Readings for Wed., Oct. 19, 2016, 2nd Church, Berkeley
- SH I John 4:6
- 6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
- SH Rom. 8:16
- 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
- SH Isa. 64:4 1st since
- 4 …since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
- SH I Cor. 2:9-14 1st as, 16
- 9 …as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 12 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. 13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
- SH John 3:1-8
- 1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
- SH John 4:23 1st the, 24
- 23 …the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
- SH Gal. 5:22 1st the, 23 (to 1st :)
- 22 …the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance:
- SH Eph. 5:9 1st the, 18 2nd be
- 9 …the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) 18 …be filled with the Spirit;
- SH 598:1-16
- The Greek word for wind (pneuma) is used also for
spirit, as in the passage in John’s Gospel, the third chap-
ter, where we read: “The wind [pneuma] bloweth where
it listeth. . . . So is every one that is born of the Spirit
[pneuma].” Here the original word is the same in both
cases, yet it has received different translations, as in other
passages in this same chapter and elsewhere in the New
Testament. This shows how our Master had constantly
to employ words of material significance in order to unfold
spiritual thoughts. In the record of Jesus’ supposed
death, we read: “He bowed his head, and gave up the
ghost;” but this word ghost is pneuma. It might be trans-
lated wind or air, and the phrase is equivalent to our
common statement, “He breathed his last.” What
Jesus gave up was indeed air, an etherealized form of
matter, for never did he give up Spirit, or Soul.
- SH 481:7-12
- Material sense never helps mortals to understand
Spirit, God. Through spiritual sense only, man com-
prehends and loves Deity. The various con-
tradictions of the Science of Mind by the ma-
terial senses do not change the unseen Truth, which re-
mains forever intact.
- SH 507:15-18
- The universe of Spirit reflects the creative power of
the divine Principle, or Life, which reproduces the multi-
tudinous forms of Mind and governs the mul-
tiplication of the compound idea man.
- SH 239:16-22
- To ascertain our progress, we must learn where our
affections are placed and whom we acknowledge and
obey as God. If divine Love is becoming
nearer, dearer, and more real to us, matter is
then submitting to Spirit. The objects we pursue and
the spirit we manifest reveal our standpoint, and show
what we are winning.
- SH 283:13-20
- But what say prevalent theories? They insist that
Life, or God, is one and the same with material life so-
called. They speak of both Truth and error as mind,
and of good and evil as spirit. They claim that to be
life which is but the objective state of material sense, –
such as the structural life of the tree and of material
man, – and deem this the manifestation of the one Life,
God.
- SH 216:9 Spirituality
- Spirituality lays open siege to materialism. On which
side are we fighting?
- SH Rev. 21:10, 11 (to 1st :), 16
- 10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 11 Having the glory of God: 16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs.
- SH 576:8-14
- In Revelation xxi. 22, further describing this holy city,
the beloved Disciple writes: –
And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty
and the Lamb are the temple of it.
There was no temple, – that is, no material structure
in which to worship God, for He must be worshipped
in spirit and in love.
- SH 572:19-22
- In Revelation xxi. 1 we read: –
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first
heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was
no more sea.
- SH 594:19
- SPIRIT. Divine substance; Mind; divine Principle;
all that is good; God; that only which is perfect, ever-
lasting, omnipresent, omnipotent, infinite.
I John 4:6
Rom. 8:16
Isa. 64:4 since
I Cor. 2:9-14 as, 16
John 3:1-8
John 4:23 the, 24
Gal. 5:22 the, 23 (to :)
Eph. 5:9 the, 18 2nd be
SH 598:1-16
SH 481:7-12
SH 507:15-18
SH 239:16-22
SH 283:13-20
SH 216:9 Spirituality
Rev. 21:10, 11 (to :), 16
SH 576:8-14
SH 572:19-22; 573:3-17
SH 594:19
Rom. 8:16
Isa. 64:4 since
I Cor. 2:9-14 as, 16
John 3:1-8
John 4:23 the, 24
Gal. 5:22 the, 23 (to :)
Eph. 5:9 the, 18 2nd be
SH 598:1-16
SH 481:7-12
SH 507:15-18
SH 239:16-22
SH 283:13-20
SH 216:9 Spirituality
Rev. 21:10, 11 (to :), 16
SH 576:8-14
SH 572:19-22; 573:3-17
SH 594:19
Hymns:
102 Hear our prayer, O gracious Father
201 O do not bar your mind
327 The God who made both heaven and earth
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