First Church of Christ, Scientist, Asheville, NC 1-20-2016
- KJV I Peter 2:9 1st ye, 10 (to 1st God:)
- 9 …ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; 10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God:
- KJV Luke 22:19
- 19 And he (Jesus) took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
- KJV John 15:1-13
- 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. 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 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. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
- KJV Luke 24:30, 31, 35
- 30 And it came to pass, as he (Jesus) sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. 31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. 35 And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
- KJV Matt 18:20
- 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
- KJV Acts 2:14, 39
- 14 …Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: 39 For the 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.
- KJV Acts 2:42-47 (to 1st people.)
- 42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. 43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. 44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common; 45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. 46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, 47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people.
- KJV Acts 3:1-9
- 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. 9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
- KJV I Corinthians 10:16 2nd The, 17
- 16…The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
- KJV Prov 27:17
- 17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
- KJV Prov 17:17
- 17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- KJV Romans 12:3-6 (to 1st us)
- 3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. 4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: 5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us,
- KJV I Corinthians 12:25-27
- 25 …there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. 26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. 27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
- KJV Ephesians 4:4-6
- 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
- S&H 32:15-17, 21-23
- “As they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed
it and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said,
Take, eat; this is my body.
The disciples
had eaten, yet Jesus prayed and gave them
bread.
- S&H 33:3-8
- His followers, sorrowful and silent, anticipating the hour
of their Master’s betrayal, partook of the heavenly manna,
which of old had fed in the wilderness the
persecuted followers of Truth. Their bread
indeed came down from heaven. It was the great truth
of spiritual being, healing the sick and casting out error.
- S&H 34:10-13, 18-20, 21-23
- If all who ever partook of the sacrament had really
commemorated the sufferings of Jesus and drunk of
his cup, they would have revolutionized the
world.
Through all the disciples experienced, they became more
spiritual and understood better what the Master had
taught.
It helped them to raise themselves and
others from spiritual dulness and blind belief in God into
the perception of infinite possibilities.
- S&H 52:19-23
- The “man of sorrows” best understood the nothing-
ness of material life and intelligence and the mighty ac-
tuality of all-inclusive God, good. These were
the two cardinal points of Mind-healing, or
Christian Science, which armed him with Love.
- S&H 53:8
- The reputation of Jesus was the very opposite of his
character. Why? Because the divine Principle and
practice of Jesus were misunderstood. He
was at work in divine Science. His words
and works were unknown to the world because above
and contrary to the world’s religious sense. Mortals be-
lieved in God as humanly mighty, rather than as divine,
infinite Love.
- S&H 102:30-5 (craftiness.)
- 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. The Apostle Paul refers to the
personification of evil as “the god of this
world,” and further defines it as dishonesty
and craftiness.
- S&H 303:30-2
- When the evidence
before the material senses yielded to spiritual sense, the
apostle declared that nothing could alienate him from
God, from the sweet sense and presence of Life and
Truth.
- S&H 136:29-9
- The disciples apprehended their Master better than
did others; but they did not comprehend all
that he said and did, or they would not have
questioned him so often. Jesus patiently persisted in
teaching and demonstrating the truth of being. His stu-
dents saw this power of Truth heal the sick, cast out evil,
raise the dead; but the ultimate of this wonderful work
was not spiritually discerned, even by them, until after the
crucifixion, when their immaculate Teacher stood before
them, the victor over sickness, sin, disease, death, and
the grave.
Yearning to be understood, the Master repeated,
“But whom say ye that I am?
- S&H 137:16-18
- With his usual impetuosity, Simon replied for his
brethren, and his reply set forth a great fact: “Thou
art the Christ, the Son of the living God!”
- S&H 138:6-9, 14-22, 27-31
- It was now evident to Peter that divine Life, Truth, and
Love, and not a human personality, was the healer of the
sick and a rock, a firm foundation in the realm
of harmony.
The supremacy of Spirit was the foundation on which
Jesus built. His sublime summary points to the religion
of Love.
