Unreality 4-4-10 Sara Lincoln
Happy Easter! Someone named Jesus showed all of us how to step out of a problem\m that seems to have closed us in. How did Jesus do it? How did he get out of that rock tomb?______
Jesus knew who he was, and he knew it with all his heart and soul and mind and strength. He didn’t waste a moment thinking ‘it’s all over.’ He insisted on the fact that ‘it’s all God and life and light.’ When you and I do that, we have what’s called a ___________. Thank God that Christian Science shows us how to have _____________ and help heal others too!
When Jesus was on the cross, he wasted no time condemning the Romans or the Jews. He turned to the Bible. Well, there wasn’t yet a printed Bible in Jesus’ day, but Jesus knew the Old Testament Scriptures and he knew Psalm 22 and he spoke those words, perhaps to himself or perhaps out loud. Sometimes I pray out loud. You too? _________
More than a thousand years before Jesus, a Psalmist foresaw and wrote down what was going to happen to the Messiah. In his hours of great need, Jesus found comfort in the Psalms he had learned as a child. Here in Sunday School, you are learning about the Scriptures and the Key to the Scriptures, and if you are ever in trouble, you will remember what you have learned! What do you say about that? I say ____________________________________________________
Who wrote the book of II (Second) Corinthians? _______ He said that it is God who commands the light to shine when all is dark, and that light “hath shined _____ ________ ________.” II Cor. 4: 6. ‘Heart’ means m_________. Jesus came to earth to tell us about our Christ identity. Every time we claim our Christ identity, we are saying, thank you Christ Jesus! My Christ identity means that I too am the ‘i__________ and l____________’ of God. Gen. 1:26-27.
The Psalmist thanked the Lord who is so good and said, ‘I shall not be sick or sad or afraid or dead. I shall live and declare the works of the Lord. I am a perfect work of a perfect God!’Ps. 118:1, 17.
When can you and I say this? _____________________
Like Jesus in the New Testament, the Prophets in the Old Testament knew that death is not real. They reversed the claim of death again and again. When Elisha’s followers, ‘the sons of the prophets,’ ate some food that had a poison weed in it, Elisha put meal in the pot and the poison was gone. Was there something special about the ‘meal,’ or something special about the thought of Elisha? ___________________________II Kings 4: 38 Elisha knew that death is un____________.
Science and Health shows that “all in____________ is un__________.” SH 276: 12. When we realize this, objects and thoughts are seen to be beautiful and immortal.
Matter is not the life of man. “D__________ P____________ is the Life of man.” SH 304:17-18.
That’s what Jesus knew and told us to know. Mortals have to a_________ (claim) their freedom and dominion, not ignore it or be uncertain about it. SH 228: 14-15.
Thousands of years ago, the Prophet Jeremiah said watch out for the ‘customs of the people’ which are vain (useless) and the ‘work of errors.’ Jer. 10: 3, 5, 15.
Errors are powerless if we know the ___________.
Let’s find the chapter in Science and Health that is all Questions and Answers, then find the question What is error? It’s on page ________. Error is not a fact. It is a s______________. Error is un_______ because un________. SH 472: 18-19.
Jesus and Jeremiah and you and I know that “discord is the n__________________ named error. Harmony is the s__________________ named Truth.” SH 276: 26.
“The testimony of the c____________ s___________ cannot inform us what is real and what is delusive, but the revelations of C__________ S_____________ unlock the treasures of Truth.” SH 70: 2-5.
Which one will you choose every day? ________________________ Why? ______
Now, in this stage of our spiritual progress, we need food and clothing. It seems like our parents give us these things, but that’s because “C________, T__________, gives mortals temporary food and clothing …” while we are learning that matter gives us nothing and Spirit gives us everything. We have the best when we know it’s coming from C__________ T__________. SH 442: 22.
Jesus did good things because he knew that God was doing good things, for everyone. This made the Pharisees angry because their thought was still in the dark tomb of belief in matter. They were jealous and put Jesus in the dark tomb, but …“the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.” Matt. 28: 2. Wow! I’d like to have seen that! When two women named Mary arrived at the tomb, it was empty, and the angel told them, “He is not here: for he is risen, as he said.” Matt. 28: 6. Darkness could never hold the light of Jesus’ thought! The women spread the good news of Jesus’ resurrection.
