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Wednesday Meeting August 8, 2018, First Church of Christ, Scientist-Asheville, NC
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KJV II Peter 1:1-8
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1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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KJV Mark 10:40-43
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40 …Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. 41 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: 42 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. 43 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
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KJV Mark 9:33-37
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33 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? 34 But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. 35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. 36 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, 37 Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
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KJV Luke 12:22-32
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22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. 23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. 24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? 25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? 26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? 27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? 29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. 30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. 31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. 32 …for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
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KJV Romans 8:14-17 (to 1st Christ)
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14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ
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KJV Gal 5:1, 13-14
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1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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KJV I John 3:2-3
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2 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. 3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
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KJV Rev 22:14
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14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
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S&H 288:27-2
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Science reveals the glorious possibilities of immortal
\nman, forever unlimited by the mortal senses.
\nThe Christ-element in the Messiah made him
\nthe Way-shower, Truth and Life.
\nThe eternal Truth destroys what mortals seem to have
\nlearned from error, and man’s real existence as a child
\nof God comes to light. Truth demonstrated is eternal
\nlife.
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S&H 264:13
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As mortals gain more correct views of God and man,
\nmultitudinous objects of creation, which before were
\ninvisible, will become visible. When we
\nrealize that Life is Spirit, never in nor of
\nmatter, this understanding will expand into self-com-
\npleteness, finding all in God, good, and needing no other
\nconsciousness.
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S&H 323:28-4
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The effects of Christian Science are not so much seen
\nas felt. It is the “still, small voice” of Truth
\nuttering itself. We are either turning away
\nfrom this utterance, or we are listening to it and going
\nup higher. Willingness to become as a little child and
\nto leave the old for the new, renders thought receptive of
\nthe advanced idea. Gladness to leave the false landmarks
\nand joy to see them disappear, – this disposition helps
\nto precipitate the ultimate harmony.
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S&H 130:15
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Christian Science, properly understood, would dis-
\nabuse the human mind of material beliefs which war
\nagainst spiritual facts; and these material
\nbeliefs must be denied and cast out to make
\nplace for truth. You cannot add to the contents of a
\nvessel already full. Laboring long to shake the adult’s
\nfaith in matter and to inculcate a grain of faith in God, –
\nan inkling of the ability of Spirit to make the body har-
\nmonious, – the author has often remembered our Master’s
\nlove for little children, and understood how truly such as
\nthey belong to the heavenly kingdom.
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S&H 226:14
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God has built a higher platform of human rights, and
\nHe has built it on diviner claims. These claims are not
\nmade through code or creed, but in demonstra-
\ntion of “on earth peace, good-will toward men.”
\nHuman codes, scholastic theology, material medicine and
\nhygiene, fetter faith and spiritual understanding. Divine
\nScience rends asunder these fetters, and man’s birthright
\nof sole allegiance to his Maker asserts itself.
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S&H 227:14-16, 21
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Discerning the rights of man, we cannot fail to fore-
\nsee the doom of all oppression. Slavery is not the legiti-
\nmate state of man.
\nChristian Science raises the standard of liberty and
\ncries: “Follow me! Escape from the bondage of sick-
\nness, sin, and death!” Jesus marked out the
\nway. Citizens of the world, accept the “glori-
\nous liberty of the children of God,” and be free! This
\nis your divine right. The illusion of material sense, not
\ndivine law, has bound you, entangled your free limbs,
\ncrippled your capacities, enfeebled your body, and de-
\nfaced the tablet of your being.
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S&H 253:9-21, 25
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I hope, dear reader, I am leading you into the under-
\nstanding of your divine rights, your heaven-bestowed har-
\nmony, – that, as you read, you see there is no
\ncause (outside of erring, mortal, material sense
\nwhich is not power) able to make you sick or
\nsinful; and I hope that you are conquering this false sense.
\nKnowing the falsity of so-called material sense, you can
\nassert your prerogative to overcome the belief in sin, dis-
\nease, or death.
\nIf you believe in and practise wrong knowingly, you
\ncan at once change your course and do right. Matter can
\nmake no opposition to right endeavors against
\nsin or sickness, for matter is inert, mindless.
\nDo not believe in any supposed necessity for sin, dis-
\nease, or death, knowing (as you ought to know) that God
\nnever requires obedience to a so-called material law, for
\nno such law exists. The belief in sin and death is de-
\nstroyed by the law of God, which is the law of Life in-
\nstead of death, of harmony instead of discord, of Spirit
\ninstead of the flesh.
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S&H 106:7
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God has endowed man with inalien-
\nable rights, among which are self-government,
\nreason, and conscience. Man is properly self-
\ngoverned only when he is guided rightly and governed by
\nhis Maker, divine Truth and Love.
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S&H 37:22-25
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It is possible, – yea, it is the duty
\nand privilege of every child, man, and woman, – to follow
\nin some degree the example of the Master by the demon-
\nstration of Truth and Life, of health and holiness.
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S&H 128:4
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The term Science, properly understood, refers only to
\nthe laws of God and to His government of the universe,
\ninclusive of man. From this it follows that
\nbusiness men and cultured scholars have found
\nthat Christian Science enhances their endurance and
\nmental powers, enlarges their perception of character,
\ngives them acuteness and comprehensiveness and an
\nability to exceed their ordinary capacity. The human
\nmind, imbued with this spiritual understanding, becomes
\nmore elastic, is capable of greater endurance, escapes
\nsomewhat from itself, and requires less repose. A knowl-
\nedge of the Science of being develops the latent abilities
\nand possibilities of man. It extends the atmosphere of
\nthought, giving mortals access to broader and higher
\nrealms. It raises the thinker into his native air of insight
\nand perspicacity.
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II Peter 1:1-8
\nMark 10:40-43
\nMark 9:33-37
\nLuke 12:22-32
\nRomans 8:14-17 (to Christ)
\nGal 5:1,13-14
\nI John 3:2-3
\nRev 22:14
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288:27-2
\n264:13
\n323:28-4
\n130:15
\n226:14
\n227:14-16, 21
\n253:9-21, 25
\n106:7
\n37:22-25
\n128:4
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Hymns
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15…As gold by fire is tested
\n154…Jesus’ prayer for all his brethren
\n564…Quiet, Lord, my froward heart
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34 But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. 35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. 36 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, 37 Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.\n\n\nKJV Luke 12:22-32\n22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. 23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. 24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? 25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? 26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? 27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? 29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. 30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. 31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. 32 …for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.\n\n\nKJV Romans 8:14-17 (to 1st Christ)\n14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ\n\n\nKJV Gal 5:1, 13-14\n1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.\n\n\nKJV I John 3:2-3\n2 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. 3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.\n\n\nKJV Rev 22:14\n14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.\n\n\nS&H 288:27-2\nScience reveals the glorious possibilities of immortal\nman, forever unlimited by the mortal senses.\nThe Christ-element in the Messiah made him\nthe Way-shower, Truth and Life.\nThe eternal Truth destroys what mortals seem to have\nlearned from error, and man’s real existence as a child\nof God comes to light. Truth demonstrated is eternal\nlife.\n\n\nS&H 264:13\nAs mortals gain more correct views of God and man,\nmultitudinous objects of creation, which before were\ninvisible, will become visible. When we\nrealize that Life is Spirit, never in nor of\nmatter, this understanding will expand into self-com-\npleteness, finding all in God, good, and needing no other\nconsciousness.\n\n\nS&H 323:28-4\nThe effects of Christian Science are not so much seen\nas felt. It is the “still, small voice” of Truth\nuttering itself. We are either turning away\nfrom this utterance, or we are listening to it and going\nup higher. Willingness to become as a little child and\nto leave the old for the new, renders thought receptive of\nthe advanced idea. Gladness to leave the false landmarks\nand joy to see them disappear, – this disposition helps\nto precipitate the ultimate harmony.\n\n\nS&H 130:15\nChristian Science, properly understood, would dis-\nabuse the human mind of material beliefs which war\nagainst spiritual facts; and these material\nbeliefs must be denied and cast out to make\nplace for truth. You cannot add to the contents of a\nvessel already full. Laboring long to shake the adult’s\nfaith in matter and to inculcate a grain of faith in God, –\nan inkling of the ability of Spirit to make the body har-\nmonious, – the author has often remembered our Master’s\nlove for little children, and understood how truly such as\nthey belong to the heavenly kingdom.\n\n\nS&H 226:14\nGod has built a higher platform of human rights, and\nHe has built it on diviner claims. These claims are not\nmade through code or creed, but in demonstra-\ntion of “on earth peace, good-will toward men.”\nHuman codes, scholastic theology, material medicine and\nhygiene, fetter faith and spiritual understanding. Divine\nScience rends asunder these fetters, and man’s birthright\nof sole allegiance to his Maker asserts itself.\n\n\nS&H 227:14-16, 21\nDiscerning the rights of man, we cannot fail to fore-\nsee the doom of all oppression. Slavery is not the legiti-\nmate state of man.\nChristian Science raises the standard of liberty and\ncries: “Follow me! Escape from the bondage of sick-\nness, sin, and death!” Jesus marked out the\nway. Citizens of the world, accept the “glori-\nous liberty of the children of God,” and be free! This\nis your divine right. The illusion of material sense, not\ndivine law, has bound you, entangled your free limbs,\ncrippled your capacities, enfeebled your body, and de-\nfaced the tablet of your being.\n\n\nS&H 253:9-21, 25\nI hope, dear reader, I am leading you into the under-\nstanding of your divine rights, your heaven-bestowed har-\nmony, – that, as you read, you see there is no\ncause (outside of erring, mortal, material sense\nwhich is not power) able to make you sick or\nsinful; and I hope that you are conquering this false sense.\nKnowing the falsity of so-called material sense, you can\nassert your prerogative to overcome the belief in sin, dis-\nease, or death.\nIf you believe in and practise wrong knowingly, you\ncan at once change your course and do right. Matter can\nmake no opposition to right endeavors against\nsin or sickness, for matter is inert, mindless.\nDo not believe in any supposed necessity for sin, dis-\nease, or death, knowing (as you ought to know) that God\nnever requires obedience to a so-called material law, for\nno such law exists. The belief in sin and death is de-\nstroyed by the law of God, which is the law of Life in-\nstead of death, of harmony instead of discord, of Spirit\ninstead of the flesh.\n\n\nS&H 106:7\nGod has endowed man with inalien-\nable rights, among which are self-government,\nreason, and conscience. Man is properly self-\ngoverned only when he is guided rightly and governed by\nhis Maker, divine Truth and Love.\n\n\nS&H 37:22-25\nIt is possible, – yea, it is the duty\nand privilege of every child, man, and woman, – to follow\nin some degree the example of the Master by the demon-\nstration of Truth and Life, of health and holiness.\n\n\nS&H 128:4\nThe term Science, properly understood, refers only to\nthe laws of God and to His government of the universe,\ninclusive of man. From this it follows that\nbusiness men and cultured scholars have found\nthat Christian Science enhances their endurance and\nmental powers, enlarges their perception of character,\ngives them acuteness and comprehensiveness and an\nability to exceed their ordinary capacity. The human\nmind, imbued with this spiritual understanding, becomes\nmore elastic, is capable of greater endurance, escapes\nsomewhat from itself, and requires less repose. A knowl-\nedge of the Science of being develops the latent abilities\nand possibilities of man. It extends the atmosphere of\nthought, giving mortals access to broader and higher\nrealms. 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KJV Ps 19:1-4 (to 1st world.)
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1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
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KJV Isaiah 55:8-12 (to 1st peace)
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8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace:
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KJV Isaiah 43:10-12
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10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. 12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.
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KJV John 1:6-13
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6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
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KJV Rom 8:16-17
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16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ;
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KJV I John 1:1, 3
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1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us:
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KJV I John 5:6 1st it
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6 …it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
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KJV Acts 3:1-8
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1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. 2 And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; 3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms. 4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us. 5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. 6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. 7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. 8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
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KJV Acts 4:7-10, 18-20
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7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, 9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; 10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. 18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. 20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
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KJV Luke 24:48
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48 And ye are witnesses of these things.
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S&H 303:25-28
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God, without the image and likeness of Himself, would
\nbe a nonentity, or Mind unexpressed. He would be
\nwithout a witness or proof of His own na-
\nture.
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S&H 151:26
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All that really exists is the divine Mind and
\nits idea, and in this Mind the entire being is found har-
\nmonious and eternal. The straight and narrow way is to
\nsee and acknowledge this fact, yield to this power, and
\nfollow the leadings of truth.
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S&H 516:4
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The substance, Life, intelligence, Truth, and Love,
\nwhich constitute Deity, are reflected by His creation;
\nand when we subordinate the false testimony of the
\ncorporeal senses to the facts of Science, we shall see
\nthis true likeness and reflection everywhere.
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S&H 476:28-5
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When speaking of God’s children, not the children of
\nmen, Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is within you;”
\nthat is, Truth and Love reign in the real
\nman, showing that man in God’s image is
\nunfallen and eternal. Jesus beheld in Science the per-
\nfect man, who appeared to him where sinning mortal
\nman appears to mortals. In this perfect man the Saviour
\nsaw God’s own likeness, and this correct view of man
\nhealed the sick. Thus Jesus taught that the kingdom
\nof God is intact, universal, and that man is pure and holy.
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S&H 409:23
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This
\nmortal is put off, and the new man or real man is put
\non, in proportion as mortals realize the Science of man
\nand seek the true model.
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S&H 476:1, 9-10
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Mortals are the counterfeits of immortals.
\nThey are the children of the wicked one, or the one evil,
\nwhich declares that man begins in dust or as a material
\nembryo. In divine Science, God and the real man are
\ninseparable as divine Principle and idea.
\nGod is the Principle of
\nman, and man is the idea of God.
