Everlasting Punishment 10-31-2010 Sara Lincoln
The theology of Christian Science clearly states that punishment is not everlasting, but the _______ in sin is punished so long as the belief lasts. SH 497, third tenet. The belief in an error, like 4+4=44, is troublesome and potentially harmful only so long as the false _______ about 4 exists. Punishment cannot be everlasting because it ends as soon as the fa________ be_________ is corrected. One opposite of punish it bl_____. Is there everlasting blessing? _____
Several thousand years ago, the Prophet Isaiah was helping the Children of Israel know the true God. He urged the wicked and the unrighteous to return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Isa. 55: 7. Is par_____ the opposite of pun_____? ____. Wicked means selfish, disho_______ and determined to h______ others. Unrighteous means to d______ the allness and goodness of G______ and m______. Wicked and unrighteous seem to be states of thought that are potentially harmful but they are counterfeits of T______, God, therefore they must self-destruct.
Have you seen bullying in your school? ___. What does it look like? _____________________
Should the bully be pardoned? ___ punished? ___ corrected? ___
One time ‘a sinner’ washed and kissed Jesus’ feet as he sat at dinner with some Pharisees. She then anointed his feet with expensive oil. Jesus could have said to her you will be punished for your sins. Instead, he said to her, thy s______ are for_______. Luke 7: 48. Why would Jesus forgive her and not punish her? The story begins in Luke 7: 35.
Abraham loved God and his neighbor. He knew about very harmful and ungodlike behavior in two cities called Sodom and Gomorrah and he learned that the Lord would punish these sinful acts and cause the cities to self-destruct. He questioned the Lord, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Gen. 18: 23. What do you think the Lord answered? ___________________________________.
Two angels (who looked like men) came to Sodom, and Lot (Abraham’s nephew) gladly brought them into his house. It seemed like everyone in the city had agreed to allow these sinful acts, and the men in Sodom tried to get these angels involved. They almost broke down the door, but Lot protected the angels. Then the angels protected Lot and his family by leading them out of the city, which then began to burn with sulfur (brimstone), making it impossible to breathe,
Gen. 19.
Why didn’t the Lord forgive the sinners in Sodom, like Jesus forgave the sinner who washed and kissed his feet? _______________________________.
Could all of that wicked and unrighteous belief have yielded to God and received mercy and pardon? ______. Christian Science explains that the destruction of s______ is the divine method of par_____. SH 339: 1. God destroys s_______ but pardons s________ who turn away from wi_______ and un_________ beliefs. What is happening to wrong notions about God? They are ________ ______.
SH 357:19-22. I am glad, and I can help save my city and my school by making sure I have no w________ n________ about God or man.
The Prophet Samuel tells about a man named Nabal (see I Sam. 25) who was not like Abraham because he did not love God and his neighbor. Nabal was not like Lot either because he was not generous and helpful. Nabal had 1000 sheep and 1000 goats so he was very rich. David had protected Nabal’s sheep when they were in David’s area, but Nabal refused to feed David’s men who approached him with great respect. Was Nabal acting like a bully? ___. David was angry and insulted. He told 400 of his men to ‘gird on their swords’ and they set out to attack Nabal. Was this action inspired by God? _____. Thank God someone was inspired to stop David, and that person was A________, wife of Nabal, verse 3. She gathered a lot of food and set out to meet David and his men. She bowed before David saying ‘let me take the blame for my husband’s actions.’ Abigail was not foolish. She was hu______ and wi____. She knew David would one day be k______ over Israel and she didn’t want David to regret a bloody revenge.
And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand, verse 32-33. David was learning that evil self-de______ according to God’s law and he should not try to intervene or act out hu____ will. Did God pun_____ David for a moment of vengeful anger? ____. God par______ David who said Blessed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil, verse 39. God does not punish m_____ but rather redeems m______ from ‘wrong notions.’ God destroys s________ but not s________, if they are willing to yield to God’s will.
‘Sin’ is the belief that there is life, tr_____, and intelligence in m________, and this belief punishes the believer. When will you have the opportunity to refuse and cast out this belief? __
Christian Science explains that ‘sin’ starts small, grows big, and finally governs the so-called man. SH 188: 4. The real man casts out sin. What are the things that are punished? …dishonesty, e______, h_________, revenge ripen into action, only to pass from shame and woe to their final p_____. SH 188: 9-10. Let’s look at the Lord’s Prayer and its spiritual interpretation (SH 16-17) to see if this prayer tells us how to obey God and avoid the punishment of false belief.
How do we help mankind learn that as in heaven, so on earth, -- God is omnipotent, supreme? SH 17: 1-3. Science and Health tells us how: At all times and under all circumstances, overcome evil with good. Know t______, and God will supply the w_______ and the occasion for a victory over evil. Clad in the panoply of Love, human hatred cannot reach you. SH 571: 15.
False belief in mortal selfhood and material sense is so-called thinking that is p____________.
