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Taught them as one having authority

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Announcements › Forums › Truth – January 27th, 2019 › Taught them as one having authority

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  • January 21, 2019 at 9:51 pm #8012
    spencel
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    “Beware of false prophets,” Matthew 7, Jesus

    It was said at a recent class that Christian Science in not opinion.

    “OPINION and BELIEF mean a judgment that someone thinks is true. OPINION is used when the judgment is not yet final or certain.” (Websters online dictionary)

    “The opinions of men cannot be substituted for God’s revelation.” Mary Baker Eddy, Misc. p. 92

    This hit home because before Plainfield a lot of the Christian Science I experienced I believe would fall into opinion since little of it was practical or lived by “habits of obedience to moral and spiritual law.”(S.&H. p. 62) Instead it was “scholarly”, “intellectual”, rules externally followed (reading the lesson, attending church, etc). So like the pharisees and scribes, it becomes a theory dogma, creed, hypothesis, speculation. I realized if I am not living it, it can only be an opinion because I haven’t proven it.

    “Ye shall know them by their fruits.” (Matt. 7) “Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew…” (Matt. 11) “And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.” (Matt. 7)

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