest of a dear friend, and then you
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discover him within your soul.
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"The man who knows God looks upon all men as equal; they are his brethren.
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Those who are selfish, those who ignore their brothers in the flesh, have only
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weariness as their reward. Those who love their fellows and who have pure
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hearts shall see God. God never forgets sincerity. He will guide the honest of
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heart into the truth, for God is truth.
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"In your lives overthrow error and overcome evil by the love of the living
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truth. In all your relations with men do good for evil. The Lord God is
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merciful and loving; he is forgiving. Let us love God, for he first loved us.
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By God's love and through his mercy we shall be saved. Poor men and rich men
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are brothers. God is their Father. The evil you would not have done you, do not
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to others.
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"At all times call upon his name, and as you believe in his name, so shall your
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prayer be heard. What a great honor it is to worship the Most High! All the
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worlds and the universes worship the Most High. And with all your prayers give
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thanks--ascend to worship. Prayerful worship shuns evil and forbids sin. At all
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times let us praise the name of the Most High. The man who takes shelter in the
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Most High conceals his defects from the universe. When you stand before God
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with a clean heart, you become fearless of all creation. The Most High is like
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a loving father and mother; he really loves us, his children on earth. Our God
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will forgive us and guide our footsteps into the ways of salvation. He will
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take us by the hand and lead us to himself. God saves those who trust him; he
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does not compel man to serve his name.
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"If the faith of the Most High has entered your heart, then shall you abide
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free from fear throughout all the days of your life. Fret not yourself because
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of the prosperity of the ungodly; fear not those who plot evil; let the soul
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turn away from sin and put your whole trust in the God of salvation. The weary
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soul of the wandering mortal finds eternal rest in the arms of the Most High;
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the wise man hungers for the divine embrace; the earth child longs for the
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security of the arms of the Universal Father. The noble man seeks for that high
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estate wherein the soul of the mortal blends with the spirit of the Supreme.
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God is just: What fruit we receive not from our plantings in this world we
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shall receive in the next."
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2. JUDAISM
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The Kenites of Palestine salvaged much of the teaching of Melchizedek, and from
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these records, as preserved and modified by the Jews, Jesus and Ganid made the
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following selection:
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"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth and all things therein.
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And, behold, all he created was very good. The Lord, he is God; there is none
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beside him in heaven above or upon the earth beneath. Therefore shall you love
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the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
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might. The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover
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the sea. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows his
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handiwork. Day after day utters speech; night after night shows knowledge.
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There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. The Lord's work
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is great, and in wisdom has he made all things; the greatness of the Lord is
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unsearchable. He knows the number of the stars; he calls them all by their
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names.
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"The power of the Lord is great and his understanding infinite. Says the Lord:
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`As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your
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ways, and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.' God reveals the deep and
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secret things because the light dwells with him. The Lord is merciful and
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gracious; he is long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth. The Lord is
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good and upright; the meek will he guide in judgment. Taste and see that the
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Lord is good! Blessed is the man who trusts God. God is our refuge and
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strength, a very present help in trouble.
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"The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon those who fear
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him and his righteousness even to our children's children. The Lord is gracious
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and full of compassion. The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are
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over all his creation; he heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
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Whither shall I go from God's spirit? whither shall I flee from the divine
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presence? Thus says the High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is
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Holy: `I dwell in the high and holy place; also with him who is of a contrite
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heart and a humble spirit!' None can hide himself from our God, for he fills
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heaven and earth. Let the heavens be glad and let the earth rejoice. Let all
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nations say: The Lord reigns! Give thanks to God, for his mercy endures
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forever.
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"The heavens declare God's righteousness, and all the people have seen his
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glory. It is God who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, the
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sheep of his pasture. His mercy is everlasting, and his truth endures to all
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generations. Our God is governor among the nations. Let the earth be filled
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with his glory! O that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his
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wonderful gifts to the children of men!
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"God has made man a little less than divine and has crowned him with love and
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mercy. The Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly
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shall perish. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; the knowledge of
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the Supreme is understanding. Says the Almighty God: `Walk before me and be
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perfect.' Forget not that pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit
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before a fall. He who rules his own spirit is mightier than he who takes a
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city. Says the Lord God, the Holy One: `In returning to your spiritual rest
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shall you be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength.' They
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who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with
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wings like eagles. They shall
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run and not be weary; they shall walk and not be faint. The Lord shall give you
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rest from your fear. Says the Lord: `Fear not, for I am with you. Be not
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dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will help you; yes, I
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will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.'
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"God is our Father; the Lord is our redeemer. God has created the universal
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hosts, and he preserves them all. His righteousness is like the mountains and
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his judgment like the great deep. He causes us to drink of the river of his
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pleasures, and in his light we shall see light. It is good to give thanks to
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the Lord and to sing praises to the Most High; to show forth loving-kindness in
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the morning and the divine faithfulness every night. God's kingdom is an
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everlasting kingdom, and his dominion endures throughout all generations. The
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Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green
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pastures; he leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in
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the paths of righteousness. Yes, even though I walk through the valley of the
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shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for God is with me. Surely goodness and
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mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house
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of the Lord forever.
