“…through divine influence, ‘according to the pattern showed to thee in the mount.'” Science and Health By Mary Baker Eddy p.236 (The pattern, or blueprint God gave to Moses designed to implement Gods purposes, obedience to God’s and His precepts.)
This is a beautiful Lesson and treatment for beliefs attached to human generation.
During Sunday’s Roundtable Dec.2,2018 the topic spiritualism was addressed. When I first started working with a practitioner at this church she discerned my need to correct my thinking regarding the false system of spiritualism. She had me read the chapter on “Christian Science versus Spiritualism” from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. This reading and working with her educated and cleansed my thinking. While I was not taught at home to believe in ghosts or spirits I did pick it up from other sources. The last couple of years I have noticed a rapid growth in popularity of spiritualism in our society having millions of followers. You can find it paraded before the public through talk shows, movies (even Disney), magazines and books, not to mention the many tv shows in which people claim to be able to “channel” or communicate with the dead. This false system would act as physicians of the soul but instead mesmerizes one deeper into harmful beliefs. I mention this because it is presented as harmless entertainment, a comfort, spiritual solution, helpful, and sometimes a religion. When broken down you find this false system focuses on death and tragedy, separation from good, magnifies personality and ego, many creators, mind in matter with many minds and souls, relies on mortal mind reading, gives evil power, superstition, godless, and falls under occult. Moses also was very clear in Deuteronomy 18:9–12 regarding these false systems. Since our class Sunday I have been more aware to counter the attraction to that which would take man from God.
What we are doing here at Plainfield is so important to counter these lies and deception and to bring out the Truth that saves, heals everything, answers all questions, brings comfort, peace, and lives into obedience to God. What a priceless opportunity we have to have Watches to counter the lies of animal magnetism.
“Spiritually to understand that there is but one creator, God, unfolds all creation, confirms the Scriptures, brings the sweet assurance of no parting, no pain, and of man deathless and perfect and eternal.” Science and Health p. 69