Yehoshua’s divine loving care over His people is enveloped within the very Source of Love itself.
It is the harmony between man and nature, between soul and Creator, through which flows an inseparable connection, protected, held, and sealed by His infinite grace.
In His mercy and gentility, He guides His flock that worthy praise and glorification may be brought to The Father, Avinu, in deserving reverence.
1. The Shepherd Who Reigns
The Anointed One has full and complete reign, reawakening the sleeping masses through the authority and power of the Father. For He alone is the Judge of the faithful and the faithless alike.
It remains through faith and action, in cohesive adherence to the Father, that the Kingdom of Heaven becomes accessible to us.
Logion 27, Gospel of Thomas:
“If you do not fast from the world, you will not find the Kingdom. If you do not keep the Sabbath as a Sabbath, you will not see the Father.”
The Fold is entered by release. To fast from the world is to stop feeding on fear, noise, and appetite, so we can finally hear the Shepherd. To keep Sabbath as Sabbath is to rest in Him, not just rest from work.
2. The Kingdom Is Here, Present, Now
In His teachings of seeking our inner divinity, that we might once again reignite an intimate relationship with the Father, we learn this: forgiveness first begins within, both for ourselves, and for others.
In our reawakened relationship with the Father, we too step into His Kingdom… here, present, now!
Yehoshua’s sovereignty in declaring the path of The Way has been tendered by the natural universal forces of love and of goodness, which can only be of the Father of My Kindness.
Logion 3, Gospel of Thomas:
“The Kingdom is inside you, and it is outside you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will become known, and you will realize that it is you who are the sons of the living Father.”
This is the heart of Pastor Mark’s Gnostic Voice. The Kingdom is not postponed. It is within and without. When we know ourselves truly, we discover we are already sons and daughters of the Living Father. Joy begins there.
3. Ruach Ha’Chodesh, The Breath Within Us
Yehoshua awakens us to Ruach Ha’Chodesh, the Holy Spirit, the very Breath of the Creator, to live fully within us. She righteously centers our communication clearly between the Father and thee, with our souls resonating in jubilant harmony.
“And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the L-RD, in the majesty of the name of the L-RD his G-d; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.” Micah 5:4
Yehoshua remains the Fountain-Head of the path of the faithful, which endlessly draws to us great grace.
4. No Throne Above Us, A Presence Within Us
Yehoshua teaches us that the Father remains accessible, beyond the temptations of the evil inclination, in His peace and love.
He does not sit upon a heavenly throne. Nor is He a hollow figurehead bellowing commands. Nor does He rest upon an imagined throne as does a pope, selling or dealing in indulgences.
There is no throne of HaShem, for He is above us and below us, beside us and within us. His presence is eternal, as is His gift of the divine spark upon which our soulful wisdom grows.
Most High, Ein Sof, remains at the ready, bringing comfort and joy, challenge and growth, trial and wisdom, with intense diligence.
He is not distant. He is not silent. The truth is in direct opposition to the yoke of religion.
In His gentle peace we may reset our souls, firm in assurance that we too are both the product and the beneficiaries of His peace.
“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the L-RD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the L-RD.” Isaiah 54:17
5. The Will of the Fathers, Alive in Us
Within all of Yehoshua’s genuine nature, in each of His efforts and actions, are the holy manifestation of the will of the Father of Our Fathers. Our loving Anointed One aids us in enacting the will of the Father of My Strength… all in accordance with the absolute will of the Father of Heights, Most High.
Logion 77, Gospel of Thomas:
“I am the Light that is over all things. I am the All. From Me did the All come forth, and unto Me did the All extend. Split a piece of wood, and I am there. Lift up the stone, and you will find Me there.”
This destroys distance. You do not have to climb to heaven to find Him. You do not have to pay for access. In the ordinary wood and stone of daily life, the Light is already present. The Shepherd is in the field with the flock.
6. The Faith That Does Not Waver
The greatness, grandeur, and glory of The Living Father, Ein Sof, shall command before Him and cause every soul to rejoice in love. It is our uncompromised and incomparable joyful belonging to such a loving and compassionate Creator who yet communes within our divinity.
Logion 108, Gospel of Thomas:
“Whoever drinks from my mouth will become like me. I myself shall become he, and the things that are hidden will become revealed to him.”
Why This Logion: Because joy in the Fold is transformation, not information. To drink from His mouth is to take His words into our inner being until we begin to speak, love, and forgive as He does. What was hidden, our own divinity, our belonging, becomes revealed.
7. Walk In It Today
Let us remain humble and most willingly upon the path of Yehoshua.
In faith we are assured not one of the faithful are left unattended. Through grace is found our merciful joy and contentment in relationship with the Father, now and evermore.
Let us then turn our hearts and minds in service of one another in love and in kindness, as we derail all attempts at incivility and ungodliness.
Walk in faith. Go in His grace. And know that YOU are loved,
Pastor Mark