And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
For He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes
(Matthew 7:28-29).
It is always so. The message of Jesus Christ is utterly revolutionary, for it turns our gaze from the outside to the inside, and from man and his works to God.
He taught as one having authority. The greatest glory of the Spiritual Basis is that you begin to know. When you have obtained the smallest demonstration by means of prayer, you have experienced something that never leaves you. You have the witness of Truth within yourself, and this is the only authority worth having.
One of the most difficult challenges for living a spiritual life is that we must reverse our human perceptions of cause and effect. Human nature seeks to find external causes for that which shapes our lives. In fact, it is what happens internally that causes our lives to be what they are. Our inner thoughts, feelings and perceptions drive our words and deeds which are the things that shape the reality of our outer existence.
Just as our physical existence is shaped from within, our spiritual existence also comes from within. God’s Holy Spirit fills us and guides, counsels and advocates for us from within. When we accept God, receive the Holy Spirit and internally follow God’s will, our external spiritual reality will be shaped by that internal faith which will determine our external spiritual existence.
As within, so without
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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