Jesus then found his disciples and said, “Peace be unto you.” Luke 24: 36. He was not angry at them for their lack of support. Jesus just wanted to increase their spiritual understanding and their knowledge of the scriptures. He led them out of town, to Bethany, “and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them” then he was “carried up into heaven,” meaning that Jesus a_________. Luke 24: 50-52. A person named E_____________ in the Old Testament also ascended.
There is a chapter in Science and Health which tells how Jesus destroyed sin, disease, and death, and it tells about the last days of Jesus. It’s called A_____________________ and Eucharist. Mary Baker Eddy knew that what Jesus did we can do too, because Jesus depended on G_____. The so-called powers of selfish and material men tried to stop the influence of Jesus, but they caused it to grow instead! These men had not accepted the fact that “All reality is in _______ and His _________, harmonious and eternal.” SH 472: 24-25.
The disciples finally learned that this is the reality Jesus had been teaching. Christian Science explains that “His resurrection was also their resurrection.” SH 34: 20. Resurrection means proving that l_______ is real and d________ is unreal.
When Jesus was a boy learning the Psalms, I think he knew he would prove this statement: “I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.”
Ps. 118: 17.
I especially like this verse because Christian Science helps me understand how I can prove it too.
What did you learn today about the Easter story of resurrection?
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Matter
Matter 3-21-10 Sara Lincoln
King Nebuchadnezzar had a troubling dream that disturbed his sleep. Daniel 2: 1, but Daniel had a night vision which caused him to ‘bless the name of God for ever.’
Dan. 2: 19-20.
What is the difference between a dream and a night vision?
In Daniel’s vision, ‘wisdom and might’ belong exclusively to ________, not to a matter man.
What was the King’s image of a matter man made of? ____________________
A great stone smashed the image by attacking which part? ____________________________
F________ symbolize base or foundation.
The stone became a great mountain that filled the whole earth. What do you think the stone was made of and symbolizes? ______________________________
The Prophet Isaiah says that God rejects ‘graven images.’ Isa. 42: 8.
What is a graven image? __
Where can we find graven images in our own lives?
So many centuries before Daniel, the Psalmist was aware of the danger of graven images. He asked God to turn his eyes away from beholding (looking at) _____________. Ps. 119: 37.
V____________ means ………….
In the First Commandment, God tells us “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.” Ex. 20: 7.
To do something in vain is to do something useless and worthless.
To be vain is to be conceited and have excessive pride, or we might say pride in personal power. Nebuchadnezzar the King had a vain desire for a kingdom bigger than God. Would you call that a useless and conceited desire? ______
Christ the King desires that we know and have the unlimited kingdom that God gives to man.
As Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is ____________ you.” Could the will of Christ the King be the stone that smashed and dissolved the useless and worthless image of a matter king? ______
“Divine Science {Christian Science} deals its chief blow at the supposed {dreamed up} ____________ _____________ of life and intelligence.” SH 535: 10.
If people say to you ‘don’t babble,’ they mean don’t talk in a foolish, vain, or irresponsible way. Talk so that others can hear you and know what you are saying. Say helpful words.
Don’t think or say conceited words as did the men who built the Tower of Babel. Gen.11: 1-9.
Why were they trying to build a tower, and what happened to the tower and the men building it?
What happens when language is not used for speaking the truth? _________________________
Babel is defined in the Glossary of Science and Health as
Pick a phrase or two to write down.
Where do you hear language that is useless, worthless, and self-serving?
Is it associated with matter or spirit?
The Psalmist, who teaches us so many prayers, trusts God that she will never be put to ___________. ‘You are my strong habitation. I will talk of thy righteousness all the day long.’ Ps. 71: 1, 3, 24.
Since God is Spirit, the language of Spirit must be ____________. SH 117: 6-7.
“Unnecessary knowledge” comes from the ________ ________ and it symbolizes all that is ________ and perishable. SH 274: 3-7.The whole family of man will be brethren as you and I (and others) reject m___________ ____________ and recognize “one M________ and that G______, or good.” SH 469: 30-5.
