Looking at what the Gospel of Thomas Teaches

Biblical Christian Gnostic Teachings looks at "The Theology of the Gospel of Thomas".

The non-canonical sayings gospel or writing of logia by the apostle Thomas, commonly known as "Doubting Thomas" , brings not a narrative account of the life of Jesus, but some 114 of the sayings attributed to his master teacher Jesus Christ. Almost half of these sayings resemble those found in the Canonical Gospels, while it is speculated that the other sayings were added from Gnostic tradition.

Originated in Hellenistic Judaism we may find in this second of seven contained in what modern-day scholars have designated as Codex II from a school of early Christians, possibly proto-Gnostics.

In this book is said that Jesus is alive and is called the living one meaning the risen lord. It tells us we can live by Jesus' sayings and should take into account about things which Jesus speaks.

The listener should seek the truth, which can be found in the Holy Scriptures whereto Thomas gives some overview of things Jesus said we should remember. With his writings Thomas wants us to join him on a journey 

that will make us kings and at the end it will lead to rest (Greek Saying 2)

 Naturally being it a gnostic writing we have to look at it as not a divine inspired book, but as just one of the several civic writings about the Nazarene master teacher Jeshua (Jesus Christ). Though it request us to be exclusively committed to the truth like the fisherman who came to follow that son of man who said to them he was the sent one from God.

Also in this book we are assured that the kingdom we are looking for should be found on earth and not in heaven (saying 3 82 113) It is within us and it is to be spread out upon the earth. it is not in the world of the dead (saying 59).

The work tells us there is a spiritual kingdom on earth right now. It is within us if Jesus is in us and all around us (saying 3 24 22 51 77 82 113).

In this work we also come to know that if we follow Jesus we can become 

a man of light lighting up the whole world (Saying 24) like a city built on a high mountain (Saying 33)

and that Jesus tells us to tell others (33 50).

By presenting this writing the apostle Thomas points to the fact that we should look at Jesus as the Kingdom near us, him being the origin of the new creation (77 82 3 49 14 50 7) and that we should pass by the thinking of the flesh and be passers by of all other teachers and teachings (Saying 42)

> find to read

1. Casting the Fire of Kingdom upon the World The Gospel of Thomas
2. Non-Docetic Gnosticism in the Nag Hammadi Library
3. My siblings and My mother The Gospel of Thomas Saying 99

some of the sayings: 

1. Prophecy in the Gospel of Thomas
2. seeks rule and rest Gospel of Thomas Saying 2
3. Gnosis is to Know Thyself Gospel of Thomas Saying 3
4. Gnosis And Intuition Gospel of Thomas Saying 3
5. it is not “pie in the sky when you die, bye & bye.” Gospel of Thomas Saying 3
6. Gospel of Thomas Saying 4
7. James the Just Gospel of Thomas Saying 12
8. The Light Within The Gospel of Thomas Saying 24
9. Taking Off A Garment Gospel of Thomas saying 37
10. meditating about death gospel of thomas saying 63
11. The Gospel of Thomas Saying 77
12. Should we worship mary Gospel of Thomas saying 79
13. The “twin” of Christ Gospel of Thomas Saying 108

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