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.