Does Spiritual Poverty Hold You Captive? Why The Chosen's Episode 3 Hits Hard
Summary
TLDRIn this reflective video, the speaker delves into the themes of spiritual poverty and the need for surrender to faith, as illustrated in 'The Chosen' Season 3, Episode 3. They explore the idea that recognizing one's limitations and trusting in a higher power is essential for spiritual growth and receiving salvation. The discussion challenges viewers to reassess their beliefs and consider the transformative power of true faith and surrender.
Takeaways
- 😇 Spiritual Poverty: Recognizing one's spiritual poverty and captivity is the first step towards receiving salvation and divine favor.
- 🌟 Faith and Miracles: Miracles and signs are not magic tricks performed by Jesus but are the result of faith in the people he meets, allowing them to manifest through him.
- 👤 The Persona's Limits: Personal beliefs and ego can limit one's understanding and acceptance of spiritual growth and divine intervention.
- 🏡 Hometown Challenges: Returning to one's hometown can bring about resistance to change, as people may be unable to see past perceptions and accept new truths.
- 🤲 Surrender and Trust: True faith involves surrendering personal control and trusting in a higher power, allowing for spiritual guidance and miracles.
- 🙏 Acknowledging Captivity: Admitting that one is spiritually captive and in need of divine help is essential for spiritual liberation and growth.
- 🛑 The Illusion of Control: The belief in personal control over spiritual outcomes is an illusion; true faith is in letting go and allowing divine will to manifest.
- 🔮 Plato's Cave Allegory: The script alludes to Plato's allegory of the cave, illustrating the human condition of being prisoners to our own limited perceptions and beliefs.
- 🌱 Growth Beyond Ego: Spiritual growth requires moving beyond the ego and its limitations, allowing for a deeper connection with the divine and its wisdom.
- 🌟 The Power of Faith: The healing of the woman with the issue of blood highlights the power of faith, where her belief in Jesus' healing power led to her cure.
- 🤝 Community and Connection: The script suggests that even in a community of believers, there can be a range of understanding and acceptance of spiritual truths.
Q & A
What is the main theme of the discussion in the video script?
-The main theme of the discussion is the concept of spiritual poverty and captivity, and the importance of recognizing one's need for salvation and divine intervention, as illustrated through the teachings and actions of Jesus in 'The Chosen' season 3 episode 3.
What does the speaker compare the process of spiritual awakening to?
-The speaker compares the process of spiritual awakening to Plato's allegory of the cave, where individuals are prisoners in a cave, unaware of the true reality outside, and need to acknowledge their spiritual poverty to be saved.
Why does the speaker mention the story of the woman with the issue of blood?
-The speaker mentions the story of the woman with the issue of blood to illustrate the power of faith in healing and how faith, rather than Jesus' direct action, was the catalyst for her healing.
What does the speaker suggest about the nature of faith and trust in spiritual matters?
-The speaker suggests that true faith and trust in spiritual matters involve surrendering one's ego and preconceived notions, allowing for divine intervention without dictating the outcome.
How does the speaker relate the concept of 'I know' mind to the discussion?
-The 'I know' mind is related to the discussion as a barrier to spiritual growth and salvation, as it represents the ego's insistence on control and preconceived notions that hinder true faith and trust.
What does the speaker mean by 'spiritually poor' in the context of the script?
-'Spiritually poor' in the context of the script refers to a state of recognizing one's lack of spiritual fulfillment and the need for divine grace or intervention to achieve salvation.
What is the significance of the hometown's reaction to Jesus in the script?
-The significance of the hometown's reaction to Jesus is to demonstrate the difficulty of being recognized as a spiritual leader in one's own community, where preconceived notions and past experiences can overshadow new spiritual insights.
How does the speaker connect the idea of signs and wonders to faith?
-The speaker connects the idea of signs and wonders to faith by stating that these miracles occur not because of Jesus' direct intervention but because of the faith of the people involved, which allows the divine to manifest through them.
What does the speaker believe about the role of the ego in spiritual development?
