A Study of the Bible in the light of Christian Science reveals that man's relation or true kinship to God is his sonship with God, his at-one-ment with divine Love. Throughout his ministry Christ Jesus proved that a knowledge of this relationship can be gained only through the spiritual understanding of man,—his origin and existence as a child of God, his government by the divine law of Love.
The Scriptures declare that man is God's image and likeness. As no proper sense of image can be had without a concept of the original of which the image is a reflection, in order to perceive man as God's likeness it is necessary to recognize the divine nature of God,—His infinity, His supremacy, His eternality,—and to possess a true sense of divine Love. Without the love of God, would it ever be possible to realize that man is the son of God, and that his Father is infinite, supreme, eternal? About this true idea of Love, can there be any doubt?
As God is infinite, He must be All. Being All, there can be no other creator. He is therefore the one parent, both the Father and the Mother of man. Being infinite, God cannot be limited in power. His perfection must be without discord or decay. As matter contains the elements of discord and dissolution, God, the origin of man, must be Spirit, Mind. Man, as the son of the one Father, therefore occupies a mental, spiritual, divine relation to his creator, the origin of his existence.
