Excellent reflection comments. There comes a point where your belief and faith are tested to the limit. At that time you are given an experience where you know longer believe based upon faith, but know based upon experience that the teachings are the truth. That experience is the journey through the dark-night-of-the-soul. There can be many false dark nights as the ego battles its diminishing, but when you truly go through it you realize why Jesus stated, “My Father and I are One.” after He went through it. It’s an experiential awareness that develops as a result of raising the operational frequency of consciousness to a new level of perception. It is a true born again experience.
Communion is Jesus offering us to realize that we are One with Him, and in being so are also One with our Father.
I use Russian nesting dolls to teach this concept in workshops. We are the little doll in the middle and God is the outer large doll. Jesus is the doll just below God.(1) As we grow spiritually, our awareness and perception of the higher (greater) levels develops. This is the basis for the sacred teachings of the squaring of the circle in some secret groups.
(1) This is the reason for the statement that you can’t get to God except through Jesus. It is a very true statement no matter which religious path you have chosen.
I have less and less doubts the more I read and apply God’s Word. I also enjoy reading and learning new things.
Even though I’m not a protestant [raised catholic, now non-denominatonal] I give much deference to Luther’s 5 solas:
God alone,
Christ alone,
Faith alone,
Grace alone, &
Scriptures alone -
there is no substitute for any of these and scriptures are the best interpreter of scriptures.
Some of the best Christian defenders of the faith:
Lee Strobel, Max Lucado, Josh McDowell, John MacArthur,
Joel Rosenberg, Dr. Walt Brown PhD, Dr Russell Humphreys PhD. ~ see my home page & links page for more.