God

Section 1

The Bible

1Romans 11:33, 34, 36 (to 1^st .)

33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

34For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

36For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever.

2Psalms 95:3, 6, 7 (to .)

3For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

6O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.

7For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

3Revelation 11:17 We

17We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

Science and Health with Key to the Scripturesby Mary Baker Eddy

1262:5–7

Christian Science takes naught from the perfection of God, but it ascribes to Him the entire glory.

2465:16 Is, 17–4 There

Is there more than one God or Principle?

There is not. Principle and its idea is one, and this one is God, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent Being, and His reflection is man and the universe. Omni is adopted from the Latin adjective signifying all. Hence God combines all-power or potency, all-science or true knowledge, all-presence.

3281:14

The one Ego, the one Mind or Spirit called God, is infinite individuality, which supplies all form and comeliness and which reflects reality and divinity in individual spiritual man and things.

4516:21

Man and woman as coexistent and eternal with God forever reflect, in glorified quality, the infinite Father-Mother God.

5249:5 (only), 8–9

Let the “male and female” of God’s creating appear.

Renewed
selfhood

Let us rejoice that we are subject to the divine “powers that be.”

Section 2

The Bible

4Isaiah 45:5 (to 1^st :)

5I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me:

5Isaiah 40:25, 26

25To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

26Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

6Isaiah 42:8 my glory

8my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

7I Samuel 4:1 Now (to :), 3, 10 (to :), 11 (to ;)

1Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben–ezer:

3And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

10And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent:

11And the ark of God was taken;

8I Samuel 5:2–4, 7

2When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

3And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

4And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

7And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

9I Samuel 6:2, 3 (to ;), 8 take, 10 (to ;), 13

2And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the Lord? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place.

3And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty;

8take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.

10And the men did so;

13And they of Beth–shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.

10Revelation 19:6 Alleluia

6Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

Science and Health

6228:25–27

There is no power apart from God. Omnipotence has all-power, and to acknowledge any other power is to dishonor God.

7469:25–30

The sole
governor

We lose the high signification of omnipotence, when after admitting that God, or good, is omnipresent and has all-power, we still believe there is another power, named evil. This belief that there is more than one mind is as pernicious to divine theology as are ancient mythology and pagan idolatry.

8357:25

One
supremacy

If what opposes God is real, there must be two powers, and God is not supreme and infinite. Can Deity be almighty, if another mighty and self-creative cause exists and sways mankind? Has the Father “Life in Himself,” as the Scriptures say, and, if so, can Life, or God, dwell in evil and create it? Can matter drive Life, Spirit, hence, and so defeat omnipotence?

9193:32–2

It has been demonstrated to me that Life is God and that the might of omnipotent Spirit shares not its strength with matter or with human will.

10282:23

There is no inherent power in matter; for all that is material is a material, human, mortal thought, always governing itself erroneously.

11264:7–8, 10

Mortals must look beyond fading, finite forms, if they would gain the true sense of things.

We must look where we would walk, and we must act as possessing all power from Him in whom we have our being.

12515:22

All that God imparts moves in accord with Him, reflecting goodness and power.

Section 3

The Bible

11Psalms 5:1, 2

1Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.

2Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

12Psalms 135:5

5For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

13Psalms 139:1–10, 14

1O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.

2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

7Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

9If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

14I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

14I Corinthians 13:9, 10, 12

9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

Science and Health

132:8, 23–25 2^nd God

Deity
unchangeable

God is not moved by the breath of praise to do more than He has already done, nor can the infinite do less than bestow all good, since He is unchanging wisdom and Love. We can do more for ourselves by humble fervent petitions, but the All-loving does not grant them simply on the ground of lip-service, for He already knows all.

God is intelligence. Can we inform the infinite Mind of anything He does not already comprehend?

