Bible Lesson 12/3/17

BIBLE, CREATOR, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

God the Only Cause and Creator:

O Lord, how manifold are thy works! (Psalms 104). . . .  Come and see the works of God (Psalms 66).

good--My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest (Exodus 33).

peace--I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears (Psalms 34).

health--To all mankind and in every hour, divine Love supplies all good (Eddy, 1906, p. 494).

immortality--God does not cause man to sin, to be sick, or to die (Eddy, 1906, p. 206).

vastness--In the vast forever, in the Science and truth of being, the only facts are Spirit and its innumerable creations (Eddy, 1906, p. 478).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 11/26/17

BIBLE, WITCHCRAFT, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Ancient and Modern Necromancy, alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism, Denounced:

At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me (Acts 26).

stand--Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil (Ephesians 6).

temptation--Get thee hence, Satan:  for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve (Matthew 4).

cross--Rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven (Luke 10).

malpractice--There came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. . . .  And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm (Acts 28).

victory--The cement of a higher humanity will unite all interests in the one divinity (Eddy, 1906, p. 571).

spirituality--The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace (James 3).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 11/19/17

BIBLE, IDENTITY, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Soul and Body:

The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me:  thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever (Psalms 138).

sun--The LORD God is a sun and shield:  the LORD will give grace and glory:  no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly (Psalms 84).

body--Identity is the reflection of Spirit. . . .  Soul is the substance, Life, and intelligence of man, which is individualized, but not in matter
(Eddy, 1906, p. 477).

stamina--I will go in the strength of the Lord God (Psalms 71).

light--Man is the idea of Spirit; he reflects the beatific presence, illuming the universe with light (Eddy, 1906, p. 266).

illumination--This Soul-sense comes to the human mind when the latter yields to the divine Mind (Eddy, 1906, p. 85).

freedom--Be not conformed to this world:  but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God (Romans 12).

coexistence--Man coexists with and reflects Soul, God, for man is God's image (Eddy, 1906, p. 120).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 11/12/17

BIBLE, IMMORTALS, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Mortals and Immortals:

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof:  but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever (I John 2).

man--Mortals will disappear, and immortals, or the children of God, will appear as the only and eternal verities of man (Eddy, 1906, p. 476).

physical--Waking to Christ's demand, mortals experience suffering (Eddy, 1906, p. 22).

moral--Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way (Proverbs 23).

progress--For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved (Isaiah 30).

spiritual--When he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him (Luke 15).

God--Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever.  Amen (I Timothy 1).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 11/5/17

BIBLE, ADAM, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Adam and Fallen Man:

As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive (I Corinthians).

man--In this Science, we discover man in the image and likeness of God (Eddy, 1906, p. 548).

woman--Loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion (Isaiah 52).

serpent--Material sense does not unfold the facts of existence; but spiritual sense lifts human consciousness into eternal Truth (Eddy, 1906, p. 95).

heredity--Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents:  but that the works of God should be made manifest in him (John 9).

life--Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.  And I knew that thou hearest me always: . . .  And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth (John 11).

Christ--If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:  old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (II Corinthians).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 10/29/17

BIBLE, SIN, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Everlasting Punishment:

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged (Proverbs 16).

man--The perfect man--governed by God, his perfect Principle--is sinless and eternal (Eddy, 1906, p. 304).

Love--Divine Love corrects and governs man (Eddy, 1906, p. 6).

Christ--He is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap:  and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver (Malachi 3).

Magdalen--Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much:  but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little (Luke 7).

health--Behold, thou art made whole:  sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee (John 5).

gold--The furnace separates the gold from the dross that the precious metal may be graven with the image of God (Eddy, 1906, p. 66).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 10/22/17

BIBLE, PROGRESS, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Probation After Death:

For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will (John 5).

wisdom--The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death (Proverbs 13).

Elijah--Correct material belief by spiritual understanding, and Spirit will form you anew (Eddy, 1906, p. 425).

Elisha--Progress is born of experience.  It is the ripening of mortal man, through which the mortal is dropped for the immortal (Eddy, 1906, p. 296).

Jesus--He showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs (Acts 1).

Paul--Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city (Acts 14).

change--I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living (Psalms 116).  As St. Paul says:  "There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God" (of Spirit) (Eddy, 1906, p. 288).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 10/15/17

BIBLE, ATONEMENT, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Doctrine of Atonement:

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? (Romans 8).

demonstration--Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands (Isaiah 49).

covenant--Divine Love cannot be deprived of its manifestation, or object (Eddy, 1906, p. 304).

reconciliation--And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation (II Corinthians 5).

