Christian Science 6-27-10 Sara Lincoln
When did Christianity begin? _____________________________________________
When did Science begin? ________________________________________ SH 128: 4-6.
When did Christian Science begin? The discovery in _______; the book in ________.
The teachings of Christian Science are summarized on SH 497 and SH 304: 9-14.
Here are a few things I really like about Christian Science. It teaches
* God is The Mind and my mind
* God did not require or allow His Son Christ Jesus to die. Instead, God gave him the strength and understanding to live no matter what ‘powers’ were trying to kill him.
* God has been protecting and advancing me even when I didn’t know it or express gratitude.
* God has always provided saints to guide and instruct us, e.g., the prophets, Christ Jesus, Paul, John the Revelator, and Mary Baker Eddy (MBE).
* God showed Ready-miz- Eddy that Christ-likeness can be learned and experienced by everyone because it is a Science that can be learned by any sincere seeker for Truth.
* God showed this saint that all that’s un-good and un-Godlike is unreal, therefore cannot hurt man. God showed her and shows us that all evil is false belief and can / must be cast out of thought.
Put a checkmark by the teachings you appreciate. What else would you add? _______________
People go to college and get lots of knowledge, if they want it. Is knowledge the same as wisdom? _____ Wisdom means applying k________, but even more, it means asking ______.
My son, attend to ____ _______; incline thine ear unto ____ ____________. Prov.4: 20.
What Bible Friend wrote down many wise sayings because he listened to God? __________
Solomon asked for w________so that he could be a good King. ‘Give therefore thy servant an __________ ______ to judge thy people that I may discern between g______ and b_____.’
I Kings 3: 9. What do you want to ‘do well’?________ How can God help? ______
Ecclesiastes, The P___________, gave us more wisdom (Eccl. 9: 1) …the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God.. Does this make you feel safe? ________
We have Science and Health because our listening leader also accepted this protection.
The Bible, also called the ___________, is so old. Why don’t we look for a more recent book? Because the Bible teaches ______________________ which is forever and does not get old. The first tenet of Christian Science says: As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal Life. SH 497. Good’s will for me is better than my own w______, so I follow G_____ guidance every day. I can do that because I (man) am a r___________ of divine Mind: God’s image and l_________. SH 256: 7 and SH 547: 23.
Daniel prayed to God. In a vision, a voice said Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and ___ ___ _____ for thy words. Dan. 10: 12. Two hundred years later, Jesus would reveal that man is spiritual, the C______ man. Eighteen hundred years later, MBE explained it this way: Jesus was born of Mary. Christ is the true idea ___________ ________, the divine message from God to men speaking to the human consciousness. SH 332: 9. Do you feel safe and wise when you are listening to the voice of Christ? _____ That voice comes to us as _________.
Where did MBE get her inspiration? The ______ has been my _____ authority.
SH 126: 22-31.
In Genesis, the first thing God created was ________. Gen. 1: 3. St. John said that In the beginning was the ________ and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…All things were made by him… In him was life; and the life was the _________ of men. John 1: 1-4.
MBE stayed focused on the l_________. Christian Science brings to ________ Truth and its supremacy, universal harmony, the entireness of God, good, and the nothingness of _______. SH 293: 28.
Is the practice of Christian Science hard work, or is it a delight and a joy? _______
The Psalmist said I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. Ps. 40: 8.
Paul said Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory…Let this mind ___ ___ ___, which was also in Christ Jesus: Phil. 2: 2, 3, 5.
Does Christian Science help us ‘let the mind of Christ Jesus be in us’? _____
Jesus stayed with the mind of Christ all the time. That’s why he is called _______ _______. Through the Christ, he cast out every kind of disease, even healing someone who was blind and dumb. Matt. 12: 22-26. The ‘deaf’ were sometimes called ‘dumb’ because they could not speak.
Has Christian Science healed anyone who was blind and deaf? _____ In Mary Baker Eddy: Christian Healer by Yvonne Cache von Fettweis and Robert Townsend Warneck, Amplified Edition 2009, there are five pages in the Index listing types of diseases and specific diseases healed by Mary Baker Eddy. There are healings of both blindness and deafness.
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In the last chapter of Science and Health, called __________, people tell about their healings.
On page 620, a woman says that deafness has been overcome by an enlarged understanding of God’s word which she found in Science and Health.
On page 627- 628, a woman heard the words of Science and Health and she said, ‘God has as much for me, if I will accept it.’ She accepted it and was healed of blindness.
