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Scripture dealing with the word and the light, spoken word and creation.



(2) Mt. 13: 3 “Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets (whispered) shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.”
The power of the spoken word creates and cannot be hidden. Or, God hears every word.

(3) Gen. 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
The spoken word creates light, or provides for creation. The vacuum of the void is now filled with light.

(4) Gen. 1: 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Why was God not satisfied with the void? He also pronounced the light good. Was the light good because of self-expression, the ‘creation element’ in all of us, likewise also in Him? He also created a duplicity, a duplicity of light and dark. Was this that He would become self-defined or self-evident?

These questions bring us to many different examinations. One is that God would not need self-expression because He is complete within Himself. If that is the case, then why are we as souls here? The contrast of light and dark gives self-evidence, that God is He who rests and He who creates. He whose hand is upon the lightening bolt, and He whose hand calms the sea.

He is the light; He is the void. He is the One who gives us this duplicity, and therein self-knowing.


John offers us some viewpoint. Even though John is designated as a religious scripture, and for that reason is not considered a primary source for this work, we can also say that John is willing to discuss the light of God. Usually related to Jesus’ identity, it is here referenced to the individual soul.

(5) JOHN 12:36 “While ye have the light, believe in the light,
that ye may be the children of light.

(NIV) “Put your trust in the light while you have it,
so you may become sons of light.”

Although this text might better lend itself to a study on spiritual identity, it also lends itself to the importance of light, and is one of the more important statements Jesus makes within the four gospels. Although John is categorized as a religious scripture, we can also recognize that John was willing to talk about the light of God within a number of different formats, the above being one.

Thus, Jesus gives us a direct source of our identity, that we are not only the children of God, but that we are made or born out of God’s light as well. This tells us what we are, what makes us up. Previous to this statement he tells the people to walk in his light, “lest darkness come upon you”. So the lines are drawn clearly in the matter of explanation of light and darkness, and in which Jesus’ identity resides.

From this he tells us we are also the same, that we are created of this light, and to partake of it we must first believe that this is so. He is asking for a step in faith to believe that you are more than you think you are-- this precious child of God, child of light. By contrast it may also be said that even though we sin that does not mean that our essence is not the same as God’s, and that God is a god of light, and that we are his children also, and that unless we turn from this and thus darken ourselves, this child of light we remain.

“may become sons of light” (NIV), appeals to redemption. That if you will have some trust, or even trust in Jesus himself, trust in the walk he is explaining, you inherit this sonship, this brotherhood or sisterhood. It could be described as an act of becoming, and then entering.

The disciples were very close, and this reflects a much more intimate conversation than one would first think. Does he say this because some of the disciples do not quite understand his message yet? Is it offered as a kind of spiritual challenge? Yet, he also makes reference to himself as the light. He ends by talking about becoming something you are not now.

This, in turn, reflects into so many things, for once released the light goes everywhere. Thus into principles of oneness, thus into soul ‘mission statement’ (later manifested in the early church), thus into committment to the work (also early church), interpretations within truth (revealed knowledge), and as the mind is illuminated so all of these redeeming elements can begin to manifest. For some one thing manifest, for someone else another.


(6) Thomas (82). Jesus said, “He who is near the fire is near me, and he who is far from me is far from the kingdom.” Jesus relates that those who have not heard his message (the fire) cannot participate in “kingdom principles”, or the revelation of God within. The kingdom he keeps explaining is enlightened participation with God, both within and without, and here he is not making reference to heavenly realms. This is also reference to person: for it implies that wherever the fire is so Jesus is, and Jesus himself then is the fire, and not only he who gives revelation or scatters seeds, but is the spiritual embodiment or the revelation itself, the very fire itself.


(7) Philip, saying 32. It is not possible for anyone to see anything of these things that actually exist unless he becomes like them (spiritual reference to oneness). This is not the way with man in the world: he sees the sun without being a sun; and he sees the heaven and the earth and all other things, but he is not these things. This is quite in keeping with the truth. But you saw something of that place (seeing with the single eye into the spiritual), and you became those things. You saw the spirit, and you became spirit. You saw Christ, and you became Christ. You saw the Father, you shall become the Father (what the mind truly sees, it knows, or becomes [becomes more like]) . So in this place (the world) you see everything and you do not see yourself, but in that place (the spiritual, or spiritual understanding) you do see yourself-- and what you see you shall become (enlightened, or more enlightened in these matters).


(8) Cause and effect... Some of walking in The Way will deal with cause and effect relationships. This is part of the internal workings of character attributes Jesus taught. Below are three good examples.

Philip, saying 26, “What the father possesses belongs to the son... [and] so long as he is small, he is not entrusted with what is his. But when he becomes a man, his father gives him all that he possesses.” Physical maturity provides physical inheritance, so follows also spiritual maturity and spiritual inheritance.

Matt. 6: 14 “For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly father will forgive you:”. Cause and effect operates within forgiveness; forgiveness is not just beseechment.

Luke 7: 47 “her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.” Love and forgiveness and intertwined within cause and effect.

(9) Deception within self can also be likened to making sure to stay on the true pathway, or in the larger sense the spiritual pathway before you, or which God has laid before you. Biblical reference gives us, Matt. 16: 26 “For what is a man profiteth, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”
To gain the whole world you would have to be attached to the kingdom of the world. Thus, you are attached to the world, to the worldly kingdom, and the world has a ‘hold’ on you. “lose his own soul?”, do not let the world overwhelm you and become lost in it. This may also infer that you will be held back from the greater life and understanding the spirit of God could offer. Also, what of the world could buy a soul? This is a rhetorical question which is answered by saying that nothing of the world is more important than the soul.

If we look in Philip, second saying, we have, “The slave only seeks to be free, but he does not hope to acquire the estate of his master.” The slave (earthbound mind) wants freedom (from want, from worry, etc.). But, the earthbound mind cannot have these things, because the earthbound mind cannot inherit the estate of understanding, or the very freedom it craves. Philip goes on with “... Those who are heirs to what is living (truth) are alive,”. So, through Philip, Jesus again gives us the redemptive message, that we are heirs to what is living, turn away from the deception of the world. Focus within the world is infered by contrast-- do we put the world first, and then search for God (truth); or, do we put God (truth) first, and then let Him (truth) interpret the world for us?

(9b) Jn. 12: 26 “If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also be my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my father honor.”
One of these principles is service, in this case to Jesus himself. A second enlightenment principle is that through service the father bestows honor. A third principle is to know yourself as a child of light. A fourth is to learn to recognize this light when you see it. All of this is another version of Jesus telling others to wake up, wake up to the light while you have it with you. “Walk while you have the light”, v. 35. Repeatedly the active principle of light initiats change in thought, and comes into play as we walk in the light of God. Jesus constantly beckons to cross over the river and make this change in thought lest ye walk in darkness and do not know it.

(10) Mark 16: 20 “And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following.” “Working with them” is mentioned seperately from confiming with sign, which often meant miracle. So there is an active participation that is now given to the disciples. From Jesus this authority is passed to the disciples, and that for them this is the time to take the mantle of authority. Thus, Jesus is willing to work with you in your ministry, even the ministry of your daily life.


(11) Matt. 5: 16 “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and (thus) glorify your Father which is in heaven.” This seems clear as to meaning, and infers that part of the good work is simply to let your light shine, and that may be example enough. So, to give vent to manifesting the spirit of God with light does glorify God, for it is from Him sourced. This would have to be considered part of the daily work of the soul, and light no longer is left only to words or study, but becomes an active part of walking in The Way.

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