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.