God 1-3-2010 Sara Lincoln
Does God have a voice? ____ Have you ever heard it? ___ What does it sound like?
Here is how different authors of biblical books describe the voice of God:
The voice of the Lord is powerful,
* It shakes the wilderness
* It is mightier than the pounding waves of the sea
* It flashes like lightening, it thunders with authority
* It gives instructions that cannot be ignored
* It proclaims the kingdom of heaven on earth
* It says “I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine” (Isa. 43: 1)
* It comforts, saying “Be still, and know that I am God” (Ps. 46: 10); “Fear not: I am with thee” (Isa. 41: 10)
* It said to Abraham take your family away from the land of idols to a new place I will show you (Gen 12: 1, 4)
* It said to Moses, I AM THAT I AM; lead the Children of Israel out of slavery
(Ex. 3: 14-17)
* It said to Elijah get out of that cave where you are hiding in fear and learn that the mighty voice of God is heard by man as a still small voice within (I Kings 19)
* It told Jesus to notice a woman who had been unable to stand up for 18 years and to heal her (Luke 13: 11-13)
* It told the Apostle Paul to assure the ship’s captain that no life would be lost even while the storm was destroying the ship (Acts 27: 20-25)
* It sounded like a trumpet to John the Revelator, telling him, “I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last” (Rev. 1: 10-11). There is only one God, as Abraham, Moses, Elijah, Jesus, and Paul told you and proved to you
* It told Mary Baker Eddy that in Science, in reality, there is ‘no power opposed to God and the physical senses must give up their false testimony’ (SH 192: 19-21).
* It instills the courage to keep speaking the truth even while error screams louder,
because error’s ‘suggestions’ and ‘threats’ will always cease
* It says through Christian Science that there is no beginning and ending; there is only the All-in-all that is here and now
In the Bible, the Promised Land was called C________. Now it is called ___________.
God told Abraham, “I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.” Gen. 17: 2. A covenant is like a __________.
What was the covenant that God had previously made with Noah? Gen. 9: 8-17.
Queen Jezebel (wife of King Ahab) sent a death-threat to the Prophet Elijah because Elijah had proved that the prophets of B______ had no power at all (I Kings 18). Elijah had proved that there is only one Almighty God, and yet he was afraid when he received the death-threat and he ran away. How can a person who has proved his knowledge of the allness of God run away in fear from a human who denied that there is only one God?
How did God heal Elijah’s fear?
Remember? It had something to do with wind, earthquake, and fire. (I Kings 19: 11-12).
We hear God’s voice “through the senses of Soul ----through ____________ _____________.”
SH 213: 17. What is ‘spiritual understanding’?
We seem to hear many things that are negative through our ears, but what are ‘ears’?
What can you do if a voice says, ’you are not succeeding’?
First, I can say n____, there is no liar voicing a lie because God-Good makes no liars or lies.
Second, I can say y____ my Love, I have the spiritual understanding that Spirit is constantly expressing in me. The voice of Truth is always telling me all I need to know and do and its message is never neg______.
Through the Christ, God directs, protects, and corrects humans, never punishing man.
Jesus’ mission was ‘to prove what ______ ____ and what _____ ______ for man’
SH 26: 14.
Jesus’ approach to every problem was ___________ _______ and ___________ _______.
This was the basis of his ‘thought and demonstration.’ SH 259: 11
Jesus was the man who lived and taught the Christ-man.
“Christ is the true idea voicing good, the divine message from God to men speaking to the human consciousness.” SH 332: 9.
Does God make us hear His voice, His explanation, His plan? ______
Do you pray ‘without ceasing’ which means ‘all the time’? _____ I am grateful that Science and Health gives me a better understanding of what ‘unceasing prayer’ means. SH 4: 12-13.
The Romans arrested the Apostle Paul because Paul was stirring up public thought by talking about Christ Jesus and saying that even though Caesar claimed to be God, he was not God. They sent Paul by ship to Rome where he would be tried, but they had no intention of giving Paul a ‘fair trial.’ Was Paul angry and resentful about this injustice? ______ We know Paul kept his thought focused on the fact that God governs man and the universe, because when the ship was about to sink, he was ready to demonstrate God’s control, God’s good plan for every man.
Is there anything wrong in your life or in the world that you would like for God
to ‘fix’? ____
Perhaps you are learning in Christian Science to express that desire in a better way: “Oh God, this and this and this seem so bad and unjust, but I can help the world, my family, and myself every time I thank God for the rule of ‘perfect God and perfect man’ and make this rule the starting point of my prayer.”
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Christian Science
Christian Science 12-27-09 Sara Lincoln
Why did Mary Baker Eddy write Science and Health?........
Did she have a textbook that helped her write her textbook? _______ SH 110: 13
Why did she call it a textbook and not just a book?
