nov 8th, 2023

From The Bible

Ps. 86:5 thou

... thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. 

II Chron. 7:14

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 

Gen. 50:14 (to 1st ,), 15–17, 19 (to :), 20 ye, 21 (to :), 21 2nd And

¶ And Joseph returned into Egypt, ...

... ¶ And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. ...

And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: ...

... ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. Now therefore fear ye not: ... And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. 

Luke 6:36, 37 condemn (to 2nd ,), 37 forgive

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. 

... condemn not, ... forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 

Luke 4:14 (to :)

¶ And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: ...

Luke 6:7 (to ;), 9

And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; ...

Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? 

Luke 7:36 (to 1st .), 37 (to 5th ,), 38 stood (to 4th ,), 39, 40 (to 1st ,), 41–43, 44 Seest, 45, 47, 48

¶ And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. ...

And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, ...

... stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe themwith the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, ...

Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner. And Jesus answering said unto him, ...

There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. 

... Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. ...

Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. 

Matt. 7:1–3, 5

Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? ...

Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye. 

Matt. 5:21, 22 (to 1st :), 23, 24 (to 1st ,), 24 first

¶ Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: ...

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, ... first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. 

Matt. 18:21, 22

¶ Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. 

Matt. 6:14 if, 15

... if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 

Matt. 6:9 (to ,), 12 forgive

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, ...

... forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 

Luke 23:33 (to 3rd ,), 34 (to 1st .)

And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, ...

... ¶ Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. ...

Eph. 4:31, 32

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. 

I John 4:9–11, 21

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. ...

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. 

Ps. 103:1, 3, 4

Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. ...

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES by MARY BAKER EDDY

SH 17:6 forgive (only), 7 Love

... forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. / ... Love is reflected in love;

SH 362:2–3 Jesus (to 2nd ,), 4 (only, to ,), 6–7, 11–12 this; 363:8 (only), 9 (only, to .), 10–11 (to 1st ,), 12–14 that (to 1st ,), 14–19 Jesus (to question), 19–21 and (to 1st ,), 21–28 following; 364:3 (only, to ,), 8–12

... Jesus was once the honored guest of a certain Pharisee, by name Simon, ... While they were at meat, ... A “strange woman” came in. ... this woman (Mary Magdalene, as she has since been called) approached Jesus. ...

Did Jesus spurn the woman? ... No! He regarded her compassionately. ... Knowing what those around him were saying in their hearts, ... that they were wondering why, being a prophet, the exalted guest did not at once detect the woman’s immoral status and bid her depart, ... Jesus rebuked them with a short story or parable. He described two debtors, one for a large sum and one for a smaller, who were released from their obligations by their common creditor. “Which of them will love him most?” was the Master’s question ... and Simon replied, “He to whom he forgave most.” Jesus approved the answer, ... following it with that remarkable declaration to the woman, “Thy sins are forgiven.” 

Why did he thus summarize her debt to divine Love? Had she repented and reformed, and did his insight detect this unspoken moral uprising? She bathed his feet with her tears before she anointed them with the oil. ... Her reverence was unfeigned, ...

Which was the higher tribute to such ineffable affection, the hospitality of the Pharisee or the contrition of the Magdalen? This query Jesus answered by rebuking self-righteousness and declaring the absolution of the penitent. 

SH 547:23–25

The Scriptures are very sacred. Our aim must be to have them understood spiritually, for only by this understanding can truth be gained. 

SH 10:5–6, 31

The world must grow to the spiritual understanding of prayer. ...

... Do you ask wisdom to be merciful and not to punish sin? Then “ye ask amiss.” Without punishment, sin would multiply. Jesus’ prayer, “Forgive us our debts,” specified also the terms of forgiveness. When forgiving the adulterous woman he said, “Go, and sin no more.” 

SH 5:22–24 (to ,)

Prayer is not to be used as a confessional to cancel sin. Such an error would impede true religion. Sin is forgiven only as it is destroyed by Christ, ...

SH 497:9 We, 15 and

... We acknowledge God’s forgiveness of sin in the destruction of sin and the spiritual understanding that casts out evil as unreal. But the belief in sin is punished so long as the belief lasts. 

... and we acknowledge that man is saved through Christ, through Truth, Life, and Love as demonstrated by the Galilean Prophet in healing the sick and overcoming sin and death. 

SH 17:8

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from / evil; / And God leadeth us not into temptation, but delivereth / us from sin, disease, and death. 

SH 285:23–27

By interpreting God as a corporeal Saviour but not as the saving Principle, or divine Love, we shall continue to seek salvation through pardon and not through reform, and resort to matter instead of Spirit for the cure of the sick. 

SH 6:3–5, 7, 18

Divine Love corrects and governs man. Men may pardon, but this divine Principle alone reforms the sinner. ... Calling on Him to forgive our work badly done or left undone, implies the vain supposition that we have nothing to do but to ask pardon, and that afterwards we shall be free to repeat the offence. ...

... To suppose that God forgives or punishes sin according as His mercy is sought or unsought, is to misunderstand Love and to make prayer the safety-valve for wrong-doing. 

