Action

In the Urantia Book

Defined as

• the consummation of decision 110:6.17 117:5.13
• essential to consciousness of Supreme 110:6.17
• the co-ordinated attributes of the whole personality are focused in intelligent action 112:2.7

Benefits from action

• advancement grows out of the divine capacity for action 28:6.18
• Action achieves strength 48:7.11
• acts of today are destiny of tomorrow 48:7.26
• eternal realities are result of righteous striving 170:2.7
• Proper conduct is essential to progress by way of knowledge 27:4.2
• The weak indulge in resolutions, but the strong act. 48:7.13

Evils of inaction

• The dead theory of even the highest religious doctrines is powerless to transform human character or to control mortal behavior 34:6.6
• There is no real religion apart from a highly active personality. 102:2.7-9
• Jesus preached about evils of inaction to a young downcasted 130:6.3
• for the prayer to be effective we need to exhaust capacity for human adjustment 91:9.3
• Jesus taught his disciples to be always active and positive 194:3.11
• man does not ascend effortlessly in universe 117:4.7
• an act was necessary for Josiah’s healing 164:3.14 | faith

Pray requires act

• Prayer must never be so prostituted as to become a substitute for action. 91:4.2
• the way to validate prayers is by possessing cosmic stamina, to face courageously the problems 91:9.2
• Zoroaster’s religion one of action 95:6.3

We must act correctly

• The act is ours; the consequences God’s. 48:7.13 95:4.3 117:5.5-6
• belief rather than knowledge determines conduct 99:4.5
• believer always acts, never coerces 94:6.6
• God repeats his acts because his way is the best way to do that particular thing; and the best way is the right way 12:7.2
• we need to do good deeds in secret 131:10.8 140:6.11
• All nonreligious human activities seek to bend the universe to the distorting service of self 5:4.3
• It is repugnant to the divine nature to suffer any sort of deterioration or ever to permit the execution of any purely personal act in an inferior way. 12:7.3
• we need to weigh consequences of acts 192:2.8

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Greatest be server of all 28:6.18 — Acts 20:35.
• Greatest be server of all (quotation) 28:6.18 — Mt 20:26-27; Mt 23:11-12; Mk 9:35; Mk 10:43-44; Lk 22:26.
• Reward to righteous 170:2.7 — Mt 5:10-16; Lk 6:22-30,35.
• Not in word only, in power 34:6.6 — Zec 4:6; 1 Th 1:5.
• Spiritual weapons 194:3.11 — Eph 6:11-17.
• Vanquish hate by love 194:3.11 — Ro 12:21.
• Overcome evil with good 194:3.11 — Mt 5:43-45a; Lk 6:27-28.
• No longer Lord of Hosts 194:3.11 — 1 Ki 18:15; 2 Ki 3:14; 1 Ch 11:9; Ps 24:10; Is 1:9; Jer 2:19; Ho 12:5; Am 3:13; Mic 4:4; Nah 2:13; Hab 2:13; Zep 2:9; Hag 1:2; Zec 1:4; Mal 1:8; 1 Sam 1:3,11; 2 Sam 5:10.
• Father of the Lord Jesus Christ 194:3.11 — Ro 15:6; 2 Co 1:3; 2 Co 11:31; Eph 1:3; Eph 3:14; Col 1:3; 1 P 1:3.
• Riches take wings and fly 95:4.3 — Pr 23:5.
• Save me from fear 95:4.3 — Job 21:9; Ps 23:4; Ps 27:3; Pr 1:33; Is 41:10,13-14; Is 44:8; Is 54:4,14; Jer 30:10.
• Turn away from words 95:4.3 — Mt 3:2; Mt 4:17.
• Act ours, consequences God's 117:5.5 — 1 Co 3:6-7.
• Do good deeds in secret 131:10.8 — Mt 6:1-4. *Pray most when alone*: Mt 6:5-6. *Judge not*: Mt 7:1-2; Lk 6:37. *Love your enemies*: Pr 24:17; Pr 25:21; Mt 5:44; Lk 6:27,35. *God of eternal salvation*: Heb 5:9; 1 Jn 5:20.
• Take up responsibilities and follow me 140:6.11 — Mt 16:24; Mk 8:34; Mk 10:21; Lk 9:23. *Give alms in secret*: Mt 6:1-4. *Pray in secret*: Mt 6:5-7. *God knows before you ask*: Is 65:24; Mt 6:32. *No fasting with sad faces*: Mt 6:16-18. *Store up treasures in heaven*: Mt 6:19-21; Lk 12:33-34.
• Reaping and sowing 192:2.8 — 2 Co 9:6; Ga 6:7.
• Faith when you are sacrificed 192:2.8 — Acts 12:1-2.

Where it appears

Action is linked in 230 paragraphs of the text; the first 40 are listed.

See also

• achievement
• effort
• etiquette
• idleness
• works

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