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S&H 351:16
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We cannot bring out the practical proof of Christianity,
\nwhich Jesus required, while error seems as potent and
\nreal to us as Truth, and while we make a per-
\nsonal devil and an anthropomorphic God our
\nstarting-points, – especially if we consider Satan as a
\nbeing coequal in power with Deity, if not superior to Him.
\nBecause such starting-points are neither spiritual nor
\nscientific, they cannot work out the Spirit-rule of Christian
\nhealing, which proves the nothingness of error, discord,
\nby demonstrating the all-inclusiveness of harmonious
\nTruth.
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S&H 120:15
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Health is not a condition of matter, but of Mind; nor
\ncan the material senses bear reliable testimony on the sub-
\nject of health. The Science of Mind-healing
\nshows it to be impossible for aught but Mind
\nto testify truly or to exhibit the real status of man. There-
\nfore the divine Principle of Science, reversing the testi-
\nmony of the physical senses, reveals man as harmoniously
\nexistent in Truth, which is the only basis of health; and
\nthus Science denies all disease, heals the sick, overthrows
\nfalse evidence, and refutes materialistic logic.
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S&H 417:16
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When you silence the witness against your
\nplea, you destroy the evidence, for the disease disap-
\npears. The evidence before the corporeal senses is not
\nthe Science of immortal man.
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S&H 475:14
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[Man] is the compound idea of
\nGod, including all right ideas; the generic term for
\nall that reflects God’s image and likeness; the conscious
\nidentity of being as found in Science, in which man is
\nthe reflection of God, or Mind, and therefore is eternal;
\nthat which has no separate mind from God; that which
\nhas not a single quality underived from Deity; that which
\npossesses no life, intelligence, nor creative power of his
\nown, but reflects spiritually all that belongs to his Maker.
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S&H 205:22
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When we realize that there is one Mind, the divine law
\nof loving our neighbor as ourselves is unfolded;
\nwhereas a belief in many ruling minds hinders
\nman’s normal drift towards the one Mind, one
\nGod, and leads human thought into opposite channels
\nwhere selfishness reigns.
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S&H 510:9
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Truth and Love enlighten the understanding, in whose
\n“light shall we see light;” and this illumination is re-
\nflected spiritually by all who walk in the light and turn
\naway from a false material sense.
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S&H 174:20
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Truth is revealed. It needs only to
\nbe practised.
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Ps 19:1-4 (to world.)
\nIsaiah 55:8-12 (to peace)
\nIsaiah 43:10-12
\nJohn 1:6-13
\nRom 8:16-17
\nI John 1:1,3
\nI John 5:6 it
\nActs 3:1-8
\nActs 4:7-10,18-20
\nLuke 24:48
\n303:25-28
\n151:26
\n516:4
\n476:28-5
\n409:23
\n476:1,9-10
\n351:16
\n120:15
\n417:16
\n475:14
\n205:22
\n510:9
\n174:20
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Hymns
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19…Behold, they stand in robes of white
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482…
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12…Arise yet people, take your stand
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He would be\nwithout a witness or proof of His own na-\nture.\n\n\nS&H 151:26\nAll that really exists is the divine Mind and\nits idea, and in this Mind the entire being is found har-\nmonious and eternal. The straight and narrow way is to\nsee and acknowledge this fact, yield to this power, and\nfollow the leadings of truth.\n\n\nS&H 516:4\nThe substance, Life, intelligence, Truth, and Love,\nwhich constitute Deity, are reflected by His creation;\nand when we subordinate the false testimony of the\ncorporeal senses to the facts of Science, we shall see\nthis true likeness and reflection everywhere.\n\n\nS&H 476:28-5\nWhen speaking of God’s children, not the children of\nmen, Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is within you;”\nthat is, Truth and Love reign in the real\nman, showing that man in God’s image is\nunfallen and eternal. Jesus beheld in Science the per-\nfect man, who appeared to him where sinning mortal\nman appears to mortals. In this perfect man the Saviour\nsaw God’s own likeness, and this correct view of man\nhealed the sick. Thus Jesus taught that the kingdom\nof God is intact, universal, and that man is pure and holy.\n\n\nS&H 409:23\nThis\nmortal is put off, and the new man or real man is put\non, in proportion as mortals realize the Science of man\nand seek the true model.\n\n\nS&H 476:1, 9-10\nMortals are the counterfeits of immortals.\nThey are the children of the wicked one, or the one evil,\nwhich declares that man begins in dust or as a material\nembryo. In divine Science, God and the real man are\ninseparable as divine Principle and idea.\nGod is the Principle of\nman, and man is the idea of God.\n\n\nS&H 351:16\nWe cannot bring out the practical proof of Christianity,\nwhich Jesus required, while error seems as potent and\nreal to us as Truth, and while we make a per-\nsonal devil and an anthropomorphic God our\nstarting-points, – especially if we consider Satan as a\nbeing coequal in power with Deity, if not superior to Him.\nBecause such starting-points are neither spiritual nor\nscientific, they cannot work out the Spirit-rule of Christian\nhealing, which proves the nothingness of error, discord,\nby demonstrating the all-inclusiveness of harmonious\nTruth.\n\n\nS&H 120:15\nHealth is not a condition of matter, but of Mind; nor\ncan the material senses bear reliable testimony on the sub-\nject of health. 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KJV psalm 91:11
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Wednesday, 7-5-2017
\nFirst Church of Christ, Scientist-Asheville
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KJV Phil 2:5
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5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
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KJV Matt 4:17 1st Jesus, 23
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17 …Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
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KJV Matt 5:1-10 1st he
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1 …he [Jesus] went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. 10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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KJV Isaiah 61:1-3
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1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
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KJV Luke 18:9-13
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9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
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KJV John 8:3-12
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3 …the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? 6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. 7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. 9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? 11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
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S&H\u00a0271:8, 21 Sermon on the mount
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He [Jesus] knew that the phi-
\nlosophy, Science, and proof of Christianity were in Truth,
\ncasting out all inharmony.
\nWhen the Science of Christianity
\nappears, it will lead you into all truth. The
\nSermon on the Mount is the essence of this
\nScience, and the eternal life, not the death of Jesus, is
\nits outcome.
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S&H\u00a0283:1 Poor
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As mortals begin to understand Spirit,
\nthey give up the belief that there is any true existence
\napart from God.
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S&H\u00a0518:15
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The rich in spirit help the poor in
\none grand brotherhood, all having the same
\nPrinciple, or Father; and blessed is that man who seeth
\nhis brother’s need and supplieth it, seeking his own in
\nanother’s good. Love giveth to the least spiritual idea
\nmight, immortality, and goodness, which shine through
\nall as the blossom shines through the bud. All the varied
\nexpressions of God reflect health, holiness, immortality –
\ninfinite Life, Truth, and Love.
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S&H\u00a0265:23-5 Mourn
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Who that has felt the loss of human peace has not gained
\nstronger desires for spiritual joy? The aspiration after
\nheavenly good comes even before we discover
\nwhat belongs to wisdom and Love. The loss
\nof earthly hopes and pleasures brightens the ascending
\npath of many a heart. The pains of sense quickly inform
\nus that the pleasures of sense are mortal and that joy is
\nspiritual.
\nThe pains of sense are salutary, if they wrench away
\nfalse pleasurable beliefs and transplant the affections
\nfrom sense to Soul, where the creations of God are good,
\n“rejoicing the heart.” Such is the sword of
\nScience, with which Truth decapitates error,
\nmateriality giving place to man’s higher individuality and
\ndestiny.
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S&H\u00a0192:30 Meek
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Whatever holds human thought in line with unselfed
\nlove, receives directly the divine power.
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S&H\u00a0272:3-8
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The spiritual sense of truth must be gained before
\nTruth can be understood. This sense is assimilated only
\nas we are honest, unselfish, loving, and meek.
\nIn the soil of an “honest and good heart” the
\nseed must be sown; else it beareth not much fruit, for the
\nswinish element in human nature uproots it.
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S&H\u00a04:3-5, 12-22 Hunger
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What we most need is the prayer of fervent desire
\nfor growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness,
\nlove, and good deeds.
\nThe habitual struggle to be always good is unceas-
\ning prayer. Its motives are made manifest in the
\nblessings they bring,- blessings which, even if not
\nacknowledged in audible words, attest our worthiness
\nto be partakers of Love.
\nSimply asking that we may love God will never
\nmake us love Him; but the longing to be better
\nand holier, expressed in daily watchful-
\nness and in striving to assimilate more of
\nthe divine character, will mould and fashion us
\nanew, until we awake in His likeness.
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S&H\u00a0191:4
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As mortals give up the delusion that there is more than
\none Mind, more than one God, man in God’s likeness will
\nappear, and this eternal man will include in that likeness
\nno material element.
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S&H\u00a0495:31-8 Mercy
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In the Science of Mind, you will soon ascertain
\nthat error cannot destroy error. You will also learn
\nthat in Science there is no transfer of evil suggestions
\nfrom one mortal to another, for there is but one Mind,
\nand this ever-present omnipotent Mind is reflected by
\nman and governs the entire universe. You will learn
\nthat in Christian Science the first duty is to obey
\nGod, to have one Mind, and to love another as
\nyourself.
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S&H 572:6-12 (to ,)
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\u201cLove one another\u201d (I John, iii. 23), is the most simple and profound counsel of the inspired writer. In Science we are children of God; but whatever is of material sense, or mortal, belongs not to His children, for materiality is the inverted image of spirituality.
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Love fulfils the law of Christian Science(.)
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The attributes of God are justice,
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S&H 323:32-6 Pure
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Willingness to become as a little child and
\nto leave the old for the new, renders thought receptive of
\nthe advanced idea. Gladness to leave the false landmarks
\nand joy to see them disappear, – this disposition helps
\nto precipitate the ultimate harmony. The purification
\nof sense and self is a proof of progress. “Blessed are the
\npure in heart: for they shall see God.
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S&H 264:28 Peacemakers
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When we learn the way in Christian Science and rec-
\nognize man’s spiritual being, we shall behold and under-
\nstand God’s creation, – all the glories of earth and heaven
\nand man.
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\none Father, even God, the whole family of man would
\nbe brethren; and with one Mind and that God, or good,
\nthe brotherhood of man would consist of Love and Truth,
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Earth has no repayment for the persecutions which
\nattend a new step in Christianity; but the spiritual recom-
\npense of the persecuted is assured in the elevation of ex-
\nistence above mortal discord and in the gift of divine Love.
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Beyond the frail premises of human beliefs, above the
\nloosening grasp of creeds, the demonstration of Christian
\nMind-healing stands a revealed and practical
\nScience. It is imperious throughout all ages
\nas Christ’s revelation of Truth, of Life, and of Love, which
\nremains inviolate for every man to understand and to
\npractise.
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\nstep will those who trust Him find that “God is our refuge
\nand strength, a very present help in trouble.”
\nStudents are advised by the author to be charitable
\nand kind, not only towards differing forms of religion
\nand medicine, but to those who hold these dif-
\nfering opinions. Let us be faithful in pointing
\nthe way through Christ, as we understand it,
\nbut let us also be careful always to “judge righteous judg-
\nment,” and never to condemn rashly.
