The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-15

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How Jesus Healed
Our great Master, Jesus the
Christ. was the most successful
reformer and healer that the world
has even known. Why II was
because he understood the Science
Of divine power. He knew that
Gods power was the only power
He knew that Gods power was
everywhere present. that IL extend
ed through all space, was always
active. unfailingly operative. and
uniformly supreme. Time. hered-
ity. or any other mortal beliefs
could not prevent Jesus from prov
ing that Gods power is supreme
and that man IL subject TO no
other How grandly he proved this
in the case of the man who lay
at the pool of Bethesda, Accord
ing TO the Scriptures. this man had
been In that condition thirty and
eight years. but when the Science
of divine power was brought TO
bear upon the situation II is re-
corded that Immediately the man
was made whole. and took up his
bed. and walked" The irresistible
power of good restored him to his
rightful condition of perfection and
harmony. No matter how long a
wrong condition has seemed TO
continue. IL cannot stay or with
stand the power of infinite good.
the presence Of limitless Love.
Jesus then followed this lovely
healing with that beautiful ad-
monition: Behold, thou are made
whole: sin no more. lest a worse
thing come unto thee" IT is as
IL Jesus had said: Behold, you
are made whole. I have revealed
to you your holy, wholly good
status as a child of God. sinless,
pure. and free. Never again ac-
cept as true or real the unholy
belief that man Is fallen. sinful.
or evil. AS you see yourself as a
son Of the Most High you cannot
sin or experience a failure to
realize in conduct and character
the moral IDEAL the good and
true"
Positive Thinking
As we gain a greater under
standing of this power divine we
attain the forward look. we pur-
sue the upward way, we rise to
greater heights. Gods man is
never limited or cramped, Good
is infinite, and there is no limit
to our enjoyment or appropriation
of it. Gods power is unlimited,
and there must be an unlimited
utilization Of it. When one is fac
ing a seemingly impossible situa-
ton we sometimes hear it said
that he is at the end OF his rope.
He may be at the end of his
human resources, but he can never
reach the end Of inexhaustible
good. All that is right proceeds
from God. and His power is ade-
quate to protect it. defend it. and
1t, This puts us on the
positive side. where we are con-
cerned less with what evil is try
ing to do and are most vitality con-
cerned with what God has done.
When assailed with hate we think
of infinite Love; when faced with
error we fill our consciousness
with infinite Truth; when confront
ed with death we realize the in
finitude OF Life. When disease
would attack us we see the infinite
abundance of God-created health;
when the streams OF error try to
engulf us we dip into the waters
of never-failing Truth.
Healing Not Dependent on Time
In all human systems of healing
the time element seems to be an
factor. Human law says
that certain diseases must have
certain duration before recovery
can take place: that they must
progress through certain states
and stages before relief can come:
that II they have reached n certain
point recovery is impossible. When
the Science of divine power is I'M
derstood. all these false laws are
utterly destroyed. These false be-
liefs are human vagaries and have
no divine sanction or support, BE-
ing unsupported by divine power,
they are powerless and unreal. In
Jesus ministry the time element
was entirely banished and an
nulled. The power Of good is eter-
nally operative and immediate in
its activity. In the records of
Jesus healings we read. 'Immedi-
ately his leprosy was cleansed."
Immediately their eyes received
sight Immediately the fever left
him. Immediately the man was
made whole" Through His divine
power God maintains His creation
in perfection and completeness.
The Science of divine power en-
ahles us to see this fact. and then
harmony is made manifest.
] had friend who lost the sight
of one eye while serving in the
British Army. He was perfectly
healed in Christian Science. and
his sight was fully restored. Surely
the divine power that creates sight
must maintain real or spiritual
sight. Not one idea OF good that
God puts into His creation could
ever disappear from that creation.