-The speaker believes that the ego, with its 'I know' mind, can hinder spiritual development by creating barriers to true faith and trust, and by preventing individuals from recognizing their spiritual poverty and need for divine help.
What is the role of surrender in the speaker's understanding of spiritual growth?
-In the speaker's understanding, surrender plays a crucial role in spiritual growth as it involves letting go of the ego's control and allowing the divine to guide and heal, leading to true spiritual awakening and salvation.
How does the speaker interpret the message of Jesus in 'The Chosen' season 3 episode 3?
-The speaker interprets the message of Jesus in 'The Chosen' season 3 episode 3 as a call to acknowledge one's spiritual poverty and captivity, and to trust and surrender to divine will for salvation and healing to occur.
Outlines
🌱 Spiritual Poverty and the Path to Salvation
This paragraph discusses the spiritual journey and the importance of recognizing one's own spiritual poverty as a prerequisite for salvation. It references the story of Elisha and the cleansing of leprosy to illustrate the concept of accepting one's need for divine favor. The speaker reflects on personal growth and the challenges of being recognized for spiritual evolution, especially in one's hometown. The narrative emphasizes the need for faith in miracles, not as magic tricks but as divine interventions that occur through the believer's faith. The story of Jesus in his hometown and the expectations versus reality of his prophetic role is explored, highlighting the difficulty of changing perceptions and the necessity of faith for miracles to occur.
🔍 The Illusion of Self-Sufficiency and the Need for Surrender
The second paragraph delves into the theme of self-perception and the limitations it imposes on spiritual growth. It contrasts the preconceived notions of what a prophet or messiah should be with the reality of Jesus's teachings, which emphasize spiritual poverty and the need for external salvation. The speaker uses the allegory of Plato's cave to describe the human condition, trapped in ignorance and unable to see a way out without acknowledging the need for divine intervention. The importance of surrendering to faith and trusting in a higher power is underscored, as is the idea that true faith and trust come from recognizing one's own limitations and the need for salvation.
🙏 The Power of Faith and Surrender in Miracles
This paragraph focuses on the role of faith in miraculous healings, using the story of the woman with the issue of blood who was healed by touching the hem of Jesus's garment. It emphasizes that it was her faith, not Jesus's physical action, that brought about the healing. The speaker discusses the misconception of expecting specific outcomes from faith and the importance of true surrender, where one relinquishes control and allows the divine to act. The narrative encourages letting go of personal desires and trusting in the divine plan, suggesting that this is the path to true spiritual growth and the manifestation of miracles.
🛑 Acknowledging Spiritual Poverty as the Prelude to Salvation
The final paragraph reinforces the message that until one acknowledges spiritual poverty and the need for salvation, true spiritual transformation cannot occur. It discusses the paradox of seeking salvation while denying spiritual poverty and the importance of full surrender and trust. The speaker shares personal experiences of struggling with the 'I know' mind and the realization that true messages and growth come from moments of surrender to the divine spirit. The paragraph concludes with an invitation for viewers to reflect on the message and consider how it applies to their own spiritual journey, encouraging them to embrace the path of ease laid out by the divine.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Salvation
💡Spiritually Poor
💡Captive
💡Faith
💡Ego
💡Prophet
💡Signs and Wonders
💡Surrender
💡I Know Mind
💡Ease
💡Manifesting
Highlights
The concept of spiritual poverty and captivity is explored, emphasizing the need for individuals to recognize their need for spiritual salvation.
The importance of acknowledging one's spiritual state as a prerequisite for receiving divine favor and salvation.
The challenge of recognizing personal limitations and the role of faith in spiritual growth, illustrated through the story of Elisha and the Syrian leper.
The idea that being a 'chosen' person or having a certain status does not guarantee spiritual enlightenment or salvation.
The metaphor of the cave from Plato's allegory is used to discuss the human condition of being trapped in ignorance and the need for awakening.
The episode's portrayal of Jesus as a prophet not accepted in his hometown, highlighting the difficulty of changing perceptions among familiar circles.
The discussion on the nature of miracles and signs, emphasizing that they are not magic tricks but manifestations of faith.
The transformative power of faith as demonstrated by the woman who was healed by touching the hem of Jesus' garment.
