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Bible Lesson: TRUTH

From the Christian Science Quarterly

Citations from The Amplified Bible

For week of July 21-27, citations compiled by Bruce Cunningham, e-mail: cunninghambruce123@yahoo.com

Golden Text

Deuteronomy 32:3 . . . Concede and ascribe greatness to our God.

4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect, for all His ways are law and justice. A God of faithfulness without breach or deviation, just and right is He.

Responsive Reading

John 1:18 No man has ever seen God at any time; the only unique Son, or the only

begotten God, Who is in the bosom [in the intimate presence] of the Father, He has declared Him [He has revealed Him and brought Him out where He can be seen; He has interpreted Him and He has made Him known].

John 8:1 BUT JESUS went to the Mount of Olives.

2 Early in the morning (at dawn), He came back into the temple [court],

and the people came to Him in crowds.

12 Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said, I am the Light of the world.

He who follows Me will not be walking in the dark, but will have the Light which

is Life.

13 Whereupon the Pharisees told Him, You are testifying on Your own behalf; Your testimony is not valid and is worthless.

14 Jesus answered, Even if I do testify on My own behalf, My testimony is true and

reliable and valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going. 15 You [set yourselves up to] judge according to the flesh (by what you see). [You condemn by external, human standards.] I do not [set Myself up to] judge or condemn or sentence anyone.

16 Yet even if I do judge, My judgment is true [My decision is right]; for I am not

alone [in making it], but [there are two of Us] I and the Father, Who sent Me.

17 In your [own] Law it is written that the testimony (evidence) of two persons is

reliable and valid. 18 I am One [of the Two] bearing testimony concerning Myself; and My Father, Who sent Me, He also testifies about Me.

26 I have much to say about you and to judge and condemn. But He Who sent Me

is true (reliable), and I tell the world [only] the things that I have heard from Him.

Section 1

Psalm 86:11 Teach me Your way, O Lord, that I may walk and live in Your truth;

direct and unite my heart [solely, reverently] to fear and honor Your name.

15 . . . You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding

in mercy and loving-kindness and truth.

Psalm 119:5 Oh, that my ways were directed and established to observe Your

statutes [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]!

7 I will praise and give thanks to You with uprightness of heart when I learn [by

sanctified experiences] Your righteous judgments [Your decisions against and punishments for particular lines of thought and conduct].

15 I will meditate on Your precepts and have respect to Your ways [the paths of life

marked out by Your law].

20 My heart is breaking with the longing that it has for Your ordinances and

judgments at all times.

29 Remove from me the way of falsehood and unfaithfulness [to You], and

graciously impart Your law to me. 30 I have chosen the way of truth and faithfulness; Your ordinances have I set before me.

Psalm 31:2 Bow down Your ear to me, deliver me speedily! Be my Rock of refuge,

a strong Fortress to save me! 3 Yes, You are my Rock and my Fortress; therefore for Your name's sake lead me and guide me.

5 Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me,

O Lord, the God of truth and faithfulness.

Section 2 NIV

Isaiah 28:16 Therefore thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am laying in Zion for a

foundation a Stone, a tested Stone, a precious Cornerstone of sure foundation; . . .

Isaiah 51:1 HEARKEN TO Me, you who follow after rightness and justice, you who

seek and inquire of [and require] the Lord [claiming Him by necessity and by right]: look to the rock from which you were hewn and to the hole in the quarry from which you were dug;

John 3:6 What is born of [from] the flesh is flesh [of the physical is physical];

and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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.

John 18:37 . . . This is why I was born, and for this I have come into the world,

to bear witness to the Truth. Everyone who is of the Truth [who is a friend of the Truth, who belongs to the Truth] hears and listens to My voice.

Section 3

1 Corinthians 3:11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is

[already] laid, which is Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

John 8:31 So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in Him, If you abide in My

word [hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them], you are truly My disciples. 32 And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free.

Luke 6:47 For everyone who comes to Me and listens to My words [in order to heed

their teaching] and does them, I will show you what he is like: 48 He is like a man building a house, who dug and went down deep and laid a foundation upon the rock; and when a flood arose, the torrent broke against that house and could not shake or move it, because it had been securely built or founded on a rock.

