I laughed so hard when she read the last saying got up and walked away. I was just sitting here with a permanent look of perplexity on my face.

",,, it's like imitation crab meat..." that sums up the "gospel" of Thomas perfectly.

Yes please.... gospel of Mary, Enoch etc.... it is so necessary to bring awareness to the REAL Jesus at this time

Two that come to my mind are The Book of Enoch and The Book of Jubilee.

I’ve been warning people about the “gospel” of thomas for a while now. Thank you for putting this out in Truth! I also read it and was shocked at the heresy.

Never heard of the book of Thomas. Thank you for keeping me informed.

I've heard of the "Gospel according to Thomas" but never read any of it. This was very illuminating. Thank you!

Melissa, I know so many people who have fallen for these books. Sigh! Thanks so much for the video. I will definitely share.

Thank you for this video! I would LOVE a series on books not included in the cannon. My kids ask constantly about the Book of Enoch. I haven’t read it. I have to prioritize to get time to read the canonized book of the Bible! I am not Would you consider doing a video on that one especially? I have very edified by your videos!!! Please keep it coming!

One very simple reason. The Orthodox Church has been selling this idea of "eternal life" despite the fact that even in Gospel of John, it is clearly stated that you "have" zoe aionios if you have faith. Zoe aionios is NOT eternal life, but a lifetime of true iiving. This is exactly what the Gospel of Thomas has been telling people. Our Father's kingdom is both inside and outside of you. Yet people don't see it.

I used to be new age and would watch alot of Gregg Braden videos. He did refer to to gospel of Thomas about marrying mind and heart (very new age) . Praise the Lord Jesus saved me from all this New Age deception.

'This is not familiar to me, and I'm not smart enough to understand it, and therefore bad and so I'll make up lies about history to discredit it!' If you lie about established historical information about the early Church to make your point, it just looks like you're threatened

Marvin W. Meyer has a book called the secret Teachings of Jesus, Four Gnostic Gospels. He has translated The Secret book of James, The Gospel of Thomas, The Book of Thomas, and the Secret book of John. Another good author about Gnosticism is Elaine Pagels who wrote on the Gospel of Judas.

Great analysis Melissa! I keep hearing many people always talking about the book of Enoch. Have you done a video analysis of it yet? If not, I'd love to see one. One of my used-to-be-favorite KZfaq channels talked about the book of Enoch ALL THE TIME. But I've heard it refuted as heresy with an analysis of the major flaws by several sources. On a different note, it's interesting that people are always so hardcore on the pursuit of knowledge. Ever since "The Garden" the devil has been tricking us humans. He's like oh, there's MORE that you need to know..... And many times we are lured away from our Heavenly Father because of that pursuit of knowledge. I know I was, I was getting way off track but that was when I was lukewarm and didn't know the bible. But Jesus brought me back onto the right path and out of that lukewarmness, which I had no idea that I was in the first place. But I'm so grateful for the Lord's goodness and mercy.😃❤

Call it 'secret' and everyone wants to jump on it! Good coverage on this subject.

Amen! Thanks for letting me know this! I didnt know of the gospel of Thomas. I'm so happy you spoke of it. Grateful

I agree, it's totally imitatation crab meat!

great job!!!!!!!! this study proves that this so called gospel is nothing more than a another jesus that we will never know as true believers because we are walking in His Spirit and truth according to The Fathers will

Wow. Thank you for this video. Haven’t really seen anyone cover this without being extremely boring. Well done, and I like that you kept it simple and straight to the point.

I picked up the gospel of Thomas a few years ago from the public library knowing it was a gnostic gospel. Never could make it all the way through. It was odd and confusing to say the least. Thank you for bringing this issue up. We as Christians should be aware and some what educated on these things especially as gnosticism is and has been creeping back into the church.

I’m glad I went through and listened to your videos with Doreen on spiritual warfare and many of the other videos there....Did a binge listen for the past couple days listening to the one on spiritual warfare this morning answered a lot of why I was feeling the way I was feeling .....I want to thank you for all your hard work and dedication and please thank Doreen also and I reinstated my Facebook account so I could follow your Facebook pages

Thank you for this teaching/book review!!! Much love!! 💖

You, Alan, Mike, Cross Examined, Alisa, so many others get me through my work day, and I'm edified! Thank you!

You ever see those things where someone fed a computer all of the Seinfeld screenplays and then had it write its own? That’s what the sayings you read just now remind me of. It’s the same kind of randomness. I feel like someone fed a computer the gospels and had it write its own.

Thank you for the clarity your analysis brings to the essence of the gospel of Thomas.

PLEASE COVER the book of enoch.

