The Bible

I am becoming increasingly aware of the importance of reading and studying the Bible.

The spiritual significance has been coming to light thanks to our Bible Studies and other activities, such as a movie about the history of the Bible that some of us have been watching. It is probably important to note that after learning about the many different versions of the Bible that have been written, we study with the King James Version of the Bible. There are 704 versions in different languages translated from Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, and translations of the New Testament in 1,551 languages.

Many people suffered great hardships, and even death, to write, or share Bibles for the everyday man to read, in order that we might be blessed by the Word of God and live in Truth and Love.

Mrs. Eddy lived in a household where the Bible was read each day and she was healed of a life threatening injury by reading the Bible. She writes in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, “The Bible has been my only authority. I have no other guide in the straight and narrow way of Truth.” Also, “The central fact of the Bible is the superiority of spiritual over physical power.”

I am so grateful to have found Christian Science and the Plainfield Church, where the Bible is the foundation of all our work, along with Science and Health, and that citations from these books comprise our powerful Lesson Sermons that are available to everyone. Each day I love the Bible more and more.