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.
Faith becomes knowledge when, by following God’s will, we personally experience God acting in our lives. This demonstration gives proof of God’s promise and presence in our lives. Thereby, knowledge begets the bliss of certainty that God is real, true and ever present with us. This is life in the Eden God meant us to inhabit. And, the path to our garden is to be found looking in, not looking out.
Once we are filled with the knowledge of God within, then the world without shapes itself to that inward demonstration.
Being with authority,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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