August 30th, 2023
From The Bible
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. ...
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. ...
(Genesis 1:1, 31 (to 1st .))
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
(Genesis 2:1)
The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
(Psalms 104:31)
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
(Ecclesiastes 3:14)
I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. ...
Where the word of a king is, there is power: ...
(Ecclesiastes 8:2, 4 (to :))
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: ...
(Ecclesiastes 9:1 (to :))
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
(Psalms 19:7)
But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
(I Peter 1:25)
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
(Romans 13:1)
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
(Romans 14:19)
¶ Hear the word of the LORD, ...
(Isaiah 1:10 (to 1st ,))
Give ear unto the law of our God
¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
(Exodus 24:12)
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
(Mark 10:19)
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
(John 13:34)
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
(John 15:10)
¶ And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
(Matthew 4:23)
And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
(Matthew 8:19)
But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; ...
... ¶ And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
(Matthew 8:22 (to ;), 23–27)
And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. ¶ And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; ...
... ¶ And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judæa and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
(Luke 6:12, 13, 17)
... Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
(Luke 8:50 Fear)
And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all. ¶ And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. ...
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: ...
(Luke 6:19–21 (to 1st .), 22, 23 (to 2nd :))
And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. ...
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it. ...
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. ...
Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned. And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. ¶ Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
(Nehemiah 2:1, 3–5, 11, 15–18)
So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. ...
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. ...
And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
... when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
(Nehemiah 4:6, 11, 14, 15 when)
¶ So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
(Nehemiah 6:15, 16)
... by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: ...
... I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
(Colossians 1:16 by, 29 I)
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork. ...
The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
(Psalms 19:1, 8)
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
(Romans 15:13)
Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
(I Chronicles 29:11, 12)
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
(Isaiah 26:3)
SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES by MARY BAKER EDDY
All is under the control of the one Mind, even God.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 544:16–17)
God, divine good, does not kill a man in order to give him eternal Life, for God alone is man’s life. God is at once the centre and circumference of being.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 203:31–1)
The real jurisdiction of the world is in Mind, controlling every effect and recognizing all causation as vested in divine Mind.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 379:6)
God never endowed matter with power to disable Life or to chill harmony with a long and cold night of discord.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 378:26–28)
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)
God is infinite, therefore ever present, and there is no other power nor presence.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 471:18–19)
The operation of this Principle indicates the eternality of the scientific order and continuity of being.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 123:27)
All that God imparts moves in accord with Him, reflecting goodness and power.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 515:22)
The universe, like man, is to be interpreted by Science from its divine Principle, God, and then it can be understood; but when explained on the basis of ...
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 124:14–16 (to of))
The term Science, properly understood, refers only to the laws of God and to His government of the universe, ...
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 128:4–5 (to ,))
Mind’s control over the universe, including man, is no longer an open question, but is demonstrable Science. Jesus illustrated the divine Principle and the power of immortal Mind by healing sickness and sin and destroying the foundations of death.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 171:12)
... idea, are indestructible in Science; and Science knows no lapse from nor return to harmony, but holds the divine order or spiritual law, in which God and all that He creates are perfect and eternal, to have remained unchanged in its eternal history.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 471:1 idea)
Mind’s government of the body must supersede the so-called laws of matter. ...
To admit that sickness is a condition over which God has no control, is to presuppose that omnipotent power is powerless on some occasions. The law of Christ, or Truth, makes all things possible to Spirit; but the so-called ...
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 182:18–19, 30–2 (to so-called))
Unfathomable Mind is expressed. The depth, breadth, height, might, majesty, and glory of infinite Love fill all space. That is enough!
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 520:3–5 (to !))
All that is made is the work of God, and all is good. ... omnipotence, and omnipresence.
The harmony and immortality of man are intact.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 521:5–6, 11–12 omnipotence)
The facts of divine Science should be admitted, — although the evidence as to these facts is not supported by evil, by matter, or by material sense, — because the evidence that God and man coexist is fully sustained by spiritual sense. ... God is infinite, therefore ever present, and there is no other power nor presence.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 471:13–17, 18–19)
Answer. — There is not. Principle and its idea is one, and this one is God, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent Being, and His reflection is man and the universe.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, pp. 465:17–1)
Hence God combines all-power or potency, all-science or true knowledge, all-presence. The varied manifestations of Christian Science indicate Mind, never matter, and have one Principle.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 466:3)
Science shows appearances often to be erroneous, and corrects these errors by the simple rule that the greater controls the lesser.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 121:22–24)
The evidence of the physical senses often reverses the real Science of being, and so creates a reign of discord, — assigning seeming power to sin, sickness, and death; but the great facts of Life, rightly understood, defeat this triad of errors, contradict their false witnesses, and reveal the kingdom of heaven, — the actual reign of harmony on earth.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 122:1–7)
God is the creator of man, and, the divine Principle of man remaining perfect, the divine idea or reflection, man, remains perfect.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 470:21–23)
The divine understanding reigns, is all, and there is no other consciousness.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 536:8)
The God-principle is omnipresent and omnipotent. God is everywhere, and nothing apart from Him is present or has power.
(Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 473:7–10)
