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The Bible emphasizes the spiritual origin of man. We read: "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.
Notwithstanding the extraordinary high tide of technological innovation reached in this century—instanced in the density of communications and orbital satellites—that which can have the most practical implications in the life of each of us occurred two thousand years ago. Christ Jesus' resurrection has contemporary meaning and application—in Christian Science it signifies that life is not, never was, and never will be in matter.
The core of Christ Jesus' teachings was the fact that God is Love and that one who lives as God's child loves unselfishly —as well as eternally. It is this core that mortals glimpse, find inspiring, and promptly find ways to evade.
With translucent simplicity Mrs. Eddy explains Church: "The structure of Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle.
Even amid shame and degradation may be found two qualities of thought which, if nurtured, can spring up, reverse the downward trend, and raise the individual to heights of spiritual vision and expression. These qualities are self-knowledge and humility.
Enoch never died. With spiritual significance the Bible tells of one whose days "were three hundred sixty and five years: and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Periodic self-examination can be very helpful to our spiritual progress. Paul commended it when he wrote, "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.
As Christian Scientists, we're eager to communicate to humanity the scientific truths of God and man that have blessed us so amply. The vital point is that these truths essentially have a spiritual rather than a theological source.
God is the infinite Mind of man. Thoughts that proceed from Him have the qualities of this Mind.
Love urges each of us to extend his prayer beyond personal and local concerns to include the specific and general needs of humanity. But there's more to it than breadth of concern.