July 10th, 2024

From The Bible

Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
(III John 1:11)

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
(Micah 6:8)

... The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
(Ezra 8:22 5th The)

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
(Deuteronomy 28:1, 2)

And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. ¶ But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: ...

The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, ...
(Deuteronomy 28:14, 15, 20 (to 3rd ,))

And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. ...

And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. ...

He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. ...

And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee? And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed. And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you. And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. ¶ And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me: For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more. Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more. ...

And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. ¶ And God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he smote her again. And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. ...

Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me: ...

And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again. And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. ...

And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
(Numbers 22:1, 3, 5–7, 9–19, 21–27, 31, 32, 34, 35, 38)

And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. ...

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? ...

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
(Numbers 23:5, 8, 20)

I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly. ...

Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
(Psalms 85:8, 13)

Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
(Psalms 86:11)

Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. ¶ But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not. And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. ...

So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. ...

... ¶ Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
(Jonah 1:1–7, 15, 17)

Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly, ...

... ¶ And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
(Jonah 2:1, 10)

And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. ...
(Jonah 3:1–3 (to 1st .))

And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. ...

When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
(John 9:1–3, 6, 7)

And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
(II Thessalonians 3:5)

God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. That thy way may be known upon earth, ...
(Psalms 67:1, 2 (to ,))

And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
(Isaiah 42:16)

... set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to-morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.
(II Chronicles 20:17 set)

There is but one way — namely, God and His idea — which leads to spiritual being.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 167:24–26)

God makes and governs all.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 532:3 God)

In Science, Mind neither produces matter nor does matter produce mind. No mortal mind has the might or right or wisdom to create or to destroy. All is under the control of the one Mind, ...
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 544:13–16 (to ,))

The Old Testament assigns to the angels, God’s divine messages, different offices.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 566:29–30)

Angels are pure thoughts from God, winged with Truth and Love, no matter what their individualism may be.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 298:28–30)

By giving earnest heed to these spiritual guides they tarry with us, and we entertain “angels unawares.”
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 299:15)

These angels deliver us from the depths. Truth and Love come nearer in the hour of woe, when strong faith or spiritual strength wrestles and prevails through the understanding of God.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 567:3–6)

God creates and governs the universe, including man. The universe is filled with spiritual ideas, which He evolves, and they are obedient to the Mind that makes them.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 295:5–8)

Immortal Mind, governing all, must be acknowledged as supreme in the physical realm, so-called, as well as in the spiritual.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 427:23)

Your decisions will master you, whichever direction they take.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 392:22)

Be firm in your understanding that the divine Mind governs, and that in Science man reflects God’s government.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 393:16–18)

If action proceeds from the divine Mind, action is harmonious.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 239:25–27)

... Science, and nothing but wrong intention can hinder your advancement. Working and praying with true motives, your Father will open the way.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 326:19–21 Science)

Infinite Mind creates and governs all, from the mental molecule to infinity.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 507:24–25)

Thus misinterpreted, the divine idea seems to fall to the level of a human or material belief, called mortal man. But the seed is in itself, only as the divine Mind is All and reproduces all — as Mind is the multiplier, and Mind’s infinite idea, man and the universe, is the product. The only intelligence or substance of a thought, a seed, or a flower is God, the creator of it. Mind is the Soul of all. Mind is Life, Truth, and Love which governs all.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 507:31)

The Science of Mind disposes of all evil. ... The God-principle is omnipresent and omnipotent.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 473:4 (only), 7–8)

Will-power is but a product of belief, and this belief commits depredations on harmony. Human will is an animal propensity, not a faculty of Soul. Hence it cannot govern man aright. Christian Science reveals Truth and Love as the motive-powers of man. Will — blind, stubborn, and headlong — cooperates with appetite and passion. From this cooperation arises its evil. From this also comes its powerlessness, since all power belongs to God, good.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 490:3)

If you believe in and practise wrong knowingly, you can at once change your course and do right.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 253:18–19)

When we wait patiently on God and seek Truth righteously, He directs our path.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 254:10–12)

All that really exists is the divine Mind and its idea, and in this Mind the entire being is found harmonious and eternal. The straight and narrow way is to see and acknowledge this fact, yield to this power, and follow the leadings of truth.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 151:26)

Mind is all that feels, acts, or impedes action.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 166:3–4 Mind)

The Christianly scientific man reflects the divine law, thus becoming a law unto himself. He does violence to no man. Neither is he a false accuser. The Christian Scientist wisely shapes his course, and is honest and consistent in following the leadings of divine Mind.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 458:23–28)

Stand porter at the door of thought.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 392:24 Stand (only))

Knowledge that we can accomplish the good we hope for, stimulates the system to act in the direction which Mind points out.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 394:7–10)

Spirit imparts the understanding which uplifts consciousness and leads into all truth.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 505:16–17)

No law of God hinders this result.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 391:13 (only))

Having faith in the divine Principle of health and spiritually understanding God, sustains man under all circumstances; ...
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 319:7–9 (to ;))

The understanding of Truth and Love, the Principle which works out the ends of eternal good and destroys both faith in evil and the practice of evil, leads to the discernment of the divine idea.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 561:1)

Love inspires, illumines, designates, and leads the way.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 454:18–19)

[DIVINE LOVE] is my shepherd; I shall not want.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 578:5)

... [LOVE] leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 578:8 2nd love)

And God leadeth us
...
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 17:10 (only, to us))