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Christian Science (and they are
legion) demonstrates this truth
in some degree. Hence mankind
has the proof that, in
to ones realization
and demonstration of Gods all
power, the evil effects of So
called material power can be
nullifed.
In Science and Health Mrs.
Eddy states (p. 124): "We tread
on forces. Withdraw them, and
must collapse. Human
knowledge calls them forces of
matter; but divine Science de-
clares that they belong wholly to
divine Mind, are inherent in this
Mind, and SO restores them to
their rightful home and classifi-
cation" The spiritual fact con-
cerning true power accepted into
consciousness is manifested in
that which helps and heals man.
kind. 1t destroys evil concepts as
to what constitutes power and
replaces them with the assurance
that the only power really exist
ent is the power of God. AS this
clearer understanding develops
we shall, like the Shunammite,
rest in the calm assurance that
at shall be we'll"
Individual Man
Man, the Bible tells us in the
first chapter of Genesis, is made
in the image and likeness of God.
What then can man possibly be
except the individualized mani
festation of perfection, spiritual
ity, goodness, and holiness? In
order that we may obey Jesus
exhortation to judge righteous
judgment and not judge after
false material appearances, we
must think of man in terms of
what he really is and see the per-
feet unity plus the perfect dis
tinctness of God and man as His
likeness. Gods creation is good,
for God is good; and it misrepre-
sents our beloved Father-Mother
to claim that good God, who is
Spirit, is the Maker of an evil
creation of matter, His opposite,
subject to sin, sickness, and
death.
God has countless expressions
of His own perfect Being, and
each expression is individual.
King David sang III Sam. 22:3D,
"As for God, his way is perfect.
The perfect cause of the universe
can only be expressed in perfec-
ton. Let us then not deny the
perfection of Gods creation
What appears to humanity as
material man is a mistaken con-
cept, a counterfeit which, to the
extent that one has learned mans
true spiritual nature, no longer
deceives him.
Today Christian Science brings
the demonstrable knowledge that
man is not what material sense
says he is. 1t is spiritual sense, or
the sense of each one of us as
actually a spiritual being. that
destroys the belief in materiality
with its attendant sins and sick
nesses.
God always remains the source
or Principle of man. Man always
remains Gods creation or effect
God and man in Gods image are
always one in quality but not in
quantity. Individual man is an
individual activity of all the
qualities of God.
Christ Comes to the Flesh
Mrs. Eddy defines Christ in
Science and Health (p. 583) as
"The divine manifestation OF
God, which comes to the flesh to
destroy incarnate error" Since
God is divine Mind, His eternal
manifestation, Christ, is actually
His divine ideal, His Son. When
one thinks that which is spirit
ually true, he accepts Gods
thoughts as his own conscious
ness, and this divine conscious
ness governs his human body,
business, home, and supply. This
consciousness of Truth manifests
itself in the healing of sickness,
sin, inharmony, and lack. This
scientific demonstration is the
salvation that Jesus taught and
demonstrated. It is strictly in
accord with Paul's statement to
the Romans (12:2), "Be not con-
formed to this world: but be We
transformed by the renewing of
your mind"
In Science and Health we read
(p. SGD, "John saw the human
and divine coincidence. shown in
the man Jesus, as divinity en-
bracing humanity in Life and its
demonstration, on,-reducing to hui
man perception and understand
ing the Life which is God" To
coincide is to occupy the same
place in space or the same period
VI tt4ilC. ENCiJ 1O0AAhC biAOdSAts :
and deed proves the human and
divine coincidence. Since God is
ever present, He is everywhere
that man is. The scientific admis-
sion of Gods all-presence and
all-power here and now brings
the realization of this human and
divine coincidence, of humanity
governed by divinity.
If one were looking at a motion
picture screen and seeing dis
tasteful picture, would one at
tempt to change it by doing
something to the screen? Would
one attempt to wash it off the
screen or to paint over it? This
would be useless, because the
same picture would continue to
fall on whatever was in front of
it. The only way that one could
change the unpleasant picture
to a pleasant one would be to
change the film that was in the
protector. This hints to us how
we can correct our Individual
human experience. 1t is to change
our thinking, to have in thought