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Happiness is spiritual,
\nborn of Truth and Love. It is unselfish; therefore
\nit cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to
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The thunder of Sinai and the Sermon on the Mount
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\n474…Father, we Thy loving children lift our hearts in joy today
\n537…O church of God, built on a firm foundation
\n199…Now thank we all our God

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\n", "content_text": "Wednesday, 7-5-2017\nFirst Church of Christ, Scientist-Asheville\n\n\n\n\nKJV Phil 2:5\n5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:\n\n\nKJV Matt 4:17 1st Jesus, 23\n17 …Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.\n\n\nKJV Matt 5:1-10 1st he\n1 …he [Jesus] went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. 10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.\n\n\nKJV Isaiah 61:1-3\n1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.\n\n\nKJV Luke 18:9-13\n9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.\n\n\nKJV John 8:3-12\n3 …the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? 6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. 7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. 9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? 11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nS&H\u00a0271:8, 21 Sermon on the mount\nHe [Jesus] knew that the phi-\nlosophy, Science, and proof of Christianity were in Truth,\ncasting out all inharmony.\nWhen the Science of Christianity\nappears, it will lead you into all truth. The\nSermon on the Mount is the essence of this\nScience, and the eternal life, not the death of Jesus, is\nits outcome.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0283:1 Poor\nAs mortals begin to understand Spirit,\nthey give up the belief that there is any true existence\napart from God.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0518:15\nThe rich in spirit help the poor in\none grand brotherhood, all having the same\nPrinciple, or Father; and blessed is that man who seeth\nhis brother’s need and supplieth it, seeking his own in\nanother’s good. Love giveth to the least spiritual idea\nmight, immortality, and goodness, which shine through\nall as the blossom shines through the bud. All the varied\nexpressions of God reflect health, holiness, immortality –\ninfinite Life, Truth, and Love.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0265:23-5 Mourn\nWho that has felt the loss of human peace has not gained\nstronger desires for spiritual joy? The aspiration after\nheavenly good comes even before we discover\nwhat belongs to wisdom and Love. The loss\nof earthly hopes and pleasures brightens the ascending\npath of many a heart. The pains of sense quickly inform\nus that the pleasures of sense are mortal and that joy is\nspiritual.\nThe pains of sense are salutary, if they wrench away\nfalse pleasurable beliefs and transplant the affections\nfrom sense to Soul, where the creations of God are good,\n“rejoicing the heart.” Such is the sword of\nScience, with which Truth decapitates error,\nmateriality giving place to man’s higher individuality and\ndestiny.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0192:30 Meek\nWhatever holds human thought in line with unselfed\nlove, receives directly the divine power.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0272:3-8\nThe spiritual sense of truth must be gained before\nTruth can be understood. This sense is assimilated only\nas we are honest, unselfish, loving, and meek.\nIn the soil of an “honest and good heart” the\nseed must be sown; else it beareth not much fruit, for the\nswinish element in human nature uproots it.\n\n\nS&H\u00a04:3-5, 12-22 Hunger\nWhat we most need is the prayer of fervent desire\nfor growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness,\nlove, and good deeds.\nThe habitual struggle to be always good is unceas-\ning prayer. Its motives are made manifest in the\nblessings they bring,- blessings which, even if not\nacknowledged in audible words, attest our worthiness\nto be partakers of Love.\nSimply asking that we may love God will never\nmake us love Him; but the longing to be better\nand holier, expressed in daily watchful-\nness and in striving to assimilate more of\nthe divine character, will mould and fashion us\nanew, until we awake in His likeness.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0191:4\nAs mortals give up the delusion that there is more than\none Mind, more than one God, man in God’s likeness will\nappear, and this eternal man will include in that likeness\nno material element.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0495:31-8 Mercy\nIn the Science of Mind, you will soon ascertain\nthat error cannot destroy error. You will also learn\nthat in Science there is no transfer of evil suggestions\nfrom one mortal to another, for there is but one Mind,\nand this ever-present omnipotent Mind is reflected by\nman and governs the entire universe. You will learn\nthat in Christian Science the first duty is to obey\nGod, to have one Mind, and to love another as\nyourself.\nS&H 572:6-12 (to ,)\n\u201cLove one another\u201d (I John, iii. 23), is the most simple and profound counsel of the inspired writer. In Science we are children of God; but whatever is of material sense, or mortal, belongs not to His children, for materiality is the inverted image of spirituality.\nLove fulfils the law of Christian Science(.)\nS&H\u00a0465:14\n\n\nThe attributes of God are justice,\nmercy, wisdom, goodness, and so on.\n\n\nS&H 323:32-6 Pure\nWillingness to become as a little child and\nto leave the old for the new, renders thought receptive of\nthe advanced idea. Gladness to leave the false landmarks\nand joy to see them disappear, – this disposition helps\nto precipitate the ultimate harmony. The purification\nof sense and self is a proof of progress. “Blessed are the\npure in heart: for they shall see God.\n\n\nS&H 264:28 Peacemakers\nWhen we learn the way in Christian Science and rec-\nognize man’s spiritual being, we shall behold and under-\nstand God’s creation, – all the glories of earth and heaven\nand man.\n\n\nS&H 469:30-5\nWith\none Father, even God, the whole family of man would\nbe brethren; and with one Mind and that God, or good,\nthe brotherhood of man would consist of Love and Truth,\nand have unity of Principle and spiritual power which\nconstitute divine Science.\n\n\nS&H 97:32-3 Persecuted\nEarth has no repayment for the persecutions which\nattend a new step in Christianity; but the spiritual recom-\npense of the persecuted is assured in the elevation of ex-\nistence above mortal discord and in the gift of divine Love.\n\n\nS&H 98:15\nBeyond the frail premises of human beliefs, above the\nloosening grasp of creeds, the demonstration of Christian\nMind-healing stands a revealed and practical\nScience. It is imperious throughout all ages\nas Christ’s revelation of Truth, of Life, and of Love, which\nremains inviolate for every man to understand and to\npractise.\n\n\nS&H 444:10-19\nStep by\nstep will those who trust Him find that “God is our refuge\nand strength, a very present help in trouble.”\nStudents are advised by the author to be charitable\nand kind, not only towards differing forms of religion\nand medicine, but to those who hold these dif-\nfering opinions. Let us be faithful in pointing\nthe way through Christ, as we understand it,\nbut let us also be careful always to “judge righteous judg-\nment,” and never to condemn rashly.\n\n\nS&H 57:18 Practice\nHappiness is spiritual,\nborn of Truth and Love. It is unselfish; therefore\nit cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to\nshare it.\n\n\nS&H 174:17\nThe thunder of Sinai and the Sermon on the Mount\nare pursuing and will overtake the ages, rebuking in\ntheir course all error and proclaiming the kingdom of\nheaven on earth. Truth is revealed. 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\nReadings for Wed., 5/31/17, 2nd Church Berkeley CA\n
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SH II Chron. 20:15 1st Thus
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15 …Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
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SH Dan. 6:1, 2 (to 1st :), 3-7, 9-12 (to 1st ?), 13-23
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1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; 2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: 3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. 4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. 5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. 6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. 9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. 10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. 11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. 12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? 13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day. 14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him. 15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. 16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. 17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. 18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him. 19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. 20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? 21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. 22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. 23 Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
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SH Ps. 46:10 (to 1st :), 11 (to 1st .)
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10 Be still, and know that I am God: 11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
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SH 139:4-8
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From beginning to end, the Scriptures are full of
accounts of the triumph of Spirit, Mind, over matter.
Moses proved the power of Mind by what men
called miracles; so did Joshua, Elijah, and
Elisha.
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SH 63:5 (only), 9
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In Science man is the offspring of Spirit.
Spirit is his primitive and ulti-
mate source of being; God is his Father, and Life is the
law of his being.
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SH 514:26-2
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Understanding the control which Love held over all,
Daniel felt safe in the lions’ den, and Paul proved the
viper to be harmless. All of God’s creatures
moving in the harmony of Science, are harm-
less, useful, indestructible. A realization of this grand
verity was a source of strength to the ancient worthies.
It supports Christian healing, and enables its possessor
to emulate the example of Jesus.
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SH 568:1 (to .)
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Innocence and Truth overcome guilt and error. Ever
since the foundation of the world, ever since error would
establish material belief, evil has tried to slay
the Lamb; but Science is able to destroy this
lie, called evil. The twelfth chapter of the Apocalypse
typifies the divine method of warfare in Science, and the
glorious results of this warfare. The following chapters
depict the fatal effects of trying to meet error with error.
The narrative follows the order used in Genesis. In
Genesis, first the true method of creation is set forth and
then the false. Here, also, the Revelator first exhibits
the true warfare and then the false.
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SH 243:4-8
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The divine Love, which made harmless the poisonous
viper, which delivered men from the boiling oil, from
the fiery furnace, from the jaws of the lion,
can heal the sick in every age and triumph
over sin and death.
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SH 380:22-28
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Many years ago the author made a spiritual discov-
ery, the scientific evidence of which has accumulated to
prove that the divine Mind produces in man
health, harmony, and immortality. Gradu-
ally this evidence will gather momentum and clearness,
until it reaches its culmination of scientific statement and
proof.
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SH 63:5-6, 9
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In Science man is the offspring of Spirit. The beauti-
ful, good, and pure constitute his ancestry.
Spirit is his primitive and ulti-
mate source of being; God is his Father, and Life is the
law of his being.
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SH 207:10-13
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Evil is not
supreme; good is not helpless; nor are the
so-called laws of matter primary, and the law of Spirit
secondary.
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SH 39:18-22
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“Now,” cried the apostle, “is the accepted time; be-
hold, now is the day of salvation,” – meaning, not that
now men must prepare for a future-world salva-
tion, or safety, but that now is the time in which
to experience that salvation in spirit and in life.
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SH 494:15-19 Jesus
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Jesus
demonstrated the inability of corporeality, as well as the
infinite ability of Spirit, thus helping erring
human sense to flee from its own convictions
and seek safety in divine Science.
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SH 153:25-31
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We weep because others weep, we yawn because they
yawn, and we have smallpox because others have it; but
mortal mind, not matter, contains and carries
the infection. When this mental contagion is
understood, we shall be more careful of our mental con-
ditions and we shall avoid loquacious tattling about
disease, as we would avoid advocating crime.
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SH 259:11-14
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The Christlike understanding of
scientific being and divine healing includes a perfect Prin-
ciple and idea, – perfect God and perfect man, – as the
basis of thought and demonstration.
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SH 571:15-16, 19
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At all times and under all circumstances, overcome
evil with good.
The cement of a
higher humanity will unite all interests in the one
divinity.
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SH 381:12
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The so-called laws of mortal belief are
destroyed by the understanding that Soul is immortal,
and that mortal mind cannot legislate the times, periods,
and types of disease, with which mortals die. God is the
lawmaker, but He is not the author of barbarous codes.
In infinite Life and Love there is no sickness, sin, nor
death, and the Scriptures declare that we live, move, and
have our being in the infinite God.
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Hymns:
203 O Father, may we bear each hour
311 So brightly burns Love\u2019s holy glow
444 I am the Lord, there is none else
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\nII Chron. 20:15 Thus
\nDan. 6:1, 2 (to :), 3-7, 9-12 (to ?), 13-23
\nPs. 46:10 (to :), 11 (to 1st .)
\nSH 139:4-8
\nSH 63:5 (only), 9
\nSH 514:26-2
\nSH 568:1 (to .)
\nSH 243:4-8
\nSH 380:22-28
\nSH 191:19 Mind (only, to .)
\nSH 63:5-6, 9
\nSH 207:10-13
\nSH 39:18-22
\nSH 494:15-19 Jesus
\nSH 153:25-31
\nSH 259:11-14
\nSH 571:15-16, 19
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\n", "content_text": "Readings for Wed., 5/31/17, 2nd Church Berkeley CA\n\n\n\nSH II Chron. 20:15 1st Thus\n15 …Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.\n\n\nSH Dan. 6:1, 2 (to 1st :), 3-7, 9-12 (to 1st ?), 13-23\n1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; 2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: 3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. 4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. 5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. 6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. 9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. 10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. 11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. 12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? 13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day. 14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him. 15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. 16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. 17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. 18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him. 19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. 20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? 21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. 22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. 23 Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.\n\n\nSH Ps. 46:10 (to 1st :), 11 (to 1st .)\n10 Be still, and know that I am God: 11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.\n\n\nSH 139:4-8\n From beginning to end, the Scriptures are full of accounts of the triumph of Spirit, Mind, over matter. Moses proved the power of Mind by what men called miracles; so did Joshua, Elijah, and Elisha.\n\n\nSH 63:5 (only), 9\n In Science man is the offspring of Spirit. Spirit is his primitive and ulti- mate source of being; God is his Father, and Life is the law of his being.\n\n\nSH 514:26-2\n Understanding the control which Love held over all, Daniel felt safe in the lions’ den, and Paul proved the viper to be harmless. All of God’s creatures moving in the harmony of Science, are harm- less, useful, indestructible. A realization of this grand verity was a source of strength to the ancient worthies. It supports Christian healing, and enables its possessor to emulate the example of Jesus.\n\n\nSH 568:1 (to .)\nInnocence and Truth overcome guilt and error. Ever since the foundation of the world, ever since error would establish material belief, evil has tried to slay the Lamb; but Science is able to destroy this lie, called evil. The twelfth chapter of the Apocalypse typifies the divine method of warfare in Science, and the glorious results of this warfare. The following chapters depict the fatal effects of trying to meet error with error. The narrative follows the order used in Genesis. In Genesis, first the true method of creation is set forth and then the false. Here, also, the Revelator first exhibits the true warfare and then the false.\n\n\nSH 243:4-8\n The divine Love, which made harmless the poisonous viper, which delivered men from the boiling oil, from the fiery furnace, from the jaws of the lion, can heal the sick in every age and triumph over sin and death.\n\n\nSH 380:22-28\n Many years ago the author made a spiritual discov- ery, the scientific evidence of which has accumulated to prove that the divine Mind produces in man health, harmony, and immortality. Gradu- ally this evidence will gather momentum and clearness, until it reaches its culmination of scientific statement and proof.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSH 63:5-6, 9\n In Science man is the offspring of Spirit. The beauti- ful, good, and pure constitute his ancestry. Spirit is his primitive and ulti- mate source of being; God is his Father, and Life is the law of his being.\n\n\nSH 207:10-13\n Evil is not supreme; good is not helpless; nor are the so-called laws of matter primary, and the law of Spirit secondary.\n\n\nSH 39:18-22\n “Now,” cried the apostle, “is the accepted time; be- hold, now is the day of salvation,” – meaning, not that now men must prepare for a future-world salva- tion, or safety, but that now is the time in which to experience that salvation in spirit and in life.\n\n\nSH 494:15-19 Jesus\n Jesus demonstrated the inability of corporeality, as well as the infinite ability of Spirit, thus helping erring human sense to flee from its own convictions and seek safety in divine Science.\n\n\nSH 153:25-31\n We weep because others weep, we yawn because they yawn, and we have smallpox because others have it; but mortal mind, not matter, contains and carries the infection. When this mental contagion is understood, we shall be more careful of our mental con- ditions and we shall avoid loquacious tattling about disease, as we would avoid advocating crime.\n\n\nSH 259:11-14\n The Christlike understanding of scientific being and divine healing includes a perfect Prin- ciple and idea, – perfect God and perfect man, – as the basis of thought and demonstration.\n\n\nSH 571:15-16, 19\n At all times and under all circumstances, overcome evil with good. The cement of a higher humanity will unite all interests in the one divinity.\n\n\nSH 381:12\n The so-called laws of mortal belief are destroyed by the understanding that Soul is immortal, and that mortal mind cannot legislate the times, periods, and types of disease, with which mortals die. God is the lawmaker, but He is not the author of barbarous codes. In infinite Life and Love there is no sickness, sin, nor death, and the Scriptures declare that we live, move, and have our being in the infinite God.\nHymns:203 O Father, may we bear each hour311 So brightly burns Love\u2019s holy glow444 I am the Lord, there is none else\n\n\n\n\nII Chron. 20:15 Thus\nDan. 6:1, 2 (to :), 3-7, 9-12 (to ?), 13-23\nPs. 46:10 (to :), 11 (to 1st .)\nSH 139:4-8\nSH 63:5 (only), 9\nSH 514:26-2\nSH 568:1 (to .)\nSH 243:4-8\nSH 380:22-28\nSH 191:19 Mind (only, to .)\nSH 63:5-6, 9\nSH 207:10-13\nSH 39:18-22\nSH 494:15-19 Jesus\nSH 153:25-31\nSH 259:11-14\nSH 571:15-16, 19\nSH 381:12", "date_published": "2017-06-07T10:11:30-07:00", "date_modified": "2017-06-07T10:11:30-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Anonymous", "url": "https://pleasantviewer.org/author/pleasantvieweranon/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8fc81d3370a457c470e62a7f44bf7e3a56b4552b0b4170886ad5d42b16306a88?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Anonymous", "url": "https://pleasantviewer.org/author/pleasantvieweranon/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8fc81d3370a457c470e62a7f44bf7e3a56b4552b0b4170886ad5d42b16306a88?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "tags": [ "Wednesday Readings" ] }, { "id": "https://pleasantviewer.org/the-promise/", "url": "https://pleasantviewer.org/the-promise/", "title": "The Promise", "content_html": "
Wednesday, May 17, 2017, First Church of Christ, Scientist-Asheville
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KJV Gal 1:1-3, 11-12
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1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) 2 And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: 3 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, 11 …I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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KJV Gal 2:16
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16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
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KJV Gal 3:1-3, 7, 26-28
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1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? 2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
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KJV Gal 5:6
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6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
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KJV Gal 6:16
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16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
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KJV I Cor 3:16
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Acts 2:1-4, 14 (to them,) 39
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…\u00a0when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.\u00a0And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.\u00a0And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.\u00a0And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.\u00a0…\u00a0Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, …\u00a0the 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.
