This is the discussion sheet I will use with my junior high Sunday School students on July 13, 2008. Its title is the title of the Bible Lesson that students of Christian Science have been studying since July 7. “SH” refers to Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
Sacrament 7-13-08 Sara Lincoln
The ‘sacrament’ refers to two physical objects: ___________ and ____________.
It also refers to a special time during the church service in many Christian churches when people in the congregation are given bread and wine (or grape juice) to remind them of a very important event near the end of Jesus’ time on earth. During the Last Supper, he told his disciples the spiritual meaning of bread and wine: Mark 14: 17-18, 22-25.
Before we look it up, what do you think the spiritual meaning is?
Before the time of Jesus, many prophets in the Old Testament said that God would be sending a special messenger, the Messiah, to help the people know God better.
You would find a list of these prophets in _________________
The first ‘special messenger’ was __________ ____ ____________ who baptized with water and told the people to get ready (Matt. 3: 1). The second special messenger was ________________ who asked John to baptize him in the water.
Then what happened? Matt. 3: 13-17
During Jesus’ healing ministry, did he baptize people?
The spiritual meaning of ‘baptism’ (in your own words) is
Is ‘baptism’ something that happens once, or many times?______________________
In what way is The Daily Prayer a daily baptism? The Daily Prayer is found in the ____________, Article VIII, Guidance of Members. Let’s look it up.
To pray the Daily Prayer is to be and become something mentioned in the Golden Text (Matt. 5:8): ___________ ____ ___________.
To be pure in heart is to be listening to the Christ, the true idea voicing good, revealing good, healing the sick. Let’s read SH 332: 9-15.
In one village, Jesus healed 10 men of leprosy. One of them showed a pure heart. How? Luke 17: 11-16
Christian Scientists do not use material symbols like bread and wine. Instead, we
Take up _________ ____________ Heal __________ ____________
Cast out ______________ and preach Christ, Truth, to the receptive thought.
SH 34: 10
The ‘chief priests’ of Jesus’ time focused on their interpretation of Moses’ law.
They missed a main point of Moses’ law, which is to be ________ ___ __________
The chief priests tried to get rid of Jesus. Were they successful?
After his resurrection, Jesus went to a lake and fixed an early morning breakfast of fish and bread for his disciples. Where did he get the fish and bread?
What do you think they talked about? John 21: 1, 12-14, 25
What was the difference between these two meals Jesus had with his disciples,
the last supper and the happy breakfast?
What did you remember, or learn new today, about sacrament and baptism?
Monday, June 30, 2008
God
This is the discussion sheet I will use with my junior high Sunday School students on July 6, 2008. Its title is the title of the Bible Lesson that students of Christian Science have been studying since June 30. “SH” refers to Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
God
7-6-08 Sara Lincoln
Moses told the Israelites why they should remember God (Deut. 8: 2-4), but do you also have to remember God?____ What happens when you do and when you don’t?
How does it help us to “remember that Life is _________, and that _______is omnipotent.” (SH 394: 28)
What is ‘idolatry’ and what are some examples? SH 470: 5 340: 23
For thousands of years, people have believed that God had the power to cause good and evil. Do people today believe that God causes good and evil? _____
Do you believe that God causes good and evil? ___
Why or why not?
God does not cause evil, but there seems to be evil. Is God eliminating the evil? ____
What part do you play in the elimination of evil?
SH 340: 23;
SH 414: 26;
SH 495: 1-3;
Isa. 43: 12-13;
Matt. 5: 48;
What is a ‘revelation’? What revelation did the author of Psalm 100 have?
After Jesus ascended, the Apostle John had a revelation and wrote a book about it.
What new things did John see? Rev. 21: 1-3
A new___________
A new ___________
No more ___________ or _______________ or ___________ or _______________
John was seeing not just that God had power, but that God is __________ __ ________.
Mary Baker Eddy had a revelation. What was it?
In what way could this one sentence summarize her revelation:
“The divine understanding reigns, is all, and there is no other consciousness.” SH 536: 8
God
7-6-08 Sara Lincoln
Moses told the Israelites why they should remember God (Deut. 8: 2-4), but do you also have to remember God?____ What happens when you do and when you don’t?
How does it help us to “remember that Life is _________, and that _______is omnipotent.” (SH 394: 28)
What is ‘idolatry’ and what are some examples? SH 470: 5 340: 23
For thousands of years, people have believed that God had the power to cause good and evil. Do people today believe that God causes good and evil? _____
Do you believe that God causes good and evil? ___
Why or why not?