One time some Pharisees accused Jesus of using the devil to cast out a devil. They were desperate to prove that the people should not trust him. Jesus answered, ‘every kingdom divided against itself… shall not stand: And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?’ Jesus’ t__________ and w_________ were true and God-given. Matt. 12:25-26. Perhaps Jesus was saying that matter cannot cast out matter. He said, “I cast out devils by the Spirit of God….” Christian Science echoes that statement: “Truth casts out all evils and materialistic methods with the actual spiritual law …” SH 183: 26-27.
Christian Science “dishonors ________ ________” but it honors “__________ __________.”
Nebuchadnezzar was thinking / dreaming at the level of __________ __________.
Daniel had a vision because he was thinking wisely at the level of __________ ____________.
What would you think if you were in a boat and you saw someone outside the boat, walking on the water? Matt. 14: 22-32. Jesus wanted to get from the land to the boat, so naturally, he walked on the water. It was easy. He knew that water is not _________, anymore than land is ________. Jesus was walking in the Spirit, so he could be anywhere in a minute (or less)! The disciple P___ tried to walk on the water and almost sank! For a moment, he walked in the Spirit then the so-called belief of ‘life, truth, intelligence, and substance in matter’ tried to sink him. Do you think Peter was being vain and foolish when he tried to walk on the water? ______ Why?
What are the two kinds of ‘law’ described in SH 182: 32?
What are the forces all around us? SH 124: 26?
The source of each force is
Paul says, ‘you are God’s building.’ I Cor. 3: 9. The foundation of your building is laid by ______ ______. In order to see and feel this spiritual foundation that is creating and supporting us, we have to look at ….II Cor. 4: 18.
With every thought, motive and act, it’s an either–or choice: the foundation of ______ ______ or of ____________ our Saviour. SH 326: 12-14.
Is it really possible to live and not trust matter? _______
Did anyone ever do it? ___________________
Tell us about a time you trusted Spirit instead of matter.
King Nebuchadnezzar had a troubling dream that disturbed his sleep. Daniel 2: 1, but Daniel had a night vision which caused him to ‘bless the name of God for ever.’
Dan. 2: 19-20.
What is the difference between a dream and a night vision?
In Daniel’s vision, ‘wisdom and might’ belong exclusively to ________, not to a matter man.
What was the King’s image of a matter man made of? ____________________
A great stone smashed the image by attacking which part? ____________________________
F________ symbolize base or foundation.
The stone became a great mountain that filled the whole earth. What do you think the stone was made of and symbolizes? ______________________________
The Prophet Isaiah says that God rejects ‘graven images.’ Isa. 42: 8.
What is a graven image? __
Where can we find graven images in our own lives?
So many centuries before Daniel, the Psalmist was aware of the danger of graven images. He asked God to turn his eyes away from beholding (looking at) _____________. Ps. 119: 37.
V____________ means ………….
In the First Commandment, God tells us “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.” Ex. 20: 7.
To do something in vain is to do something useless and worthless.
To be vain is to be conceited and have excessive pride, or we might say pride in personal power. Nebuchadnezzar the King had a vain desire for a kingdom bigger than God. Would you call that a useless and conceited desire? ______
Christ the King desires that we know and have the unlimited kingdom that God gives to man.
As Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is ____________ you.” Could the will of Christ the King be the stone that smashed and dissolved the useless and worthless image of a matter king? ______
“Divine Science {Christian Science} deals its chief blow at the supposed {dreamed up} ____________ _____________ of life and intelligence.” SH 535: 10.
If people say to you ‘don’t babble,’ they mean don’t talk in a foolish, vain, or irresponsible way. Talk so that others can hear you and know what you are saying. Say helpful words.
Don’t think or say conceited words as did the men who built the Tower of Babel. Gen.11: 1-9.
Why were they trying to build a tower, and what happened to the tower and the men building it?
What happens when language is not used for speaking the truth? _________________________
Babel is defined in the Glossary of Science and Health as
Pick a phrase or two to write down.
Where do you hear language that is useless, worthless, and self-serving?
Is it associated with matter or spirit?
The Psalmist, who teaches us so many prayers, trusts God that she will never be put to ___________. ‘You are my strong habitation. I will talk of thy righteousness all the day long.’ Ps. 71: 1, 3, 24.
Since God is Spirit, the language of Spirit must be ____________. SH 117: 6-7.
