I am strongly suggesting that we Christians (yes, I too call myself a Christian) have been unable to walk as Jesus walked and do the things He said we would do because we have believed (or at least attempted to believe) the orthodox interpretation of Scripture. We have seen ourselves as worms of the dust groveling before God, begging Him to have mercy on us, fearing that He would send us to hell to burn forever if we didn’t say the right prayer that would prove we are accepting His blood sacrifice of His own Son in order to appease His wrath against our sin.
Encouragement to Continue
I continue to encourage you to trust the Holy Spirit in you to guide you into truth; this includes trusting that same Holy Spirit to guide you away from that which is not truth. Another way to say this is that when you dare to follow the guidance which comes from within, you will always be increasing in your knowledge of God (who is Truth) and letting go of any false concepts you have been holding onto —that which Jesus calls the tradition of men
and for which we lay aside the commandment of God
(Mark 7:8). I stress this point because doubting my ability to hear for myself was by far the single biggest hindrance to what I feel is my own spiritual understanding and development.
One with God
Jesus prayed this prayer for us:
John 17:11-21 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. … That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.