If the Christ child were born today and we were invited to bring him a gift, what would we bring?
The Magi of old brought to the child Jesus gold and frankincense and myrrh. These were suitable gifts at that time—gifts to honor one who they thought would be king of the Jews. But knowing what we now know of Christ Jesus' mission and of his teachings, we could give nothing out of the wealth of this world that would be suitable to honor his birth. We can honor Jesus and show our love for him only by doing the works he said we would do if we truly followed him. "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also," he declared (John 14:12). And he said, "Ye are my friends, if ye do what-soever I command you" (John 15:14).
Christian Science teaches us how to understand him and do the healing works. It teaches that Jesus exemplified Truth, or Christ, and that Truth's destruction of diseases proved the diseases to be unrealities. He demonstrated what his Father, God, was and is—the divine Principle of all and the creator of all. Jesus could not possibly have destroyed what his Father had made. But through his exemplification of Truth, he destroyed diseases of every nature because they were not God-made; they were unreal.
