Article July 17, 2017 Issue

‘The Bible Lesson is my stay in life’

Riley Seay

In June 1966, after being healed of tuberculosis while reading Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, I began to regularly study the Christian Science Bible Lesson, found in the Christian Science Quarterly. The Bible Lesson includes scriptural texts and correlative passages from Science and Health.

As I began this study, I realized I knew very little of the Scriptures, including the teachings of Christ Jesus. Nor did I understand the eternal Love Jesus had demonstrated for all mankind, which included me. Studying the Bible Lesson has enabled me to achieve what Mrs. Eddy so deeply desired for mankind: to know the Christ—the ever-present spiritual idea of God, which blesses, uplifts, and brings healing to human consciousness and experience.

The Bible Lesson is my stay in life. Each week I feel it saying to me, “O man greatly beloved, fear not” (Daniel 10:19). I can honestly say the Bible Lessons have brought me into a clearer understanding of my relation to God and of God’s love for me and for others.

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