CMC Urantia Book College Conference - FUNAB, Abeokuta

CMC Urantia Book College Conference
2nd Conference, 2nd College
Venue: The Animal Nutrition Department
Federal University of Agriculture
Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria 
Dateline: November 10, 2016
Conference Topic: What is the Spirit of Truth?

15 students attended the conference and 10 books were given out to students who wrote down their contact information: name, email and telephone number. 2 copies were donated to the University Library - The Nimbe Adedipe Library. A total of 12 books were given out - free. The students agreed to meet fortnightly (once in two weeks). May God bless our efforts. Amen. Please, keep us in your prayers. Hallelujah and Namaste! (Pictures and a Letter are attached.) 

Spirit of Truth is the spirit of Jesus Christ! 

“The coming of the Spirit of Truth purifies the human heart and leads the recipient to formulate a life purpose single to the will of God and the welfare of men. The material spirit of selfishness has been swallowed up in this new spiritual bestowal of selflessness. Pentecost, then and now, signifies that the Jesus of history has become the divine Son of living experience. The joy of this outpoured spirit, when it is consciously experienced in human life, is a tonic for health, a stimulus for mind, and an unfailing energy for the soul.” - The Urantia Book 194:3:19

“However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.” - John 16:13

“John asked Jesus, “Master, what is the kingdom of heaven?” And Jesus answered: “The kingdom of heaven consists in these three essentials: first, recognition of the fact of the sovereignty of God; second, belief in the truth of sonship with God; and third, faith in the effectiveness of the supreme human desire to do the will of God — to be like God. And this is the good news of the gospel: that by faith every mortal may have all these essentials of salvation.”” - The Urantia Book 140:10.9 

CMC Urantia Book Conference at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan

Some participants at the CMC Urantia Book Conference at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Dateline: October 27, 2016. 

About 12 College students attended: 10 men, 2 women. Participants received free copies of the Urantia Book. 2 copies were donated to the University Library - the Kenneth Dike Library. 

We hold Conferences in Colleges across the country - " CMC College Conferences". We are catching them young - smart, intelligent and potential future leaders in all walks of life. We also minister to the general public. 

The Christ Michael Center partners with UVERSA.ORG, "The Urantia Sharing Project" and the Urantia Book Fellowship. The folks at Uversa.orgbuys books from the Fellowship and donate to us. We turn around, ship them to Nigeria and distribute for free. Please, pray for us. Thank you. Amen. 

Peace and goodwill!
The Christ Michael Center (CMC): http://www.christmichaelcenter.org 

The Gospel of the Kingdom - Nuggets

The gospel of the Kingdom is simple:

The Kingdom of God is within you! And you are saved by grace through faith - faith that God is your Father and you are His son/daughter and that your eternity is secured. And faith that causes you to surrender your all to Him and causes you to show LOVE. That's what Jesus taught - in essence.

(Within you - for the spirit of the Father is already in you. This spirit comes at the age of accountability, usually between 4 and 6 years of age.)

Salvation comes to you when you surrender your heart completely to God as a result of a personal experience of the quickening impact of the love of God. This can happen through many different ways.

The quickening, spiritual life-giving love of God can be embraced by a mortal at the foot of the cross. It can also be embraced through many other ways. Jesus never ever limited it to the cross. This explains why He forgave sins and got people born again (born of water and of the spirit) and added them to the Father's Kingdom before he was crucified.

I am sharing some deep stuffs here. Without the Spirit of Truth, you may not appreciate what I am saying. To understand salvation clearly, you have to focus more on the teachings of Jesus Himself - not the teachings of your Imam, Priest, Pastor or St. Peter or St. Paul.

This message of salvation is applicable to all, regardless of their religious background and their planet of origin.

A major mistake a lot of people make is this: they define salvation based on their own individual experience. Life is so, so big and vast. The truth far transcends the very limited and greatly circumscribed experiences of one, two or a few individuals.

Jesus never narrowed down salvation. He taught a gospel of salvation that is readily available and applicable to Jews, Christians, Muslims, etc and also to humans on other planets.

A major problem with the prominent religions or faiths on our planet is this: they succumb to the temptation of narrowing down salvation to members of their faith or religion. In some cases it's so bad that salvation is greatly narrowed down to accommodate only members of a particular church or temple - a subset of a faith.

For example, Christianity. Some christian sects or churches have further narrowed salvation down to such a level that except you become a member of their church and accept the doctrines of their church, you shall never be saved. It's that pathetic...

No human being; no church; no faith or religion; no experience of a single individual or group has a monopoly on God. None.

Net Worth

What is your, "Net Worth"?
Your net worth IS NOT the size of your bank account. Your net worth can be seen in the VALUE YOU ADD to the lives of people. How many lives do you impact positively and powerfully - for good in an hour; in a day; in your life time? That, my friend, is your true "net worth". Money is important. Get it, you may. But remember, money is not everything.
Our true net worth is not how much money we earn per hour... Please, ask yourself, "What do I need to do to create a great and lovely impact in the lives of people per hour? What do I need to do to add value to others? And what do I need to do to increase the number of people?"
Being very popular does not necessarily equate to having a great net worth. Some people are relatively unknown by the general public but their net worth is far above that of some so-called celebrities. In the final analysis, God makes that judgment call as to the quality and quantity of your net worth for He sees all and knows all. 

"It is more blessed to give than to receive."

