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Notes and References 9/9/01 (1) Isa. 43:1 now, 6, 7 The first citation this week distinguishes between thee words create and make. We should be very familiar with this distinction. In Genesis we read that God created man from the dust of the ground and made man in His image. Interestingly enough Mrs. Eddy saw this distinction. Her system of capitalizing synonyms for God makes an exception for the word creator. Creator was originally capitalized in the first edition of Science and Health but in a revised edition she removed the capital C. Why? When you create you start with nothing. When you make something you make from something else. We are made from God’s own image! When applied to childbirth we assume that life starts when the woman’s egg is fertilized. But, this is not true. Man’s life never began and never will end. Life is immortal. Mrs. Eddy tells us the Jesus’ knowledge of pre-existence made him mighty. Let’s see if we cab uncover such logic in the following story: John 9:1-7 The Bible was translated from three different languages and most of the original text was a continuous line of capital consonants without punctuation. Consider the following sentences: GODISNOWHERE This sentence could read God is now here or God is nowhere. Here is the 2nd sentence: A woman without her man is a failure Punctuated the sentence take on the opposite meaning. A woman! Without her, man is a failure. These two examples lead us to re-look at the story of the healing of the blind man in the 9th chapter of John. The way the sentence is punctuated it reads that God made the man blind so that Jesus could heal him. That doesn’t make any sense. Let’s try different punctuation. Jesus saw a man blind from his birth (only) and not blind before he was born. His understanding of man’s immortal nature leads to that conclusion. The disciples saw a man born blind. Was always blind, even before his birth. 1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. Now the sentence takes on a different meaning, one in which the purpose of Jesus was to do the works of him that sent him. –much more logical and for that matter scientific. Now let’s see if the same logic can be seen in the story of the wine made from water at the wedding in Cana. John 2:1-3,5-11 The wedding party judged man from a mortal standpoint according to standing, wealth, political influence, etc. Jesus starting point could never be material. (9) 65:3 The key word in my opinion is the word inspiration. That is our wine from water. It is inspired thought that allows us to see our immortal nature, our original perfection (see reference below.) My 262 Govern your thinking. Focus on the spiritual ideal (as Jesus did with the blind man). The theme of this class is grand and noble lives. Here is the whole sentence. In it is the process of demonstration your real nature. |
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