The Prophet Isaiah said things about God, for example, ‘He will destroy darkness and ignorance and wipe away tears and bad memories.’ Did Isaiah also talk directly to God? ____. Which word in Isa. 25: 1, 4 shows that Isaiah is talking to God? ______. This word means ‘you.’
Was Jesus ‘King of the Jews’? ______ Matt.2:1-2. Why didn’t he live in a king’s palace? ……
The Apostle John says that “the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.”
John 1: 14.
If ‘the Word’ (God) became flesh, does that mean it became matter? _____.
SH 350: 24-30.
Flesh is “a belief that ______ has sensation.” SH 586: 18. Flesh refers to the five material senses (SH 200: 20), the sense of a material body. The flesh wars against Spirit (SH 274: 20), just as m____________ sense wars against s____________ sense.
Christian Science helps us understand that ‘the Word’ can be known as Mind expressing right ideas in every human consciousness. Where in our textbook are we reminded that “All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation”?______
Where do we find ‘the Word’ in order to learn it? ______ SH 497: 3
Peter tells us something very important about prophecy. It did not come in old time by the _____ _____ ______, but because holy men of God spake as they were moved by the ______ _______. II Peter 1: 21. Because of Christian Science, we understand that the Holy Ghost was not a mysterious thing that could appear and dis_____. The Holy Ghost is _____ _____. SH 588.
The author of Science and Health, _____ _____ _____, called the Holy Ghost a S________ because it can be proved and demands proof. To discover this very important truth, we need to use the quality that filled the thought of Jesus who was “full of ______ and truth.” John 1: 14.
What is grace and how do you know if you have it?
Jesus taught us to say to God, “Give us this day our daily bread.” ‘Daily bread’ is _______ and we get more ______, more understanding and compassion and humility, every day.
The dictionary says that ‘grace’ is unmerited, meaning, we don’t earn it in the way that you earn a good grade in school. How do you earn a good grade in school?
Maybe ‘grace’ is like intelligence. You have intelligence; you don’t get it, but you must honor your intelligence and use it more and more so that it will develop and expand. This helps you understand God and become more of a blessing to yourself and others.
You are accepting that you have grace every time you are kind, thoughtful, considerate, and grateful to God that you always have all you need. How did Jesus show that he honored ‘grace’?
Jesus was born. Was the Christ also born? ____ The Christ is a sp_______ i______ in thought, giving _______ and _______ to all who are prepared to see Christ.
SH 333: 16-23.
“The __________ Christ was imperceptible to the so-called personal senses, whereas Jesus _________ as a bodily existence.” SH 334: 10.
What is the definition of Christ? ……
“Jesus was the highest human concept of the perfect man. He was inseparable from Christ, the Messiah, --the divine idea of God outside the flesh. This enabled Jesus to demonstrate his ________ over matter.” SH 482: 19.
People call Christ Jesus the M________, the S________, the C__________, and also I________, which means ‘God with us,’ delivering us from every mental and physical problem. SH 107: 1-10.
Did Jesus want to be famous? ___ Why did Jesus want people to believe in him?
John 12: 44-45.
A few decades after Christ Jesus ascended, the Apostle ______ helped the Jews and the G______ understand why Jesus came to earth. Paul established many churches and wrote letters to them.
Zacchaeus was a rich Jew who helped the ‘enemy,’ the Roman government, collect taxes from the Jews. The Jews did not like Zacchaeus or trust him, but this man wanted to see Jesus. How did Zacchaeus manage to see this famous man who was surrounded by a crowd a people?
Did Jesus criticize Zacchaeus? _______ What did Jesus do? Luke 19: 2-10.
Do you know anyone who seems to be selfish and not loving and not generous? ______
What difference would it make if you saw this person in the same way, in the same light, in which Jesus saw Zacchaeus?
Is physical healing the main mission of Christian Science? ______SH 150: 4. Metaphysical healing of physical disease is only a sign that the Christ-power is here today “to take away the ______ _____ ____ _______.” What is an example of ‘a sin of this world’?
What is the meaning of ‘mortal mind’?
Is ‘mortal mind’ a real thing? ______ It’s like a mistake in mathematics. Because we are intelligent and alert, we see mistakes and correct them. Tell us about a time when you corrected a mistake.
I cannot be tricked by the mistake called m_______ m_________ if I am taking the high way, the free way, of knowing I can do what Christ Jesus and the Apostle Paul tell me I can do:
“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is ________.”
Matt. 5: 48.
“Let this Mind be in you which was also in ________ _________ .” Phil 2: 5.
The effect of Christian Science is “to stir the ________ ________ to a change of base on which it may yield to the harmony of the _________ __________.” SH 162: 9.
Why is Christian Science the best method in the world for treating disease?
SH 162: 4 and SH 344: 19-24.
Is Christianity different from Christian Science? _______
SH 372: 17-18 and SH 271: 1-5.
What do you like most about Christian Science? …..
Why did Mary Baker Eddy write Science and Health?........
Did she have a textbook that helped her write her textbook? _______ SH 110: 13
Why did she call it a textbook and not just a book?