Jesus established in the Christian era the precedent for
all Christianity, theology, and healing. Christians are
under as direct orders now, as they were then,
to be Christlike, to possess the Christ-spirit, to
follow the Christ-example, and to heal the sick as well as
the sinning.
Our Master said to every follower: “Go ye into all the
world, and preach the gospel to every creature! . . .
Heal the sick! . . . Love thy neighbor as
thyself!” It was this theology of Jesus which
healed the sick and the sinning.
- S&H 182:32-4
- The law of Christ, or
Truth, makes all things possible to Spirit; but the so-
called laws of matter would render Spirit of no avail, and
demand obedience to materialistic codes, thus departing
from the basis of one God, one lawmaker.
- S&H 276:4-14
- 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.
The realization that all inharmony is unreal brings
objects and thoughts into human view in their true light,
and presents them as beautiful and immortal.
- S&H 340:23
- One infinite God, good, unifies men and nations; con-
stitutes the brotherhood of man; ends wars; fulfils the
Scripture, “Love thy neighbor as thyself;” annihilates
pagan and Christian idolatry, – whatever is wrong in
social, civil, criminal, political, and religious codes;
equalizes the sexes; annuls the curse on man, and leaves
nothing that can sin, suffer, be punished or destroyed.
- S&H 469:30-5
- With
one Father, even God, the whole family of man would
be brethren; and with one Mind and that God, or good,
the brotherhood of man would consist of Love and Truth,
and have unity of Principle and spiritual power which
constitute divine Science.
- S&H 518:15-19
- The rich in spirit help the poor in
one grand brotherhood, all having the same
Principle, or Father; and blessed is that man who seeth
his brother’s need and supplieth it, seeking his own in
another’s good.
- S&HÂ 467:3-4, 7-15
- The first demand of this Science is, “Thou
shalt have no other gods before me.
The second
is like unto it, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”
It should be thoroughly understood that all men have one
Mind, one God and Father, one Life, Truth, and Love.
Mankind will become perfect in proportion as this fact
becomes apparent, war will cease and the true brother-
hood of man will be established. Having no other gods,
turning to no other but the one perfect Mind to guide
him, man is the likeness of God, pure and eternal, hav- - ing that Mind which was also in Christ.
I Peter 2:9 ye, 10 (to God:)
Luke 22:19
John 15:1-13
Luke 24:30, 31, 35
Matt 18:20
Acts 2:14, 39
Acts 2:42-47 (to people.)
Acts 3:1-9
I Corinthians 10:16 2nd The, 17
Prov 27:17
Prov 17:17
Romans 12:3-6 (to us)
I Corinthians 12:25-27
Ephesians 4:4-632:15-17, 21-23
33:3-8
34:10-13, 18-20, 21-23
52:19-23
53:8
102:30-5 (craftiness.)
303:30-2
136:29-9
137:16-18
138:6-9, 14-22, 27-31
182:32-4
276:4-14
340:23
469:30-5
518:15-19
467:3-4, 7-1546…Day by day the manna fell:
O, to learn this lesson well.
Still by constant mercy fed,
Give me, Lord, my daily bread.
178…Love is life’s true crown and glory
270…Our a God is Love, unchanging Love
Luke 22:19
John 15:1-13
Luke 24:30, 31, 35
Matt 18:20
Acts 2:14, 39
Acts 2:42-47 (to people.)
Acts 3:1-9
I Corinthians 10:16 2nd The, 17
Prov 27:17
Prov 17:17
Romans 12:3-6 (to us)
I Corinthians 12:25-27
Ephesians 4:4-632:15-17, 21-23
33:3-8
34:10-13, 18-20, 21-23
52:19-23
53:8
102:30-5 (craftiness.)
303:30-2
136:29-9
137:16-18
138:6-9, 14-22, 27-31
182:32-4
276:4-14
340:23
469:30-5
518:15-19
467:3-4, 7-1546…Day by day the manna fell:
O, to learn this lesson well.
Still by constant mercy fed,
Give me, Lord, my daily bread.
178…Love is life’s true crown and glory
270…Our a God is Love, unchanging Love
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