Milford chronicle., 1958-01-17

His understanding of the
fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man made it pos
sible for Christ Jesus to bring to
the world the assurance of peace
and security for all mankind.
Hear his promise: Peace / leave
with you, my peace I give unto
you: not as the world giveth, give
| unto you. Let not your heart
be troubled, neither let it be
afraid" (John 1920.
jesus early became conscious
of Gods presence and power. He
said, "The Son can do nothing OF
himself, but what he seeth the
Father do: for what things soever
he doeth, these also doeth the Son
likewise" (John 5:19). And he
said, 81 can of mine own self do
nothing" (John 5:30). He recog-
nized God as the source of all
power and gave to Him the glory
in all that he did. This eliminated
all sense of selfshness from
Jesus thought and explained the
success of his healing ministry.
Jesus taught and demon
strated his understanding of spir-
itual law so clearly that the
Christ, Truth, mans pure, God
like selfhood, was apparent to
his disciples, who called him
Jesus the Christ, or Christ Jesus.
This Truth, or Christ, enabled
him to do all his wonderful
works.
Jesus promised the coming of
another Comforter sent of God,
and according to ST. Johns ac-
count in the Bible, this Spirit of
truth" was to abide forever. This
Comforter, which is Christian
Science, cannot be materially
perceived or received. 1t can be
understood only through spirit
ually enlightened consciousness.
AS this spiritually enlightened
consciousness is acknowledged
and demonstrated, we shall all
experience the universal peace
foretold at the birth of Jesus as
follows: 'sAnd suddenly there was
with the angel a multitude of the
heavenly host praising God, and
saying, Glory to God in the high
est, and on earth peace, good will
toward men" (Luke 2:13, 14).
The Comforter is eternal and
ever present and is available
here and now to help us to emu
late the works of the Master. In
deed, it is here and now being
demonstrated in Christian Sci
ence and is bringing peace and
security to the individual and to
the world.
Understanding Prayer
Through understanding prayer
we demonstrate peace and Sc
curity in daily living. Christian
Scientists do not petition God to
make something available to
them which they might not have
unless they particularly asked
Him for it. True prayer is never
a petition for material things or
power, or a request asking God
TO do what He has not already
done.
In Christian Science, prayer is
based on the understanding of
the allness of GOO, Mind, and the
perfection of man as rejecting
the divine nature. True prayer
is spiritual understanding, which
brings our thinking into accord
with the eternal fact of perfect
God, Spirit, and perfect man as
His image and likeness.
Mrs. Eddy says, Prayer begets
an awakened desire to be and do
good" (No and Yes, p. 39). True
prayer affirms Gods infinite
goodness and man experiencing
that goodness. The desire for spir-
itual understanding and growth
in grace leads to spiritual ct l.
munion with God, to a realiza-
ton of Gods presence, and to the
recognition of the unity of God
and man. Through spiritual
communion thought is lifted
above matter and all material
suggestions and recognizes man
as the living, spiritual idea of
divine Love.
The Lords Prayer, which
Christ Jesus taught his disciples,
is based on the understanding of
God as Principle. Principle, be-
ing the source of divine law, can
only operate on a fixed and firm
basis. True and effective prayer
is not based on faith but on dem
onstration of the law of God.
Mrs. Eddy has given in Science
and Health the spiritual inter-
probation of the Lords Prayer,
the prayer of prayers. AS we at
tain the spiritual consciousness
indicated in the Lords Prayer we
see ourselves and all, our loved
ones enfolded in Gods love,
dwelling in His kingdom now.
Mrs. Eddy's Interpretation of
1'Thy kingdom come" is (Science
and Health, p. 16), 'Thy king
dom is come; Thou art eveT-
present" And the last sentence
of the prayer, "For Thine is the
kingdom, and the power, and the
glory, forever" spiritually inter
preted reads (ibid., p. 17), "For
God is infinite, Gll-po10er, all
Life, Truth, LoUe, oUer all, and
AL"
The understanding and dem
onstration that man is governed
by God is mankind's salvation.
Salvation is knowing and prov
ing mans oneness with God, daily
and hourly, not sometime in the
future. We experience salvation
as we turn away from the false
concept of man as mortal and
material and realize that the only
existence man has or has ever
had is in God. This understand
ing brings the sunlight of peace
and security to you and to me.
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