Immanuel--Now, as then, these mighty works are not supernatural, but supremely natural.  They are the sign of Immanuel, or "God with us," (Eddy, 1906, p. xi).

Lord Jesus--We also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement (Romans 5).

oneness--Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called (Ephesians 4).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 10/8/17

BIBLE, MORTALITY, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real?

Be not afraid of their faces (Jeremiah 1).

standard--When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him (Isaiah 59).

sin--O man greatly beloved, fear not:  peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong (Daniel 10).

harvest--Science separates the wheat from the tares, through the realization of God as ever present and of man as reflecting the divine likeness (Eddy, 1906, p. 300).

sickness--Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague (Mark 5).  Always begin your treatment by allaying the fear of patients (Eddy, 1906, p. 411).

death--And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. . . .  And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.  And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak.  And he delivered him to his mother (Luke 7).

face--The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace (Numbers 6).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 10/1/17

BIBLE, UNREALITY, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Unreality:

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding (Proverbs 3).

duality--Liberation does not scientifically show itself in a knowledge of both good and evil, for the latter is unreal (Eddy, 1906, p. 103).

sin--To prove scientifically the error or unreality of sin, you must first see the claim of sin, and then destroy it (Eddy, 1906, p. 461).

sickness--When the illusion of sickness or sin tempts you, cling steadfastly to God and His idea.  Allow nothing but His likeness to abide in your thought (Eddy, 1906, p. 495).

death--The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God:  and they that hear shall live (John 5).

ghosts--Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night . . . .  For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways (Psalms 91).

leaves--When the substance of Spirit appears in Christian Science, the nothingness of matter is recognized (Eddy, 1906, p. 480).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 9/22/17

BIBLE, REALITY, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Reality:

Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see (Isaiah 42).

patriarch--Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee (Genesis 13).

prophet--As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever (Psalms 125).

faith--We walk by faith, not by sight (II Corinthians 5).

understanding--And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself (Luke 24).

vision--This spiritual consciousness is therefore a present possibility (Eddy, 1906, p. 574).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 9/17/17

BIBLE, MATTER, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Matter:

Set your mind and keep focused habitually on the things above [the heavenly things], not on things that are on the earth [which have only temporal value] (Colossians 3; AMP).

grass--All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass.  The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away (I Peter 1).

Goliath--And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine (I Samuel 17).

riches--Faith should enlarge its borders and strengthen its base by resting upon Spirit instead of matter (Eddy, 1906, p. 430).

health--Science denies all disease, heals the sick, overthrows false evidence, and refutes materialistic logic (Eddy, 1906, p. 120).

triumph--From beginning to end, the Scriptures are full of accounts of the triumph of Spirit, Mind, over matter (Eddy, 1906, p. 139).

word--We speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual (I Corinthians 2).

References

Amplified^® Bible (AMP), Copyright © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation, Used by permission. www.Lockman.org.

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 9/10/17

BIBLE, SUBSTANCE, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Substance:

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding (Proverbs 3).

Hezekiah--Godliness with contentment is great gain (I Timothy 6).

Joash--So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it (II Chronicles 24).

Jesus--Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal (Matthew 6).

treasure--Ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance (Hebrews 10).

faith--And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost (Acts 13).

glory--Ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; . . . that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God (Ephesians 3).

References

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 9/3/17

BIBLE, MAN, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Man:

I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty (II Corinthians 6).

servant--This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise (Isaiah 43).

image--When spiritual being is understood in all its perfection, continuity, and might, then shall man be found in God's image (Eddy, 1906, p. 325).

masculine & feminine--Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person (I Samuel 25).

perfection--Jesus beheld in Science the perfect man, who appeared to him where sinning mortal man appears to mortals (Eddy, 1906, p. 476).

gift--In every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge (I Corinthians 1).

woman--And they shall call them , The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD:  and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken (Isaiah 62).

man--And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land (Isaiah 32).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 8/27/17

BIBLE, CHRIST JESUS, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Christ Jesus:

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness (John 12).

Word--And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth (John 1).

authority--What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out (Luke 4).

ephphatha--He hath done all things well:  he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak (Mark 7).

seed--Our Master taught spirituality by similitudes and parables.  As a divine student he unfolded God to man (Eddy, 1906, p. 117).

watch--Take ye heed, watch and pray (Mark 13).

fruit--Take nothing for your journey (Luke 9).  Your fruits will prove what the understanding of God brings to man (Eddy, 1906, p. 496).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 8/20/17

BIBLE, MIND, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Mind:

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord (Isaiah 55).

oneness--Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind (Matthew 22).

gods--Behold the zeal of belief to establish the opposite error of many minds (Eddy, 1906, p. 280).