Christ, the real man, expresses real thinking that b__________ everyone. SH 316: 3-7,
Evil must be over_____, not tolerated. Remember that mankind must sooner or later, either by su______________ or by S__________, be convinced of the e_______ that is to be overcome. SH 240: 24. I don’t need to be convinced by suffering. I choose to be convinced by __________. Science is the l______ of God, Good and Christian Science explains how and why man reflects the law of God and casts out the belief of e_____________ p______________.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Probation After Death
Probation After Death 10-24-10 Sara Lincoln
Are you and I on ‘probation after death’ right now? Yes ___ No__ I don’t know ___. Perhaps the spiritual thinker needs to ask, what do you mean by ‘death’? and how does ‘probation’ apply to ‘death’? Let’s posit some preliminary responses to these questions, then see what this Bible Lesson adds to our understanding of what ‘death’ and ‘probation’ mean.
Is ‘belief’ in mortality all around us? ___ Mortality means se______ from G____. Is the ‘fact’ of mortality all around us? ___ How often does belief have to yield to fact? __________________ Why doesn’t someone just get rid of belief so that all we can know is fact? Someone did! In fact, many-ones did! Name someone who got rid of belief in mortality: ________________________
If someone, many-ones, got rid of belief then belief is dead. Right? _____
Isaiah declared the death of death over 2000 years ago. Isa. 35: 8: He {the glory of the Lord} will swallow up death in victory, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces…
Almost 2000 years ago, Paul again declared the death of death as he described the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ Jesus, I Cor. 15: 3-4: …he was buried…he rose again…Paul said that when we ‘put on i________ then death is swa________ up in victory.’ I Cor. 15: 54.
Is ‘putting on immortality’ like putting on a robe? ___. I’d like to have this robe of immortality. Where can I buy it? _____________. Do you think ‘putting on immortality’ is like always feeling embraced and protected by Love and all-knowing Mind? ______
Did Mary Baker Eddy also experience the death of death? ____. Remember? When her friends thought she was going to die, she asked for her Bible, read in Matt. 9 about Jesus healing a paralyzed man, and realized this healing power is the most present thing, the ‘forever fact.’ She was healed. Did she ‘put on immortality’ during that time of being near death? _____
She said to God, tell me more about the death of death. God did, and she passed along the facts to us in Science and Health. Does Christian Science show us how to put on immortality? ____.
If the death of death has been so well proven, why are you and I ‘on probation’ to prove that life is the fact and death is only a false belief? __________________________________________
Are we, like our predecessors, continuing to prove that there is no m________ m_______ that can believe in death? ______. Are we willing to do this, even though it isn’t always easy? _____
There is something that has to die. If it’s not ‘man,’ what is it? SH 290: 23. ________________
Universal salvation {everyone free of death} rests on pro________ and pro________, and is unattainable without them. SH 291: 12.
Is there death in Life? ____. Life is where we came from, where we are, and where we’re going, but we still have to gain Life, achieve it, by walking in the pathway of _______ both before and after that which is called d____. SH 487: 3-6. According to this fact -- before and after death -- we will still be thinking after what seems to be death. Do you like this fact? ______. I do too. Why are we glad this is true? _______________
Every week, the Psalmist helps us pray. What does the Psalmist ask God to do in Ps. 139 23-24? ___________________________________________________
After Jesus was arrested, the disciples were afraid. Why?_______________________________
Three people pointed at Peter and said ‘this man was with Jesus.’ How did Peter respond?
Peter said ______________________ Luke 22: 57-60. Was Peter learning what it means to be ‘on probation?’ At very important moments, did Peter tell the truth? ____When he admitted to himself, I lied, he went out and ________ _________. Luke 22: 62. Did Peter stay in this state of grief? _____. He accepted from the Christ a regeneration, which means a re______. Even though he didn’t make a good grade on the ‘probation’ test, God’s love, the Christ, made sure Peter learned what he needed to learn. Just as death is not more real than life, so a lie is not more real than truth. During ‘probation,’ do we show that we are sticking with the facts and casting out beliefs? ___
Is defeat the result of experience? ___. P______ is born of experience. SH 296: 4-12. The death of a false m_____ s______ and of s___…is what reveals man and Life, harmonious, real, and eternal. Is ‘man’ on probation? ____What is ‘on probation’? ____________. Christian Science says we should examine ourselves and learn what is the affection and purpose of the ___…
SH 8: 28-30.
Mary, one of Jesus’ disciples, was weeping at the tomb. She looked into the cave-like sepulcher and saw two angels who asked Why weepest thou? Mary was worried because Jesus’ body was not in the tomb. When she turned around, a man asked Why weepest thou? Who was that man? _.
Do you think Jesus was ‘on probation after death’? ____. I think he was showing that ‘probation’ is a time of progress. Do you agree? _____
Perhaps Mary wanted to hug him in joy, but Jesus said touch me not; for I am not yet ascended… He then gave Mary instructions to go do what? _________________________ John 20: 11-17.
What was Jesus doing in the tomb?__. He was ‘solving the great problem __ ___.’ SH 44: 5-10.
He solved it by proving that man is s______ and the body is not m________. SH 313: 30-5.
After you and I learn that death is a dream, a lie, how long will we be ‘on probation’ to prove this fact? ________________________________ SH 77: 13-18.
