Category: Religious Messages

“Faith is the inner spiritual knowledge of the Creative Forces of the Universe.  With faith, we can move mountains of doubt, prove that thoughts are things and that words have power.  Physical, mental, and spiritual demonstrations take place when no way seems open. ‘Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.’ (John 14:27)

‘Faith,’ as defined by Barnabas, ‘is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.’ (Hebrew 11:1)  Faith knows that it has already received and acts accordingly, doubting nothing. It is the builder of the seemingly impossible,  It is that which has brought into manifestation all that has ever existed.  God is, faith is.  It is the evidence of God’s promise fulfilled.  Man’s divine privilege is to accept, use, develop, and enjoy the fruits of faith.

There will come tests — in the physical, the mental, the spiritual life.  At these times we should rely on His promise, ‘I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.’ (Hebrews 13:5

Let us open ourselves as channels, and have complete faith in God, for the battle is the Lord’s. It remains to be seen what we can do when we give ourselves unreservedly into the hands of the Father.

Our rewards are in proportion to the faith we exercise.

‘According to your faith be it with you.’ (Matt. 9:29)  ‘Whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.’ (Matt. 21:22)

There is no limit to the reward.  It is ours to measure, and ours to claim.

‘Prove me… if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.’ (Mal. 3:10)

Faith is a bridge that spans the gulf from the seen to the unseen.  It is often all we have left when everything seems against us.  With this in mind, how diligently would we cultivate and seek to increase our faith when all is going well with us, in order that it may be a strong fortress when the storms of life begin to beat upon us.  Lord, increase our faith!”

Search For God – Books 1 & 2, Association for Research and Enlightenment Study Group, p. 43-48.

“As the first witness to the Resurrection, Mary Magdalene was considered by the apostle John to be the founder of Christianity.  In most theological studies she has been depicted as a reformed prostitute, the redeemed sinner who exemplifies Christ’s mercy.

The Gnostic gospel of Mary Magdalene repeats many of the New Testament words of Jesus.  Here is Christ’s Easter Message which, in part, is also found in the New Testament books of Luke and John during the first appearances of Jesus after his resurrection!

The Gospel of Mary Magdalene – Page 8 – Christ said, ‘Attachment to matter gives rise to passion against nature. Thus trouble arises in the whole body; this is why I tell you: ‘Be in harmony …’ If you are out of balance, take inspiration from manifestations of your true nature.  Those who have ears, let them hear.’

After saying this, the Blessed One greeted them all, saying: ‘Peace be with you — may my Peace arise and be fulfilled within you!  Be vigilant, and allow no one to mislead you by saying: ‘Here it is!’ or ‘There it is!’ 

For it is within you that the Son of Man dwells.  Go to him, for those who seek him, find him.  Walk forth, and announce the gospel of the Kingdom.’ ”   

The Gospel Of Mary Magdalene, Jean-Yves Leloup

John 14:27 – “Peace I leave you, My peace I give you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, nor fearful.”

Luke 24:36 – ^“Now while they were telling these things, Jesus Himself suddenly stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be to you.”

The Gospel of Mary Magdalene was rejected by the Roman Catholic Church and was not included in the King James Bible’s canonical Gospels in 325 AD.  However, this alternative text, found in an ancient Egyptian jar in 1945, has become known as one of the valuable Gnostic Gospels. Gnostic comes from the Greek word gnosis, which means “inner knowing,” “self-acquaintance,” or “self-knowledge.”  A group called Gnostics believed that Christ’s teachings could be found by searching within their own hearts and inner Being.

The Gnostic Gospel of Mary Magdalene shows us the deepest, most mysterious side of Christianity. This gnostic gospel begins with Page 7 since Pages 1 – 6 are missing.

It begins, “What is matter?  Will it last forever?  The Teacher Yeshua answered, ‘All that is born, all that is created, all the elements of nature are interwoven and united with each other.  All that is composed shall be decomposed; everything returns to its roots; matter returns to the origins of matter.  Those who have ears, let them hear.’

Peter said to him: ‘Since you have become the interpreter of the elements and the events of the world, tell us: What is the sin of the world?’

The Teacher Yeshua answered: ‘There is no sin.  It is you who make sin exist, when you act according to the habits of your corrupted nature; this is where sin lies.

This is why the Good has come into your midst.  It acts together with the elements of your nature so as to reunite it with its roots.’

Then he continued: ‘This is why you become sick, and why you die: it is the result of your actions; what you do takes you further away.  Those who have ears, let them hear.”

The Commentary summarizes the statement about sin this way… ” ‘There is no sin, only sinners.’  Matter, the world, the body, are not sinful in and of themselves– yet it is possible to make bad use of them, and we are all more or less sinners to the degree that we do not know how to adjust or harmonize ourselves with the Real or the Good. (…the Being that is at the heart of all the impermanent, transitory phenomena of the world.)

Evil and sin arise from the blamer in ourselves. Instead of blaming evil on society and our parents, we must take all responsibility for what happens. The Teacher prefers us with our eyes open, away from this judgment. You are the result of your actions and attitudes, and it is only through them that you can be transformed and hope for a better life.”

This passage “invites us to live a life of glory, a life of love and consciousness, just as He did.  This reunion with our roots is not a mere event in time, but an ever-renewed relation with the Source producing us in every instant.  It is our ignorance that creates our distance from it, as ‘the result of your actions; what you do takes you further away.’ and this distance involves all sorts of sickness and suffering.

By an ever-new act of knowledge that is both beyond the known, beyond the mind and memories of which we are composed and by turning our consciousness from our externalized, objectified being toward our inner Being, we act from the deepest heart of our lack, from the intimate space of our desire of desires. This is the space where we receive the inspiration of the Teacher and His teaching.”

The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Jean-Yves Leloup, p. 44-56.