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Bible Lesson: MAN

From the Christian Science Quarterly

Citations from The Amplified Bible

For week of Aug 30-Sept. 5, citations compiled by Bruce Cunningham,

e-mail: cunninghambruce123@yahoo.com

Golden Text

Psalm 115:15 May you be blessed of the Lord,

Who made heaven and earth!

Responsive Reading

Genesis 1:1 IN THE beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned, and) created

the heavens and the earth.

26 God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image,

after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth. 27 So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 And God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it [using all its vast resources in the service of God and man]; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth.

Psalm 115:12 The Lord has been mindful of us, He will bless us: . . . .

14 May the Lord give you increase more and more, you and your children. 18 . . we will bless (affectionately and gratefully praise) the Lord from this time forth and forever.

Section 1

Malachi 1:2 I have loved you, says the Lord.

1 John 5:6 . . . . it is the [Holy] Spirit Who bears witness, because the [Holy]

Spirit is the Truth. 18 We know [absolutely] that anyone born

of God does not [deliberately and knowingly] practice committing sin, . . . . .

Romans 4:3 For what does the Scripture say?

8 Blessed and happy and to be envied is the person of whose sin

the Lord will take no account nor reckon it against him.

Job 16:19 . . . behold, my Witness is in heaven,

and He who vouches for me is on high.

Psalm 8:1 O LORD, our Lord, how excellent (majestic and glorious) is Your

name in all the earth! You have set Your glory on [or above] the heavens. 4 What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him? 5 Yet You have made him but a little lower than God [or heavenly beings], and You have crowned him with glory and honor. 6 You made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet:

Psalm 3:8 . . . May Your blessing be upon Your people.

Section 2

Jeremiah 17:7 Most] blessed is the man who believes in, trusts in, and relies

on the Lord, and whose hope and confidence the Lord is.

8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters that spreads out its roots

by the river; and it shall not see and fear when heat comes; but its leaf shall be green. It shall not be anxious and full of care in the year of drought, nor shall it cease yielding fruit.

1 Chronicles 4:10 Jabez cried to the God of Israel, saying, Oh, that You would

bless me and enlarge my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and You would keep me from evil so it might not hurt me!

And God granted his request.

Psalm 84:1 HOW LOVELY are Your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; . . . 11 For the Lord God is

a Sun and Shield; the Lord bestows [present] grace and favor and [future] glory (honor, splendor, and heavenly bliss)! No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. 12 O Lord of hosts, blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts in You [leaning and believing on You, committing all and confidently looking to You, and that without fear or misgiving]!

Section 3

Deuteronomy 28:3 Blessed shall you be in the city and blessed shall you be

in the field. 5 Blessed shall be your basket and your

kneading trough.

Matthew 21:9 . . . . . Blessed (praised, glorified) is He Who comes in the

name of the Lord!

Matthew 14:14 When He went ashore and saw a great throng of people,

He had compassion (pity and deep sympathy) for them and cured their sick. 15 When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, This is a remote and barren place, and the day is now over; send the throngs away into the villages to buy food for themselves.

16 Jesus said, They do not need to go away; you give them something

to eat.

17 They said to Him, We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish.

18 He said, Bring them here to Me. 19 Then He ordered the crowds to

recline on the grass; and He took the five loaves and the two fish, and, looking up to heaven, He gave thanks and blessed and broke the loaves and handed the pieces to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. 20 And they all ate and were satisfied. And they picked up twelve [small hand]

baskets full of the broken pieces left over. 21 And those who ate were

about 5,000 men, not including women and children.

Section 4

Matthew 4:23 And He went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues

and preaching the good news (Gospel) of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every weakness and infirmity among the people.

24 So the report of Him spread throughout all Syria, and they brought Him all

who were sick, those afflicted with various diseases and torments, those under the power of demons, and epileptics, and paralyzed people, and He healed them. 25 And great crowds joined and accompanied Him about, coming from Galilee and Decapolis [the district of the ten cities east of the Sea of Galilee] and Jerusalem and Judea and from the other [the east] side of the Jordan.