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KJV II Cor 6:16
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16 …\u00a0what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
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KJV Eph 3:1, 14-19 1st bow
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1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, 14 …bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
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S&H 520:3-5
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Unfathomable Mind is expressed. The depth, breadth,
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Man’s privilege at this supreme
\nmoment is to prove the words of our Master: “If a man
\nkeep my saying, he shall never see death.” To divest
\nthought of false trusts and material evidences in order
\nthat the spiritual facts of being may appear, – this is
\nthe great attainment by means of which we shall sweep
\naway the false and give place to the true. Thus we may
\nestablish in truth the temple, or body, “whose builder
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TEMPLE. Body; the idea of Life, substance, and in-
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S&H\u00a027:10
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That Life is God, Jesus proved by his reappearance
\nafter the crucifixion in strict accordance with his scien-
\ntific statement: “Destroy this temple [body],
\nand in three days I [Spirit] will raise it up.”
\nIt is as if he had said: The I – the Life, substance,
\nand intelligence of the universe – is not in matter to
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Jesus’ students, not sufficiently advanced fully to un-
\nderstand their Master’s triumph, did not perform many
\nwonderful works, until they saw him after his crucifixion
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S&H\u00a046:13-17, 30-9
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The Master said plainly that physique was not Spirit,
\nand after his resurrection he proved to the physical senses
\nthat his body was not changed until he himself
\nascended, – or, in other words, rose even
\nhigher in the understanding of Spirit, God.
\nHis students then received the Holy Ghost. By this is
\nmeant, that by all they had witnessed and suffered, they
\nwere roused to an enlarged understanding of divine Sci-
\nence, even to the spiritual interpretation and discernment
\nof Jesus’ teachings and demonstrations, which gave them
\na faint conception of the Life which is God.
\nThey no longer measured man by material
\nsense. After gaining the true idea of their glorified Master,
\nthey became better healers, leaning no longer on matter,
\nbut on the divine Principle of their work. The influx of
\nlight was sudden. It was sometimes an overwhelming
\npower as on the Day of Pentecost.
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S&H\u00a0325:20-24
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Paul had a clear sense of the demands of Truth upon
\nmortals physically and spiritually, when he said: “Pre-
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S&H\u00a0487:25-26, 30-1
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The Apostle James said, “Show me thy faith without
\nthy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.
\nThis faith relies upon an understood Principle. This
\nPrinciple makes whole the diseased, and brings out the
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Spiritual sense is a conscious, constant capacity to un-
\nderstand God. It shows the superiority of faith by works
\nover faith in words. Its ideas are expressed only in “new
\ntongues;” and these are interpreted by the translation of
\nthe spiritual original into the language which human
\nthought can comprehend.
\nThe Principle and proof of Christianity are discerned
\nby spiritual sense. They are set forth in Jesus’ demon-
\nstrations, which show – by his healing the
\nsick, casting out evils, and destroying death,
\n“the last enemy that shall be destroyed,” –
\nhis disregard of matter and its so-called laws.
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In the year 1866, I discovered the Christ Science or
\ndivine laws of Life, Truth, and Love, and
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I saw that the law of mortal belief included all error,
\nand that, even as oppressive laws are disputed and mor-
\ntals are taught their right to freedom, so the
\nclaims of the enslaving senses must be de-
\nnied and superseded. The law of the divine Mind must
\nend human bondage, or mortals will continue unaware
\nof man’s inalienable rights and in subjection to hope-
\nless slavery, because some public teachers permit
\nan ignorance of divine power, – an ignorance that
\nis the foundation of continued bondage and of human
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Whatever holds human thought in line with unselfed
\nlove, receives directly the divine power.
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The history of Christianity furnishes sublime proofs
\nof the supporting influence and protecting power bestowed
\non man by his heavenly Father, omnipotent
\nMind, who gives man faith and understanding
\nwhereby to defend himself, not only from temptation, but
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Love fulfils the law of Christian Science, and nothing short of this divine Principle, understood and demonstrated, can ever furnish the vision of the Apocalypse,
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Gal 1:1-3, 11-12
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\nGal 5:6
\nGal 6:16
\nI Cor 3:16
\nActs 2:1-4, 14 (to them,) 39
\nII Cor 6:16
\nEph 3:1, 14-19 bow520:3-5
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\n595:7-9 (to Love;)
\n27:10
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\n46:13-17, 30-9
\n325:20-24
\n487:25-26, 30-1
\n209:31-10
\n107:1-3
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\n192:30
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\n573:13-17Hymns
\n12…Arise you people take your stand
\n3…A grateful heart a garden is
\n65…From glory unto glory
\n", "content_text": "Wednesday, May 17, 2017, First Church of Christ, Scientist-Asheville\n\n\n\n\nKJV Gal 1:1-3, 11-12\n1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) 2 And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: 3 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, 11 …I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.\n\n\nKJV Gal 2:16\n16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.\n\n\nKJV Gal 3:1-3, 7, 26-28\n1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? 2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.\n\n\nKJV Gal 5:6\n6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.\n\n\nKJV Gal 6:16\n16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.\nKJV I Cor 3:16\n16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?\nActs 2:1-4, 14 (to them,) 39\n…\u00a0when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.\u00a0And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.\u00a0And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.\u00a0And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.\u00a0…\u00a0Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, …\u00a0the 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.\n\n\nKJV II Cor 6:16\n16 …\u00a0what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.\n\n\nKJV Eph 3:1, 14-19 1st bow\n1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, 14 …bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nS&H 520:3-5\nUnfathomable Mind is expressed. The depth, breadth,\nheight, might, majesty, and glory of infinite Love fill all\nspace.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0428:6\nMan’s privilege at this supreme\nmoment is to prove the words of our Master: “If a man\nkeep my saying, he shall never see death.” To divest\nthought of false trusts and material evidences in order\nthat the spiritual facts of being may appear, – this is\nthe great attainment by means of which we shall sweep\naway the false and give place to the true. Thus we may\nestablish in truth the temple, or body, “whose builder\nand maker is God.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0595:7-9 (to Love\nTEMPLE. Body; the idea of Life, substance, and in-\ntelligence; the superstructure of Truth; the shrine of\nLove;\n\n\nS&H\u00a027:10\nThat Life is God, Jesus proved by his reappearance\nafter the crucifixion in strict accordance with his scien-\ntific statement: “Destroy this temple [body],\nand in three days I [Spirit] will raise it up.”\nIt is as if he had said: The I – the Life, substance,\nand intelligence of the universe – is not in matter to\nbe destroyed.\n\n\nS&H\u00a045:32-4\nJesus’ students, not sufficiently advanced fully to un-\nderstand their Master’s triumph, did not perform many\nwonderful works, until they saw him after his crucifixion\nand learned that he had not died. This convinced them\nof the truthfulness of all that he had taught.\n\n\nS&H\u00a046:13-17, 30-9\nThe Master said plainly that physique was not Spirit,\nand after his resurrection he proved to the physical senses\nthat his body was not changed until he himself\nascended, – or, in other words, rose even\nhigher in the understanding of Spirit, God.\nHis students then received the Holy Ghost. By this is\nmeant, that by all they had witnessed and suffered, they\nwere roused to an enlarged understanding of divine Sci-\nence, even to the spiritual interpretation and discernment\nof Jesus’ teachings and demonstrations, which gave them\na faint conception of the Life which is God.\nThey no longer measured man by material\nsense. After gaining the true idea of their glorified Master,\nthey became better healers, leaning no longer on matter,\nbut on the divine Principle of their work. The influx of\nlight was sudden. It was sometimes an overwhelming\npower as on the Day of Pentecost.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0325:20-24\nPaul had a clear sense of the demands of Truth upon\nmortals physically and spiritually, when he said: “Pre-\nsent your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, ac-\nceptable unto God, which is your reasonable\nservice.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0487:25-26, 30-1\nThe Apostle James said, “Show me thy faith without\nthy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.\nThis faith relies upon an understood Principle. This\nPrinciple makes whole the diseased, and brings out the\nenduring and harmonious phases of things.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0209:31-10\nSpiritual sense is a conscious, constant capacity to un-\nderstand God. It shows the superiority of faith by works\nover faith in words. Its ideas are expressed only in “new\ntongues;” and these are interpreted by the translation of\nthe spiritual original into the language which human\nthought can comprehend.\nThe Principle and proof of Christianity are discerned\nby spiritual sense. They are set forth in Jesus’ demon-\nstrations, which show – by his healing the\nsick, casting out evils, and destroying death,\n“the last enemy that shall be destroyed,” –\nhis disregard of matter and its so-called laws.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0107:1-3\nIn the year 1866, I discovered the Christ Science or\ndivine laws of Life, Truth, and Love, and\nnamed my discovery Christian Science.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0227:3\nI saw that the law of mortal belief included all error,\nand that, even as oppressive laws are disputed and mor-\ntals are taught their right to freedom, so the\nclaims of the enslaving senses must be de-\nnied and superseded. The law of the divine Mind must\nend human bondage, or mortals will continue unaware\nof man’s inalienable rights and in subjection to hope-\nless slavery, because some public teachers permit\nan ignorance of divine power, – an ignorance that\nis the foundation of continued bondage and of human\nsuffering.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0192:30\nWhatever holds human thought in line with unselfed\nlove, receives directly the divine power.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0387:27\nThe history of Christianity furnishes sublime proofs\nof the supporting influence and protecting power bestowed\non man by his heavenly Father, omnipotent\nMind, who gives man faith and understanding\nwhereby to defend himself, not only from temptation, but\nfrom bodily suffering.\n572:12-15 (to Apocalypse)\nLove fulfils the law of Christian Science, and nothing short of this divine Principle, understood and demonstrated, can ever furnish the vision of the Apocalypse,\n\n\n\nS&H\u00a0573:13-17\nAccompanying this scientific consciousness was an-\nother revelation, even the declaration from heaven, su-\npreme harmony, that God, the divine Principle\nof harmony, is ever with men, and they are\nHis people.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGal 1:1-3, 11-12\nGal 2:16\nGal 3:1-3, 7, 26-28\nGal 5:6\nGal 6:16\nI Cor 3:16\nActs 2:1-4, 14 (to them,) 39\nII Cor 6:16\nEph 3:1, 14-19 bow520:3-5\n428:6\n595:7-9 (to Love;)\n27:10\n45:32-4\n46:13-17, 30-9\n325:20-24\n487:25-26, 30-1\n209:31-10\n107:1-3\n227:3\n192:30\n387:27\n572:12-15 (to Apocalypse,)\n573:13-17Hymns\n12…Arise you people take your stand\n3…A grateful heart a garden is\n65…From glory unto glory", "date_published": "2017-05-17T20:31:39-07:00", "date_modified": "2017-05-17T20:54:51-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "robbiesweetser", "url": "https://pleasantviewer.org/author/robbiesweetser/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/24bd33a001da04acac090b86d0142736855d2abdfcc183f0e591777b5e8e6677?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "robbiesweetser", "url": "https://pleasantviewer.org/author/robbiesweetser/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/24bd33a001da04acac090b86d0142736855d2abdfcc183f0e591777b5e8e6677?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "tags": [ "Wednesday Readings" ] }, { "id": "https://pleasantviewer.org/the-law-of-joy/", "url": "https://pleasantviewer.org/the-law-of-joy/", "title": "The law of joy!", "content_html": "
Wednesday meeting, April 5, 2017 First Church of Christ, Scientist-Asheville, NC
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KJV Zeph 3:17
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17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
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KJV Matt 4:23 1st Jesus
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23 …Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
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KJV Matt 5:2, 6
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2 And he…taught them, saying, 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
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KJV Matt 13:44 1st the
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44 …the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
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KJV Ps 32:1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 11
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1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 5 I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. 7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. 11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
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KJV Ps 92:1, 2, 4
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1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: 2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, 4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
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KJV Ps 16:1, 5-11
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1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. 5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. 6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. 7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. 8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
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KJV Ps 126:1-6
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1 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. 3 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. 4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
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KJV Luke 15:8 1st what, 9, 10
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8 …what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? 9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. 10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
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KJV John 12:23
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23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
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KJV John 15:1, 2, 4, 5, 11
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1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
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KJV Gal 5:22 1st the, 23
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22 …the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
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KJV Romans 15:13
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13 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.
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S&H\u00a014:9-18, 25
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To be “with the Lord” is to be in
\nobedience to the law of God, to be absolutely governed
\nby divine Love,- by Spirit, not by matter.
