“Turn On, Tune In, and Experience God!”
Here we see that turning on and tuning in to God bring results. Like the rising of the sun, it’s inevitable and unstoppable. When we’re looking to God, we’ll never run dry of inspiration, or any needful thing. Tuning in to God as our Source, we will always be filled.
I noticed a lot in this lesson about seeing God’s face—that is experiencing God’s presence. What reveals God to be ever-present is the Christ light of the spiritual sense shining in thought. We discover and radiate this growing glow of spiritual sense or light of Christ, Truth as we choose to let go of the mortal model — that which is limited and destined to die — and embrace immortal reality — full of life and limitless vitality. This spiritual sense of all being meets us where we are, and reveals the freedom of man as made in the image of God.
I noticed a lot in this lesson about seeing God’s face—that is experiencing God’s presence. What reveals God to be ever-present is the Christ light of the spiritual sense shining in thought. We discover and radiate this growing glow of spiritual sense or light of Christ, Truth as we choose to let go of the mortal model — that which is limited and destined to die — and embrace immortal reality — full of life and limitless vitality. This spiritual sense of all being meets us where we are, and reveals the freedom of man as made in the image of God.
Il est également souligné à la fois dans notre lecture alternée et dans d’autres sections que cette «nourriture» est la «parole de Dieu». C’est le Saint-Esprit, la conscience divine, qui nous remplit d’un vrai sens de notre identité en tant qu’appartenant à Dieu en Esprit, pas en matière.
This week’s lesson uses the example of three people from the Bible to show ways in which we can experience the grace—unconditional love—of God that removes sin. “Divine Love corrects and governs man” is a law. (Citation S12, 6:3) And we see the activity of this law operate in the lives of these three individuals—Jonah, the man at the pool of Bethesda, and the unknown woman who washes Christ Jesus’s feet. We may each seem to face sinful suggestions such as these three people did—self-righteousness, ignorance, or unworthiness—but accepting God’s redeeming love frees us from the “everlasting punishment” of falsely believing we are unworthy of or separate from Love’s healing power.
Are you used to getting things fast? These days a wide variety of goods and services are at the end of our fingertips and the click of a mouse. We’re not used to waiting for things. To wait requires patience. In fact, the subject of this Lesson implies the need for patience. Probation means: “the act of proving; trial; examination; any proceeding designed to ascertain truth” (Student’s Reference Dictionary). How does this apply to prayer? In Christian Science there is an expectation of quick healing, and if things take more time than we expected we can be tempted to get frustrated and discouraged. None-the-less, we persevere because we have hope. Our hope isn’t that eventually time will allow the body to heal itself, nor in the latest scientific discoveries. Our hope is fueled by knowing that we are in the process of ascertaining the truth about ourselves as children of God. Like the psalmist in the Golden Text, our “expectation is from him” (Ps 62:5).
Jesus fully demonstrated man’s at-one-ment with God. By allowing his own human life to be sacrificed for the sake of all mankind, he revealed the deathless, unbroken relationship that forever exists between God and his Christ, the real man. He demonstrated how God destroys all sin (anything that would suggest man can miss the mark of spiritual perfection) and brings thought and expression in line with Him. Thus, all that is unlike Good is destroyed, and oneness with God, Good, is established. … As we explore the Lesson, we see that not only did Jesus demonstrate all of these qualities, and fulfill these promises, but also the ever-present Christ continues to bring them to light, to destroy all darkness and sin, and reveal our at-one-ment with God.
The Easter promise that weaves throughout this week’s Bible Lesson on “Unreality” reminds me of the promise of the full-circle rainbow. That clouds or trees or the horizon block our view of a rainbow doesn’t make it any less circular. “Unreality,” as we learn in this week’s lesson, is like those clouds and trees on the horizon—a seeming blockage or veil—that cannot actually change the fact that the rainbow is indeed a “perfect round.” Because we know the truth about rainbows, the half circle is a “‘bow of promise on the clouds” that indicates that there is a full-circle of radiant color. Likewise, the view of eternality that Christ Jesus demonstrated with the crucifixion and resurrection is a promise of the full glory of eternal life. Christ Jesus saw the whole of divine Life’s creation, the metaphorical full-circle view, and saw this full-circle perfection where others seem to see broken arcs. His correct view healed the sick and provided us with unobstructed insight into true health and eternal life.
Throughout the Bible we have sterling examples of magnifying the good. Even in the midst of the deepest challenges, believers look whole-heartedly to God. The Responsive Reading fleshes out the understanding that no matter where we are—or think we are—no matter how difficult the circumstance, we are always guided, cared for, and protected by God. Note that the psalmist isn’t blindly ignoring challenges. He notices them, but he’s neither distracted nor consumed by them. Confident that everything that befalls him works for good in his experience, the psalmist welcomes correction of any wayward thoughts. His approach is effective because, as this Lesson points out, only the good is real. Paul finishes with the strong conviction “If God be for us, who can be against us?” (Rom. 8:31).
Every week, in every Christian Science church, in every corner of the earth, the service concludes with the reading of the Scientific Statement of Being from the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, followed by the reading of the Correlative Scripture from I John, chapter 3 that forms a Biblical foundation for this powerful statement. Sunday School also ends with the Scientific Statement of Being. When we find ourselves struggling with an urgent challenge, a mental “go-to” is often a repetition of the Scientific Statement of Being. The question is … are we really accepting the healing message of this statement, or simply repeating the words? Admittedly, simply repeating the words is better than rehearsing an injury or some other problem. But, this week we have the opportunity to dig deeper and really rejoice in the freedom that is being communicated in this amazing statement, as well as the 1st John scripture it is based on.
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