Thankyou for all your videos I'm enjoying going through them all and learning so much!!! 🌺💖

This was great video Melissa. When I was coming out of new age and moving towards Christianity and I found a copy of the gospel of Thomas and knew it was ....wrong. Now I just trust the Bible 😇

Amen, sister! Thank you so much for this video!

The book of Enoch please

Thanks sis ,I was actually really struggling with this topic ,but thx for reminding me of what the early church people have said and warned about these issues..

Thank you so much... You have cleared alot of questions ive had reguarding this subject. I just came across the law of attraction info... it seemed facinating at first but i always dig deeper. I so glad you have put your thoughts on this subject. Hope to see more...

You never mentioned the BOM but this applies really good!! Thank you for the great video!!

Very educational and from a deep thinking background. I appreciate your level of intelligence Melissa. The 2 books that I have heard of is the gospel of Mary and the infancy gospel of Jesus.

Beautiful breakdown, Melissa 😍

Thank you Melissa dearest child of god.. for another amazing video...i myself at the age of 54 no religious background never picking up bible have never been a church goer ...always fighting to survive in this world..not being of great intelligence..believed in angels but fell out with god because i thought he hated me as no one wuld have let me go through my life hurting this much if he loved me...9 years ago i had a very serious mental and boody breakdown which im still recovering from the illness..thot id seen light come into my life with new age delved deep into that work and words of new agers believing this would heal me..oh was i so wrong..followed doreen work and programs like her thot i was doing good...another long story short i nearly fell out my bed when i read earlier this year that doreen was a christian ...hehehe..so sad she had to go through all this hating but look at her now she is truly happy and glowing as a child of god..so i just want to thank you both as im just a few short months a baby born again christian no on know this as im so trying to get myself together and when the time is right ill announce..picked up my first bible a tough read but you both help and me understand.. im a bit of a loner and font go out much because of my health so watching you on u tube helps so thank you for your ministry...im loving geting to know god through jesus christ our lord and saviour im hoping to being baptised in both water and holy spirit when it becomes time..sorry for babling on im not technology minded..so dont know how else to get in touch with you..love you..and could you tell doreen i love her also..you both are my life line to christianty i thank jesus for you both every day ....amen..

I learn so much from your videos- and entertaining too ♡

This was great Melissa! I feel like sharing this with a couple of friends who keep throwing this classic rebuke of the Bible at me at even the SUGGESTION that I'm considering that the Bible/the Jesus of the Bible/and God, could be THE truth. The more I learn about the Bible the more I see how little we non believers (though I don't actually put myself into < this category anymore, I am not a Christian, yet,) actually know and yet feel we can give an 'educated,' opinion on because we've rode the wave of hearing some stuff and regurgitating it like it's truth. (I shake my head how I even partook in that now. It's so..well..dumb, really?! :/ ) Liked the crab meat analogy (lol) And TBH, whomever wrote the 'Gospel of Thomas,' sounds they were trippin ballz!

Holy Spirit told me to avoid my curiosity about gnosticism, and the “gospels” not in the Bible. My curiosity about the course in miracles cured me of going places that only lead me astray. The only good thing that came from Marianne Williamson is hypersensitivity to error. Thank you for taking this one on. And all you do. You are a great teacher and I thank God for you.

Loved this! I am curious about the gospels of Sophia and Mary. A lot of women are saying this is the sacred feminine lost teachings and womb wisdom etc. I know people who are really far down that path and even doing Mary Magdeline pilgrimages around France and turkey. Teaching this lost “wisdom” to many.

Interesting, well done! Thanks for sharing this.

Wow , lately I’ve been wanting to read The Gospel ofThomas. Now I don’t think I need to. Thank you

Hey Melissa!! Im also keen for book of Enoch !

Great work once again, Melissa. You've covered the topic clearly, concisely and completely.

I love your message it really made me open my eyes between you and Doreen but I shut down all my social media because it was causing anxiety and maybe you can address that

Hi Melissa! My apologies for coming late to this most enlightening video. Mea culpa! Anyway, would you please consider doing a similar video on "The Gospel of Mary Magdalene?" Thanks in advance and I love your channel - in fact, I have "introduced" you to more than a few brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus! Yours in Christ, Fr. Alan

Can I get your point of view on the book of Melchizedek? Btw love your content. I’m learning so much. I was part of the word of faith movement for 15 years and now I feel like im detoxing. I’m learning so much. Thank you 😊

Ive never heard of this book....Sounds like satan's MO. Pure chaos.

Wow, I'm glad I never read this book. That last line you read would've had me throw the book away! LOL Thank you for covering this and for the analogy to viral videos. It will help if we run into someone who is reading it. 💖

I've noticed most people I talk to who "support" the Gospel of Thomas don't argue for or against the content of Thomas, they only argue that Thomas "proves" the Bible was edited.