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"Yahweh is the God of my salvation; therefore in the divine name will I put my
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trust. I will trust in the Lord with all my heart; I will lean not upon my own
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understanding. In all my ways I will acknowledge him, and he shall direct my
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paths. The Lord is faithful; he keeps his word with those who serve him; the
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just shall live by his faith. If you do not well, it is because sin lies at the
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door; men reap the evil they plough and the sin they sow. Fret not yourself
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because of evildoers. If you regard iniquity in your heart, the Lord will not
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hear you; if you sin against God, you also wrong your own soul. God will bring
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every man's work to judgment with every secret thing, whether it be good or
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evil. As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.
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"The Lord is near all who call upon him in sincerity and in truth. Weeping may
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endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. A merry heart does good like
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a medicine. No good thing will God withhold from those who walk uprightly. Fear
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God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. Thus says the
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Lord who created the heavens and who formed the earth: `There is no God beside
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me, a just God and a savior. Look to me and be saved, all the ends of the
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earth. If you seek me, you shall find me if you search for me with all your
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heart.' The meek shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the
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abundance of peace. Whoever sows iniquity shall reap calamity; they who sow the
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wind shall reap the whirlwind.
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"`Come now, let us reason together,' says the Lord, `Though your sins be as
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scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they
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shall be as wool.' But there is no peace for the wicked; it is your own sins
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which have withheld the good things from you. God is the health of my
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countenance and the joy of my soul. The eternal God is my strength; he is our
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dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. The Lord is near to
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those who are brokenhearted; he saves all who have a childlike spirit. Many are
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the afflictions of the righteous man, but the Lord delivers him out of them
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all. Commit your way to the Lord--trust him--and he will bring it to pass. He
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who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of
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the Almighty.
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"Love your neighbor as yourself; bear a grudge against no man. Whatsoever you
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hate do to no man. Love your brother, for the Lord has said: `I will love my
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children freely.' The path of the just is as a shining light which shines more
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and more until the perfect day. They who are wise shall shine as the brightness
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the firmament and they who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and
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ever. Let the wicked forsake his evil way and the unrighteous man his
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rebellious thoughts. Says the Lord: `Let them return to me, and I will have
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mercy on them; I will abundantly pardon.'
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"Says God, the creator of heaven and earth: `Great peace have they who love my
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law. My commandments are: You shall love me with all your heart; you shall have
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no gods before me; you shall not take my name in vain; remember the Sabbath day
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to keep it holy; honor your father and mother; you shall not kill; you shall
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not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; you
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shall not covet.'
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"And to all who love the Lord supremely and their neighbors like themselves,
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the God of heaven says: `I will ransom you from the grave; I will redeem you
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from death. I will be merciful to your children, as well as just. Have I not
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said of my creatures on earth, you are the sons of the living God? And have I
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not loved you with an everlasting love? Have I not called you to become like me
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and to dwell forever with me in Paradise?'"
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3. BUDDHISM
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Ganid was shocked to discover how near Buddhism came to being a great and
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beautiful religion without God, without a personal and universal Deity.
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However, he did find some record of certain earlier beliefs which reflected
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something of the influence of the teachings of the Melchizedek missionaries who
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continued their work in India even to the times of Buddha. Jesus and Ganid
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collected the following statements from the Buddhist literature:
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"Out of a pure heart shall gladness spring forth to the Infinite; all my being
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shall be at peace with this supermortal rejoicing. My soul is filled with
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content, and my heart overflows with the bliss of peaceful trust. I have no
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fear; I am free from anxiety. I dwell in security, and my enemies cannot alarm
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me. I am satisfied with the fruits of my confidence. I have found the approach
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to the Immortal easy of access. I pray for faith to sustain me on the long
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journey; I know that faith from beyond will not fail me. I know my brethren
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will prosper if they become imbued with the faith of the Immortal, even the
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faith that creates modesty, uprightness, wisdom, courage, knowledge, and
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perseverance. Let us forsake sorrow and disown fear. By faith let us lay hold
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upon true righteousness and genuine manliness. Let us learn to meditate on
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justice and mercy. Faith is man's true wealth; it is the endowment of virtue
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and glory.
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"Unrighteousness is contemptible; sin is despicable. Evil is degrading, whether
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held in thought or wrought out in deeds. Pain and sorrow follow in the path of
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evil as the dust follows the wind. Happiness and peace of mind follow pure
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thinking and virtuous living as the shadow follows the substance of material
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things. Evil is the fruit of wrongly directed thinking. It is evil to see sin
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where there is no sin; to see no sin where there is sin. Evil is the path of
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false doctrines. Those who avoid evil by seeing things as they are gain joy by
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thus embracing the truth. Make an end of your misery by loathing sin. When you
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look up to the Noble One, turn away from sin with a whole heart. Make no
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apology for evil; make no excuse for sin. By your efforts to make amends for
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past sins you acquire strength to resist future tendencies thereto. Restraint
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is born of repentance. Leave no fault unconfessed to the Noble One.
