In the Christian Science Bible Lesson July 23, 2012 ISSUE

Finding our God-given freedom

For the lesson titled "Spirit" from July 30 - August 5, 2012

Ann Edwards—Toronto, Ontario, Canada

This week’s Bible Lesson, titled “Spirit,” points out that no power can enslave us and prevent us from demonstrating our God-given freedom. In the Golden Text we read that “where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty” (II Corinthians 3:17). Mary Baker Eddy saw sin and disease as a form of mental slavery. She believed that we can find our freedom through the laws of God.

In describing her own journey to health and freedom Mary Baker Eddy wrote, “I pressed on through faith in God, trusting Truth, the strong deliverer, to guide me into the land of Christian Science, where fetters fall and the rights of man are fully known and acknowledged” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 226, citation 4). Wanting to help others find the same freedom she found, Mary Baker Eddy would then write her textbook Science and Health.