The Prophet Isaiah said things about God, for example, ‘He will destroy darkness and ignorance and wipe away tears and bad memories.’ Did Isaiah also talk directly to God? ____. Which word in Isa. 25: 1, 4 shows that Isaiah is talking to God? ______. This word means ‘you.’
Was Jesus ‘King of the Jews’? ______ Matt.2:1-2. Why didn’t he live in a king’s palace? ……
The Apostle John says that “the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.”
John 1: 14.
If ‘the Word’ (God) became flesh, does that mean it became matter? _____.
SH 350: 24-30.
Flesh is “a belief that ______ has sensation.” SH 586: 18. Flesh refers to the five material senses (SH 200: 20), the sense of a material body. The flesh wars against Spirit (SH 274: 20), just as m____________ sense wars against s____________ sense.
Christian Science helps us understand that ‘the Word’ can be known as Mind expressing right ideas in every human consciousness. Where in our textbook are we reminded that “All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation”?______
Where do we find ‘the Word’ in order to learn it? ______ SH 497: 3
Peter tells us something very important about prophecy. It did not come in old time by the _____ _____ ______, but because holy men of God spake as they were moved by the ______ _______. II Peter 1: 21. Because of Christian Science, we understand that the Holy Ghost was not a mysterious thing that could appear and dis_____. The Holy Ghost is _____ _____. SH 588.
The author of Science and Health, _____ _____ _____, called the Holy Ghost a S________ because it can be proved and demands proof. To discover this very important truth, we need to use the quality that filled the thought of Jesus who was “full of ______ and truth.” John 1: 14.
What is grace and how do you know if you have it?
Jesus taught us to say to God, “Give us this day our daily bread.” ‘Daily bread’ is _______ and we get more ______, more understanding and compassion and humility, every day.
The dictionary says that ‘grace’ is unmerited, meaning, we don’t earn it in the way that you earn a good grade in school. How do you earn a good grade in school?
Maybe ‘grace’ is like intelligence. You have intelligence; you don’t get it, but you must honor your intelligence and use it more and more so that it will develop and expand. This helps you understand God and become more of a blessing to yourself and others.
You are accepting that you have grace every time you are kind, thoughtful, considerate, and grateful to God that you always have all you need. How did Jesus show that he honored ‘grace’?
Jesus was born. Was the Christ also born? ____ The Christ is a sp_______ i______ in thought, giving _______ and _______ to all who are prepared to see Christ.
SH 333: 16-23.
“The __________ Christ was imperceptible to the so-called personal senses, whereas Jesus _________ as a bodily existence.” SH 334: 10.
What is the definition of Christ? ……
“Jesus was the highest human concept of the perfect man. He was inseparable from Christ, the Messiah, --the divine idea of God outside the flesh. This enabled Jesus to demonstrate his ________ over matter.” SH 482: 19.
People call Christ Jesus the M________, the S________, the C__________, and also I________, which means ‘God with us,’ delivering us from every mental and physical problem. SH 107: 1-10.
Did Jesus want to be famous? ___ Why did Jesus want people to believe in him?
John 12: 44-45.
A few decades after Christ Jesus ascended, the Apostle ______ helped the Jews and the G______ understand why Jesus came to earth. Paul established many churches and wrote letters to them.
Zacchaeus was a rich Jew who helped the ‘enemy,’ the Roman government, collect taxes from the Jews. The Jews did not like Zacchaeus or trust him, but this man wanted to see Jesus. How did Zacchaeus manage to see this famous man who was surrounded by a crowd a people?
Did Jesus criticize Zacchaeus? _______ What did Jesus do? Luke 19: 2-10.
Do you know anyone who seems to be selfish and not loving and not generous? ______
What difference would it make if you saw this person in the same way, in the same light, in which Jesus saw Zacchaeus?
Is physical healing the main mission of Christian Science? ______SH 150: 4. Metaphysical healing of physical disease is only a sign that the Christ-power is here today “to take away the ______ _____ ____ _______.” What is an example of ‘a sin of this world’?
What is the meaning of ‘mortal mind’?
Is ‘mortal mind’ a real thing? ______ It’s like a mistake in mathematics. Because we are intelligent and alert, we see mistakes and correct them. Tell us about a time when you corrected a mistake.
I cannot be tricked by the mistake called m_______ m_________ if I am taking the high way, the free way, of knowing I can do what Christ Jesus and the Apostle Paul tell me I can do:
“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is ________.”
Matt. 5: 48.
“Let this Mind be in you which was also in ________ _________ .” Phil 2: 5.
The effect of Christian Science is “to stir the ________ ________ to a change of base on which it may yield to the harmony of the _________ __________.” SH 162: 9.
Why is Christian Science the best method in the world for treating disease?
SH 162: 4 and SH 344: 19-24.
Is Christianity different from Christian Science? _______
SH 372: 17-18 and SH 271: 1-5.