Legion--Then they went out to see what was done; . . . and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind (Luke 8).

brain--Consciousness, as well as action, is governed by Mind,--is in God, the origin and governor of all that Science reveals (Eddy, 1906, p. 480).

mind--Not partially, but fully, the great healer of mortal mind is the healer of the body (Eddy, 1906, p. 326).

unity--Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you (II Corinthians 13).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 8/13/17

BIBLE, SOUL, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Soul:

My people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord (Jeremiah 31).

God--When humanity does understand this Science, it will become the law of Life to man,--even the higher law of Soul, which prevails over material sense through harmony and immortality (Eddy, 1906, p. 311).

man--Happiness would be more readily attained and would be more secure in our keeping, if sought in Soul (Eddy, 1906, p. 60).

woman--The divine Mind is the Soul of man, and gives man dominion over all things (Eddy, 1906, p. 307).

child--Man is not a material habitation for Soul; he is himself spiritual (Eddy, 1906, p. 476).

El Dorado--If selfishness has given place to kindness, we shall regard out neighbor unselfishly, and bless them that curse us (Eddy, 1906, p. 9).

joy--My soul shall be joyful in the Lord:  it shall rejoice in his salvation (Psalms 35).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 8/6/17

BIBLE, SPIRIT, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.  And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all (I Corinthians 12).

blessings--Spirit blesses man. . . .  These are the effects of one universal God, the invisible good dwelling in eternal Science (Eddy, 1906, p. 78).

omnipresence--And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest (Genesis 28).

omnipotence--Let us feel the divine energy of Spirit, bringing us into newness of life and recognizing no mortal nor material power as able to destroy (Eddy, 1906, p. 249).

omniscience--Superstition and understanding can never combine (Eddy, 1906, p. 288).

liberty--God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind (II Timothy 1).

affection--If our hopes and affections are spiritual, they come from above, not from beneath, and they bear as of old the fruits of the Spirit (Eddy, 1906, p. 451).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 7/30/17

BIBLE, LOVE, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Love:

The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, . . . I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow (Jeremiah 31).

manna--[DIVINE LOVE] is my shepherd; I shall not want (Eddy, 1906, p. 578).

miracle--Love is impartial and universal in its adaptation and bestowals (Eddy, 1906, p. 13).

compassion--Jesus introduced the teaching and practice of Christianity, affording the proof of Christianity's truth and love (Eddy, 1906, p. 473).

comfort--And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life (John 6).

joy--I will dwell in the . . . [consciousness] of [LOVE] for ever (Eddy, 1906, p. 578).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 7/23/17

BIBLE, TRUTH, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Truth:

He is the Rock, his work is perfect:  for all his ways are judgement:  a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he (Deuteronomy 6).

holy hill--O send out thy light and thy truth:  let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles (Psalms 43).

Joseph--All things work together for good to them that love God (Romans 8).

Hezekiah--Christian Science brings to the body the sunlight of Truth, which invigorates and purifies (Eddy, 1906, p. 162).

wisdom--There was a little city, and few men within it; . . . Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man (Ecclesiastes 9).

Jesus Christ--I am the light of the world:  he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life (John 8).

obedience--I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth (III John).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 7/16/17

BIBLE, LIFE, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Life:

My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: . . .  For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life (Proverbs 6).

DAY.  The irradiance of Life. . . .  The objects of time and sense disappear in the illumination of spiritual understanding (Eddy, 1906, p. 584).

Enoch--Man is the idea of Spirit. . . .  He coexists with God and the universe (Eddy, 1906, p. 266).

food--The fact is, food does not affect the absolute Life of man, and this becomes self-evident, when we learn that God is our Life (Eddy, 1906, p. 388).

prodigal--In Science man is the offspring of Spirit. . . .  God is his Father, and Life is the law of his being (Eddy, 1906, p. 63).

Lazarus--A demonstration of the facts of Soul in Jesus' way resolves the dark visions of material sense into harmony and immortality (Eddy, 1906, p. 428).

understanding--Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it (Proverbs 16).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 7/9/17

BIBLE, CEREMONY, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Sacrament:

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (Micah 6).

bread--Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life:  he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst (John 6).

wine--Our Eucharist is spiritual communion with the one God. . . .  Our cup is the cross.  Our wine the inspiration of Love, the draught our Master drank and commended to his followers (Eddy, 1906, p. 35).

vocation--Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love (Ephesians 4).

sorrow--All have the cup of sorrowful effort to drink in proportion to their demonstration of his love, till all are redeemed through divine Love (Eddy, 1906, p. 26).

morning--This spiritual meeting with our Lord in the dawn of a new light is the morning meal which Christian Scientists commemorate (Eddy, 1906, p. 35).

healing--Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? . . .  Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. . . .  Feed my sheep (John 21).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 7/2/17

BIBLE, GOD, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

God:

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God (I Corinthians 2).

