In the Christian Science Bible Lesson November 10, 2014 Issue

Out of darkness into light

For the Lesson titled: "Mortals and Immortals" from November 10-16, 2014

Kathy Fitzer

This week’s Bible Lesson in the Christian Science Quarterly, “Mortals and Immortals,” reveals how we can see God more clearly. This comes as we are newborn of Spirit, as the darkened view that we are mortal is replaced by the true view of our immortal, spiritual nature.

As the Golden Text states, “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” (I Corinthians 13:12). To see darkly can mean to be stuck in obscurity, and to see clearly, light is needed. So to see God clearly, we need the light of truth, and this light is “the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (II Corinthians 4:6, Responsive Reading).

The Lesson includes several examples of how Jesus led people out of obscurity into light. It includes the story of Jesus telling Nicodemus that to “see the kingdom of God,” he must be “born again” (John 3:3, citation 5).

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