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"Cheerfulness and gladness are the rewards of deeds well done and to the glory
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of the Immortal. No man can rob you of the liberty of your own mind. When the
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faith of your religion has emancipated your heart, when the mind, like a
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mountain, is settled and immovable, then shall the peace of the soul flow
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tranquilly like a river of waters. Those who are sure of salvation are forever
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free from lust, envy, hatred, and the delusions of wealth. While faith is the
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energy of the better life, nevertheless, must you work out your own salvation
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with perseverance. If you would be certain of your final salvation, then make
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sure that you sincerely seek to fulfill all righteousness. Cultivate the
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assurance of the heart which springs from within and thus come to enjoy the
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ecstasy of eternal salvation.
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"No religionist may hope to attain the enlightenment of immortal wisdom who
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persists in being slothful, indolent, feeble, idle, shameless, and selfish. But
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whoso is thoughtful, prudent, reflective, fervent, and earnest--even while he
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yet lives on earth--may attain the supreme enlightenment of the peace and
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liberty of divine wisdom. Remember, every act shall receive its reward. Evil
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results in sorrow and sin ends in pain. Joy and happiness are the outcome of a
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good life. Even the evildoer enjoys a season of grace before the time of the
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full ripening of his evil deeds, but inevitably there must come the full
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harvest of evil-doing. Let no man think lightly of sin, saying in his heart:
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`The penalty of wrongdoing shall not come near me.' What you do shall be done
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to you, in the judgment of wisdom. Injustice done to your fellows shall come
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back upon you. The creature cannot escape the destiny of his deeds.
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"The fool has said in his heart, `Evil shall not overtake me'; but safety is
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found only when the soul craves reproof and the mind seeks wisdom. The wise man
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is a noble soul who is friendly in the midst of his enemies, tranquil among the
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turbulent, and generous among the grasping. Love of self is like weeds in a
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goodly field. Selfishness leads to grief; perpetual care kills. The tamed mind
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yields happiness. He is the greatest of warriors who overcomes and subdues
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himself. Restraint in all things is good. He alone is a superior person who
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esteems virtue and is observant of his duty. Let not anger and hate master you.
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Speak harshly of no one. Contentment is the greatest wealth. What is given
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wisely is well saved. Do not to others those things you would not wish done to
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you. Pay good for evil; overcome evil with the good.
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"A righteous soul is more to be desired than the sovereignty of all the earth.
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Immortality is the goal of sincerity; death, the end of thoughtless living.
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Those who are earnest die not; the thoughtless are dead already. Blessed are
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they who have insight into the deathless state. Those who torture the living
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will hardly find happiness after death. The unselfish go to heaven, where they
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rejoice in the bliss of infinite liberality and continue to increase in noble
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generosity. Every mortal who thinks righteously, speaks nobly, and acts
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unselfishly shall not only enjoy virtue here during this brief life but shall
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also, after the dissolution of the body, continue to enjoy the delights of
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heaven."
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4. HINDUISM
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The missionaries of Melchizedek carried the teachings of the one God with them
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wherever they journeyed. Much of this monotheistic doctrine, together with
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other and previous concepts, became embodied in the subsequent teachings of
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Hinduism. Jesus and Ganid made the following excerpts:
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"He is the great God, in every way supreme. He is the Lord who encompasses all
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things. He is the creator and controller of the universe of universes. God is
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one God; he is alone and by himself; he is the only one. And this one God is
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our Maker and the last destiny of the soul. The Supreme One is brilliant beyond
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description; he is the Light of Lights. Every heart and every world is
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illuminated by this divine light. God is our protector--he stands by the side
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of his creatures--and those who learn to know him become immortal. God is the
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great source of energy; he is the Great Soul. He exercises universal lordship
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over all. This one God is loving, glorious, and adorable. Our God is supreme in
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power and abides in the supreme abode. This true Person is eternal and divine;
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he is the primal Lord of heaven. All the prophets have hailed him, and he has
|
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revealed himself to us. We worship him. O Supreme Person, source of beings,
|
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Lord of creation, and ruler of the universe, reveal to us, your creatures, the
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power whereby you abide immanent! God has made the sun and the stars; he is
|
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bright, pure, and self-existent. His eternal knowledge is divinely wise. The
|
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Eternal is unpenetrated by evil. Inasmuch as the universe sprang from God, he
|
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does rule it appropriately. He is the cause of creation, and hence are all
|
||
things established in him.
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|
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"God is the sure refuge of every good man when in need; the Immortal One cares
|
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for all mankind. God's salvation is strong and his kindness is gracious. He is
|
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a loving protector, a blessed defender. Says the Lord: `I dwell within their
|
||
own souls as a lamp of wisdom. I am the splendor of the splendid and the
|
||
goodness of the good. Where two or three gather together, there am I also.' The
|
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creature cannot escape the presence of the Creator. The Lord even counts the
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ceaseless winking of every mortal's eyes; and we worship this divine Being as
|
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our inseparable companion. He is all-prevailing, bountiful, omnipresent, and
|
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infinitely kind. The Lord is our ruler, shelter, and supreme controller, and
|
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his primeval spirit dwells within the mortal soul. The Eternal Witness to vice
|
||
and virtue dwells within man's heart. Let us long meditate on the adorable and
|
||
divine Vivifier; let his spirit fully direct our thoughts. From this unreal
|
||
world lead us to the real! From darkness lead us to the light! From death guide
|
||
us to immortality!
