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Christ Jesus, and accordingly that their plan and purpose was the ac- complishment of mans extrication from sin and the consequent suffer- ing through the overthrow and de- struction of this very evil or devil which is claimed by the writer as one of Christianity's foundation-stones.
 Christ Jesus realized that his re- demptive mission could only become efficacious through the destruction not only of the works of evil, but evil itself. Scripture says that he was sent to accomplish that end, and that he was ever about his Fathers busi- ness.
 Tn First John we read: For this purpose the son of God was manifest ed, that he might destroy the works of the devil Paul says in Hebrews Jesus to destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil
 .'The fact of the completion Of his work is recorded in the seventeenth chapter of John in these words: I have finished the work which Thou gavest me to do.' Manifestly the Man of Nazareth knew that he had ger feet right to destroy evil and it's ef- fleets, hence he never taught that the doctrine of the reality of evil was fundamentally Christian. He fearless ly denounced evil and accomplished the destruction of it's works on the basis that the devil was a liar and the father of lies In the eighth chapter of John we read that on one occasion he arraigned the devil in these scathing words: He was a mur- derer from the beginning and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own; for he is liar. and the father lies.
 Jesus evidently taught that the true nature of prayer should be con- firmative rather than supplicative, and accordingly we believe that a con- prehensive realization of Gods all- ness and the great truth that His law is everywhere and at this very mom- ent operating to destroy the discord- ant conditions of human experience, is the correct basis of prayer.
 Now, while it is true that genuine faith and sincere belief are requisite in the demonstration of Christian Science, they are not of themselves sufficient, since all results obtained through it's practice are based upon a clear understanding that God is omni- potent, omnipresent, and omniscient. In that state of consciousess which unreservedly acknowledges the abso- luteness and allness of God there is no room for the belief that sin and disease are part of Gods universe, and therefore real and natural. At best they can only be characterized as false beliefs which the truth can and does destroy in truly scientific way.
 'Jesus Required Healing as We'll as Preaching.
 Suppose We define this term Chris tianity. To be a Christian means to be Christianlike, and the epitome of Christian faith and doctrine is found in Jesus words: Preach the gospel heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils Three of the four gospels contain this explicit command to preach and to heal. A protest is frequently offered in the shape of a claim that only the im- mediate disciples of Jesus were to do this. The last chapter of Matthew overthrows this objection, for therein Jesus is reported as having instruct ed his discipes to teach all nations to observe all things whatsoever he had commanded them and continue to do so unto the end of the world. or as long as there was need there- for
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