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Improving the great blessings.

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Announcements › Forums › Sacrament – January 12th, 2020 › Improving the great blessings.

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  • January 6, 2020 at 2:51 pm #9950
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    “Implicit faith in the Teacher and all the emotional love we can bestow on him, will never alone make us imitators of him. We must go and do likewise, else we are not improving the great blessings which our Master worked and suffered to bestow upon us. The divinity of the Christ was made manifest in the humanity of Jesus.” by Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health, page 25

    “To be “present with the Lord” is to have, not mere emotional ecstasy or faith, but the actual demonstration and understanding of Life as revealed in Christian Science.” by Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health, page 10

    Improve: To make better.
    To advance in value or good qualities.
    To use to good purpose.
    to make productive.
    To apply to practical purposes.
    To cultivate.

    Mere: That only.

    Emotion: A moving of the mind or soul.
    (Definitions are from the 1828 Websters Dictionary)

    Reading the Lesson this morning made me realize that many times I have stopped at “mere emotional ecstasy or faith” believing that was enough or not fully making the things I was learning and reading more consistent and practical in all areas of my life. Mrs. Eddy did not say not to have “emotional ecstasy or faith” since the soul needs to be stirred but don’t stop there – go to apply to practical purposes.

    So grateful for our most beautiful and amazing Bible Lessons!

    January 10, 2020 at 2:42 pm #9964
    spencel
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    “If Christ Jesus were to walk our streets would he be so
    much pleased with the beautiful church edifices, and with
    the honor in which his name is universally held, as with the
    fact that his followers were able to make good his promises
    and were able to relieve others of weakness and weariness,
    sorrow and suffering, sickness and sin?”
    THE RELIGION OF THE BIBLE. THE GOSPEL OF HELPFULNESS
    BY REV. IRVING C. TOMLINSON
    Christian Science Journal September 1900

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