Three sources of the inspiration that leads to ‘wisdom, Truth, and Love’ are s______, s________, and S________. SH 234: 4. Mary Baker Eddy reminds us that All substance, intelligence, wisdom, being, immortality, cause, and effect belong to ______. SH 275: 14.
It takes w______, seeing spiritually, to see that Christian Science presents the calm and clear verdict of Truth against error…as is recorded throughout the Scriptures. SH 358: 13-18.
In this church on ____________ evenings, we have a ‘testimony meeting.’ After the Reader reads citations from the Bible and from Science and Health, people tell about their healings.
I find it very encouraging to hear these first-hand accounts of healing.
Thank you God, thank you Christ Jesus, and thank you Mary Baker Eddy for Christian Science!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?
Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?
6-20-10 Sara Lincoln
Atomism is the doctrine that the universe is composed of indivisible particles (atoms), Christian Science is the doctrine that the universe is composed of indivisible spiritual facts. Each one is a ‘doctrine’ which means a t__________. Does the same mind create atomism and Christian Science? _____ There is no physical science, inasmuch as all _______ proceeds from the d______ M_______. SH 127: 23.
Is the atom really matter, or just a belief in matter? ___________ What is it that believes in matter? _______ ________. Did Science, the Law of God, create mortal mind? _____ Did it create matter? _____ M m and m are only suggestions that try to force their way into human thought but they cannot succeed when man is alert, like Jesus, and says Get thee hence, Satan; there is only one God and Him only shall I serve. Matt. 4: 10. Did Jesus prove that m m and m had no force, no reality? ______
The Psalmist knew that the w______ of the Lord created heaven and earth. Ps. 33: 4-9. The Word creates thoughts which are manifested in words and deeds. The Word could not create its opposite, matter, any more than Principle could create a m________, or Love create h______.
The universe is not filled with matter, but with s__________ i________, which He evolves, and they are obedient to the Mind that makes them. SH 295: 6. God made the universe and it’s done and it’s forever. How often do I have to remember and say ‘thank you’? _________________. Moses had a thought and a warning about this. But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. Deut. 8: 18-19. I shall rem____________, not per_______.
Physical force and ________ ________ are one. SH 484: 15. Here, there, and everywhere, it seems that mortalmindmatter is threatening or destroying ‘the universe, including man.’ Thank you Mary Baker Eddy for a correct analysis and solution to ‘the mortal mind’ picture: Science shows that material, conflicting mortal opinions and beliefs emit the effects of error at all times, but this atmosphere of mortal mind cannot be destructive to morals and health when it is ___________ promptly and persistently ____ ___________ ___________. Truth and Love antidote this mental miasma, and thus invigorate and sustain existence. SH 273: 29-3. Truth and Love are ‘the force’ and they keep us alive and progressing.
When the Children of Israel needed to cross the Red Sea, ________ prayed to the one God of the universe, including man, and the __________ parted so they could cross on dry land. Ex. 14: 22. Later, they needed to cross the great River Jordan. Their leader was now J________, not Moses. The waters parted because the first to step into the river were the p________ carrying the a____. Joshua 3: 15-17. What did the ark contain? _____________ Was this the ark Noah built? _____
Did these deeds by Moses and Joshua show that deliverance and safety are possible only through super________ events? _____ Supernatural means acts that are not according to God’s law but rather acts by so-called gods. Is Science, the law of God-Good, supernatural? _____ Miracles are impossible in Science, and here Science takes issue with popular religions. The scientific ______________ of power is from the divine nature and is not supernatural, since Science is an explication of nature. The belief that the universe, including man, is governed in general by material laws, but that occasionally Spirit sets aside these laws, — this belief belittles omnipotent wisdom, and gives to matter the precedence over Spirit.
SH 83: 13. What does the scientific statement of being (SH 468) say about ‘manifestation’? _______________________
The ‘divine nature’ is natural, not supernatural!
The Kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom sent armies to defend themselves against the pagans from Moab. Soon these fighters for good had no more access to water. No problem if there is a p________ at hand! Elisha, the P________, knew to ask the Creator of the Universe where water could be found. Elisha said, dig ditches throughout the valley. When the people obeyed and were prepared and expectant, what do you think happened? Not rain, but the only force in the universe filled the ditches with __________. II Kings 3: 16-17. The Moabites would not ‘see the truth,’ so the waters looked to them like the blood from a battle among the three good kings, but when they crossed the border to see what they could steal, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites. II Kings 3: 24. No matter how many enemies there appear to be, the one God of the universe, including man, shows that o_________ to the one God is the only f______ there is. Only G_____ makes things happen.
