Wednesday Bible Readings
Sep 12,th, 2025
From The Bible
CITATIONS:
II Tim. 2:15
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
II Tim. 2:7, 16 shun (to :), 22 but
Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things. ...... shun profane and vain babblings: ...
... but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.Matt. 20:17
¶ And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
Matt. 25:1–13 the
... the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that werefoolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
James 1:2–4
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
Matt. 16:24
¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Matt. 8:14, 15 (to :), 16, 19, 21, 22
¶ And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever. And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: ...
... ¶ When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: ...And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. …And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.Luke 9:61, 62
And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
James 1:22–25 be
... be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Luke 9:1, 2, 6; 10:1, 17
Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. ...And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where. ...After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. ...... ¶ And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
Heb. 12:1
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Gal. 5:7 who
... who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
Rom. 13:11 now, 12
... now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
II Tim. 4:1 (to 2nd ,), 2, 5
I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, ...Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. ...But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
SH 1:6
Prayer, watching, and working, combined with self-immolation, are God’s gracious means for accomplishing whatever has been successfully done for the Christianization and health of mankind.
SH 26:28–32
Our Master taught no mere theory, doctrine, or belief. It was the divine Principle of all real being which he taught and practised. His proof of Christianity was no form or system of religion and worship, but Christian Science, working out the harmony of Life and Love.
SH 31:12–13
First in the list of Christian duties, he taught his followers the healing power of Truth and Love.
SH 37:22–29, 30
It is possible, — yea, it is the duty and privilege of every child, man, and woman, — to follow in some degree the example of the Master by the demonstration of Truth and Life, of health and holiness. Christians claim to be his followers, but do they follow him in the way that he commanded? Hear these imperative commands: “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect!” ... “Heal the sick!”
SH 410:4–7
“This is life eternal,” says Jesus, — is, not shall be; and then he defines everlasting life as a present knowledge of his Father and of himself, — the knowledge of Love, Truth, and Life.
SH 107:1–3
IN the year 1866, I discovered the Christ Science or divine laws of Life, Truth, and Love, and named my discovery Christian Science.
SH 495:25–28
Question. — How can I progress most rapidly in the understanding of Christian Science?
Answer. — Study thoroughly the letter and imbibe the spirit.SH 456:25–27 (to .)
A Christian Scientist requires my work Science and Health for his textbook, and so do all his students and patients.
SH 147:14–20
Although this volume contains the complete Science of Mind-healing, never believe that you can absorb the whole meaning of the Science by a simple perusal of this book. The book needs to be studied, and the demonstration of the rules of scientific healing will plant you firmly on the spiritual groundwork of Christian Science.
SH 496:5, 9–12 Ask
You will learn that in Christian Science the first duty is to obey God, to have one Mind, and to love another as yourself. ... Ask yourself: Am I living the life that approaches the supreme good? Am I demonstrating the healing power of Truth and Love?
SH 459:31
The Christian Scientist should understand and adhere strictly to the rules of divine metaphysics as laid down in this work, and rest his demonstration on this sure basis.
SH 457:19–22, 28–30; 458:25 The
Christian Science is not an exception to the general rule, that there is no excellence without labor in a direct line. One cannot scatter his fire, and at the same time hit the mark. ... The Scientist’s demonstration rests on one Principle, and there must and can be no opposite rule. .... The Christian Scientist wisely shapes his course, and is honest and consistent in following the leadings of divine Mind. He must prove, through living as well as healing and teaching, that Christ’s way is the only one by which mortals are radically saved from sin and sickness.
SH 15:18–20
We must resolve to take up the cross, and go forth with honest hearts to work and watch for wisdom, Truth, and Love.
SH 326:16
The purpose and motive to live aright can be gained now. This point won, you have started as you should. You have begun at the numeration-table of Christian Science, and nothing but wrong intention can hinder your advancement. Working and praying with true motives, your Father will open the way. “Who did hinder you, that ye should not obey the truth?”
SH 239:16
To ascertain our progress, we must learn where our affections are placed and whom we acknowledge and obey as God. If divine Love is becoming nearer, dearer, and more real to us, matter is then submitting to Spirit. The objects we pursue and the spirit we manifest reveal our standpoint, and show what we are winning.
SH 21:25–27, 30–1 satisfied (to ,); 22:3–4 (to ,), 5 our
Being in sympathy with matter, the worldly man is at the beck and call of error, and will be attracted thitherward. ... satisfied if he can only imagine himself drifting in the right direction. By-and-by, ashamed of his zigzag course, he would borrow the passport of some wiser pilgrim, ...
Vibrating like a pendulum between sin and the hope of forgiveness, ... our moral progress will be slow. Waking to Christ’s demand, mortals experience suffering. This causes them, even as drowning men, to make vigorous efforts to save themselves; and through Christ’s precious love these efforts are crowned with success.SH 22:11–13, 14 and, 23–27
“Work out your own salvation,” is the demand of Life and Love, for to this end God worketh with you. “Occupy till I come!” ... and “be not weary in well doing.” If your endeavors are beset by fearful odds, and you receive no present reward, go not back to error, nor become a sluggard in the race. ...
