The question, Who am I? presents itself to every thinking individual. One's concept of "I," what one admits about himself to himself, does much to determine his possibilities and well-being. Is one's sense of ego true or false? If wedded to a belief in matter, one must of necessity encounter the restricted capacities, the hedged-in horizons inherent in this belief. Only as one's understanding of identity springs from Mind, God, can one demonstrate true individuality and security.
Christian Science accepts the great Bible truths that God is perfect and that man is made in His likeness. The tendency to type oneself, to affix certain traits and limitations to one's own nature or to that of another, must yield to the understanding and living of the Christ-idea, which Science presents.
God revealed Himself to Moses as I AM THAT I AM (see Exodus 3:14). The name I AM indicates unmixed purity— God forever being Himself, untouched by mortality. Christ Jesus proved the presence of this I AM in every situation confronting him. He refused to recognize or give homage to any other "I." He stayed resolutely with the true concept of God and with his concept of himself as actually the manifestation of God. We have no record that he ever thought of himself as a mortal conditioned by mortal environment. He lived the immortal facts concerning himself.
