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robe of righteousness

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Announcements Forums Soul and Body – May 22nd, 2016 robe of righteousness

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    Gary
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    Isaiah writes: “he (God) hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness…”

    This is our clothing! God has given us a spiritual sense that can judge what is right and wrong, and it is our protection against the false beliefs and appetites that try to invade our consciousness. God provides this protection. The allness of God IS that protection.

    But we need to exercise that judgment and recognize that it is divine, not human; therefore it is immortal and impervious to attack. Cherish it. The greatest danger we face is to take it for granted, fail to be grateful to God for it, or fail to acknowledge it altogether. The next citation from Deuteronomy warns us: “Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of they life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons.”

    If we, individually or as a nation, fail to remember that our protection is the “robe of righteousness” God has given us, then we put ourselves in a bad place. Gratitude to God for His salvation keeps us in the only safe place. Thank you, Mrs. Eddy for explaining this so clearly.

    #1347
    Florence
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    Thanks for this post. God’s Allness means our completeness. If we know this and strive to understand how we are complete as God’s likeness, we can then understand that any pull for something outside to make us complete or to satisfy or give real pleasure, is the snare of evil FOOLING us with empty false suggestions. Only when we find and identify with our true being, do we find lasting contentment, since in God there is nothing lacking. We can make the effort to refuse to be fooled any longer.

    #1357
    JPalmer
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    Last week (May 15th, 2016), the Responsive Reading had the following verses from II Corinthians 5:
    1. For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
    2. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
    3. If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
    4. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

    I wondered about the concept of clothed and naked, and what it meant spiritually. Now, the very next week, it is made so clear. Thank you for these posts.

    How wonderful it is that divine Mind guides these lessons so they all build upon each other. The fact that this continually happens is proof of the continual demonstration of the lesson committee! Thank you so much!

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