God does not cause evil, but there seems to be evil. Is God eliminating the evil? ____
What part do you play in the elimination of evil?
SH 340: 23;
SH 414: 26;
SH 495: 1-3;
Isa. 43: 12-13;
Matt. 5: 48;
What is a ‘revelation’? What revelation did the author of Psalm 100 have?
After Jesus ascended, the Apostle John had a revelation and wrote a book about it.
What new things did John see? Rev. 21: 1-3
A new___________
A new ___________
No more ___________ or _______________ or ___________ or _______________
John was seeing not just that God had power, but that God is __________ __ ________.
Mary Baker Eddy had a revelation. What was it?
In what way could this one sentence summarize her revelation:
“The divine understanding reigns, is all, and there is no other consciousness.” SH 536: 8
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Christian Science
This is the discussion sheet I will use with my junior high Sunday School students on June 29, 2008. Its title is the title of the Bible Lesson that students of Christian Science have been studying since June 23. “SH” refers to Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
Christian Science
6-29-08 Sara Lincoln
Did Christian Science exist in Jesus’ time? _________ Explain your answer.
How do you know if something is ‘Christian’?
How do you know if something is ‘science’?
Were these Psalmists Christian Scientists who said:
119: 125, 151-152, 159; 107: 15, 20; 51: 12
What books explain Christian Science?
___________________________________ published in 1875
___________________________________ published between 1875 and 1913
Christian Science is based on the teachings of _______________, the _____________, the ________________, and the Science of Mind. SH 269: 21-25
What mental attitudes / beliefs opposed Jesus and oppose Christian Science?
The Pharisees accused Jesus of ‘blasphemy.’ Blasphemy means ____________________.
Pharisees used this claim to convince Pilate to approve the crucifixion of Jesus.
Some people try to reject Christian Science as a real religion by calling it a ___________.
Is it a cult, according to the dictionary definition?
Many Christians believe that Jesus is God because Jesus said things like: “…he that hath seen me hath seen the Father.” (John 14: 9). Christian Science corrects this misinterpreta-tion by saying that God is Father / Mother and Jesus is the Son sent to reveal Christ as man’s identity. As Jesus said
“…the Father hath sent me” (John 5: 36) and “my Father is greater than I.” (John 14: 28). “…the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father…” (Matt. 16: 27)
The ‘Word was made flesh,’ as healing, not matter. (John 1: 14).
Christian Science explains Jesus’ (and everyone’s) God-like abilities this way:
332: 19: Jesus demonstrated ________, the _________ ______ or ______________
496: 16: the __________ ____________ and ________________ enable you to
demonstrate the rule of healing
55: 22-29: you can heal if you lay down your human treasures and drink of
____________ _________, which means ¬¬¬¬¬¬_______________________________.
Mark 16: 17, 18: Jesus said to his followers that believers would
speak with _________________ ; take up ____________, and lay hands on __________
What does the trademark logo on Science and Health say?
What are the main benefits of Christian Science that you would mention to someone not
familiar with it?
Christian Science
6-29-08 Sara Lincoln
Did Christian Science exist in Jesus’ time? _________ Explain your answer.
How do you know if something is ‘Christian’?
How do you know if something is ‘science’?
Were these Psalmists Christian Scientists who said:
119: 125, 151-152, 159; 107: 15, 20; 51: 12
What books explain Christian Science?
___________________________________ published in 1875
___________________________________ published between 1875 and 1913
Christian Science is based on the teachings of _______________, the _____________, the ________________, and the Science of Mind. SH 269: 21-25
What mental attitudes / beliefs opposed Jesus and oppose Christian Science?
The Pharisees accused Jesus of ‘blasphemy.’ Blasphemy means ____________________.
Pharisees used this claim to convince Pilate to approve the crucifixion of Jesus.
Some people try to reject Christian Science as a real religion by calling it a ___________.
Is it a cult, according to the dictionary definition?
Many Christians believe that Jesus is God because Jesus said things like: “…he that hath seen me hath seen the Father.” (John 14: 9). Christian Science corrects this misinterpreta-tion by saying that God is Father / Mother and Jesus is the Son sent to reveal Christ as man’s identity. As Jesus said
“…the Father hath sent me” (John 5: 36) and “my Father is greater than I.” (John 14: 28). “…the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father…” (Matt. 16: 27)
The ‘Word was made flesh,’ as healing, not matter. (John 1: 14).
