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.




Photograph:  Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock.com

Bible Lesson 2/26/17

BIBLE, CHRIST JESUS, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Christ Jesus:

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, . . . Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself (Ephesians 1).

Abba--God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father (Galations 4).

John the Baptist--Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: . . .  And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me (Matthew 11).

woman of Samaria--I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ:  when he is come, he will tell us all things. . . .  I that speak unto thee am he (John 4).

Gustave Dore.  Nicku/Shutterstock.com

centurion--What doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (Micah 6).

Peter--God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power:  who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him (Acts 10).

Son--Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be:  but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is (1 John 3).

References

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

Bible Lesson 2/19/17

BIBLE, MIND, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Mind:

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established (Proverbs 4).

metaphysics--Divine metaphysics, as revealed to spiritual understanding, shows clearly that all is Mind. . . .  The spiritual man's consciousness and individuality are reflections of God (Eddy, 1906, pp. 275, 336).

action--And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward (Exodus 14).

insight--And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: . . .  and will tell thee all that is in thine heart (I Samuel 9).

healing--The only way to this living Truth, which heals the sick, is found in the Science of divine Mind as taught and demonstrated by Christ Jesus (Eddy, 1906, p. 180).

despotism--The despotic tendencies, inherent in mortal mind and always germinating in new forms of tyranny, must be rooted out through the action of the divine Mind (Eddy, 1906, p. 225).

guidance--The Christian Scientist wisely shapes his course, and is honest and consistent in following the leadings of divine Mind (Eddy, 1906, p. 458).

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.