The works of Christ Jesus, so miraculous from the human standpoint, were the natural result of his understanding of God's allness, of God's unerring direction and control of the universe, including man. His perception of the perfection, the completeness, and the continuity of the Father's spiritual creation brought results which were as immediate as they were amazing. No phase of discord could withstand the reflected power of his clear thinking.
A study of the familiar Gospel stories makes it evident that Jesus could not have admitted as reality any power or influence contrary to God's law of perpetual harmony. When the violence of wind and wave tossed their craft on the Sea of Galilee, his disciples, prompted by a sense of fear, hastened to rouse their Master from sleep; but storms held no terror for Jesus. Instantly, the "Peace, be still" of the Christ, Truth, brought calm to the troubled waters—and also to the troubled thought of his companions. The inevitable result of the coming of the Christ to human consciousness is the establishment of peace, of "a great calm."
Mark's account of the above incident (Mark 4:155-41) is followed by his record of the healing, in the country of the Gadarenes, of the unhappy man who was so fettered by the belief of helpless submission to evil influences that "no man could bind him, no, not with chains." Jesus was not disturbed by the presentation of this condition of mortal mind. He was not deceived by appearances, nor did he concede any power to a false, material concept of man. To him the allness of God and the perfection of His spiritual creation were realities. He knew that the divine presence is the only real influence controlling man; and again the transformation was instantaneous.