“Unnecessary knowledge” comes from the ________ ________ and it symbolizes all that is ________ and perishable. SH 274: 3-7.The whole family of man will be brethren as you and I (and others) reject m___________ ____________ and recognize “one M________ and that G______, or good.” SH 469: 30-5.
One time some Pharisees accused Jesus of using the devil to cast out a devil. They were desperate to prove that the people should not trust him. Jesus answered, ‘every kingdom divided against itself… shall not stand: And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?’ Jesus’ t__________ and w_________ were true and God-given. Matt. 12:25-26. Perhaps Jesus was saying that matter cannot cast out matter. He said, “I cast out devils by the Spirit of God….” Christian Science echoes that statement: “Truth casts out all evils and materialistic methods with the actual spiritual law …” SH 183: 26-27.
Christian Science “dishonors ________ ________” but it honors “__________ __________.”
Nebuchadnezzar was thinking / dreaming at the level of __________ __________.
Daniel had a vision because he was thinking wisely at the level of __________ ____________.
What would you think if you were in a boat and you saw someone outside the boat, walking on the water? Matt. 14: 22-32. Jesus wanted to get from the land to the boat, so naturally, he walked on the water. It was easy. He knew that water is not _________, anymore than land is ________. Jesus was walking in the Spirit, so he could be anywhere in a minute (or less)! The disciple P___ tried to walk on the water and almost sank! For a moment, he walked in the Spirit then the so-called belief of ‘life, truth, intelligence, and substance in matter’ tried to sink him. Do you think Peter was being vain and foolish when he tried to walk on the water? ______ Why?
What are the two kinds of ‘law’ described in SH 182: 32?
What are the forces all around us? SH 124: 26?
The source of each force is
Paul says, ‘you are God’s building.’ I Cor. 3: 9. The foundation of your building is laid by ______ ______. In order to see and feel this spiritual foundation that is creating and supporting us, we have to look at ….II Cor. 4: 18.
With every thought, motive and act, it’s an either–or choice: the foundation of ______ ______ or of ____________ our Saviour. SH 326: 12-14.
Is it really possible to live and not trust matter? _______
Did anyone ever do it? ___________________
Tell us about a time you trusted Spirit instead of matter.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Substance
Substance 3-14-10 Sara Lincoln
The word substance comes from sub-stare which means to stand under or support. When you know what’s ‘standing under,’ you have ‘under-standing.’
I’d like to know what’s supporting, causing, my understanding of me.
Do you think there could be a word in the dictionary that means ‘matter,’ and also means ‘God’? There is. That word is the subject of our lesson: ___________. Many people would say that matter is substance but they are not so sure that God is substance. Why?
The author of Ecclesiastes was called _____ __________. He wanted to understand the cause of everything and whether he could depend on that cause. Do you think many people in the world want to know the same thing? ________ Do you want to know what you can depend on?_
The Preacher was unsure about many things, but very sure about at least one thing: “I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever; _________ can be put to it ____ ______________ taken from it.” Nothing can be added or subtracted. In other words, if G_________ is behind it and standing under it, it is for ever! If m__________ is behind it and standing under it, it is not forever. It is not dependable.
The Psalmist also wanted to understand ‘cause,’ or what ‘stands under.’ Sometimes he was uncertain, but many times he was sure that God’s works stand under and uphold man’s abundance. Let’s read Ps. 104: 24, 30, 31 and Ps. 115: 14, 15. “The Lord shall __________ you more and ________...” What substance is going to increase for you? __
Paul tells us that f________ is “the __________ of things hoped for…” Hebrews 11: 1.
Is f__________ mental or material? _____________
Like most other people, the lexicographers who wrote the dictionary believed that substance could mean both God and Matter. Thank you Mary Baker Eddy for listening to God and bringing more light to this subject. Substance is God and is dependable. Matter is not dependable. It changes. It is an illusion, something that seems to be but is not. If matter can be a cause, stand under, then it is a god. But there is only one God! Who said so? __________
Mary Baker Eddy uses a word that means to ‘stand under.’ “To those leaning on the ____________ infinite, to-day is big with __________.” Pref. vii: 1. Blessings increase forever. Substance is _________. SH 468: 17
________, ________, and ________ are substance. SH 468: 18
_________ is the only substance. SH 335: 12. ________ is substance. SH 301: 17
A woman believed that what was behind her substance was a husband and the money he made. When her husband died, she was afraid her two boys would be taken from her to work as servants. The Prophet Elisha taught her a great lesson about substance. She must have been very surprised when she poured out the oil from her little pot and it filled many vessels (containers). Elisah knew that oil was not m___________. It represented substance so it was ___________. Kings 4: 1-7. Is there a definition of ‘oil’ in our textbook? ______
Science and Health says that Spirit “________ and ________ every object, as it appears in the line of ____________ creation.” SH 507: 3-6.
