gospel

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gospel. See also faith sons of God; Jesus: teachings; kingdom of heaven; religion; truth
acceptance of g. immediately improves home life (177:2.6)
believers must love g. more than mother, father, wife, husband, children, or siblings (150:4.3) (163:3.4) (171:2.2)
believers undependable unless g. experienced in heart (177:5.2)
belongs to all who believe, not merely to priests (191:6.3)
common people hear gladly (173:3.2) (174:4.7) (196:1.4)
difficult to perpetuate prior to printing (93:7.4)
do not try to fit into old forms of religious belief (138:5.2) (140:6.2) (147:7.2-3)
dominated by truth conviction (180:5.12)
evidence of belief in g. is love shown to one another (182:1.6)
explained. See also religion: explained
applies to individual, not state (140:8.5) (145:2.10)
by faith becoming spirit-conscious of sonship with God (140:10.4,7) (141:4.2) (142:3.8) (181:2.12,18) (186:5.4)
by faith every mortal may have salvation (140:10.9)
cardinal features (170:4.8-13)
sacredness of the individual (138:8.9) (140:8.11) (140:10.5) (144:6.3) (170:3.10-11) (170:4.9) (171:7.4) (194:3.7) (195:1.1)
satisfactions of loving service (170:4.12). See also service
spiritual fellowship with Father (170:4.11). See also spiritual communion; spiritual growth; spiritual rebirth
spiritual is transcendent over the material (170:4.13)
will as determining factor (170:4.10). See also consecration of choice; decisions; will
divine sonship, spiritual liberty, eternal salvation (152:5.6)
fasting not part of (147:7.2)
fatherhood of God, sonship-brotherhood of men (92:5.16) (94:4.10) (132:4.2) (142:7.4) (143:1.7) (143:6.6) (149:2.4) (191:4.4) (192:4.7) (193:0.4) (194:0.3-4) (195:10.21)
founded on fact of Jesus’ God-revealing life (191:5.3)
friendship with God (159:3.9)
gift of eternal life received by faith (191:4.3)
God is Father, we are his sons; believing this is salvation (141:6.2,4) (141:7.4) (147:3.3)
Jesus’ teachings, not his personality (166:0.2) (170:5.19)
joy and liberty of new kingdom (136:0.2) (170:2.1-2)
love of Father and service of his children (142:4.2) (178:1.4) (193:0.4)
not dependent on death or resurrection of Jesus (138:6.3) (186:5.4) (193:2.2) (194:0.3,7) (194:4.4-5)
revelation of goodness of God (150:5.5)
salvation by faith alone; liberty through truth (140:10.1) (141:7.6) (150:5.2) (157:2.2) (163:2.4) (170:2.20-22)
seek first God’s kingdom and his righteousness (140:1.5)
Sermon on Mount is not the g. (140:4.1)
solvent for spiritual difficulties (194:2.1)
truth, beauty, goodness, love, and worship meaningful as fellowship with man, sonship with God (99:4.4)
unfolds truths of being (146:3.1)
frees men from burdens of formal religion (162:2.2) (170:2.1-2)
he who knowingly denies g. shall be denied by angels (165:3.5)
hidden from wise and self-righteous (163:6.3)
infectious in its transforming power (159:3.10)
Jesus dwells in all who believe his g. (164:5.3)
left as Jesus presented, all religions would have accepted (149:2.1)
loyalty to g. dependent on sound early home training (177:2.2)
Melchizedek receivers proclaimed g. to Adam (76:5.1)
messengers. See apostles of Jesus; disciples; evangelists, the seventy; messenger corps (David Zebedee’s)
must show increasing vitality, depth of spiritual power (178:1.15)
proclaiming the gospel. See also government: believers’ relation to; kingdom of heaven: establishment
accord generous recognition (159:3.3)
all Urantia waiting for (94:12.7)
allow apostolic teachers to teach own views (148:1.2)
always respect personality of man (159:3.2)
approach others recognizing common truths (149:2.5)
avoid
appeal to fear, mind, religious hysteria, emotion, pity, or sentiment (152:6.2-4) (159:3.2,5)
artificial situations (136:8.8) (137:6.5) (140:1.5)
attacking old ways, reforming mores; rather add new truth (95:1.6-9) (132:0.4) (141:6.2) (178:1.16)
becoming embroiled in politics (120:3.4) (137:7.5,12) (139:11.9) (140:8.9) (167:5.6)
dishonesty, unfairness, ignoble tactics (125:5.8) (128:4.7) (149:4.5) (156:5.19) (166:4.12)
distracting details, flowery language (159:5.14)
