Come and learn from Me of the Mercy Flame, the Sacred Fire
Love which will wash away thy sins and error, raising you beyond the field of
unconsciousness and human enslavement unto freedom and immortality.“ ~Esu Kumara Michael
By the old way you seek to suppress, obey, and conform to the rules of living; by the new way you are first transformed by the Spirit of Truth and thereby strengthened in your inner soul by the constant spiritual renewing of your mind, and so are you endowed with the power of the certain and joyous performance of the gracious, acceptable, and perfect will of God. Forget not — it is your personal faith in the exceedingly great and precious promises of God that ensures your becoming partakers of the divine nature. Thus by your faith and the spirit’s transformation, you become in reality the temples of God, and his spirit actually dwells within you. If, then, the spirit dwells within you, you are no longer bondslaves of the flesh but free and liberated sons of the spirit. The new law of the spirit endows you with the liberty of self-mastery in place of the old law of the fear of self-bondage and the slavery of self-denial.
By the old way you seek to suppress, obey, and conform to the rules of living; by the new way you are first transformed by the Spirit of Truth and thereby strengthened in your inner soul by the constant spiritual renewing of your mind, and so are you endowed with the power of the certain and joyous performance of the gracious, acceptable, and perfect will of God. Forget not — it is your personal faith in the exceedingly great and precious promises of God that ensures your becoming partakers of the divine nature. Thus by your faith and the spirit’s transformation, you become in reality the temples of God, and his spirit actually dwells within you. If, then, the spirit dwells within you, you are no longer bondslaves of the flesh but free and liberated sons of the spirit. The new law of the spirit endows you with the liberty of self-mastery in place of the old law of the fear of self-bondage and the slavery of self-denial.
Many times, when you have done evil, you have thought to
charge up your acts to the influence of the evil one when in reality you have
but been led astray by your own natural tendencies. Did not the Prophet
Jeremiah long ago tell you that the human heart is deceitful above all things
and sometimes even desperately wicked? How easy for you to become self-deceived
and thereby fall into foolish fears, divers lusts, enslaving pleasures, malice,
envy, and even vengeful hatred!“Salvation is by the regeneration of the spirit
and not by the self-righteous deeds of the flesh. You are justified by faith
and fellowshipped by grace, not by fear and the self-denial of the flesh,
albeit the Father’s children who have been born of the spirit are ever and
always masters of the self and all that pertains to the desires of
the flesh. When you know that you are saved by faith, you have real peace with
God. And all who follow in the way of this heavenly peace are destined to be
sanctified to the eternal service of the ever-advancing sons of the eternal
God. Henceforth, it is not a duty but rather your exalted privilege to cleanse
yourselves from all evils of mind and body while you seek for perfection in the
love of God.
Your sonship is grounded in faith, and you are to remain
unmoved by fear. Your joy is born of trust in the divine word, and you shall
not therefore be led to doubt the reality of the Father’s love and mercy. It is
the very goodness of God that leads men into true and genuine repentance. Your
secret of the mastery of self is bound up with your faith in the indwelling
spirit, which ever works by love. Even this saving faith you have not of
yourselves; it also is the gift of God. And if you are the children of this
living faith, you are no longer the bondslaves of self but rather the
triumphant masters of yourselves, the liberated sons of God.
Courtesy of The Urantia Book
Courtesy of The Urantia Book
Adonai
Michael of Nebadon
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