We have a daily prayer in Christian Science that in part includes “…let the reign of divine Truth, Life, and Love be established in me.” That little word “let” will be the topic of our meeting tonight.
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Asheville, NC 9-30-2015
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Asheville, NC 9-30-2015
- KJV Gen 1:3
- 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
- KJV Gen 1:26
- 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
- KJV Ps 67:6
- 6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
- KJV Ps 119:10
- 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
- KJV Exodus 4:29, 30
- 29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: 30 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
- KJV Exodus 5:1
- 1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
- KJV Romans 13:1, 12 1st let, 13, 14
- 1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. 12 …let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
- KJV Philippians 2:5-7
- 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
- KJV Matt 26:36-39
- 36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. 39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
- KJV John 14:27
- 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
- KJV Galatians 5:25
- 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
- KJV I Cor 9:24-27 (to 1st subjection:)
- 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection:
- KJV Hebrews 12:1-2 (to 1st faith;)
- 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;
- KJV Hebrews 10:22-24
- 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) 24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
- KJV Matt 5:13-16
- 13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
- KJV Philippians 3:13-15 (to 1st minded:)
- 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded:
- KJV Colossians 3:15 1st let
- 15 …let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
- KJV I John 3:18
- 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
- KJV I John 4:7 1st let, 8
- 7 …let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
- S&H 384:5-6
- Let us reassure
ourselves with the law of Love.
- S&H 201:7-19
- We cannot build safely on false foundations. Truth
makes a new creature, in whom old things pass away
and “all things are become new.” Passions, selfishness,
false appetites, hatred, fear, all sensuality, yield to spirit-
uality, and the superabundance of being is on the side
of God, good.
We cannot fill vessels already full. They must first be
emptied. Let us disrobe error. Then, when
the winds of God blow, we shall not hug our
tatters close about us.
The way to extract error from mortal mind is to pour
in truth through flood-tides of Love. Christian perfec-
tion is won on no other basis.
- S&H 255:1 :6
- ETERNAL Truth is changing the universe. As mor-
tals drop off their mental swaddling-clothes, thought
expands into expression. “Let there be light,”
is the perpetual demand of Truth and Love,
changing chaos into order and discord into the
music of the spheres. The mythical human theories of
creation, anciently classified as the higher criticism, sprang
from cultured scholars in Rome and in Greece, but they
afforded no foundation for accurate views of creation by
the divine Mind.
- S&H 385:11
- Let us remember that the eternal law of right,
though it can never annul the law which makes sin its
own executioner, exempts man from all penalties but
those due for wrong-doing.
- S&H 249:1-9
- Let us accept Science, relinquish all theories based on
sense-testimony, give up imperfect models and illusive
ideals; and so let us have one God, one Mind, and that
one perfect, producing His own models of excellence.
Let the “male and female” of God’s creating appear.
Let us feel the divine energy of Spirit, bringing us into
newness of life and recognizing no mortal nor
material power as able to destroy. Let us re-
joice that we are subject to the divine “powers that be.
- S&H 381:27
- Let us banish sickness as an outlaw, and abide by the
rule of perpetual harmony, – God’s law. It is man’s
moral right to annul an unjust sentence, a sentence never
inflicted by divine authority.
- S&H 390:13-18
- Let
your higher sense of justice destroy the false
process of mortal opinions which you name
law, and then you will not be confined to a sick-room nor
laid upon a bed of suffering in payment of the last far-
thing, the last penalty demanded by error.
- S&H 542:19-21
- Let Truth uncover and destroy error in God’s
own way, and let human justice pattern the
divine.
- S&H 276:4
- When the divine precepts
are understood, they unfold the foundation of fellowship,
in which one mind is not at war with another, but all have
one Spirit, God, one intelligent source, in accordance with
the Scriptural command: “Let this Mind be in you,
which was also in Christ Jesus.” Man and his Maker
are correlated in divine Science, and real consciousness
is cognizant only of the things of God.
- S&H 33:18
- When the human element in him struggled with the
divine, our great Teacher said: “Not my will, but
Thine, be done!”- that is, Let not the flesh,
but the Spirit, be represented in me. This
is the new understanding of spiritual Love. It gives all
for Christ, or Truth. It blesses its enemies, heals the
sick, casts out error, raises the dead from trespasses
and sins, and preaches the gospel to the poor, the meek
in heart.
- S&H 91:5
- Let us rid ourselves of the belief that man is separated
from God, and obey only the divine principle, Life and
Love. Here is the great point of departure for all true
spiritual growth.
- S&H 407:24
- Let the perfect model be
present in your thoughts instead of its demoralized op-
posite. This spiritualization of thought lets in the light,
and brings the divine Mind, Life not death, into your
consciousness.
- S&H 355:11
- Let discord of every name and nature
be heard no more, and let the harmonious and true sense
of Life and being take possession of human consciousness.
- S&H 248:29
- Let unselfishness, goodness, mercy, justice,
health, holiness, love – the kingdom of heaven – reign
within us, and sin, disease, and death will diminish until
they finally disappear.
- S&H 495:16
- Let neither
fear nor doubt overshadow your clear sense and
calm trust, that the recognition of life harmonious – as
Life eternally is – can destroy any painful sense of, or
belief in, that which Life is not. Let Christian Science,
instead of corporeal sense, support your understanding of
being, and this understanding will supplant error with
Truth, replace mortality with immortality, and silence dis-
cord with harmony.
- S&H 20:24
- Material belief is slow to acknowledge what the
spiritual fact implies. The truth is the centre of all
religion. It commands sure entrance into
the realm of Love. St. Paul wrote, “Let us
lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so
easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that
is set before us;” that is, let us put aside material self
and sense, and seek the divine Principle and Science of
all healing.
Gen 1:3
Gen 1:26
Ps 67:6
Ps 119:10
Exodus 4:29,30
Exodus 5:1
Romans 13:1, 12 let, 13,14
Philippians 2:5-7
Matt 26:36-39
John 14:27
Galatians 5:25
I Cor 9:24-27 (to subjection:)
Hebrews 12:1-2 (to faith;)
Hebrews 10:22-24
Matt 5:13-16
Philippians 3:13-15 (to minded:)
Colossians 3:15 let
I John 3:18
I John 4:7 let, 8
Gen 1:26
Ps 67:6
Ps 119:10
Exodus 4:29,30
Exodus 5:1
Romans 13:1, 12 let, 13,14
Philippians 2:5-7
Matt 26:36-39
John 14:27
Galatians 5:25
I Cor 9:24-27 (to subjection:)
Hebrews 12:1-2 (to faith;)
Hebrews 10:22-24
Matt 5:13-16
Philippians 3:13-15 (to minded:)
Colossians 3:15 let
I John 3:18
I John 4:7 let, 8
384:5-6
201:7-19
255: 1:6
385:11
249:1-9
381:27
390:13-18
542:19-21
276:4
33:18
91:5
407:24
355:11
248:29
495:16
20:24
Hymn
176 Long hast thou stood
22 Beloved, let us love
457 Take my life
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