

“Thus it is written that the Anointed of God will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day. And that the change of heart leading to the release from sin would be preached on his behalf to all peoples, starting from Jerusalem." (Luke 24:46-47)
This verse is taken from the Lost Gospels of Jesus. Why does the Lost Gospels of Jesus use the phrase, "Anointed of God" rather than "Christ" or "Messiah" as most sectarian translations use?

Not that "Christ" or "Messiah" is wrong. But because "Anointed of God" most closely captures the meaning of the Greek and Aramaic terms. You can find the explanation of this translation here. This phrase basically means God's representative.

Jesus is speaking to his disciples after he has suffered and risen "from the dead." What does this mean, "risen from the dead"?



This is confirmed by this verse in Luke:







Because the physical eyes can only see the physical body, what is described about Jesus relates to the death of the physical body. Therefore, for Jesus to appear to his disciples after the death of his physical body is therefore described as "rising from the dead." Because Jesus appeared before their physical eyes after his physical body died.


So why did he appear before them after his body died? Was it to prove how great he was? This is the interpretation of sectarian institutions: That Jesus needed to show his disciples that he was truly great.



A change of heart

Next Jesus speaks of what is translated as the "change of heart." This phrase comes from the Greek word μετάνοια (metanoia), which is translated to "that repentance" in most sectarian translations. So why does the Devotional Translation use "change of heart?"



Having a "change of heart" is more accurate than "change of mind." Why? Because someone can have a "change of mind" without a making a change in their purpose in life. Changing ones purpose in life is a much more real and deep change.


One problem with the word repentance is that many sectarian teachings have interpreted this word to mean joining a particular group and going to a particular institution or church every week.

This is not what Jesus is speaking of. He is speaking of changing ones course in life. He is speaking of living our life for God rather than living our life for ourselves.


What does the "release from sin" mean? It means that having such a change of heart - living for God instead of for ourselves - leads us to giving up those things that are considered sinful.

What is "sin" anyway? Sins are acts that conflict with the purpose of the Supreme Being. And the central purpose of the Supreme Being is that He wants us to return to Him. He wants us to fall in love with Him and come live with Him again.

So doing things that conflict with this purpose of the Supreme Being would be considered sinful. This would include those things done with a purpose of rejecting our relationship with God. Those things that would perpetuate our ignoring God during our lives. Those things that would continue a life of loneliness and self-indulgence - a life of emptiness - for ourselves and others.

Yes, this definition of "sin" departs from the sectarian definition of sin. The sectarian definition is built around rules and regulations promulgated by men who have put themselves in seats of honor and authority, who in many cases do the very things they call upon others not to do.


Consider this carefully. When we "wander from" our relationship with the Supreme Being, we in fact miss our mark. We err. Why? Because our relationship with the Supreme Being is our basic innate nature. We are created by the Supreme Being for the purpose of exchanging a loving service relationship with Him. When we stray (or wander) from that relationship, we err.



And what is our constitutional position?





Because we - the spirit-person - is not the physical body. Physical and material things cannot fulfill us. It would be like a car driver satisfying his hunger by filling up the gas tank of the car. The car's tank might get full, but the driver would still be hungry. This is because the car driver is not the car. The car driver can be in the car - but can never become the car.


So what does satisfy the real person within?


And what passes for love within the physical world is not the love that fulfills our real person within. Here in this physical world, our form of love is usually based upon the physical body. We confuse love with a likening of our physical body with related physical bodies of our family members, or fans or whatever social communities are bodies dwell in.





The Supreme Being and His representative love us without condition. No matter what we do or say. Not matter whether we ignore them or not. They continue to love us and care for us.




And to whatever degree we continue to embrace our loving relationship with the Supreme Being, we become fulfilled to that degree. To that degree we also begin to truly love others. Not based upon whether they are part of our family or club or sect. But because they are fellow children of God.

