This week’s Bible lesson is another that grapples with traditional theological concepts.
- What is soul?
- Does it exist in the body?
- What is the body?
- What is our true sense of identity?
- What does it mean to dwell in the house of the Lord?
The ideas in this week’s lesson are very practical and bring out the metaphysics of Christian Science. What does it mean to be God’s reflection?
We read in section 3 of the lesson Jesus explanation that “The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body is also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, they body also is full of darkness.” How can we apply this teaching in every day life?
In section 4 the working practices of matter-physicians and the meta-physician are contrasted. In Section 5 we read of Jesus healing of a woman that had been ill for 18 years, and how some of the Jewish rulers were unhappy because he healed on the Sabbath, but Jesus taught it was right to loose from bonds of captivity every day of the week.
This week’s entire lesson shows how a clearer understanding of soul and body enables us all to claim our God-given freedom and be healed. I look forward to exploring some of the ideas from it in class this Sunday. See you soon!
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Wow, times goes quickly and I am not yet in the swing of this blogging thing. It’s a really good Bible Lesson this week though, and I have really enjoyed getting stuck into it, I hope you’ve had a chance to study it too.
Check out the Bible resources and the Question of the week on TMCYouth.com
There is plenty is this week’s lesson for us to discuss this week, the Commandments, God’s covenant, the journey from sense to Soul. Recipe for happiness.
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Hey Hey! Another week another new Bible Lesson to study and ponder.
The subject this week which we’ll be considering in our Sunday Youth Discussion Group at 11am is “Soul”. Mary Baker Eddy identifies Soul as one of the seven synonyms for God (the other six are Principle, Mind, Spirit, Life, Truth and Love). Each of these synonyms helps us to understand God’s nature better. Soul is often misunderstood. I have to admit Soul was the one that it took me longest to get! But I finally realised what Soul was all about during a two week course of Class Instruction in Christian Science. And Soul really is so cool! So this week enjoy finding out more about what Soul is really all about.
As we go through the week, I’ll post ideas on the different sections of the Bible lesson and then we can talk about it all – or whatever you choose – on Sunday.
As I read the responsive reading this morning, I was struck by this verse from Psalm 66:
One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
Before today, I think I always read verses like that (and there are other similar verses in the Bible) to mean that the older generation would pass on knowledge to the younger generation and so on down the centuries – after all that’s how the ideas of Christianity have been passed down for millennia. But today I was really struck at how today’s younger generation can teach the older generation a thing or too about God’s works!
Mary Baker Eddy begins her chapter “The Science of Being” in Science and Health with these words:
In the material world, thought has brought to light with great rapidity many useful wonders.
Today “useful wonders” seem to be coming to light very rapidly indeed, facebook, twitter, google, wikipedia. The world is changing, and the younger generation understands these tools – these “useful wonders” – in a way that much of the older generation doesn’t yet. So the Psalmist is right – here’s an oportunity for the younger generation to praise God’s works to another – and declare His might acts!
When Mary Baker Eddy was asked what she thought of the pursuite of modern material inventions she replied:
“Oh, we cannot oppose them. They all tend to newer, finer, more etherealized ways of living. They seek the finer essences. They light the way to the Church of Christ. We use them, we make them our figures of speech. They are preparing the way for us.” (First Church and Miscellany page 345)
Let’s hope this blog encourages some more young people to join our discussion group on Sundays – anyone up to the age of 20 is most welcome.
P.S. If you’ve over 20 you are of course most welcome to join our Church Services where the Weekly Bible Lesson forms the Sermon.
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