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|
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"With our hearts purged of all hate, let us worship the Eternal. Our God is the
|
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Lord of prayer; he hears the cry of his children. Let all men submit their
|
||
wills to him, the Resolute. Let us delight in the liberality of the Lord of
|
||
prayer. Make prayer your inmost friend and worship your soul's support. `If you
|
||
will but worship me in love,' says the Eternal, `I will give you the wisdom to
|
||
attain me, for my worship is the virtue common to all creatures.' God is the
|
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illuminator of the gloomy and the power of those who are faint. Since God is
|
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our strong friend, we have no more fear. We praise the name of the
|
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never-conquered Conqueror. We worship him because he is man's faithful and
|
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eternal helper. God is our sure leader and unfailing guide. He is the great
|
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parent of heaven and earth, possessed of unlimited energy and infinite wisdom.
|
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His splendor is sublime and his beauty divine. He is the supreme refuge of the
|
||
universe and the changeless guardian of everlasting law. Our God is the Lord of
|
||
life and the Comforter of all men; he is the lover of mankind and the helper of
|
||
those who are distressed. He is our life giver and the Good Shepherd of the
|
||
human flocks. God is our father, brother, and friend. And we long to know this
|
||
God in our inner being.
|
||
|
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"We have learned to win faith by the yearning of our hearts. We have attained
|
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wisdom by the restraint of our senses, and by wisdom we have experienced peace
|
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in the Supreme. He who is full of faith worships truly when his inner self is
|
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intent upon God. Our God wears the heavens as a mantle; he also inhabits the
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other
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six wide-spreading universes. He is supreme over all and in all. We crave
|
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forgiveness from the Lord for all of our trespasses against our fellows; and we
|
||
would release our friend from the wrong he has done us. Our spirit loathes all
|
||
evil; therefore, O Lord, free us from all taint of sin. We pray to God as a
|
||
comforter, protector, and savior--one who loves us.
|
||
|
||
"The spirit of the Universe Keeper enters the soul of the simple creature. That
|
||
man is wise who worships the One God. Those who strive for perfection must
|
||
indeed know the Lord Supreme. He never fears who knows the blissful security of
|
||
the Supreme, for the Supreme says to those who serve him, `Fear not, for I am
|
||
with you.' The God of providence is our Father. God is truth. And it is the
|
||
desire of God that his creatures should understand him--come fully to know the
|
||
truth. Truth is eternal; it sustains the universe. Our supreme desire shall be
|
||
union with the Supreme. The Great Controller is the generator of all
|
||
things--all evolves from him. And this is the sum of duty: Let no man do to
|
||
another what would be repugnant to himself; cherish no malice, smite not him
|
||
who smites you, conquer anger with mercy, and vanquish hate by benevolence. And
|
||
all this we should do because God is a kind friend and a gracious father who
|
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remits all our earthly offenses.
|
||
|
||
"God is our Father, the earth our mother, and the universe our birthplace.
|
||
Without God the soul is a prisoner; to know God releases the soul. By
|
||
meditation on God, by union with him, there comes deliverance from the
|
||
illusions of evil and ultimate salvation from all material fetters. When man
|
||
shall roll up space as a piece of leather, then will come the end of evil
|
||
because man has found God. O God, save us from the threefold ruin of
|
||
hell--lust, wrath, and avarice! O soul, gird yourself for the spirit struggle
|
||
of immortality! When the end of mortal life comes, hesitate not to forsake this
|
||
body for a more fit and beautiful form and to awake in the realms of the
|
||
Supreme and Immortal, where there is no fear, sorrow, hunger, thirst, or death.
|
||
To know God is to cut the cords of death. The God-knowing soul rises in the
|
||
universe like the cream appears on top of the milk. We worship God, the
|
||
all-worker, the Great Soul, who is ever seated in the heart of his creatures.
|
||
And they who know that God is enthroned in the human heart are destined to
|
||
become like him--immortal. Evil must be left behind in this world, but virtue
|
||
follows the soul to heaven.
|
||
|
||
"It is only the wicked who say: The universe has neither truth nor a ruler; it
|
||
was only designed for our lusts. Such souls are deluded by the smallness of
|
||
their intellects. They thus abandon themselves to the enjoyment of their lusts
|
||
and deprive their souls of the joys of virtue and the pleasures of
|
||
righteousness. What can be greater than to experience salvation from sin? The
|
||
man who has seen the Supreme is immortal. Man's friends of the flesh cannot
|
||
survive death; virtue alone walks by man's side as he journeys ever onward
|
||
toward the gladsome and sunlit fields of Paradise."
