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God
Papers 1
-5),.
See also
Deity
;
I AM
;
Infinite, the
;
Paradise Trinity
;
Universal Father
all men are children of God
2:5.4
(39;3)
,
40:6sec
(447;5)
,
99:5.5
(1091;4)
also known as.
See also
Deity
: also known as;
Universal Father
: also known as
Adonai
96:1.9
(1053;7)
Allah
95:7.6
(1051;4)
Ancient of Days
96:1.9
(1053;7)
Breath Giver
45:4.3
(513;4)
,
63:6.1
(715;8)
Divine Presence
48:6.8
(552;6)
"Father" is most appropriate name
4:4.5
(59;1)
God of Gods
45:4.10
(513;2)
,
64:6.26
(725;7)
Gods
27:7.7
(304;5)
Great Light
45:4.4
(513;5)
Great Spirit
45:4.5
(513;6)
,
64:6.7
(723;6)
Great Teacher
45:4.7
(513;8)
Infinite
48:7.12
(556;1)
Jah
96:1.9
(1053;7)
Jehovah
94:12.1
(1040;5)
,
96:1.10
(1053;8)
Jove
96:1.14
(1054;4)
Kyrios
96:1.9
(1053;7)
Lord God of Israel
45:4.14
(514;4)
,
74:8.7
(837;6)
,
142:3.5
(1598;6)
Luminous Persons
24:7.2
(271;1)
Makers
48:4.15
(549;2)
Most High
4:1.4
(55;2)
,
96:1.9
(1053;7)
One Source of Life
45:4.9
(513;10)
One Truth
45:4.8
(513;9)
,
65:6.15
(513;9)
,
79:6.10
(885;7)
,
79:8.4
(887;4)
Powers of Paradise
27:7.6
(304;4)
Shang-ti
79:8.7
(887;7)
,
94:5.3
(1032;5)
Supreme Chief
45:4.6
(513;7)
,
65:6.23
(513;7)
Supreme Directors
48:4.7
(548;2)
Supreme Rulers
46:8.4
(529;3)
,
50:1.2
(572;4)
,
53:2.4
(602;7)
,
54:1.9
(614;4)
,
54:3.1
(615;3)
,
54:4.5
(616;4)
,
65:8.2
(739;6)
Unknown
64:6.26
(725;7)
Value-Giver
16:8.7
(194;7)
and nature
4:2.5
(57;2)
,
131:1.5
(1443;1)
consciousness of God
0:2.2
(3;8)
,
5:2sec
(64;4)
,
8:5sec
(95;4)
,.
See also
spiritual communion
best discovered in communion with Adjuster
5:2.3
(64;6)
determining factor in all conduct
95:4.2
(1046;3)
experience remains the same over generations
5:5.12
(69;7)
idea, ideal, spirit reality, and personality of God
5:5.11
(69;6)
indispensable to true progress
94:6.12
(69;6)
,
100:3.6
(1097;3)
inevitable result of consecration to Father's will
5:1.6
(63;4)
integration of self with universe
196:3.32
(63;4)
Jesus attained by unbroken communion
196:0.10
(2088;5)
mysticism praiseworthy unless leading to isolation
91:7.1
(1000;2)
no word in human language for God-consciousness
103:1.6
(1130;5)
presence of God
determined by en masse loyalty to God
3:1.10-11
(46;2)
,
13:4.3-5
(150;2)
determined by spiritual capacity, consecration
5:2.1
(64;4)
equalized by Master Spirits
13:4.3
(150;2)
humbly obedient to creature choosing
13:4.5
(150;4)
inalienable
16:9.4
(195;6)
increasingly grow to feel
155:6.12
(1732;5)
living as in presence of God favors spiritual growth
100:1.8
(1095;3)
man rarely conscious of
5:2.4,5
(64;7)
more real than fellow beings
16:9.4
(195;6)
resident in Adjuster
196:3.20,22
(2095;7)
we shall one day see God face to face
5:1.9
(63;7)
proved by fruits of spirit; desire to do Father's will
5:2.4-6
(64;7)
,
71:4.3
(804;3)
ultimate of mind attainment
71:7.6
(806;6)
we may attain perfection of
1:0.5
(22;2)
creation of energy and life is prerogative of God; both flow out to all creation
42:1.5
(468;2)
Creator Sons are God in their local universes
33:1.4
(367;1)
,.
See also
Michael of Nebadon
: description: God of our creation
discernably present only on Paradise and in Havona
3:1.6
(45;4)
divine qualities perfectly unified in
44:7.4
(507;5)
eventuates as a superperson, creates as a person, and fragments as a preperson
30:1.16
(333;2)
evolution of God concept
Paper 97
(1062;1)
,)
5:4.9-10
(67;7)
,
5:5.12
(69;7)
,
142:3sec
(1598;2)
finding God.
