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SEVEN Urantia BOOK HISTORIC TRUTH AFFIRMATIONS
Meredith Sprunger
4/25/88
- 1. God is experiencable in human existence. All of us can experience
God because we are all children of the Heavenly Father.
- 2. We will receive eternal life if we have faith and trust in God.
- 3. Love is the most powerful force in the universe. We are asked to
love one another, as Jesus loves us.
- 4. The ministry of the Spirit is without measure and is efficacious.
It is limited only by our receptive capacities.
- 5. We live in an orderly, intelligent, and progressive universe.
- 6. Human life has a divine purpose. There is meaning in our planetary
history, values in our present situation, and hope for future generations.
- 7. The most important knowledge in the world is knowing the religious
life of Jesus. The most important spiritual practice is living the religion
of Jesus.
SEVEN Urantia BOOK BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
- 1. The material and spiritual cosmology of the universe is much greater
and more purposefully organized than most scholars have envisioned. The
number and diversity of spirit personalities and intelligent beings transcends
our most imaginative speculation.
- 2. The finite universe in inhabited, and is a delegated creation composed
of local universes which were brought into being by "Only Begotten"
Creator Sons of the Universal Father. These Sons rule over their creations
and all mortals who proceed to the Father are assisted in their pilgrimage
by the benevolent ministry of these Sons. In this context the role of Jesus
for our planet takes on additional significance and importance.
- 3. The universe is growth oriented and friendly. We must suffer the
consequences for our misdeeds, but a literal "Hell" is a humanistic
illusion.
- 4. Personal realities are dynamically interrelated; our mind bridges
the dichotomy between matter and spirit; the Indwelling Spirit of God is
our authentic self and has an ideal plan for our development; our soul
is a divine-human creation which evolves as we make decisions harmonious
with truth, beauty, and goodness; personality is a unique bestowal of the
Universal Father which never changes and has unlimited potential to organize
and integrate all present and future capacities and experiences.
- 5. The pathway to salvation and Paradise is evolutionary in nature.
After death we take up our spiritual growth just where we left off I this
life. We partiipate in our own growth toward perfection. The universe is
a gigantic university, training mortals for a great and glorious future.
- 6. The idea that a sense of guilt, repentance, and self-examination
are necessary for spiritual growth is replaced by the priorities of faith;
self-forgetfulness; service; and self-mastery.
- 7. Religion is personal experience with God. Religious institutions
are second order social creations. Truth is dynamic and cannot be imprisoned
in creeds or dogmas; it is a spiritual reality which is living and growing.
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