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Eating the wrong fruit

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Announcements › Forums › Adam and Fallen Man – May 12th, 2019 › Eating the wrong fruit

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  • May 8, 2019 at 11:59 pm #8623
    JPalmer
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    6. Luke 7
    44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? …

    The thought came this week that Christ Jesus was asking the Pharisee an actual question – essentially, are you able to see any part of a child of God here, or do you only see a sinner to be ignored, reviled, and stoned?

    This gave me further clarity on what it means to eat the fruit of the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil.”

    In Christian Science I am learning to expect only good; to know that God is impersonal Truth, Life, and Love; and, to know that error’s only power is to destroy itself.

    Mortal mind, however, says expect both good and evil and know that both are personal and subjective. To eat that fruit brings a very personal hell, and unwillingness to stop eating that fruit keeps us there. Mary Magdalene had enough of it, while Simon the Pharisee seemed quite happy to continue on.

    If I look out into the world and see someone as beyond forgiveness or undeserving of love – or some group of people I would condemn rather than bless – then it is a sure sign I am eating the wrong fruit!

    I am very grateful for this lesson, and the blessings that this church has brought into my life! Thank you!

    May 9, 2019 at 8:57 am #8625
    JoanneF
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    Beautiful, Jeremy! Thank you

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