See also
faith
;
spiritual growth
all man's endowments must be consecrated to
1:6.5
(30;4)
approach to God
5:1sec
(62;3)
begins by recognizing divinity of Creator Son
0:8.2
(11;6)
believe in God because of human experience or revelation of truth
101:2.4
(1106;3)
by faith alone
32:3.6
(361;1)
,
101:8.1
(1114;5)
,
102:6.5
(1124;7)
,.
See also
faith
by rebound momentum of Thought Adjusters
56:4.1
(639;7)
by recognizing truth, beauty, goodness, God of love, comprehension of Supreme
56:6.3
(641;4)
cannot find God through science
1:2.4
(24;2)
,
42:1.3
(467;5)
,
133:6.7
(1478;6)
choosing Father's will is
111:5.6
(1221;7)
creates consciousness of the Supreme
117:6.2
(1288;1)
desire to find God is evidence of having found Him
130:8.2
(1440;2)
,
131:10.4
(1454;1)
,
195:6.16
(2078;2)
discern God through creation, revelations of Sons
1:5.3
(27;5)
divine union attained by progressive reciprocal spiritual communion, conformity to divine will
1:7.2
(31;2)
failure in Deity adventure remands to universes; second attempt always successful
25:8.9
(284;2)
,
26:8.3-5
(294;2)
faith reveals God in the soul
101:2.8
(1106;7)
few have found God on Paradise
11:1.3
(118;5)
finding God by submission to spirit.
See
submission
from experiences of living or contact with those who know God
132:7.2
(1466;2)
God as Father takes precedence over all phases of Deity
4:4.5-6
(59;1)
,
54:6.2
(618;5)
,
196:3.32
(618;5)
God cannot be plural to personality
56:4.4-5
(640;3)
God is always a reality of personal experience
102:4.3
(1123;3)
God is approachable; not in hiding
1:3.3
(25;3)
,
1:5.3
(27;5)
,
3:0.2
(44;2)
,
5:1.8
(63;6)
,
131:1.5
(1443;1)
,
131:2.4
(1444;4)
God manifests himself to our capacity
1:4.5-6
(26;7)
,
32:4.7
(363;5)
greatest experience in human existence
1:0.6
(22;3)
,
117:6.9
(1289;2)
he who has seen a Creator Son has seen God
0:8.2
(11;6)
,
32:3.6
(361;1)
,
107:0.4
(1176;4)
he who has seen Jesus has seen God
157:6.13
(1750;7)
,
180:3.9
(1947;8)
,
182:1.9
(1965;3)
impels man to seek loving service-contact with less illuminated fellows
102:3.4
(1121;6)
infinity of God shuts him off from direct communication with finite beings
2:1.6
(34;5)
is identity with reality, self-completion
196:3.3
(2094;2)
is mortal's 5th jubilee
27:7.8
(305;1)
is oneness with divinity by means of cosmic mind
56:3.6
(639;6)
John Mark spent whole day alone with God
177:1.3
(1921;1)
learn to love God by loving brethren
155:3.4
(1727;4)
man searches for friend who lives within his heart
3:1.4
(45;2)
man's nearest approach to God is through love
3:4.7
(50;5)
may be attained by seeking superhuman help in resolving conflicts
76:2.8
(849;2)
,
103:2.4
(1131;3)
maze of superstition, tradition, and materialistic tendencies stand in way of
102:7.6
(1126;6)
none go to God except through Michael
0:8.1-2
(11;5)
,
180:3.7
(1947;6)
nothing holds those in captivity who seek God
130:1.2
(1428;2)
our limitations determine when we see God
5:1.1-2
(62;3)
our thoughts, not our feelings, lead us Godward
101:1.3
(1104;6)
parental experience indispensable to finding God
45:6.4
(516;2)
pure in heart shall See God
131:1.6
(1443;2)
search for God is search for everything
117:6.9
(1289;2)
seeking God makes us like him
133:4.9
(1475;2)
sevenfold approach to Deity
0:8.1-2
(11;5)
soul made divine by what it strives to do, not by what it does
48:7.24
(557;8)
spiritual approach is only one possible
102:4.4
(1123;4)
those who seek God with whole heart shall find
131:2.9
(1445;3)
,
131:8.5
(1452;3)
,
132:7.1-2
(1466;1)
through leadings of spiritual insight
1:3.3
(25;3)
,
195:5.14
(2076;5)
through soul's contemplation of inner spiritual reality
5:0.1
(62;1)
we know God because we trust him
102:1.5
(1119;4)
functions in non-Father capacities as force, energy, power, causation, reaction, potentiality, actuality, gravity, tension, pattern, principle, and unity
104:2.6
(1146;2)
God fragments.
See
Thought Adjusters
God's nature
Paper 2
(33;1)
,).
