Rev. John Robert Thwaytes

In our gospel work (at the Christ Michael Center), we get great responses from people in India. Ministers like Rev. John Robert Thwaytes (1931-2015), who lived and worked in India, prepared the way for us through their teachings and books. 

He wrote, "The Seraphic Gospel" http://sbpra.com/revjohnthwaytes/, amongst others.... 
Also, please, see https://notionpress.com/author/615
A big thank you! - to brother John Thwaytes!!

""I am a believer in the validity of "The Urantia Book" completed in 1934 at Chicago, and published in English in 1955. Basically it is the first volume of an encyclopedia about our planet Earth, written by angels and other celestial superhuman beings, and they tell us that it constitutes the fifth epochal revelation to our world from God. Their name for our world is Urantia. As a missionary priest, I am an evangelist by calling, and my purpose now is to popularize the message of the Urantia Book, which is vital for our further spiritual evolution towards an age of light and life, and a civilization far superior to what we now have. I have written only about what I feel are the most ..." - Rev. John Robert Thwaytes

Psalm 23

The original #PSALM23 that was revealed to David, as a little shepherd boy:

The Gods are my caretakers; I shall not stray;
Side by side they lead me in the beautiful paths and glorious refreshing of life everlasting.
I shall not, in this Divine Presence, want for food nor thirst for water.
Though I go down into the valley of uncertainty or ascend up into the worlds of doubt,
Though I move in loneliness or with the fellows of my kind,
Though I triumph in the choirs of light or falter in the solitary places of the spheres,
Your good spirit shall minister to me, and your glorious angel will comfort me.
Though I descend into the depths of darkness and death itself,
I shall not doubt you nor fear you,
For I know that in the fullness of time and the glory of your name
You will raise me up to sit with you on the battlements on high.
- From The Urantia Book 48:6.9-19

UB 48:6.20 says, "That is the story whispered in the night season to the shepherd boy. He could not retain it word for word, but to the best of his memory he gave it much as it is recorded today."
Source: http://www.urantia.org/urantia-book-standardized/paper-48-morontia-life

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PSALM 23 as we have it today:

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
- From Psalm 23, The Bible
Source: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+23&version=KJV 

Doubt Filter

There's this, "doubt filter" that we have as humans. However, one has to be careful

not to set the threshold too high! LOL! In his over 3 years of face-to-face

association with Jesus, the Apostle Thomas made good use of his doubt filter and

the Master [Jesus] appreciated that about him. A lot of people do not know this...

"Thomas the doubter" should be taken in good stride. 

“Thomas was the eighth apostle, and he was chosen by Philip. In later times he

has become known as “doubting Thomas,” but his fellow apostles hardly looked

upon him as a chronic doubter. True, his was a logical, skeptical type of mind, but

he had a form of courageous loyalty which forbade those who knew him intimately

to regard him as a trifling skeptic.” - Urantia Book 139:8.1

“Jesus enjoyed Thomas very much and had many long, personal talks with him.

His presence among the apostles was a great comfort to all honest doubters and

encouraged many troubled minds to come into the kingdom, even if they could not

wholly understand everything about the spiritual and philosophic phases of the

teachings of Jesus. Thomas’s membership in the twelve was a standing declaration

that Jesus loved even honest doubters.” - Urantia Book 139:8.6

- Source: http://www.urantiabook.org/newbook/papers/p139.htm#P139_8_0

The doubt filter has its place. It helps us to apply caution and patience. You do not

have to be in a hurry to accepting anything or rejecting anything. You take your

time... Do your homework. Ask questions. Honestly seek for answers...

Doubt is a must. We are confronted with it at different times, in one area of life or

the other. An important question is, "What do we do when faced with doubt?" It is

important to use that "doubt experience" as an opportunity to pray, to meditate,

to investigate, to study, to learn, and to grow! When confronted with doubt, we

shouldn't grow cold feet... We should tackle the challenge head on! And with open

hearts to God’s truth and divine insight, our doubts would be clarified. Doubts will

give way to faith - unshakeable faith. Our “faith” would then grow and evolve and

become actual, factual reality.

And Jesus puts it quite nicely, "There is but one struggle for those who enter the

kingdom, and that is to fight the good fight of faith. The believer has only one

battle, and that is against doubt - unbelief."