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Thomas' Questions on Apostleship
Excerpt: Chap. 21, The Passover in Jerusalem
Son of Man: Urantia, 2nd ed.

Thomas brought up the rules that Jesus had earlier given to the apostles for their personal lives when he ordained them as kingdom ambassadors. Now, he wanted to know what rules they were supposed to teach the people to frame their lives. Should Jesus' disciples own slaves? Should people embrace poverty and give up material things? And would mercy somehow take over so we will no longer need laws and justice? First, Jesus made clear that he was living a different life on earth than everyone else. And because of that, there were certain rules that he was supposed to follow. Likewise, the apostles had an obligation to follow many of those same rules.

Son of Man: Urantia, is a restatement of the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the Urantia revelation and in accordance with its urging to do so for today’s generation.

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Godspeed, Bob
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Clarification: temporal and eternal

I posted recently on the caution in part four of the Urantia revelation that in these days the greatest threat to believers will be holding to their faith, and reminded people that in the end all that really matters in this brief life is dying with our belief in the fatherhood of God and knowing that we have progressively grown in our ability to show others the fruits of the spirit and in turn draw them to God the father.

I should have said “all that really matters in an eternal sense,” so it did not appear that temporal matters were unimportant, which was pointed out in one of my posts.

To be clear, and more than I care to share, tattooed on my back in Latin is “Defend liberty, Protect the innocents, and Serve man for God.” I live this, and if I ever have a chance to serve again in the effort to end the harm now being done to children, I will and God have mercy on the bad guys because I will be stretched to offer it.

Our duty on Earth is to become the best we can be so we can in turn better serve humanity for the sake of God. That said, at the point of death—no matter what did or did not happen in your brief life—ALL that matters is your faith in God and knowing you showed some level, no matter how small, of progress in your life. If not, it ends. Your choice.

Please, everyone, time is short. Put parts 1-3 of the revelation aside for a time and study as best you can the life and teachings of Jesus. Anyone can memorize static information and pet their ego and run around feeling like they know something “special.” But few people can engage material that puts them immediately in front of the mirror and challenges them to become better people for the sake of God. Part 4 of the revelation has the information needed to transform ourselves and hence the world, but it cannot be told to people it has to be shown. The more we can speak less and instead draw people to us through our conduct the better we serve the kingdom of heaven.

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Godspeed,
Bob

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China Rising - 5th Epochal Revelation - Citizens in Motion

Love is the characteristic of all God's personal dealings with his creatures. 2.5.12

Greetings Family. For anyone that is interested in becoming an Ordained Minister this is Just a quick message to let you know that I will be hosting the next Followers Of Christ Michael online course starting on February 2nd - March 23rd 2025.

This will be a 7 week course and you will be required to study 1 paper per week and answer 7 questions per week focused on the Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ.

The course will culminate with Graduation, Certification and Ordination Ceremony on March 30th.

If you’re interested in participating in this program please send an email to MinisterPatoBanton@gmail.com with your full name, date of birth, city and country of residence.

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What is Faith?

In Urantia Book 3:5.9, we see that:
Faith is the supreme assertion of human thought.

"That faith is concerned only with the grasp of ideal values is shown by the New Testament definition which declares that faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen." - UB 99:5.8

Faith and Belief

Urantia Book 101:8.1
"Belief has attained the level of faith when it motivates life and shapes the mode of living. The acceptance of a teaching as true is not faith; that is mere belief. Neither is certainty nor conviction faith. A state of mind attains to faith levels only when it actually dominates the mode of living. Faith is a living attribute of genuine personal religious experience. One believes truth, admires beauty, and reverences goodness, but does not worship them; such an attitude of saving faith is centered on God alone, who is all of these personified and infinitely more."
: The Urantia BookPaper 10
The Real Nature of Religion
https://www.urantia.org/urantia-book-standardized/paper-101-real-nature-religion

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