Stifled Development

Our differences, regardless of what they are, do not define us as enemies.

Discerning Truth 45 Stifled Development

Yeshua says: If those who would lead you say to you: Behold, the kingdom is in the sky,

then the birds of the sky would precede you. If they say to you: It is in the sea, then the fish «of the sea» would precede you. But the kingdom «of God» is within you, and it is without you. «Those who come to know themselves shall find it, and when you come to know yourselves, » then you shall know that you are the Sons of the living Father. Yet if you do not know yourselves, then you are impoverished, and you are poverty.

~ Logion Three, The Gospel of Thomas

And when he was demanded of the Pharisees when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation.

Neither shall they say, Lo here! Or lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

~ Gospel of Luke 17:20 -21

Many will say, yes, of course, God is within. However, what they fail to understand is that God does not reside within, but is inherent within. An integral aspect of our being. Not separate from us, but a part of what makes us what we are. Like the walls of a house are fundamental to its construction, such is our relationship with God.

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