|
||
|
||
5. ZOROASTRIANISM
|
||
|
||
Zoroaster was himself directly in contact with the descendants of the earlier
|
||
Melchizedek missionaries, and their doctrine of the one God became a central
|
||
teaching in the religion which he founded in Persia. Aside from Judaism, no
|
||
religion of that day contained more of these Salem teachings. From the records
|
||
of this religion Ganid made the following excerpts:
|
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|
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|
||
"All things come from, and belong to, the One God--all-wise, good, righteous,
|
||
holy, resplendent, and glorious. This, our God, is the source of all
|
||
luminosity. He is the Creator, the God of all good purposes, and the protector
|
||
of the justice of the universe. The wise course in life is to act in consonance
|
||
with the spirit of truth. God is all-seeing, and he beholds both the evil deeds
|
||
of the wicked and the good works of the righteous; our God observes all things
|
||
with a flashing eye. His touch is the touch of healing. The Lord is an
|
||
all-powerful benefactor. God stretches out his beneficent hand to both the
|
||
righteous and the wicked God established the world and ordained the rewards for
|
||
good and for evil. The all-wise God has promised immortality to the pious souls
|
||
who think purely and act righteously. As you supremely desire, so shall you be.
|
||
The light of the sun is as wisdom to those who discern God in the universe.
|
||
|
||
"Praise God by seeking the pleasure of the Wise One. Worship the God of light
|
||
by joyfully walking in the paths ordained by his revealed religion. There is
|
||
but one Supreme God, the Lord of Lights. We worship him who made the waters,
|
||
plants, animals, the earth, and the heavens. Our God is Lord, most beneficent.
|
||
We worship the most beauteous, the bountiful Immortal, endowed with eternal
|
||
light. God is farthest from us and at the same time nearest to us in that he
|
||
dwells within our souls. Our God is the divine and holiest Spirit of Paradise,
|
||
and yet he is more friendly to man than the most friendly of all creatures. God
|
||
is most helpful to us in this greatest of all businesses, the knowing of
|
||
himself. God is our most adorable and righteous friend; he is our wisdom, life,
|
||
and vigor of soul and body. Through our good thinking the wise Creator will
|
||
enable us to do his will, thereby attaining the realization of all that is
|
||
divinely perfect.
|
||
|
||
"Lord, teach us how to live this life in the flesh while preparing for the next
|
||
life of the spirit. Speak to us, Lord, and we will do your bidding. Teach us
|
||
the good paths, and we will go right. Grant us that we may attain union with
|
||
you. We know that the religion is right which leads to union with
|
||
righteousness. God is our wise nature, best thought, and righteous act. May God
|
||
grant us unity with the divine spirit and immortality in himself!
|
||
|
||
"This religion of the Wise One cleanses the believer from every evil thought
|
||
and sinful deed. I bow before the God of heaven in repentance if I have
|
||
offended in thought, word, or act--intentionally or unintentionally--and I
|
||
offer prayers for mercy and praise for forgiveness. I know when I make
|
||
confession, if I purpose not to do again the evil thing, that sin will be
|
||
removed from my soul. I know that forgiveness takes away the bonds of sin.
|
||
Those who do evil shall receive punishment, but those who follow truth shall
|
||
enjoy the bliss of an eternal salvation. Through grace lay hold upon us and
|
||
minister saving power to our souls. We claim mercy because we aspire to attain
|
||
perfection; we would be like God."
|
||
|
||
6. SUDUANISM (JAINISM)
|
||
|
||
The third group of religious believers who preserved the doctrine of one God in
|
||
India--the survival of the Melchizedek teaching--were known in those days as
|
||
the Suduanists. Latterly these believers have become known as followers of
|
||
Jainism. They taught:
|
||
|
||
"The Lord of Heaven is supreme. Those who commit sin will not ascend on high,
|
||
but those who walk in the paths of righteousness shall find a place in heaven.
|
||
We are assured of the life hereafter if we know truth. The soul of man may
|
||
ascend
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
to the highest heaven, there to develop its true spiritual nature, to attain
|
||
perfection. The estate of heaven delivers man from the bondage of sin and
|
||
introduces him to the final beatitudes; the righteous man has already
|
||
experienced an end of sin and all its associated miseries. Self is man's
|
||
invincible foe, and self is manifested as man's four greatest passions: anger,
|
||
pride, deceit, and greed. Man's greatest victory is the conquest of himself.
|
||
When man looks to God for forgiveness, and when he makes bold to enjoy such
|
||
liberty, he is thereby delivered from fear. Man should journey through life
|
||
treating his fellow creatures as he would like to be treated."