When we learn that e_____ is not real, we shall be ready for p______… SH 353: 22. Can I learn more everyday about the unreality of e_____ and d______? _____. I learn more by___________________
Through C____ J____ and C_____ S_____ we learn that Life and man survive this body. Neither evil, disease, nor death can be spiritual, and the material belief in them disappears in the ratio of our sp______ growth. SH 368: 20-24.
After so-called death, the ‘human mind’ realizes it is still a_____! Does the ‘mortal, erring mind’ still have to put off the belief in death and yield to God, immortal Mind? ____. Perhaps this is the yielding that happens during ‘probation after death.’ Does that make sense to you? ______. If here we give no heed to Christian Science, which is spiritual and eternal, we shall not be ready for spiritual Life hereafter.
SH 410: 1. I’m glad to know that, because it is such a joy to give heed (pay close attention) to the law of Life, Truth, and Love as explained in Christian Science.
Today I understand that the only ‘death’ is ________________________________
And I understand that ‘probation’ is a time of _____________________________
Are you and I on ‘probation after death’ right now? Yes ___ No__ I don’t know ___. Perhaps the spiritual thinker needs to ask, what do you mean by ‘death’? and how does ‘probation’ apply to ‘death’? Let’s posit some preliminary responses to these questions, then see what this Bible Lesson adds to our understanding of what ‘death’ and ‘probation’ mean.
Is ‘belief’ in mortality all around us? ___ Mortality means se______ from G____. Is the ‘fact’ of mortality all around us? ___ How often does belief have to yield to fact? __________________ Why doesn’t someone just get rid of belief so that all we can know is fact? Someone did! In fact, many-ones did! Name someone who got rid of belief in mortality: ________________________
If someone, many-ones, got rid of belief then belief is dead. Right? _____
Isaiah declared the death of death over 2000 years ago. Isa. 35: 8: He {the glory of the Lord} will swallow up death in victory, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces…
Almost 2000 years ago, Paul again declared the death of death as he described the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ Jesus, I Cor. 15: 3-4: …he was buried…he rose again…Paul said that when we ‘put on i________ then death is swa________ up in victory.’ I Cor. 15: 54.
Is ‘putting on immortality’ like putting on a robe? ___. I’d like to have this robe of immortality. Where can I buy it? _____________. Do you think ‘putting on immortality’ is like always feeling embraced and protected by Love and all-knowing Mind? ______
Did Mary Baker Eddy also experience the death of death? ____. Remember? When her friends thought she was going to die, she asked for her Bible, read in Matt. 9 about Jesus healing a paralyzed man, and realized this healing power is the most present thing, the ‘forever fact.’ She was healed. Did she ‘put on immortality’ during that time of being near death? _____
She said to God, tell me more about the death of death. God did, and she passed along the facts to us in Science and Health. Does Christian Science show us how to put on immortality? ____.
If the death of death has been so well proven, why are you and I ‘on probation’ to prove that life is the fact and death is only a false belief? __________________________________________
Are we, like our predecessors, continuing to prove that there is no m________ m_______ that can believe in death? ______. Are we willing to do this, even though it isn’t always easy? _____
There is something that has to die. If it’s not ‘man,’ what is it? SH 290: 23. ________________
Universal salvation {everyone free of death} rests on pro________ and pro________, and is unattainable without them. SH 291: 12.
Is there death in Life? ____. Life is where we came from, where we are, and where we’re going, but we still have to gain Life, achieve it, by walking in the pathway of _______ both before and after that which is called d____. SH 487: 3-6. According to this fact -- before and after death -- we will still be thinking after what seems to be death. Do you like this fact? ______. I do too. Why are we glad this is true? _______________
Every week, the Psalmist helps us pray. What does the Psalmist ask God to do in Ps. 139 23-24? ___________________________________________________
After Jesus was arrested, the disciples were afraid. Why?_______________________________
Three people pointed at Peter and said ‘this man was with Jesus.’ How did Peter respond?
Peter said ______________________ Luke 22: 57-60. Was Peter learning what it means to be ‘on probation?’ At very important moments, did Peter tell the truth? ____When he admitted to himself, I lied, he went out and ________ _________. Luke 22: 62. Did Peter stay in this state of grief? _____. He accepted from the Christ a regeneration, which means a re______. Even though he didn’t make a good grade on the ‘probation’ test, God’s love, the Christ, made sure Peter learned what he needed to learn. Just as death is not more real than life, so a lie is not more real than truth. During ‘probation,’ do we show that we are sticking with the facts and casting out beliefs? ___
Is defeat the result of experience? ___. P______ is born of experience. SH 296: 4-12. The death of a false m_____ s______ and of s___…is what reveals man and Life, harmonious, real, and eternal. Is ‘man’ on probation? ____What is ‘on probation’? ____________. Christian Science says we should examine ourselves and learn what is the affection and purpose of the ___…
SH 8: 28-30.
Mary, one of Jesus’ disciples, was weeping at the tomb. She looked into the cave-like sepulcher and saw two angels who asked Why weepest thou? Mary was worried because Jesus’ body was not in the tomb. When she turned around, a man asked Why weepest thou? Who was that man? _.