What do you like most about Christian Science? …..
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?
Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force? 12-20-09 Sara Lincoln
Hallelujah, Alleluia: These words mean….
Have you ever heard anyone say ‘Hallelujah!’?
What is an angel?......
Webster’s says an angel is “a spiritual being superior to man in power and intelligence;
a guardian, a messenger.” Does Webster’s definition include a Christian Science definition? _____
Science and Health says that “Angels are ________ ______________.” SH 299: 11-12.
Do angels have names?____ Luke 1: 26.
What did the angel G__________ tell Mary? Luke 1: 28, 31.
Mary was ready and able to receive this very unusual message because she was
“the ___________ of the Lord.” Luke 1: 38.
This means that Mary had been focusing her attention, her thought, on God. Perhaps she prayed, “thank you God that you are here and good. How can I praise you more?” Science and Health says it was Mary’s __________ ______ that caught the light of God’s truth: being is spiritual, not material. SH 29: 20-29.
Hundreds of years before the angel (thought) talked to Mary, it talked to the Prophet Isaiah. He was ready to receive a very unusual message because he was a ________ of the Lord, and a ________ is someone who…..
Angels (thoughts) come to g______ us. Do angels make us listen and follow? _____
We hear the angel message when we are th________ God and lis_________ to God. “Jesus was the offspring of Mary’s _____-__________ communion with God.” SH 29: 32-1. Could this mean that Mary knew she could talk to God and that God talked to her? ___
Angels (thoughts) shine a light on our sp_________ s________ and in this light we see how m________ s________ would try to limit and confuse us. As we say, “yes, thank you God” for every angel (thought), the beliefs of discord and disease lose their influence. It becomes clearer that ‘man is the __________ of God, the _______ of Spirit, the __________ that man is eternal.’ SH 29: 30-32.
How did the Wisemen know to go to Bethlehem? Matt. 2: 1, 2.
Wise people had been looking for a ‘King’ because the Prophet Isaiah had told them that “ the __________ shall be upon his shoulder.” Isa. 9: 6.
Was the Lord already their King? Isa. 43: 15: “I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, ______ ______.” Why were the Children of Israel looking for a king? ……
Do you and I pray for a King to come? ______
There is a prayer in the Church Manual, page 41, which uses the words kingdom, reign, rule, and govern. It is called the _______ _________.
How did the shepherds know to go to Bethlehem? Luke 2: 8-18.
In the P_________ of Science and Health (lines 4-10) Mary Baker Eddy calls “the Bethlehem babe the _______ ________ of Christ, Truth…”
A herald is an official messenger who tells what’s coming. When he was grown, Jesus told the people the truth about God and man in Matthew, chapters ___ through ___. These chapters are called the S_________ on the M________.
In which month of the year should we be thinking more about our love for Jesus and our desire to follow his example? _____________ Are you ready to receive something new about the story of Jesus?______ How do you know?.......
Jesus not only told the people but also showed the people the accuracy of Isaiah’s prophecy: “Arise, shine; for _____ _______ ____ _______, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.” Isa. 60: 1. Was Jesus saying to his followers ‘you are the sunshine that is exactly like the s_____’? _____Is it atomic force that makes the sunshine? ______ The sun (Life) expresses itself as r___________. SH 502: 28. It’s like God looks in a mirror and sees _______ and the ___________. Our all-wise Creator-God had good material to work with, called sub________, which never wears out. If God had good material to work with, why would He use a cheap counterfeit called _______________?
When did the material called substance become matter? ______
Is water solid enough to walk on? ____Do you remember John’s account of Jesus walking on the water? John 6: 16-21. What happened to the boat when he got to it?
The universe includes lakes which illustrate sub__________ but not m_________.
Did Jesus think that man and the universe were “governed in general by material laws” but that God could set aside these laws when He wanted to? ______
Is this what you think? ______ SH 83: 12. Is this what many people think? _____
‘God’s unchangeable law’ is called __________. Science is an angel saying to us,
“Here, take this idea and prove it. It will bless you.”
Matter and its changing conditions is not S________ but only s___________. An angel (thought) does not offer an opinion or suggestion. It offers………….
Angel (thoughts) bring good messages of freedom and do___________. “The ________
of being _________ man as perfect, even as the Father is perfect…” SH 302: 19.
The universe and man did not result from a big explosion of atoms. How do we know that? Because, “God creates and governs the universe, including man.” SH 295: 5.
And Genesis 1: 1 says………..
How do I apply this fact at school? When I hear other kids at school say ‘he’s dumb’ or ‘she’s stupid,’ I will think, and I might even say, “We are all the children of God, of Spirit. Therefore, we are not material; we are spiritual.”
Hallelujah! God, Good, created heaven and earth and all that in them is!
(Ex. 20: 11).
Hallelujah, Alleluia: These words mean….
Have you ever heard anyone say ‘Hallelujah!’?
What is an angel?......