Christian Science explains Jesus’ (and everyone’s) God-like abilities this way:
332: 19: Jesus demonstrated ________, the _________ ______ or ______________
496: 16: the __________ ____________ and ________________ enable you to
demonstrate the rule of healing
55: 22-29: you can heal if you lay down your human treasures and drink of
____________ _________, which means ¬¬¬¬¬¬_______________________________.
Mark 16: 17, 18: Jesus said to his followers that believers would
speak with _________________ ; take up ____________, and lay hands on __________
What does the trademark logo on Science and Health say?
What are the main benefits of Christian Science that you would mention to someone not
familiar with it?
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?
This is the discussion sheet I will use with my junior high Sunday School students on June 22, 2008. Its title is the title of the Bible Lesson that students of Christian Science have been studying since June 16. “SH” refers to Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?
6-22-08 Sara Lincoln
What is “the Universe”?
Is it physical or spiritual?
What is “atomic force”?
The book that explains cause and effect says: “God creates and governs the universe, including man. The universe is filled with spiritual ideas, which He evolves, and they are obedient to the Mind that makes them.” SH 295: 5-8
So how can I think rightly about tornadoes and earthquakes?
Mind’s control over everything is certain, but it is also ________________ __________
(SH 171: 13) meaning you and I must know it and also ____________________ _____.
Do you believe in miracles? ______ What is a miracle?
What are some of the wonderful things that happened to the Israelites as they followed Moses out of slavery in Egypt and into the Promised Land? Were these miracles?
Eight hundred years before Jesus, the prophet Elisha also understood how important it is to stay focused on spiritual possibilities, not on material limitations.
(1) When an ax head fell into the water, what do you think Elisah did? II Kings 6: 1-7.
(2) When the people were hungry and there was only a little food because of a drought, what do you think Elisah did? II Kings 4: 38, 42-44
“The earth, at _________ ______________, brings forth food for man’s use.” SH 530: 6-7
Does that mean that God creates matter? ______
The scientific explanation is that all is _____________________ ___________ and its ____________________ _______________________. Where is this statement?
SH 511: 4 ___________ __________ multiply and replenish the earth.
What are some of the wonderful things that happened to the Jews and Gentiles when they interacted with Jesus? See Luke 6: 6-10: was this a miracle?
Do you have a “material history”? _____ What is dangerous about believing in it?
There is no ____________________________________________in the universe because there is no ‘mind’ to make it and no ‘matter’ to make it seem real. SH 427: 23
What is your spiritual history? What do you have if you remember it every day?
II Cor. 9: 8 SH 63: 5
When I am afraid of something, I can
(1) remember King David’s prayer when he said: I Chron. 29: 11
(2) remember what God said to his prophet Isaiah: Isa. 41: 10
What have we learned today about how you and I can bless the universe, including man?
Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?
6-22-08 Sara Lincoln
What is “the Universe”?
Is it physical or spiritual?
What is “atomic force”?
The book that explains cause and effect says: “God creates and governs the universe, including man. The universe is filled with spiritual ideas, which He evolves, and they are obedient to the Mind that makes them.” SH 295: 5-8
So how can I think rightly about tornadoes and earthquakes?
Mind’s control over everything is certain, but it is also ________________ __________
(SH 171: 13) meaning you and I must know it and also ____________________ _____.
Do you believe in miracles? ______ What is a miracle?
What are some of the wonderful things that happened to the Israelites as they followed Moses out of slavery in Egypt and into the Promised Land? Were these miracles?
Eight hundred years before Jesus, the prophet Elisha also understood how important it is to stay focused on spiritual possibilities, not on material limitations.
(1) When an ax head fell into the water, what do you think Elisah did? II Kings 6: 1-7.
(2) When the people were hungry and there was only a little food because of a drought, what do you think Elisah did? II Kings 4: 38, 42-44
“The earth, at _________ ______________, brings forth food for man’s use.” SH 530: 6-7
Does that mean that God creates matter? ______
The scientific explanation is that all is _____________________ ___________ and its ____________________ _______________________. Where is this statement?
SH 511: 4 ___________ __________ multiply and replenish the earth.
What are some of the wonderful things that happened to the Jews and Gentiles when they interacted with Jesus? See Luke 6: 6-10: was this a miracle?
