20130510

God created man

     In the beginning, man,
          conceived in Mind,
               reflects Soul; 
          formed of Spirit,
               likens Principle;
          known by Life, Truth & Love,
               images God,
                    now and forever.
                                                            ~Carolyn St.Charles


     Man reflects God by virtue of his authentic DNA. 
     Man, who lives in the world, is conformed by God.

     Man experiences pain when not aware of this fact.

     Man, who holds he is agnostic or an atheist, sleeps.

     Man dreams his world and claims it as his creation.

     Man, tossing and turning, tries to govern but cannot.
    
     Man becomes battle-tired and hears his name called.
     Man, opening his eyes, clears away the blurring veil.

     Man was mystified by the unreal but now is awake.

     Man, feeling satisfied, healthy and joyous, laughs.
     
     Man knows the good, truth and beauty as God said.

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20130217

Science and Love


SCIENCE begins with G as in LOVE

Wednesday Readings for February 13, 2013

The citations below are part of the ongoing internal conversation of the Christian Science Pastor, The King James Version of the Bible (in BLUE) and the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (in RED) by Mary Baker Eddy. This portion of the conversation begins with the creation of a home for man made in the image and likeness of God. Within the home, man, male and female respond to the command of God to be fruitful, multiply and in marital chastity to fill the home until the day that there is no more giving and receiving in marriage.

HOME    

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
   And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And the evening and the morning were the first day.
   And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
And the evening and the morning were the second day.
   And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: ... Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
And the evening and the morning were the third day.
   And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.    And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. ... And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply...
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. (1) Genesis

   Home is the dearest spot ...
   Pilgrim on earth, thy home is heaven, stranger thou art the guest of God. (A) Marriage, Footsteps of Truth)

20130204

Science and Life



SCIENCE begins with G as in LIFE

with correlative passages from the Christian Science textbook, 
by Mary Baker Eddy  (Citations follow)



In the beginning 
In the beginning God 
In the beginning God (1) [The great I AM; the all-knowing, all-seeing, all-acting, all-wise, all-loving, and eternal; … Life; (A)… created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply…. (2)

I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love (3)

This is the book of the generations of Adam.
… the woman … took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
… the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
… he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, … And she again bare his brother Abel.… Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: … And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; … then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: … And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: (4)

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, (5)

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"Feed My Sheep"






Concluding Statements

Every Christian Science Sunday Service concludes with
theses two citations and a Benediction.

Scientific Statement of Being   designed by CaroNote
The first is from the Christian Science textbook, 

I John 3:1-3   design by CaroNote
The second and correlative passage is from I John3:1-3.

The first states man's true origin and nature. Man is not a mortal material body but the spiritual image and likeness of God. It for this reason that man is referred to as the reflection of God.  

The Scientific Statement of Being reasons that God's image, man, cannot be what God is not or have what God does not have. Man's health is a portrait of the God he images, an exact reflection of God who is perfect. In other words, man cannot lack health.  

That said, when relying on material senses, the portrait appears imperfect suggesting that God is whimsical, changeable. Man appears to be conformed by the world, matter-limited, matter-governed and matter-dependent. But can that be the truth of man created in the image of God who is Spirit, Life and Mind? Can such a portrait of God be reasonable? 

Can man image another original? Can there be another original when God is infinite and eternal? When God is Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Omniscient? All-power, Everywhere-present, All-knowing?

The correlative passage from I John confirms that perfect God and perfect man is the Truth. It confirms that man can only reflect the real and perfect that the world cannot recognize or know. The world knew our master not, why should the world know us?

In I John, we are exhorted to purify ourselves, to reject world beliefs and be true "sons of God" loved by the Father who is Love. We are instructed to be, in expression, the spiritual man unknown by the world. We are reminded that we are sons of God, now, and no future appearance or form will change this fact. 

SUMMARY

Christian Science Sunday Services close with two citations that, together, tell us who we are, our duty and our expected outcome. We are brought to the absolute Christian conclusion that is Scientifically provable by every man, male and female. We are then, sent forth with a blessing to demonstrate the Truth we have shared.



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