Probably no demand is more loved by the earnest student of Christian Science, and more feared by the selfish materialist, than that of obedience to God's law. To the Christian Scientist it means release from the hampering restrictions of animality, fear, and suffering. To the selfish materialist, not yet awake to his true spiritual selfhood, it means the loss of fancied joys and pleasures.
Our prayers and obedience to God's law are His gracious means for bringing us into the kingdom of heaven, the reign of eternal harmony. God's law operates for our good, and when obeyed leads to joy and peace.
In summing up the glorious results of obedience to God, Mary Baker Eddy, the revelator in this age of the law of God, which she named Christian Science, has penned these vital words (Miscellaneous Writings, pp. 267, 268): "The predisposing and exciting cause of all defeat and victory under the sun, rests on this scientific basis: that action, in obedience to God, spiritualizes man's motives and methods, and crowns them with success; while disobedience to this divine Principle materializes human modes and consciousness, and defeats them."
