Posted on 04/09/2002 12:46:43 PM PDT by TBP
"I am the flute through which the breath of the Divine passes." -- Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
Poor misled soul.
Paul, the apostle put it this way, "...Christ in you, the hope of glory." Colossians 1:27
Agape,
DrMike
It would be a wonderful day on the FR forum when we could discuss the mystical and mysterious ways of God. Unfortunately, that's not going to happen for a while.
It's a wonderful day today! God has revealed his WORD so we can know the riches of His Glory through Christ Jesus the life giving Risen Savior.
God has revealed his WORD so we can know his will for us and the promises of the abundant life! We are completely complete! Praise His awesome name! Rejoice and be glad in it! It's Christ in You! the hope of glory! Amen?
Sounds like the two are saying much the same thing. They talk of the divinity within.
The key is "sounds like." That's where the deception must be dealt with. Many people speak about "God." But which God are they tallking about? The god of the pantheist? The god of the agnostic or atheist? The god of some religion? Scripture states the belief that God, the True God, has manifested Himself in and through the person and work of the Messiah - Jesus Christ. It was Christ himself who stated; "I am the way, the truth and the life, no one can come to the Father but through me." That is the distinction that has to be made when speaking about Divinity. Just to use the term God or Divinity without defining same is ludicrous. Then it could be anyone's god or divinity.
Do you see the distinction I'm trying to make? I hope so.
"Christ in you, the hope of glory."
"I am the flute through which the breath of the Divine passes."
Now, the first quote talks about the Christ within. Since we know that Jesus lived 2000 years ago, that cannot literally mean the physical Jesus the Christ. Clearly, it is the Christ spirit. That says that the spirit of God, the Christ spirit, is within you and me.
Now, the second quote speaks much more literally (even though poetically) of the God within us. It says that the breath of God passes through us. Each of us is the Life of God.
As far as I can tell, same thing.
I understand what you are saying. However, Scripture states that the "divine" within in only possible for those who have been born from above. (see John 3) Peter states something similiar in his second epistle: '...so that through them [i.e. precious promises] you may participate in the divine nature..." 2 Peter 1:4 However, Peter limits this to "...those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours." 2 Peter 1:1
Now if Gibran is in agreement with that, then we are in agreement.
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