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Not a Fair Fight

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Announcements › Forums › Spirit – February 11th, 2018 › Not a Fair Fight

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  • February 6, 2018 at 6:48 am #5935
    parthens
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    “Rise in the conscious strength of the spirit of Truth to overthrow the plea of mortal mind, alias matter, arrayed against the supremacy of Spirit” (SH 390:32-2).

    In I Samuel 17:26, “David spake to the men that stood by him, saying…[W]ho is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?” David did not put Goliath on an equal footing with the “supremacy of Spirit.”

    Neither did Mrs. Eddy:”Sickness is not a God-given, nor a self-constituted material power, which copes astutely with Mind and finally conquers it” (SH 378:24-26).

    Another way of saying “the supremacy of Spirit” is “the only-ness of Spirit”, as there is none beside God.

    It is my assignment to make the promises of the Word of God so prominent, so supreme in my consciousness that the roar of “the plea of mortal mind” becomes but a faint squeak. This is exactly what happened in the allegory of the trial (SH, pages 430-442 ): when the patient finally took his case to the Supreme Court of Spirit (that is, the Court of the Supremacy of Spirit), it was not a fair fight at all, for the might and power of the “exceeding great and precious promises” of God (2 Peter 1:4), wielded by Christian Science, won the case — hands down!

    February 6, 2018 at 9:56 pm #5937
    MaryBeth
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    Thank you! Very helpful.

    February 7, 2018 at 9:36 am #5938
    cthompson
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    Parthens, thank you very much for your submission above. I especially appreciate “It is my assignment to make the promises of the Word of God so prominent, so supreme in my consciousness that the roar of “the plea of mortal mind” becomes but a faint squeak. ”

    February 8, 2018 at 9:28 am #5948
    Florence
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    Thank you for the post! I love to revisit the word supreme. The sense of only-ness reiterate the first commandment. Plus Webster’s 1828 also has these meanings: Highest in authority,….In the universe, God only is the supreme ruler and judge. His commands are supreme and binding on all his creatures.
    2. Highest, greatest or most excellent; as supreme love; supreme glory; supreme degree.

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