|
||
|
||
7. SHINTO
|
||
|
||
Only recently had the manuscripts of this Far-Eastern religion been lodged in
|
||
the Alexandrian library. It was the one world religion of which Ganid had never
|
||
heard. This belief also contained remnants of the earlier Melchizedek teachings
|
||
as is shown by the following abstracts:
|
||
|
||
"Says the Lord: `You are all recipients of my divine power; all men enjoy my
|
||
ministry of mercy. I derive great pleasure in the multiplication of righteous
|
||
men throughout the land. In both the beauties of nature and the virtues of men
|
||
does the Prince of Heaven seek to reveal himself and to show forth his
|
||
righteous nature. Since the olden people did not know my name, I manifested
|
||
myself by being born into the world as a visible existence and endured such
|
||
abasement even that man should not forget my name. I am the maker of heaven and
|
||
earth; the sun and the moon and all the stars obey my will. I am the ruler of
|
||
all creatures on land and in the four seas. Although I am great and supreme,
|
||
still I have regard for the prayer of the poorest man. If any creature will
|
||
worship me, I will hear his prayer and grant the desire of his heart.'
|
||
|
||
"`Every time man yields to anxiety, he takes one step away from the leading of
|
||
the spirit of his heart.' Pride obscures God. If you would obtain heavenly
|
||
help, put away your pride; every hair of pride shuts off saving light, as it
|
||
were, by a great cloud. If you are not right on the inside, it is useless to
|
||
pray for that which is on the outside. `If I hear your prayers, it is because
|
||
you come before me with a clean heart, free from falsehood and hypocrisy, with
|
||
a soul which reflects truth like a mirror. If you would gain immortality,
|
||
forsake the world and come to me.'"
|
||
|
||
8. TAOISM
|
||
|
||
The messengers of Melchizedek penetrated far into China, and the doctrine of
|
||
one God became a part of the earlier teachings of several Chinese religions;
|
||
the one persisting the longest and containing most of the monotheistic truth
|
||
was Taoism, and Ganid collected the following from the teachings of its
|
||
founder:
|
||
|
||
"How pure and tranquil is the Supreme One and yet how powerful and mighty, how
|
||
deep and unfathomable! This God of heaven is the honored ancestor of all
|
||
things. If you know the Eternal, you are enlightened and wise. If you know not
|
||
the Eternal, then does ignorance manifest itself as evil, and thus do the
|
||
passions of sin arise. This wondrous Being existed before the heavens and the
|
||
earth were. He is truly spiritual; he stands alone and changes not. He is
|
||
indeed the world's mother, and all creation moves around him. This Great One
|
||
imparts himself to
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
men and thereby enables them to excel and to survive. Even if one has but a
|
||
little knowledge, he can still walk in the ways of the Supreme; he can conform
|
||
to the will of heaven.
|
||
|
||
"All good works of true service come from the Supreme. All things depend on the
|
||
Great Source for life. The Great Supreme seeks no credit for his bestowals. He
|
||
is supreme in power, yet he remains hidden from our gaze. He unceasingly
|
||
transmutes his attributes while perfecting his creatures. The heavenly Reason
|
||
is slow and patient in his designs but sure of his accomplishments. The Supreme
|
||
overspreads the universe and sustains it all. How great and mighty are his
|
||
overflowing influence and drawing power! True goodness is like water in that it
|
||
blesses everything and harms nothing. And like water, true goodness seeks the
|
||
lowest places, even those levels which others avoid, and that is because it is
|
||
akin to the Supreme. The Supreme creates all things, in nature nourishing them
|
||
and in spirit perfecting them. And it is a mystery how the Supreme fosters,
|
||
protects, and perfects the creature without compelling him. He guides and
|
||
directs, but without self-assertion. He ministers progression, but without
|
||
domination.
|
||
|
||
"The wise man universalizes his heart. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
|
||
Those who aspire to greatness must learn to humble themselves. In creation the
|
||
Supreme became the world's mother. To know one's mother is to recognize one's
|
||
sonship. He is a wise man who regards all parts from the point of view of the
|
||
whole. Relate yourself to every man as if you were in his place. Recompense
|
||
injury with kindness. If you love people, they will draw near you--you will
|
||
have no difficulty in winning them.
|
||
|
||
"The Great Supreme is all-pervading; he is on the left hand and on the right;
|
||
he supports all creation and indwells all true beings. You cannot find the
|
||
Supreme, neither can you go to a place where he is not. If a man recognizes the
|
||
evil of his ways and repents of sin from the heart, then may he seek
|
||
forgiveness; he may escape the penalty; he may change calamity into blessing.
|
||
The Supreme is the secure refuge for all creation; he is the guardian and
|
||
savior of mankind. If you seek for him daily, you shall find him. Since he can
|
||
forgive sins, he is indeed most precious to all men. Always remember that God
|
||
does not reward man for what he does but for what he is; therefore should you
|
||
extend help to your fellows without the thought of rewards. Do good without
|
||
thought of benefit to the self.
|
||
|
||
"They who know the laws of the Eternal are wise. Ignorance of the divine law is
|
||
misery and disaster. They who know the laws of God are liberal minded. If you
|
||
know the Eternal, even though your body perish, your soul shall survive in
|
||
spirit service. You are truly wise when you recognize your insignificance. If
|
||
you abide in the light of the Eternal, you shall enjoy the enlightenment of the
|
||
Supreme. Those who dedicate their persons to the service of the Supreme are
|
||
joyous in this pursuit of the Eternal. When man dies, the spirit begins to wing
|
||
its long flight on the great home journey."