Do you think Jesus was ‘on probation after death’? ____. I think he was showing that ‘probation’ is a time of progress. Do you agree? _____
Perhaps Mary wanted to hug him in joy, but Jesus said touch me not; for I am not yet ascended… He then gave Mary instructions to go do what? _________________________ John 20: 11-17.
What was Jesus doing in the tomb?__. He was ‘solving the great problem __ ___.’ SH 44: 5-10.
He solved it by proving that man is s______ and the body is not m________. SH 313: 30-5.
After you and I learn that death is a dream, a lie, how long will we be ‘on probation’ to prove this fact? ________________________________ SH 77: 13-18.
When we learn that e_____ is not real, we shall be ready for p______… SH 353: 22. Can I learn more everyday about the unreality of e_____ and d______? _____. I learn more by___________________
Through C____ J____ and C_____ S_____ we learn that Life and man survive this body. Neither evil, disease, nor death can be spiritual, and the material belief in them disappears in the ratio of our sp______ growth. SH 368: 20-24.
After so-called death, the ‘human mind’ realizes it is still a_____! Does the ‘mortal, erring mind’ still have to put off the belief in death and yield to God, immortal Mind? ____. Perhaps this is the yielding that happens during ‘probation after death.’ Does that make sense to you? ______. If here we give no heed to Christian Science, which is spiritual and eternal, we shall not be ready for spiritual Life hereafter.
SH 410: 1. I’m glad to know that, because it is such a joy to give heed (pay close attention) to the law of Life, Truth, and Love as explained in Christian Science.
Today I understand that the only ‘death’ is ________________________________
And I understand that ‘probation’ is a time of _____________________________
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Doctrine of Atonement
Doctrine of Atonement 10-17-10 Sara Lincoln
We’ve learned before that a doctrine is a _________. Atonement is at-_____-_______.
The opposite of at-one-ment is s___________. Are God and man s_________ or at-one? __
One of the earliest stories about at-one-ment is in __________. One of the earliest stories about separation is in __________.
A theologian is one who studies and teaches about ________. Do most theologians believe that God and man are s__________? ____. They say religion can help man reconnect with God. Did the o________, o________, and o_________ allow man to become disconnected? _____. Which theologians saw correctly that Creator and creation are ever at-one? _______________________
One of them, P______, wrote a letter to the Christians in Rome, thanking God and them that they had obeyed from the heart that form of d______ which Paul had taught them. Rom. 6: 17. They had been serving the ‘sin of s_______,’ but Christ Jesus broke down the middle wall of partition between God and man. Eph. 2: 14 Walls of partition serve a useful purpose in your h______, but a mind with several private rooms is likely to have several gods such as m______ and l_______.
Another theologian, John, said he that abideth in the d______ of C______, he hath both the Father and the Son. II John 1: 9. What is the doctrine of Christ? _________________________
One doctrine of Christian Science is that ‘e_____ and m______ have neither intelligence nor power.’ SH 454: 10
Man-made doctrines are w_______, which means _______________. SH 134: 14. Man-made doctrines cannot help us because they deny the possibility of Christian h_______, line 18. The doctrines (teachings) of C______ J______ and C________ S________ are the same: There is only one God-C______ and that’s Good. God is A___ so Cause and E______ are one and good. You and I really can prove that each of us is the i_______ and l________ of God. Gen. 1: 26-27.
What is it that shuts the door on spiritual healing? SH 132: 20-24. ________ ________.
Its opposite, f______, opens our eyes to see God’s will and God’s actions.
If Truth is overcoming error in your daily walk and conversation, you can finally say, “I have fought a good fight…I have kept the f______,” because you are a better man. This is having our part in the a___-o____-m______ with Truth and Love. SH 21: 1-5. At-one-ment is not just a theory. At-one-ment is the foundation on which we build lives that honor God and bless others.
The chief priests thought they had a right to put Jesus to death for the sin of b________ because Jesus said he was the S____ of G____. Mark 14: 55-64. The only blasphemy (sin against God) is to say ‘I am se________ from God; I am a mortal, made by mortals.’ This is the belief (blasphemy?) that some theologians (doctrines) preach, but will it ever be true? ____. How do you know? Because the record of a material creation will never be true, and because the Word of God is always true and the words of human opinions are not always ______. None of us are strangers and foreigners; we are all fellow-citizens with the s______, and of the household of G____…Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone. Eph. 2: 19-20. What does the corner stone do? Does this church have one? ___. It has one made of stone and one made of s______ u_______.
Are false beliefs a sin?____. If you insist on believing something that is not of God and therefore not true, that is a sin. Sin is a b_______ in a p_______ opposed to God. Is sin an actual power opposed to God? ____
Jesus said, Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Matt. 28: 20 & SH 446: 20.
Did Jesus mean the Christ is with you alway? _____. The Creator’s creation is forever. What is the false belief about the end of the world?
Could the end of the world mean the end of worldly belief in something separate from God? ___
Because the Christ is with us always, the belief in a material world will fade away, and what will remain? Man (females and males) and every other wonderful thing made by God, including ‘the pure in spirit, the meek, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemakers, and those who greatly desire to know God.’ (Matt. 5: 3-9). God’s world is full of people like this. Do you think it will ever end? ____
Do Christian Scientists have to be separate? ____. We cannot be separate from God for we are at-one with God, but we do have to separ8 ourselves from _______________________________
Our Pastor (the B________ and S__________) reminds us to come out from the material world and be s________. SH 451: 2-7.
