Selections from “Pistis Sophia” – Chapter 67, Part 1 of 2

Today, it is a pleasure to present selections from Chapter 67 of Pistis Sophia, which expounds on the importance of having faith, love, and trust in God.

CHAPTER 67

“[…] James came forward and said: ‘My Lord, concerning then the solution of the words which Thou have said, thus has Thy light-power prophesied thereon aforetime through David in the ninetieth Psalm:’ James interprets the narrative from Psalm 90. […]

‘This, my Lord, is the solution of the words which Thou have said. Hearken therefore, that I may say it in openness. The word then, which Thy power has spoken through David: “Whoever then dwells under the help of the Most High, will abide under the shadow of the God of Heaven,” that is: When Sophia had trusted in the Light, she abode under the Light of the Light-stream, which through Thee came out of the Height. And the word which Thy power has spoken through David: “I will say unto the Lord: Thou are my succor and my refuge, my God, in whom I trust,” it is the word with which Pistis Sophia has sung praises: ‘Thou are my succor, and I come unto Thee.’

And again the word which Thy power has spoken: ‘My God, in whom I trust, Thou will save me out of the snare of the hunters and from mighty word,’ it is what Pistis Sophia has said: ‘O Light, I have faith in Thee, for Thou will save me from the emanations of Self-willed and from those of Adamas, the Tyrant, and Thou will save me also from all their mighty threats.’ And again the word which Thy power has spoken through David: “He will shade thee with His breast, and thou will have trust beneath His wings,” that is: Pistis Sophia has been in the Light of the Light-stream, which has come from Thee, and has continued in firm trust in the Light, that on her left and that on her right, which are the wings of the Light-stream.

And the word which Thy Light-power has prophesied through David: “Truth will surround thee as a shield,” it is the Light of the Light-stream which has surrounded Pistis Sophia on all her sides as a shield. And the word which Thy power has spoken: “He will not be afraid of terror by night,” that is: Pistis Sophia has not been afraid of the terrors and alarms into which she had been planted in the chaos, which is the “night.” And the word which Thy power has spoken: “He will not be afraid of an arrow which flies by day,” that is: Pistis Sophia has not been afraid of the power which Self-willed has sent last of all out of the Height, and which has come into the chaos as it were a flying arrow. Thy Light-power therefore has said: “Thou will not be afraid of an arrow which flies by day,” for that power has come out of the thirteenth æon, it being that which is Lord over the twelve æons, and which gives light unto all the æons; wherefor has he [David] said “day.”’”