Love--To us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him (I Corinthians 8).

Mind--I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee (Daniel 2).

Principle--This shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people (Jeremiah 31).

Christ--And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him (Mark 1).

understanding--Blessed are the pure in heart:  for they shall see God (Matthew 5).

unity--And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob (Micah 4).

consciousness--The divine understanding reigns, is all, and there is no other consciousness (Eddy, 1906, p. 536).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 6/25/17

BIBLE, COMFORTER, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Christian Science:

Our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance (I Thessalonians 1).

covenant--Seek the Lord, and his strength:  seek his face evermore. . . .  He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations (Psalms 105).

still small voice--What doest thou here Elijah? . . .  I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal (I Kings 19; Romans 11).

Comforter--And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; Even the Spirit of truth (John 14).

Science and Health--This book may be distorted by shallow criticism or by careless or malicious students, . . . but the Science and truth therein will forever remain to be discerned and demonstrated (Eddy, 1906, p. 110).

deeds--The words of divine Science find their immortality in deeds, for their Principle heals the sick and spiritualizes humanity (Eddy, 1906, p. 354).

promise--The promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call (Acts 2).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 6/18/17

BIBLE, POWER, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?

Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.  Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine? (Job 36).

opposites--God, who made all that was made and could not create an atom or an element the opposite of Himself (Eddy, 1906, p. 583).

inquiry--Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me (Isaiah 45).

ideal--Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak:  O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed (Psalms 6).

affection--Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.  And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will:  be thou clean.  And immediately the leprosy departed from him (Luke 5).

forces--The LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself (Psalms 93).

alpha & omega--The immortal and perfect model of God's creation will finally be seen as the only true conception of being (Eddy, 1906, p. 260).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 6/11/17

BIBLE, PRESERVATION, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

God the Preserver of Man:

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not (Genesis 28).

Father--How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of they wings (Psalms 36).

Japheth--And the work of rightousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever (Isaiah 32).

Ishmael--And God heard the voice of the lad; . . . And God was with the lad (Genesis 21).

Son--Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God (Daniel 3).

Jesus--Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost (Romans 15).

Love--Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee (Isaiah 26).

References

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 6/4/17

BIBLE, CAUSATION, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

God, the Only Cause and Creator:

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice:  and let men say among the nations, The Lord reigneth (I Chronicles 16).

Mind--Mind, joyous in strength, dwells in the realm of Mind
(Eddy, 1906, p. 514).

one--Spiritually to understand that there is but one one creator, God, unfolds all creation (Eddy, 1906, p. 69).

expression--Let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us:  and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it (Psalms 90).

manifestation--Truth is made manifest by its effects upon the human mind and body, healing sickness and destroying sin (Eddy, 1906, p. 316).

church--For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them:  and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.  And there was great joy in that city (Acts 8).

Jerusalem--Be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create:  for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy (Isaiah 65).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 5/28/17

BIBLE, NECROMANCY, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Ancient and Modern Necromancy, alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism, Denounced:

Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: . . .  for thou art my rock and my fortress (Psalms 71).

builder--The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build (Nehemiah 2).

sword--Every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon (Nehemiah 4).

flint--The Lord GOD will help me; . . . therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed (Isaiah 50).

Mind--Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
(I Corinthians 1).

Christ--Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? (Luke 13).

New Jerusalem--Its gates open towards light and glory both within and without, for all is good, and nothing can enter that city, which "defileth, . . . or maketh a lie" (Eddy, 1906, p. 577).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Seth Rich

DEMOCRAT, MEDIA, MURDER, SCANDAL

You know that there's got to be something up with the killing of DNC staffer Seth Rich, or the Democrat media wouldn't be so freaked out about it. Democrats are intent on silencing and obstructing any investigation into the circumstances of Rich's death. They know more about it than they're letting on, and they want to ensure that you know as little about it as possible.

Photograph retrieved May 24, 2017, from https://heavyeditorial.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/seth2.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&strip=all

Bible Lesson 5/21/17

BIBLE, IDENTITY, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Soul and Body:

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord (II Corinthians 5).

Principle--Soul or Spirit signifies Deity and nothing else (Eddy, 1906, p. 466).

idea--Man is the expression of Soul (Eddy, 1906, p. 477).

meekness--Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up (James 4).

holiness--And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And . . . put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness (Ephesians 4).

