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recognize Ikhnaton's mistake--and keep it simple.
To commence our mission, besides our actual life in the imitation of Jesus that we ourselves must lead, two things only are essential. The first is to help people understand that the Spirit of the Father really does indwell us as our helper and guide--and seeks a personal relationship with each individual. The second is that the external expression of our religious belief must come through our service to the eternal (rather than immediate) welfare of our brothers and sisters.
But how? For the first thirty five years of his life, Jesus solved this problem, not through organized group service, or by addressing crowds, but by serving "as he passed by." Once when asked why he had not become a public teacher, he responded that he was on his way to Rome and that was enough for the day. "My tomorrow is wholly in the hands of my Father in heaven," he said. Only after he became aware of his divinity did Jesus embark upon a teaching mission to the multitudes.
If we are to follow Jesus then, for the main part, our service must be quietly inconspicuous, on a personal and individual basis, and wholly in the hands of our indwelling Father-Spirit.
Nor is it essential that we should be seeking to promote The Urantia Book. The simple message that God is our Father, that we are all his children, and that God is to be found within ourselves is all that is really necessary.
There are many verses in the New Testament that tell of God's indwelling. A few are appended.
"Surely you know that you are God's temple, and that God's Spirit dwells within you." (1 Cor. 3: 16)
"If we love one another, God dwells in us and his love is perfected in us." (1 John 4:12)
"But you live not in the flesh but in the spirit if it so be that God dwells in you." (Romans 8: 9)
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