\nBecome conscious for a single moment that Life and
\nintelligence are purely spiritual, – neither in nor of
\nmatter, – and the body will then utter no
\ncomplaints. If suffering from a belief in
\nsickness, you will find yourself suddenly well. Sorrow
\nis turned into joy when the body is controlled by spir-
\nitual Life, Truth, and Love.
\nEntirely separate from the belief and dream of mate-
\nrial living, is the Life divine, revealing spiritual under-
\nstanding and the consciousness of man’s dominion
\nover the whole earth. This understanding casts out
\nerror and heals the sick, and with it you can speak
\n“as one having authority.”
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S&H\u00a076:18-20, 22-29
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Suffering, sinning, dying beliefs are unreal. When
\ndivine Science is universally understood, they will have
\nno power over man,…
\nThe sinless joy, – the perfect harmony and immortality
\nof Life, possessing unlimited divine beauty and goodness
\nwithout a single bodily pleasure or pain, –
\nconstitutes the only veritable, indestructible
\nman, whose being is spiritual. This state of existence
\nis scientific and intact, – a perfection discernible only
\nby those who have the final understanding of Christ in
\ndivine Science.
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S&H\u00a0124:25-26 (to 1st .)
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Spirit is the life, substance, and continuity of all
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S&H\u00a0125:12
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As human thought changes from one stage to an-
\nother of conscious pain and painlessness, sorrow and
\njoy, – from fear to hope and from faith to understand-
\ning, – the visible manifestation will at last be man gov-
\nerned by Soul, not by material sense. Reflecting God’s
\ngovernment, man is self-governed. When subordinate
\nto the divine Spirit, man cannot be controlled by sin or
\ndeath, thus proving our material theories about laws of
\nhealth to be valueless.
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S&H\u00a0229:15
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By universal consent, mortal belief has constituted
\nitself a law to bind mortals to sickness, sin, and death.
\nThis customary belief is misnamed material
\nlaw, and the individual who upholds it is mis-
\ntaken in theory and in practice. The so-called law of
\nmortal mind, conjectural and speculative, is made void
\nby the law of immortal Mind, and false law should be
\ntrampled under foot.
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S&H\u00a0273:21-22
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God never ordained a material law to annul the spiritual
\nlaw.
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S&H\u00a0265:23
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Who that has felt the loss of human peace has not gained
\nstronger desires for spiritual joy? The aspiration after
\nheavenly good comes even before we discover
\nwhat belongs to wisdom and Love. The loss
\nof earthly hopes and pleasures brightens the ascending
\npath of many a heart. The pains of sense quickly inform
\nus that the pleasures of sense are mortal and that joy is
\nspiritual.
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S&H\u00a063:5
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In Science man is the offspring of Spirit. The beauti-
\nful, good, and pure constitute his ancestry. His origin is
\nnot, like that of mortals, in brute instinct, nor
\ndoes he pass through material conditions prior
\nto reaching intelligence. Spirit is his primitive and ulti-
\nmate source of being; God is his Father, and Life is the
\nlaw of his being.
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S&H\u00a066:6-10, 11
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Trials teach mortals not to lean on a material staff,–a broken reed, which pierces the heart. We do not half remember this in the sunshine of joy
\nand prosperity. Sorrow is salutary. Through
\ngreat tribulation we enter the kingdom. Spiritual development germi-
\nnates not from seed sown in the soil of material hopes,
\nbut when these decay, Love propagates anew the higher
\njoys of Spirit, which have no taint of earth. Each suc-
\ncessive stage of experience unfolds new views of divine
\ngoodness and love.
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S&H\u00a0414:11, 19
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…truth and love will establish
\na healthy state, guide and govern mortal mind or the
\nthought of the patient, and destroy all error, whether it is
\ncalled dementia, hatred, or any other discord.
\nThe Christian Scien-
\ntist’s argument rests on the Christianly scientific basis of
\nbeing. The Scripture declares, “The Lord He is God
\n[good]; there is none else beside Him.” Even so, harmony
\nis universal, and discord is unreal. Christian Science de-
\nclares that Mind is substance, also that matter neither
\nfeels, suffers, nor enjoys. Hold these points strongly in
\nview. Keep in mind the verity of being, – that man is
\nthe image and likeness of God, in whom all being is
\npainless and permanent. Remember that man’s perfec-
\ntion is real and unimpeachable, whereas imperfection is
\nblameworthy, unreal, and is not brought about by divine
\nLove.
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S&H 304:5-21
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…Paul said: “Nei-
\nther death, nor life, . . . nor things present,
\nnor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor
\nany other creature, shall be able to separate us from
\nthe love of God.” This is the doctrine of Christian
\nScience: that divine Love cannot be deprived of its
\nmanifestation, or object; that joy cannot be turned into
\nsorrow, for sorrow is not the master of joy; that good can
\nnever produce evil; that matter can never produce mind
\nnor life result in death. The perfect man – governed
\nby God, his perfect Principle – is sinless and eternal.
\nHarmony is produced by its Principle, is controlled
\nby it and abides with it. Divine Principle is the Life
\nof man. Man’s happiness is not, therefore, at
\nthe disposal of physical sense. Truth is not
\ncontaminated by error. Harmony in man is as beautiful
\nas in music, and discord is unnatural, unreal.
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Zeph 3:17
\nMatt 4:23 Jesus
\nMatt 5:2, 6
\nMatt 13:44 the
\nPs 32:1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 11
\nPs 92:1, 2, 4
\nPs 16:1, 5-11
\nPs 126:1-6
\nLuke 15:8 what, 9, 10
\nJohn 12:23
\nJohn 15:1, 2, 4, 5, 11
\nGal 5:22 the, 23
\nRomans 15:1314:9-18, 25
\n76:18-20, 22-29
\n124:25-26 (to 1st .)
\n125:12
\n229:15
\n273:21-22
\n265:23
\n63:5
\n66:6-10, 11
\n414:11, 19
\n304:5-21Hymns
\n453…Rise up and walk, take up your bed
\n452…O Thou unchanging Truth
\n450…O house of God, built on a firm foundation
\n", "content_text": "Wednesday meeting, April 5, 2017 First Church of Christ, Scientist-Asheville, NC\n\n\nKJV Zeph 3:17\n17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.\n\n\nKJV Matt 4:23 1st Jesus\n23 …Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.\n\n\nKJV Matt 5:2, 6\n2 And he…taught them, saying, 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.\n\n\nKJV Matt 13:44 1st the\n44 …the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.\n\n\nKJV Ps 32:1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 11\n1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 5 I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. 7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. 11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.\n\n\nKJV Ps 92:1, 2, 4\n1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: 2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, 4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.\n\n\nKJV Ps 16:1, 5-11\n1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. 5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. 6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. 7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. 8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.\n\n\nKJV Ps 126:1-6\n1 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. 3 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. 4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.\n\n\nKJV Luke 15:8 1st what, 9, 10\n8 …what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? 9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. 10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.\n\n\nKJV John 12:23\n23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.\n\n\nKJV John 15:1, 2, 4, 5, 11\n1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.\n\n\nKJV Gal 5:22 1st the, 23\n22 …the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.\n\n\nKJV Romans 15:13\n13 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.\n\n\nS&H\u00a014:9-18, 25\nTo be “with the Lord” is to be in\nobedience to the law of God, to be absolutely governed\nby divine Love,- by Spirit, not by matter.\nBecome conscious for a single moment that Life and\nintelligence are purely spiritual, – neither in nor of\nmatter, – and the body will then utter no\ncomplaints. If suffering from a belief in\nsickness, you will find yourself suddenly well. Sorrow\nis turned into joy when the body is controlled by spir-\nitual Life, Truth, and Love.\nEntirely separate from the belief and dream of mate-\nrial living, is the Life divine, revealing spiritual under-\nstanding and the consciousness of man’s dominion\nover the whole earth. This understanding casts out\nerror and heals the sick, and with it you can speak\n“as one having authority.”\n\n\nS&H\u00a076:18-20, 22-29\nSuffering, sinning, dying beliefs are unreal. When\ndivine Science is universally understood, they will have\nno power over man,…\nThe sinless joy, – the perfect harmony and immortality\nof Life, possessing unlimited divine beauty and goodness\nwithout a single bodily pleasure or pain, –\nconstitutes the only veritable, indestructible\nman, whose being is spiritual. This state of existence\nis scientific and intact, – a perfection discernible only\nby those who have the final understanding of Christ in\ndivine Science.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0124:25-26 (to 1st .)\nSpirit is the life, substance, and continuity of all\nthings.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0125:12\nAs human thought changes from one stage to an-\nother of conscious pain and painlessness, sorrow and\njoy, – from fear to hope and from faith to understand-\ning, – the visible manifestation will at last be man gov-\nerned by Soul, not by material sense. Reflecting God’s\ngovernment, man is self-governed. When subordinate\nto the divine Spirit, man cannot be controlled by sin or\ndeath, thus proving our material theories about laws of\nhealth to be valueless.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0229:15\nBy universal consent, mortal belief has constituted\nitself a law to bind mortals to sickness, sin, and death.\nThis customary belief is misnamed material\nlaw, and the individual who upholds it is mis-\ntaken in theory and in practice. The so-called law of\nmortal mind, conjectural and speculative, is made void\nby the law of immortal Mind, and false law should be\ntrampled under foot.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0273:21-22\nGod never ordained a material law to annul the spiritual\nlaw.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0265:23\nWho that has felt the loss of human peace has not gained\nstronger desires for spiritual joy? The aspiration after\nheavenly good comes even before we discover\nwhat belongs to wisdom and Love. The loss\nof earthly hopes and pleasures brightens the ascending\npath of many a heart. The pains of sense quickly inform\nus that the pleasures of sense are mortal and that joy is\nspiritual.\n\n\nS&H\u00a063:5\nIn Science man is the offspring of Spirit. The beauti-\nful, good, and pure constitute his ancestry. His origin is\nnot, like that of mortals, in brute instinct, nor\ndoes he pass through material conditions prior\nto reaching intelligence. Spirit is his primitive and ulti-\nmate source of being; God is his Father, and Life is the\nlaw of his being.\n\n\nS&H\u00a066:6-10, 11\nTrials teach mortals not to lean on a material staff,–a broken reed, which pierces the heart. We do not half remember this in the sunshine of joy\nand prosperity. Sorrow is salutary. Through\ngreat tribulation we enter the kingdom. Spiritual development germi-\nnates not from seed sown in the soil of material hopes,\nbut when these decay, Love propagates anew the higher\njoys of Spirit, which have no taint of earth. Each suc-\ncessive stage of experience unfolds new views of divine\ngoodness and love.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0414:11, 19\n…truth and love will establish\na healthy state, guide and govern mortal mind or the\nthought of the patient, and destroy all error, whether it is\ncalled dementia, hatred, or any other discord.\nThe Christian Scien-\ntist’s argument rests on the Christianly scientific basis of\nbeing. The Scripture declares, “The Lord He is God\n[good]; there is none else beside Him.” Even so, harmony\nis universal, and discord is unreal. Christian Science de-\nclares that Mind is substance, also that matter neither\nfeels, suffers, nor enjoys. Hold these points strongly in\nview. Keep in mind the verity of being, – that man is\nthe image and likeness of God, in whom all being is\npainless and permanent. Remember that man’s perfec-\ntion is real and unimpeachable, whereas imperfection is\nblameworthy, unreal, and is not brought about by divine\nLove.\n\n\nS&H 304:5-21\n…Paul said: “Nei-\nther death, nor life, . . . nor things present,\nnor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor\nany other creature, shall be able to separate us from\nthe love of God.” This is the doctrine of Christian\nScience: that divine Love cannot be deprived of its\nmanifestation, or object; that joy cannot be turned into\nsorrow, for sorrow is not the master of joy; that good can\nnever produce evil; that matter can never produce mind\nnor life result in death. The perfect man – governed\nby God, his perfect Principle – is sinless and eternal.\nHarmony is produced by its Principle, is controlled\nby it and abides with it. Divine Principle is the Life\nof man. Man’s happiness is not, therefore, at\nthe disposal of physical sense. Truth is not\ncontaminated by error. Harmony in man is as beautiful\nas in music, and discord is unnatural, unreal.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZeph 3:17\nMatt 4:23 Jesus\nMatt 5:2, 6\nMatt 13:44 the\nPs 32:1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 11\nPs 92:1, 2, 4\nPs 16:1, 5-11\nPs 126:1-6\nLuke 15:8 what, 9, 10\nJohn 12:23\nJohn 15:1, 2, 4, 5, 11\nGal 5:22 the, 23\nRomans 15:1314:9-18, 25\n76:18-20, 22-29\n124:25-26 (to 1st .)\n125:12\n229:15\n273:21-22\n265:23\n63:5\n66:6-10, 11\n414:11, 19\n304:5-21Hymns\n453…Rise up and walk, take up your bed\n452…O Thou unchanging Truth\n450…O house of God, built on a firm foundation", "date_published": "2017-04-03T19:40:08-07:00", "date_modified": "2017-04-05T19:56:09-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "robbiesweetser", "url": "https://pleasantviewer.org/author/robbiesweetser/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/24bd33a001da04acac090b86d0142736855d2abdfcc183f0e591777b5e8e6677?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "robbiesweetser", "url": "https://pleasantviewer.org/author/robbiesweetser/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/24bd33a001da04acac090b86d0142736855d2abdfcc183f0e591777b5e8e6677?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "tags": [ "Wednesday Readings" ] }, { "id": "https://pleasantviewer.org/the-battle-is-gods-not-yours/", "url": "https://pleasantviewer.org/the-battle-is-gods-not-yours/", "title": "The Battle is God\u2019s, Not Yours", "content_html": "

Wednesday Meeting, March 22, 2017
\nFirst Church of Christ, Scientist-Asheville

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KJV Hosea 1:1 (to 1st ,), 7 1st \u200b
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1 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea,… 7 …I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
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KJV Judges 7:2-7, 9, 16-21
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2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. 3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. 4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go. 5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. 6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. 7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place. 9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand. 16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. 17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. 18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. 19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. 21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
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KJV Ps 62:1, 2, 7, 11
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1 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. 2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. 7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. 11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
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KJV Acts 12:1-3 (to .), 4 (to ;), 5-11
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1\u00a0Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also….And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him;…Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision. When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him. And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
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KJV Ps 91:1-4, 9-11
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1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. 4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; 10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
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KJV I Sam 17:1-50
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1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle,…2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. 3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. 4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. 10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. 11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. 32 And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. 33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: 35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. 36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. 37…And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee. 40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. 41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him. 42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. 43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. 46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand;…47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hands. 48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
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KJV Ps 18:32, 35 (to 1st ,), 39 (to 1st :), 46, 48-50 (to 1st he)
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32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. 35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up,… 39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle:…46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. 48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. 49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. 50 Great deliverance giveth he…
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KJV Isaiah 45:5, 6, 22
\n5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
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KJV Romans 13:1
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1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God:
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S&H 203:17-18
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We are prone to believe either in more than one Su-
\npreme Ruler or in some power less than God.