Science--Jesus patiently persisted in teaching and demonstrating the truth of being. . . .  Christ illustrates the coincidence, or spiritual agreement, between God and man in His image (Eddy, 1906, pp. 136, 302).

secret--Christians rejoice in secret beauty and bounty, hidden from the world, but known to God. . . .  Man is the reflection of Soul (Eddy, 1906, pp. 15, 249).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

A Mighty Fortress

FORTRESS, PRAYER, LOVE, SUPPORT

I love President Trump. I support him wholeheartedly. I pray for him. I pray for his protection, good health, happiness, prosperity, and success. I don’t care what the Democrat media says. I don’t care about the Democrats and their media. They don’t define the world. They don’t define my experience and the quality of my life. I won’t let them do that to me. I won’t let the Democrats run or ruin my life. I am a very little man of minor significance and mediocre consequence. However, I know how to live. I know how to live my life. I know the difference between right and wrong. I know what’s right and I will adhere to the standard of goodness and truth to the best of my ability. I support you President Trump. I love you. I pray for you. I bless you with clear insight and spiritual sense. I embrace you in the peace and quiet of my prayer. I include you in my walk with Father-Mother God. I exclude wrong thoughts and evil intentions from my thought and experience, and I include you in the safe zone of spiritual consciousness and good deeds.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses (I Timothy 6). The best support I can give to President Trump is to live my own life to the best of my ability, to do the best I can in my own life. It’s not much, but I offer it up in his behalf. I am happy to have my heart in the right place and to do good.

Photo: shutt2016/Shutterstock.com

Fight the Good Fight

DEMOCRATS, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, TRUMP

The epitome of evil in the world today is the Democrat fake news media. We used to think that the Russians or the Communists were the evil that we had to guard against. However, President Trump was correct in identifying the fake news media as the enemy of the people. The Democrat Party is the explicit political arm of the media and the Party is driven by the media's collective, global ideology. The media is the power behind the Democrat throne of political intrigue. I love Trump and give him my unqualified support. I don't know if he is strong enough to weather the storm of media outrage that the Democrats have unleashed against him.  But, whatever happens, we know who and what the source of tyranny and calamity is in the world today--and it isn't Donald Trump!

Photo: Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock.com

Bible Lesson 5/14/17

BIBLE, IMMORTALITY, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Mortals and Immortals:

See that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently (I Peter 1).

evidence--The evidence of man's immortality will become more apparent, as material beliefs are given up and the immortal facts of being are admitted (Eddy, 1906, p. 428).

selfhood--Man's genuine selfhood is recognizable only in what is good and true (Eddy, 1906, p. 294).

turn--Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD (Lamentations 3).

grace--If now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand:  for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me (Genesis 33).

touch--And a certain woman . . . came in the press behind, and touched his garment.  For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.  And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague (Mark 5).

victory--Death is swallowed up in victory (I Corinthians 15).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 5/7/17

BIBLE, ADAM, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Adam and Fallen Man:

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright:  for the end of that man is peace (Psalms 37).

man--Man is the family name for all ideas,—the sons and daughters of God (Eddy, 1906, p. 515).

Eden--Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:  But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it (Genesis 2).

curse--And unto Adam he said, . . . cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life (Genesis 3).

sight--Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind (John 9).

life--As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive (I Corinthians 15).

reflection--Lift up thine eyes round about, and see (Isaiah 60).  If man is the image, reflection, of God, he is neither inverted nor subverted, but upright and Godlike (Eddy, 1906, p. 200).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Rumination #2

LOVINGKINDNESS, SEX, SPIRIT

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends (John 15). What greater love is there than to give up one’s own life for another person? Relative. Friend. Stranger. Human being. Innocent beast. Mighty tree. It is a spiritual gift to be willing to give up one’s own life to benefit or bless another than one’s self. I am very small. Tiny. Insignificant. Mediocre. I don’t matter much. I live. I love. I am drawn to others in the world. I am drawn to Spirit. Spiritual ideas. Consciousness. Pure thought. Purity. Love. Hope. Health. Art. Writing. I have struggled all my life, and I don’t even know what I’m struggling for. What is it that I want? What am I looking for? What do I expect out of life? Happiness. Health. Success. Love. Sex. Romance. Involvement. Comradeship. Time’s a wastin, my friend. It won’t be too long and my sojourn here will be done. I don’t know how it will end, or when, but it isn’t too far off. Why have I had to struggle so much? Is it my fault? Is it something that I did? Something I did wrong? Is it the way I look? Is it because of what I am? What did I do to deserve this? What did I neglect to do that I should have done? O Lord. Fear not, ye have done all this wickedness, yet turn not aside from following the LORD, and serve the LORD with all your heart (I Samuel 12). Spiritual sense, the spiritual life, is a deeply personal thing. It is possible to have a deep spiritual commitment that doesn’t impress others. Worldly ambition and desire is antithetical to the spiritual life. Love God and worship Him unselfishly. Selfless worship is the essence of spiritual sense. I don’t have a lot of time left, and there’s no reason to think that the remainder will be any better than the past. Life isn’t about my personal pleasure and happiness. It is tempting to think that it is, but it’s not. What is it about? Doing the right thing when it needs to be done. Being a good friend. Being a good son. Doing my duty. Acts of kindness. Acts of love. Lovingkindness. Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee (Jeremiah 31). Being there. Being present. Blessing. Blessedness. Making someone else’s life better.

