A Lesson on Belief and Faith.

Urantia, May 15, 2005.

A Teacher named “The Beloved One.”

Contributing Receiver.

The Beloved One: “Today let us examine the vast difference between these two most important subjects, and the great significance of this. Belief is often a ‘head service,’ likewise with vast differences. With a belief system you are never totally sure, because it is only belief. For instance, in your olden records many things are written which were only beliefs of the writers of those days. These beliefs were then accepted as gospel truth coming from an angry and jealous God, and today such is still accepted as the word of God.

“Deeper thinking men and women are beginning to realize that this is not portraying an unconditionally loving Creator, Who created humankind in His image. It is a great travesty to become so bound up in literal interpretation of these records wherefrom many erroneous, fundamentalist belief systems have sprung, with people daring to conclude that they are the only ones who are right.

“Let me assure you that although some are becoming restless, because their souls are waking up to the fact that some things don’t tally up, because of the intolerance and rampant racism that still abounds on the planet. They rightfully, and justly, begin to feel restless, and start thinking for themselves how, over the years, things might have been taken out of context to suit the wiles of power-hungry man, who in the olden days re-wrote the history books to suit their intents and purposes to keep the masses under control.

“Belief was disconnected from the heart so they could whitewash everything in the name of God, Who really had nothing to do with their nefarious scheming. Even the simple fact of evolution became strictly creation, and different factions have sprung up as the true history of the beginning of the world became distorted, and as those early writings were destroyed. Once creationists and evolutionists come closer together, then science and religion can make great strides in the examination of facts.

“Faith is an entirely different matter, as faith has heart involvement, which belief does not. Belief reasons, faith knows. Belief has numerous tenets and laws, which need to be painstakingly adhered to under the threat of hell and damnation. Faith liberates a mortal, who then knows that it will become immortal at the dissolution of the flesh. All fear of dying has left such a one, because he or she totally trusts in the loving over-care of an unconditionally loving Creator. Life becomes increasingly more joyous; as the old ways are slowly left behind and as everything is honestly examined by the light of trust and faith.

“Each day, lived in faith brings a greater trust that everything is in divine order. Such a one also understands that the free will Gift, with which one has been gifted, is then wholeheartedly given back to God, and such a one then tries sincerely to do the will of God, which is to live by the golden rule that is stated in every so-called holy book on the planet—to treat each other with dignity and respect as you, yourself would like to be treated.

“It is a realization in heart, mind and soul, that you all are connected as siblings under God, and that all souls are created with equal potential of development. To merely get stuck in a fundamentalist belief system, and to never move beyond into faith and acceptance of each other, does stunt the growth of the soul, immensely so, and it is a great detriment in the life following this, when one learns the truth about oneself, and then has to learn to forgive oneself for one’s ignorance and stubborn refusal to see the true Light of God, which is surrounding you, and indwelling you, even now.

“Wake up to the fact that God lives in everything in His omnipotence and omniscience, and that he is intimately connected to your heart, mind and soul. Give God a chance, so your belief may turn into faith, and so true soul peace may reign in your hearts and minds to ripple out into your environments and throughout your precious planet.

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