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1 Christian Science Quarterly May Soul and Body Golden Text I Corinthians 3:17 2 nd the... the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. Responsive Reading Philippians 3:13 15, 20, 21; 4:1, 4 7 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of SUBJECT God in Christ Jesus. 15 Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you. 20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself. 1 Therefore, my beloved and longed-for brethren, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved. 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. The Golden Text and Responsive Reading are from the New King James Version. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. SECTION ONE: Ever thought of your body as a temple? Page 2 SECTION TWO: You are the outcome of Soul! Page 3 SECTION THREE: Get to know God and be at peace. Page 4 SECTION FOUR: Bring the promise of healing alive... Page 5 SECTION FIVE:... for the human body... Page 6 SECTION SIX:... and the church body. Page 7 Soul and Body

2 1 Y 1 Leviticus 19:2 Ye e shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy. 2 Leviticus 26:2, 11, 12 goodness Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord. 11 And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. 12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. 3 Psalms 27:1 (to 1 st ;), 4 6 The Lord is my light and my salvation; 4 One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple. 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. 6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord. 4 Psalms 65:2, 4 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. 5 I Corinthians 6:19, 20 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God s. The true sense... intelligence spiritual sense intuition thoroughness peace courage honesty of Soul and body... freedom fearlessness hope fairness concentration is God and His expression,... strength joy balance punctuality eagerness humor spunk gratitude our spiritual identity!... he shall set me up upon a rock. Psalms 27:5 GEORGE DOYLE/STOCKBYTE/THINKSTOCK MODEL USED FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES 1 477:19 2 Question. What are body and Soul? Answer. Identity is the reflection of Spirit, the re- 21 flection in multifarious forms of the living Principle, Love. Soul is the substance, Life, and intelli- gence of man, which is individualized, but not 24 in matter. Soul can never reflect anything inferior to Spirit. Man is the expression of Soul. The Indians caught 27 some glimpses of the underlying reality, when they called a certain beautiful lake the smile of the Great Spirit. Separated from man, Reflection of Spirit Man inseparable from Spirit 30 who expresses Soul, Spirit would be a nonentity; man, divorced from Spirit, would lose his entity. But there is, 1 there can be, no such division, for man is coexistent with God :25 30 Rightly understood, instead of possessing a sentient material form, man has a sensationless body; and God, 27 the Soul of man and of all existence, being perpetual in His own individuality, harmony, Sensationless body and immortality, imparts and perpetuates these qualities 30 in man, through Mind, not matter :3 8 3 The material body and mind are temporal, but the real man is spiritual and eternal. The identity of the real man is not lost, but found through this Identity 6 explanation; for the conscious infinitude of not lost existence and of all identity is thereby discerned and remains unchanged :7 TEMPLE. Body; the idea of Life, substance, and intelligence; the superstructure of Truth; the shrine of 9 Love; a material superstructure, where mortals congregate for worship :20 The true 21 worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth. IN ANTIQUITY, many people thought of gods as physical beings that needed buildings called temples to live in. Seeing God as Spirit is one of the things that set the early Christians apart from their neighbors. In the next section we see that Old Testament figures like Solomon shared this understanding of God. abhor: despise; reject dwell: live; stay multifarious: various; diverse nonentity: non-being; nothing sentient: self-aware; conscious perpetual: continual; enduring; eternal superstructure: structure or concept built on a foundation congregate: gather; assemble Soul and Body 2

