Wednesday, 9/10/14 readings, 2nd Church, Berkeley CA
- KJV Ps. 51:1, 10, 12
- 1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
- SH Ps. 84:11 (to 2nd :)
- 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory:
- SH John 1:14, 15 (to 1st :), 16, 17
- 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
- SH Luke 17:3-5
- 3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. 5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
- SH Matt. 18:21-33
- 21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. 23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. 24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. 25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. 26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. 28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. 29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. 31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. 32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: 33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
- SH Luke 6:37
- 37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
- SH Eph. 4:32 1st be
- 32 …be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
- SH 6:3 (to .)
- Divine Love corrects and governs man. Men may
pardon, but this divine Principle alone reforms the
sinner. God is not separate from the wis-
dom He bestows. The talents He gives we
must improve. Calling on Him to forgive our work
badly done or left undone, implies the vain supposition
that we have nothing to do but to ask pardon, and
that afterwards we shall be free to repeat the offence.
- SH 206:26
- image and likeness of God? Instead of God sending
sickness and death, He destroys them, and brings to light
immortality. Omnipotent and infinite Mind made all
and includes all. This Mind does not make mistakes
and subsequently correct them. God does not cause man
to sin, to be sick, or to die.
- SH 410:14-17
- Every trial of our faith in God makes us stronger.
The more difficult seems the material condition to be
overcome by Spirit, the stronger should be our
faith and the purer our love.
- SH 4:3-5
- What we most need is the prayer of fervent desire
for growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness,
love, and good deeds.
- SH 17:4
- Give us this day our daily bread;
_Give us grace for to-day;
- SH 494:19-24
- Reason, rightly di-
rected, serves to correct the errors of corporeal sense; but
sin, sickness, and death will seem real (even as the ex-
periences of the sleeping dream seem real) until the Sci-
ence of man’s eternal harmony breaks their illusion with
the unbroken reality of scientific being.
- SH 108:1-11
- Whence came to me this heavenly conviction, – a con-
viction antagonistic to the testimony of the physical senses?
According to St. Paul, it was “the gift of the grace of
God given unto me by the effectual working of His power.”
It was the divine law of Life and Love, unfolding to me
the demonstrable fact that matter possesses neither sen-
sation nor life; that human experiences show the falsity
of all material things; and that immortal cravings, “the
price of learning love,” establish the truism that the
only sufferer is mortal mind, for the divine Mind cannot
suffer.
- SH 118:13-16
- In their spiritual significance, Science, Theology, and
Medicine are means of divine thought, which include spirit-
ual laws emanating from the invisible and in-
finite power and grace.
- SH 134:14-17
- Man-made doctrines are waning. They have not waxed
strong in times of trouble. Devoid of the Christ-power,
how can they illustrate the doctrines of Christ
or the miracles of grace?
- SH 220:22-25
- A clergyman once adopted a diet of bread and water
to increase his spirituality. Finding his health failing,
he gave up his abstinence, and advised others never to
try dietetics for growth in grace.
- SH 247:19 (only)
- Comeliness and grace are independent of matter.
- SH 478:26
- That only is real which
reflects God. St. Paul said, “But when it pleased God,
who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me
by His grace, .
- SH 333:19-23, 26-27
- Throughout all generations both before and
after the Christian era, the Christ, as the spirit-
ual idea, – the reflection of God, – has come with some
measure of power and grace to all prepared to receive
Christ, Truth.
Love. The divine image, idea, or Christ was, is, and
ever will be inseparable from the divine Principle, God.
- SH 329:26 The (only)
- The pardon of divine mercy is the destruction of error. If
men understood their real spiritual source to be all bless-
edness, they would struggle for recourse to the spiritual
and be at peace; but the deeper the error into which mor-
tal mind is plunged, the more intense the opposition to
spirituality, till error yields to Truth.
- SH 339:3-4
- Being de-
stroyed, sin needs no other form of forgiveness.
- SH 547:6-8
- You can prove for yourself, dear reader,
the Science of healing, and so ascertain if the author has
given you the correct interpretation of Scripture.SH 686:6-8
I
am thankful for all these proofs, but far
more grateful am I for the spiritual teaching to love, to
forgive, to curb my tongue, and cease my criticism.
Ps. 51:1, 10, 12
Ps. 84:11 (to 2nd :)
John 1:14, 15 (to :), 16, 17
Luke 17:3-5
Matt. 18:21-33
Luke 6:37
Eph. 4:32 be
SH 6:3 (to .)
SH 206:26
SH 410:14-17
SH 4:3-5
SH 17:4
SH 494:19-24
SH 108:1-11
SH 118:13-16
SH 134:14-17
SH 220:22-25
SH 247:19 (only)
SH 478:26
SH 333:19-23, 26-27
SH 329:26 The (only)
SH 339:3-4
SH 547:6-8
SH 686:6-8
Ps. 84:11 (to 2nd :)
John 1:14, 15 (to :), 16, 17
Luke 17:3-5
Matt. 18:21-33
Luke 6:37
Eph. 4:32 be
SH 6:3 (to .)
SH 206:26
SH 410:14-17
SH 4:3-5
SH 17:4
SH 494:19-24
SH 108:1-11
SH 118:13-16
SH 134:14-17
SH 220:22-25
SH 247:19 (only)
SH 478:26
SH 333:19-23, 26-27
SH 329:26 The (only)
SH 339:3-4
SH 547:6-8
SH 686:6-8
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