The Bible is at the heart of Christian Science. Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, took to the Bible instinctively as a child and studied it intensively as an adult. Through this study she discovered the healing power of God and experienced it firsthand. This inspired her to delve even deeper into the Scriptures, finding their spiritual meaning, which ultimately led to her writing the book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Together the Bible and Science and Health are the pastor of the Christian Science Church, from which a weekly Bible Lesson is read. Learn more about the Bible Lesson
The following Bible passages introduce this week's Bible Lesson. The full Lesson is comprised of citations from the Bible and correlative passages from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy.
From this week's Christian Science Quarterly Bible Lesson:
Soul
February 11–17, 2019
. . . my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
Responsive Reading | Psalms 103:1, 8; 24:3–5, 8, 9; 25:1, 9, 12, 13, 20 (to :)
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
O keep my soul, and deliver me:
Christian Science Quarterly™ Bible Lessons — Online Edition, Vol. 130, No. 07
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