What does a ‘show off’ do? Our parents and our Pastor tell us don’t show off or act superior to others. Why not?
Let’s read Matt. 23: 1-8. These mortal mind motives are not at one with God. Man=males=females are at-one with ________. Are you sure that’s true? ____
Christ is the true idea voicing good, the divine message from God to men speaking to the h_____ c__________. SH 332: 9. Christ brings peace to the ‘struggling hearts’ that don’t feel at-one with God. Then the heart/mind stops struggling and accepts God-given dominion. The Christ brings h______, f_______, and sp________ un________, the corner stone for at-____-______ with the spiritual idea of man and his divine Principle, Love. SH 45: 16-21.
The theology of Christian Science gives the best understanding of atonement. We like to learn more about the Doctrine of Atonement because it reminds us that we are all the s_____ of _____ G______.
We’ve learned before that a doctrine is a _________. Atonement is at-_____-_______.
The opposite of at-one-ment is s___________. Are God and man s_________ or at-one? __
One of the earliest stories about at-one-ment is in __________. One of the earliest stories about separation is in __________.
A theologian is one who studies and teaches about ________. Do most theologians believe that God and man are s__________? ____. They say religion can help man reconnect with God. Did the o________, o________, and o_________ allow man to become disconnected? _____. Which theologians saw correctly that Creator and creation are ever at-one? _______________________
One of them, P______, wrote a letter to the Christians in Rome, thanking God and them that they had obeyed from the heart that form of d______ which Paul had taught them. Rom. 6: 17. They had been serving the ‘sin of s_______,’ but Christ Jesus broke down the middle wall of partition between God and man. Eph. 2: 14 Walls of partition serve a useful purpose in your h______, but a mind with several private rooms is likely to have several gods such as m______ and l_______.
Another theologian, John, said he that abideth in the d______ of C______, he hath both the Father and the Son. II John 1: 9. What is the doctrine of Christ? _________________________
One doctrine of Christian Science is that ‘e_____ and m______ have neither intelligence nor power.’ SH 454: 10
Man-made doctrines are w_______, which means _______________. SH 134: 14. Man-made doctrines cannot help us because they deny the possibility of Christian h_______, line 18. The doctrines (teachings) of C______ J______ and C________ S________ are the same: There is only one God-C______ and that’s Good. God is A___ so Cause and E______ are one and good. You and I really can prove that each of us is the i_______ and l________ of God. Gen. 1: 26-27.
What is it that shuts the door on spiritual healing? SH 132: 20-24. ________ ________.
Its opposite, f______, opens our eyes to see God’s will and God’s actions.
If Truth is overcoming error in your daily walk and conversation, you can finally say, “I have fought a good fight…I have kept the f______,” because you are a better man. This is having our part in the a___-o____-m______ with Truth and Love. SH 21: 1-5. At-one-ment is not just a theory. At-one-ment is the foundation on which we build lives that honor God and bless others.
The chief priests thought they had a right to put Jesus to death for the sin of b________ because Jesus said he was the S____ of G____. Mark 14: 55-64. The only blasphemy (sin against God) is to say ‘I am se________ from God; I am a mortal, made by mortals.’ This is the belief (blasphemy?) that some theologians (doctrines) preach, but will it ever be true? ____. How do you know? Because the record of a material creation will never be true, and because the Word of God is always true and the words of human opinions are not always ______. None of us are strangers and foreigners; we are all fellow-citizens with the s______, and of the household of G____…Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone. Eph. 2: 19-20. What does the corner stone do? Does this church have one? ___. It has one made of stone and one made of s______ u_______.
Are false beliefs a sin?____. If you insist on believing something that is not of God and therefore not true, that is a sin. Sin is a b_______ in a p_______ opposed to God. Is sin an actual power opposed to God? ____
Jesus said, Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Matt. 28: 20 & SH 446: 20.
Did Jesus mean the Christ is with you alway? _____. The Creator’s creation is forever. What is the false belief about the end of the world?
Could the end of the world mean the end of worldly belief in something separate from God? ___
Because the Christ is with us always, the belief in a material world will fade away, and what will remain? Man (females and males) and every other wonderful thing made by God, including ‘the pure in spirit, the meek, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemakers, and those who greatly desire to know God.’ (Matt. 5: 3-9). God’s world is full of people like this. Do you think it will ever end? ____
Do Christian Scientists have to be separate? ____. We cannot be separate from God for we are at-one with God, but we do have to separ8 ourselves from _______________________________
Our Pastor (the B________ and S__________) reminds us to come out from the material world and be s________. SH 451: 2-7.
What does a ‘show off’ do? Our parents and our Pastor tell us don’t show off or act superior to others. Why not?
Let’s read Matt. 23: 1-8. These mortal mind motives are not at one with God. Man=males=females are at-one with ________. Are you sure that’s true? ____
Christ is the true idea voicing good, the divine message from God to men speaking to the h_____ c__________. SH 332: 9. Christ brings peace to the ‘struggling hearts’ that don’t feel at-one with God. Then the heart/mind stops struggling and accepts God-given dominion. The Christ brings h______, f_______, and sp________ un________, the corner stone for at-____-______ with the spiritual idea of man and his divine Principle, Love. SH 45: 16-21.