The contrast between personal will and divine will, and the importance of surrendering to the latter for spiritual growth.
The role of trust and surrender in allowing spiritual miracles to occur, as opposed to trying to control outcomes.
The speaker's personal journey and realization of the limitations of the 'I know' mind and the need to embrace the unknown.
The concept of spiritual surrender as a form of admitting one's spiritual poverty and the need for divine intervention.
The episode's message that true faith and trust lie in the acceptance of one's spiritual state and the willingness to be guided by a higher power.
The analogy of turning God into a 'genie' by dictating outcomes, which is contrasted with true faith and trust.
The importance of recognizing and admitting one's spiritual condition as the first step towards spiritual awakening and growth.
The episode's emphasis on the transformative power of faith and the role of Jesus as a catalyst for spiritual healing, rather than a magician.
The speaker's reflection on the necessity of letting go of personal control and allowing divine guidance to lead the way.
Transcripts
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Elisha and his leprosy was
cleansed you may be the chosen Seed of
Abraham you may be the people of the
covenants but that will not bring you my
salvation if you cannot accept that you
are spiritually poor and captive in the
same way that a gentile woman and ass
Syrian leer recognize their
need if you do not
realize that you need a year of the
Lord's
favor and I cannot save
you if you cannot recognize you in need
of a year of the Lord's favor then I
canot save you if you cannot realize
that you are spiritually poor and being
held captive again I cannot give you my
salvation oo those are some strong words
today from The Chosen season 3 episode 3
so strap yourself in today all things
chosen season 3 episode 3 and wow those
words I don't know if they were bring
true to you friend but for me they are
massive I feel like that is where I
spent the majority of my lifetime
believing I had the answers believing
that it wasn't about something outside
of me but something within me and you're
like Ashley you're always like it's
within this is a different kind of
within when I say it's within that means
listening to the internal voice that is
Jesus that is the holy spirit that is
actually outside of this illusion not
what he's talking about in this moment
is where you believe as the
Persona that you have all the answers
that you can get yourself out of here
and if we rewind this a little bit and
go back it starts out with you know him
really he's in his hometown and he's
sharing that he's the prophet and he's
stirring up the water right Just Like
Jesus Does but one of the things that he
says is no prophet is accepted in his
hometown and I find that interesting and
it's something I've really learned along
my journey not to say that I'm a prophet
but I think if you've done any sort of
healing or growth or whatever it is
where you have shifted the dynamic of
old relationships based on where you are
at today you can relate to this
statement because it's like you go back
to those places let's say you used to be
an alcoholic and you've since you you
know found your you know freedom from
alcohol whatever that looks like but it
no longer has that hold on you and then
you go back to your hometown where you
were an alcoholic and they view you
through that lens therefore they are not
open to accepting anything new from you
most likely sometimes there's a few
people and we see that in Jesus's
Hometown some of the people that are
closest to him which is interesting but
beautiful are able to see that shift and
maybe it's because they feel it so
deeply but that's what Jesus is saying
he is saying like you see me as the
little kid Jesus you see me as the kid
that was naughty in you know I can't
remember Rabbi school or church school
or whatever they refer to earlier and
always trying to stir a Ruckus and you
know and they're just not able to shift
so then they say to him a true Prophet
would not deny his own people of signs
and wonders this is said before this
when Jesus is really making a point and
that's the point he's making is
essentially the signs and wonders are
not a magic trick that people think that
Jesus is some sort of magician it is the
faith in the people that it occurs with
he meets them in their faith and allows
the miracle to come through he's just
kind of like the
Placebo you could say for the miracle
but you have to have the faith that he
is the placebo if you don't have the
faith in him then there will be no sign
or wonder so it's not that Jesus doesn't
want to do signs and wonders for the
people of hometown of his hometown I
mean later he raises Lazarus from the
dead Lazarus is one of the most the
closest people from his hometown so that
is not the case but the case is for
those that cannot see him in a different
light that cannot allow Jesus to evolve
right from the small child that was seen
as Meek and quiet I mean before this as
well someone else at the festival is
talking about how Jesus they've heard he