diverting devotion from one duty to proclaim g. (141:7.4) (163:4.5) (178:1.11) (192:2.12)
false sympathy; self-pity; mere fellowship in misery; withhold pity from cowards and quitters (159:3.11)
identifying with a particular race, culture, political system (140:8.9-31) (140:10.6) (142:7.17) (194:3.9)
indulging in sarcasm or cynicism (159:3.4)
overpowering arguments, appeals, or miracles (129:3.5) (136:6.6) (136:8.2) (159:3.2)
promoting righteous cause by force (152:6.2-4) (159:3.2,5) (178:1.2-3,6)
requiring God-conscious men to reject their historic leadership (99:5.11)
striving (141:6.4) (178:1.16) (181:2.5)
subordination of gospel to physical ministry (145:5.1-7)
substituting wonders and healing for (147:3.2)
use of law or force to compel (16:7.9) (178:1.3,6,12)
be aggressive, unafraid, even to ends of earth (143:1.9) (178:1.14,16) (192:2.11-12) (195:10.1)
be bold and emphatic (141:7.8) (155:1.3)
be more gracious, less stringent in collateral social requirements (95:7.3)
by asking or answering questions (132:4.2)
cannot reveal God to those not seeking (132:7.1,2) (153:3.5)
challenge uncertainty of unbelievers by profound faith and certainty (103:8.5)
clash only when rulers throw themselves in way of g. (138:5.4) (178:1.16)
deferred rewards inherent in service for truth (28:5.17)
duty of those who know spirit realities (142:6.6)
effort attended by varying degrees of success (151:2.6)
employ analogies, true stories to illustrate one central truth, not fables or allegories (151:2.5) (151:3.3)
extent necessity to go to the people reveals lack of righteous life (163:7.2)
fear not those who can kill the body (150:4.2)
first get man securely within kingdom (141:6.2-4)
freely you have received, freely give (159:1.5) (176:3.10) (193:0.5)
go into all the world, to every man, woman, and child (93:4.4) (94:7.2) (95:7.3) (100:7.6) (140:9.2) (163:4.2) (165:6.3) (182:1.5) (190:3.1) (190:4.1) (191:1.2) (191:4.4) (191:5.3) (191:6.3) (192:2.11-12) (193:0.5) (193:1.2) (193:2.2) (193:3.2) (193:5.2)
instruction for teachers and believers (159:3sec) (178:1sec)
live so as to lead others to inquire (130:2.4) (132:7.2) (140:1.7) (141:7.3) (155:1.5) (182:1.6) (191:6.2)
make provision for own support (180:0.2)
morality is disseminated by moral fragrance (16:7.9)
no longer be concerned with commands to refrain (142:4.2)
no requirement to subscribe to things repugnant, unholy, or untruthful (155:6.5)
only law to obey is command to preach g. (192:2.11)
persistent preaching will result in unbelievable liberation (178:1.9)
personal experience with God is only positive proof (1:2.8)
preach to all without fear or favor (102:7.6) (143:1.5) (192:2.2)
proclaim kingdom not just with words but in life (140:1.7)
proclaim whole truth, not just part (193:0.4)
promulgate g. only by power of spirit (152:6.2-4) (159:3.2,5) (178:1.2)
recipients felt they were conferring with Jesus, not confessing to him (171:7.5)
reiterate message (166:4.12) (178:1.9)
restate form of expression as language is revised (99:1.6)
second-milers needed (195:10.5)
show diligence in gaining souls (169:2.2)
Spirit of Truth gives strong urge to proclaim (194:0.1)
spiritual experiences for edification of believers, not to convince unbelievers (1:6.6)
strange preacher not to be forbidden (159:2.1)
suit presentation to audience (133:4.2) (151:3.1) (191:4.4)
those who give lives to proclaiming g. shall live by g. (140:6.13) (165:5.2-3)
uncertain troublous future in proclaiming g. (155:5.13)
whet appetites of associates for truth (48:7.16)
will triumph and be proclaimed to all nations (142:2.2) (143:1.4) (176:1.1)

Cross-references

See apostles of Jesus
See disciples
See evangelists, the seventy
See messenger corps (David Zebedee’s)
See also faith sons of God
See also religion: explained
See also service
See also spiritual communion
See also consecration of choice
See also government: believers’ relation to
See also Jesus: teachings
See also spiritual growth
See also decisions
See also kingdom of heaven: establishment
See also kingdom of heaven
See also spiritual rebirth
See also will
See also religion
See also truth

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