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| − | == The new God == | + | ==The new God== |
| − | + | [[File:Messier_30.jpg|left|Messier 30]] | |
| − | + | "Here [[the New God]] is the old God, unveiled and clarified, not clothed in ancient understandings or ancient mythologies. For there is only one God, and that is the God of all the universes." | |
| − | + | <ref name="tng">''The One God'', Chapter 2: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/one-god/new-god-revelation The New God Revelation]</ref> | |
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| − | + | “Do you see? [[The Greater Community]] will change your ideas about God completely. It will change your ideas about [[religion]] completely. You will see that God is not preoccupied with humans. You will see that God is something bigger than what you have ever considered, and you will have to think as a participant in a Greater Reality. This is a great blessing.” | |
| − | + | <ref name="wgcI3">''Wisdom from the Greater Community'', Book 1, Chapter 3: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-6/wisdom-greater-community-book-1/greater-community-reality Greater Community]</ref> | |
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| + | "God did not invent your ideas and [[beliefs]]. God did not create your preferences and your [[fear]]s. God did not create the world that is a product of everyone’s preferences and fears. You cannot blame God for the social conditions of humanity. You cannot blame God for wars and cruelty, exploitation, slavery and [[poverty]]. That is all a human creation based upon greed and ignorance, based upon not enough people contributing enough to the world around them. But God did create the presence of Knowledge within you, and only God’s New Revelation makes this very clear, without an overlay of history and human interpretation to cloud your understanding. The stream is clear. The Message is pure. You are receiving it from its Source, instead of an interpretation that was made centuries later for human consumption." | ||
| + | <ref>''The Journey to a New Life'', Chapter 6: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/journey-new-life/the-gift-of-a-new-life The Gift of a New Life]</ref> | ||
| − | == | + | "God does not care what religion you belong to. God cares what moves your heart, what you do and what motivates you to do what you do. God cares about what you express in your relationships. God cares about the degree to which you can become connected and united with the greater power within you, which is the only thing that can really redeem you, for God has put it there." <ref name"jatnmfg">[http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/pure-religion/jesus-and-the-new-message Jesus and the New Message from God (April 13, 2013)]</ref> |
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| + | == Misapprehensions about God == | ||
"People have great expectations of God once they accept that God is a reality. They expect God to solve their personal problems, to save them from their own calamities, to restore their loved ones when they are sick, to prevent death and difficulty for those whom they love, to bring about peace and equanimity amongst warring tribes, to effect sweeping change without upsetting anyone's concerns or priorities and to bring about miracles great and small, yet in such a way that no one is offended, no one is challenged and no one has to change." | "People have great expectations of God once they accept that God is a reality. They expect God to solve their personal problems, to save them from their own calamities, to restore their loved ones when they are sick, to prevent death and difficulty for those whom they love, to bring about peace and equanimity amongst warring tribes, to effect sweeping change without upsetting anyone's concerns or priorities and to bring about miracles great and small, yet in such a way that no one is offended, no one is challenged and no one has to change." | ||
| − | + | <ref name="gcs9">''Greater Community Spirituality'', Chapter 9: [http://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-2/greater-community-spirituality/false-expectations-of-god How does God participate in the world?]</ref> | |
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| + | "Many people think that God is using everything as a lesson for them as if God is pulling all the strings. When something good happens, it's a blessing from God. When something bad happens, it's a punishment from God. When something cruel or tragic happens, well, people are disappointed, and they secretly resent the Divine for being cruel and heartless." <ref name="gcs9"/> | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | ==Further Study== | ||
| + | *''The One God'', [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-1/one-god/new-god-revelation Chapter 2: The New God Revelation (February 12, 2009)] | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:30, 11 June 2022
The new God
"Here the New God is the old God, unveiled and clarified, not clothed in ancient understandings or ancient mythologies. For there is only one God, and that is the God of all the universes." [1]
“Do you see? The Greater Community will change your ideas about God completely. It will change your ideas about religion completely. You will see that God is not preoccupied with humans. You will see that God is something bigger than what you have ever considered, and you will have to think as a participant in a Greater Reality. This is a great blessing.” [2]
"God did not invent your ideas and beliefs. God did not create your preferences and your fears. God did not create the world that is a product of everyone’s preferences and fears. You cannot blame God for the social conditions of humanity. You cannot blame God for wars and cruelty, exploitation, slavery and poverty. That is all a human creation based upon greed and ignorance, based upon not enough people contributing enough to the world around them. But God did create the presence of Knowledge within you, and only God’s New Revelation makes this very clear, without an overlay of history and human interpretation to cloud your understanding. The stream is clear. The Message is pure. You are receiving it from its Source, instead of an interpretation that was made centuries later for human consumption." [3]
"God does not care what religion you belong to. God cares what moves your heart, what you do and what motivates you to do what you do. God cares about what you express in your relationships. God cares about the degree to which you can become connected and united with the greater power within you, which is the only thing that can really redeem you, for God has put it there." [4]
Misapprehensions about God
"People have great expectations of God once they accept that God is a reality. They expect God to solve their personal problems, to save them from their own calamities, to restore their loved ones when they are sick, to prevent death and difficulty for those whom they love, to bring about peace and equanimity amongst warring tribes, to effect sweeping change without upsetting anyone's concerns or priorities and to bring about miracles great and small, yet in such a way that no one is offended, no one is challenged and no one has to change." [5]
"Many people think that God is using everything as a lesson for them as if God is pulling all the strings. When something good happens, it's a blessing from God. When something bad happens, it's a punishment from God. When something cruel or tragic happens, well, people are disappointed, and they secretly resent the Divine for being cruel and heartless." [5]
References
- ↑ The One God, Chapter 2: The New God Revelation
- ↑ Wisdom from the Greater Community, Book 1, Chapter 3: Greater Community
- ↑ The Journey to a New Life, Chapter 6: The Gift of a New Life
- ↑ Jesus and the New Message from God (April 13, 2013)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Greater Community Spirituality, Chapter 9: How does God participate in the world?