Another ‘great woman’ made a special room where Elisha could stay as he traveled around. Elisah did something very kind for her when her son died. What did Elisha do? II Kings 4: 32-36
At first she thought her son was ‘material substance,’ but Elisha showed her that the boy was real ‘spiritual substance’ that could not die.
Christian Science says, and proves, that “Life is, always has been, and ever will be independent of _________, for Life is ________, and man is the _______ of God, not formed ____________ but ____________, and not subject to decay and dust.”
SH 200: 9-13.
…”Through C_______ and C_______ ________, we must master sin and death.”
SH 428: 22.
Man is immortal now, and we can hold that truth in our c_____________.
“The effect of this Science is to stir the _________ ________ to a change of base, on which it may ________ to the harmony of the __________ __________.” SH 162: 9.
It seems like matter is substance until we enter into a ___________ __________ of the facts, and comprehend the theology of ____________...” SH 369: 5-13.
Substance is “the __________ of ________” which “endureth _______________.”
Ps. 52: 1
“_________ is the ________, _______________, and continuity of all things.”
SH 124: 25-26.
Matter seems to be s___________ because so many people believe that it is. If many people believe that matter is substance, does that make it true? __________
The person who loves God and is learning to lean on the “sustaining infinite” (SH Pref. vii: 1) can learn that God is a s_____________ you can really trust.
What you understand is substance. It will always be manifested but will never be matter.
It’s like sun and sunshine, isn’t it? The sun is always manifested, but not as m_________.
Science and Health says that the sunshine of Truth is S_________. SH 299: 28.
You will know substance through your spiritual (real) senses of seeing and hearing and touching. Material s____________ cannot know substance. Spiritual s____________ knows substance.
Are we clear about this? _____ In your own words, tell us what matter is and what substance is.
Matter is ____________________________________________
Substance is _________________________________________
Are YOU substance or matter? ______________
Did you learn a new word today, beginning with the letter ‘l’? See paragraph 6.
The word substance comes from sub-stare which means to stand under or support. When you know what’s ‘standing under,’ you have ‘under-standing.’
I’d like to know what’s supporting, causing, my understanding of me.
Do you think there could be a word in the dictionary that means ‘matter,’ and also means ‘God’? There is. That word is the subject of our lesson: ___________. Many people would say that matter is substance but they are not so sure that God is substance. Why?
The author of Ecclesiastes was called _____ __________. He wanted to understand the cause of everything and whether he could depend on that cause. Do you think many people in the world want to know the same thing? ________ Do you want to know what you can depend on?_
The Preacher was unsure about many things, but very sure about at least one thing: “I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever; _________ can be put to it ____ ______________ taken from it.” Nothing can be added or subtracted. In other words, if G_________ is behind it and standing under it, it is for ever! If m__________ is behind it and standing under it, it is not forever. It is not dependable.
The Psalmist also wanted to understand ‘cause,’ or what ‘stands under.’ Sometimes he was uncertain, but many times he was sure that God’s works stand under and uphold man’s abundance. Let’s read Ps. 104: 24, 30, 31 and Ps. 115: 14, 15. “The Lord shall __________ you more and ________...” What substance is going to increase for you? __
Paul tells us that f________ is “the __________ of things hoped for…” Hebrews 11: 1.