God never asks us to do anything that He has not already done. We can't out-give God. He is the most generous giver. One of the best-known Scripture from the Gospels, John 3:16 says that, “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, so that whoever would believe in Him would not perish but have eternal life.” Urantia Book Paper 100:7.10 The Master was always generous. He never grew weary of saying, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." We see in Scripture that the blessings God has blessed us with are not just for our own gain. We are to share with others who are in need. It was for this reason that God also commanded the people not to harvest the entire field but to leave the corners of their fields for the poor. “When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the LORD your God.” (Leviticus 23:22) May you be filled to overflowing with the Spirit of the Living God. May each of us be transformed by His power, love, mercy and forgiveness, and extend the grace we have experienced to those around us. Amen Abegunde Julius Taiwo.

But There Is A Spirit In Man

Job 32:8, "But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty gives them understanding." 

This "spirit", this "indwelling spirit of God the Father" is the Thought Adjuster (TA) - God in man: spirit of God, candle light, Inner Voice, Still Small Voice...

Some religions understand this. Some do not. For example, Christianity. Christianity has a problem with this interpretation because it [this correct interpretation, that is] reveals loopholes in its doctrine of Salvation. Many Christian outlets teach God cannot be in an individual except he or she is washed by the blood of Jesus. As a result, they interpret Job 32:8 to mean that particular spirit is man's 'human spirit' which needs to be saved or recreated. However, Salvation is by the divine grace through faith and faith alone - faith that God exists - "God is" and He is "your Father". Such a faith that would empower you to surrender your all, wholeheartedly to His will and His way. No works is needed. No work of animal blood sacrifice. No work of shedding the blood of your own son. And also, no work of Jesus blood sacrifice. (Nevertheless, we understand that the Jesus experience on the cross has the power to lead people to salvation because of the great spiritual drawing power of his LOVE that was displayed at the cross...) Wrapped up in the love of God, you are saved by grace through faith. Not of works... 

This spirit is God's divine spirit, the spirit fragment of God the Father. It is by this technique that our all-powerful, infinitely transcendent God can come close to you, to indwell in. This is how transcendence becomes immanence. This spirit is God in man. It is not your 'human spirit' or your lost, faulty, sin-prone human spirit. 

This spirit, the Thought Adjuster [TA] comes into every human being when he or she makes his or her first moral decision - at the age of accountability, usually between 4 and 6 years of age. The TA resides at the SUPERCONSCIOUS levels of your mind. As a result, even if you are sinful, the TA can still remain in you. Sin cannot ordinarily or easily get to your superconsciousness. It is the "Holy of Holies" in you. That's where God resides. And that's why Jesus declared, "The Kingdom of God is within you!"

Proverbs 20:27, "The spirit of man is the candle of God, searching all the inward parts of the belly." ...and the "candle of God" does not need to be recreated or born again. It is not corrupt. Cannot be corrupted. It is your soul that needs salvation - to be "born again". It is your "spiritual life" that may need to be "born anew". It is very important to understand these distinctions. 

Please Note Briefly:

One sure thing that can defy the Holy of Holies in a human being is persistent, continuous willful iniquity (a far greater and higher level of "sin"); a total, complete, wholehearted dedication to Lucifer. When a human being consciously, willfully, and wholeheartedly sells himself to Lucifer, his TA would leave. This constitutes SOUL DEATH (or spiritual death) as explained in Paper 112:3.2 of the Urantia Book. The good news is that this does not happen frequently to people on Earth. Most people would not consciously and willfully sell themselves to the devil.

Urantia Book Paper 112:3.2, "Spiritual (soul) death. If and when mortal man has finally rejected survival, when he has been pronounced spiritually insolvent, morontially bankrupt, in the conjoint opinion of the Adjuster and the surviving seraphim, when such co-ordinate advice has been recorded on Uversa, and after the Censors and their reflective associates have verified these findings, thereupon do the rulers of Orvonton order the immediate release of the indwelling Monitor. But this release of the Adjuster in no way affects the duties of the personal or group seraphim concerned with that Adjuster-abandoned individual. This kind of death is final in its significance irrespective of the temporary continuation of the living energies of the physical and mind mechanisms. From the cosmic standpoint the mortal is already dead; the continuing life merely indicates the persistence of the material momentum of cosmic energies." 

Please, note that the word "survival" as used here connotes "salvation". Hallelujah! Hosanna! Namaste! 

Overcoming Sexual Lust

Sexual lust can be seen as: desiring or yearning to use another person as a 'thing' for selfish sexual aggrandizement; to use and abuse. True love is absent there. 

In the spirit realms, or in your spiritual life, you may run into serious problems if you allow your heart to desire to kiss, caress, penetrate another individual and to do so without allowing the energies or vibrations of love to flow... This is why some people cheat, tell lies, use and dump others... 

If you can cultivate your heart and mind to allow yourself to "do unto others what you wish to be done to you" - under the banner of true love, then you'll soar above lust. How can one achieve this: prayer, meditation and drawing power from God-within. Also common sense practices are important too... 

Some people hate to have thoughts of sex in their minds. They believe it constitutes evil and can lead to sin or iniquity. But Jesus said it's not what goes into you that defiles you. It's what comes out of you. The act of "seeing" or "looking" in and of itself is not wrong. The question is: what is coming out of you? So if thoughts of sexual desires come to your mind, you should learn to allow GOOD STUFFS to come out of the experience. So please ask yourself: how can truth, beauty and goodness COME OUT OF me through this experience? Ask. And your God would assist you. "Ask and you shall receive." We have to learn to talk to God about sex. Very important. Tell Him how you feel. Tell him what you think. No condemnation. Be free. Don't be afraid. "Fear not!" Express yourself sincerely. And you'll gain strength! 

Stop fighting it or struggling and allowing guilt to spoil your day. "It's not by your might or power but by the spirit of God." So relax. Take a deep breath, be comfortable in your skin and with God, co-create a reality that constitutes truth, beauty and goodness. Keep working on it. You'll get better with time. 😇🌈  
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