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Gnostics believe that a Divine spark exists within each person, through which a direct experience of God can be achieved.The Gospel of Thomas Love and Protect “Jesus said, ‘Love your brother as your own soul. Protect them like the pupil of your eye.’”Divine Presence “Jesus said, ‘Where there are three deities, they’re divine. Where there are two or one, I’m with them.’”Good and Evil “Jesus said, ‘Grapes aren’t harvested from thorns, nor are figs gathered from thistles because they don’t produce fruit. [A person who’s good] brings good things out of their treasure, and a person who’s [evil] brings evil things out of their evil treasure.’”Knowing Isn't Everything “Jesus said, ‘Whoever knows everything, but is personally lacking, lacks everything.’”Salvation is Within “Jesus said, ‘If you give birth to what’s within you, what you have within you will save you. If you don’t have that within [you], what you don’t have within you [will] kill you.’”Light and Images “Jesus said, ‘Images are revealed to people, but the inner Heavenly Light within them is hidden in the image of the Father’s inner Heavenly Light. He’ll be revealed, but His image will be hidden by His inner Heavenly Light.’”Reading the Signs “They said to Him, ‘Tell us who you are so that we may trust you.’ He said to them, ‘You read the face of the sky and the earth, but you don’t know the one right in front of you, and you don’t know how to read the present moment.’”Knock, and It Will Be Opened “Jesus [said], ‘Whoever looks will find, [and whoever knocks], it will be opened for them.’”Jesus’ True Family “The disciples said to Him, ‘Your brothers and mother are standing outside.’ He said to them, ‘The people here who do the will of my Father are my brothers and mother; they’re the ones who will enter my Father’s Kingdom.’”Becoming Like Jesus “Jesus said, ‘Whoever drinks from my mouth will become like me, and I myself will become like them; then, what’s hidden will be revealed to them.’”
