A precious message

The beautiful Christian Science Sentinel Watch podcast for the week June 23-30 - titled 'How can I progress spiritually in a world full of distractions' with the joyful Michael Pabst - refers to a loved passage from our June book: Ephesians 2: 4, 5 - But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved). Click on the link above to tune in!

I was also interested to find the following passages from Ephesians referenced in Mrs. Eddy's book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures:

Eph 2:12 'having no hope, and without God in the world'
This passage appears in the chapter 'Recapitulation' as part of the answer to the question: 'Is materiality the concomitant of spirituality, and is material sense a necessary preliminary to the understanding and expression of Spirit?' (SH 484:28). The particular paragraph at SH 486:23, which contains the quote, above offers wonderful hope as 'mortals...seek and...find a higher sense of happiness and existence.'

Eph 3: 7 'the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of His power'
This passage appears in the chapter 'Science, Theology, Medicine', p. 108:3, and relates to Mrs. Eddy's own experience.

Eph 4:13 'we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ'
Eddy has incorporated this passage in the explanation of Genesis 2:1 'Thus the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them' and is part of a paragraph with the heading 'Infinity measureless'.

Eph 6:12 'spiritual wickedness in high places'
Here, in the chapter 'The Apocalypse', Science & Health offers a scientific explanation of Rev 12:4  about the dragon and the 'woman which was ready to be delivered'. Check out page 563: 27 and its reference to 'subtlety'.

At the beginning of this month I wondered how the letter reached its destination at Ephesus. The writer tells us! It was hand-delivered by Tychicus, (pronounced TIK-uh-kuhs), referred to in the Bible as a dear brother and faithful servant. We find him in Acts 20:4, Colossians 4:7, II Timothy 4:12, Titus 3:12 and Ephesians 6:21. He was carrying a precious message!

Julie Swannell