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said the Father would send to teach all
things and to bring to remembrance the
truths Jesus spoke . (John 1920 This
Comforter, or divine Science, is the
awareness of the Christ presence. It is
Emmanuel, or God with us. 1t is the
Word made flesh" 1t is that divine
Truth which is made known to human
consciousness as better health and in
more abundant lives. 1t is that which
reveals the Christ as the spiritual idea Of
all that is, and therefore as the true
substance of all.
The Christ was the true nature of
Jesus. Christ and Jesus are not synony-
nous terms. Christ is the expression of
the perfect nature of God, while Jesus is
the highest human concept of man the
world ever has known.
In the great spiritual illumination of
the Scriptures which came to Mrs. Eddy,
she saw this true nature Of man clearly
presented by Jesus, and recognized 1t as
the Christ, or Messiah. She saw that
this true, Christly nature is never born
and never dies, but that it co-exists with
God. To Mrs. Eddy's spiritual sense the
Christ was undimmed by materially.
She recognized that this perfect Christ,
or true being, could express only God as
Spirit; and that divine Spirit, or God,
could not possibly be rightly defined in
terms subject to limitations of any kind.
God could not be mortal or material.
Her ~prayerful and thorough search Of
the Scriptures revealed ample authority
for declaring God to be Spirit, or Truth,
Or Love.
For example, in the Gospel of John
we read that God is a Spirit" (John
4:24) And in LIST John the familiar
statement is found that God is Love"
(4:16) Moses said that God is a Cod of
Truth" Deut. S2:4) These and many
other statements to be fond in the
Bible indicate clearly that the spiritually
minded of those days probably recog-
nized the fact that God must be all
knowing Mind, omnipresent Spirit, di-
vine Truth. infinite Love.
In defining God, Mrs. Eddy writes.
God is incorporeal, divine, supreme, in
finite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life
Truth, Love" And then she continues
by saying that these terms refer &c
one absolute God" and are INTENDED tc
express the nature, essence, and whole
ness of Deity" (science and Health
1855 :9-14)
In applying Christian Science to the
restrictive conditions in human expert
ence, the spiritual record of creation a
found in the first chapter Of Genesis i
used as a basis. There we find tha'
God made man in His own image anS
likeness and that He looked upon Hi
creation and pronounced it very good
It, therefore, is perfectly obvious that i
man is the image and likeness of God
one who wishes to know more about hi
true being must begin by learning NOR
of "the nature, essence, and wholenes
of Deity"
Divine Principle, the Basis of
Christian Science
Mary Baker Eddy writes: TO grasl
the reality and order of being in it
Science, you must begin by reckoning
Cod as the divine Principle OF all tina
really is" Science and Health 275:10
12) Isaiah gave a similar %admonition. H
points out that the Lord, the Holy On.
of Israel said: d" Ask me of things Il
come concerning my sons, and concern
ing the work Of my hands command y
me-" lisa. 45:11 } But is this wha-
mortals ordinarily do? No. When con
fronted with limitations they do not be
gin by asking God concerning the trutl
about man, but by consulting the mate
rial sense. They start wrongly, but hop
to end rightly.
The Example Of Jesus
In applying the Science of true being
Jesus evidently knew that God is tn
only Life. When he stood before wha
others saw as the dead body of Lazarus
his thought turned instantly to God
You recall that after lifting up his eyes
he said: Father, I thank thee that tho
hast heard me. And I knew that tho
nearest me always: but because Of tn
people which stand by I said it, tina
they may believe that thou hast sen
me- John 11:41-42)
Jesus must have known that existenc
separate from God is impossible. He, 70
example, said: Il and my Father ar
one" (John 1880; thereby recognizin
the real mans being as perfect by reflec
ton as God. He knew that health, har
mony, peace, and all good are man
birthright. They are qualities of Goo
forever expressed as man. He recognize
the real mans Christlike nature. He say
that this truth Of mans being neve
could be touched by limitations. An,
when receptive seekers appealed to hin
for help, their limitations were dispellet
And so it is today. Christian Science re
veals the spiritual facts concerning al
things and assures sincere seekers tina
if their thoughts are kept in accord wit
the divine, healing is realized. Jesu
beheld the perfect man. He viewed ma
correctly. He saw man as God know
man. And you and I can do this also
an dive can do it with the same healini
results that the Master realized.
Jesus said that if we believe on him W
not only can do the works which he die
but even greater works. d" because,
he said, II go unto my Father" GU
textbook explains this last clause in tn
following words: +" because the Egg
is absent from the body, and presen
with Truth and Love" Science ant
Health 14:21) In other words, becaus
the limitations Of material sense are n
part Of true consciousness, which is eve
at n with the infinite one, or Coo
who knows no limitation.
Reflection
Christian Science reveals that each on
Of, us in his real spiritual identity,
one with this true consciousness, an
that We can. bv recopnizinp this perfeC