SH 24:20–22, 27–28

Does erudite theology regard the crucifixion of Jesus chiefly as providing a ready pardon for all sinners who ask for it and are willing to be forgiven? ...

The efficacy of the crucifixion lay in the practical affection and goodness it demonstrated for mankind. 

SH 7:27–32 (to 1st .)

The danger from prayer is that it may lead us into temptation. By it we may become involuntary hypocrites, uttering desires which are not real and consoling ourselves in the midst of sin with the recollection that we have prayed over it or mean to ask forgiveness at some later day. 

SH 22:3–12

Vibrating like a pendulum between sin and the hope of forgiveness, — selfishness and sensuality causing constant retrogression, — our moral progress will be slow. Waking to Christ’s demand, mortals experience suffering. This causes them, even as drowning men, to make vigorous efforts to save themselves; and through Christ’s precious love these efforts are crowned with success. “

Work out your own salvation,” is the demand of Life and Love, for to this end God worketh with you. 

SH 442:19–22 When

When Christ changes a belief of sin or of sickness into a better belief, then belief melts into spiritual understanding, and sin, disease, and death disappear. 

SH 447:22–27

A sinner is not reformed merely by assuring him that he cannot be a sinner because there is no sin. To put down the claim of sin, you must detect it, remove the mask, point out the illusion, and thus get the victory over sin and so prove its unreality. 

SH 201:17

The way to extract error from mortal mind is to pour in truth through flood-tides of Love. Christian perfection is won on no other basis. 

SH 472:23–26

Question. — Is there no sin? 

Answer. — All reality is in God and His creation, harmonious and eternal. That which He creates is good, and He makes all that is made. 

SH 243:32–3

Inasmuch as God is good and the fount of all being, He does not produce moral or physical deformity; therefore such deformity is not real, but is illusion, the mirage of error. 

SH 455:28–30

This strong point in Christian Science is not to be overlooked, — that the same fountain cannot send forth both sweet waters and bitter. 

SH 233:1–5

Every day makes its demands upon us for higher proofs rather than professions of Christian power. These proofs consist solely in the destruction of sin, sickness, and death by the power of Spirit, as Jesus destroyed them. 

SH 20:14 (only, to ;), 17–18 returning (to ;)

Jesus bore our infirmities; ... returning blessing for cursing, he taught mortals the opposite of themselves, even the nature of God; ...

SH 228:25–26 (to ,), 27–29 (to 2nd .)

There is no power apart from God. Omnipotence has all-power, ... The humble Nazarene overthrew the supposition that sin, sickness, and death have power. He proved them powerless. 

SH 571:15–18

At all times and under all circumstances, overcome evil with good. Know thyself, and God will supply the wisdom and the occasion for a victory over evil. 

SH 271:21–24 (to 1st ,)

When the Science of Christianity appears, it will lead you into all truth. The Sermon on the Mount is the essence of this Science, ...

SH 4:5–9

To keep the commandments of our Master and follow his example, is our proper debt to him and the only worthy evidence of our gratitude for all that he has done. 

SH 450:19–22

The Christian Scientist has enlisted to lessen evil, disease, and death; and he will overcome them by understanding their nothingness and the allness of God, or good. 

SH 364:16 (only, to ,), 17–18 (to ,), 22–28 (to ,), 28–29 (to 2nd ,), 30 that

Here is suggested a solemn question, ... Do Christian Scientists seek Truth as Simon sought the Saviour, ... If Christian Scientists are like Simon, then it must be said of them also that they love little. 

On the other hand, do they show their regard for Truth, or Christ, by their genuine repentance, by their broken hearts, expressed by meekness and human affection, ...If so, then it may be said of them, ... that they indeed love much, because much is forgiven them. 

SH 366:30–11 (to 3rd ,); 367:13 but

If we would open their prison doors for the sick, we must first learn to bind up the broken-hearted. If we would heal by the Spirit, we must not hide the talent of spiritual healing under the napkin of its form, nor bury the morale of Christian Science in the grave-clothes of its letter. The tender word and Christian encouragement of an invalid, pitiful patience with his fears and the removal of them, are better than hecatombs of gushing theories, stereotyped borrowed speeches, and the doling of arguments, which are but so many parodies on legitimate Christian Science, aflame with divine Love. 

This is what is meant by seeking Truth, Christ, not “for the loaves and fishes,” nor, like the Pharisee, ... but like Mary Magdalene, from the summit of devout consecration, with the oil of gladness and the perfume of gratitude, with tears of repentance and with those hairs all numbered by the Father. 

SH 329:26 (only)

The pardon of divine mercy is the destruction of error. 

SH 340:23 (only, to 2nd ,), 24–25 fulfils (to ;), 28 and

One infinite God, good, ... fulfils the Scripture, “Love thy neighbor as thyself;” ... and leaves nothing that can sin, suffer, be punished or destroyed. 

SH 339:3–4

Being destroyed, sin needs no other form of forgiveness.