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A dying to the self as the center of its own concern.
A dying to the world as the center of security and identity.
A dying of the self-preoccupied self.
Rebirth--a birth of a self that is centered in God and in Spirit--and not in worldly aspirations, interests, and expectations.
A handing over, a surrendering, a letting go, and a radical re-centering in God.
This faith requires that we see at the heart of everything a reality that loves us, a reality that is gracious, merciful, compassionate, and righteous, but a reality whose righteousness is always transcended by mercy. This reality we call God.
If we are to be concerned with leading humanity back to Jesus' Fourth Epochal Revelation then we take on the mighty task appointed to us as possessors of The Urantia Book. We must live, not in imitation of what Jesus said or did or looked like, but in the imitation of his revelation of the nature of God. Only then will the Urantia Papers become truly effective.
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