Is f__________ mental or material? _____________
Like most other people, the lexicographers who wrote the dictionary believed that substance could mean both God and Matter. Thank you Mary Baker Eddy for listening to God and bringing more light to this subject. Substance is God and is dependable. Matter is not dependable. It changes. It is an illusion, something that seems to be but is not. If matter can be a cause, stand under, then it is a god. But there is only one God! Who said so? __________
Mary Baker Eddy uses a word that means to ‘stand under.’ “To those leaning on the ____________ infinite, to-day is big with __________.” Pref. vii: 1. Blessings increase forever. Substance is _________. SH 468: 17
________, ________, and ________ are substance. SH 468: 18
_________ is the only substance. SH 335: 12. ________ is substance. SH 301: 17
A woman believed that what was behind her substance was a husband and the money he made. When her husband died, she was afraid her two boys would be taken from her to work as servants. The Prophet Elisha taught her a great lesson about substance. She must have been very surprised when she poured out the oil from her little pot and it filled many vessels (containers). Elisah knew that oil was not m___________. It represented substance so it was ___________. Kings 4: 1-7. Is there a definition of ‘oil’ in our textbook? ______
Science and Health says that Spirit “________ and ________ every object, as it appears in the line of ____________ creation.” SH 507: 3-6.
Another ‘great woman’ made a special room where Elisha could stay as he traveled around. Elisah did something very kind for her when her son died. What did Elisha do? II Kings 4: 32-36
At first she thought her son was ‘material substance,’ but Elisha showed her that the boy was real ‘spiritual substance’ that could not die.
Christian Science says, and proves, that “Life is, always has been, and ever will be independent of _________, for Life is ________, and man is the _______ of God, not formed ____________ but ____________, and not subject to decay and dust.”
SH 200: 9-13.
…”Through C_______ and C_______ ________, we must master sin and death.”
SH 428: 22.
Man is immortal now, and we can hold that truth in our c_____________.
“The effect of this Science is to stir the _________ ________ to a change of base, on which it may ________ to the harmony of the __________ __________.” SH 162: 9.
It seems like matter is substance until we enter into a ___________ __________ of the facts, and comprehend the theology of ____________...” SH 369: 5-13.
Substance is “the __________ of ________” which “endureth _______________.”
Ps. 52: 1
“_________ is the ________, _______________, and continuity of all things.”
SH 124: 25-26.
Matter seems to be s___________ because so many people believe that it is. If many people believe that matter is substance, does that make it true? __________
The person who loves God and is learning to lean on the “sustaining infinite” (SH Pref. vii: 1) can learn that God is a s_____________ you can really trust.
What you understand is substance. It will always be manifested but will never be matter.
It’s like sun and sunshine, isn’t it? The sun is always manifested, but not as m_________.
Science and Health says that the sunshine of Truth is S_________. SH 299: 28.
You will know substance through your spiritual (real) senses of seeing and hearing and touching. Material s____________ cannot know substance. Spiritual s____________ knows substance.
Are we clear about this? _____ In your own words, tell us what matter is and what substance is.
Matter is ____________________________________________
Substance is _________________________________________
Are YOU substance or matter? ______________
Did you learn a new word today, beginning with the letter ‘l’? See paragraph 6.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Man
Man 3-7-10 Sara Lincoln
“What is man?” Before Mary Baker Eddy asked this question in 1875, had any previous writers or theologians asked this question? ___________
The author of Genesis 1 asked this question then wrote down an answer: Man is…
The author of Genesis 2 and 3 wrote down a different answer: Man is…..
These are very different stories about man. How do we know which one is true?
Moses must have been wondering “What is man?” when he doubted his ability to obey God’s command to lead the Children of Israel out of slavery. God answered his doubt by promising, ‘I will be ______ ______.’ Ex. 3: 11-12. Does God answer our doubts the same way? ____
Do you think there were other people in the Old Testament who asked this question? ______
The New Testament was written because a man named ______ answered the question
“What is man?” when he said, “Be ye therefore ________.” Matt. 5: 48.
The first books in the New Testament were letters written by the A_______ P________ to churches in Colosse and Corinth and Galatia. What are the names of these books?
Paul urged the church members to “put off the ________ ________ with his deeds, and put on the ______ ________” which has true knowledge about Creator – creation. Col. 3: 9 – 10.
In order to see and be ‘glorious man,’ we must first behold the ‘_____ of the Lord.’ II Cor. 3: 18.
As far back in history as we can go, we find people who did not seem interested in ‘putting off the _______ _______ and putting on the ________ ________.’ They acted out selfishness and cruelty. Did God create ‘evil’ man? _____ Who created ‘evil’ man? _____________________
Belief in evil will try to use man until human thought says NO: God Good governs man!