Ooo can you also do a debunking of Gregg Braden's Isaiah effect.

Melissa I have been enjoying your videos so much. Your clear speaking and loving ways are so refreshing. I learned something so valuable from you. That is to first try to understand. This is so true in life. I did this with the revisionist views on the holocaust as well. I listened to the evidence they brought out. I'm glad I did. I learned so much about the truth. Thank you for doing these videos. May you be blessed going forward.

Awesome, thanks. Can you cover the age old argument new angers have about the bible being sexist and putting women down...please? They don’t understand God made men and women equal and men were answerable to God as the head of families, not women being lesser than men. Thanks for all your video work, new sub from Aussie, love your work. ❤️

Thank you Melissa, That was really interesting. Thank you for sharing this and revealing this empty vessel for what it is. God Bless you Always. In Jesus Name. Amen :D

Have you done any videos on the nag hammadi. Ive been just really bothered by so many people saying the bible is missing things it's not trustworthy it's changed there are other more reliable books etc. Now I know we don't trust feelings but I can't help having a gut reaction that says "uh uh" lol I firmly believe that any deeper spiritual understanding we need about God or the spirit realm or how we're made or how we get closer to God will be given to us through revelation of His word and any revelation we are given will be 100% supported by every biblically applicable verse necessary and will never contradict God's word ever.

Looks good💛i watched your video from Instagram. Thank you for posting a new video. That's nutts lol I've never even heard of the Gospel of thomas...THANK YOU JESUS🙏❤🌹 The Gospel of thomas..A MUST..💥NOT💥..READ LOLOLOL

Excellent Melissa. Keep up the good work.

Thanks Melissa

Solid response!

@1:04 What about the book of Enoch? I hear that one mentioned more than the book of Thomas.

There was another writing,called: the DIDACHE (didd-uh-KAY). It was supposedly the Teachings of the 12 Apostles, but I don't think anyone knows who wrote it. It wasn't included. Maybe it shouldn't have been and it was right to leave it out. But what was the reason? I have also heard of things such as: The Secret Gospel of Mark, the Gospel of Peter, the Shepherd of Hermas and...wasn't there an "Epistle of Barnabus?" There may have been good reason for not including these. What were they? When or how late were these things written? The problem with most of these books that weren't included is: they were simply written too late after the Apostles died. If Jesus died in 33AD then what books or epistles were considered inspired in 58AD? That would have been 25 yrs. after Jesus's death. But alot of the "missing stuff" people talk about was written quite a bit later. and many of the other writings have odd or different doctrines. All of that said, I have a question: In JOHN's Gospel, the 1st chapter, doesn't it talk about the LOGOS? or isn't the word translated AS "word" sometimes also translated Logos? or, it comes from the word Logos? Someone help me out here. But my question is: Does anyone know if the LOGOS is a Gnostic word? I don't know.

Thanks so much. God bless you!

I would have to disagree with one point. In the second letter to the Corinthians from the Romans (some scholars attribute this letter to Clement but aren't sure) he references this set of texts quite a few time in his attempt to appeal to this church to keep in step with living in holiness. So with that being said, it was well known to the writer and also had to have been familiar to the church receiving the letter.

I guess I didn’t add this into my other message but I really question anything anymore I just don’t know what’s right or true and it’s enough to cause severe anxiety

There were three major Gnostic sects back I then. Two were anti flesh and the third was very much into literally sinning ones way into enlightenment.

Thank you for making this video. Good job summarizing everything. It was funny when you got out of the chair and walked off camera. The people that are attracted to "The Gospel of Thomas" can be summed up in John 3:19-21. They are attracted to darkness! John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”

You have some great content, but we have to take you at your word. Perhaps citations providing evidence would be good... Food for thought, as this is something I'm compiling now. Blessings to you sister. Good stuff!!

Shalom sister thank you, I really appreciate your opinion, but why in the church rarely discusses like this, does this seem unimportant?? God bless..