Webster’s says an angel is “a spiritual being superior to man in power and intelligence;
a guardian, a messenger.” Does Webster’s definition include a Christian Science definition? _____
Science and Health says that “Angels are ________ ______________.” SH 299: 11-12.
Do angels have names?____ Luke 1: 26.
What did the angel G__________ tell Mary? Luke 1: 28, 31.
Mary was ready and able to receive this very unusual message because she was
“the ___________ of the Lord.” Luke 1: 38.
This means that Mary had been focusing her attention, her thought, on God. Perhaps she prayed, “thank you God that you are here and good. How can I praise you more?” Science and Health says it was Mary’s __________ ______ that caught the light of God’s truth: being is spiritual, not material. SH 29: 20-29.
Hundreds of years before the angel (thought) talked to Mary, it talked to the Prophet Isaiah. He was ready to receive a very unusual message because he was a ________ of the Lord, and a ________ is someone who…..
Angels (thoughts) come to g______ us. Do angels make us listen and follow? _____
We hear the angel message when we are th________ God and lis_________ to God. “Jesus was the offspring of Mary’s _____-__________ communion with God.” SH 29: 32-1. Could this mean that Mary knew she could talk to God and that God talked to her? ___
Angels (thoughts) shine a light on our sp_________ s________ and in this light we see how m________ s________ would try to limit and confuse us. As we say, “yes, thank you God” for every angel (thought), the beliefs of discord and disease lose their influence. It becomes clearer that ‘man is the __________ of God, the _______ of Spirit, the __________ that man is eternal.’ SH 29: 30-32.
How did the Wisemen know to go to Bethlehem? Matt. 2: 1, 2.
Wise people had been looking for a ‘King’ because the Prophet Isaiah had told them that “ the __________ shall be upon his shoulder.” Isa. 9: 6.
Was the Lord already their King? Isa. 43: 15: “I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, ______ ______.” Why were the Children of Israel looking for a king? ……
Do you and I pray for a King to come? ______
There is a prayer in the Church Manual, page 41, which uses the words kingdom, reign, rule, and govern. It is called the _______ _________.
How did the shepherds know to go to Bethlehem? Luke 2: 8-18.
In the P_________ of Science and Health (lines 4-10) Mary Baker Eddy calls “the Bethlehem babe the _______ ________ of Christ, Truth…”
A herald is an official messenger who tells what’s coming. When he was grown, Jesus told the people the truth about God and man in Matthew, chapters ___ through ___. These chapters are called the S_________ on the M________.
In which month of the year should we be thinking more about our love for Jesus and our desire to follow his example? _____________ Are you ready to receive something new about the story of Jesus?______ How do you know?.......
Jesus not only told the people but also showed the people the accuracy of Isaiah’s prophecy: “Arise, shine; for _____ _______ ____ _______, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.” Isa. 60: 1. Was Jesus saying to his followers ‘you are the sunshine that is exactly like the s_____’? _____Is it atomic force that makes the sunshine? ______ The sun (Life) expresses itself as r___________. SH 502: 28. It’s like God looks in a mirror and sees _______ and the ___________. Our all-wise Creator-God had good material to work with, called sub________, which never wears out. If God had good material to work with, why would He use a cheap counterfeit called _______________?
When did the material called substance become matter? ______
Is water solid enough to walk on? ____Do you remember John’s account of Jesus walking on the water? John 6: 16-21. What happened to the boat when he got to it?
The universe includes lakes which illustrate sub__________ but not m_________.
Did Jesus think that man and the universe were “governed in general by material laws” but that God could set aside these laws when He wanted to? ______
Is this what you think? ______ SH 83: 12. Is this what many people think? _____
‘God’s unchangeable law’ is called __________. Science is an angel saying to us,
“Here, take this idea and prove it. It will bless you.”
Matter and its changing conditions is not S________ but only s___________. An angel (thought) does not offer an opinion or suggestion. It offers………….
Angel (thoughts) bring good messages of freedom and do___________. “The ________
of being _________ man as perfect, even as the Father is perfect…” SH 302: 19.
The universe and man did not result from a big explosion of atoms. How do we know that? Because, “God creates and governs the universe, including man.” SH 295: 5.
And Genesis 1: 1 says………..
How do I apply this fact at school? When I hear other kids at school say ‘he’s dumb’ or ‘she’s stupid,’ I will think, and I might even say, “We are all the children of God, of Spirit. Therefore, we are not material; we are spiritual.”
Hallelujah! God, Good, created heaven and earth and all that in them is!
(Ex. 20: 11).
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
God the Preserver of Man
God the Preserver of Man 12-13-09 Sara Lincoln
What was ‘the Promised Land?’ Gen. 13: 14-17 What is now in ‘the Promised Land’?
What are some words or phrases in the Lord’s Prayer that could be examples of
‘the Promised Land’?