The theology of Christian Science gives the best understanding of atonement. We like to learn more about the Doctrine of Atonement because it reminds us that we are all the s_____ of _____ G______.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real?
Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real? 10-10-10 Sara Lincoln
Does Creator-God have any real enemies? ___ Does creation-man have any real enemies? ___ Do humans seem to have enemies? ___. Are these enemies ‘other people’? ___. The only enemies humans seem to have are ___________________. A Psalmist said Mine enemies would daily swallow me up, Ps. 56: 2, 4. Maybe seee was thinking about ‘people;’ maybe about sin, disease, and death. But seee made a very important choice not to f____ but rather to t____ and to p______ God’s word.
Mortal mind is the worst ____ of the body, while divine Mind is its best _________. SH 176: 19.
Does every ‘bad thing’ fit into one of these three categories: sin, disease, or death? ____
Discouragement and helplessness are bad things. They belong in the category called _______.
Is sin mortalnomind trying to separate us from God? ___ Complete this brief definition of sin: Sin is a b________ in a p________ opposed to God.
Frequently we revisit Gen. 1: 26 which states that God gave _______ to man (females and males). Over what? f______, f______, c_______, and creeping things. Do you want dominion over these things, or something else? _______________________________________
I think many people (including me) would like to accept and feel dominion over s____, d_____, and d_____. Did Christ Jesus have dominion over these? ____. He intended us to have it too because he said ‘rise up’ to the person who could not stand.
If I accept dominion over ______, the other two (d______ and d______) will fade away and disappear. SH 426: 28-29. It’s a sin to believe you have a m_____ of your own. It’s a sin to believe you can choose and know something God did not make, namely e______. Does the Bible teach us that God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life? ___. Gen. 2: 7. Another name, L_____ G_____, identifies the supposed creator of people with minds of their own who could choose to eat (believe) that evil is as real as good.
The truthteller in Genesis 1 describes the ‘very good’ creation of God. This is the Science of Genesis. SH 525: 22. The tree-fruit-leaves created by God were for the healing of the nations. Rev. 22: 2. The storyteller in Genesis 2 put his characters in a Garden called ________. In this imaginary place, there was a lot of mist and not much light to see by. This garden had a tree with poisonous fruit and it also had a creeping thing called a s_______.
Two thousand years after this storyteller described a make-believe creation, Mary Baker Eddy proved that this material creation story is a lying suggestion, not a real event. In K______ to the S________ (Science and Health, page 500) the chapter called G______ describes the real good creation of the One God, and the so-called harmful and disobedient creation of another god. How important is it to know the difference between God’s creation and an imaginary creation? ____
How does the SH dictionary called the G______ (SH 570) define KNOWLEDGE?
see part two
Through Christian Science, the true story of creation is being proved true again, every day. So why would anyone still believe the lie? It’s a trick. Your student dictionary says that a trick is an action intended to d________ or c________. Man does not have such an intention, but the s_________ does. Serpent is a symbol for a deceiving, cheating ‘thought’ trying to harm you. The spiritual thinker says STOP RIGHT THERE. God is good; God is Mind; therefore mind is good. There is no evil mind that can invent s_____, d______, and d______. I am so glad this is true! I give thanks for this fact every day, and remember it when the lie wears a disguise that looks like truth.
When sin, disease, and death seem real to you, what can you do?
You can stand up (mentally) and say to material sense you are not good, therefore, you are not real. Truth is telling me what is good and real, and the light of this telling pierces the mist you are hiding in.
Science and Health says that it is wisdom that warns man not to be fooled by the testimony of error… SH 481: 12-15. Error is m________ s________. Can I ask of every thought and event every day ‘did God send this’? ___. If God did not send it, I can say………………..
Are sin, disease, and death real? NO. These words of the Psalmist are true and real: Ps. 103: 1-4.
Mary Baker Eddy designated 26 topics for our weekly Lesson Sermons. With each reappearance in a year, there are different passages to study in the B________ and S____________________. Why do you think she phrased this topic as a question?
Was she sure or unsure about the answer? _____________________
In 1866, Mary Baker Eddy’s friends thought she was about to die. She asked for her Bible and opened it to Matthew 9, which tells about Jesus healing a paralyzed man. Suddenly she realized the presence of that same haling power and she too was completely healed. She asked herself, how did this happen? She knew the answer was in the Bible so she studied it deeply for three years. Out of that study came the textbook that helps all of us find healing in the Bible. The name of that textbook is __________.
Let’s re-word the title of this week’s lesson so that we can answer YES.
Does Creator-God have any real enemies? ___ Does creation-man have any real enemies? ___ Do humans seem to have enemies? ___. Are these enemies ‘other people’? ___. The only enemies humans seem to have are ___________________. A Psalmist said Mine enemies would daily swallow me up, Ps. 56: 2, 4. Maybe seee was thinking about ‘people;’ maybe about sin, disease, and death. But seee made a very important choice not to f____ but rather to t____ and to p______ God’s word.
