"I will also give thee for a light to the
Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
I found the following and thought I would share.
RAYS FROM CHRISTMASTIDE by F. E. MASON, C.S.B.From the December 1888 issue of The Christian Science Journal:
"Does not personality again crowd Christ out from the consciousness of mankind? Does not the world refuse a place for the birth of Truth? Again comes the question, Where shall he be born? Oh that mortals would open their hearts for the birthplace of Truth. Christ stands at the door of your heart and knocks for admission. Who will open to him and the heavenly host?The Star of Bethlehem shines today as of old, piercing the darkness of belief, and leading followers to the portals of Heaven...So will God's light, the light of eternal Truth,—Christ the light of the world,—remain shining in the Christian's consciousness, until our enemies, sickness, sin, and death are vanquished.In former times, before electric lights, gas, or petroleum had been discovered, it was the fashion to light meeting-houses with candles. These candles were not furnished by the church-officers, but each worshiper brought his candle with him. One of these wicks would emit only a feeble light, but the aggregate of tiny flames illumined the place. So is it with us. The light carried by any single one of us may be flickering and faint; but let our thoughts shine together, each illumined with but a spark of Truth, and the moral region around us will be filled with divine light. Never despise the dimness of the reflection you make. A mere streak of gray dawn presages the open day.'To him that hath shall be given.'Jesus is the central light of human history. His Truth is 'the same yesterday, today, and forever." He called himself the Way, the Truth, the Life. The Way and the Life, like the Truth, are "the same yesterday today and forever,'—that is, from eternity to eternity."
Florence
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Location: n.a.
12/26/2014 11:15
Re: light to the gentiles
Christ stands at the door of your heart and knocks for admission. Who will open to him and the heavenly host?The Star of Bethlehem shines today as of old, piercing the darkness of belief, and leading followers to the portals of Heaven...So will God's light, the light of eternal Truth,—Christ the light of the world,—remain shining in the Christian's consciousness, until our enemies, sickness, sin, and death are vanquished."
Thank you! The article speaks to much that we've been discussing in Roundtable, what is in the lessons and Unity watches:S&H p146 Science is the "stranger that is within thy gates," remembered not, even when its elevating effects practically prove its divine origin and efficacy.
S&H p132 To-day, as of yore, unconscious of the reappearing of the spiritual idea, blind belief shuts the door upon it, and condemns the cure of the sick and sinning if it is wrought on any but a material and a doctrinal theory.
jacob45
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Location: puerto limon Costa Rica
12/26/2014 21:07
Re: light to the gentiles
The world constantly clamours for entrance in our consciousness, posturing as reality. The evil and gross stupidity which are constantly paraded before our senses try to discourage us. Sometimes one could feel ashamed to be a human being, or a mortal.
But then we shake off the animal magnetism, and know that it is all the suggestion of an absence, the lack of Truth and Love, a lie, unreal in every aspect.
It is never out there, there is no exterior to consciousness, all is interior, the inner man. God as manifested in the seven synonyms is all there is.
richato
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Location: New York United States
12/28/2014 08:28
Re: light to the gentiles
Simeon: "a light to lighten the Gentiles,and the glory of thy people Israel"
The Messiah is sometimes thought of as the Messiah for the Jews but as we see in the responsive reading that Isaiah said he was the Messiah for both Jews and Gentiles. This is consistently said throughout the Old Testament. Simeon also said this when Mary and Joseph brought the baby Jesus into the Temple. Paul also said this to Agrippa.
