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08/25/2015 16:21

Is it I?

In the lesson this week we read that Judas asks Jesus this question. We also find before this the disciples also asked the same thing.

"And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?" Matt. 26:22

While Judas knew the answer to his question, the disciples seem sincere.

I came across an article with this topic in mind and below is an excerpt from it.
THE PEARL OF LOYALTY by F. E. MASON. From the May 1888 issue of The Christian Science Journal
"As the disciples sat with Jesus at the Passover they asked the question, Is it I? This they asked because he had spoken of treason among them....This question, Is it I? is a question to be answered now. Let our daily prayer be the prayer of David, a prayer for sincerity: 'Search me, oh God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts.'... Continually moving onward and upward, we shall never betray our Master. It is a question of self; we must each work out our own salvation. Christian Science does not bid us be better than our neighbors, but better than ourselves, striving each day to live nearer God than the day before.."

I realized from this last line I must not focus on Judas as a weak man or compare myself to him personally but continually search my heart that no evil may find place or activity in my thought (a full time job), a lesson continually brought home in the bible, Mrs. Eddy's writings, and here at Plainfield.