I like sex. I like men. I like women too. I don’t always have enough time and energy for sex, and there are more important things to think about and do. There are more important things for me to do with my time and energy than to pursue sex. Sometimes, I think I should just give it up altogether and live the celibate life. Celibacy would be more peaceful and dignified than the foam and fury of illegitimate living (Eddy, 1906, p. 203). We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: For our transgressions multiply before thee, and our sins testify against us (Isaiah 59).

I used to think that my devotion to divine Love would attract like-minded people. I used to think that my spirituality would place me among Spirit-filled men and women. I used to think that I had a spiritual vocation. I do have a calling to love and worship Father-Mother God. But, who cares? Why should anyone care? I don’t do it for them. I do it because Father-Mother called me to do it. I don’t do it to win over the world. What power do I have to win a world? I am powerless, as the world keeps reminding me. Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am weak (Psalms 6). My love for you is not a vocation. It’s just love. I don’t want anything from you. I don’t expect to be rewarded for loving you, other than the pure joy of doing it. Peace. Contentment. Forgiveness. Meekness. Reformation. I used to think that the world would be drawn to my spirituality and reward me for it. I have learned that the world doesn’t care about my spirituality. The world doesn’t particularly care about me. I don’t necessarily want to live for the world. I live in the world, and there are things that it requires of me while I’m here. But, I don’t want to live for the world. I want to live for Father-Mother. I want to live for spiritual sense. Vision. Love. Light. Enlightenment. I will give my life in the world for the ones I love. I will not grasp at my own desires and priorities to the exclusion of the ones I love. I used to think that the world would reward me for my spirituality. What made me think that? It’s not that I wanted the world to reward me; I just thought that it would. I thought it only natural that Love would elicit its likeness. I was wrong. Maybe I thought too highly of myself and what I have been doing all these years. Maybe I am wrong about me and the world. Better the frugal intellectual repast with contentment and virtue, than the luxury of learning with egotism and vice (Eddy, 1906, p. 452). I never did get it. I never understood what the world was up to. I kind of understood what I was up to, and expected a sympathetic response. Silly me. I got more like a sexual than a sympathetic response. The world never could get over me and sex. I don’t get it. I don’t understand it, but I know that it's true. The world harps on my sexuality. How should I respond? How should I have responded? I never was successful at elevating the world’s response to me. I tried and have been faithful to the effort for a long time. I thought I had more to offer. I thought that my perspective was practical and healthy. I had vision and insight. I saw the way things work. I knew how to communicate. I was not afraid. I was calm and happy. I thought I was a good person to have around. I thought I was a worthwhile contributor to endeavor. I thought I was cooperative and practical. I thought I served both God and man at work. But, maybe it didn’t matter that much. Or, maybe it mattered more than I thought. God loveth a cheerful giver (II Corinthians 9).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 4/30/17

BIBLE, PUNISHMENT, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Everlasting Punishment:

We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves:  For our trasgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us (Isaiah 59).

knowledge--Search me, O God, and know my heart: . . .  and lead me in the way everlasting (Psalms 139).

reformation--Fear not:  ye have done all this wickedness:  yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart (I Samuel 12).

deliverance--Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak (Psalms 6).

salvation--Save me, O God (Psalms 69).

conversion--Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? (Acts 9).

lovingkindness--Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love:  therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee (Jeremiah 31).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 4/24/17

BIBLE, PROBATION, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Probation After Death:

Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee (Psalms 119).

change--Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart (Psalms 26).

heaven--Behold, the kingdom of God is within you (Luke 17).

faith--Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses (I Timothy 6).

live--Open to me the gates of righteousness:  I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord:  This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter (Psalms 118).

rise--God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with
power: . . .  Him God raised up the third day, and showed him openly (Acts 10).

today--Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation (II Corinthians 6).