Do you have a “material history”? _____ What is dangerous about believing in it?
There is no ____________________________________________in the universe because there is no ‘mind’ to make it and no ‘matter’ to make it seem real. SH 427: 23
What is your spiritual history? What do you have if you remember it every day?
II Cor. 9: 8 SH 63: 5
When I am afraid of something, I can
(1) remember King David’s prayer when he said: I Chron. 29: 11
(2) remember what God said to his prophet Isaiah: Isa. 41: 10
What have we learned today about how you and I can bless the universe, including man?
Monday, June 9, 2008
God the Preserver of Man
This is the discussion sheet I will use with my junior high Sunday School students on June 15, 2008. Its title is the title of the Bible Lesson that students of Christian Science have been studying since June 9. “SH” refers to Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
God the Preserver of Man
June 15, 2008 Sara Lincoln
When do you need God’s help? Tell us about a time you needed God’s help.
Years ago, Syria and Israel were at war. The King of Israel had an advantage because of the prophet Elisha who told the king about Syria’s plans. Whose 'horses and chariots’ surrounded Elisha? Did Elisha need God’s help or was he able to manage the situation because he was a prophet?
Let’s review the Responsive Reading from II Kings 6: 8-17
A ‘prophet’ is someone who
Is your definition similar to the one in Science and Health?
SH 428: 6-12: how do these words from our textbook describe ‘prophet’?
You are a prophet when you
Christ Jesus was a prophet because he
Mary Baker Eddy was a prophet because she said (SH 228: 11-16)
Which of the Ten Commandments does a prophet remember and rely on?
A prophet is blessed and blesses others because of her thinking. Pick two qualities of thought (mentioned in The Beatitudes) that prophets hold on to.
What line from The Lord’s Prayer might a prophet particularly cherish?
‘God’s thoughts passing to man’ is part of the definition of ___________________in SH.
Hymn 9, verse 3 says “He knows the angels that you need, and sends them to your side, to comfort, guard and guide.” Sometimes an angel message comes that you aren’t looking for, one that points out a false belief or bad attitude that you need to reject, disown.
What do you do when that kind of angel message comes?
God the Preserver of Man, continues
More than 3000 years ago, Moses heard God tell him to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt toward the _______________ ____________ which is now called ________¬¬__¬¬¬. In what way was Moses a prophet?
Now is always a good time to review the life of Moses. What facts do you remember?
Birth and childhood Ex. 2: 1-10
Young adult, refugee Ex. 2: 11-15
Husband / father Ex. 2: 16-22
The call to a special mission Ex. 3: 7-10
How he saved the lives of the Israelites at the Red Sea Ex. 14: 21-22
How he saved the lives of the Israelites in the desert Ex. 16: 11-15
“Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was still good, and his body was strong.” (Deuteronomy 34: 7 CEV)
In what ways did Moses prove that God is the preserver of man?
What did you find out today about ‘prophets’ and ‘angels’?
God the Preserver of Man
June 15, 2008 Sara Lincoln
When do you need God’s help? Tell us about a time you needed God’s help.
Years ago, Syria and Israel were at war. The King of Israel had an advantage because of the prophet Elisha who told the king about Syria’s plans. Whose 'horses and chariots’ surrounded Elisha? Did Elisha need God’s help or was he able to manage the situation because he was a prophet?
Let’s review the Responsive Reading from II Kings 6: 8-17
A ‘prophet’ is someone who
Is your definition similar to the one in Science and Health?
SH 428: 6-12: how do these words from our textbook describe ‘prophet’?
You are a prophet when you
Christ Jesus was a prophet because he
Mary Baker Eddy was a prophet because she said (SH 228: 11-16)
Which of the Ten Commandments does a prophet remember and rely on?
A prophet is blessed and blesses others because of her thinking. Pick two qualities of thought (mentioned in The Beatitudes) that prophets hold on to.
What line from The Lord’s Prayer might a prophet particularly cherish?
‘God’s thoughts passing to man’ is part of the definition of ___________________in SH.
Hymn 9, verse 3 says “He knows the angels that you need, and sends them to your side, to comfort, guard and guide.” Sometimes an angel message comes that you aren’t looking for, one that points out a false belief or bad attitude that you need to reject, disown.
What do you do when that kind of angel message comes?