|
||
|
||
9. CONFUCIANISM
|
||
|
||
Even the least God-recognizing of the world's great religions acknowledged the
|
||
monotheism of the Melchizedek missionaries and their persistent successors.
|
||
Ganid's summary of Confucianism was:
|
||
|
||
"What Heaven appoints is without error. Truth is real and divine. Everything
|
||
originates in Heaven, and the Great Heaven makes no mistakes. Heaven has
|
||
appointed many subordinates to assist in the instruction and uplifting of the
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
inferior creatures. Great, very great, is the One God who rules man from on
|
||
high. God is majestic in power and awful in judgment. But this Great God has
|
||
conferred a moral sense even on many inferior people. Heaven's bounty never
|
||
stops. Benevolence is Heaven's choicest gift to men. Heaven has bestowed its
|
||
nobility upon the soul of man; the virtues of man are the fruit of this
|
||
endowment of Heaven's nobility. The Great Heaven is all-discerning and goes
|
||
with man in all his doings. And we do well when we call the Great Heaven our
|
||
Father and our Mother. If we are thus servants of our divine ancestors, then
|
||
may we in confidence pray to Heaven. At all times and in everything let us
|
||
stand in awe of the majesty of Heaven. We acknowledge, O God, the Most High and
|
||
sovereign Potentate, that judgment rests with you, and that all mercy proceeds
|
||
from the divine heart.
|
||
|
||
"God is with us; therefore we have no fear in our hearts. If there be found any
|
||
virtue in me, it is the manifestation of Heaven who abides with me. But this
|
||
Heaven within me often makes hard demands on my faith. If God is with me, I
|
||
have determined to have no doubt in my heart. Faith must be very near the truth
|
||
of things, and I do not see how a man can live without this good faith. Good
|
||
and evil do not befall men without cause. Heaven deals with man's soul in
|
||
accordance with its purpose. When you find yourself in the wrong, do not
|
||
hesitate to confess your error and be quick to make amends.
|
||
|
||
"A wise man is occupied with the search for truth, not in seeking for a mere
|
||
living. To attain the perfection of Heaven is the goal of man. The superior man
|
||
is given to self-adjustment, and he is free from anxiety and fear. God is with
|
||
you; have no doubt in your heart. Every good deed has its recompense. The
|
||
superior man murmurs not against Heaven nor holds a grudge against men. What
|
||
you do not like when done to yourself, do not to others. Let compassion be a
|
||
part of all punishment; in every way endeavor to make punishment a blessing.
|
||
Such is the way of Great Heaven. While all creatures must die and return to the
|
||
earth, the spirit of the noble man goes forth to be displayed on high and to
|
||
ascend to the glorious light of final brightness."
|
||
|
||
10. "OUR RELIGION"
|
||
|
||
After the arduous labor of effecting this compilation of the teachings of the
|
||
world religions concerning the Paradise Father, Ganid set himself to the task
|
||
of formulating what he deemed to be a summary of the belief he had arrived at
|
||
regarding God as a result of Jesus' teaching. This young man was in the habit
|
||
of referring to such beliefs as "our religion." This was his record:
|
||
|
||
"The Lord our God is one Lord, and you should love him with all your mind and
|
||
heart while you do your very best to love all his children as you love
|
||
yourself. This one God is our heavenly Father, in whom all things consist, and
|
||
who dwells, by his spirit, in every sincere human soul. And we who are the
|
||
children of God should learn how to commit the keeping of our souls to him as
|
||
to a faithful Creator. With our heavenly Father all things are possible. Since
|
||
he is the Creator, having made all things and all beings, it could not be
|
||
otherwise. Though we cannot see God, we can know him. And by daily living the
|
||
will of the Father in heaven, we can reveal him to our fellow men.
|
||
|
||
"The divine riches of God's character must be infinitely deep and eternally
|
||
wise. We cannot search out God by knowledge, but we can know him in our hearts
|
||
by personal experience. While his justice may be past finding out, his mercy
|
||
may be received by the humblest being on earth. While the Father fills the
|
||
universe,
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
he also lives in our hearts. The mind of man is human, mortal, but the spirit
|
||
of man is divine, immortal. God is not only all-powerful but also all-wise. If
|
||
our earth parents, being of evil tendency, know how to love their children and
|
||
bestow good gifts on them, how much more must the good Father in heaven know
|
||
how wisely to love his children on earth and to bestow suitable blessings upon
|
||
them.
|
||
|
||
"The Father in heaven will not suffer a single child on earth to perish if that
|
||
child has a desire to find the Father and truly longs to be like him. Our
|
||
Father even loves the wicked and is always kind to the ungrateful. If more
|
||
human beings could only know about the goodness of God, they would certainly be
|
||
led to repent of their evil ways and forsake all known sin. All good things
|
||
come down from the Father of light, in whom there is no variableness neither
|
||
shadow of changing. The spirit of the true God is in man's heart. He intends
|
||
that all men should be brothers. When men begin to feel after God, that is
|
||
evidence that God has found them, and that they are in quest of knowledge about
|
||
him. We live in God and God dwells in us.