See also
beauty
;
goodness
;
justice
: divine justice;
mercy
;
omnipotence
;
omniscience
;
truth
all things consist in God
0:3.4
(5;3)
,
3:1.7
(45;5)
,
3:5.4
(51;3)
,
3:6sec
(52;4)
,
9:0.4
(98;4)
,
11:8.1
(125;4)
,
16:9.10
(196;6)
,
42:1.2,6
(467;4)
,
56:1.5
(638;3)
,
56:9.14
(646;1)
,
104:4.25
(1150;7)
,
131:10.2,4
(1453;4)
all things are possible with God
2:1.2
(34;1)
,
3:2.2
(46;6)
,
26:5.3
(291;3)
,
107:4.7
(1181;3)
,
131:10.2
(1453;4)
,
163:3.2
(1803;4)
,
182:3.2
(1968;3)
all true love is from God
117:6.10
(1289;3)
changeless
12:7.4-6
(137;5)
,
19:6.5
(222;1)
,
97:1.4-5
(1063;1)
claims all allegiance or none
102:6.1
(1124;3)
confers reality of existence upon all other beings
4:4.7
(59;3)
divine forgiveness inevitable
131:2.11
(1445;5)
,
174:1sec
(1898;1)
divine light whose interruptions constitute creation shadows
102:6.2
(1124;4)
energy infinity
3:2.3
(47;1)
,
42:2.21
(471;5)
enjoys expansions of self-realization
1:5.14-16
(29;4)
gives his children spirit and blessings
131:10.3
(1453;5)
,
144:2.4
(1619;2)
good
2:6sec
(40;5)
,
28:6.21
(317;2)
,.
See also
goodness
: of God
guides man without self-assertion
131:8.3
(1452;1)
has set up tensions in creations circling Paradise
117:4.14
(1285;3)
in him we live and move and have our being
1:1.2
(22;5)
,
1:5.16
(29;6)
,
2:1.11
(35;4)
,
3:1.2,4
(44;5)
,
12:7.12
(139;1)
,
16:9.10
(196;6)
,
111:5.2
(1221;3)
,
141:2.1
(1588;4)
,
174:3.2
(1900;2)
infinitely inclusive of all things except evil and creature experience
108:0.2
(1185;2)
invisible
1:3.1
(25;1)
,
1:5.1-4
(27;3)
is Father
4:4.5
(59;1)
,
54:6.2
(618;5)
,
56:4.4
(640;3)
,
141:4.1
(1590;4)
,
196:3.32
(1590;4)
is love
1:3.8
(26;2)
,
2:5.1,10
(38;6)
,
6:3sec
(75;6)
,
8:4.2
(94;4)
,
54:4.6
(616;5)
,
56:10.20
(648;3)
,
130:1.5
(1429;1)
,
134:4.1
(1486;4)
,
160:5.11
(1782;2)
just and righteous
2:3sec
(36;6)
laws of.
See
law
: divine
lover of mankind, helper of the distressed
12:7.8
(138;3)
,
131:4.4
(1448;3)
,
131:5.3
(1450;2)
,
193:0.3
(2052;3)
merciful
2:4sec
(38;1)
,
12:7.1
(137;2)
most inescapable of all presences
102:7.10
(1127;4)
,
133:4.1
(1474;1)
needs man to fulfill destiny
195:10.3
(2084;3)
neither creates evil nor permits sin and rebellion
54:0.2
(613;2)
never vengeful or angry
2:6.7
(41;5)
no respecter of persons
1:4.6
(27;1)
,
2:3.1
(36;6)
,
3:1.12
(46;4)
,
12:7.1,8
(137;2)
,
40:10.5,13
(452;5)
,
64:6.27
(725;8)
,
112:0.12
(1225;1)
,
117:6.22
(1290;8)
,
133:0.3
(1468;3)
,
137:8.6
(1536;3)
,
138:8.2
(1545;3)
,
140:3.16
(1571;3)
,
143:1.5
(1608;2)
,
148:6.2
(1662;4)
,
155:6.2
(1730;6)
,
156:2.4
(1736;1)
,
166:4.11
(1831;2)
,
175:2.1-3
(1909;1)
,
181:2.14
(1958;1)
,
192:2.2
(2047;6)
none is good but God
196:0.9
(2088;4)
,
196:2.2
(2091;4)
nothing separates us from love of
100:6.6
(1101;1)
omnipotence of God.
See
omnipotence
omniscience of God.
See
omniscience
one and only self-caused fact in universe
102:7.1-3
(1126;1)
personal
102:1.6
(1119;5)
,
102:7.3
(1126;3)
,
103:1.6
(1130;5)
primal, personal as Father
0:3.2-4
(5;1)
purpose of God.