has set he claims to be the Messiah and
the person is like that can't be true
not the Jesus I know he's to I think
they say like quiet and meek to to like
try to claim stake in that
so that shows you right there that
people aren't open to seeing him in a
different light and we so often our I
know Minds know what a prophet should
look like know what the Messiah should
look like know what it should look like
to get to Enlightenment right like right
now a very big visual at least that I'm
familiar with for enlightenment is like
rock chisel bodies you know these
massive get togethers where we're having
all of this shamanic healing occurring
and you know Transcendence and all of
that and the I know mind the ego thinks
like that's Enlightenment that's how we
get there but how H how do you know
that's true like have you experienced
that do you believe you are in a place
of Enlightenment is that something that
you feel you were in charge of or
something outside of you I mean this is
the core and the Ence of what Jesus is
saying here is that
if you are experiencing yourself
projected in a body right now you are
spiritually poor and it's like a 12ep
program Step One is admitting that you
are spiritually poor Step One is
acknowledging that I am spiritually poor
and I am captive meaning I am stuck in
the grasps of the eagle belief system
and I need someone or something outside
of that ego belief belief system to lend
that hand and what the visual that's
coming in my mind is when Simon you know
I don't know if he loses Faith or he
questions his faith and he's walking on
water he falls in for a moment he falls
in and Jesus reaches his hand down into
the water and pulls Simon up to me that
was a beautiful
representation of what this moment of
surrender that Jesus is referring to of
acknowledging and recognizing you are
spiritually poor and recognizing you are
captive to your own thoughts your own I
know mind but instead to be able to
surrender and have faith and trust faith
and trust is not um I'm going to plan I
want to have a million dollars I want to
obtain this level of
success but so I'm going to surrender in
trust that I will get there no no no no
no no that is not Faith or trust you
know how many times I believe that was
Faith or trust especially when I got
really big into manifesting because
manifesting is really about deciding the
outcome you seek and then relieving all
the weight to have the faith and trust
and allowing it to come through but
that's not Faith or trust when you have
already decided the outcome that is not
Faith or trust and again Jesus is
sharing that here like the outcomes you
can see the only outcomes you can see
are the outcomes you see within your C
right think of Plato's allegory of the
cave oh Plato I I I hope I studied under
him back in a past lifetime or would
love to meet him today but anyway
Plato the allegory of the cave is such a
beautiful
representation of what we are dealing
with every single day and that's what
Jesus is referring to we are the
prisoners still in the cave we are not
even a curious prisoner yet we are not
even willing
to acknowledge that we are prisoner H
and if you are sitting in the cave and
you're not even willing to acknowledge
you're a prisoner then you cannot be
helped you cannot be reached no matter
how hard someone tries because you don't
even see a a problem you don't even
see um what's going on therefore you
wouldn't see a solution to it if it
makes sense so your I know mind which
he's sharing
in in you know in his hometown he's
sharing to everyone like you are in the
cave but you believe you have the
answers to get out of the cave but the
problem is you have no
clue in fact what the cave looks like or
how where the doors are to get out of
the cave because you are so stuck in the
cave your Solutions are actually
solutions to solidify you as a prisoner
even longer within the cave but once you
are able to acknowledge that you are
spiritually poor and you are captive and
you fully trust and surrender the Blind
Faith right with see think of the woman
that just believed all she had to do was
touch Jesus she was the woman that was
bleeding for many years and all she did
was touch the prayer beads off the very
edge of his robe and she was healed and
immediately she was like you healed me
and he was like no you're your faith
healed you right Jesus did nothing it
was her faith in the placebo of Jesus
that healed her no one in that room well
very few right we see later Lazarus
Lazarus is raised from the dead because
I I really think Mary the way it's
depicted in the chosen his sister Mary
is the one with the strongest Faith um
within Jesus and she's also depicted in
this this uh season 3 episode three as
well but it is the
faith that that the signs and wonders
come from it is not Jesus walking around
with a magic stick it's not Jesus
walking around with fairy
dust it is in fact Jesus emanating the
pure love that we all know we are that
gives us permission to tap into our own
remembrance which in turn t tends to
project itself into this illusion as
healing it just so happens it's not
always the case right and if that's what
