Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Acts 17:28 Continued

Here is the sixth citation that I have found in the UB for Acts 17:28:

P.22 - §5 The Universal Father never imposes any form of arbitrary recognition, formal worship, or slavish service upon the intelligent will creatures of the universes. The evolutionary inhabitants of the worlds of time and space must of themselves--in their own hearts--recognize, love, and voluntarily worship him. The Creator refuses to coerce or compel the submission of the spiritual free wills of his material creatures. The affectionate dedication of the human will to the doing of the Father's will is man's choicest gift to God; in fact, such a consecration of creature will constitutes man's only possible gift of true value to the Paradise Father. In God, man lives, moves, and has his being; there is nothing which man can give to God except this choosing to abide by the Father's will, and such decisions, effected by the intelligent will creatures of the universes, constitute the reality of that true worship which is so satisfying to the love-dominated nature of the Creator Father.

This quotation in Acts 17:28 is generally attributed to a sixth-century BC poet, Epimenides of Crete. Isn't it interesting how Paul seems to be building bridges of his own by quoting Greek poets to his Greek audience?

1 Comments:

Blogger Kurt Kawohl said...

Several people whom I interacted with pointed out that my spiritual journeys were similar to what was written in the Urantia Book. I perused the book and was amazed at the superior knowledge that this book contained; the main emphasis lacking therefrom was the message from God that "All religions that promote peace, love and compassion toward others have equal validity". This I have attempted to portray by editing the Urantia Book and retaining similarities therein of what my spirit witnessed in my spiritual interactions with God.

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December 23, 2006 at 10:02:00 PM EST  

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