|
||
|
||
"I will no longer be satisfied to believe that God is the Father of all my
|
||
people; I will henceforth believe that he is also my Father. Always will I try
|
||
to worship God with the help of the Spirit of Truth, which is my helper when I
|
||
have become really God-knowing. But first of all I am going to practice
|
||
worshiping God by learning how to do the will of God on earth; that is, I am
|
||
going to do my best to treat each of my fellow mortals just as I think God
|
||
would like to have him treated. And when we live this sort of a life in the
|
||
flesh, we may ask many things of God, and he will give us the desire of our
|
||
hearts that we may be the better prepared to serve our fellows. And all of this
|
||
loving service of the children of God enlarges our capacity to receive and
|
||
experience the joys of heaven, the high pleasures of the ministry of the spirit
|
||
of heaven.
|
||
|
||
"I will every day thank God for his unspeakable gifts; I will praise him for
|
||
his wonderful works to the children of men. To me he is the Almighty, the
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Creator, the Power, and the Mercy, but best of all, he is my spirit Father, and
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as his earth child I am sometime going forth to see him. And my tutor has said
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that by searching for him I shall become like him. By faith in God I have
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attained peace with him. This new religion of ours is very full of joy, and it
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generates an enduring happiness. I am confident that I shall be faithful even
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to death, and that I will surely receive the crown of eternal life.
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"I am learning to prove all things and adhere to that which is good. Whatsoever
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I would that men should do to me, that I will do to my fellows. By this new
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faith I know that man may become the son of God, but it sometimes terrifies me
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when I stop to think that all men are my brothers, but it must be true. I do
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not see how I can rejoice in the fatherhood of God while I refuse to accept the
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brotherhood of man. Whosoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
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If that is true, then all men must be my brothers.
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"Henceforth will I do my good deeds in secret; I will also pray most when by
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myself. I will judge not that I may not be unfair to my fellows. I am going to
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learn to love my enemies; I have not truly mastered this practice of being
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Godlike. Though I see God in these other religions, I find him in `our
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religion' as being more beautiful, loving, merciful, personal, and positive.
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But most of all, this great and glorious Being is my spiritual Father; I am his
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child. And by no other means than my honest desire to be like him, I am
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eventually to find him and eternally to serve him. At last I have a religion
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with a God, a marvelous God, and he is a God of eternal salvation."
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Subjects Archive The Urantia Book Urantia Book PART IV: The Life and Teachings
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of Jesus : The Bestowal Of Michael On Urantia The Times Of Michael's Bestowal
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Birth And Infancy Of Jesus The Early Childhood Of Jesus The Later Childhood Of
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Jesus Jesus At Jerusalem The Two Crucial Years The Adolescent Years Jesus'
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Early Manhood The Later Adult Life Of Jesus On The Way To Rome The World's
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Religions The Sojourn At Rome The Return From Rome The Transition Years John
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The Baptist Baptism And The Forty Days Tarrying Time In Galilee Training The
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Kingdom's Messengers The Twelve Apostles The Ordination Of The Twelve Beginning
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The Public Work The Passover At Jerusalem Going Through Samaria At Gilboa And
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In The Decapolis Four Eventful Days At Capernaum First Preaching Tour Of
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Galilee The Interlude Visit To Jerusalem Training Evangelists At Bethsaida The
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Second Preaching Tour The Third Preaching Tour Tarrying And Teaching By The
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Seaside Events Leading Up To The Capernaum Crisis The Crisis At Capernaum Last
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Days At Capernaum Fleeing Through Northern Galilee The Sojourn At Tyre And
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Sidon At Caesarea-philippi The Mount Of Transfiguration The Decapolis Tour
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Rodan Of Alexandria Further Discussions With Rodan At The Feast Of Tabernacles
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Ordination Of The Seventy At Magadan At The Feast Of Dedication The Perean
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Mission Begins Last Visit To Northern Perea The Visit To Philadelphia The
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Resurrection Of Lazarus Last Teaching At Pella The Kingdom Of Heaven On The Way
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To Jerusalem Going Into Jerusalem Monday In Jerusalem Tuesday Morning In The
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Temple The Last Temple Discourse Tuesday Evening On Mount Olivet Wednesday, The
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Rest Day Last Day At The Camp The Last Supper The Farewell Discourse Final
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Admonitions And Warnings In Gethsemane The Betrayal And Arrest Of Jesus Before
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The Sanhedrin Court The Trial Before Pilate Just Before The Crucifixion The
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Crucifixion The Time Of The Tomb The Resurrection Morontia Appearances Of Jesus
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Appearances To The Apostles And Other Leaders Appearances In Galilee Final
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Appearances And Ascension Bestowal Of The Spirit Of Truth After Pentecost The
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Faith Of Jesus
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