“What is man?” That question has been of great interest to authors of Bible books, history books, and the books you read in school. These authors assume and seem to prove that ‘man’ is sometimes e________, sometimes g________, and sometimes even h________.
Thank you Mary Baker Eddy for listening to Father – Mother God telling you that the ‘creation’ is like the ___________. An analogy is that the sunshine is like the ________.
And Christ Jesus, the Son, came to show that every man can prove the C__ __ __ __ __ man.
Scientifically speaking, “all is i________ M_______ and its _________ _________.” SH 468.
If we want to be free to act out ‘true man,’ we have to first admit to ____________ “that man is ________ ________ ____________.” SH 90: 24-25.
Christian Science helps us understand that human thought rises step by step from evil to good to holiness. Science and Health describes these three degrees.
SH 115: 19-5.
The First Degree is depravity, having no goodness or godliness at all.
What good quality is in so-called PHYSICAL man? ____________
The Second Degree means evil beliefs are disappearing.
What good quality is in MORAL man?_____________________
The Third Degree is understanding. What good quality is in SPIRITUAL man? ___________
Which of the three degrees describes you? ____________________
If someone believes that man is mortal and sinful and sick, can that person come to understand that man is immortal and selfless and whole? _______
Did the Adam and Eve story take place at the PHYSICAL, MORAL, or SPIRITUAL level? ____
Not long after Adam and Eve were evicted from their heavenly home in the G________ of E______, another man was already choosing to ‘put off the old man and put on the new man.’ Therefore, that man did not die. His name was E________. Gen. 5: 21-24
“E________ walked with God and he was not, for ________ took him.” He a___________.
The prophet Micah said, ‘it’s not too hard to be godlike.’ “What doth the Lord require of thee but to do __________, and to love _________, and to walk ________ with thy ______.” Micah 6: 8. That’s what Enoch did.
Our textbook says we must go beyond words and make spirituality our l_______ -- p_________ SH 202: 3.
The subject this week is Man. Should we also have a Bible Lesson on Woman, Boy, and Girl? _
Paul said in his letter to the Romans (8: 28): “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Are you one of “the called according to his purpose”? ______ Are you a special person? _____
In Romans 8, Paul talks about ‘predestination.’ ‘Pre’ means ahead of time (as in preview). ‘Destination’ refers to where you are going. Your destination or ‘destiny’ is what God wills (plans) for your life. Is it God’s will that ‘this man’ will succeed and ‘that man’ will fail? _____
Does Matt. 5: 48 and Science and Health 468: 8 provide proof for your answer? ________
Christian Science says that the new man is the true man is the real man – the r______________ of _________. SH 300: 9. I’m glad the theology of Christian Science tells everyone this truth.
Every day, do you think and act out this truth? ________
No one is ‘pre-destined’ to be separated from God! Let’s hear a cheer for God!
“{Man} is the compound idea of God, including all right ideas;” SH 475: 14-15. Can you prove this if you don’t believe it? ____ Man’s (my) unlimited ability is a scientific fact, meaning it invites proof. You and I have to take the “human footsteps leading to perfection.” SH 253: 32-6. How about the teachers and kids at your school? Can every one of them accept and prove the Mind of God? _____ Can everyone be loved and unlimited? _____
The opposite of ma____ is mo________. The ‘opposite’ tries to ‘oppose’ you, confuse you, limit you. But an opposite cannot oppose if you see that it is ____________ because it was not made by God.
How can you help the world know that “…sin, disease, and death give everlasting place to the scientific demonstration of divine Spirit and to God’s spiritual, perfect man.” SH 99: 27.
“What is man?” Before Mary Baker Eddy asked this question in 1875, had any previous writers or theologians asked this question? ___________
The author of Genesis 1 asked this question then wrote down an answer: Man is…
The author of Genesis 2 and 3 wrote down a different answer: Man is…..
These are very different stories about man. How do we know which one is true?
Moses must have been wondering “What is man?” when he doubted his ability to obey God’s command to lead the Children of Israel out of slavery. God answered his doubt by promising, ‘I will be ______ ______.’ Ex. 3: 11-12. Does God answer our doubts the same way? ____
Do you think there were other people in the Old Testament who asked this question? ______
The New Testament was written because a man named ______ answered the question
“What is man?” when he said, “Be ye therefore ________.” Matt. 5: 48.
