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12/12/1939 Edgar Cayce Bible Minutes
paralleling ASFG 1 lesson on “LOVE”
Paragraphs: The Test of Love – Divine Love Passes Understanding
BIBLE READING: Psalm 51:1-10
ASFG Lesson 12: Love
(page 92)
1. Love Is the Creative Force
According to the ASFG Lesson 12, love is the essence of God and the creative power behind life. Everything that exists is an expression of God’s love. When we live lovingly—through kindness, compassion, patience, and service—we cooperate with God’s creative activity.
This love is not sentimental feeling; it is the divine energy that sustains life.
Edgar Cayce often says that love must be acted out, not merely felt.
2. Why David Matters
The lesson turns to David as a Biblical example of someone who failed deeply yet still lived close to God.
David sinned greatly, but he repented greatly
The bible class notes stresses that David was “guilty of all the sins”—adultery, deception, even murder. Yet Scripture calls him “a man after God’s own heart” (1 Sam. 13:14; Acts 13:22).
Why?
Because David never excused his behavior. Whenever he saw that he had violated God’s law of love, he repented with his whole heart, changed direction, and did not repeat the same sin again.
The notes emphasize:
He did not pretend he was righteous.
He never tried to justify wrongdoing.
His attitude remained humble, teachable, and open to God.
His trust in God’s mercy was unwavering.
This is why we can look at David not to excuse ourselves, but to imitate his repentant attitude.
3. Psalm 51:1–10 — The Test of God’s Love
Psalm 51 is David’s cry after his sin with Bathsheba.
It is the classic expression of repentance in the Bible.
Key elements that fit with Cayce’s teaching:
a. Awareness of Sin
“Have mercy upon me, O God… blot out my transgressions.” (Ps. 51:1)
David does not hide anything. This honesty is the beginning of spiritual growth.
b. Trust in God’s Character
David appeals not to his own goodness but to God’s:
“According to Thy lovingkindness… according to the multitude of Thy tender mercies.” (Ps. 51:1)
This matches the lesson’s idea that love originates in God, not in us.
c. A Desire for Inner Transformation
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” (Ps. 51:10)
David wants inner change, not just forgiveness.
This is the essence of the “law of love”—loving God enough to desire becoming more like Him.
4. The Law of Love in Action
The bible class notes explain that we cannot claim God’s love unless we try to live according to what we believe. Blessings come when our actions reflect:
compassion
patience
forgiveness
service
self-control
This is not to earn God’s love, but to cooperate with it.
The law of love is a spiritual law of cause and effect:
our reactions reveal our spiritual maturity.
5. Responsibility for Our Own Reactions
One of the strongest themes in the bible class notes is personal responsibility:
We are not required to fix the world—only to respond rightly to what comes into our own lives.
What happens to us is often the harvest of seeds we once planted, consciously or unconsciously (a Cayce idea).
Therefore:
We cannot blame others for our spiritual condition.
Our reaction to difficulties reveals how much love we have allowed to rule us.
Every event becomes an opportunity to show God’s love.
6. Jesus Meets Us Where We Are
Edgar Cayce's bible class notes close with great encouragement:
Jesus does not ask us to be perfect before He loves us.
He meets us where we are today, just as He met David—flawed, struggling, but sincere.
Our task is simply to:
manifest love in the place where we stand,
accept that God is in control of all power and authority,
respond to life as a channel of divine love.
In other words:
God asks only that we love Him and love others in the daily circumstances we actually face.
In Summary
The core message of the bible class is this:
God’s love is constant, but our ability to experience it depends on our willingness to live by it.
David is our example—not as perfect, but as perfectly repentant. He shows us that even deep failure does not separate us from God when we respond with humility, honesty, and a renewed commitment to love.
Psalm 51 becomes the model prayer for every soul who wishes to grow:
“Create in me a clean heart, O God.”
This is the doorway to experiencing God’s love.
And when we live from this attitude, we become, in Cayce’s words, “emissaries of God’s love” wherever we are placed.
AFFIRMATION
“God’s love lives in me.
His mercy renews me.
Create in me a clean heart, O Lord,
that I may be a channel of Your love today.”
PRAYER
Heavenly Father,
God of mercy and everlasting love,
I come before You as David did—with honesty, humility,
and the desire to be made whole.
Cleanse me of every thought and action
that is unworthy of the love You have given me.
Wash me, and I shall be clean.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Help me to see every person I meet
as Your child, worthy of compassion.
Guide me so that my words, my deeds,
and even my hidden thoughts
may reflect Your presence within me.
Let me not dwell on my shortcomings,
but let me grow from them.
May I never repeat the errors of the past,
but rise each day with a deeper understanding
of Your grace.
Make me an instrument of peace,
a bearer of kindness,
an emissary of Your love.
And in all things,
let Your will—not mine—be done.
Amen.
MEDITATION
Theme: “Create in me a clean heart”
(Psalm 51:10; ASFG Lesson 12 — The Law of Love)
Sit comfortably.
Let your breathing settle into a smooth, natural rhythm.
Turn your awareness inward.
Whisper inwardly the words:
“God is love… and that love lives in me.”
As you inhale, imagine a soft light entering your heart—
warm, cleansing, gentle.
As you exhale, release tension, fear, resentment, regret.
Let go of anything that does not belong to love.
Bring to mind Psalm 51:10:
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.”
Do not force anything—simply let the words echo gently
through your mind and emotions.
Feel the divine presence meeting you exactly where you are—
not in judgment, but in mercy, as God met David.
Let the heart grow still.
Let love begin to expand within you,
touching every cell, every memory, every thought.
End with a quiet intention:
“Let my life today be an expression of Your love.”
Remain in silence for as long as you wish.
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