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Obedience and rebellion

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Announcements › Forums › Man – March 4th, 2018 › Obedience and rebellion

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  • February 28, 2018 at 11:56 am #6065
    JPalmer
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    II Kings 18
    1 …Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
    3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father did.
    7 And the Lord was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

    9. 147 : 32-6
    Jesus never spoke of disease as dangerous or as difficult to heal. When his students brought to him a case they had failed to heal, he said to them, “O faithless generation,” implying that the requisite power to heal was in Mind. He prescribed no drugs, urged no obedience to material laws, but acted in direct disobedience to them.

    I love how this lesson brings out the importance of obedience and rebellion.

    In the past, I had times I felt I should be obedient, and other times I felt the need to rebel. It didn’t always work out for the best either way, yet I could never be certain why. Christian Science, as taught here, has been showing me that without God and the high standard this Science brings, I could never have known when to “let [my] communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay:” (Matthew 5:37)

    I am also grateful to find that rebellion is not inherently wrong, it just needs to be directed wisely. How practical to be given this instruction which shows that both obedience to God and active rebellion against sin are necessary to live this Science.

    What a blessing these lessons are! Thank you!

    March 2, 2018 at 8:49 am #6079
    chardelle
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    Thank you! Obedience is mentioned 14 times in our Lesson this week. 1828 Webster dictionary states in part about obedience;”Compliance with a command, performance of what is required, or abstaining from what is prohibited in compliance with the command or prohibition, forbearance to act must be in submission to authority, the command must be known to the person, and his compliance must be in consequence to it. Voluntary obedience alone can be acceptable to God.(!)”
    It is then that sometime we…”shall rest , sit down with him in full understanding of the divine Principle which triumphs over death.”

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