3 2 6 A 6 I Kings 8:22, 23, 27 nd Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven: 23 And he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart: 27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded? 7 Psalms 50:1, 2 The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. 8 Psalms 66:8, 9 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: 9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. 9 Acts 17:24, 25, 28 (to ;) God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; 28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; Science reveals Spirit, Soul, as not in the body, and God as not in man but as reflected by man. Science and Health, p. 467 JOHN LOCHEN 477:6 7 6 Man is not a material habitation for Soul; he is himself spiritual :3 8 3 What evidence of Soul or of immortality have you within mortality? Even according to the teachings of natural science, man has never beheld Spirit A vacant domicile 6 or Soul leaving a body or entering it. What basis is there for the theory of indwelling spirit, except the claim of mortal belief? 8 467:17 23 Science reveals Spirit, Soul, as not in the body, and 18 God as not in man but as reflected by man. The greater cannot be in the lesser. The belief that the Soul not confined in body greater can be in the lesser is an error that 21 works ill. This is a leading point in the Science of Soul, that Principle is not in its idea. Spirit, Soul, is not confined in man, and is never in matter :14 Through false estimates of soul as dwelling in sense 15 and of mind as dwelling in matter, belief strays into a sense of temporary loss or absence of soul, spir- Soul impeccable itual truth. This state of error is the mortal 18 dream of life and substance as existent in matter, and is directly opposite to the immortal reality of being. So long as we believe that soul can sin or that immortal Soul is in 21 mortal body, we can never understand the Science of being. When humanity does understand this Science, it will become the law of Life to man, even the higher law 24 of Soul, which prevails over material sense through harmony and immortality :12 12 Man is not God, but like a ray of light which comes from the sun, man, the outcome of God, reflects God. GOGGLE MAPS GOES BACK IN TIME Landmark? Okay. But remember, it s not actually His house! You re radiant with God s goodness! Shine on! Do you see a house number? Solomon Goggle Maps Street View the altar habitation: home; dwelling claim: statement of something as fact works ill: causes harm sense: a material and mortal perspective; what the five physical senses report outcome: result; effect Soul and Body 3

4 3 10 Jeremiah 7:4, 30 T :25 31 A A material body only expresses a material and mortal mind. A mortal 27 man possesses this body, and he makes it rust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these. 30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the Lord: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it. 11 II Corinthians 6:16 what (to 1 st ;), 17, 18 what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. 12 Romans 8:5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 13 Romans 12:1, 2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Sickness as only thought harmonious or discordant according to the images of thought impressed upon it. You embrace 30 your body in your thought, and you should delineate upon it thoughts of health, not of sickness :24 24 If thought yields its dominion to other powers, it cannot outline on the body its own beautiful images, but it effaces them and delineates foreign agents, 27 called disease and sin :7 12 Unless the harmony and immortality of man are becoming more apparent, we are not gaining the true idea 9 of God; and the body will reflect what governs it, whether it be Truth or error, Narrow pathway understanding or belief, Spirit or matter. Therefore 12 acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace :18 18 Man is harmonious when governed by Soul. Hence the importance of understanding the truth of being, which reveals the laws of spiritual existence. IDEAS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT are central to the New Testament. Here Paul has woven together three passages from the Old Testament (Isaiah 52:11, Ezekiel 20:34, and II Samuel 7:14) to show the value of keeping ourselves pure. What does the true idea of God mean to you? abominations: shameful and wicked things; things that cause disgust discordant: inharmonious; disagreeable delineate: draw; trace; outline effaces: deletes; erases; destroys hence: therefore; consequently Wait. Come back!! What do you mean, nothing out here holds water? Now I understand. Truth governs my body, not error. What a relief! DESERT OF BELIEF THAT THE MORTAL BODY IS MADE OF MATTER OASIS OF UNDERSTANDING Soul and Body 4

5 4 14 Psalms 42:11 15 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. T 15 Ezekiel 37:1 5, 10, 11 (to 2 nd :), 12 he hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, 2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest. 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. 11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: 12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. 16 Malachi 3:1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. 17 I Thessalonians 5:20 24 Despise not prophesyings. 21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil. 23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. 373:1 5 1 If we are Christians on all moral questions, but are in darkness as to the physical exemption which Christian- 3 ity includes, then we must have more faith in God on this subject and be more alive to His promises :4 8 The prophet of to-day beholds in the mental horizon the signs of these times, the reappearance of the Chris- 6 tianity which heals the sick and destroys error, and no other sign shall be given. Body cannot be saved except through Mind. Bones have 30 only the substance of thought which forms them. Spiritual foreshadowings :29 31 Formation from thought :23 26 Consciousness constructs a better body when 24 faith in matter has been conquered. Correct material belief by spiritual understanding, and Spirit will form you anew :19, The Science of being reveals man as perfect, even as the Father is perfect, because the Soul, or Mind, 21 of the spiritual man is God, the divine Principle of all being, and because this real man is governed by Soul instead of sense, by the law of Spirit, not by the so-called 24 laws of matter. Man s true consciousness 27 is in the mental, not in any bodily or personal likeness to Spirit :23 27 Christian Science explains all cause and effect as men- 24 tal, not physical. It lifts the veil of mystery from Soul and body. It shows the scientific relation of man to God, disentangles the interlaced ambiguities 27 of being, and sets free the imprisoned thought. Causation mental THE BONES that Ezekiel sees are dry, so not only was their death not prevented, they were also not properly buried. While they seem to have been beyond human help and hope both before and after death, they are not beyond God s care. notes: Another place Mary Baker Eddy writes about the relationship between consciousness and health is Miscellaneous Writings p. 298:25. cast down: depressed abstain: avoid; stay away moral: ethical; concerning principles of right behavior exemption: freedom; immunity disentangles: untangles; unravels interlaced: interwoven; interlocked; intertwined ambiguities: concepts open to more than one interpretation imprisoned: captive; restricted; confined Soul and Body 5

