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"What doth the Lord require of thee"

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Announcements › Forums › Sacrament — July 12th, 2020 › "What doth the Lord require of thee"

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  • July 9, 2020 at 7:05 am #10999
    JoanneF
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    “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” (Micah 6:8)

    Whenever I get too intense, or strive too hard, to willfully try to “demonstrate” Christian Science, I get on my knees and remember this verse from Micah. Dummelow describes it as the “tender simplicities of God’s requirements.” God’s first requirement is conformity to His law, to think and do according to Truth, to be honest with oneself and others, and to live with integrity. This is the definition of “do justly.” God’s second requirement is benevolence, kindness, tenderness of heart, compassion, and charity. This defines “love mercy.” And God’s last requirement is to do all without pride or arrogance, to submit completely to divine will — to “suffer it to be so now…to fulfill all righteousness.” This is the definition of “walk humbly.” Nothing could be clearer nor simpler as to what I need to do to demonstrate Christian Science.
    Thank you Lesson-writer for this beautiful Lesson.

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