God the Preserver of Man, continues
More than 3000 years ago, Moses heard God tell him to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt toward the _______________ ____________ which is now called ________¬¬__¬¬¬. In what way was Moses a prophet?
Now is always a good time to review the life of Moses. What facts do you remember?
Birth and childhood Ex. 2: 1-10
Young adult, refugee Ex. 2: 11-15
Husband / father Ex. 2: 16-22
The call to a special mission Ex. 3: 7-10
How he saved the lives of the Israelites at the Red Sea Ex. 14: 21-22
How he saved the lives of the Israelites in the desert Ex. 16: 11-15
“Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was still good, and his body was strong.” (Deuteronomy 34: 7 CEV)
In what ways did Moses prove that God is the preserver of man?
What did you find out today about ‘prophets’ and ‘angels’?
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
God the Only Cause and Creator
This is the discussion sheet I will use with my junior high Sunday School students on June 8, 2008. Its title is the title of the Bible Lesson that students of Christian Science have been studying since June 2. “SH” refers to Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
God the Only Cause and Creator 6-8-08 Sara Lincoln
The Psalmist praises God by saying…”the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.”(Ps. 104: 13). The Bible Lesson this week has many references to fruit and fruitful trees. Jews, early Christians and, later, Mary Baker Eddy used these as symbols. Let’s translate the following verses into our own words and find some other words for ‘fruit.’
James 3: 11, 12, 17, 18 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
James 1: 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Jeremiah 17: 7, 8 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Ephesians 5: 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
Gal. 5: 22, 23 the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
SH 204: 3, 18 All forms of error support the false conclusions that there is more than one Life; that material history is as real and living as spiritual history; that mortal error is as conclusively mental as immortal Truth; and that there are two separate, antagonistic entities and beings, two powers, — namely, Spirit and matter, — resulting in a third person (mortal man) who carries out the delusions of sin, sickness, and death. Such theories are evidently erroneous. They can never stand the test of Science. Judging them by their fruits, they are corrupt. When will the ages understand the Ego, and realize only one God, one Mind or intelligence?
SH 459: 24 To mortal sense Christian Science seems abstract, but the process is simple and the results are sure if the Science is understood. The tree must be good, which produces good fruit.
SH 348: 26 I have never supposed the world would immediately witness the full fruitage of Christian Science, or that sin, disease, and death would not be believed for an indefinite time; but this I do aver, that as a result of teaching Christian Science, ethics and temperance have received an impulse, health has been restored, and longevity increased. If such are the present fruits, what will the harvest be, when this Science is more generally understood?
What ideas in the scientific statement of being (SH 468) are illustrated by ‘fruit’?
What would it mean for your life to say that God unfolds continuous fruitful trees and fruit?
God the Only Cause and Creator 6-8-08 Sara Lincoln
The Psalmist praises God by saying…”the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.”(Ps. 104: 13). The Bible Lesson this week has many references to fruit and fruitful trees. Jews, early Christians and, later, Mary Baker Eddy used these as symbols. Let’s translate the following verses into our own words and find some other words for ‘fruit.’
James 3: 11, 12, 17, 18 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
James 1: 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Jeremiah 17: 7, 8 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Ephesians 5: 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
Gal. 5: 22, 23 the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
SH 204: 3, 18 All forms of error support the false conclusions that there is more than one Life; that material history is as real and living as spiritual history; that mortal error is as conclusively mental as immortal Truth; and that there are two separate, antagonistic entities and beings, two powers, — namely, Spirit and matter, — resulting in a third person (mortal man) who carries out the delusions of sin, sickness, and death. Such theories are evidently erroneous. They can never stand the test of Science. Judging them by their fruits, they are corrupt. When will the ages understand the Ego, and realize only one God, one Mind or intelligence?
SH 459: 24 To mortal sense Christian Science seems abstract, but the process is simple and the results are sure if the Science is understood. The tree must be good, which produces good fruit.
SH 348: 26 I have never supposed the world would immediately witness the full fruitage of Christian Science, or that sin, disease, and death would not be believed for an indefinite time; but this I do aver, that as a result of teaching Christian Science, ethics and temperance have received an impulse, health has been restored, and longevity increased. If such are the present fruits, what will the harvest be, when this Science is more generally understood?
What ideas in the scientific statement of being (SH 468) are illustrated by ‘fruit’?
What would it mean for your life to say that God unfolds continuous fruitful trees and fruit?
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