Readings for Wed., July 15, 2015, Second Church, Berkeley
- SH Matt. 24:1 1st Jesus, 2-8, 12-15, 21, 35
- 1 …Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. 15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
- SH John 16:33
- 33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.
- SH John 3:25 1st there, 26-36 (to 1st :)
- 25 …there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying. 26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. 27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease. 31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. 32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. 33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. 34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. 35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. 36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life:
- SH Rev. 1:1, 2
- 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
- SH Rev. 12:10 1st Now (to 1st :)
- 10 …Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ:
- SH 488:14-21
- Question. – Do the five corporeal senses constitute
man?
Answer. – Christian Science sustains with immortal
proof the impossibility of any material sense, and defines
these so-called senses as mortal beliefs, the
testimony of which cannot be true either of
man or of his Maker. The corporeal senses can take no
cognizance of spiritual reality and immortality.
- SH 490:23-25
- The scientifically Christian explanations of the
nature and origin of man destroy all material sense with
immortal testimony.
- SH 95:28-11 (to 1st .)
- Lulled by stupefying illusions, the world is asleep
in the cradle of infancy, dreaming away the hours.
Material sense does not unfold the facts of
existence; but spiritual sense lifts human
consciousness into eternal Truth. Humanity advances
slowly out of sinning sense into spiritual understanding;
unwillingness to learn all things rightly, binds Christen-
dom with chains.
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.
- SH 403:14-20
- You command the situation if you understand that
mortal existence is a state of self-deception and not the
truth of being. Mortal mind is constantly
producing on mortal body the results of false
opinions; and it will continue to do so, until mortal
error is deprived of its imaginary powers by Truth,
which sweeps away the gossamer web of mortal illusion.
- SH 394:28-31
- We should remember that Life is God, and that God
is omnipotent. Not understanding Christian
Science, the sick usually have little faith in
it till they feel its beneficent influence.
- SH 395:3
- They should plead in opposition to the testimony of the
deceitful senses, and maintain man’s immortality and
eternal likeness to God.
- SH 251:1-2
- Error is not real, hence it is not more imperative
as it hastens towards self-destruction.
- SH 368:6-9
- Both truth and error have come
nearer than ever before to the apprehension of mortals,
and truth will become still clearer as error is self-
destroyed.
- SH 151:21-23, 26-28
- The human
mind has no power to kill or to cure, and it has no con-
trol over God’s man.
All that really exists is the divine Mind and
its idea, and in this Mind the entire being is found har-
monious and eternal.
- SH 430:13
- I here present to my readers an allegory illustrative
of the law of divine Mind and of the supposed laws of mat-
ter and hygiene, an allegory in which the plea of Christian
Science heals the sick.
- SH 434:8-21
- After much debate and opposition, permission is ob-
tained for a trial in the Court of Spirit, where Christian
Science is allowed to appear as counsel for
the unfortunate prisoner. Witnesses, judges
and jurors, who were at the previous Court of Error,
are now summoned to appear before the bar of Justice
and eternal Truth.
When the case for Mortal Man versus Personal Sense
is opened, Mortal Man’s counsel regards the prisoner
with the utmost tenderness. The counsel’s earnest,
solemn eyes, kindling with hope and triumph, look up-
ward. Then Christian Science turns suddenly to the
supreme tribunal, and opens the argument for the
defence: –
- SH 436:28-19
- Mortal Minds, to find the prisoner guilty. His Honor sen-
tenced Mortal Man to die for the very deeds which the di-
vine law compels man to commit. Thus the Court of Error
construed obedience to the law of divine Love as disobedi-
ence to the law of Life. Claiming to protect Mortal Man
in right-doing, that court pronounced a sentence of death
for doing right.
One of the principal witnesses, Nerve, testified that he
was a ruler of Body, in which province Mortal Man resides.
He also testified that he was on intimate terms with the
plaintiff, and knew Personal Sense to be truthful; that he
knew Man, and that Man was made in the image of God,
but was a criminal. This is a foul aspersion on man’s
Maker. It blots the fair escutcheon of omnipotence. It in-
dicates malice aforethought, a determination to condemn
Man in the interest of Personal Sense. At the bar of Truth,
in the presence of divine Justice, before the Judge of our
higher tribunal, the Supreme Court of Spirit, and before
its jurors, the Spiritual Senses, I proclaim this witness,
Nerve, to be destitute of intelligence and truth and to be
a false witness.
Man self-destroyed; the testimony of matter respected;
Spirit not allowed a hearing; Soul a criminal though
recommended to mercy; the helpless innocent body tor-
tured, – these are the terrible records of your Court of
Error, and I ask that the Supreme Court of Spirit reverse
this decision.
- SH 353:3, 18-19
- The physical senses
and Science have ever been antagonistic, and
they will so continue, till the testimony of the physical
senses yields entirely to Christian Science.
All things will continue to disappear, until per-
fection appears and reality is reached.
- SH 494:25
- Which of these two theories concerning man are you
ready to accept? One is the mortal testimony, changing,
dying, unreal. The other is the eternal and real evidence,
bearing Truth’s signet, its lap piled high with immortal
fruits. - Hymns: 109, 126, 326
Matt. 24:1 Jesus, 2-8, 12-15, 21, 35
John 16:33
John 3:25 there, 26-36 (to :)
Rev. 1:1, 2
Rev. 12:10 Now (to :)
SH 488:14-21
SH 490:23-25
SH 95:28-11 (to 1st .)
SH 403:14-20
SH 394:28-31
SH 395:3
SH 251:1-2
SH 368:6-9
SH 151:21-23, 26-28
SH 430:13
SH 434:8-21
SH 436:28-19
SH 353:3, 18-19
SH 494:25
John 16:33
John 3:25 there, 26-36 (to :)
Rev. 1:1, 2
Rev. 12:10 Now (to :)
SH 488:14-21
SH 490:23-25
SH 95:28-11 (to 1st .)
SH 403:14-20
SH 394:28-31
SH 395:3
SH 251:1-2
SH 368:6-9
SH 151:21-23, 26-28
SH 430:13
SH 434:8-21
SH 436:28-19
SH 353:3, 18-19
SH 494:25
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