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| "The insanity of it all is that you continue identifying with opposition even though you believe you can be harmed by it at anytime. But you have created this insane identity, and its' fear of death is always with you. This fear guards the identity from ceasing to be, keeping dreadful watch over it. Yet it is fear that perpetuates its' existence. Only the true knowledge of who you are can break it down and make death impossible. This is why I say the gates of your hell cannot prevail against the revelation of who I am. When you realize that my true identity is also yours, you realize that eternal life is yours as well. And because this is so, the fear that so strongly protects the false identity can no longer protect it. In the light of the recognition of who you are, the false identity vanishes like the wind. The illusion is seen for what it is, nothing more than a nightmare from which you have awakened." "Do you see that Sonship is impossible to vanquish? It cannot be undone, because you did not create it. It is the gift given you by the Father, eternally yours. Only He can take it away, but cannot because it would therefore cease to be of the eternal. His gifts are without repentance. His gifts are given in eternal love, which can never be revoked. Everything he has made is one. Everything that appears to be separate is an illusion. But to you, the illusion is real, further proof that you are asleep. When will you choose to awaken the child within? How long will you choose to remain in a world full of false illusions? How long will you remain in fear? Choose now. Choose life?" Peter interrupted him by asking, "Lord, we do not know how to choose differently. That is why we follow you, trusting you to show us the way to eternal life. Why is it that you ask us to choose? We have already made our choice by leaving everything we hold dear to follow you. Yet you frustate us by telling us to make a choice we believe has already been made." Jesus calmly replied, "Peter, your zeal far outweighs your widom. Yes, you have made a choice to follow me, leaving your family and possessions behind. But for what reason have you made this choice? Have you asked yourself this question and come to a conclusion? Surely you have not left everything you own to follow me about the countryside? What is the purpose for your choice? What is it that you are hoping to find? Is it not the answer to the one question that has nagged you ever since you can remember? That question is, 'Where did I come from and why am I here?' Am I right?" Almost in unison the disciples answered, "Yes," some vocally and others by action. Jesus continued, "Yet you are seeking for the answer outside of yourselves. Why do you do that? Why don't you hear what I am saying? Physically you hear me, yet spiritually you don't. I am not posing these questions to your intellect that dwells inside you. Your mind is so split that you don't recognize one from the other. Each time you have a thought that proceeds from the divine intellect, your fallen intellect caotures it and tries to interpret it based on its' insane belief system. This further confuses you because the divine intellect witnesses to the truth, which always advocates for what the fallen intellect sees as impossible. But this need not be. If you learn to recognize the difference between the two, many answers to your questions will soon follow." "Your intellect will always minimize the power you have inside you. This is its' defense system. This keeps it in control. The true intellect will always witness to the truth of the unlimited resources inside of you. Nothing is impossible to the divine intellect because everything you see proceeded from it. You have not yet learned to distinguish between the two, thus the reason for your questions. When you learn to listen to the voice of the Father inside you, you will no longer seek answers from others because you will know all things. While you have chosen to follow me, you have not yet learned what I have taught you. The words I speak intrigue you because the spirit in you witnesses that they are true, as impossible as they may seem to your fallen intellect. That is why you continue to follow me, because you have not yet learned to listen to them yourself." "What will you do if I go.? What if the Father's will involves taking me from you? What will you do then? I know that you greatly fear this, but truly I tell you it will happen. If I do not go away, you will do what the fallen intellect always does. It looks for answers outside itself from those it perceives to have more wisdom than it does. It always looks outward and in doing so never comes to the knowledge of the truth. I first asked you who men say that I am, and then who you say that I am. The truth is I am everyone. The spirit that lives in me is the essence of Sonship. My Father and I are one. Therefore, you and the Father are one. You are the Son of the living God. Everything I have you have. Everything I am you are. I have taken you on a journey to find the answer to your question. Where did I come from, and why am I here? I know where I came from, and so do you. But you have chosen to deny the Answer that always witnesses inside you. I have embraced it and only seek to bear witness to it. You continue in your denial. Why would you deny what is true?" John asked, "Lord, I feel the witness inside me. I know what you are saying is true, but my mind constantly rises up to tell me it is not so. How do I fight that? How do I keep from falling into its' snare?" 2 |
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| Who Do You Say That I Am? (Continued) |