Mortal mind is the worst ____ of the body, while divine Mind is its best _________. SH 176: 19.
Does every ‘bad thing’ fit into one of these three categories: sin, disease, or death? ____
Discouragement and helplessness are bad things. They belong in the category called _______.
Is sin mortalnomind trying to separate us from God? ___ Complete this brief definition of sin: Sin is a b________ in a p________ opposed to God.
Frequently we revisit Gen. 1: 26 which states that God gave _______ to man (females and males). Over what? f______, f______, c_______, and creeping things. Do you want dominion over these things, or something else? _______________________________________
I think many people (including me) would like to accept and feel dominion over s____, d_____, and d_____. Did Christ Jesus have dominion over these? ____. He intended us to have it too because he said ‘rise up’ to the person who could not stand.
If I accept dominion over ______, the other two (d______ and d______) will fade away and disappear. SH 426: 28-29. It’s a sin to believe you have a m_____ of your own. It’s a sin to believe you can choose and know something God did not make, namely e______. Does the Bible teach us that God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life? ___. Gen. 2: 7. Another name, L_____ G_____, identifies the supposed creator of people with minds of their own who could choose to eat (believe) that evil is as real as good.
The truthteller in Genesis 1 describes the ‘very good’ creation of God. This is the Science of Genesis. SH 525: 22. The tree-fruit-leaves created by God were for the healing of the nations. Rev. 22: 2. The storyteller in Genesis 2 put his characters in a Garden called ________. In this imaginary place, there was a lot of mist and not much light to see by. This garden had a tree with poisonous fruit and it also had a creeping thing called a s_______.
Two thousand years after this storyteller described a make-believe creation, Mary Baker Eddy proved that this material creation story is a lying suggestion, not a real event. In K______ to the S________ (Science and Health, page 500) the chapter called G______ describes the real good creation of the One God, and the so-called harmful and disobedient creation of another god. How important is it to know the difference between God’s creation and an imaginary creation? ____
How does the SH dictionary called the G______ (SH 570) define KNOWLEDGE?
see part two
Through Christian Science, the true story of creation is being proved true again, every day. So why would anyone still believe the lie? It’s a trick. Your student dictionary says that a trick is an action intended to d________ or c________. Man does not have such an intention, but the s_________ does. Serpent is a symbol for a deceiving, cheating ‘thought’ trying to harm you. The spiritual thinker says STOP RIGHT THERE. God is good; God is Mind; therefore mind is good. There is no evil mind that can invent s_____, d______, and d______. I am so glad this is true! I give thanks for this fact every day, and remember it when the lie wears a disguise that looks like truth.
When sin, disease, and death seem real to you, what can you do?
You can stand up (mentally) and say to material sense you are not good, therefore, you are not real. Truth is telling me what is good and real, and the light of this telling pierces the mist you are hiding in.
Science and Health says that it is wisdom that warns man not to be fooled by the testimony of error… SH 481: 12-15. Error is m________ s________. Can I ask of every thought and event every day ‘did God send this’? ___. If God did not send it, I can say………………..
Are sin, disease, and death real? NO. These words of the Psalmist are true and real: Ps. 103: 1-4.
Mary Baker Eddy designated 26 topics for our weekly Lesson Sermons. With each reappearance in a year, there are different passages to study in the B________ and S____________________. Why do you think she phrased this topic as a question?
Was she sure or unsure about the answer? _____________________
In 1866, Mary Baker Eddy’s friends thought she was about to die. She asked for her Bible and opened it to Matthew 9, which tells about Jesus healing a paralyzed man. Suddenly she realized the presence of that same haling power and she too was completely healed. She asked herself, how did this happen? She knew the answer was in the Bible so she studied it deeply for three years. Out of that study came the textbook that helps all of us find healing in the Bible. The name of that textbook is __________.
Let’s re-word the title of this week’s lesson so that we can answer YES.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Unreality, part 2
A proverb is a w_______ saying. Here is one example: There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the L____. Prov. 21: 30.
God has no real enemies. I have no real enemies.
Christian Science proves that God-Mind has no opposite, therefore it states
The mortal ____________ mind produces all that is un________ the immortal Mind.
SH 403: 26.
In my coin purse there is a graven image that is also a likeness. What is it? _____
Am I breaking God’s law? ____
When people love or fear graven images, that is id____________: believing in the supposed existence of more than one mind… SH 470: 5. When you and I say ‘I don’t know, I don’t understand,’ we better be careful that we are not believing in more than one Mind. Each of us is the i_________ m____________ of i__________ ___________. SH 468: 8.
We bless ourselves and others when we hear the Word: I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a c__________ of the people, for a light of the Gentiles Isa. 42: 6-7. Do you want to be a light? _____. How will you be ‘a light’? _____
Jesus knew he was the light of Light. John 8:12. This knowing is the Christ. He that followeth me shall … have the light of life. Can God, immortality, have an unlikeness? ____. Can God’s likeness, man, have mortality? ____. Mary Baker Eddy promised God that she would focus on the Light as she wrote Science and Health. Would you say that was ‘right reasoning’? ____ Another way of describing the Light is sp________ ex________. SH 492: 3. We can always prove that this is the reality, and ma________ ex________ is the unreality. The Apostle Paul said the same, as expressed in Science and Health: When spiritual being is understood…then shall man be found in His likeness. SH 325: 13
I am a real image and likeness, therefore I cannot be an un_________ thing called a mortal! Hallelujah!