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S&H 203:3-5 (to ,)
\nIn the Science of Christianity, Mind \u2009\u2014\u2009omnipotence\u2009\u2014\u2009has all-power,…
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S&H 203:13
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Spiritual perception brings out the possibilities of being, destroys reliance on aught but God, and so makes man the image of his Maker in deed and in truth.
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S&H\u00a0192:19-20 \u200b
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In Science, you can
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S&H\u00a0249:8-9, 13-14 \u200b
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Let us re-
\njoice that we are subject to the divine “powers that be.
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\nomnipotence, or omnipotence is the only power.
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S&H\u00a0231:7-8, 9-10 (for no) (to ;)
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What God cannot\u00a0do, man need not attempt.
\n…for no lesser power equals the infinite
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S&H\u00a0275:6-24 \u200b
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The starting-point of divine Science is
\nthat God, Spirit, is All-in-all, and that there is no other
\nmight nor Mind, – that God is Love, and therefore He
\nis divine Principle.
\nTo grasp the reality and order of being in its Science,
\nyou must begin by reckoning God as the divine Principle
\nof all that really is. Spirit, Life, Truth, Love,
\ncombine as one, – and are the Scriptural names
\nfor God. All substance, intelligence, wisdom, being, im-
\nmortality, cause, and effect belong to God. These are
\nHis attributes, the eternal manifestations of the infinite
\ndivine Principle, Love. No wisdom is wise but His
\nwisdom; no truth is true, no love is lovely, no life is Life
\nbut the divine; no good is, but the good God bestows.
\nDivine metaphysics, as revealed to spiritual understand-
\ning, shows clearly that all is Mind, and that Mind is
\nGod, omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience,
\n– that is, all power, all presence, all Science.
\nHence all is in reality the manifestation of Mind.
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S&H\u00a0174:9-14 \u200b
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The footsteps of thought, rising above material stand-
\npoints, are slow, and portend a long night to the traveller;
\nbut the angels of His presence – the spiritual
\nintuitions that tell us when “the night is far
\nspent, the day is at hand” – are our guardians in the
\ngloom.
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S&H\u00a0566:29-6 \u200b
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The Old Testament assigns to the angels, God’s divine
\nmessages, different offices. Michael’s charac-
\nteristic is spiritual strength. He leads the
\nhosts of heaven against the power of sin, Satan, and
\nfights the holy wars. Gabriel has the more quiet task
\nof imparting a sense of the ever-presence of ministering
\nLove. These angels deliver us from the depths. Truth
\nand Love come nearer in the hour of woe, when strong
\nfaith or spiritual strength wrestles and prevails through
\nthe understanding of God.
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S&H\u00a0574:25-30 \u200b
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Think of this, dear reader, for it will lift the sack-
\ncloth from your eyes, and you will behold the soft-
\nwinged dove descending upon you. The very
\ncircumstance, which your suffering sense
\ndeems wrathful and afflictive, Love can make an angel
\nentertained unawares.
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My angels are exalted thoughts, appearing at the door
\nof some sepulchre, in which human belief has buried
\nits fondest earthly hopes. With white fin-
\ngers they point upward to a new and glo-
\nrified trust, to higher ideals of life and its joys. Angels
\nare God’s representatives. These upward-soaring beings
\nnever lead towards self, sin, or materiality, but guide to
\nthe divine Principle of all good, whither every real indi-
\nviduality, image, or likeness of God, gathers. By giving
\nearnest heed to these spiritual guides they tarry with us,
\nand we entertain “angels unawares.
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The God-
\nprinciple is omnipresent and omnipotent. God is every-
\nwhere, and nothing apart from Him is present or has
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Hymns

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O gentle presence, peace and joy and power;
\nO Life divine, that owns each waiting hour,
\nThou Love that guards the nestling\u2019s faltering flight!
\nKeep Thou my child on upward wing tonight.Love is our refuge; only with mine eye
\nCan I behold the snare, the pit, the fall:
\nHis habitation high is here, and nigh,
\nHis arm encircles me, and mine, and all.O make me glad for every scalding tear,
\nFor hope deferred, ingratitude, disdain!
\nWait, and love more for every hate, and fear
\nNo ill,\u2014since God is good, and loss is gain.Beneath the shadow of His mighty wing;
\nIn that sweet secret of the narrow way,
\nSeeking and finding, with the angels sing:
\n\u201cLo, I am with you alway,\u201d\u2014watch and pray.No snare, no fowler, pestilence or pain;
\nNo night drops down upon the troubled breast,
\nWhen heaven\u2019s aftersmile earth\u2019s tear-drops gain,
\nAnd mother finds her home and heav\u2019nly rest.
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He that hath God his guardian made,
\nShall underneath th\u2019 Almighty\u2019s shade
\nFearless and undisturbed abide;
\nThus to myself of Him I\u2019ll say,
\nHe is my fortress, shield and stay,
\nMy God; in Him I will confide.His tender love and watchful care
\nShall free thee from the fowler\u2019s snare,
\nFrom every harm and pestilence.
\nHe over thee His wings shall spread
\nTo cover thy unguarded head.
\nHis truth shall be thy strong defense.He gives His angels charge o\u2019er thee,
\nNo evil therefore shalt thou see;
\nThy refuge shall be God most high;
\nDwelling within His secret place,
\nThou shalt behold His power and grace,
\nSee His salvation ever nigh.All power is given unto our Lord,
\nOn Him we place reliance;
\nWith truth from out His sacred word
\nWe bid our foes defiance.
\nWith Him we shall prevail,
\nWhatever may assail;
\nHe is our shield and tower,
\nAlmighty is His power;
\nHis kingdom is forever.Rejoice, ye people, praise His name,
\nHis care doth e\u2019er surround us.
\nHis love to error\u2019s thralldom came,
\nAnd from its chains unbound us.
\nOur Lord is God alone,
\nNo other power we own;
\nNo other voice we heed,
\nNo other help we need;
\nHis kingdom is forever.O then give thanks to God on high,
\nWho life to all is giving;
\nThe hosts of death before Him fly,
\nIn Him we all are living.
\nThen let us know no fear,
\nOur King is ever near;
\nOur stay and fortress strong,
\nOur strength, our hope, our song;
\nHis kingdom is forever.
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Hosea 1:1 (to ,), 7\u200b
\nJudges 7:2-7, 9, 16-21
\nPs 62:1, 2, 7, 11\u200b
\nActs 12:1-3 (to .), 4 (to ;), 5-11 (to last ,)
\nPs 91:1-4, 9-11
\nI Sam 17:1-50
\nI Sam 17:1 (to ,), 2-5, 10, 11, 32-36, 37 (And Saul), 40-43, 45, 46 (to ;), 47-50
\nPs 18:32, 35 (to ,), 39 (to:), 46, 48-50 (to he)
\nIsaiah 45:5, 6, 22\u200b
\nRomans 13:1 (to:)\u200b
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203:17-18
\n203:3-5 (to ,)
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203:13
\n192:19-20\u200b
\n249:8-9, 13-14\u200b
\n231:7-8, 9-10 (for no) (to ;)
\n275:6-24\u200b
\n174:9-14\u200b
\n566:29-6\u200b
\n574:25-30\u200b
\n299:7\u200b\u200b
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Hymns
\n208…\u200bO gentle presence
\n99…\u200bHe who hath God His guardian made
\n10…\u200bAll power is given unto our Lord, on Him we place reliance
\n", "content_text": "Wednesday Meeting, March 22, 2017\nFirst Church of Christ, Scientist-Asheville\n\n\n\nKJV Hosea 1:1 (to 1st ,), 7 1st \u200b\n1 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea,… 7 …I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.\n\n\nKJV Judges 7:2-7, 9, 16-21\n2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. 3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. 4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go. 5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. 6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. 7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place. 9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand. 16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. 17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. 18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. 19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. 21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.\n\n\nKJV Ps 62:1, 2, 7, 11\n1 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. 2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. 7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. 11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.\n\n\nKJV Acts 12:1-3 (to .), 4 (to ;), 5-11\n1\u00a0Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also….And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him;…Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision. When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him. And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.\n\n\nKJV Ps 91:1-4, 9-11\n1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. 4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; 10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.\n\n\nKJV I Sam 17:1-50\n1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle,…2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. 3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. 4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. 10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. 11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. 32 And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. 33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: 35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. 36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. 37…And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee. 40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. 41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him. 42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. 43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. 46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand;…47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hands. 48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.\n\n\nKJV Ps 18:32, 35 (to 1st ,), 39 (to 1st :), 46, 48-50 (to 1st he)\n32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. 35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up,… 39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle:…46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. 48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. 49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. 50 Great deliverance giveth he…\nKJV Isaiah 45:5, 6, 22\n5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.\n\n\nKJV Romans 13:1\n1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God:\n\n\nS&H 203:17-18\nWe are prone to believe either in more than one Su-\npreme Ruler or in some power less than God.\nS&H 203:3-5 (to ,)\nIn the Science of Christianity, Mind \u2009\u2014\u2009omnipotence\u2009\u2014\u2009has all-power,…\n\n\n\nS&H 203:13\nSpiritual perception brings out the possibilities of being, destroys reliance on aught but God, and so makes man the image of his Maker in deed and in truth.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0192:19-20 \u200b\nIn Science, you can\nhave no power opposed to God,\n\n\nS&H\u00a0249:8-9, 13-14 \u200b\nLet us re-\njoice that we are subject to the divine “powers that be.\nEither there is no\nomnipotence, or omnipotence is the only power.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0231:7-8, 9-10 (for no) (to ;)\nWhat God cannot\u00a0do, man need not attempt.\n…for no lesser power equals the infinite\nAll-power;\n\n\nS&H\u00a0275:6-24 \u200b\nThe starting-point of divine Science is\nthat God, Spirit, is All-in-all, and that there is no other\nmight nor Mind, – that God is Love, and therefore He\nis divine Principle.\nTo grasp the reality and order of being in its Science,\nyou must begin by reckoning God as the divine Principle\nof all that really is. Spirit, Life, Truth, Love,\ncombine as one, – and are the Scriptural names\nfor God. All substance, intelligence, wisdom, being, im-\nmortality, cause, and effect belong to God. These are\nHis attributes, the eternal manifestations of the infinite\ndivine Principle, Love. No wisdom is wise but His\nwisdom; no truth is true, no love is lovely, no life is Life\nbut the divine; no good is, but the good God bestows.\nDivine metaphysics, as revealed to spiritual understand-\ning, shows clearly that all is Mind, and that Mind is\nGod, omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience,\n– that is, all power, all presence, all Science.\nHence all is in reality the manifestation of Mind.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0174:9-14 \u200b\nThe footsteps of thought, rising above material stand-\npoints, are slow, and portend a long night to the traveller;\nbut the angels of His presence – the spiritual\nintuitions that tell us when “the night is far\nspent, the day is at hand” – are our guardians in the\ngloom.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0566:29-6 \u200b\nThe Old Testament assigns to the angels, God’s divine\nmessages, different offices. Michael’s charac-\nteristic is spiritual strength. He leads the\nhosts of heaven against the power of sin, Satan, and\nfights the holy wars. Gabriel has the more quiet task\nof imparting a sense of the ever-presence of ministering\nLove. These angels deliver us from the depths. Truth\nand Love come nearer in the hour of woe, when strong\nfaith or spiritual strength wrestles and prevails through\nthe understanding of God.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0574:25-30 \u200b\nThink of this, dear reader, for it will lift the sack-\ncloth from your eyes, and you will behold the soft-\nwinged dove descending upon you. The very\ncircumstance, which your suffering sense\ndeems wrathful and afflictive, Love can make an angel\nentertained unawares.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0299:7 \u200b\u200b\nMy angels are exalted thoughts, appearing at the door\nof some sepulchre, in which human belief has buried\nits fondest earthly hopes. With white fin-\ngers they point upward to a new and glo-\nrified trust, to higher ideals of life and its joys. Angels\nare God’s representatives. These upward-soaring beings\nnever lead towards self, sin, or materiality, but guide to\nthe divine Principle of all good, whither every real indi-\nviduality, image, or likeness of God, gathers. By giving\nearnest heed to these spiritual guides they tarry with us,\nand we entertain “angels unawares.\n\n\nS&H\u00a0473:7-10 \u200b\nThe God-\nprinciple is omnipresent and omnipotent. God is every-\nwhere, and nothing apart from Him is present or has\npower.\n\n\nHymns\n\n\n\n\nO gentle presence, peace and joy and power;\nO Life divine, that owns each waiting hour,\nThou Love that guards the nestling\u2019s faltering flight!\nKeep Thou my child on upward wing tonight.Love is our refuge; only with mine eye\nCan I behold the snare, the pit, the fall:\nHis habitation high is here, and nigh,\nHis arm encircles me, and mine, and all.O make me glad for every scalding tear,\nFor hope deferred, ingratitude, disdain!\nWait, and love more for every hate, and fear\nNo ill,\u2014since God is good, and loss is gain.Beneath the shadow of His mighty wing;\nIn that sweet secret of the narrow way,\nSeeking and finding, with the angels sing:\n\u201cLo, I am with you alway,\u201d\u2014watch and pray.No snare, no fowler, pestilence or pain;\nNo night drops down upon the troubled breast,\nWhen heaven\u2019s aftersmile earth\u2019s tear-drops gain,\nAnd mother finds her home and heav\u2019nly rest.\n\n\n \n\n\nHe that hath God his guardian made,\nShall underneath th\u2019 Almighty\u2019s shade\nFearless and undisturbed abide;\nThus to myself of Him I\u2019ll say,\nHe is my fortress, shield and stay,\nMy God; in Him I will confide.His tender love and watchful care\nShall free thee from the fowler\u2019s snare,\nFrom every harm and pestilence.\nHe over thee His wings shall spread\nTo cover thy unguarded head.\nHis truth shall be thy strong defense.He gives His angels charge o\u2019er thee,\nNo evil therefore shalt thou see;\nThy refuge shall be God most high;\nDwelling within His secret place,\nThou shalt behold His power and grace,\nSee His salvation ever nigh.All power is given unto our Lord,\nOn Him we place reliance;\nWith truth from out His sacred word\nWe bid our foes defiance.\nWith Him we shall prevail,\nWhatever may assail;\nHe is our shield and tower,\nAlmighty is His power;\nHis kingdom is forever.Rejoice, ye people, praise His name,\nHis care doth e\u2019er surround us.\nHis love to error\u2019s thralldom came,\nAnd from its chains unbound us.\nOur Lord is God alone,\nNo other power we own;\nNo other voice we heed,\nNo other help we need;\nHis kingdom is forever.O then give thanks to God on high,\nWho life to all is giving;\nThe hosts of death before Him fly,\nIn Him we all are living.\nThen let us know no fear,\nOur King is ever near;\nOur stay and fortress strong,\nOur strength, our hope, our song;\nHis kingdom is forever.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHosea 1:1 (to ,), 7\u200b\nJudges 7:2-7, 9, 16-21\nPs 62:1, 2, 7, 11\u200b\nActs 12:1-3 (to .), 4 (to ;), 5-11 (to last ,)\nPs 91:1-4, 9-11\nI Sam 17:1-50\nI Sam 17:1 (to ,), 2-5, 10, 11, 32-36, 37 (And Saul), 40-43, 45, 46 (to ;), 47-50\nPs 18:32, 35 (to ,), 39 (to:), 46, 48-50 (to he)\nIsaiah 45:5, 6, 22\u200b\nRomans 13:1 (to:)\u200b\n203:17-18\n203:3-5 (to ,)\n203:13\n192:19-20\u200b\n249:8-9, 13-14\u200b\n231:7-8, 9-10 (for no) (to ;)\n275:6-24\u200b\n174:9-14\u200b\n566:29-6\u200b\n574:25-30\u200b\n299:7\u200b\u200b\n473:7-10\u200b\n\nHymns\n208…\u200bO gentle presence\n99…\u200bHe who hath God His guardian made\n10…\u200bAll power is given unto our Lord, on Him we place reliance", "date_published": "2017-03-22T20:32:31-07:00", "date_modified": "2017-03-23T21:19:07-07:00", "authors": [ { "name": "robbiesweetser", "url": "https://pleasantviewer.org/author/robbiesweetser/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/24bd33a001da04acac090b86d0142736855d2abdfcc183f0e591777b5e8e6677?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "robbiesweetser", "url": "https://pleasantviewer.org/author/robbiesweetser/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/24bd33a001da04acac090b86d0142736855d2abdfcc183f0e591777b5e8e6677?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "tags": [ "Wednesday Readings" ] }, { "id": "https://pleasantviewer.org/government-by-divine-principle/", "url": "https://pleasantviewer.org/government-by-divine-principle/", "title": "Government by divine Principle", "content_html": "
