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October 13“…If my words abide in you and you are minded to do the will of my Father, then are you truly my disciples. You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free….” (1796:4) 162:7.2Truth, Beauty, GoodnessInComplementary Quote:“…Discern the truth clearly; live the righteous life fearlessly; and so shall you be my apostles and my Father’s ambassadors….” (1571:5) 140:3.18***
Richard E Warren
October 14“…Woe upon all who shun justice, spurn mercy, and reject truth! Woe upon all those who despise the revelation of the Father while they seek the chief seats in the synagogue and crave flattering salutations in the market places!” (1826:1) 166:1.4Truth, Beauty, GoodnessInComplementary Quote:…In any religion it is very easy to allow values to become disproportionate and to permit facts to occupy the place of truth in one’s theology…. (1615:4) 143:6.3***Richard E Warren
October 15
“…I am the door, I am the new and living way, and whosoever wills may enter to embark upon the endless truth-search for eternal life….” (1829:4) 166:3.7Truth, Beauty, GoodnessInComplementary Quote:“…The door of the kingdom is wide open for all who desire to know the truth and to find God….” (1541:4) 138:4.2***Richard E Warren
October 16…It was very difficult for the apostles to understand the Master’s reluctance to make positive pronouncements relative to scientific, social, economic, and political problems. They did not fully realize that his earth mission was exclusively concerned with revelations of spiritual and religious truths…. (1839:3) 167:5.6Truth, Beauty, GoodnessInComplementary Quote:…Mankind should understand that we who participate in the revelation of truth are very rigorously limited by the instructions of our superiors…. (1109:3) 101:4.2***Richard E Warren
October 17
…It was also at Jericho, in connection with the discussion of the early religious training of children in habits of divine worship, that Jesus impressed upon his apostles the great value of beauty as an influence leading to the urge to worship, especially with children…. (1840:4) 167:6.5Truth, Beauty, GoodnessInComplementary Quote:…Beauty sponsors art, music, and the meaningful rhythms of all human experience…. (647:1) 56:10.10***Richard E Warren
October 18
…Truth, beauty, and holiness are powerful and effective aids to true worship. But spirit communion is not promoted by mere massive ornateness and overmuch embellishment with man’s elaborate and ostentatious art…. (1840:5) 167:6.6Truth, Beauty, GoodnessInComplementary Quote:...The temples of worship with their associated schools of philosophy and experiential religion are creations of beauty and grandeur. The open-air arenas of worship assembly are equally sublime in the simplicity of their artistic appointment…. (630:2) 55:5.5***Richard E Warren
October 19…Jesus spread good cheer everywhere he went. He was full of grace and truth. His associates never ceased to wonder at the gracious words that proceeded out of his mouth. You can cultivate gracefulness, but graciousness is the aroma of friendliness which emanates from a love-saturated soul…. (1874:4) 171:7.1Truth, Beauty, GoodnessInComplementary Quote:...He would pause in the midst of a profound discourse that he might go out in the road to speak good cheer to a passing woman laden with her burden of body and soul. He would interrupt a serious conference with his apostles to fraternize with an intruding child…. (1545:10) 138:8.9***Richard E Warren
October 20…Goodness always compels respect, but when it is devoid of grace, it often repels affection. Goodness is universally attractive only when it is gracious. Goodness is effective only when it is attractive…. (1874:5) 171:7.2Truth, Beauty, GoodnessInComplementary Quote:…Jesus and the apostles remained that night in Matthew’s house, and as the people went to their homes, they spoke of but one thing: the goodness and friendliness of Jesus…. (1541:2) 138:3.8***Richard E Warren
October 21“…And when the kingdom shall have come to its full fruition, be assured that the Father in heaven will not fail to visit you with an enlarged revelation of truth and an enhanced demonstration of righteousness….” (1914:4) 176:2.3Truth, Beauty, GoodnessInComplementary Quote:…Each dispensation, each mortal epoch, receives an enlarged presentation of spiritual truth and religious ethics…. (591:3) 52:2.3***Richard E Warren
October 22“…You who know these truths must yield the increase of the fruits of the spirit and manifest a growing devotion to the unselfish service of your fellow servants. And remember that, inasmuch as you minister to one of the least of my brethren, you have done this service to me….” (1917:1) 176:3.5Truth, Beauty, GoodnessInComplementary Quote:“…And all those who know the way of truth and enjoy the assurance of knowing God should esteem it a privilege, not a duty, to offer guidance to their fellows in their efforts to find the satisfactions of living….” (1465:5) 132:6.1***Richard E Warren
October 23…Your revelation of truth must be so enhanced by passing through your personal experience that new beauty and actual spiritual gains will be disclosed to all who behold your spiritual fruits and in consequence thereof are led to glorify the Father who is in heaven…. (1917:3) 176:3.7Truth, Beauty, GoodnessInComplementary Quote:“…Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and be led to glorify your Father who is in heaven….” (1570:14) 140:3.13***Richard E Warren
October 24…Only those faithful servants who thus grow in the knowledge of the truth, and who thereby develop the capacity for divine appreciation of spiritual realities, can ever hope to “enter fully into the joy of their Lord….” (1917:3) 176:3.7Truth, Beauty, GoodnessInComplementary Quote:…God’s love is universal; “whosoever will may come.” He would “have all men be saved by coming into the knowledge of the truth.” He is “not willing that any should perish….” (39:1) 2:5.2***Richard E Warren
October 25…What a sorry sight for successive generations of the professed followers of Jesus to say, regarding their stewardship of divine truth: “Here, Master, is the truth you committed to us a hundred or a thousand years ago. We have lost nothing; we have faithfully preserved all you gave us; we have allowed no changes to be made in that which you taught us; here is the truth you gave us.” But such a plea concerning spiritual indolence will not justify the barren steward of truth in the presence of the Master…. (1917:3) 176:3.7Truth, Beauty, GoodnessInComplementary Quote:“…You cannot stand still in the affairs of the eternal kingdom. My Father requires all his children to grow in grace and in a knowledge of the truth….” (1917:1) 176:3.5***Richard E Warren
October 26…In accordance with the truth committed to your hands will the Master of truth require a reckoning…. (1917:3) 176:3.7Truth, Beauty, Goodness In The URANTIA BOOKComplementary Quote:“…God will bring every man’s work to judgment with every secret thing, whether it be good or evil….” (1445:2) 145:2.8***Richard E Warren
October 27“…Freely have you received; therefore freely should you give of the truth of heaven, and in the giving will this truth multiply and show forth the increasing light of saving grace, even as you minister it….” (1918:3) 176:3.10Truth, Beauty, GoodnessInComplementary Quote:“…The good man seeks not to retain truth for himself but rather attempts to bestow these riches upon his fellows, for that is the realization of truth….” (1034:1) 94:6.6***Richard E Warren
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