God has no real enemies. I have no real enemies.
Christian Science proves that God-Mind has no opposite, therefore it states
The mortal ____________ mind produces all that is un________ the immortal Mind.
SH 403: 26.
In my coin purse there is a graven image that is also a likeness. What is it? _____
Am I breaking God’s law? ____
When people love or fear graven images, that is id____________: believing in the supposed existence of more than one mind… SH 470: 5. When you and I say ‘I don’t know, I don’t understand,’ we better be careful that we are not believing in more than one Mind. Each of us is the i_________ m____________ of i__________ ___________. SH 468: 8.
We bless ourselves and others when we hear the Word: I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a c__________ of the people, for a light of the Gentiles Isa. 42: 6-7. Do you want to be a light? _____. How will you be ‘a light’? _____
Jesus knew he was the light of Light. John 8:12. This knowing is the Christ. He that followeth me shall … have the light of life. Can God, immortality, have an unlikeness? ____. Can God’s likeness, man, have mortality? ____. Mary Baker Eddy promised God that she would focus on the Light as she wrote Science and Health. Would you say that was ‘right reasoning’? ____ Another way of describing the Light is sp________ ex________. SH 492: 3. We can always prove that this is the reality, and ma________ ex________ is the unreality. The Apostle Paul said the same, as expressed in Science and Health: When spiritual being is understood…then shall man be found in His likeness. SH 325: 13
I am a real image and likeness, therefore I cannot be an un_________ thing called a mortal! Hallelujah!
Unreality
Unreality 10-3-10 Sara Lincoln
The words unreality, likeness, unlikeness, and mortal mind, are not words you are likely to hear in daily conversation or read in the daily news. Why do you think the spiritual thinker needs these words?
Is there a definition of unreality in your Student Dictionary? ____
Could other words for unreality and reality be error and truth? _
Would it be a good idea to devote all our thinking to reality and truth, and none of our thinking to unreality and error? ____. Why?
In Ex. 20: 3-5, Moses said that God’s first commands are to have no other _____ and make no g________ i________. Does that mean that the one God knew about other gods? ______
The disciple John says In the beginning was the W_____. John 1:1. The inspired author of Genesis 1:3 says In the beginning,…God said, let there be ______. Apparently, God created everything except m_____, because Word and Light are expressed (manifested) by i______, not m________.
Every week, the Psalmist reminds us of the facts and the falsities. FACT: For ever, O Lord, thy ______ is settled in heaven. Ps. 119: 89. FALSITY: I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree…but see how falsity is overcome by fact… yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not. Ps. 37: 35-36. In other words, it looked like evil and matter were present and spreading then they suddenly disappeared. If something is real it cannot disappear, can it? ____
Our Key to the Scriptures textbook affirms it this way: Since God is All, there is no room for His unlikeness, no room for unreality! SH 339: 7. When are we going to be the sons of God knowing no unreality or unlikeness? ____ I John 3: 2.
In the Scientific Statement of Being (which I’m glad to see you know by heart) what two-letter word meaning now is used? ____ . How many times is it used? _____
Man, in the likeness of his Maker, reflects the central light of being…That light is m___________ but not in m__________. SH 305: 6.
see part 2
The words unreality, likeness, unlikeness, and mortal mind, are not words you are likely to hear in daily conversation or read in the daily news. Why do you think the spiritual thinker needs these words?
Is there a definition of unreality in your Student Dictionary? ____
Could other words for unreality and reality be error and truth? _
Would it be a good idea to devote all our thinking to reality and truth, and none of our thinking to unreality and error? ____. Why?
In Ex. 20: 3-5, Moses said that God’s first commands are to have no other _____ and make no g________ i________. Does that mean that the one God knew about other gods? ______
The disciple John says In the beginning was the W_____. John 1:1. The inspired author of Genesis 1:3 says In the beginning,…God said, let there be ______. Apparently, God created everything except m_____, because Word and Light are expressed (manifested) by i______, not m________.
Every week, the Psalmist reminds us of the facts and the falsities. FACT: For ever, O Lord, thy ______ is settled in heaven. Ps. 119: 89. FALSITY: I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree…but see how falsity is overcome by fact… yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not. Ps. 37: 35-36. In other words, it looked like evil and matter were present and spreading then they suddenly disappeared. If something is real it cannot disappear, can it? ____
Our Key to the Scriptures textbook affirms it this way: Since God is All, there is no room for His unlikeness, no room for unreality! SH 339: 7. When are we going to be the sons of God knowing no unreality or unlikeness? ____ I John 3: 2.
In the Scientific Statement of Being (which I’m glad to see you know by heart) what two-letter word meaning now is used? ____ . How many times is it used? _____
Man, in the likeness of his Maker, reflects the central light of being…That light is m___________ but not in m__________. SH 305: 6.
see part 2
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