The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 4.5/Th60 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. They saw a Samaritan carrying a lamb going into Judea. He said to his disciples, “Why does he take the lamb with him.” They said to him, “So that he may kill it and eat it.” He said to them, “While it is alive he will not eat it, only after he kills it and it becomes a corpse.” They said, “Otherwise he ca...

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 4.4/Th59 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “Look to the Living-one while you are alive, lest you die and seek to see him, and are unable to do so.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 4.3/Th58 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “Blessed is the person who has suffered to find life and found life.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 4.2/Th57 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “The kingdom of the Father is like a person who had good seed. His enemy came by night and sowed weed among the good seed. The person did not allow them to pull up the weed. He said to them, ‘You may intend to pull up the weed and pull up the wheat along with it. On the day of the harvest the...

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 4.1/Th56 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “Whoever has come to understand the world has found a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse, is superior to the world. (the system is not worthy of them).”

David. R. Goodworth explores the extended groups in the third eighteen from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'.

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 3.18/Th55 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “Whoever does not hate their father and mother cannot become my disciple, and whoever does not hate their brothers and sisters and take up their own cross in my way, will not be worthy of me.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 3.13R/Th45 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for yours is the kingdom of heaven.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 3.16/Th53 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. His disciples said to him, “Is circumcision beneficial or not?” He said to them, “Were it beneficial, their father would bring them from their mother circumcised. However, the true spiritual circumcision has become entirely beneficial.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 3.15/Th52 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. His disciples said to him, “Twenty four prophets spoke in Israel, and they all spoke of you.” He said to them, “You have left out the living one in your presence and have spoken only of the dead.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 3.14/Th51 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. His disciples said to him, “On what day will the rest of the dead come? And on what day will the new world come?” He said to them, “What you look forward to has already come, but you do not perceive it.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 3.13R/Th45 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “Grapes are not harvested from thorns, nor figs gathered from thistles, they do not yield fruit. A good man brings forth goodness from his storehouse, a bad man brings forth evilness from the evil storehouse which is in his heart, and he says evil things, for out of the abundance of his hear...

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 3.12R/Th39 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “The Pharisees and the Scribes have taken the keys of knowledge and they have hidden them. They did not go in, nor do they permit those who wanted to enter to go in. However, you be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 3.11/Th48 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “If two make peace with each other in this one house, they will say to the mountain, ‘Move away’ and it will move.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 3.10/Th47 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “A man cannot ride two horses or draw two bows, nor can a servant serve two masters, or he will honour one and disrespect the other. A man does not drink old wine and immediately desires to drink new wine, and they do not put new wine into old wineskins, or they will burst, nor do they put ol...

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 3.9/Th46 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “From Adam to John the Baptist there is no one born of woman who is higher than John the Baptist, so as to lower his eyes. I have said that whoever among you becomes like an infant shall know the kingdom and will be raised up above John.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 3.8R/Th50 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “If they say to you, ‘From where have you come?’ Tell them, ‘We have come from the light, the place where the light came into being of its own accord. He stood and revealed himself in their image.’ If they say to you, ‘Who are you?’ say, ‘We are its children, and we are the chosen of the livi...

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 3.7/Th44 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “Whoever blasphemes against the Father will be forgiven and whoever blasphemes against the Son will be forgiven but whoever blasphemes against the Holy spirit (Living Spirit) will not be forgiven, either on earth or in heaven.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 2.18/Th37 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. His disciples said to him, "Who are you, that you speak these things to us?” “From what I say to you, you do not understand who I am, you have become as the Jews, for they either love the tree and hate its fruit, and they love the fruit and hate the tree.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 3.5/Th42 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “Become passers-by.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 2.18/Th37 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said “Whoever has it in his hand, to him shall be given more and whoever does not have it, from them shall be taken even the little that they have”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 3.3/Th40 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “A vine was planted apart from the Father and since it is not established it will be pulled up by its roots and destroyed”.

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 3.2R/Th49 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said, “Blessed are the Solitary and Chosen, for you will find the Kingdom. You came from there and you will return there.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 3.1/Th38 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. Jesus said “Many times have you desired to hear these words which I speak to you, and you have none other to hear them from. There will be days when you will seek after me, and you will not find me.”

David. R. Goodworth explores saying 2.18/Th37 from his book 'The Gospel of Thomas: Evolution'. His disciples said, “When will you appear to us, and when will we look upon you?” Jesus said, “When you strip naked and are not ashamed and take your garments and put them beneath your feet like little children and trample them, then you will see the son of the living one and you shall not fear.”