Jesus said, "Congratulations to those who are alone and chosen, for you will find the kingdom. For you have come from it, and you will return there again."
What does this statement mean to you?
It take it to mean that those who find their gnostic faith on their own through introspection are the ones that were with God in the beginning and will return to him. Not the people who congregate in church and come to a group decision about God and what his word means.
2007-06-25 06:47:05 · 7 answers · asked by Soul Shaper 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This scripture was taken from the Gospel of Thomas. Verse 49.
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/nhl_thomas.htm
2007-06-25 06:59:52 · update #1
The link is above.
2007-06-25 07:06:07 · update #2
Nothing. There is no proof this jesus even actually said it.
2007-06-25 06:50:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Congratulations to those who are alone and chosen, for you will find the kingdom. For you have come from it, and you will return there again [49]
Alone derives from 'All' and 'One'. The implication in spiritual terms is a person who is not divided, and therefore whole, holy. A holy person has been chosen by God, and is not self-made.
Jesus is saying that the holy ones chosen by God will find the kingdom. The Kingdom is at hand, and the next two sayings help to show further the value of being 'Alone':
The end will be where the beginning is [18].
Know how to examine the present moment [91].
Being whole, holy, because one is undivided, one is singularly aware of the present moment, wherein the Kingdom is at hand.
For those who are interested the sayings are from the Gospel of Thomas.
2007-06-25 14:13:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, I for one have never seen this scripture...could you quote chapter and verse? The Gospel of Thomas is not the word of God. Read the true word of God and seek his truth.
2007-06-25 13:50:42 · answer #3 · answered by djmantx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it doesnt mean anyting to me. im not of the christian faith. so the quote is irrelevant to me.
2007-06-25 13:51:41 · answer #4 · answered by lins 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First I've seen it.
2007-06-25 13:55:25 · answer #5 · answered by Armless Joe, Bipedal Foe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what bible are you reading from?
2007-06-25 13:57:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chapter and verse, please?
2007-06-25 13:52:18 · answer #7 · answered by SpiritRoaming 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