Do you want to reach the right conclusion (solution) in every situation? ____ Only by understanding that there is but one power, — not two powers, matter and Mind, — are scientific and logical conclusions reached. SH 270: 7. This sounds like the F____ C___________. The one God is the source of all evolving, developing, and producing. God says, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Ex. 20: 2-3.
How did Jesus answer this question, Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force? Jesus said ____________. In the synagogue, he proved that God-Good was the Only Force. He cast out d_______ and healed Simon’s wife’s mother of a ________ _______. Luke 4: 32-41. The power of God brings deliverance to the captive. SH 224: 29
How do you answer the question Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force? I know the answer is ______ because God’s power is not expressed by a______.
Mind’s government of the body must supersede the so-called ________ ____ ___________. SH 182: 18.
‘So-called’ means ‘n __ __ really.' So-called laws of matter are not really laws!
‘So-called mortal mind’ means mind is not really mortal.
‘So-called mortal man’ means man is not really mortal.
‘So-called gods’ means they are not really God.
6-20-10 Sara Lincoln
Atomism is the doctrine that the universe is composed of indivisible particles (atoms), Christian Science is the doctrine that the universe is composed of indivisible spiritual facts. Each one is a ‘doctrine’ which means a t__________. Does the same mind create atomism and Christian Science? _____ There is no physical science, inasmuch as all _______ proceeds from the d______ M_______. SH 127: 23.
Is the atom really matter, or just a belief in matter? ___________ What is it that believes in matter? _______ ________. Did Science, the Law of God, create mortal mind? _____ Did it create matter? _____ M m and m are only suggestions that try to force their way into human thought but they cannot succeed when man is alert, like Jesus, and says Get thee hence, Satan; there is only one God and Him only shall I serve. Matt. 4: 10. Did Jesus prove that m m and m had no force, no reality? ______
The Psalmist knew that the w______ of the Lord created heaven and earth. Ps. 33: 4-9. The Word creates thoughts which are manifested in words and deeds. The Word could not create its opposite, matter, any more than Principle could create a m________, or Love create h______.
The universe is not filled with matter, but with s__________ i________, which He evolves, and they are obedient to the Mind that makes them. SH 295: 6. God made the universe and it’s done and it’s forever. How often do I have to remember and say ‘thank you’? _________________. Moses had a thought and a warning about this. But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. Deut. 8: 18-19. I shall rem____________, not per_______.
Physical force and ________ ________ are one. SH 484: 15. Here, there, and everywhere, it seems that mortalmindmatter is threatening or destroying ‘the universe, including man.’ Thank you Mary Baker Eddy for a correct analysis and solution to ‘the mortal mind’ picture: Science shows that material, conflicting mortal opinions and beliefs emit the effects of error at all times, but this atmosphere of mortal mind cannot be destructive to morals and health when it is ___________ promptly and persistently ____ ___________ ___________. Truth and Love antidote this mental miasma, and thus invigorate and sustain existence. SH 273: 29-3. Truth and Love are ‘the force’ and they keep us alive and progressing.
When the Children of Israel needed to cross the Red Sea, ________ prayed to the one God of the universe, including man, and the __________ parted so they could cross on dry land. Ex. 14: 22. Later, they needed to cross the great River Jordan. Their leader was now J________, not Moses. The waters parted because the first to step into the river were the p________ carrying the a____. Joshua 3: 15-17. What did the ark contain? _____________ Was this the ark Noah built? _____
Did these deeds by Moses and Joshua show that deliverance and safety are possible only through super________ events? _____ Supernatural means acts that are not according to God’s law but rather acts by so-called gods. Is Science, the law of God-Good, supernatural? _____ Miracles are impossible in Science, and here Science takes issue with popular religions. The scientific ______________ of power is from the divine nature and is not supernatural, since Science is an explication of nature. The belief that the universe, including man, is governed in general by material laws, but that occasionally Spirit sets aside these laws, — this belief belittles omnipotent wisdom, and gives to matter the precedence over Spirit.
SH 83: 13. What does the scientific statement of being (SH 468) say about ‘manifestation’? _______________________
The ‘divine nature’ is natural, not supernatural!
The Kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom sent armies to defend themselves against the pagans from Moab. Soon these fighters for good had no more access to water. No problem if there is a p________ at hand! Elisha, the P________, knew to ask the Creator of the Universe where water could be found. Elisha said, dig ditches throughout the valley. When the people obeyed and were prepared and expectant, what do you think happened? Not rain, but the only force in the universe filled the ditches with __________. II Kings 3: 16-17. The Moabites would not ‘see the truth,’ so the waters looked to them like the blood from a battle among the three good kings, but when they crossed the border to see what they could steal, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites. II Kings 3: 24. No matter how many enemies there appear to be, the one God of the universe, including man, shows that o_________ to the one God is the only f______ there is. Only G_____ makes things happen.
Do you want to reach the right conclusion (solution) in every situation? ____ Only by understanding that there is but one power, — not two powers, matter and Mind, — are scientific and logical conclusions reached. SH 270: 7. This sounds like the F____ C___________. The one God is the source of all evolving, developing, and producing. God says, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Ex. 20: 2-3.
How did Jesus answer this question, Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force? Jesus said ____________. In the synagogue, he proved that God-Good was the Only Force. He cast out d_______ and healed Simon’s wife’s mother of a ________ _______. Luke 4: 32-41. The power of God brings deliverance to the captive. SH 224: 29
How do you answer the question Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force? I know the answer is ______ because God’s power is not expressed by a______.
Mind’s government of the body must supersede the so-called ________ ____ ___________. SH 182: 18.
‘So-called’ means ‘n __ __ really.' So-called laws of matter are not really laws!
‘So-called mortal mind’ means mind is not really mortal.
‘So-called mortal man’ means man is not really mortal.
‘So-called gods’ means they are not really God.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
God the Preserver of Man
God the Preserver of Man 6-13-10 Sara Lincoln
We ‘preserve’ food by putting it in the refrigerator. What are some foods being preserved in your refrigerator or freezer?
God-Creator preserves us-creation by putting us where
The Psalmist thought of many ways to describe how God ‘preserves’: God made everything that is in the heavens, earth, and sea and keepeth truth for ever. God executes judgment for the oppressed, gives food to the hungry, and looseth the prisoners, opens blind eyes, and raiseth those that are bowed down. Ps. 146: 6-8. You are preserved because you re_________ and man__________ God-Life.
The Psalmist said, the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever. Ps. 37: 28. What is a ‘saint’? _____________________________. Are you a saint? ______
King Ahab and Queen Jezebel worshipped a material god named B______. The Prophet Elijah did not go around the country breaking as many statue gods as he could find. Why not? ____
In I Kings 18, Elijah proved that God helps man, and that the Baal-god was only a belief because it never answered the call of its prophets. This angered the Queen and probably put a lot of people out of work who were in the business of making Baal statues. Elijah was running from the Queen, but he was also trusting God. Christian Science affirms that step by step will those who trust Him find that “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” SH 444: 10.
God provided food and water as Elijah ran for safety to the ‘mount of God.’
I Kings 19: 1-8.
The greatest prophet, ________, was teaching in the synagogue in his hometown of Nazareth. He was giving examples of people who were preserved in spite of famine or disease. They were preserved, Jesus said, because they served God and were un___________ and gen___________. Why did this make some listeners very angry? ________________________ These men tried to hustle Jesus off to a place where they could throw him off the cliff. Did this frighten Jesus and make him try to escape? ______What did Jesus do? Luke 4: 14-16, 24-31.
Christ presents the indestructible man, whom Spirit creates, constitutes, and governs. Christ illustrates that blending with God, his divine Principle, which gives man dominion over all the earth. SH 316: 20. The Christ told Jesus how to calmly walk away and go on about his business.
You are ‘blending with God’ when you know that…….
God will heal the sick _________ _____, whenever man is governed by God.
SH 495: 1-2.
Is your enemy ‘other people’? ______ Shall we ask God to preserve us from ‘other people’? ___ The determination to _____ _______ in the grasp of matter is the persecutor of Truth and Love. SH 28: 6. Is that kind of ‘determination’ an action of Mind? _____ It is a suggestion of so-called ________ _________. I protect myself from this so-called ________ through my spiritual determination to be _______________________________________
Another way to describe harmful determination is h_______ w______. SH 490: 8.
