The Gospel of Jesus: In Search of His Original Teachings

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Clear Press Ltd, 2005 - 1088 oldal
An inspirational encounter with the world of Christ, this book is an uplifting study of the man, his times and his teaching. This volume reveals how the true meaning of Jesus??? teachings, as found in the canonical gospels and many of the ancient apocryphal and other early Christian texts, is that of the ageless, eternal and mystic path to God. Exhaustively researched -- from Old and New Testament writings, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the writings of the Greek mystics, the Gnostics, the Mandaeans, the Manichaeans and other mystics of Jesus??? era -- The Gospel of Jesus reflects the yearning of all Christians and seekers throughout the centuries to penetrate the unresolved mysteries of their faith and attain a direct, personal mystic experience of God.

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CHAPTER
13
Mysticism and Mystic Experience
21
The Mystic Path
28
CHAPTER
47
Early New Testament Manuscripts
59
New Testament Greek
67
The Teachings of Jesus and the New Testament
77
CHAPTER SEVEN
83
Ransom Tax and Head Money
489
Mans Forgiveness of Man
496
Tying Some Strands Together
504
The Word Was Made Flesh
513
The Son Quickeneth whom He Will
519
The Living Master
530
The Christ the Messiah and the Living One
538
The Physical Presence of the Master
551

Matthew A Gospel for Jew and Gentile
90
LukeActs Christianitys First Defence
97
The Mystic Gospel of St John
106
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
111
CHAPTER FOUR
117
Who Knew Jesus?
123
Christmas Christian Custom and the Aryan Deity Mithras
129
Jesus Travel East?
136
Early Christian Communities
148
CHAPTER FIVE
158
Mani and ManichaeanChristian Writings
168
PreChristian Mystical Writings
175
CHAPTER
185
One Lord
192
Treasure in Earthen Vessels
198
Thieves in the Temple
205
Ritual and Ceremony
211
Blind Leaders of the Blind
217
WHAT IS GOD?
220
CHAPTER EIGHT
234
The Word as Living Water
250
The Logos as Gods Image
267
Many Names for the Word
284
The Wind Bloweth
299
Speaking Waters
312
Many Mansions
327
Principalities and Powers Gods and Angels
339
Seven Heavens
347
The Five Greatnesses
356
CHAPTER ELEVEN
362
Sin and the Law of Cause and Effect
369
A Servant of Sin
377
Already Condemned
385
The Serpent More Subtle Than Any Beast
392
Payment for Sin
399
CHAPTER TWELVE
406
Immortality Preexistence Reincarnation
415
Reincarnation Amongst the Early Christians
424
Drunken Mad and Forgetful
437
Mani and Jesus
449
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
461
Repentance
468
Mercy and Justice
474
Five Men on a Roof
480
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
559
Jesus Successor
568
No Man Receiveth His Testimony
578
A MAN OF MIRACLES?
580
Apostolic Miracles
589
The Physician of Souls
596
The Medicine of Life
602
Casting Out Devils
608
Stormy Weather
616
Fishers of Men
626
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
633
Living Bread Living Water Living Wine
641
Water into Wine
649
The House of His Servant David
657
The Mystic Mother and the Virginal Spirit
663
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
671
Except a Man Be Born Again
677
Except it be Given Him from Heaven
678
Those That Are Mine
691
Your Glorious Mysteries
705
The Sower and His Seed
720
CHAPTER TWENTY
736
am the Door of the Sheep
749
Take Up His Cross Daily
762
LABOURERS INTO HIS HARVEST
783
Prayer in Secret
797
Expecting a Resurrection that is Empty
812
The Son of Man Is Within You
830
Behold the Bridegroom Cometh
843
Many Obstacles Fall into the Way
857
CHAPTER TWENTYFIVE
868
Turn to Him the Other Also
885
Whosoever Shall Exalt Himself
901
Was Jesus Vegetarian?
916
Paul the Vegetarian?
932
Gnostic Vegetarians
945
Persecuted for Righteousness Sake
960
Freely Ye Have Received Freely Give
970
By This Shall All Men Know
981
In Such an Hour as Ye Think Not
987
EPILOGUE
993
Abbreviations
1011
Bibliography
1017
Index
1039

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