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KJV John 1:1-3
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1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
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KJV Isa. 9:6 1st unto, 7 (to 1st .)
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6 …unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.
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KJV Matt 4:23
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23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
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KJV Matt. 5:38-45 (to 1st :)
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38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven:
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KJV Matt. 25:31-33, 41-45
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31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
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KJV Mark 2:1-5, 11, 12
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1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. 2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. 3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. 4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. 11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. 12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
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KJV Ps. 22:27, 28
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27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 28 For the kingdom is the LORD’s: and he is the governor among the nations.
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KJV 393:16-18
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Be firm in your understanding that the divine Mind
governs, and that in Science man reflects God’s govern-
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KJV 96:4-11 (to 1st .)
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Love will finally mark the hour of harmony, and spir-
itualization will follow, for Love is Spirit. Before error
is wholly destroyed, there will be interrup-
tions of the general material routine. Earth
will become dreary and desolate, but summer and winter,
seedtime and harvest (though in changed forms), will
continue unto the end, – until the final spiritualization of
all things.
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KJV 83:6-7
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Science only can explain the incredible good and evil
elements now coming to the surface.
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KJV 82:31-2
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In a world of sin and sensuality hastening to a
greater development of power, it is wise earnestly to
consider whether it is the human mind or the divine
Mind which is influencing one.
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KJV 102:20-23, 30-2
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So secret are the
present methods of animal magnetism that they ensnare
the age into indolence, and produce the very apathy on
the subject which the criminal desires.
Mankind must learn that evil is not power. Its so-
called despotism is but a phase of nothingness. Christian
Science despoils the kingdom of evil, and pre-eminently
promotes affection and virtue in families and therefore
in the community.
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KJV 225:8-22
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The powers of this world will fight,
and will command their sentinels not to let truth pass
the guard until it subscribes to their systems; but Science,
heeding not the pointed bayonet, marches on. There is
always some tumult, but there is a rallying to truth’s
standard.
The history of our country, like all history, illustrates
the might of Mind, and shows human power to be propor-
tionate to its embodiment of right thinking. A
few immortal sentences, breathing the omnipo-
tence of divine justice, have been potent to break despotic
fetters and abolish the whipping-post and slave market;
but oppression neither went down in blood, nor did the
breath of freedom come from the cannon’s mouth. Love
is the liberator.
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KJV 106:6
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Like our nation, Christian Science has its Declaration
of Independence. God has endowed man with inalien-
able rights, among which are self-government,
reason, and conscience. Man is properly self-
governed only when he is guided rightly and governed by
his Maker, divine Truth and Love.
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KJV 225:2
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Whatever enslaves
man is opposed to the divine government. Truth makes
man free.
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KJV 547:25
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The true the-
ory of the universe, including man, is not in
material history but in spiritual development.
Inspired thought relinquishes a material, sensual, and
mortal theory of the universe, and adopts the spiritual and
immortal.
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KJV 264:32-3
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The universe of Spirit is peopled with spiritual beings,
and its government is divine Science. Man is the off-
spring, not of the lowest, but of the highest qualities of
Mind.
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KJV 128:4-6, 14
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The term Science, properly understood, refers only to
the laws of God and to His government of the universe,
inclusive of man.
A knowl-
edge of the Science of being develops the latent abilities
and possibilities of man. It extends the atmosphere of
thought, giving mortals access to broader and higher
realms. It raises the thinker into his native air of insight
and perspicacity.
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KJV 125:12-16
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As human thought changes from one stage to an-
other of conscious pain and painlessness, sorrow and
joy, – from fear to hope and from faith to understand-
ing, – the visible manifestation will at last be man gov-
erned by Soul, not by material sense.
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KJV 231:30-8
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Man, governed by his Maker, having no other Mind, –
planted on the Evangelist’s statement that “all things
were made by Him [the Word of God]; and without
Him was not anything made that was made,” – can
triumph over sin, sickness, and death.
Many theories relative to God and man neither make
man harmonious nor God lovable. The beliefs we com-
monly entertain about happiness and life
afford no scatheless and permanent evidence
of either. Security for the claims of harmonious and
eternal being is found only in divine Science.
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KJV 420:3-4
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Truth not error, Love
not hate, Spirit not matter, governs man.
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KJV 495:31-5
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Love. In the Science of Mind, you will soon ascertain
that error cannot destroy error. You will also learn
that in Science there is no transfer of evil suggestions
from one mortal to another, for there is but one Mind,
and this ever-present omnipotent Mind is reflected by
man and governs the entire universe.
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KJV 233:1
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Every day makes its demands upon us for
higher proofs rather than professions of Christian power.
These proofs consist solely in the destruction
of sin, sickness, and death by the power of
Spirit, as Jesus destroyed them. This is an element of
progress, and progress is the law of God, whose law de-
mands of us only what we can certainly fulfil.
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\nJohn 1:1-3
\nIsa. 9:6 1st unto, 7 (to 1st .)
\nMatt 4:23
\nMatt. 5:38-45 (to :)
\nMatt. 25:31-33, 41-45
\nMark 2:1-5, 11, 12
\nPs. 22:27, 28
\n393:16-18
\nSH 96:4-11 (to 1st .)
\nSH 83:6-7
\n82:31-2
\nSH 102:20-23, 30-2
\n225:8-22
\n106:6
\nSH 225:2
\n547:25
\n264:32-3
\n128:4-6, 14
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\n231:30-8
\n420:3-4
\nSH 495:31-5
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204 O Father, Thy kingdom is come upon earth
\n330 The king of Love my Shepherd is
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\n", "content_text": "Readings for Wed., 2/1/17, Second Church Berkeley\n\n\n\nKJV John 1:1-3\n1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.\n\n\nKJV Isa. 9:6 1st unto, 7 (to 1st .)\n6 …unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.\n\n\nKJV Matt 4:23\n23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.\n\n\nKJV Matt. 5:38-45 (to 1st :)\n38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven:\n\n\nKJV Matt. 25:31-33, 41-45\n31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.\n\n\nKJV Mark 2:1-5, 11, 12\n1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. 2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. 3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. 4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. 11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. 12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.\n\n\nKJV Ps. 22:27, 28\n27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 28 For the kingdom is the LORD’s: and he is the governor among the nations.\n\n\nKJV 393:16-18\n Be firm in your understanding that the divine Mind governs, and that in Science man reflects God’s govern- ment.\n\n\nKJV 96:4-11 (to 1st .)\n Love will finally mark the hour of harmony, and spir- itualization will follow, for Love is Spirit. Before error is wholly destroyed, there will be interrup- tions of the general material routine. Earth will become dreary and desolate, but summer and winter, seedtime and harvest (though in changed forms), will continue unto the end, – until the final spiritualization of all things.\n\n\nKJV 83:6-7\n Science only can explain the incredible good and evil elements now coming to the surface.\n\n\nKJV 82:31-2\n In a world of sin and sensuality hastening to a greater development of power, it is wise earnestly to consider whether it is the human mind or the divine Mind which is influencing one.\n\n\nKJV 102:20-23, 30-2\n So secret are the present methods of animal magnetism that they ensnare the age into indolence, and produce the very apathy on the subject which the criminal desires. Mankind must learn that evil is not power. Its so- called despotism is but a phase of nothingness. Christian Science despoils the kingdom of evil, and pre-eminently promotes affection and virtue in families and therefore in the community.\n\n\nKJV 225:8-22\n The powers of this world will fight, and will command their sentinels not to let truth pass the guard until it subscribes to their systems; but Science, heeding not the pointed bayonet, marches on. There is always some tumult, but there is a rallying to truth’s standard. The history of our country, like all history, illustrates the might of Mind, and shows human power to be propor- tionate to its embodiment of right thinking. A few immortal sentences, breathing the omnipo- tence of divine justice, have been potent to break despotic fetters and abolish the whipping-post and slave market; but oppression neither went down in blood, nor did the breath of freedom come from the cannon’s mouth. Love is the liberator.\n\n\nKJV 106:6\n Like our nation, Christian Science has its Declaration of Independence. God has endowed man with inalien- able rights, among which are self-government, reason, and conscience. Man is properly self- governed only when he is guided rightly and governed by his Maker, divine Truth and Love.\n\n\nKJV 225:2\n Whatever enslaves man is opposed to the divine government. Truth makes man free.\n\n\nKJV 547:25\n The true the- ory of the universe, including man, is not in material history but in spiritual development. Inspired thought relinquishes a material, sensual, and mortal theory of the universe, and adopts the spiritual and immortal.\n\n\nKJV 264:32-3\n The universe of Spirit is peopled with spiritual beings, and its government is divine Science. Man is the off- spring, not of the lowest, but of the highest qualities of Mind.\n\n\nKJV 128:4-6, 14\n The term Science, properly understood, refers only to the laws of God and to His government of the universe, inclusive of man. A knowl- edge of the Science of being develops the latent abilities and possibilities of man. It extends the atmosphere of thought, giving mortals access to broader and higher realms. It raises the thinker into his native air of insight and perspicacity.\n\n\nKJV 125:12-16\n As human thought changes from one stage to an- other of conscious pain and painlessness, sorrow and joy, – from fear to hope and from faith to understand- ing, – the visible manifestation will at last be man gov- erned by Soul, not by material sense.\n\n\nKJV 231:30-8\n Man, governed by his Maker, having no other Mind, – planted on the Evangelist’s statement that “all things were made by Him [the Word of God]; and without Him was not anything made that was made,” – can triumph over sin, sickness, and death. Many theories relative to God and man neither make man harmonious nor God lovable. The beliefs we com- monly entertain about happiness and life afford no scatheless and permanent evidence of either. Security for the claims of harmonious and eternal being is found only in divine Science.\n\n\nKJV 420:3-4\n Truth not error, Love not hate, Spirit not matter, governs man.\n\n\nKJV 495:31-5\nLove. In the Science of Mind, you will soon ascertain that error cannot destroy error. You will also learn that in Science there is no transfer of evil suggestions from one mortal to another, for there is but one Mind, and this ever-present omnipotent Mind is reflected by man and governs the entire universe.\n\n\nKJV 233:1\n Every day makes its demands upon us for higher proofs rather than professions of Christian power. These proofs consist solely in the destruction of sin, sickness, and death by the power of Spirit, as Jesus destroyed them. This is an element of progress, and progress is the law of God, whose law de- mands of us only what we can certainly fulfil.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn 1:1-3\nIsa. 9:6 1st unto, 7 (to 1st .)\nMatt 4:23\nMatt. 5:38-45 (to :)\nMatt. 25:31-33, 41-45\nMark 2:1-5, 11, 12\nPs. 22:27, 28\n393:16-18\nSH 96:4-11 (to 1st .)\nSH 83:6-7\n82:31-2\nSH 102:20-23, 30-2\n225:8-22\n106:6\nSH 225:2\n547:25\n264:32-3\n128:4-6, 14\n125:12-16\n231:30-8\n420:3-4\nSH 495:31-5\nSH 233:1\n204 O Father, Thy kingdom is come upon earth\n330 The king of Love my Shepherd is\n359 Trust the Eternal", "date_published": "2017-02-02T16:13:12-08:00", "date_modified": "2017-02-02T16:13:12-08:00", "authors": [ { "name": "Marilyn", "url": "https://pleasantviewer.org/author/marilyn/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cc60f889061228d9c665a693d3131435ba49639be5576c169b7e06797312aa90?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "Marilyn", "url": "https://pleasantviewer.org/author/marilyn/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cc60f889061228d9c665a693d3131435ba49639be5576c169b7e06797312aa90?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "tags": [ "Wednesday Readings" ] }, { "id": "https://pleasantviewer.org/and-set-me-free-2/", "url": "https://pleasantviewer.org/and-set-me-free-2/", "title": "\u2026and set me free!", "content_html": "
Wednesday Meeting 2-1-2017
\nFirst Church of Christ, Scientist-Asheville(Ps 118:5) “I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place”…[in Hebrew: “large” means an open, expansive place; a place of freedom.]
