Shining a light on the weekly Bible Lessons published in the Christian Science Quarterly®

God the Only Cause and Creator

Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. 

Reckoning or numbering was familiar to the Hebrew people—head counts verified tribe membership and overall population growth (see the book of Numbers, as well as examples in Joshua 8:10I Samuel 11:8). By contrast, God’s works are proclaimed to be countless. And His saving power, earlier acknowledged for the individual psalmist (see vv. 1–3), is celebrated here as all-encompassing and infinite.

We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. . . . and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord.  

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Resources cited in this issue

RR: Wilkins, Michael J. NIV Application Commentary: From Biblical Text . . . to Contemporary Life. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004; Barclay, William. The Daily Study Bible: The Letters to the Galatians and Ephesians. Edinburgh: Saint Andrew, 1955. Revised and updated by Saint Andrew, 2001. Reprinted as The New Daily Study Bible: The Letters to the Galatians and Ephesians. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2001–04.

Cit. 4: Barry, John D., et al. Faithlife Study Bible. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012, 2016.

Cit. 16: Wilkins, Michael J. NIV Application Commentary: From Biblical Text . . . to Contemporary Life. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004.

Cit. 20: Keck, Leander E., et al., eds. The New Interpreter’s Bible Commentary. Vol. 8, Luke, John. Nashville: Abingdon, 2015.

Cit. 21: Knowles, Andrew. The Bible Guide. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 2001.

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