Jesus Teaches Us — Thanksgiving, 2016
Weekly Bible Study Resources
Jesus Teaches Us
Comparing Spiritual Ideas from the weekly Bible Lesson
with the sayings of Jesus from the Gospel of Thomas
by Trevor Leach CS
“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.” (Matthew 24:35)
“If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;”(John 8:31)
— Christ Jesus
Thanksgiving 2016
Some may ask: “why should welook at the Gospel of Thomas?”It is the only way we can discover Jesus’ keys of knowledgeand so transform our knowing as he requested. Who can resist Jesus’ invitation to become disciples? In this exercise we present spiritual ideas from the weekly Bible Lesson with correlative logia (sayings) from the Gospel of Thomas.
Spiritual Ideas from Golden Text:
Praise the Lord for His wonderful works
Correlative logia from the Gospel of Thomas:*
Logion 32: Jesus said, "A city built on a high hill and fortified cannot fall, nor can it be hidden.
Comments: Stand up and be counted
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Spiritual Ideas from Responsive Reading:
Enabling us to understand Truth
Correlative logia from the Gospel of Thomas:*
Logion 38: Jesus said, "Often you have desired to hear these sayings that I am speaking to you, and you have no one else from whom to hear them. There will be days when you will seek me and you will not find me.
Comments: Seek and Find me, for my unique sayings
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Spiritual Ideas from Section 1:
In divine science we must avail ourselves of spiritual ideas
Correlative logia from the Gospel of Thomas:*
Logion43:His disciples said to him, "Who are you to say these things to us?"
"You don't understand who I am from what I say to you.
Rather, you have become like the Judeans, for they love the tree but hate its fruit, or they love the fruit but hate the tree.
Comments:Jesus said, understand who I am, the Christ
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Spiritual Ideas from Section 2:
Share it with the world and heal the sick
Logion45:Jesus said, "Grapes are not harvested from thorn trees, nor are figs gathered from thistles, for they yield no fruit.
Good persons produce good from what they've stored up; bad persons produce evil from the wickedness they've stored up in their hearts, and say evil things. For from the overflow of the heart they produce evil.
Comments: Store up good in your heart and yield much fruit
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Spiritual Ideas from Section 3:
Forget mortal selfhood and understand the presence of divine Love.
Divine Love meets every human need.
Correlative logia from the Gospel of Thomas:
Logion52:His disciples said to him, "Twenty-four prophets have spoken in Israel, and they all spoke of you."
He said to them, "You have disregarded the living one who is in your presence, and have spoken of the dead."
Comments: The Christ, the living One, is everpresent
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Spiritual Ideas from Section 4:
Be inspired by Soul’s infinite resources to bless
Correlative logia from the Gospel of Thomas:
Logion54: Jesus said, "Congratulations to the poor, for to you belongs Heaven's kingdom.
Comments: The Kingdom of Heaven belongs to the poor in Spirit
Dwell in the Kingdom of Heaven and rejoice
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* We are using the "Scholars' Translation" of the Gospel of Thomas by Stephen Patterson and Marvin Meyer.
Trevor Leach has spoken on the significance of the Gospel of Thomas as part of one’s prayerful work. See the Prayerful Living Learning Center:
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