Jesus knew how to protect himself from hostile crowds, but sometimes he had to figure out what to do when enthusiastic crowds were pushing to get closer. That happened on the lake shore, so Jesus asked Simon (Peter) to row away from the shore so that Jesus could teach the crowd from the boat. That meant loss of fishing time for Simon and thus loss of income. He had been fishing all night and caught nothing. Would Jesus take advantage of Peter’s need to earn a living? ___ After his sermon, Jesus said, let’s row out again, but Peter said, what’s the use? Jesus knew that God was preserving Peter’s ‘business.’ Peter agreed to go back out on the lake. Two important things happened. Luke 5: 1-11. Let’s read this story.
Mary Baker Eddy reminds us that prosperity does not consist of gaining ‘things.’ Spirit, God, gathers unformed __________ into their proper channels, and unfolds these thoughts, even as He opens the petals of a holy purpose in order that the purpose _____ ________. SH 506: 18.
…to all mankind and in every hour, divine Love supplies all good. SH 444: 13-14.
Today is big with blessings for the consciousness that is leaning on the _____________ ______________. SH vii: 1. Does ‘sustaining’ mean ‘preserving’? ____
As mortals reach, through knowledge of Christian Science, a __________ _______, they will seek to learn, not from matter, but from the divine Principle, God, how to demonstrate the Christ, Truth, as the healing and ________ ________. SH 285: 27.
Mind preserves and expresses its idea man. This ‘preserving’ includes the h________ of men, women, children, and our world. Who does that healing? ___________________________
Jesus said, “These signs shall follow them that believe; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." SH 328: 20.
Here’s how the prophet Zephaniah describes God preserving man: The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will ________ he will __________ over thee with joy; he will ________ in his love, he will _______ over thee with singing. Zeph. 3: 17.
We’ve seen how God preserved Elijah and Jesus when they were in danger. God also preserved the apostles (d_________) even when they were put in prison for preaching the good news (the g_________) of Jesus Christ. But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. Acts 5: 19-21. Do you think the disciples were very brave? _____ They did not give in to the belief in a power apart from God called ‘political power.’ They knew that they were serving God and that God would _______________________. Can you be wise and brave about sharing the healing truths of Christian Science? ________. I say ______ because The Lord shall preserve {my} going out and {my} coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. Ps. 121: 8.
Why do you have to be ‘wise’ as well as ‘brave’? ____________________
The power of God brings _____________ to the captive. No power can withstand ________ Love. SH 224: 31.
Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. SH 481: 4 and II Cor. 3: 17.
Where is the Spirit of the Lord? ______________________
Why will God preserve you every day of your life?
We ‘preserve’ food by putting it in the refrigerator. What are some foods being preserved in your refrigerator or freezer?
God-Creator preserves us-creation by putting us where
The Psalmist thought of many ways to describe how God ‘preserves’: God made everything that is in the heavens, earth, and sea and keepeth truth for ever. God executes judgment for the oppressed, gives food to the hungry, and looseth the prisoners, opens blind eyes, and raiseth those that are bowed down. Ps. 146: 6-8. You are preserved because you re_________ and man__________ God-Life.
The Psalmist said, the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever. Ps. 37: 28. What is a ‘saint’? _____________________________. Are you a saint? ______
King Ahab and Queen Jezebel worshipped a material god named B______. The Prophet Elijah did not go around the country breaking as many statue gods as he could find. Why not? ____
In I Kings 18, Elijah proved that God helps man, and that the Baal-god was only a belief because it never answered the call of its prophets. This angered the Queen and probably put a lot of people out of work who were in the business of making Baal statues. Elijah was running from the Queen, but he was also trusting God. Christian Science affirms that step by step will those who trust Him find that “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” SH 444: 10.
God provided food and water as Elijah ran for safety to the ‘mount of God.’
I Kings 19: 1-8.
The greatest prophet, ________, was teaching in the synagogue in his hometown of Nazareth. He was giving examples of people who were preserved in spite of famine or disease. They were preserved, Jesus said, because they served God and were un___________ and gen___________. Why did this make some listeners very angry? ________________________ These men tried to hustle Jesus off to a place where they could throw him off the cliff. Did this frighten Jesus and make him try to escape? ______What did Jesus do? Luke 4: 14-16, 24-31.
Christ presents the indestructible man, whom Spirit creates, constitutes, and governs. Christ illustrates that blending with God, his divine Principle, which gives man dominion over all the earth. SH 316: 20. The Christ told Jesus how to calmly walk away and go on about his business.
