2022/01/31

24. The Contradiction

Jesus said to those who have believed in him: "If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free" (John 8:31-32). But they said, "We are descendants of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, 'You will become free'?" (John 8:33), which shows that there was a contradiction between their understanding and the words of Jesus. An illusion had developed in their realm of consciousness because they were unaware of the accidental information¹ occurring among them. Jesus replied, "Amen, amen, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. A slave does not remain in a household forever, but a son always remains. So if a son frees you, then you will truly be free" (John 8:34-36). Everyone has the "enmity God has put in place"² in their deep inside the realm of consciousness. Here Jesus compared the "enmity God has put in place" to a son because that was what Jesus was. Jesus continues to persuade them sincerely to become aware of the contradiction and confront it, with the "enmity God has put in place" in them getting awakened. But they could not bear contradiction, which grew greater in their subsequent dialogue with Jesus, and created the fiction that Jesus was a Samaritan and possessed by a demon, and in the end, they tried to kill him. As Jesus said, "Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not listen, because you do not belong to God" (John 8:47), the reason why many people do not listen to the word of God is that they are unaware of the accidental information that occurs among them and are united with it. Jesus fulfilled what he had said to Nicodemus, "And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up" (John 3:14) and has become a sign of saving people from this reality, so that the "enmity God has put in place" is awakened in all men when they look up at Jesus crucified. This awakening first happened to one of the criminals crucified with Jesus. He said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom" (Luke 23:42). Jesus replied to him, "Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise" (Luke 23:43), and these words were the very worldview of Jesus Christ that embraces the conversion of the sinner. Christians, imitating Jesus, must always stay awakened to the "enmity God has put in place." To do so, it is essential for us to have the worldview of Jesus Christ in our unconscious realm. The Book of Revelation provides us the training for it.  

Reference: 1. this blog № 4, 2. this blog № 5, № 23

Maria K. M.