tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post1438535502484412003..comments2024-03-26T16:24:34.218+00:00Comments on Meeting The Masters: No One Comes to the Father Except Through MeWilliam Wildbloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-12315512043679781122016-05-11T08:22:09.415+00:002016-05-11T08:22:09.415+00:00Great post! This clarifies a lot for me. I think I...Great post! This clarifies a lot for me. I think I am answering my own questions that i have for you just by catching on on reading your blog. There is an aweful lot to read but well worth it :-)David Balfourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099160562774064281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-40987856434555088062015-12-30T02:47:34.238+00:002015-12-30T02:47:34.238+00:00The mystical Christians were the Gnostics and at l...The mystical Christians were the Gnostics and at least some of them knew the difference between Jesus and Christ. I took a class on the Qur'an and a guest speaker said the Qur'an validates some Gnostic theology. Jesus was the perfect vessel. Very important to everything. But the power came from the Christ. my take is that Jesus sacrificed Himself on the cross so that all may be freed from sin. But that statement must be interpreted correctly. Christ sacrificed Himself so the Christ would be spread throughout the world so that through the Christ and our interaction with it, we might conquer suffering, sin, and death. It is just as you said a transforming light. But one that requires some effort of the believer to awaken to the Christ within.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06142985990046914740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-41629971139338130632015-12-27T20:28:24.984+00:002015-12-27T20:28:24.984+00:00Yes, I too think that many Christians mistake the ...Yes, I too think that many Christians mistake the outer Jesus for the inner Christ and give all their attention to the former, rather neglecting the latter. It's a bit hard to define the difference but maybe it's as though one is a human being and the other is a transforming light. They aren't separate in the case of Jesus but it's a question of which assumes pre-eminence in the believer's mind.William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-51662970355238480412015-12-27T16:21:58.035+00:002015-12-27T16:21:58.035+00:00I read that twice and I think I get it. Baha'u...I read that twice and I think I get it. Baha'u'llah claims to have brought humanity the most accurate picture of God and spirituality as of yet and I'm impressed that on your own search for God, you have arrived at so many position that are in the ball park of the Baha'i teachings. Yes, form and formlessness, personal and impersonal, are encompassed by God but God goes beyond those term. The cube square comparison is good.<br />I'll give a different take on that verse by showing a similar verse in Baha'i scripture.<br />"I am the Primal Point from which have been generated all created things...Whoso recognizeth Me, assurance and all good are in store for him, and whoso faileth to recognize Me, infernal fire and all evil await him."<br />All we know about God comes from one of God's mouth pieces such as Christ. But some Christians get lost in the body of Jesus (He is a blood sacrifice which you must accept) and not the inner teachings of Christ. But Christ Himself said "Before Abraham, I am" And they said to Jesus "What?? you aren't even 50 years old." Jesus wasn't alive before Abraham, but the voice of Christ was speaking then. But every time the voice of Christ comes, it gives itself a new name just as Christ said new wine must be put into new wine skin. If you don't accept the voice of Christ, there is no way to get to the Father. It is the only voice that has spoken to us about God. Other voices derive their inspiration from these Suns but are like moons; they have no light of their own.<br />Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06142985990046914740noreply@blogger.com