The first books in the New Testament were letters written by the A_______ P________ to churches in Colosse and Corinth and Galatia. What are the names of these books?
Paul urged the church members to “put off the ________ ________ with his deeds, and put on the ______ ________” which has true knowledge about Creator – creation. Col. 3: 9 – 10.
In order to see and be ‘glorious man,’ we must first behold the ‘_____ of the Lord.’ II Cor. 3: 18.
As far back in history as we can go, we find people who did not seem interested in ‘putting off the _______ _______ and putting on the ________ ________.’ They acted out selfishness and cruelty. Did God create ‘evil’ man? _____ Who created ‘evil’ man? _____________________
Belief in evil will try to use man until human thought says NO: God Good governs man!
“What is man?” That question has been of great interest to authors of Bible books, history books, and the books you read in school. These authors assume and seem to prove that ‘man’ is sometimes e________, sometimes g________, and sometimes even h________.
Thank you Mary Baker Eddy for listening to Father – Mother God telling you that the ‘creation’ is like the ___________. An analogy is that the sunshine is like the ________.
And Christ Jesus, the Son, came to show that every man can prove the C__ __ __ __ __ man.
Scientifically speaking, “all is i________ M_______ and its _________ _________.” SH 468.
If we want to be free to act out ‘true man,’ we have to first admit to ____________ “that man is ________ ________ ____________.” SH 90: 24-25.
Christian Science helps us understand that human thought rises step by step from evil to good to holiness. Science and Health describes these three degrees.
SH 115: 19-5.
The First Degree is depravity, having no goodness or godliness at all.
What good quality is in so-called PHYSICAL man? ____________
The Second Degree means evil beliefs are disappearing.
What good quality is in MORAL man?_____________________
The Third Degree is understanding. What good quality is in SPIRITUAL man? ___________
Which of the three degrees describes you? ____________________
If someone believes that man is mortal and sinful and sick, can that person come to understand that man is immortal and selfless and whole? _______
Did the Adam and Eve story take place at the PHYSICAL, MORAL, or SPIRITUAL level? ____
Not long after Adam and Eve were evicted from their heavenly home in the G________ of E______, another man was already choosing to ‘put off the old man and put on the new man.’ Therefore, that man did not die. His name was E________. Gen. 5: 21-24
“E________ walked with God and he was not, for ________ took him.” He a___________.
The prophet Micah said, ‘it’s not too hard to be godlike.’ “What doth the Lord require of thee but to do __________, and to love _________, and to walk ________ with thy ______.” Micah 6: 8. That’s what Enoch did.
Our textbook says we must go beyond words and make spirituality our l_______ -- p_________ SH 202: 3.
The subject this week is Man. Should we also have a Bible Lesson on Woman, Boy, and Girl? _
Paul said in his letter to the Romans (8: 28): “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Are you one of “the called according to his purpose”? ______ Are you a special person? _____
In Romans 8, Paul talks about ‘predestination.’ ‘Pre’ means ahead of time (as in preview). ‘Destination’ refers to where you are going. Your destination or ‘destiny’ is what God wills (plans) for your life. Is it God’s will that ‘this man’ will succeed and ‘that man’ will fail? _____
Does Matt. 5: 48 and Science and Health 468: 8 provide proof for your answer? ________
Christian Science says that the new man is the true man is the real man – the r______________ of _________. SH 300: 9. I’m glad the theology of Christian Science tells everyone this truth.
Every day, do you think and act out this truth? ________
No one is ‘pre-destined’ to be separated from God! Let’s hear a cheer for God!
“{Man} is the compound idea of God, including all right ideas;” SH 475: 14-15. Can you prove this if you don’t believe it? ____ Man’s (my) unlimited ability is a scientific fact, meaning it invites proof. You and I have to take the “human footsteps leading to perfection.” SH 253: 32-6. How about the teachers and kids at your school? Can every one of them accept and prove the Mind of God? _____ Can everyone be loved and unlimited? _____
The opposite of ma____ is mo________. The ‘opposite’ tries to ‘oppose’ you, confuse you, limit you. But an opposite cannot oppose if you see that it is ____________ because it was not made by God.
How can you help the world know that “…sin, disease, and death give everlasting place to the scientific demonstration of divine Spirit and to God’s spiritual, perfect man.” SH 99: 27.
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