The Urantia Papers expand on and clarify the truths of many sacred scriptures, including the Bible. One of these truths is the fact that the revealed religion of Jesus (not about Jesus) is alive! Religion should not seek to dominate man, it should empower people to grow and learn through experience. What is needed is the religion of Jesus, not the religion about Jesus, not a man-made, man-dominated religion, but a religion where we seek to do the Father's will and the religion of Jesus dominates our thinking. Thinking men and women should seek to have the religion of Jesus dominate their thinking, allowing for the transformation of their lives, creating a condition whereby these intelligent, thinking men and women seek to do the will of God, benefiting humanity, themselves, and even God himself - as it pleases our Father to share in the spiritual pleasures of integrated, unified, and coordinated personalities.
Having Jesus' way dominate our thinking is not for everyone; even the greatest spiritual treasures in heaven are not enough to persuade some selfish men and women to adjust their self-centered attitudes. But make no mistake, while no mere man, such as a minister, can intermediate between selfish minds and Jesus the Son or God the Father; he can certainly communicate God's will as he understands it, trusting in his own Jesus dominated mind to guide him.
What is needed is a fresh look at Jesus and his teachings. What is needed is for Jesus dominated thinkers to preach the good news of the new gospel to intelligent, thinking men and women so as to empower them to become that which God intended. The supreme purpose of life is the development of a majestic and well-balanced personality! (Urantia Paper 195 - 10:17)
Acceptance of the true religion of Jesus will require a highly geared spiritual performance by newly endowed revelators, or ministers, of the expanded and clarified truth. We must seek to understand more of Jesus' true teachings so as to bring about greater solutions to the modern and complex issues of our day. Our goal must be to teach man to experience the presence of God. We must bow before the cross we proclaim, and yield to the will of the Father - as Jesus did - if we are to succeed in any small or large meaningful way in the transformation of human minds.
Empowered minds change the world.
Faith is the personal, living, original, spontaneous, and purely spiritual, real and encompassing, sweeps away doubts, destroys conflicting desire, is fervent and sublime, loyal to the Father's will. This was the faith of Jesus. (Urantia Paper 196 - 0:5)
Urantia Papers - References:
- Paper 195 - 10:17-19
- Paper 196 - 0:5
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