References

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 4/16/17

BIBLE, ATONEMENT, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Doctrine of Atonement:

Though ye believe not me, believe the works:  that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him (John 10).

unity--I am not alone, because the Father is with me (John 16).

crucifixion--And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:  Where they crucified him (John 19).

burial--If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me (Psalms 139).

resurrection--Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? (Acts 26).

ascension--And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.  And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy (Luke 24).

revelation--He to whom "the arm of the Lord" is revealed will believe our report, and rise into newness of life with regeneration (Eddy, 1906, p. 24).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 4/9/17

BIBLE, CALAMITY, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real?

Hope thou in God:  for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God (Psalms 42).

God--The Christian Science God is universal, eternal, divine Love, which changeth not and causeth no evil, disease, nor death (Eddy, 1906, p. 140).

man--Is it sacriligious to assume that God's likeness is not found in matter, sin, sickness, and death? (Eddy, 1906, p. 344).

sin--And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous (John 2).

disease--Citizens of the world, accept the "glorious liberty of the children of God," and be free! (Eddy, 1906, p. 227).

death--The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death (Romans 8).

authority--Suffering, sinning, dying beliefs are unreal.  When divine Science is universally understood, they will have no power over man, for man is immortal and lives by divine authority (Eddy, 1906, p. 76).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Rumination #1

MONEY, SEX, FAMILY, FRIENDS, COMMERCE

I have my mom and I love her and want to do the best I can for her health and happiness. I love my Bonnie and I’m grateful for help, energy, and happiness. Bonnie is a strong, generous, loving woman. I am a little man. I don’t have much to offer, but I’ll give you what I’ve got. I’ll offer up what I’ve got. It’s not much. There’s not a lot of interest in it. But, it’s yours if you want it. The trick with the world is to give it something that it wants. It’s good to live for yourself and your vision of things. It’s good to be true to your own vision, but the world wants what it wants, and worldly success has to do with giving it something that it wants. The world doesn’t care about me. The world isn’t looking to reward me or anybody else for being a nice guy. The world rewards confirmation of itself. I’m a homosexual. I don’t have a lot of time to spend being a homosexual, being sexual, pursuing sex. I don’t have a lot of time and energy left over after working my full time job, doing for mom, and meeting my own rudimentary needs. A lot of things in my life get left undone. It’s not a pretty picture. My house is a mess. I have cleanliness and clutter issues. I don’t do a bang up job of taking care of myself and my home. Believe me, I would like to do better. If I knew how to do better, I would. Write, write, write. I love to write. It’s good for me, and I like doing it. It’s not always easy to do. Writing doesn’t always come easily to me, but I like it. It would be nice to get it all together. It would be nice to be a together kind of person. Home wise. Friend wise. Lover wise. Sex wise. Family wise. Art wise. Money wise. Work wise. It would be so cool to be a together kind of guy. One of the cardinal rules of life is to work with what you’ve got. Most people want more from their lives, but we all have to work with what we’ve got, even while we endeavor to get more. It’s not a matter of convincing the world that I’m a nice guy. I’m not that nice. I can be a real prick. Not as bad a prick as Barack Obama or Scott Pelley, but a prick nonetheless. The world doesn’t reward the people in it just for being nice. Steve Jobs was not a particularly nice guy. He was a prick, and didn’t really mind being a prick to get what he wanted, to fulfill his vision. Visionary. Visionary man. Man with values. Insight. Drive. Motivation. Edgy. Prick. It’s nice to have a vision. It’s nice to have convictions. It’s nice to feel strongly about stuff. It’s nice to do what you believe in, to live the way you want to live. We all want to follow our bliss, and we all do to some extent. But, we also want and need to earn a living. Give us this day our daily bread. We have to give the world something it wants, so that it will give us some of the things that we want and need. We all spend a lot of our lifetime trying to cajole the world into giving us more of what we want and need. And, the world isn’t always sympathetic with what the poor, lonely soul longs for. The trick of commerce is to give the world something that it wants and will pay for. It isn’t always easy to know what the world wants. One doesn’t necessarily have the knowledge, skills, and resources to meet the world’s demands. Supply and demand. I have something you want. If you compensate me fairly, I will share it with you. If I don’t receive fair compensation, I will withhold my goods and services from you. If you want to consume what I have to offer, you must compensate me fairly for it. Economics 101. The trick is not to make the world love me. The trick is to figure out what the world wants, and what I have the desire and ability to provide for compensation. The way of the world. The way of life. The way of living in the world. I might not be of the world, but I’m living in it and I’d better learn how. For my own good. Learning how to live for one’s own good and the good of family and friends. One’s own good. Living for oneself and one’s own people. It’s enough to live successfully for oneself and one’s own people, never mind living for the planet. Fuck the planet. The planet will take care of itself, just like I have to take care of myself.