Could it be that Christian Science is ‘the Promised Land/? _____
Last Sunday we reminded ourselves of key people in the Bible who accepted and acted on the idea that there is only one God taking care of man, not many gods. These are the people we named: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Judah, Moses, Joshua, Isaiah, Jesus. Are there more? ___
All these people were men. Who were the women who witnessed to the truth of being?
Why did this early group of monotheists come to be called the Children of Israel?...
Who was ‘Israel’? __________ What is a monotheist?
Law and Prophecy have always declared God’s promises.
________ is the Old Testament leader who represents law. What law?
Moses even prophesied the coming of Jesus: Deut. 18: 15.
________ is the Old Testament leader who represents the great prophets.
Isaiah also prophesied the coming of Jesus: Isa. 40: 10-11
When God told Moses to lead the Children of Israel out of slavery, did Moses say
‘Great idea! Let’s go!? ______ Ex. 3: 10-12.
Moses said…..
and God said……
How long did it take for the Children of Israel to reach the Promised Land? ________
Let’s say you and your family were among the thousands of Hebrew slaves in E______. Would you have believed this man named _______ who said, ‘Let’s get out of here.
We are God’s people and we cannot be enslaved’? ______
When we look at a map, we see that to walk from Egypt to the Promised Land, you have to get across the Red _______ then get across miles and miles of ________________. Ex. 13: 17-18.The people were afraid, but Moses said ‘fear not, stand still, see the salvation of the Lord,’ (Ex. 14: 13) and the people followed their leader.
Moses led the people out of Egypt, but it was _______ that provided a pillar of _______ by night and a cloud by day to g________ them and p___________ them.
Were the Children of Israel satisfied travelers as they walked their way to freedom with signs of God’s presence and evidence of Moses’ faithful leadership? _____ Why oh why did they murmur (grumble)? Ex. 16: 2, 3, 11-15 and Num. 20: 2, 7, 8, 11.
Is it sometimes easier to suffer from wrong than to claim and demonstrate what’s right?
Our textbook says, “Whatever enslaves man is opposed to the divine government.
Truth makes man free.” SH 225: 2-4.
Are there any Children of Israel around today? _____ Check the G_______ in SH.
Moses gave the Children of Israel a way out of being slaves to the Egyptians and Jesus gives us a way out of being slaves to _______, _________, and _________.
Do you remember what Jesus said? It’s on the logo of Science and Health.
Almost 3000 years after Moses, ______ ______ ______ said it was time “to reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing.” See Church Manual, 17.
Mrs. Eddy says that Truth is the way to freedom and Truth is a Science – to be proven.
The ‘powers of this world’ (belief in matter) will try to interrupt the proving of Science, but they cannot succeed. SH 225: 5.
Through the Science of Christianity, we learn more about our dominion over m_________ s_______ because it would try to cover up our s__________ s_______.
Even today when we can travel faster and there are restaurants all along the way, do we still have to “lean on the sustaining infinite” during our journey? _______ Why?
Science and Health says that “to those leaning on the sustaining infinite, _______ is _____ with ___________.” There is something very important about this statement.
It is at the beginning of our textbook in a section called the P__________, What does this word mean? ……..
Which biblical thinker could have said these words: “,,,Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.”
Moses? ___ Joshua? ___ Isaiah? ___Jesus? ___ Mary Baker Eddy? ___ Who else? …….
“The divine _______ that _______ man ___________ His own image and likeness.”
SH 151: 23
When you are _____________ ____ ______ you know that “with God all things are possible.” SH 180: 25-27
God, Spirit preserves you by giving you spiritual substance and divine intelligence.
The scientific statement of being (SH 468) says that these are in you, but not in _______.
“God guards you from every evil; He guards your very life. He guards you when you leave and when you return; He guards you now; He guards you always.”
Ps. 121: 7-8, The Message.
Can you think of a time when God guarded and guided you?
What was ‘the Promised Land?’ Gen. 13: 14-17 What is now in ‘the Promised Land’?
What are some words or phrases in the Lord’s Prayer that could be examples of
‘the Promised Land’?
Could it be that Christian Science is ‘the Promised Land/? _____
Last Sunday we reminded ourselves of key people in the Bible who accepted and acted on the idea that there is only one God taking care of man, not many gods. These are the people we named: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Judah, Moses, Joshua, Isaiah, Jesus. Are there more? ___
All these people were men. Who were the women who witnessed to the truth of being?
Why did this early group of monotheists come to be called the Children of Israel?...
Who was ‘Israel’? __________ What is a monotheist?
Law and Prophecy have always declared God’s promises.
________ is the Old Testament leader who represents law. What law?
Moses even prophesied the coming of Jesus: Deut. 18: 15.
________ is the Old Testament leader who represents the great prophets.
Isaiah also prophesied the coming of Jesus: Isa. 40: 10-11
When God told Moses to lead the Children of Israel out of slavery, did Moses say
‘Great idea! Let’s go!? ______ Ex. 3: 10-12.