You are ‘blending with God’ when you know that…….
God will heal the sick _________ _____, whenever man is governed by God.
SH 495: 1-2.
Is your enemy ‘other people’? ______ Shall we ask God to preserve us from ‘other people’? ___ The determination to _____ _______ in the grasp of matter is the persecutor of Truth and Love. SH 28: 6. Is that kind of ‘determination’ an action of Mind? _____ It is a suggestion of so-called ________ _________. I protect myself from this so-called ________ through my spiritual determination to be _______________________________________
Another way to describe harmful determination is h_______ w______. SH 490: 8.
Jesus knew how to protect himself from hostile crowds, but sometimes he had to figure out what to do when enthusiastic crowds were pushing to get closer. That happened on the lake shore, so Jesus asked Simon (Peter) to row away from the shore so that Jesus could teach the crowd from the boat. That meant loss of fishing time for Simon and thus loss of income. He had been fishing all night and caught nothing. Would Jesus take advantage of Peter’s need to earn a living? ___ After his sermon, Jesus said, let’s row out again, but Peter said, what’s the use? Jesus knew that God was preserving Peter’s ‘business.’ Peter agreed to go back out on the lake. Two important things happened. Luke 5: 1-11. Let’s read this story.
Mary Baker Eddy reminds us that prosperity does not consist of gaining ‘things.’ Spirit, God, gathers unformed __________ into their proper channels, and unfolds these thoughts, even as He opens the petals of a holy purpose in order that the purpose _____ ________. SH 506: 18.
…to all mankind and in every hour, divine Love supplies all good. SH 444: 13-14.
Today is big with blessings for the consciousness that is leaning on the _____________ ______________. SH vii: 1. Does ‘sustaining’ mean ‘preserving’? ____
As mortals reach, through knowledge of Christian Science, a __________ _______, they will seek to learn, not from matter, but from the divine Principle, God, how to demonstrate the Christ, Truth, as the healing and ________ ________. SH 285: 27.
Mind preserves and expresses its idea man. This ‘preserving’ includes the h________ of men, women, children, and our world. Who does that healing? ___________________________
Jesus said, “These signs shall follow them that believe; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." SH 328: 20.
Here’s how the prophet Zephaniah describes God preserving man: The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will ________ he will __________ over thee with joy; he will ________ in his love, he will _______ over thee with singing. Zeph. 3: 17.
We’ve seen how God preserved Elijah and Jesus when they were in danger. God also preserved the apostles (d_________) even when they were put in prison for preaching the good news (the g_________) of Jesus Christ. But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. Acts 5: 19-21. Do you think the disciples were very brave? _____ They did not give in to the belief in a power apart from God called ‘political power.’ They knew that they were serving God and that God would _______________________. Can you be wise and brave about sharing the healing truths of Christian Science? ________. I say ______ because The Lord shall preserve {my} going out and {my} coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. Ps. 121: 8.
Why do you have to be ‘wise’ as well as ‘brave’? ____________________
The power of God brings _____________ to the captive. No power can withstand ________ Love. SH 224: 31.
Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. SH 481: 4 and II Cor. 3: 17.
Where is the Spirit of the Lord? ______________________
Why will God preserve you every day of your life?
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
God the Only Cause and Creator
God the Only Cause and Creator 6-6-10 Sara Lincoln
‘Only’ implies that there is no other. There is you the student, you the family member, you the athlete, but there’s only one you. Is there any other like you? _____Can you explain how ‘yes’ and ‘no’ can both be correct answers?
Christian Science helps us understand that God is the only C_______ and C_________ and also P_, M_, S_, S_, Life, T_, and Love (SH 587) and that God is i_______ which means u_______.
As you learn, live, and love do you cause things to happen? ______
I can think of many Bible Friends who caused things to happen, e.g., Noah. What did he cause? _
Isaac (Abraham’s son) dug two wells for his family and flocks, but other people claimed the wells were theirs. Gen. 26: 19-22. Did Isaac fight them?____ He dug a third well which no one else claimed. It was only for him. He wanted only the well that was right for him, the well that God provided, so he also brought peace to the region. It looked like Isaac was causing things to happen, but perhaps Isaac was only thinking about what this Psalmist said: Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his _____________ ________ to the children of men. Ps. 107: 15. Did Noah cause mankind to be saved from the flood? _____
Where in the Bible is there a description of all that God caused and created? _________
Does In the beginning (Gen. 1: 1) mean the beginning of time? ______Once again, true Science helps us understand that beginning signifies _____ ________. SH 502: 24-25.
