Lesson In Truth by Emily Cady Study Group

The second chapter

WHO AND WHAT GOD IS

WHO AND WHAT MAN IT

 

So this would be a great time to dust off your bible, and read John 4:24> Have several that I use; I like The Message Bible, because it is easy to read,The New Interpreters Study Bible, because it has books in the bible that are considered uncanonized in it and the history of the actual text, it really cool. But for this book Emily Cady used  The American Standard Version, which I am providing a link to now. http://truthunity.net/asv

 

It is written in Old English so here is what the passage reads out of The Interpreters Bible,"God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit an truth.".

 

And here it is written out of The Message bible, " It is who you are and the way that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth".

 

That is another reason I like this book, because it anchors this passage of the bible so well. So we know God is Spirit. But then Emily took it one step further and defined Spirit. So let's look it up also. What does the dictionary say what spirit means? How many ways did you Find?

The best definition I found was, the non-physical part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character; the soul.

But does sound more like ego, so for this purpose, of studying Lessons in Truth let use the definition found In the revealing word, by Charles Fillmore, and to which I have listed the link to here,

"Spirit- God as the moving force in the universe; Principle as the breath in of all creation; the principle of life; creative intelligence and life.".

I just think this has better meaning of the word Spirit, as Emily Cady is using it here.

 

So reading on, Does this change how you see God? 

Doesn't just blow your mind to think God is in everything, through everything, and is the creative force, that formed and created everything. What do you think about that?

So think about this, at the time this book was written, they did not yet have the ability to see the energy that hold every molecule together, but now we can, and that energy is God. So we can see God a bit. Now that is a good meditation, right? Great visual!

God is Spirit, or the creative energy that is

the cause of all visible things.

From  number 11, on page 19. where Emily writes," God, the source of our

existence every moment, is not simply omnipotent

(all-powerful); He is omnipotence (all power). He

is not alone omniscient (all-knowing) ; He is omniscience

(all knowledge). He is not only omnipresent,

but more—omnipresence.

God is not a being having

qualities, but He is the good itself. Everything you

can think of that is good, when in its absolute perfection, goes to make up that invisible Being we call God.".

 What does that bring up for you? Any questions?

Okay so I must give you this here, also is the meaning of "Error in Thought", is used instead of the word "Sin".

After reading this chapter all the way through, now go back and re-read it, and see what comes up. Do you have questions? Please also write in your journal, and please place any comment or question you might have here.

 

 

Lessons In Truth by Emily Cady Study Group

This is one of my favorite books. I read it all the time, re-read it when I am starting to get stressed out. I hope you like it too.

So the very first thing I want to talk about, in the first chapter of Lessons In Truth, is the idea of keeping you mind open, so you will not be putting, "New wine into Old Skins", Luke 5:37. So what does that mean to you?

(By the way, this would be a great time to also start a journal, just for this book. That way when you run into these questions, you can write them down. And anything that might come up. So if you have read chapter 1, re-read it, adding this tool.)

Can you become like a little child, in order to learn something new?

 

Have you stopped to think what it means to be heirs of God? Or joint-heirs with Christ?

 

What is your daily Meditation practice? Do you have one? Now would be a great time to start one!

 

When I started to learn to meditate, someone gave me some rosery beads, the gifted me the Honopono saying,"I love you, I am sorry, please forgive me thank you.", focusing on God, not asking for anything, just letting go of all thought, using each bead, to keep count. I still use it.

Learning to stop and take breath and letting go of everything, takes practice, just start with 3 minutes. What works for you?

 

Page 15,passage 38, In Lessons In Truth, it suggested that, "God is my Defense and my deliverance", to be used when we feel we have been wronged, and have forgiven someone. This would be a great thing to use during meditation.

Another, was "The Lord is My Sheppard, I shall not want", letting rest the things you may want, allowing God to take over knowing that God will bring it to you by just letting it go, allowing yourself  the knowledge that what come can and will be even better.