Wed, May 08, 2013
Graham: Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life
By
Billy Graham
Dear Rev. Graham: We went to church on Easter, and the Bible reading included Pilate's question to Jesus, asking what truth is, but it sounded to me like Jesus didn't give him an answer. Was Jesus still searching for the truth, just like Pilate was? — M.J.
Rev. Graham: No, Jesus wasn't searching for the truth — and neither was Pilate, the Roman governor. In fact, Pilate apparently didn't even wait for an answer, but cynically turned his back on Jesus and went out to speak to the crowds (see John 18:38).
But Jesus didn't claim to have searched for the truth about God. Instead, he made a claim that was far more startling: He actually claimed to be the truth, sent from heaven to reveal God's truth to us. He boldly declared, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6).
See "Link to External Source Article" below to read further.
Here is an event from Jesus' life that the world knows only from sparse Biblical accounts such as this one. Even in scant form, the story is full enough for Dr Graham to have gleaned the highest truth from it.
Have you ever wanted more of the story?
The Urantia Book contains the same story, except that in The Urantia Book, we get such rich detail - more of the conversation and more important insight into the personalities of both Pilate and Jesus.
See "The Private Examination By Pilate" HERE. The title of the paper is "The Trial Before Pilate," and contains the whole story of those dark hours preceding the Master's death.
Any person who wants to know more about Jesus will be intrigued and inspired when they read this account, and realize that it is an accurate account of that day given to us by spiritual beings who were actually there, and who recorded events as they happened.
This should not be surprising, that there is a chronicle preserved in the universe to immortalize the amazing life of Jesus of Nazareth. Before Jesus came here, he reigned as a Creator Paradise Son of God. His title was "Michael." His appearance on our world was known to the entire universe, and all celestial eyes were on this planet during those times. In that light, it is reasonable to entertain the possibility that these accounts are true, and gifted to us as part of The Urantia Book for the purpose of re-discovering the events of the life and teachings of Jesus as they really occurred. Our world is ready, and our world needs to see Jesus as he was.
The entire Life and Teachings of Jesus can be found HERE
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Fri, February 17, 2012
The Sciences of Sacred Scriptures
By
William Grassie
The vast majority of religious believers hold on to scriptures as
sacred, as profound revelations, as precious guides to the mysteries of
life and death. Believers believe that their stories are true -- for
instance, that Moses was a real person who led the Hebrews out of
slavery and received the Torah directly from God on Mount Sinai or that
there really was a Prince Siddhartha Gautama who searched for and found
enlightenment in the sixth century B.C.E. Moreover, they believe that
contained in these ancient stories is information vital to contemporary
humans.
I hope to convince you in this series that sacred scriptures are
profound, but not true. At least they are not true in the way that
science and history are true. I hope to further convince you that the
whole of contemporary science, what we call here Big History, can be
read as a kind of revelation. Today, we can encounter God anew from the
bottom-up, working from science to the sacred.
See "Link to External Source Article" below to read further.
This is a most interesting article, and worth reading.
One thing that caught my attention was the writer's statement about the scarcity of information about both Moses and Buddha. Again, The Urantia Book fills in the gaps. See MOSES and BUDDHISM for fresh information on these giants of religious history.
And, as for the "sacredness" of Scripture, please see what Jesus had to say about this subject - important even in his day, as it is in our modern times...
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Fri, January 27, 2012
Self talk: Rewinding, deleting and rerecording
By
Jennifer Jarrell
Our hearts and minds are like spiritual recording devices. They are
constantly recording and storing messages into our data bank. We are
born hungry for truth and our spirits are very receptive. As children,
we are sponges, soaking up the world around us and believing the words
of the people we know and trust. Then comes the outside voices, stimuli,
and feedback that may or may not be truth, positive, or healthy.
I want to share a reading that I happened up on, it speaks loudly about
how our thoughts can and will affect our ultimate outcome.
"A Native American elder walks slowly down the path. The leaves of the
trees and the soft breeze protect him from the heat of the noonday sun.
In his worn, calloused hand is the small, soft hand of his young
grandson. The two walk in silence. After a time the grandfather
interrupts the silence. "Grandson," he begins, "there are two wolves
fighting in my heart. One wolf is angry, vengeful, jealous and violent.
The other wolf is peaceful, loving, compassionate and joyful." The boy
looks up at his grandfather and asks, "Which wolf will win the battle of
your heart?" The wise elder replies: "The one I feed."
See "Link to External Source Article" below to read further.
Here is an inspiring passage from The Urantia Book that will top off this article quite nicely...
102:6.7
Belief may not be able to resist doubt and withstand fear, but faith is
always triumphant over doubting, for faith is both positive and living.
The positive always has the advantage over the negative, truth over
error, experience over theory, spiritual realities over the isolated
facts of time and space. The convincing evidence of this spiritual
certainty consists in the social fruits
of the spirit which such
believers, faithers, yield as a result of this genuine spiritual
experience
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