6 5 21 A 18 Matthew 9:35 30:19 As the individual ideal of Truth, Christ Jesus came to rebuke rabbinical error and all sin, sickness, and death, 21 to point out the way of Truth and Life. This nd Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. 19 Matthew 5:1, 2, 8 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 20 Matthew 6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 21 Matthew 21:12 14 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. 14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. Mosaic law called for many kinds of animals, including doves, to be sacrificed on various occasions. Rebukes helpful ideal was demonstrated throughout the whole earthly career of Jesus, showing the difference between 24 the offspring of Soul and of material sense, of Truth and of error. HOLY BIBLE A.F.B.P.C., MOD :11 16 Knowing that Soul and its attributes were forever 12 manifested through man, the Master healed the sick, gave sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, feet to the lame, thus bringing to light the scientific action of the 15 divine Mind on human minds and bodies and giving a better understanding of Soul and salvation :7 Christ, Truth, was demonstrated through Jesus to prove the power of 9 Spirit over the flesh, to show that Truth is made manifest by its effects upon the human mind and body, healing sickness and destroying sin :2 Look away from the body into Truth and Love, 3 the Principle of all happiness, harmony, and immortality. Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good, and the true, and you will bring these 6 into your experience proportionably to their occupancy of your thoughts. Thoughts are things If your eye is pure, there will be sunshine in your soul. Matthew 6:22 The Living Bible What is the enduring, the good, and the true in your thought? Our prayers are answered! : As human thought changes from one stage to another of conscious pain and painlessness, sorrow and joy, from fear to hope and from faith to understand- 15 ing, the visible manifestation will at last be man governed by Soul, not by material sense. People went to moneychangers to trade one kind of money for another, either because they had brought money from another country, or because they wanted several coins of smaller value instead of one more valuable one. MANY JEWS traveled great distances to the Temple in Jerusalem and not all of them could bring animals for sacrifice, so selling them became a big business. The priests who decided which animals were acceptable could reject animals that weren t bought from the merchants in the Temple, creating ample opportunity for corruption. den: hideout rebuke: condemn; reject; correct attributes: qualities; characteristics proportionably: in relation occupancy: possession; presence Soul and Body 6

7 y Ephesians 2:19 22 ye e are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; 21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: 22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. 23 I Corinthians 12:4 6, 12 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. 12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 24 Ephesians 5:23 Christ Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. How can you see church wherever you go? Remember Jesus, who nearly nineteen centuries ago demonstrated the power of Spirit and said, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also,... Science and Health, p :1 5 1 Jesus established his church and maintained his mission on a spiritual foundation of Christ-healing. He taught 3 his followers that his religion had a divine Principle, which would cast out error and heal both the sick and the sinning. The Christ-mission : CHURCH. The structure of Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle. The Church is that institution, which affords proof of 15 its utility and is found elevating the race, rousing the dormant understanding from material beliefs to the apprehension of spiritual ideas and the demonstration of 18 divine Science, thereby casting out devils, or error, and healing the sick :20 The chief stones in the temple of Christian Science are 21 to be found in the following postulates: that Life is God, good, and not evil; that Soul is sinless, not to be found in the body; that Spirit is not, and 24 cannot be, materialized; that Life is not subject The chief stones in the temple to death; that the spiritual real man has no birth, no material life, and no death :32 7 Do you say the time has not yet come in which to 1 recognize Soul as substantial and able to control the body? Remember Jesus, who nearly nineteen centuries 3 ago demonstrated the power of Spirit and said, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also, and who also said, But the hour 6 cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The age s privilege :3 6 A, 8 3 A demonstration of the facts of Soul in Jesus way resolves the dark visions of material sense into harmony and 6 immortality. Vision opening notes: To divest 9 thought of false trusts and material evidences in order that the spiritual facts of being may appear, this is the great attainment by means of which we shall sweep 12 away the false and give place to the true. Thus we may establish in truth the temple, or body, whose builder and maker is God. diversities: different kinds administrations: ways of ministering or serving operations: ways of working institution: organization founded for a specific purpose utility: usefulness the race: humanity rousing: waking up dormant: sleeping; inactive; idle Soul and Body 7

