So, you think I was guided to do what I did? as in, sharing The Urantia Book as I did back then? And maybe it is part of the Plan??? Yeah - the Boss is never wrong. Even if our choice is wrong, he turns it to good. I didn't realize it then, but now I think that my promptings may have been the result of the Spirit of Truth's work in my mind. I recently read some passages about Pentecost, and one thing that popped out at me that night was this:
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194:2.6 Next, the Spirit of Truth came to help the believer to witness to the realities of Jesus’ teachings and his life as he lived it in the flesh, and as he now again lives it anew and afresh in the individual believer of each passing generation of the spirit-filled sons of God.
I never really saw that word "witness," before, and it stuck a resonance with me. I do believe with all my heart that that is what we are all called to do with others - not to convince them that The Urantia Book is a revelation of God, but to witness to what Jesus has done in our lives. We have to show the beauties of the Kingdom before leading them in to the Kingdom. Although, in the case of my sisters (and one brother), I feel they are already in the Kingdom, but they sure don't seem to be enjoying it ...
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141:6.4 That night Jesus discoursed to the apostles on the new life in the kingdom. He said in part: “When you enter the kingdom, you are reborn. You cannot teach the deep things of the spirit to those who have been born only of the flesh; first see that men are born of the spirit before you seek to instruct them in the advanced ways of the spirit. Do not undertake to show men the beauties of the temple until you have first taken them into the temple. Introduce men to God and as the sons of God before you discourse on the doctrines of the fatherhood of God and the sonship of men. Do not strive with men—always be patient. It is not your kingdom; you are only ambassadors. Simply go forth proclaiming: This is the kingdom of heaven—God is your Father and you are his sons, and this good news, if you wholeheartedly believe it, is your eternal salvation.”
MaryJo