Edna Lister created this Bible study outline for February 13, 1935, Buffalo, NY. Scriptures: Luke 8:10 and Luke 21:29-36.

In beginning, all was one Gospel. Jesus handed down the one religion to his disciples, when he said, "Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God." – Luke 8:10.

He spoke in simple language to his disciples, but used parables in speaking to the multitudes of people, all of whom were potential disciples. A disciple is one who is submitting to discipline.

World religion is about God, but is not God. Christianity is about Jesus, but is not Jesus.

Jesus formed his message around the lost Word, which is love. He talked and taught about our relationship to him and to God, not about his Power or his name.

He desired that we experience intimately living with and being with the Father, consciously using His Mind, Substance and Power, not thinking about Him. Living is about knowing, and knowing is about doing.

The Law that Moses brought prohibited illegal actions, but the love that Jesus brought affirmed the positive acts of charity, mercy and compassion. The higher you go, the more others can mistake the Power moving through you as ordinary ego and conceit. Yet you must preach, heal, and speak with authority.

St. Paul was grateful to be used, though he never met Jesus in the flesh. His soul vision came in a blinding flash of Light. He was most powerful in his preaching when he let Christ speak through him, as in 1 Corinthians 13.

Read Jesus' message in the Gospels, and his directions in the Epistles. He taught us how to live when he said, "What is that to thee? Follow thou me." Read what Paul and the disciples said about Jesus in the Epistles, and think about him in terms of his own words and their descriptions and quotations.

Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. – Luke 21:33. In saying, "My words shall not pass away," Jesus affirmed the eternal durability of the Word of God.

By following Jesus' Christed pattern, when you are living, working and doing in life, you become filled with more life and vitality. When you are using his life, you are finding your life. A disciple is always quickened, thrilled, and divinely tempted by Light into greater ascension.

Edna Lister created this Bible study outline for March 15, 1935, Buffalo, NY. Scripture: Matthew 24:27-42.

For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Now learn a parable of the fig tree; when his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, this generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. – Matthew 24:27-42.

The first coming of Christ was in person, as Jesus, who was already a teacher at age twelve. Unfold the life of the boy.

The second coming will be heralded by lightning coming forth from the east, from the rising sun, from east to west. At the second coming of the Son of Man, Christ will be in the minds and hearts of everyone.

Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. – Matthew 24:42. Watch. Ponder what guise he will take. Consider this in all the tests, temptations and initiations you face.

Easter is a time of great advancement and confirmation. During Holy Week, you are open to greater inspiration, revelation and illumination.

You must awaken and arise, for desire bursts forth in flame and glory. Power is released. Whatever originates in the deathless soul can be done.

What you may not do, cannot afford to do is to commit blasphemy against your inner soul, which self blackmails into paralysis. Your affirmations must give outer consent to what your real being is.