"Precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little and there a little." Isaiah 28:10
"Precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little and there a little." Isaiah 28:10
I want to share with you how studying our weekly Bible lesson reaches a need sometimes in the most unexpected way.
I have a young Belarussian friend, Katia, who has become very dear to me and also to my family. Katia stays with us for 6 weeks each summer and through our long and deep conversations she has become very interested in Christian Science and has experienced healing. She loves to attend our church services and receives “myBibleLesson” which she studies regularly and finds very helpful.
Katia is an English language teacher and a student at Minsk University, and she rang me excitedly about a little experience during exams in January. She was waiting to take the final and most important exam which involved giving a talk in English on a subject to be revealed just before entering the exam room.
Several students emerged in tears after giving their talks as the subject was “The Bible” which they knew little about and found very difficult. Katia felt very nervous thinking she too knew little about the Bible. On entering she paused for a moment, then to her surprise heard herself begin by saying “Christ Jesus said, ‘Ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall make you free’” (which was the Golden Text of that week’s lesson on “Truth”). Katia continued with, “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,” and then found that the rest of her talk just flowed naturally. The examiners joined in with her at times with enthusiasm, asking her to repeat some of what she said and asking questions. They asked how she knew so much about the subject and were very interested in what she had to say.
The outcome was that Katia achieved the highest mark awarded and is so grateful for what she is learning from the B