Mysticism & Gospel of Thomas – No. 12 – The Inner Guide

Verse - The Inner Guide

The disciples said to Jesus, "We know that you are going to leave us. Who will then be our guide?" Jesus said to them, "From where you are going, you will go to James the Just, for whom heaven and earth came into being."

Comment

Jesus presents James, although he was not one of his disciples, as a model of a life devoted to God, who does not need guidance because he already knows about the Kingdom of God, to which the disciples are also on the way. Thomas, who pretended to be ignorant and wanted further instruction, asked: "How can we know the way?" Christ replied and at the same time answered the question of who would be the guide and model on this path: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me..." to the Father who lives in me as I in you.