14518:27

Perfection
of creation

The divine Principle, or Spirit, comprehends and expresses all, and all must therefore be as perfect as the divine Principle is perfect. Nothing is new to Spirit. Nothing can be novel to eternal Mind, the author of all things, who from all eternity knoweth His own ideas. Deity was satisfied with His work. How could He be otherwise, since the spiritual creation was the outgrowth, the emanation, of His infinite self-containment and immortal wisdom?

15258:13–24

God expresses in man the infinite idea forever developing itself, broadening and rising higher and higher from a boundless basis. Mind manifests all that exists in the infinitude of Truth. We know no more of man as the true divine image and likeness, than we know of God.

The infinite Principle is reflected by the infinite idea and spiritual individuality, but the material so-called senses have no cognizance of either Principle or its idea. The human capacities are enlarged and perfected in proportion as humanity gains the true conception of man and God.

1690:24–25

The admission to one’s self that man is God’s own likeness sets man free to master the infinite idea.

Section 4

The Bible

15Psalms 46:1

1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

16Psalms 16:8, 9

8I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

9Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

17Matthew 14:14

14And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.

18Matthew 19:16, 17 (to :)

16And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

17And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God:

19Luke 17:12–21

12And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:

13And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

14And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.

15And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,

16And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

17And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

18There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

19And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.

20And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:

21Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

Science and Health

1712:31–1

In divine Science, where prayers are mental, all may avail themselves of God as “a very present help in trouble.”

18285:27

Salvation
is through
reform

As mortals reach, through knowledge of Christian Science, a higher sense, they will seek to learn, not from matter, but from the divine Principle, God, how to demonstrate the Christ, Truth, as the healing and saving power.

1994:1–3, 20

Jesus taught but one God, one Spirit, who makes man in the image and likeness of Himself, — of Spirit, not of matter.

Ingratitude
and denial

Of the ten lepers whom Jesus healed, but one returned to give God thanks, — that is, to acknowledge the divine Principle which had healed him.

20122:1–7

Opposing
testimony

The evidence of the physical senses often reverses the real Science of being, and so creates a reign of discord, — assigning seeming power to sin, sickness, and death; but the great facts of Life, rightly understood, defeat this triad of errors, contradict their false witnesses, and reveal the kingdom of heaven, — the actual reign of harmony on earth.

21218:19–26

Sickness
akin to sin

If you do believe in God, why do you substitute drugs for the Almighty’s power, and employ means which lead only into material ways of obtaining help, instead of turning in time of need to God, divine Love, who is an ever-present help?

Treat a belief in sickness as you would sin, with sudden dismissal. Resist the temptation to believe in matter as intelligent, as having sensation or power.

22180:25–27, 31–2

When man is governed by God, the ever-present Mind who understands all things, man knows that with God all things are possible.

To reduce inflammation, dissolve a tumor, or cure organic disease, I have found divine Truth more potent than all lower remedies. And why not, since Mind, God, is the source and condition of all existence?

2372:21–23

God, good, being ever present, it follows in divine logic that evil, the suppositional opposite of good, is never present.

24587:19

Good. God; Spirit; omnipotence; omniscience; omnipresence; omni-action.

25287:16

How can there be more than all?

Section 5

The Bible

20Revelation 1:10, 11 (to :)

10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

11Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last:

21Revelation 4:2–6 2^nd and, 8–11 and they rest

2and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

3And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

4And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

5And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

6And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

8and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

9And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,

10The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

11Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

22I Chronicles 29:11

11Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.

Science and Health

26336:23

Allness is the measure of the infinite, and nothing less can express God.

27465:9 God

God is incorporeal, divine, supreme, infinite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, Love.

28497:5–6

We acknowledge and adore one supreme and infinite God.

2916:28–29

Hallowed be Thy name.Adorable One.

30140:8–13

We shall obey and adore in proportion as we apprehend the divine nature and love Him understandingly, warring no more over the corporeality, but rejoicing in the affluence of our God. Religion will then be of the heart and not of the head.

31481:3–4

God’s being is infinity, freedom, harmony, and boundless bliss.