I grew up a Christian, and I basically knew all the stories in the Bible by the time I was about 9 to 10 years old. I respect everybody’s opinions regarding their own beliefs systems however, after much research, and I’m talking almost 10 years now of research, I have learned that the Bible was comprised by the King for no other reason other than control. It’s well documented that the king comprised specific books in the Bible to feed his narrative for fear and control. That’s not to say these books aren’t true I’m just merely pointing out that the king chose specific books in order to be able to control the masses and produce fear, I also have an issue with the person who authored the book and by book I mean the Bible, King James wrote the Bible however, prior to writing the Bible. He also wrote a book on demonology and witchcraft , YES! You heard me correctly the same person that wrote the Bible is the same person who wrote a book, detailing his belief in witches and witchcraft, and all that it entails. I’m not saying that it makes him a bad person, but I have a hard time trusting a person who holds a double standard. How can you believe in witchcraft but also believe in Jesus Christ. I’m not saying the gospel of Thomas is true, or that it should be regarded as one of the gospels, but I also think that the Bible has been comprised for specific reasons and its goal was to gain control over the masses, and people have use it for fear and control for decades. Plus, it’s a widely known fact that you shouldn’t trust anything that the government pushes why? Because you should always question your government, because all they do is LIE. Now, I’m not saying that Jesus Christ is not real! I fully believe in a higher power, divine, God, whatever you wanna call it. However, I think that plenty of people have plenty of reasons to twist certain books to fit their narrative, and that the Bible should be used as a history book instead of a book for divine worship. The Whole Christian Community has pushed the narrative that in order to be a good Christian, you have to attend church whenever possible. Read your Bible and well you all can pretty much guess what I’m gonna say now, I’m not knocking that way of life but I do not believe that you need a church in order to worship your God once again, the church was developed to control the masses. A lot, and I stress a lot not all pastors, priests, etc are some of the most crooked people I know. In fact, within the church lies so many pedophiles, who use the trust that they are given as leaders in their community to do despicable things to children. With that being said, in terms of Christianity, I feel like the devil infiltrated it long ago, and twisted it to his own desires.

Great video love all of them btw. Can u do one on The Book of Enoch?

Melissa, thank you! What a wonderful subject. Also, you are hilarious sometimes, and make me laugh, so thank you for that, too!

I read it too, and I agree very much with what you say. I can clearly see why it never was part of the Bible. Absolutely no context.

What did i just..... what...?

Thanks Melissa. Im sure you will have something to say about the apocryphal books. Thanks

Oh my gosh I'm so glad you talked on this just had a theological debate with a gnostic and everything screamed new age blasphemy. I then began researching and it is opposed to scripture plus in the end Jesus is sent to save, this doesn't change. Second any testimony of a person who has experience d near death (myself included suicide survivor) or experienced life change is always testified by Jesus Christ saving them and their love and passion for the bible that came afterwards.

I enjoy reading writings from the time of the early church. And yes, I have read the gospel of Thomas. The gospel itself is very strong argument against it belonging to the canon. It just does not fit!

Yes. Very helpful video.

Wow, wow. Thank you for this video, I had no idea that is book existed. It sounds so very weird and like it wasn't really from someone who knew Jesus, it sounds like it was written by someone much later in life that had some agenda or was just messing around. It's very weird. And yes, some of that made me feel a little like you did..im probably used to hearing weird stuff like that (not that I agree with the weird not good stuff)..I definitely understand and agree on what you said about it and feel the same way as you do.

Thank you for making this video. The new age keeps blending scripture with esoteric spirituality. 😁

I hear more about book of enoch. This is new agers favorite gripe

Thank you for covering this subject. Wish you would make a series of videos on the banned books, especially "The book of Enoch."

How about doing a video on the book of maccabees and enoch

What can you tell us about the extra books that are in the Catholic bible?

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Great video👍🏼

Can you do one on the gospel of Mary? I've heard that it was also popular

It's the walking out for me 😂😂😂

How about your take on the Book of Enoch

Great Video!

Would you or Mrs Virtue make a video discussing Pentecostal theology. Is organizations like AOG or Pentecostal Church of God NAR?. Is there a difference?

Some of the attributes of the Gospel of Thomas does have kind of parallels with Koans in Zen practice, and someone with a study of zen ‘might’ see these parallels and assume these are loans from Jesus, but a lot of them are so obscure and have either been incorrectly translated - after all, a translator would try to make sense rather than keep a deliberately nonsensical statement. So there’s that. If these were koans, they would be deliberately nonsensical and unless you knew that, a translator would make a sane transliteration which would kill the sense of the koan.

How do people fall for this 😫 I think you’re right that the couldn’t have read the Bible.

Please do a video on the gospel of truth.

Immitation crab meat😂. Great video! Ty.

Book of enoch

Wow! Absolutely whacky and weird! 😝 Thanks for making this video! 👍🏽😉🫶 Keeping exposing the darkness 🙏🏽🙌🏽🙂

Why do the pictures of Jesus look nothing like what it says he looks like in the bible and why is this okay?

Third testament, explaine that like this

“Wretched are the Pharisees. They are like the dog lying in the cow’s manger. He cannot eat, and will not let the cows eat.” - Yeshua