Moses said…..
and God said……
How long did it take for the Children of Israel to reach the Promised Land? ________
Let’s say you and your family were among the thousands of Hebrew slaves in E______. Would you have believed this man named _______ who said, ‘Let’s get out of here.
We are God’s people and we cannot be enslaved’? ______
When we look at a map, we see that to walk from Egypt to the Promised Land, you have to get across the Red _______ then get across miles and miles of ________________. Ex. 13: 17-18.The people were afraid, but Moses said ‘fear not, stand still, see the salvation of the Lord,’ (Ex. 14: 13) and the people followed their leader.
Moses led the people out of Egypt, but it was _______ that provided a pillar of _______ by night and a cloud by day to g________ them and p___________ them.
Were the Children of Israel satisfied travelers as they walked their way to freedom with signs of God’s presence and evidence of Moses’ faithful leadership? _____ Why oh why did they murmur (grumble)? Ex. 16: 2, 3, 11-15 and Num. 20: 2, 7, 8, 11.
Is it sometimes easier to suffer from wrong than to claim and demonstrate what’s right?
Our textbook says, “Whatever enslaves man is opposed to the divine government.
Truth makes man free.” SH 225: 2-4.
Are there any Children of Israel around today? _____ Check the G_______ in SH.
Moses gave the Children of Israel a way out of being slaves to the Egyptians and Jesus gives us a way out of being slaves to _______, _________, and _________.
Do you remember what Jesus said? It’s on the logo of Science and Health.
Almost 3000 years after Moses, ______ ______ ______ said it was time “to reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing.” See Church Manual, 17.
Mrs. Eddy says that Truth is the way to freedom and Truth is a Science – to be proven.
The ‘powers of this world’ (belief in matter) will try to interrupt the proving of Science, but they cannot succeed. SH 225: 5.
Through the Science of Christianity, we learn more about our dominion over m_________ s_______ because it would try to cover up our s__________ s_______.
Even today when we can travel faster and there are restaurants all along the way, do we still have to “lean on the sustaining infinite” during our journey? _______ Why?
Science and Health says that “to those leaning on the sustaining infinite, _______ is _____ with ___________.” There is something very important about this statement.
It is at the beginning of our textbook in a section called the P__________, What does this word mean? ……..
Which biblical thinker could have said these words: “,,,Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.”
Moses? ___ Joshua? ___ Isaiah? ___Jesus? ___ Mary Baker Eddy? ___ Who else? …….
“The divine _______ that _______ man ___________ His own image and likeness.”
SH 151: 23
When you are _____________ ____ ______ you know that “with God all things are possible.” SH 180: 25-27
God, Spirit preserves you by giving you spiritual substance and divine intelligence.
The scientific statement of being (SH 468) says that these are in you, but not in _______.
“God guards you from every evil; He guards your very life. He guards you when you leave and when you return; He guards you now; He guards you always.”
Ps. 121: 7-8, The Message.
Can you think of a time when God guarded and guided you?
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
God the Only Cause and Creator
God the Only Cause and Creator 12-6-09 Sara Lincoln
Who taught Abraham? Abraham learned from ______ that there are not many gods, as everyone believed. There is only o____ G_____.
The daughter of Pharaoh found the baby Moses in a basket, floating in the river. She raised Moses to be an Egyptian prince.
Who taught Moses about the history of the Hebrew people? ______
Let’s see what you remember about this history which began with the man A__________.
The descendants of Abraham, living in the land of Canaan, went to Egypt to buy bread (food) and finally settled in Egypt because of the long famine. What son of Abraham was a prince in Egypt and invited the Hebrews to come live in Egypt? J_________
The son of Abraham named J__ __ __ __ helped convince Joseph that the sons (tribes) of Abraham were coming in peace to ask for food.
People belonging to the tribe of Judah later came to be called Jews.
What descendant of Abraham led the Hebrews out of Egypt after an ‘unfriendly’ Pharaoh made them slaves. _________
Isaiah was a great prophet who was living in the Promised Land of Canaan that the Hebrews came to under the leadership of M________ and J__________ around 1387 BCE. In 587 BCE, the Babylonians destroyed the Jews’ Temple in Jerusalem and took them as prisoners (captives) to Babylon. After about 50 years in captivity, King Cyrus of Persia allowed the Jews to return to their homeland.
Isaiah knew that the Jews, the Children of Israel. had been taken captive not just because Babylon was a very strong and conquering country, but because the Jews had stopped putting God first, had stopped obeying the First Commandment and trusting God for their protection.
The Prophet Isaiah urged the Jews to improve, spiritualize, their concept of God, to see God as the Holy One, the one all-mighty God.
Was this Almighty God powerless to prevent the Jews being taken into captivity? _____ God was never powerless and unable to protect His people, but the Jews broke the Covenant. They needed to gain a better understanding of their God and a more sincere desire to have only one God, to love God, and to obey God. Let’s read what Isaiah said to the people: Isa. 40: 25, 26, 28.