49 But he who merely hears and does not practice doing My words is like a man

who built a house on the ground without a foundation, against which the torrent burst, and immediately it collapsed and fell, and the breaking and ruin of that house was great.

Section 4

Isaiah 59:4 None sues or calls in righteousness [but for the sake of doing injury to

Others -- to take some undue advantage]; no one goes to law honestly and pleads [his case] in truth; they trust in emptiness, worthlessness and futility, and speaking lies!

14 Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness (uprightness and right

standing with God) stands far off; for truth has fallen in the street (the city's forum), and uprightness cannot enter [the courts of justice].

Jeremiah 8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is

not the health of the daughter of my people restored? [Because Zion no longer enjoyed the presence of the Great Physician!]

Luke 8:43 And a woman who had suffered from a flow of blood for twelve years and

had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed by anyone, 44 Came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His garment, and immediately her flow of blood ceased.

45 And Jesus said, Who is it who touched Me?

When all were denying it, Peter and those who were with him said, Master, the multitudes surround You and press You on every side!

46 But Jesus said, Someone did touch Me; for I perceived that [healing] power has

gone forth from Me.

47 And when the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came up

trembling, and, falling down before Him, she declared in the presence of all the people for what reason she had touched Him and how she had been instantly cured.

48 And He said to her, Daughter, your faith (your confidence and trust in Me) has

made you well! Go (enter) into peace (untroubled, undisturbed well-being).

Section 5

Psalm 118:22 The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief

cornerstone.

Matthew 16:13 Now when Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi,

He asked His disciples, Who do people say that the Son of Man is?

14 And they answered, Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and others

Jeremiah or one of the prophets.

15 He said to them, But who do you [yourselves] say that I am?

16 Simon Peter replied, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

17 Then Jesus answered him, Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are you,

Simon Bar-Jonah. For flesh and blood [men] have not revealed this to you, but My Father Who is in heaven. 18 And I tell you, you are Peter [Greek, Petros -- a large piece of rock], and on this rock [Greek, petra -- a huge rock like Gibraltar]

I will build My church, and the gates of Hades (the powers of the infernal region) shall not overpower it [or be strong to its detriment or hold out against it].

John 14:6 . . . I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father

except by (through) Me.

Section 6

Psalm 145:9 The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works

[the entirety of things created]. 10 All Your works shall praise You,

O Lord, and Your loving ones shall bless You [affectionately and gratefully shall Your saints confess and praise You]!

11 They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom and talk of Your power,

18 The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him sincerely

and in truth.

James 5:13 Is anyone among you afflicted (ill-treated, suffering evil)? He should

pray. 14 Is anyone among you sick? He should call in the church elders (the spiritual guides). And they should pray over him, anointing him with oil in the Lord's name. 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. 16 Confess to one another therefore your faults (your slips, your false steps, your offenses, your sins) and pray [also] for one another, that you may be healed and restored [to a spiritual tone of mind and heart]. The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].

Matthew 10:8 Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons.

Freely (without pay) you have received, freely (without charge) give.

Section 7

Ephesians 2:19 Therefore you are no longer outsiders (exiles, migrants, and aliens,

excluded from the rights of citizens), but you now share citizenship with the saints (God's own people, consecrated and set apart for Himself); and you belong to God's [own] household. 20 You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus Himself the chief Cornerstone.

21 In Him the whole structure is joined (bound, welded) together harmoniously,

and it continues to rise (grow, increase) into a holy temple in the Lord [a sanctuary dedicated, consecrated, and sacred to the presence of the Lord].

22 In Him [and in fellowship with one another] you yourselves also are being built

up [into this structure] with the rest, to form a fixed abode (dwelling place) of God in (by, through) the Spirit.

Psalm 27:4 One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek, inquire for, and

[insistently] require: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life, to behold and gaze upon the beauty [the sweet attractiveness and the delightful loveliness] of the Lord and to meditate, consider, and inquire in His temple. 5 For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; in the secret place of His tent will He hide me; He will set me high upon a rock.

Joshua 24:14 Now therefore, [reverently] fear the Lord and serve Him

in sincerity and in truth; . . .