Montana labor news., 1939-10-12

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with your real body or identity. All
that is wrong is the mortal mind
concept or belief about it. There is
no reason why you should not be de-
claring the truth about yourself
There is no reason why you should
not be claiming your heritage, for
you must claim it if you would have,
and retain it, 1t is important that we
should understand that this body
that we now have is a mortal mind
belief of body, and this "life which
we live in the flesh" is only a mortal
mind belief of life, substance, and
intelligence in matter. LET un-
selfishness, goodness, mercy, justice
health, holiness love-the kingdom
of heaven-reign within us, and sin
disease, and death will diminish UNI
til they finally disappear" (Science
and Health, p. 248). AS we hold
steadfastly to the spiritual reality
the material, mortal mind belief Of
body will be transformed, and the
perfect spiritual body of Gods
creating will appear.
Christ Jesus
Jesus was born and lived in the
flesh as other mortals. He grew from
childhood to manhood and engaged
in the affairs of men. He understood
that God is Life; and that man is the
reflection of that indestructible Life
He proved his at-one-ment with God
for after his enemies had crucified
him he appeared with the same body
which he had before the crucifixion
He established the divine fact, by
this experience, that his life could
not be destroyed, because he was the
individual manifestation of that
eternal Life which is God.
But what about the body of Jesus?
Was it really tangible? There is nc
ground for believing that his human
body was less tangible than yours, OF
that it was changed in the least by
his experience with death. His high
spiritual thinking and action should
be a source of great encouragement
to us, for that high spiritual attain
ment enabled him to walk on the
waters; to escape from the menacing
crowd, unheard and unseen by
them; to appear in the room with his
disciples after the doors were closed
and barred.
Is there any ground for believing
that Jesus true selfhood today is
any less individual, any less tangible
than it was when he appeared as g
prophet and preached his gospel
of salvation and healing in Judea?
Jesus knew that substance is not
matter. He knew that life, substance
intelligence, individuality, and iden-
tity are purely and entirely spiritual
and through that knowledge he dem
onstrated the divine fact of body
That divine fact was not changed
by his crucifixion, resurrection, OF
ascension. It remains this moment
unchanged. And when you reach
that same high spiritual understand
ing of substance you will demon
strate the fact that your body is har-
monious and eternal, and is never
touched by death and decay. Mrs
Eddy makes this very plain. She
says (Science and Health, p. 76)
''The sinless joy,-the perfect har-
mony and immortality of Life, pos
sessing unlimited divine beauty anc
goodness without a single bodily
pleasure or pain,-constitutes the
only veritable, indestructible man
whose being is spiritual. This state
of existence is scientific and intact
"a perfection discernible only by
those who have the final understand
ing of Christ in divine Science. DEATH
can never hasten this state of exist
ence, for death must be overcome
not submitted to, before immortal
ity appears"
Jesus was not the Christ. He mani
tested Christ in an unlimited degree
and when you arrive at that same
high spiritual attainment, as demon
strated by Jesus, the beliefs about
your body will have vanished. You
will control and govern your body al
he did his. You will then know az
you are known.
Is this too much to expect or to SCI
as our goal? Jesus said, Verify, yer
lily, say unto you, He that believetf
on me, the works that l do shall he
do also; and greater works thar
these shall he do"
Christian Science does not destroy
your body 1t does not take youl
body away from you 1t does not dis
member your body. Christian Sci
ence destroys the false claim thai
your body is material. 1t destroys
the false beliefs about your body
and establishes in human conscious
ness the divine fact that it is spir-
itual, indestructible, and immortal
Christian Science is the truth-"the
divine manifestation of God, which
comes to the flesh to destroy incar-
nate error" (Science and Health
p. 583).
Demonstrating Supply
It must be remembered that what
Jesus did is within the reach of any
one who attains the same degree OF
spiritual understanding. In feeding
the multitude, walking on the water
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