The Fierce Beauty of Truth: Awakening Through the Gospel of Thomas. Sayings 43 to 54.

Welcome back. We’re stepping further into the Gospel of Thomas with sayings 43 to 54—some of the most fiercely honest and, let’s face it, slightly savage lines Jesus ever dropped. These teachings cut through sentimentality like a hot knife through fake cheese. They’re not here to tickle your chakras—they’re here to pierce illusion, dismantle your spiritual fluff, and slap the ego awake.

The themes? Duality. Deception. Heart truth. Divine recognition.

(43)

His disciples said to him:

“Who are you to say this to us?”

“Do you not realise from what I say to you who I am? But you have become like the Jews! They love the tree, (but) they hate its fruit. Or they love the fruit, (but) they hate the tree.”

Stephen James’s Reflection:

Translation? You’ve become like those who live in contradiction. People who praise the system (the tree) but can’t handle the fruit (the truth). Or vice versa. This is spiritual schizophrenia. Jesus wasn’t being anti-anything—he was just anti-bullshit. The modern version? You love nature but still eat poison. You praise freedom but follow the people who would chain you. If you’re triggered, maybe good. That’s where transformation lives.

(44)

Jesus says:

“Whoever blasphemes against the Father, it will be forgiven him. And whoever blasphemes against the Son, it will be forgiven him. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither on earth nor in heaven.”

Stephen James’s Reflection:

The Holy Spirit is your direct connection to soul—your divine essence. If you betray that, you’re basically signing your soul away. You might be able to lie to others, even to God—but try lying to your own soul and you’ll feel the rot. That betrayal doesn’t wash off in any temple. It stains you until you choose truth again. This is the unforgivable sin—not because God can’t forgive, but because you won’t let yourself.

(45)

Jesus says:

“Grapes are not harvested from thorns… A good person brings forth good… A bad person brings evil from the bad treasure that is in his heart…”

Stephen James’s Reflection:

Your heart is your harvest. If you’re still spewing venom and calling it opinion, maybe ask yourself—what’s really in my storehouse? This one’s simple: if you keep planting lies, you can’t expect to grow truth. And if you’re following the psychopaths of this age, it’s time to do some internal farming.

(46)

Jesus says:

“From Adam to John the Baptist, among those born of women there is no one who surpasses John… But whoever becomes little will know the kingdom and surpass John.”

Stephen James’s Reflection:

This is about humility. The ego wants to be someone. The soul just wants to be. John the Baptist was a big deal, but even he’s saying—stay small in ego, big in soul. If you can become like a child—curious, open, uncorrupted—you’re ahead of every religious scholar still waiting for someone else to save them.

(47)

Jesus says:

“It is impossible for a person to mount two horses… A servant cannot serve two masters… No one drinks old wine and immediately wants new wine…”

Stephen James’s Reflection:

This is Jesus the mystic philosopher with a punchy metaphor game. You can’t ride truth and lies at the same time. You can’t follow God and P.Diddy. And once you’ve tasted the truth, going back to the old system? It won’t sit right in your gut. He’s saying: pick your path. Fully. Now.

(48)

Jesus says:

“If two make peace with one another in one and the same house, they will say to the mountain: ‘Move away,’ and it will move away.”

Stephen James’s Reflection:

The house is you. The two are your masculine and feminine aspects. Your mind and heart. Your ego and soul. If they stop arguing and make peace, you become a mountain-mover. Real power isn’t in domination—it’s in divine inner union. That’s when the miracles happen.

(49)

Jesus says:

“Blessed are the solitary ones, the elect. For you will find the kingdom. For you come from it and will return to it.”

Stephen James’s Reflection:

This is about spiritual sovereignty. Solitude births revelation. This isn’t about being alone forever, it’s about discovering that the kingdom isn’t somewhere you visit. It’s somewhere you return to—because it’s where you came from. So don’t be afraid to walk alone. You’re not alone—you’re elect.

(50)

Jesus says:

“If they say: ‘Where do you come from?’ say: ‘We have come from the light…’”

“If they say: ‘Is it you?’ say: ‘We are his children…’”

“If they ask: ‘What is the sign of your Father?’ say: ‘Movement and repose.’”

Stephen James’s Reflection:

This is poetic mysticism. What is God? Motion and stillness. The inhale and the exhale. The creation and the peace. You are from the light. You are the child of divine motion. When you know this, you stop pretending and start radiating. That’s the real gospel.

(51)

His disciples said:

“When will the resurrection of the dead take place?”

He said:

“That resurrection has already come, but you do not recognise it.”

Stephen James’s Reflection:

He’s saying: wake up. You’re in it. The awakening isn’t coming—it’s here. The resurrection is not about bones in a grave—it’s about souls rising out of spiritual death. If you’re still waiting for a sign, maybe you’re missing the obvious.

(52)

His disciples said:

“Twenty-four prophets have spoken in Israel…”

He said:

“You have pushed away the living one and begun to speak of the dead.”

Stephen James’s Reflection:

The obsession with external teachers, dead prophets, old systems—it’s a distraction. You already have the living one inside you. Stop talking about Moses if you haven’t even met your own soul yet. This is about embodiment, not history worship.

(53)

His disciples said:

“Is circumcision beneficial?”

Jesus said:

“If it were, children would be born circumcised. But the true circumcision in the spirit has prevailed.”

Stephen James’s Reflection:

Boom. Spiritual mic drop. The obsession with physical rituals is outdated. True transformation happens in the spirit. You don’t need to cut flesh to access God—you need to shed illusion and cut the crap.

(54)

Jesus says:

“Blessed are the poor. For the kingdom of heaven belongs to you.”

Stephen James’s Reflection:

This isn’t a glorification of poverty—it’s a nod to detachment. Those not obsessed with wealth, control, power—they’re the ones who see clearly. If you’re not blinded by bling, you’re free to walk straight into the kingdom.

Final Thoughts

There’s a raw, untamed beauty to these sayings—a beauty that doesn’t stroke your ego or coddle your wounds. It’s the kind of beauty that slaps. The kind that strips you bare. Each verse in the Gospel of Thomas doesn’t just offer wisdom—it demands a reckoning. A fierce call to truth. A holy confrontation.

Jesus wasn’t playing Messiah for the Instagram reel. He was flipping the whole system—internal and external. These are not the platitudes of a gentle guru. These are the unfiltered transmissions of a man on fire with God. Every line is an invitation to cut the crap, drop the masks, and meet the Divine naked.

And let’s be honest—most of us weren’t raised to handle that. We were spoon-fed spiritual baby food. Taught to obey. Taught to seek salvation in other people, institutions, or dead books we never even read for ourselves. But here, in these stripped-back verses, Jesus is saying: Stop looking out there. The Kingdom isn’t coming with fanfare. It’s not arriving on a cloud. It’s already here. But you’re asleep.

And that’s the uncomfortable bit.

We are waking up in the middle of a spiritual crime scene. Centuries of lies. Institutions built on control and fear. “Leaders” who never led, only manipulated. Systems designed to keep us numb, domesticated, and divided.

And yet—beneath the debris is something sacred. Something eternal. The pearl within.

But you have to reclaim it. That’s the fire Jesus speaks of—the fire that burns away the illusion so your soul can finally breathe. He never asked for worship. He asked for embodiment. He didn’t say, “Just believe in me.” He said, “Become what I am.”

That’s the real Kingdom.

Not some far-off utopia. But a state of being you step into when you stop running, stop pretending, and start telling the truth about yourself, your wounds, your longing—and your power.

The Kingdom is here. But it doesn’t start with a saviour.

It starts with you.