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KJV Ps 118:5
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5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
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KJV II Samuel 22:1-7, 17-21, 29-34, 36-37
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1 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: 2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; 3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. 4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; 6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; 7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. 17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. 19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. 20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. 30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. 31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. 32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God? 33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. 34 He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high places. 36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great. 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
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KJV Ps 40:1-5
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1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. 4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. 5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
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KJV Ps 86:7
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7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
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KJV Mark 14:27-36
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27 …Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. 28 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. 29 But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. 30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. 31 But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all. 32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. 33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. 35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
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KJV II Cor 3:17 1st where
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17 …where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
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KJV Gal 5:13-14, 16-18
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13 …brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
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KJV Ps 118:5
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5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
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5 Out of my distress I called upon the LORD; the LORD answered me and set me free.
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S&H\u00a0481:2
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Man is tributary to God, Spirit, and to nothing
\nelse. God’s being is infinity, freedom, harmony, and
\nboundless bliss. “Where the Spirit of the Lord is,
\nthere is liberty.” Like the archpriests of yore, man is
\nfree “to enter into the holiest,” – the realm of God.
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S&H 223:2-11
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Paul said, “Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not
\nfulfil the lust of the flesh.” Sooner or later we shall learn
\nthat the fetters of man’s finite capacity are forged by the
\nillusion that he lives in body instead of in Soul, in matter
\ninstead of in Spirit.
\nMatter does not express Spirit. God is infinite omni-
\npresent Spirit. If Spirit is all and is everywhere, what
\nand where is matter? Remember that truth
\nis greater than error, and we cannot put the
\ngreater into the less.
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S&H 90:24
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The admission to one’s self that man is God’s own like-
\nness sets man free to master the infinite idea. This con-
\nviction shuts the door on death, and opens it
\nwide towards immortality. The understanding
\nand recognition of Spirit must finally come, and we may
\nas well improve our time in solving the mysteries of being
\nthrough an apprehension of divine Principle. At present
\nwe know not what man is, but we certainly shall know
\nthis when man reflects God.
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S&H 114:23-29
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Christian Science explains all cause and effect as men-
\ntal, not physical. It lifts the veil of mystery from Soul and
\nbody. It shows the scientific relation of man
\nto God, disentangles the interlaced ambiguities
\nof being, and sets free the imprisoned thought. In divine
\nScience, the universe, including man, is spiritual, harmoni-
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S&H 226:14-24
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God has built a higher platform of human rights, and
\nHe has built it on diviner claims. These claims are not
\nmade through code or creed, but in demonstra-
\ntion of “on earth peace, good-will toward men.”
\nHuman codes, scholastic theology, material medicine and
\nhygiene, fetter faith and spiritual understanding. Divine
\nScience rends asunder these fetters, and man’s birthright
\nof sole allegiance to his Maker asserts itself.
\nI saw before me the sick, wearing out years of servi-
\ntude to an unreal master in the belief that the body gov-
\nerned them, rather than Mind.
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S&H 227:3, 16 only, 18-19
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I saw that the law of mortal belief included all error,
\nand that, even as oppressive laws are disputed and mor-
\ntals are taught their right to freedom, so the
\nclaims of the enslaving senses must be de-
\nnied and superseded. The law of the divine Mind must
\nend human bondage, or mortals will continue unaware
\nof man’s inalienable rights and in subjection to hope-
\nless slavery, because some public teachers permit
\nan ignorance of divine power, – an ignorance that
\nis the foundation of continued bondage and of human
\nsuffering.
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God made man free.

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“Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is lib-
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S&H 258:13, 21
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God expresses in man the infinite idea forever develop-
\ning itself, broadening and rising higher and higher from
\na boundless basis. Mind manifests all that exists in
\nthe infinitude of Truth. We know no more of man as
\nthe true divine image and likeness, than we know of
\nGod.
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\nhuman capacities are enlarged and perfected in propor-
\ntion as humanity gains the true conception of man and
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S&H 264:13, 28
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As mortals gain more correct views of God and man,
\nmultitudinous objects of creation, which before were
\ninvisible, will become visible. When we
\nrealize that Life is Spirit, never in nor of
\nmatter, this understanding will expand into self-com-
\npleteness, finding all in God, good, and needing no other
\nconsciousness.
\nWhen we learn the way in Christian Science and rec-
\nognize man’s spiritual being, we shall behold and under-
\nstand God’s creation, – all the glories of earth and heaven
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This scientific sense of being, forsaking matter for
\nSpirit, by no means suggests man’s absorption into Deity
\nand the loss of his identity, but confers upon man en-
\nlarged individuality, a wider sphere of thought and action,
\na more expansive love, a higher and more permanent
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Ps 118:5
\nII Samuel 22:1-7, 17-21, 29-34, 36-37
\nPs 40:1-5
\nPs 86:7
\nMark 14:27-36
\nII Cor 3:17 where
\nGal 5:13-14, 16-18
\nPs 118:5
\nPs 118:5481:2
\n223:2-11
\n90:24
\n114:23-29
\n226:14-24
\n227:3, 16 only, 18-19
\n258:13, 21
\n264:13, 28
\n265:10452…O Thou unchanging Truth
\n[211]…O gentle presence, peace, and joy, and power
\n58…Father, we Thy loving children lift our hearts in joy today
\n", "content_text": "Wednesday Meeting 2-1-2017\nFirst Church of Christ, Scientist-Asheville(Ps 118:5) “I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place”…[in Hebrew: “large” means an open, expansive place; a place of freedom.]\n\n\n\n\nKJV Ps 118:5\n5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.\n\n\nKJV II Samuel 22:1-7, 17-21, 29-34, 36-37\n1 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: 2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; 3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. 4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; 6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; 7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. 17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. 19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. 20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. 30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. 31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. 32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God? 33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. 34 He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high places. 36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great. 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.\n\n\nKJV Ps 40:1-5\n1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. 4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. 5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.\n\n\nKJV Ps 86:7\n7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.\n\n\nKJV Mark 14:27-36\n27 …Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. 28 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. 29 But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. 30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. 31 But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all. 32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. 33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. 35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.\n\n\nKJV II Cor 3:17 1st where\n17 …where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.\n\n\nKJV Gal 5:13-14, 16-18\n13 …brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.\n\n\nKJV Ps 118:5\n5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.\n\n\nESV\u00a0Ps 118:5 (English Standard Version)\n5 Out of my distress I called upon the LORD; the LORD answered me and set me free.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nS&H\u00a0481:2\nMan is tributary to God, Spirit, and to nothing\nelse. God’s being is infinity, freedom, harmony, and\nboundless bliss. “Where the Spirit of the Lord is,\nthere is liberty.” Like the archpriests of yore, man is\nfree “to enter into the holiest,” – the realm of God.\n\n\nS&H 223:2-11\nPaul said, “Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not\nfulfil the lust of the flesh.” Sooner or later we shall learn\nthat the fetters of man’s finite capacity are forged by the\nillusion that he lives in body instead of in Soul, in matter\ninstead of in Spirit.\nMatter does not express Spirit. God is infinite omni-\npresent Spirit. If Spirit is all and is everywhere, what\nand where is matter? Remember that truth\nis greater than error, and we cannot put the\ngreater into the less.\n\n\nS&H 90:24\nThe admission to one’s self that man is God’s own like-\nness sets man free to master the infinite idea. This con-\nviction shuts the door on death, and opens it\nwide towards immortality. The understanding\nand recognition of Spirit must finally come, and we may\nas well improve our time in solving the mysteries of being\nthrough an apprehension of divine Principle. At present\nwe know not what man is, but we certainly shall know\nthis when man reflects God.\n\n\nS&H 114:23-29\nChristian Science explains all cause and effect as men-\ntal, not physical. It lifts the veil of mystery from Soul and\nbody. It shows the scientific relation of man\nto God, disentangles the interlaced ambiguities\nof being, and sets free the imprisoned thought. In divine\nScience, the universe, including man, is spiritual, harmoni-\nous, and eternal.\n\n\nS&H 226:14-24\nGod has built a higher platform of human rights, and\nHe has built it on diviner claims. These claims are not\nmade through code or creed, but in demonstra-\ntion of “on earth peace, good-will toward men.”\nHuman codes, scholastic theology, material medicine and\nhygiene, fetter faith and spiritual understanding. Divine\nScience rends asunder these fetters, and man’s birthright\nof sole allegiance to his Maker asserts itself.\nI saw before me the sick, wearing out years of servi-\ntude to an unreal master in the belief that the body gov-\nerned them, rather than Mind.\n\n\nS&H 227:3, 16 only, 18-19\nI saw that the law of mortal belief included all error,\nand that, even as oppressive laws are disputed and mor-\ntals are taught their right to freedom, so the\nclaims of the enslaving senses must be de-\nnied and superseded. The law of the divine Mind must\nend human bondage, or mortals will continue unaware\nof man’s inalienable rights and in subjection to hope-\nless slavery, because some public teachers permit\nan ignorance of divine power, – an ignorance that\nis the foundation of continued bondage and of human\nsuffering.\nGod made man free.\n“Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is lib-\nerty.”\n\n\nS&H 258:13, 21\nGod expresses in man the infinite idea forever develop-\ning itself, broadening and rising higher and higher from\na boundless basis. Mind manifests all that exists in\nthe infinitude of Truth. We know no more of man as\nthe true divine image and likeness, than we know of\nGod.\nThe\nhuman capacities are enlarged and perfected in propor-\ntion as humanity gains the true conception of man and\nGod.\n\n\nS&H 264:13, 28\nAs mortals gain more correct views of God and man,\nmultitudinous objects of creation, which before were\ninvisible, will become visible. When we\nrealize that Life is Spirit, never in nor of\nmatter, this understanding will expand into self-com-\npleteness, finding all in God, good, and needing no other\nconsciousness.\nWhen we learn the way in Christian Science and rec-\nognize man’s spiritual being, we shall behold and under-\nstand God’s creation, – all the glories of earth and heaven\nand man.\n\n\nS&H 265:10\nThis scientific sense of being, forsaking matter for\nSpirit, by no means suggests man’s absorption into Deity\nand the loss of his identity, but confers upon man en-\nlarged individuality, a wider sphere of thought and action,\na more expansive love, a higher and more permanent\npeace.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPs 118:5\nII Samuel 22:1-7, 17-21, 29-34, 36-37\nPs 40:1-5\nPs 86:7\nMark 14:27-36\nII Cor 3:17 where\nGal 5:13-14, 16-18\nPs 118:5\nPs 118:5481:2\n223:2-11\n90:24\n114:23-29\n226:14-24\n227:3, 16 only, 18-19\n258:13, 21\n264:13, 28\n265:10452…O Thou unchanging Truth\n[211]…O gentle presence, peace, and joy, and power\n58…Father, we Thy loving children lift our hearts in joy today", "date_published": "2017-02-01T19:21:11-08:00", "date_modified": "2017-02-01T19:29:59-08:00", "authors": [ { "name": "robbiesweetser", "url": "https://pleasantviewer.org/author/robbiesweetser/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/24bd33a001da04acac090b86d0142736855d2abdfcc183f0e591777b5e8e6677?s=512&d=mm&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "robbiesweetser", "url": "https://pleasantviewer.org/author/robbiesweetser/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/24bd33a001da04acac090b86d0142736855d2abdfcc183f0e591777b5e8e6677?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "tags": [ "Wednesday Readings" ] } ] }