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THE SPIRIT OF BESTOWAL
THE INFINITE SPIRIT |
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CEDOMIL
VUGRINCIC, M.D., Ph.D. |
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In the
previous Interim-Papers we have reviewed the meanings of the TRUE WORSHIP of
the Paradise Universal Father, the PRAYER SUPPLICATIONS to the realms of the
Paradise Eternal Son and His Spirit of Truth, and qualified PRAYER
REALIZATIONS by the spirit agencies of the Holy Spirit, the Mind of the
Paradise Conjoint Actor. The following
Interim-Paper is devoted to further enlightenment about the true nature of
God.
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8: THE INFINITE SPIRIT 008:4 THE SPIRIT OF DIVINE
MINISTRY 8:4.1 Paralleling the physical universe
wherein Paradise gravity
holds all things together is the spiritual universe wherein the word of the
Son interprets the thought of God and, when " made
flesh, " demonstrates the loving mercy of the combined nature of the
associated Creators. But in and through all this material and spiritual
creation there is a vast stage whereon the Infinite Spirit
and his spirit offspring show forth the combined mercy, patience, and
everlasting affection of the divine parents towards the intelligent children
of their co-operative devising and making. Everlasting ministry to mind is
the essence of the Spirit's divine character. And all the spirit offspring of
the Conjoint Actor
partake of this desire to minister, this divine urge to service. 8:4.2 God is love, the Son is mercy, the
Spirit is ministry—the ministry of divine love and endless mercy to all
intelligent creation. The Spirit is the personification of the Father's love
and the Son's mercy; in him are they eternally united for universal service. The
Spirit is love applied to the creature creation, the combined love of the
Father and the Son. 8:4.3 On Urantia the Infinite Spirit is known as
an omnipresent influence, a universal presence, but in Havona you shall know him as a personal presence of
actual ministry. Here the ministry of the Paradise
Spirit is the exemplary and inspiring pattern for each of his co-ordinate
Spirits and subordinate personalities ministering to the created beings on
the worlds of time and space. In this divine universe the Infinite Spirit
fully participated in the seven transcendental appearances of the Eternal Son;
likewise did he participate with the original Michael Son in the seven
bestowals upon the circuits
of Havona, thereby becoming the sympathetic and
understanding spirit minister to every pilgrim of time traversing these
perfect circles
on high. 8:4.4 When a Creator Son of God accepts
the creatorship charge of responsibility for a projected local universe, the personalities of the Infinite Spirit pledge
themselves as the tireless ministers of this Michael Son when he goes forth
on his mission of creative adventure. Especially in the persons of the Creative
Daughters, the local universe
Mother Spirits, do we find the Infinite Spirit devoted to the task
of fostering the ascension of the material creatures to higher and higher
levels of spiritual
attainment. And all this work of creature ministry is done in
perfect harmony with the purposes, and in close association with the
personalities, of the Creator Sons
of these local universes. 8:4.5 As the Sons of God
are engaged in the gigantic task of revealing the Father's personality
of love to a universe, so is the Infinite Spirit dedicated to the unending
ministry of revealing the combined love of the Father and the Son to the
individual minds of all the children of each universe. In these local
creations the Spirit does not come down to the material races in the likeness
of mortal flesh as do certain of the Sons of God, but the Infinite Spirit and
his co-ordinate Spirits do downstep themselves, do
joyfully undergo an amazing series of divinity
attenuations, until they appear as angels
to stand by your side and guide you through the lowly paths of earthly
existence. 8:4.6 By this very diminishing series
the Infinite Spirit does actually, and as a person, draw very near to every
being of the animal-origin spheres. And all this the Spirit does without in
the least invalidating his existence as the Third Person of
Deity at the center of all things. 8:4.7 The Conjoint Creator
is truly and forever the great ministering personality, the universal mercy
minister. To comprehend the ministry of the Spirit, ponder the truth that he
is the combined portrayal of the Father's unending love and of the Son's
eternal mercy. The Spirit's ministry is not, however, restricted solely to
the representation of the Eternal Son and the Universal Father.
The Infinite Spirit also possesses the power to minister to the creatures of
the realm in his own name and right; the Third Person is of divine dignity
and also bestows the universal ministry of mercy in his own behalf. 8:4.8 As man learns more of the loving and tireless ministry of the lower orders of the creature family of this Infinite Spirit, he will all the more admire and adore the transcendent nature and matchless character of this combined Action of the Universal Father and the Eternal Son. Indeed is this Spirit " the eyes of the Lord which are ever over the righteous " and " the divine ears which are ever open to their prayers. " |
