Jesus said, "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." The way to the Father, which Jesus traversed, is obviously mental and spiritual. His teaching and works reveal and prove the fatherhood of God and the sonship of man. In order to know the way, we must know something of the Father, God. Who, what, and where is the Father?
We are told in the Scriptures that "no man hath seen God at any time." Therefore, the only way to know and to reach God must be through thoughts or ideas which express Him. In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy (p. 465) God is defined as "incorporeal, divine, supreme, infinite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, Love." These synonyms for God indicate His nature and essence.
Mrs. Eddy studied and pondered the life of Jesus, who justly claimed to represent his Father, and, as his words and works indicate, deduced logically that God must of necessity be good. Jesus' daily life was one continuous expression of goodness. His intelligence and wisdom, his purity of consciousness, his understanding of God as the only Father or creator, his demonstration over death, his exposure, denunciation, and destruction of evil as a lie, his manifold tenderness, compassion, and self-sacrifice, show forth the nature of God as conveyed by the seven synonyms above cited. In all his works he proved the logical teaching of Christian Science, that creation is like the creator, and is therefore Godlike, spiritually mental, immortal. He proved by his works of healing that man is perfect even as his Father is perfect, and that he coexists with God.
