Re: To some this will sound quite arrogant

"As for Jesus' saying "these things I do you shall do, and more." This is why I know I can do that, as well as know it is not blasphemous. Yet, others around me, in this moment, really do not understand what they 'quote' from the Bible."

Ah, so true.  Jesus taught personal enlightenment.  "Seek and ye shall find" is instruction to let go of tradition and programming.  The parables of the kingdom of heaven, the hidden treasure, the pearl, the net full of fishes, are all spiritual analogies to finding your true self and the god within.  He even told us where it was at: "...the kingdom of god is within you."  The Gospel of Thomas says "within you, among you, around you."  All of which says it was there at that time and not some future event.  The "others" that you mention have turned his teachings upside down and inside out and all they can discover is doom and gloom which is hell, not heaven.

Nice post.