Matthew 5:1 SEEING THE crowds, He went up on the mountain; and when

He was seated, His disciples came to Him.

2 Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:

3 Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous -- with life-joy and

satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the poor in spirit (the humble, who rate themselves insignificant), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven!

4 Blessed and enviably happy [with a happiness produced by the experience

of God's favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His matchless grace] are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted!

5 Blessed (happy, blithesome, joyous, spiritually prosperous -- with life-joy

and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the meek (the mild, patient, long-suffering), for they shall inherit the earth!

6 Blessed and fortunate and happy and spiritually prosperous (in that state

in which the born-again child of God enjoys His favor and salvation) are

those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (uprightness and right

standing with God), for they shall be completely satisfied!

7 Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous -- with life-joy and

satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward

conditions) are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy!

8 Blessed (happy, enviably fortunate, and spiritually prosperous -- possessing

The happiness produced by the experience of God's favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His grace, regardless of their outward conditions) are the pure in heart, for they shall see God!

9 Blessed (enjoying enviable happiness, spiritually prosperous -- with life-joy

and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the makers and maintainers of peace, for they shall be called the sons of God!

10 Blessed and happy and enviably fortunate and spiritually prosperous

(in the state in which the born-again child of God enjoys and finds satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of his outward conditions) are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake (for being and doing right), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven!

48 You, therefore, must be perfect [growing into complete maturity of godliness in mind and character, having reached the proper height of virtue and integrity], as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Leviticus 19:2 . . . . You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.

Proverbs 28:20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings,

Section 5

James 1:2 Consider it wholly joyful, my brethren, whenever you are

enveloped in or encounter trials of any sort or fall into various temptations. 12 Blessed (happy, to be envied) is the man who is patient under trial and stands up under temptation, for when he has stood the test and been approved, he will receive [the victor's] crown of life which God has promised to those who love Him.

13 Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted from God; for God is

incapable of being tempted by [what is] evil and He Himself tempts no one.

17 Every good gift and every perfect (free, large, full) gift is from above;

it comes down from the Father of all [that gives] light, in [the shining of] Whom there can be no variation [rising or setting] or shadow cast by His turning [as in an eclipse].

18 And it was of His own [free] will that He gave us birth [as sons] by [His]

Word of Truth, so that we should be a kind of first-fruits of His creatures [a sample of what He created to be consecrated to Himself].

25 . . he who looks carefully into the faultless law, the [law] of liberty, and

is faithful to it and perseveres in looking into it, being not a heedless listener who forgets but an active doer [who obeys], he shall be blessed in his doing (his life of obedience).

James 5:15 And the prayer [that is] of faith will save him who is sick, and

the Lord will restore him; and if he has committed sins,

he will be forgiven.

2 Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly

blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation].

Section 6

Ephesians 1:2 May grace (God's unmerited favor) and spiritual peace [which

means peace with God and harmony, unity, and undisturbedness] be yours from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 May blessing (praise, laudation, and eulogy) be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) Who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual (given by the Holy Spirit) blessing in the heavenly realm!

Revelation 21:1 . . I saw a new sky (heaven) and a new earth, . . . .

2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, all arrayed like a bride beautified and adorned for her husband; 3 Then I heard a mighty voice from the throne and I perceived its distinct words, saying, See! The abode of God is with men, and He will live (encamp, tent) among them; and they shall be His people, and God shall personally be with them and be their God. 4 God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, neither shall there be anguish (sorrow and mourning) nor grief nor pain any more, . . . .

10 Then in the Spirit He conveyed me away to a vast and lofty mountain and

exhibited to me the holy (hallowed, consecrated) city of Jerusalem descending out of heaven from God, 11 Clothed in God's glory [in all its splendor and radiance].

22 I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Omnipotent [Himself] and

the Lamb [Himself] are its temple. 23 And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon to give light to it, for the splendor and radiance (glory) of God illuminate it, and the Lamb is its lamp.

Psalm 89:15 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are the people who

know the joyful sound [who understand and appreciate the spiritual blessings symbolized by the feasts]; they walk, O Lord, in the light and favor of Your countenance!