The Gospel of Thomas

These are the secret words which the living Jesus spoke, and Didymus Judas Thomas wrote them down.

[Taken from http://www.goodnewsinc.net/othbooks/thomas.html]

(1) And he said: He who shall find the interpretation of the words shall not taste of death.

(2) Jesus said: He who seeks, let him not cease seeking until: finds; and when he finds he will be troubled, and if he is troubled, he will be amazed, and he will reign over the All.

(3) Jesus said: If those who lead you say unto you: Behold, the Kingdom is in heaven, then the birds of the heaven will be before you. If they say unto you: It is in the sea, then the fish will be before you. But the Kingdom is within you, and it is outside of you. When you know yourselves, then shall you be known, and you shall know that you are the sons of the living Father. But if ye do not know yourselves, then you are in poverty, and you are poverty.

(4) Jesus said: The man aged in his days will not hesitate to ask a little child of seven days about the place of life, and he shall live. For there are many first who shall be last, and they shall become a single one.

(5) Jesus said: Know what is before thy face, and what hidden from thee shall be revealed unto thee; for there is nothing hidden which shall not be made manifest.

(6) His disciples asked him and said unto him: Wilt thou that we fast? And how shall we pray? Shall we give alms? And what rules shall we observe in eating? Jesus said: Do not lie; and that which you hate, do not do. For all things are revealed before heaven. For there is nothing hidden which shall not be manifest, and there is nothing covered which shall remain without being uncovered.

(7) Jesus said: Blessed is the lion which the man shall eat, and the lion become man; and cursed is the man whom the lion shall eat, and the lion become man.

(8) And he said: Man is like a wise fisherman, who cast his net into the sea and drew it up from the sea full of small fish. Among them, the wise fisherman found a large good fish. He threw down all the small fish into the sea; he chose the large fish without trouble. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

(9) Jesus said: Behold, the sower went forth, he filled his hand, he cast. Some fell upon the road; the birds came and gathered them. Others fell on the rock, and sent no root down to the earth nor did they sprout any ear up to heaven. And others fell on the thorns; they choked the seed, and the worm ate them. And others fell on the good earth, and brought forth good fruit unto heaven, some sixty-fold and some an hundred and twenty-fold.

That's 9 out of 114. More to follow.

I started reading through the book of Adam and Eve; a curious and interesting account.

@divegeester

I started reading through the book of Adam and Eve; a curious and interesting account.

@sonship said
@divegeester

I started reading through the book of Adam and Eve; a curious and interesting account.

A few more curious and interesting books for you:

Treasure Island
Lord of the Rings
Dune
Huckleberry Finn
The Time Machine

@sonship said
@divegeester

I started reading through the book of Adam and Eve; a curious and interesting account.

A few more curious and interesting books for you:

Treasure Island
Lord of the Rings
Dune
Huckleberry Finn
The Time Machine

@sonship said
@divegeester

I started reading through the book of Adam and Eve; a curious and interesting account.

A few more curious and interesting books for you:

Treasure Island
Lord of the Rings
Dune
Huckleberry Finn
The Time Machine

@Ghost-of-a-Duke

LOL. We're back to the fiction of my embarrassment over a book that I didn't complete ???

@sonship said
@Ghost-of-a-Duke

LOL. We're back to the fiction of my embarrassment over a book that I didn't complete ???

@divegeester

You should try not to be fearful of ideas sonship.

@Ghost-of-a-Duke

You like to go around in futile circles?

Explain to me again why "The Ministry of God's Word" by Nee is an embarrassment to me,
or why Kentucky Fried Chicken causes me sleepless nights.

Then you can go on to explain why the Grand Canyon is an embarrassment to me as well.
Step aside Carl Jung.

@sonship said
@divegeester

You should try not to be fearful of ideas sonship.

Ideas terrify me huh ?

Ok, the non-canonical books sometimes have interesting things in them from a historical point of view.
I read a book which included a substantial chapter on The Gospel of Thomas by Darral Bock and some other writer.
The subtitle I re-call was "Pop Culture's At ...[text shortened]... allace

https://www.amazon.com/Dethroning-Jesus-Exposing-Cultures-Biblical/dp/0785297855