Urantia Paper 1—The Universal Father—Pt 2: The Reality of God

This week we continue of study of The Universal Father, the first source and center of all things. We will be exploring Section 2 of that paper, The Reality of God.

Last week, as we began with Paper 1 of The Urantia Book, we covered the preamble and Section 1, The Father's Name. We learned that God is a creator, a controller, and an upholder, and that all enlightened beings worship God the Father and have one supreme ambition-to become like him. Also that the enlightened worlds all recognize and worship the Universal Father as the eternal maker and infinite upholder of all creation.

We also learned that the Father is known throughout creation by many names, but reveals himself only by nature. God the Father has been referred to as First Creative Source and Divine Center, Father of Universes, Divine Controller, Father of Lights, the Gift of Life, the All-powerful One, the Father of Fathers, the Paradise Father, the Havona Father, and the Spirit Father. Because we are blessed to know God through Jesus, we often refer to God as "Our Father."

This week we will continue to Section 2 of Paper 1, THE REALITY OF GOD. 

1:2.1 God is primal reality in the spirit world; God is the source of truth in the mind spheres; God overshadows all throughout the material realms. To all created intelligences God is a personality, and to the universe of universes he is the First Source and Center of eternal reality. God is neither manlike nor machinelike. The First Father is universal spirit, eternal truth, infinite reality, and father personality.

How real is God to you? The Urantia Book's explanations and depictions of the divine reality we call "God" are transcendent and sublime. Whether you are familiar with The Urantia Book or not and whether you believe in God or not, we invite you to join us and experience, what we believe is a genuine revelation of God.

We hope you can make it!