The only God creates all forms of reality. His __________ are spiritual realities. SH 513: 26. Every created thing begins as a t__________.
Is there such a thing as a counterfeit dollar bill? ____ Is there also a counterfeit creation? ____
Creation is ever ______________, and must ever continue to __________…SH 507: 28-29
But the multiplication of God’s children comes from no power of propagation in matter, it is the ________________ _____ ____________. SH 303: 5-7.
One way we know that matter is not a cause, creator, or creation is that matter cannot tell us about ______.Your intelli________, existence, and indivi_________ remain in God. SH 513: 17.
Hannah and Elkanah were very sad because they had no children, Hannah prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore and she also made a promise. O Lord, if thou wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life…I Samuel 1: 10-11. Hannah had learned that only ________ could create a c_________. She promised not to selfishly possess the child, but to let the child be raised in the Temple where he (Samuel) would learn how to serve God. Samuel became a great prophet. Creation is always s___________, never m___________.
Is that true even when you are preparing (creating) a school project? _____
...creation consists of the unfolding of spiritual ideas… SH 502: 29.
Could Jesus heal from a distance? ___ Can Christian Science heal from a distance? ___
John 4: 46-53 tells about a nobleman whose son was sick in another city. Jesus saith unto him, go thy way, thy son liveth. What happened next? Verse 50.
What if the man had said, but Master, if you don’t come touch my son and talk to him, he will not get well. Would the son have recovered if the father had not ‘believed’? _____
If God is the only Cause, can disbelief also be a cause? _______
Can the spiritual truths in the Bible and in Science and Health heal you even if you don’t believe the words? ______Jesus said, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe, John 4: 48.
Does Jesus mean that you have to see the evidence, or the possibility of healing? _____________
God, good, can no more produce sickness than goodness can cause evil and health occasion disease. SH 230: 16. Underline the two words that mean ‘cause.’
This is something you say about God if you believe that God is Good and God is All:
It is not in accordance with the goodness of God's character that He should make man sick, then leave man to heal himself; it is absurd to suppose that matter can ______ ______ ____ _ ____ disease, or that Spirit, God, produces disease and leaves the remedy to matter. SH 208: 12.
After Jesus ascended, the number of disciples increased to about 120. They went around teaching and healing. Were they causing things to happen? _____The Day of Pentecost was one of the Feast Days in Jerusalem. Thousands of Jews came from far-away places. They were amazed to hear the disciples speaking other languages. Only God-Mind, divine inspiration, could cause them to speak of the wonderful works of God in a language they didn’t know! Acts 2: 11.
Indeed, the Christian era was ushered in with ________and ____________ SH 139: 8-9.
The whole family of man could speak and does speak the language of sp_________ power and the language of l_______. The brotherhood of man could and does consist of Love and Truth, and have unity of Principle and spiritual power which constitute divine Science. SH 469: 30-5.
This is what God the Only Cause and Creator brings about. If we are Christian Scientists, we acknowledge this, and we can unite with this church only as we are new-born of Spirit, as we reach the Life which is Truth and the Truth which is Life by bringing forth the fruits of Love, -- casting out error and healing the sick.
SH 35: 20-25.
Is this the kind of church you would like to be a member of? _____ Can you join the church at your age? _____. Where would you find out about the qualifications for membership? In the C_______ M________. You could get an application from the Clerk and see what it says.
Ps. 95: 6-7 says O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord our maker. For he is our God, and we are the __________ of his pasture, and the _________ of his hand.
God is perfect cause and c_________ and I am perfect effect and c__________.
Let us rejoice that we are subject to the divine ‘__________ ______ _____.’ Such is the true Science of being. SH 249: 8-10.
‘Only’ implies that there is no other. There is you the student, you the family member, you the athlete, but there’s only one you. Is there any other like you? _____Can you explain how ‘yes’ and ‘no’ can both be correct answers?
Christian Science helps us understand that God is the only C_______ and C_________ and also P_, M_, S_, S_, Life, T_, and Love (SH 587) and that God is i_______ which means u_______.