Bible Lesson 4/2/17

BIBLE, UNREALITY, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Unreality:

Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God (Joel 2).

error--Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness (Jeremiah 23).

truth--A true witness delivereth souls (Proverbs 14).

help--I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee (Isaiah 41).

Christ--Awake up, my glory (Psalms 57).

safety--When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up (Psalms 94).  Consciousness constructs a better body when faith in matter has been conquered (Eddy, 1906, p. 425).

understanding--Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned (Lamentations 5).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 3/26/17

BIBLE, REALITY, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Reality:

That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us (I John 1).

light--God is light, and in him is no darkness at all (I John 1).

life--The gift of God is eternal life (Romans 6).

repentance--I will have mercy, and not sacrifice:  for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance (Matthew 9).

deliverance--The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.  For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall (Psalms 18).

salt--Ye are the salt of the earth (Matthew 5).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 3/19/17

BIBLE, MATTER, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Matter:

And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and none else:  and my people shall never be ashamed (Joel 2).

vanity--What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? (Jeremiah 2).

ark--When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him (Isaiah 59).

rock--We must forsake the foundation of material systems, however time-honored, if we would gain the Christ as our only Saviour (Eddy, 1906, p. 326).

rebellion--Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.  And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked (John 5).

law--In proportion as matter loses to human sense all entity as man, in that proportion does man become its master (Eddy, 1906, p. 369).

camera--The crude creations of mortal thought must finally give place to the glorious forms which we sometimes behold in the camera of divine Mind, when the mental picture is spiritual and eternal. . . .  Matter disappears under the microscope of Spirit (Eddy, 1906, p. 264).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 3/12/17

BIBLE, SUBSTANCE, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Substance:

The goodness of God endureth continually (Psalms 52).

glory--The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever:  the Lord shall rejoice in his works (Psalms 105).

human need--And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. . . .  And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest (II Kings 4).

beauty--When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek (Psalms 27).

treasure--Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also (Matthew 6).

body--Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: . . .  And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up: . . .  And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God (Acts 3).

church--The substance of all devotion is the reflection and demonstration of divine Love, healing sickness and destroying sin (Eddy, 1906, p. 241).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Bible Lesson 3/5/17

BIBLE, MAN, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Man:

Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever:  for they are the rejoicing of my heart (Psalms 119).

essence--Man is spiritual and perfect (Eddy, 1906, p. 475).

eternity--The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way. . . .  Then I was by him, as one brought up with him, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him (Proverbs 8).

sour grapes--If we learn that nothing is real but the right, we shall have no dangerous inheritances, and fleshly ills will disappear (Eddy, 1906, p. 228).

born again--Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God (John 3).

immortality--Weep not. . . .  Arise.  And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak.  And he delivered him to his mother (Luke 7).

revelation--Divine Science rolls back the clouds of error with the light of Truth, and lifts the curtain on man as never born and as never dying, but as coexistent with his creator (Eddy, 1906, p. 557).

References

Eddy, M. B.  (1906).  Science and health with key to the scriptures.  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Board of Directors.

Holy bible (King James version).  (n. d.).  Boston, MA:  The Christian Science Publishing Society.

Understanding Democrat Depravity

DONALD, DEPLORABLES, HISTORY, DEPRAVITY

O Lord! What a world. I love Donald Trump, his people, and his supporters. I am a Trump supporter and a deplorable. Can we survive the storm? Can we resist all the hatred and violence coming from the Democrats? I don’t know. I would like to think so. But, I honestly don’t know if we’re strong and cohesive enough to do it. The Democrats are depraved and determined to rule. They are determined to have their way in the world, and I don’t know if Donald and the Deplorables are strong and smart enough to resist and defeat them. It isn’t enough to be right in this awful world. It is good to be right, but we need to be wise as serpents. The enemy is not so strong as he is wicked, devious, determined, and deadly. It is necessary to have an understanding of error to defeat it. Not to understand error is to be fooled and tricked into falling for it. Error tricks its victims into destroying themselves, thereby achieving evil ends easily and unseen. Democrats are good at tricking their enemies into self-destruction. Can Donald and the Deplorables turn the tide of Democrat treachery, deceit, and despotism? Did Donald’s election signal the beginning of a new age, or will he and the Deplorables be relegated to history’s long list of totalitarian victims? Whether the Donald accomplishes the good he has pledged himself to or not, I will always resist Democrat depravity and dissimulation.




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