The Secret book of James

[Ernie Nemeth]

Excerpt from the Gnostic Gospels of Jesus, part of the Dead Sea Scrolls that was rejected as testimony by the holy see and not included in the bible.

(Remember, this is Jesus talking, as recorded by James, one of the twelve apostles, writing to a student, Cerinthos)

(speaking to all the apostles after His resurection)
You wretches! You poor devils! You pretenders to truth! You falsifiers of knowledge! You sinners against spirit! Do you still dare to listen when from the beginning you should have been speaking? Do you still dare to sleep when from the beginning you should have been awake so that heaven's kingdom might recieve you? I tell you the truth, it is easier for a holy person to sink into defilement and for an enlightened person to sink into darkness, than for you to reign - or not reign.

(later , in private, to Peter and James...)
I have offered you faith many times - and have revealed myself to you, James - and you have not known me. Now I see you often rejoicing. And although you are delighted about the promise of life, you are sad and gloomy when you are taught about the kingdom.
Nevertheless, you, through faith and knowledge, have recieved life. So disregard rejection when you hear it, but when you hear about the promise, be joyful all the same.

(further along...)
I have spoken my last words to you; I shall depart from you, for a chariot of spirit has carried me up, and from now on I shall strip myself that I may clothe myself.
So pay attention: blessings on those who have proclaimed the son before he came down, so that, when I did come down, I might ascend.
Blessings three times over on those who were proclaimed by the son before they came into being, so that you might share with them.

At the end of his gospel, James has this to say.

I pray that the beginning may come from you. This is how I can be saved. They will be enlightened through me, by my faith, and through another's that is better than mine. I wish mine to be the lesser.
Do your best to be like them, and pray that you may acquire a share with them. Beyond what I have said, the savoir did not disclose any revelation to us on their behalf. We proclaim a share with those for whom the message was proclaimed, those whom the lord has made his children.



We are those children, with blessings three times over on all our endevours.
It was so proclaimed,
And so it is.