As you learn, live, and love do you cause things to happen? ______
I can think of many Bible Friends who caused things to happen, e.g., Noah. What did he cause? _
Isaac (Abraham’s son) dug two wells for his family and flocks, but other people claimed the wells were theirs. Gen. 26: 19-22. Did Isaac fight them?____ He dug a third well which no one else claimed. It was only for him. He wanted only the well that was right for him, the well that God provided, so he also brought peace to the region. It looked like Isaac was causing things to happen, but perhaps Isaac was only thinking about what this Psalmist said: Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his _____________ ________ to the children of men. Ps. 107: 15. Did Noah cause mankind to be saved from the flood? _____
Where in the Bible is there a description of all that God caused and created? _________
Does In the beginning (Gen. 1: 1) mean the beginning of time? ______Once again, true Science helps us understand that beginning signifies _____ ________. SH 502: 24-25.
The only God creates all forms of reality. His __________ are spiritual realities. SH 513: 26. Every created thing begins as a t__________.
Is there such a thing as a counterfeit dollar bill? ____ Is there also a counterfeit creation? ____
Creation is ever ______________, and must ever continue to __________…SH 507: 28-29
But the multiplication of God’s children comes from no power of propagation in matter, it is the ________________ _____ ____________. SH 303: 5-7.
One way we know that matter is not a cause, creator, or creation is that matter cannot tell us about ______.Your intelli________, existence, and indivi_________ remain in God. SH 513: 17.
Hannah and Elkanah were very sad because they had no children, Hannah prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore and she also made a promise. O Lord, if thou wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life…I Samuel 1: 10-11. Hannah had learned that only ________ could create a c_________. She promised not to selfishly possess the child, but to let the child be raised in the Temple where he (Samuel) would learn how to serve God. Samuel became a great prophet. Creation is always s___________, never m___________.
Is that true even when you are preparing (creating) a school project? _____
...creation consists of the unfolding of spiritual ideas… SH 502: 29.
Could Jesus heal from a distance? ___ Can Christian Science heal from a distance? ___
John 4: 46-53 tells about a nobleman whose son was sick in another city. Jesus saith unto him, go thy way, thy son liveth. What happened next? Verse 50.
What if the man had said, but Master, if you don’t come touch my son and talk to him, he will not get well. Would the son have recovered if the father had not ‘believed’? _____
If God is the only Cause, can disbelief also be a cause? _______
Can the spiritual truths in the Bible and in Science and Health heal you even if you don’t believe the words? ______Jesus said, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe, John 4: 48.
Does Jesus mean that you have to see the evidence, or the possibility of healing? _____________
God, good, can no more produce sickness than goodness can cause evil and health occasion disease. SH 230: 16. Underline the two words that mean ‘cause.’
This is something you say about God if you believe that God is Good and God is All:
It is not in accordance with the goodness of God's character that He should make man sick, then leave man to heal himself; it is absurd to suppose that matter can ______ ______ ____ _ ____ disease, or that Spirit, God, produces disease and leaves the remedy to matter. SH 208: 12.
After Jesus ascended, the number of disciples increased to about 120. They went around teaching and healing. Were they causing things to happen? _____The Day of Pentecost was one of the Feast Days in Jerusalem. Thousands of Jews came from far-away places. They were amazed to hear the disciples speaking other languages. Only God-Mind, divine inspiration, could cause them to speak of the wonderful works of God in a language they didn’t know! Acts 2: 11.
Indeed, the Christian era was ushered in with ________and ____________ SH 139: 8-9.
The whole family of man could speak and does speak the language of sp_________ power and the language of l_______. The brotherhood of man could and does consist of Love and Truth, and have unity of Principle and spiritual power which constitute divine Science. SH 469: 30-5.
This is what God the Only Cause and Creator brings about. If we are Christian Scientists, we acknowledge this, and we can unite with this church only as we are new-born of Spirit, as we reach the Life which is Truth and the Truth which is Life by bringing forth the fruits of Love, -- casting out error and healing the sick.
SH 35: 20-25.
Is this the kind of church you would like to be a member of? _____ Can you join the church at your age? _____. Where would you find out about the qualifications for membership? In the C_______ M________. You could get an application from the Clerk and see what it says.
Ps. 95: 6-7 says O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord our maker. For he is our God, and we are the __________ of his pasture, and the _________ of his hand.
God is perfect cause and c_________ and I am perfect effect and c__________.
Let us rejoice that we are subject to the divine ‘__________ ______ _____.’ Such is the true Science of being. SH 249: 8-10.
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