8 BIKING BLESSINGS ONE AFTERNOON IN MARCH 2012, I was at my house after school. I didn t have much homework, so I decided to find something to do that would be a good use of my time. All of a sudden this angel message came to me: God is all around us. I really enjoy building with Lego blocks so I had the idea to build a church out of them. I named it The Church of God, representing the idea that everything is in God s control and everyone is safe in God s arms. In Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy describes Church as the structure of Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle (p. 583). The next morning, while I was preparing to go to school, I remember thinking about Church and how everyone on earth is in it, including me. As part of the physical fitness portion of the Congressional Award (a national service/leadership award), which I have been working on for almost two years, I ride my bicycle to and from school every day. It had snowed the night before, so the pavement that morning was very slick, making it hard to stop quickly. When I arrived at one of the busiest intersections on my route, I waited for the cars to stop so I could cross the street. When the cross traffic had a red light and I had a Walk sign, I started riding across the intersection. There was a car coming in my direction a ways down the street. I really didn t notice the car until it took a left turn, heading straight toward me. By then it was too late for me to move out of the way, and I was hit. we have hidden an image of a pearl [ ] somewhere in the pages of mybiblelesson. happy pearl hunting! BY GABRIEL Immediately after the crash, I remembered this quote from the Bible: For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone (Psalms 91:11, 12). I really like this quote because it assures me that God is always there for me even if I literally dash my foot against a stone or face any other kind of trouble. LOVE IS NECESSARY FOR THE WORLD TO BE HARMONIOUS. Once I got up off the ground, I realized I was not hurt except for a scratch on my leg that being the case, I still felt angry at the woman driving the car. I was able to walk fine, but my bike was quite damaged. I assured the concerned driver that I was fine, and exchanged contact information with her. I decided that I could still ride my bike and made it to school on time. The driver contacted my mom. So she phoned the school. I was called to the office, and I let my mom know that I wasn t hurt. Throughout the day, I was FRONT COVER PHOTO ATTRIBUTION: Niki Paulk: Captiva All nonattributed graphics, photos, and digitally modified images by mbl staff. Pearl Hint: You re Soul s beautiful reflection. definitely thinking about how I d been protected by God. I had a productive school day, and my mom picked me up after school to take my bike in for repairs. She told me how wonderful it is that God is always there for us. I needed to make sure I wasn t mad at the driver, because love is necessary for the world to be harmonious. I prayed to fill my thought with ideas from God. Some of the ideas I prayed with included: We are the perfect reflection of God; there are no accidents in God s kingdom (see Science and Health, p. 424); and we all can listen and be in tune with divine Love. Nothing could take away or destroy the bond we, as God s people, naturally have with God and each other. My mom and I went to two different bicycle shops to get the best repair estimate. Eventually, I decided to get a new bike and found the right one. The demonstration of God s care felt complete when the driver came to our house and paid us what it would have cost to repair my damaged bike. I will always appreciate the idea behind The Church of God I built with Lego blocks the omnipresence, omniscience, and omnipotence of God is always there for me, no matter what. This article was originally published in the July 1, 2013 issue of the Christian Science Sentinel. You can find this piece (and thousands more!) at jsh.christianscience.com. IMAGE OF BICYCLE: DYNAMIC GRAPHICS/LIQUIDLIBRARY/THINKSTOCK.COM, MOD. Contact us! Want to send us feedback? Submit a photo? Go to mybiblelesson.com for details. COURTESY PHOTO Soul and Body 8

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