you're expecting again you've wavered
yourself back into not trust but a
decision of an outcome you want and
you're you're turning in the past I
talked about turning God into your Aron
boy that's what you're doing when you've
decided the outcome you are seeking and
you hand it over to you know God Buddha
Jesus Holy Spirit I don't care what you
feel in that blank with but something
greater than you you have turned them
into your a boy and you have said I know
what's
best give me this Jesus can't work with
that he can't create signs and wonders
when you are dictating him around and
that you truly don't believe in him no
and for for myself when I watch this to
me it's been those moments of you know
believing I'm a little God
like conversations with God really going
down these rabbit holes of this is a
playground here for me to just like have
fun and which still just does not make
sense because the duality of the pain
why would I want to feel the pain and
suffering but any moment that I actually
fully surrender meaning I give up the
means and the outcome and I truly just
get out of the way like Jacob Collier
says and allow Spirit to come through me
are the moments that the most beautiful
things are created the most
beautiful messages come through and I
watch my own videos after and I'm like
whoa that was a message I needed to hear
because it wasn't the Persona of Ashley
it was Spirit coming through and spirit
knows exactly what we need in every
single moment will not fight for our
attention it will not fight for a front
row seat at the you know off opera or to
be the opera singer instead it will
always sit in the back until you invite
it forward and you can only invite It
Forward by shutting your mouth getting
out of the way trusting allowing leaning
into the ease that is where Spirit lies
that is where when you lean into the
ease to
me that's you
ultimately saying what Jesus says until
you you realize you are spiritually poor
and captive I cannot help you you cannot
re receive my salvation to me that is
leaning into to the ease when you
acknowledge and admit that is the moment
that you're like
ah ease because the ease is the path
that's laid out by Spirit the ease is
the path that's laid out by Jesus the
ease is where you know the signs and
wonders occurred the ease is where true
faith and trusts exists and it just is
gosh that statement is just such a
beautiful statement because it literally
shuts it all down it just is and that's
ultimately what Jesus is saying here and
of course it's not a favorable statement
just like this video may be prickling
you right now it is not a favorable
statement because this is how you've
always been doing things and it's
frustrating to hear a different
perspective that kind of blows
everything out of the water and has you
shift 80 but the reality is if you knew
if they knew what was best for them if
they were not spiritually poor and they
were not captive then why do they
continue to suffer why do they continue
to hold these you know these
congregational moments to talk about the
potential Messiah coming to save them
you would not be saved if you weren't
spiritually poor or captive you would
not need to be
saved right but the problem is you're SA
saying you need to be saved but you're
also saying you are not spiritually poor
or captive because you're the chosen the
seeds of Abraham it does not matter you
can be whatever the heck you want to be
you can be the wealthiest person in the
world you can be the nicest person in
the world you can be you know all the
list goes on but until you fully
surrender and
Trust
H you can't receive the Salvation it's
not possible the Salvation comes through
you and not it's not you as the persona
it's the spirit that comes through o wow
okay well just so you know that was like
my 20th time recording this video there
was so many things that got in the way
the other day so obviously it was not
easeful so I put it on the back burner
and came back to it a few days later and
I feel amazing it's exactly what I
needed to hear today and even though the
other day I did multiple episodes it was
exactly what I needed to hear in those
moments too I was really really leaning
into I know what's best for me again my
I know mind and hearing and allowing
spirits come through and come through
and come through in sharing this message
was really just a reminder to myself to
fall back into that place and remember
I'm spiritually pooring captive and only
then the miracle can come through the
signs and wonders will only come through
when I fully trust and
surrender that's where salvation is my
friend woo
season 3 episode three of The Chosen wow
wow
wow I hope this video resonated with you
I would love to hear below what is your
greatest takeaway and as always any
suggestions you have for any other
episodes or any other TV show you would
love for us to just bring the lens of
something different a different
perspective that is so beautiful but as
always my friend make sure to like
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remember you're worth it much love
bye-bye
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