IT is recorded in the tenth chapter of Matthew's Gospel that the Master, Christ Jesus, called together his twelve disciples and gave them power to cast out unclean spirits and to heal all manner of disease and sickness. He then sent them forth with the command to preach the gospel of the kingdom, to heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, and cast out devils. The Master reminded them (Matt. 10:8), "Freely ye have received, freely give"; that is, by reason of their having freely received the gift of the healing Christ, they now must give of it freely.
There was a wealth of significance in this admonition, for in its final analysis it meant that the disciples were to love, love their neighbor as themselves. In the talk to his disciples on the occasion of the last supper, Jesus said (John 13: 34, 35): "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another."
As in Jesus' time, so today there is the need for a greater love and a greater zeal on the part of those who are seeking to follow the Christ teachings. We, in Christian Science, find our greatest joy in the service of our beloved Cause. And we have the great joy of going forth to give freely to our fellow beings of the Christ, Truth, which has healed and saved us.