Isaiah told the people that a Messiah or Savior would come. Did Isaiah’s prophecy come true? ____ What is your proof?
Who taught Jesus the history of the Jews, the laws of Moses, and the prophecies of Isaiah? The teachers in the s_____________.
Who taught Jesus about the true nature of God, the qualities and actions of the ‘one God’? _______
Who taught Mary Baker Eddy about the Bible and about God? ________________Two thousand years after Jesus, Mary Baker Eddy was called, like the Prophet Isaiah had been called, to help the people improve their concept of God, to see God as the Only Cause and Creator.
Let’s read what Science and Health teaches us about God: SH 331: 18-24 He.
“____________ in God’s universe expresses ________.” SH 331: 16.
Mary Baker Eddy helps Christians and Christian Scientists discover the one God through these synonyms she gave us:
Hebrews, Children of Israel, Jews: These three terms refer to the people in the Old Testament who believed in the o____ G____, not many gods.
Christians: this term refers to the people in the _______ ____________ who believed that Jesus was the Son of God who helped people understand God better. This term ‘Christian’ also refers to people today, in all parts of the world, who want to understand God and Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Most Christians believe, however, that man is material and experiences sin, disease, and death.
Christian Scientists: This term refers to the people in all parts of the world who believe that every person can discover and prove Christliness, spiritual identity as man’s only identity. A ‘scientist’ is always seeking facts and proving them. The fact is that “God saw ____________ that he had made, and, behold, it was________ ________.” Where in Genesis is this statement? ________________
Who taught Abraham? Abraham learned from ______ that there are not many gods, as everyone believed. There is only o____ G_____.
The daughter of Pharaoh found the baby Moses in a basket, floating in the river. She raised Moses to be an Egyptian prince.
Who taught Moses about the history of the Hebrew people? ______
Let’s see what you remember about this history which began with the man A__________.
The descendants of Abraham, living in the land of Canaan, went to Egypt to buy bread (food) and finally settled in Egypt because of the long famine. What son of Abraham was a prince in Egypt and invited the Hebrews to come live in Egypt? J_________
The son of Abraham named J__ __ __ __ helped convince Joseph that the sons (tribes) of Abraham were coming in peace to ask for food.
People belonging to the tribe of Judah later came to be called Jews.
What descendant of Abraham led the Hebrews out of Egypt after an ‘unfriendly’ Pharaoh made them slaves. _________
Isaiah was a great prophet who was living in the Promised Land of Canaan that the Hebrews came to under the leadership of M________ and J__________ around 1387 BCE. In 587 BCE, the Babylonians destroyed the Jews’ Temple in Jerusalem and took them as prisoners (captives) to Babylon. After about 50 years in captivity, King Cyrus of Persia allowed the Jews to return to their homeland.
Isaiah knew that the Jews, the Children of Israel. had been taken captive not just because Babylon was a very strong and conquering country, but because the Jews had stopped putting God first, had stopped obeying the First Commandment and trusting God for their protection.
The Prophet Isaiah urged the Jews to improve, spiritualize, their concept of God, to see God as the Holy One, the one all-mighty God.
Was this Almighty God powerless to prevent the Jews being taken into captivity? _____ God was never powerless and unable to protect His people, but the Jews broke the Covenant. They needed to gain a better understanding of their God and a more sincere desire to have only one God, to love God, and to obey God. Let’s read what Isaiah said to the people: Isa. 40: 25, 26, 28.
Isaiah told the people that a Messiah or Savior would come. Did Isaiah’s prophecy come true? ____ What is your proof?
Who taught Jesus the history of the Jews, the laws of Moses, and the prophecies of Isaiah? The teachers in the s_____________.
Who taught Jesus about the true nature of God, the qualities and actions of the ‘one God’? _______
Who taught Mary Baker Eddy about the Bible and about God? ________________Two thousand years after Jesus, Mary Baker Eddy was called, like the Prophet Isaiah had been called, to help the people improve their concept of God, to see God as the Only Cause and Creator.
Let’s read what Science and Health teaches us about God: SH 331: 18-24 He.
“____________ in God’s universe expresses ________.” SH 331: 16.
Mary Baker Eddy helps Christians and Christian Scientists discover the one God through these synonyms she gave us:
Hebrews, Children of Israel, Jews: These three terms refer to the people in the Old Testament who believed in the o____ G____, not many gods.
Christians: this term refers to the people in the _______ ____________ who believed that Jesus was the Son of God who helped people understand God better. This term ‘Christian’ also refers to people today, in all parts of the world, who want to understand God and Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Most Christians believe, however, that man is material and experiences sin, disease, and death.
Christian Scientists: This term refers to the people in all parts of the world who believe that every person can discover and prove Christliness, spiritual identity as man’s only identity. A ‘scientist’ is always seeking facts and proving them. The fact is that “God saw ____________ that he had made, and, behold, it was________ ________.” Where in Genesis is this statement? ________________
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