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Joseph from Scotland

Joseph from Scotland
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12/21/2015 00:57

The Light

I was very struck by the Golden text in the Lesson which mentions "light" twice. As well as Mrs Eddys reference to "the Beam" and the "guiding star of being"

I looked up the definition of "Light" in Websters 1828 dictionary which we know Mrs Eddy used. It said

"That flood of luminous rays which flows from the sun and constitutes day".

and "star" is defined as

"An apparently small luminous body in the heavens, that appears in the night, or when its light is not obscured by clouds or lost in the brighter effulgence of the sun. Stars are fixed or planetary. The fixed stars are known by their perpetual twinkling, and by their being always in the same position in relation to each other. The planets do not twinkle, and they revolve about the sun. The stars are worlds, and their immense numbers exhibit the astonishing extent of creation and of divine power".




 
Florence

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12/22/2015 12:27

Re: The Light

That is beautiful! It brings to mind God's glory , which was in last week's Golden text as well as this weeks. I love to keep the sense of God's (magnificence, splendor)glory, in mind; it helps to appreciate all good and do all good for His glory.

When I make my whole purpose about showing God's glory pretty soon error becomes so small in thought and vanishes.

"Too soon we cannot turn from disease in the body to find disease in the mortal mind . and its cure in working for God." Misc. p. 343:5-7

Edited by Florence - 12/22/2015 12:52




 
Joseph from Scotland

Joseph from Scotland
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12/22/2015 13:08

Re: The Light

Apparantly the word "light" is mentioned 166 times in S and H and 235 times in the Bible....

here are some of my favorites:

psalms 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.

Matthew 4:16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

Matthew 5:14 You are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

John 1:5 And the light shines in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

John 8:12 Then spoke Jesus again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 12:35 Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness come on you: for he that walks in darkness knows not where he goes.

Ephesians 5:14 Why he said, Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no ficklenss, neither shadow of turning.

1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light;

1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleans us from all sin.

Revelation 21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.




 
Gary

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12/23/2015 16:28

Re: The Light

It's just fascinating to me how Isaiah, the highest Christly thought of his time, foresaw the coming of Jesus (a great light!)several generations later. It's as though he knew what the world needed and that the world wasn't ready for it yet.

Then Jesus, the Master, gave to the world what it was ready for, but then foresaw the Comforter. He told his disciples, "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now." He also knew what the world needed, and knew that it was not ready for the science yet.

When Mrs. Eddy discovered the Science of Christianity, she recognized it as the Comforter Jesus had prophesied, making it the final revelation of God to his creation. The Jewish "Messiah" has already fulfilled his mission. Jesus is not going to appear again in person, as many believe. We live in an exciting time. We have the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, in our very hands. Our great duty and privilege is to learn the Science and live it.