Decisions

When man decides, and when he consummates this decision in action, man experiences 101:7.1 117:5.13

Effort and decision are an essential part of the acquirement of survival values. 50:6.3

Man’s choosing between good and evil is influenced, not only by the keenness of his moral nature, but also by such influences as ignorance, immaturity, and delusion. 16:7.7

Man’s moral nature would be impotent without the art of measurement, the discrimination embodied in his ability to scrutinize meanings. 16:7.8

the very power of choice is the universe insignia of freewill creaturehood, that constitutes man’s greatest opportunity and his supreme cosmic responsibility. 112:5.5

upon the steadfastness and wisdom of decision-actions the Supreme Being depends for the actuality of experiential evolution. 112:5.5

“How long will you tarry in the valley of decision? the Father never compels any man to enter the kingdom. The invitation ever has been and always will be: Whosoever will, let him come and freely partake of the water of life 165:3.8

In the Urantia Book

Jesús

• It had always been Jesus’ practice, when facing any new or serious decisions, to withdraw for communion with his own spirit that he might seek to know the will of God. 136:4.10
• Jesus’ great decisions were: 136:5-10
• * he would not make use of any mighty personalities in connection with the ensuing program of his public work
• * he would not transcend the natual laws established. He chose a program of living which was the equivalent of deciding against miracles and wonders.
• * He emphatically decided to continue on in just such implicit mortal dependence on the Father’s will.
• * He chose to go on pursuing the policy of refusing to defend himself. His superhuman power he might possibly use for others, but for himself, never.
• * He made the decision not to meet the messianic expectations of the Jewish people
• * He decided to exercise normal watchcare over his human safety and to take reasonable precaution to prevent the untimely termination of his career
• * he should not in any manner lend his universe powers to the gratification of the Jewish hankering for the spectacular and the marvelous
• * he would not use his superior knowledge in politics and commerce, or short cuts, to advance his mission
• Philip faced the question of a lifetime when he had to make the decision of whether or not to follow Jesus. 137:2.4

Mortals

• Man consciously grows from the material toward the spiritual by the strength, power, and persistency of his own decisions 39:4.14 117:3.6 127:2.12
• Man are so devoid of courageous decisions and consecrated co-operation that indwelling Adjusters find it next to impossible to communicate directly with the human mind. 110:4.5
• Thus always it was and forever will be: Men must arrive at their own decisions. 163:2.8
• Human beings below the third and second circles of attainment rarely hear the Adjuster’s direct voice except in moments of supreme desire 110:7.9

Celestial help

• Adjusters are not interested in making the mortal career easy; rather are they concerned in making our life reasonably difficult and rugged, so that decisions will be stimulated and multiplied. 108:5.5
• decicions supply psychic fulcrum for Adjusters to apply a spiritual lever of uplifting and advancing illumination. 108:5.8
• The spirit world is governed on the principle of respecting our freewill choice provided the course we may choose is not detrimental to we or injurious to our fellows. 48:6.6
• The seraphim guard us; they do not seek directly to influence us; we must chart our own course, but angels then act to make the best possible use of the course we have chosen. 113:5.4

Result of decisions

• the supremacy of a decision, its crisis relationship, has a great deal to do with its circle-making influence 110:6.6
• decisions open up new capacity for growth 115:3.16
• moral decisions causes divine invasion of soul 196:3.20
• numbers of decisions, frequent repetitions, persistent repetitions, are also essential to the habit-forming certainty of such reactions. 110:6.6
• the functioning presence of subabsolute and experiential Deity is definitely and directly influenced by the decisions, choices, and will-attitudes of such finite creature beings 13:4.4-5

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.

• Spiritual inheritance 165:3.8 — Acts 20:32; Acts 26:18; Col 3:24; 1 P 1:3-4.
• I have came to reveal Father 165:3.8 — Mt 5:45-48; Mt 6:1,4,6; Mt 11:25-27; Mk 11:25-26; Lk 6:35-36; Lk 10:22; Jn 1:18; Jn 3:31-34; Jn 4:21-24; Jn 6:45-46; Jn 14:6-11,20; Jn 15:15; Jn 16:25; Jn 17:8,25-26.
• Whosoever will may come 165:3.8 — Ps 50:15; Jl 2:32; Zec 13:9; Mt 7:24; Mt 10:32-33; Mt 12:50; Mt 16:24-25; Mk 3:35; Mk 8:34-35; Lk 6:47; Lk 9:23-24; Lk 12:8; Jn 3:15-16; Jn 4:13-14; Jn 11:25-26; Jn 12:46; Acts 2:21; Acts 10:42-43; Acts 13:26; Ro 9:33; Ro 10:13; 1 Jn 2:23; 1 Jn 4:15; 1 Jn 5:1; Rev 22:17b.
• Decision making 136:4.10 — Mt 4:1; Mk 1:12-13; Lk 4:1-2.
• Keys of the kingdom 39:4.14 — Mt 16:19.
• New name 108:5.5 — Rev 2:17; Rev 3:12.

Where it appears

Decisions is linked in 218 paragraphs of the text; the first 40 are listed.

See also

• consecration of choice
• problem solving
• spiritual rebirth
• will

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