See
divine plan
source, nature, and destiny of other-mindness
102:4.3
(1123;3)
source, destiny of all that is good, beautiful, true
130:2.7
(1431;2)
spirit
1:3.1,8
(25;1)
,
6:1.2
(74;1)
,
6:2.6
(75;3)
,
9:2.1
(100;3)
,
12:8.1
(139;4)
,
134:4.2,7
(1486;5)
,
143:5.6
(1613;4)
,
160:5.11
(1782;2)
,
169:4.2,6
(1855;3)
supreme ideal of religious loyalty
160:5.4-6
(1780;6)
truth
102:6.6
(1125;1)
,
131:1.6
(1443;2)
,
131:4.6
(1449;1)
unity
56:0.1
(637;1)
,
56:1.4
(638;2)
will not permit anyone to deprive another of free will
54:1.9
(614;4)
,
54:3.1
(615;3)
will of God
.
q.v.
great things happen when man goes into partnership with God
132:7.9
(1467;5)
growth of God comprehension in light and life
56:7.1-2,5
)
142:2.2-4
(1597;2)
,
142:3sec
(1598;2)
,
159:4sec
(1767;3)
highest concept is as primal and infinite personality
2:0.1
(33;1)
infinite
1:3.1
(25;1)
,
1:5.1
(27;3)
,
1:7.7
(31;7)
,
2:1sec
(33;4)
inhabits the present moment
2:2.1
(35;5)
let supreme delight be in character of God
146:2.9
(1639;4)
literally present on Paradise
11:1sec
(118;3)
looks beyond act to uncover motive
103:4.5
(1133;5)
,
140:6.4-5
(1576;4)
,
140:10.5
(1585;3)
,
166:1.4
(1826;1)
man
created in image of God
1:3.1
(25;1)
,
3:4.7
(50;5)
,
6:5.7
(78;3)
,
7:4.4
(85;5)
,
10:3.1
(110;7)
,
32:2.8
(359;5)
,
74:7.6
(836;2)
,
92:5.1
(1008;3)
,
117:3.5
(1281;7)
still evinces disposition to bargain with God
87:6.10
(965;4)
understands God's unity only by personal approach
1:5.11
(29;1)
man's eternal destination
5:4.3
(67;1)
misconceptions about God
1:2.2
(23;5)
,
4:5sec
(59;6)
,
12:7.6
(138;1)
,
102:6.3
(1124;5)
,
188:4.8
(2017;3)
,
188:5.1,11
(2017;9)
,
196:3.21
(2095;8)
atrocities executed in name of God
70:1.15
(784;11)
everything unusual attributed to God's personal intervention
75:4.8
(843;2)
God is not a habit-bound slave
12:7.4,6
(137;5)
God jealous for man, not of man
4:3.1
(57;6)
not a cosmic accident
2:1.4
(34;3)
pantheistic corporeality error
1:5.12
(29;2)
wrath of God
142:2sec
(1597;1)
never victim of attitudinal antagonisms
2:4.3
(38;3)
nothing takes place of God in society
195:8.6
(2081;6)
relation to local universes
32:4sec
(362;5)
revelation of God always partial, relative, and progressive
56:9.7
(645;2)
,
142:2.2
(1597;2)
revelators only able to explain God due to aid of Adjusters, Spirit of Truth
2:0.3
(33;3)
soul concludes man has no right not to believe in God
101:1.7
(1105;4)
,
101:9.3
(1115;4)
term "God"
always denotes personality
0:2sec
(3;7)
approach to supreme reality
100:3.2
(1096;7)
Father idea is highest human concept of God
2:0.1
(33;1)
,
2:5.9
(40;1)
,
196:3.32
(40;1)
infinite concept of Father
0:2.6
(4;3)
,
1:7.1
(31;1)
,
169:4.7
(1856;5)
reality of values, substance of meanings, life of truth
5:4.2
(66;6)
theologic definitions must change with each epoch
5:5.12
(69;7)
to understand God one must explore facts
102:6.6
(1125;1)
valid experience of vs. divergent discourse about God
103:8.2
(1140;2)
what God is to science, philosophy, and religion
102:6.8
(1125;3)
God of Action.
See
Infinite Spirit
God the Absolute
0:10sec
(13;4)
defined as
divine inevitability
0:12.4
(16;1)
experiential realization of absolute divinity
0:10.1
(13;4)
experiential unification of 3 Absolutes as one
106:8.14
(1172;2)
experientializing God of transcended superpersonal values, existential as Deity Absolute
0:2.15
(4;12)
personality consequence of final function of Trinity Absolute
0:10.1
(13;4)
,
106:8.13
(1172;1)
Deity Absolute experiences identity with Unqualified Absolute in
0:2.15
(4;12)
possible trinitization of
0:9.4
(13;2)
,
0:12.8
(16;5)
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