Second Church, Berkeley readings, 4/13/16
- KJV Gen. 28:10 1st Jacob, 11-13, 15 1st I, 16
- 10 …Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. 11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 15 …I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. 16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
- KJV II Kings 2:1, 6, 9-12 (to 1st .), 15 (to 1st .)
- 1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. 6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. 9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. 10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. 11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. 15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha.
- KJV Mark 16:9-11, 14, 15, 19
- 9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. 10 And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. 11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. 14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
- KJV 390:32-2
- Rise in the conscious strength of the
spirit of Truth to overthrow the plea of mortal mind,
alias matter, arrayed against the supremacy of Spirit.
- KJV 391:7-9
- Instead of blind and calm submission to the incipient
or advanced stages of disease, rise in rebellion against
them.
- KJV 393:12-13
- Rise in the strength of Spirit to resist all that is unlike
good.
- KJV 391:29-32
- Mentally contradict every complaint from the body,
and rise to the true consciousness of Life as
Love, – as all that is pure, and bearing the
fruits of Spirit.
- KJV 406:20-25 We
- We can, and ultimately
shall, so rise as to avail ourselves in every direc-
tion of the supremacy of Truth over error, Life
over death, and good over evil, and this growth will go
on until we arrive at the fulness of God’s idea, and no
more fear that we shall be sick and die.
- KJV 34:18
- Through all the disciples experienced, they became more
spiritual and understood better what the Master had
taught. His resurrection was also their resur-
rection. It helped them to raise themselves and
others from spiritual dulness and blind belief in God into
the perception of infinite possibilities. They needed this
quickening, for soon their dear Master would rise again
in the spiritual realm of reality, and ascend far above
their apprehension. As the reward for his faithfulness,
he would disappear to material sense in that change which
has since been called the ascension.
- KJV 73:19-21
- The belief that material bodies return to dust, hereafter
to rise up as spiritual bodies with material sensations and
desires, is incorrect.
- KJV 74:29-30
- In Christian Science there is never a retrograde step,
never a return to positions outgrown.
- KJV 174:9-14
- The footsteps of thought, rising above material stand-
points, are slow, and portend a long night to the traveller;
but the angels of His presence – the spiritual
intuitions that tell us when “the night is far
spent, the day is at hand” – are our guardians in the
gloom.
- KJV 587:25-27
- HEAVEN. Harmony; the reign of Spirit; government
by divine Principle; spirituality; bliss; the atmosphere
of Soul.
- KJV 242:9
- There is but one way to heaven, harmony, and Christ
in divine Science shows us this way. It is to know no
other reality – to have no other conscious-
ness of life – than good, God and His reflec-
tion, and to rise superior to the so-called pain and pleasure
of the senses.
- KJV 261:21
- Detach sense from the body, or matter, which is only
a form of human belief, and you may learn the meaning
of God, or good, and the nature of the immu-
table and immortal. Breaking away from the
mutations of time and sense, you will neither
lose the solid objects and ends of life nor your own iden-
tity. Fixing your gaze on the realities supernal, you will
rise to the spiritual consciousness of being, even as the bird
which has burst from the egg and preens its wings for a
skyward flight.
- KJV 262:10-26
- We
must reverse our feeble flutterings – our efforts to find
life and truth in matter – and rise above the testimony
of the material senses, above the mortal to the immortal
idea of God. These clearer, higher views inspire the God-
like man to reach the absolute centre and circumference
of his being.
Job said: “I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the
ear: but now mine eye seeth Thee.” Mortals will echo
Job’s thought, when the supposed pain and
pleasure of matter cease to predominate. They
will then drop the false estimate of life and happiness, of
joy and sorrow, and attain the bliss of loving unselfishly,
working patiently, and conquering all that is unlike God.
Starting from a higher standpoint, one rises spontane-
ously, even as light emits light without effort; for “where
your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Gen. 28:10 Jacob, 11-13, 15 I, 16
II Kings 2:1, 6, 9-12 (to 1st .), 15 (to 1st .)
Matt. 13:1 Jesus, 2 (to ;), 3 (to 2nd ,), 31 the, 32, 33
Mark 16:9-11, 14, 15, 19
SH 390:32-2
SH 391:7-9
SH 393:12-13
SH 391:29-32
SH 406:20-25 We
SH 34:18
SH 73:19-21
SH 74:29-30
SH 174:9-14
SH 587:25-27
SH 242:9
SH 261:21
SH 262:10-26
II Kings 2:1, 6, 9-12 (to 1st .), 15 (to 1st .)
Matt. 13:1 Jesus, 2 (to ;), 3 (to 2nd ,), 31 the, 32, 33
Mark 16:9-11, 14, 15, 19
SH 390:32-2
SH 391:7-9
SH 393:12-13
SH 391:29-32
SH 406:20-25 We
SH 34:18
SH 73:19-21
SH 74:29-30
SH 174:9-14
SH 587:25-27
SH 242:9
SH 261:21
SH 262:10-26
Hymns:
166 Know, O child, thy full salvation
275 Praise now creative Mind
252 O word of God, most holy
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