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Iniquity

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In the Urantia Book

Defined as

  • The personality of higher reality will ultimately triumph, as iniquity signifies vanishing control in a cosmic insanity of defiance against true reality. 2:3.5 67:1.4-5
  • Persistent regard for iniquity hinders the soul's connection with the spirit, disrupting communion with God. 146:2.2
  • Persistent workers of iniquity are guilty of the sin of eternally rejecting divine forgiveness. 153:4.3
  • Iniquitous individuals face the inevitable consequence of annihilation due to their unremitting embrace of evil, as divinely balanced justice and mercy determine their ultimate fate. 2:3.2-5 148:5.3
  • The persistent pursuit of sin and error ultimately leads to iniquity, the willful transgression of divine law. 54:0.1-2 148:4.5
  • Infinite personality is truly real in the universes, only as a creature becomes God-identified and self-determine destiny. 118:7.5
  • Wholehearted rebellion against universe and divine reality may lead to habitual iniquity, where sorrow and forgiveness are doubted. 67:1.6

What Jesus said

  • “Depart, all who delight in the pleasures of immaturity and selfishness, for those who refuse salvation will be shut out of the kingdom.” 166:3.4
  • “Father abhors iniquity, emphasizing the value of sincerity and trust in the faithful guidance of the heavenly Father.” 149:6.11 159:3.9
  • “Habitual sin leads to becoming an established iniquiter, a wholehearted rebel against divine realities, who may never sincerely experience sorrow or accept forgiveness.” 67:1.6
  • The iniquiters' eternal destiny is sealed when they lose the desire to know and be like God, closing their hearts forever to the Father's drawing power. 5:1.11
  • Iniquiters who have become habitual sinners may never sincerely experience sorrow or accept forgiveness for their misdeeds. 67:1.6
  • Jesus viewed most men as weak rather than wicked, leading them to feel at home in the world and see themselves as children of God with a magnificent and eternal future. 196:2.9
  • Some embrace iniquity despite the divine spirit within every human mind striving for good. 133:3.7

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.

Where it appears

Iniquity is linked in 2 paragraphs of the text.

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