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DOES GOD RECOGNIZE OR PERMIT SIN?

From the September 1889 issue of The Christian Science Journal


In reading the scriptures carefully, I cannot see that He does. In the first chapter of Genesis we find God's creation complete. There is no mention made of sin in any form, and furthermore, His creation is pronounced good, very good, and finished.

In John 1: 31, we read, "Now we know that God heareth not sinners; but if any man be a worshipper of God and doeth His will, him He heareth." If He knew sin would He not hear the cry of the sinner? It is when the sinner has turned from the evil of his ways, and desires the Truth, that God recognizes him, and only then, for God is Truth and He sees only Truth.

In Luke mention is made of a woman who was a sinner, coming to Jesus washing his feet and wiping them with her hair. Although she was a sinner, she turned from her sin to Truth, and it was this attitude of mind, and not her sinfulness that made Jesus say, "Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace."

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