EVERY student of Christian Science knows that he is a Christian Scientist only to the degree that he is bringing into his daily experiences the teachings of the master Christian, Christ Jesus—only to the degree that he is proving by demonstration that the Christ, Truth, does meet every human need.
No problem in mathematics, when accurately worked out step by step, is more certain of a correct result than is the following statement of Jesus certain of fulfillment: "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father." Here we have the definite promise that upon one condition may we do the works of Jesus, and even greater works than he did. This one condition is that we believe on him. Not merely, however, are we to believe on Jesus as many of us were taught scholastically, but rather to believe in Christ Jesus as he is made known in the study of Christian Science. Mrs. Eddy has wonderfully illumined this word "believe." On page 77 of "Miscellaneous Writings" she tells us that the original meaning of the verb "believe" was "to understand those great truths asserted of the Messiah," and she says: "To believe thus was to enter the spiritual sanctuary of Truth, and there learn, in divine Science, somewhat of the All-Father-Mother God. It was to understand God and man." Therefore, in order to do deeds similar to those wrought by Jesus, we must first learn through divine Science "somewhat of the All-Father-Mother God," and we must understand, as he understood, "God and man."
It was his understanding and realization of God as the ever present, all-knowing Mind, as the source of all intelligence, as the origin of all right thought-activity, that enabled Jesus to accomplish every task that was presented to him. It made no difference what the undertaking was : he did it better than it had ever been done before.
