In the Christian Science Bible Lesson January 30, 2012 Issue

Spirit animates your life

For the lesson titled "Spirit" from January 30-February 5, 2012

By Ann Edwards

This week’s Bible Lesson, titled “Spirit,” draws on the inspiring examples of five people who depended on the power of Spirit, God, to fulfill their God-given mission and bless others. Jesus, Samuel, David, and Paul are cited from the Bible, while the 19th-century example of Florence Nightingale is cited from Science and Health. The lives of each of them, Jesus Christ being preeminent as the Messiah, attest to the truth behind the Golden Text’s declaration that, “I am the Lord All-Powerful. So don’t depend on your own power or strength, but on my Spirit” (Contemporary English Version, Zechariah 4:6). 

This Lesson makes the important distinction that only the Spirit of God, good, has reality, power, and influence, while evil doesn’t. Science and Health teaches that “there are evil beliefs, often called evil spirits; but these evils are not Spirit, for there is no evil in Spirit” (Mary Baker Eddy, p. 206, cit. 18).  

Filled with this Spirit, Jesus Christ was anointed by God to “preach good tidings unto the meek; . . . to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives” (Responsive Reading, Isaiah 61:1). Jesus’ healing of the woman who “had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years” (Luke 13:11, cit. 18) was just one example of many where he healed the sick through the power of Spirit. 

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