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Get to Know God - a 28-day Project - Epilogue

30/10/2013

This is not the end, it is just the beginning! Keep asking questions! Here's one more:
"Question. — What is God?
Answer. — God is incorporeal, divine, supreme, infinite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, Love.
Question. — Are these terms synonymous?
Answer. — They are. They refer to one absolute God. They are also intended to express the nature, essence, and wholeness of Deity. The attributes of God are justice, mercy, wisdom, goodness, and so on." (SH 465:8-15)

We have just scratched the infinitesimal surface of a new point of view on how to Get to Know God. We only explored 4 qualities for each synonym for God and there are a whole lot more! If you wish to continue to your exploration of God in this way, here is a list of several more qualities organized under the seven synonyms for God.

If you really want to deepen your understanding of God in this way, I urge you to get the comprehensive work on this subject, Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy which can be purchased online. Or, if you want to buy one at a bookstore and be able to chat with someone about it, check your local White or Yellow Pages listings for a Christian Science Reading Room near you.

If you just want someone to talk to about it, don't hesitate to contact me and we can continue the conversation.

Above all, have fun Getting to Know God!!

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Get to Know God - a 28 day Project - Day 14

14/10/2013

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God is Principle
Day 14 - Order

or·der [awr-der] η: 1 an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate. 2 a command of a court or judge. 3 the disposition of things following one after another, as in space or time; succession or sequence. 4 a condition in which each thing is properly disposed with reference to other things and to its purpose; methodical or harmonious arrangement.

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And the evening and the morning were the first day. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” (Gen. 1:1, 3, 5, 26, 27, 31)

Contemplate that the order of being is God first, and Man as reflection. “Your mirrored reflection is your own image or likeness. If you lift a weight, your reflection does this also. If you speak, the lips of this likeness move in accord with yours. Now compare man before the mirror to his divine Principle, God.” (SH 515:25-29) Think about this in terms of the synonyms and qualities for God. If God is Love, is good, then Man, God’s likeness reflects this goodness, and so on.

Awareness Exercise: Throughout your day take note of the wonderful qualities you and others express. Applying the order of God first, Man as reflection, notice how the qualities you are observing in yourself and others had to first exist in God, Principle, before you or others could express them. Observing that we, as children, have similar physical features to our parents, now compare your spiritual qualities, to your Father/Mother/God.

“God, the divine Principle of man, and man in God’s likeness are inseparable, harmonious, and eternal. The Science of being furnishes the rule of perfection, and brings immortality to light. God and man are not the same, but in the order of divine Science, God and man coexist and are eternal. God is the parent Mind, and man is God’s spiritual offspring.” (SH 336:25 God)

Tune in tomorrow for God is Principle: Law

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Sharon Leman

Sharon Leman has been studying and practicing Christian Science for over 14 years and in 2012 dedicated her life to responding to requests for prayer in service to God and mankind.

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