Final deliverance from error, whereby we rejoice in immortality, boundless freedom, and sinless sense, is not reached through paths of flowers nor by pinning one’s faith without works to another’s vicarious effort.SH 483:30–32
One must fulfil one’s mission without timidity or dissimulation, for to be well done, the work must be done unselfishly.
SH 21:6–14
Christians do not continue to labor and pray, expecting because of another’s goodness, suffering, and triumph, that they shall reach his harmony and reward.
If the disciple is advancing spiritually, he is striving to enter in. He constantly turns away from material sense, and looks towards the imperishable things of Spirit. If honest, he will be in earnest from the start, and gain a little each day in the right direction, till at last he finishes his course with joy.SH 95:31–32 spiritual
... spiritual sense lifts human consciousness into eternal Truth.
SH 349:18–21
The elucidation of Christian Science lies in its spiritual sense, and this sense must be gained by its disciples in order to grasp the meaning of this Science.
SH 496:15
Hold perpetually this thought, — that it is the spiritual idea, the Holy Ghost and Christ, which enables you to demonstrate, with scientific certainty, the rule of healing, based upon its divine Principle, Love, underlying, overlying, and encompassing all true being.
SH 259:11
The Christlike understanding of scientific being and divine healing includes a perfect Principle and idea, — perfect God and perfect man, — as the basis of thought and demonstration.
SH 253:32–6; 254:10, 19 the
The divine demand, “Be ye therefore perfect,” is scientific, and the human footsteps leading to perfection are indispensable. Individuals are consistent who, watching and praying, can “run, and not be weary; . . . walk, and not faint,” who gain good rapidly and hold their position, or attain slowly and yield not to discouragement. ... When we wait patiently on God and seek Truth righteously, He directs our path. Imperfect mortals grasp the ultimate of spiritual perfection slowly; but to begin aright and to continue the strife of demonstrating the great problem of being, is doing much. ... the human self must be evangelized. This task God demands us to accept lovingly to-day, and to abandon so fast as practical the material, and to work out the spiritual which determines the outward and actual.
SH 178:32
Whoever reaches the understanding of Christian Science in its proper signification will perform the sudden cures of which it is capable; but this can be done only by taking up the cross and following Christ in the daily life.
SH 33:18; 34:13
When the human element in him struggled with the divine, our great Teacher said: “Not my will, but Thine, be done!” — that is, Let not the flesh, but the Spirit, be represented in me. This is the new understanding of spiritual Love. It gives all for Christ, or Truth. It blesses its enemies, heals the sick, casts out error, raises the dead from trespasses and sins, and preaches the gospel to the poor, the meek in heart. ... If all who seek his commemoration through material symbols will take up the cross, heal the sick, cast out evils, and preach Christ, or Truth, to the poor, — the receptive thought, — they will bring in the millennium.
Hymn. 183
Make haste, O man, to do / Whatever must be done; / Thou hast no time to lose in sloth, / When all to Truth must come.
The useful and the great, / The thing that never dies, / The silent toil that is not lost,— / Set these before thine eyes.
Up, face the task and work; / Fling ease and self away; / This is no time for thee to sleep; / Up, watch, and work, and pray.Words: Horatius Bonar, adapted
Music: Mason and Webb’s Cantica Laudis, 1850
Hymn. 325
Take up thy cross, the Saviour said, / If thou wouldst my disciple be; / Thyself deny, the world forsake, / And humbly follow after me.
Take up thy cross, nor heed the shame; / Let not thy foolish pride rebel; / Thy Lord for thee the cross endured, / He conquered sin, and death, and hell.
Take up thy cross, in God’s own strength, / Calmly all fear and danger brave; / So shalt thou find immortal Life / Giveth thee victory o’er the grave.Words: Charles W. Everest, adapted
Music: John Hatton
Hymn. 256
O’er waiting harpstrings of the mind / There sweeps a strain, / Low, sad, and sweet, whose measures bind / The power of pain,
And wake a white-winged angel throng / Of thoughts, illumed / By faith, and breathed in raptured song, / With love perfumed.
Then His unveiled, sweet mercies show / Life’s burdens light. / I kiss the cross, and wake to know / A world more bright.
And o’er earth’s troubled, angry sea / I see Christ walk, / And come to me, and tenderly, / Divinely talk.
Thus Truth engrounds me on the rock, / Upon Life’s shore, / ’Gainst which the winds and waves can shock, / Oh, nevermore!
From tired joy and grief afar, / And nearer Thee,— / Father, where Thine own children are, / I love to be.
My prayer, some daily good to do / To Thine, for Thee; / An offering pure of Love, whereto / God leadeth me.Words: Mary Baker Eddy
Music: Basil Harwood
