It is the practical office of the Christ to eliminate the ills of the flesh, revealing existence harmoniously controlled by Spirit. In speaking of the eternal Christ, Truth, and its adaptability to every phase of human existence, Jesus declared (John 10: 10), "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." The Christ is the incorporeal manifestation of infinite Spirit appearing to human consciousness as the spiritual idea of God requisite to meet a present need.
The practicality of the Christ is illustrated in the entire career of Christ Jesus. When the diseased, the maimed, the dying were brought to him, he healed them. When there was evidence of death, he restored the so-called deceased to normal activity. When confronted with sin, he cleansed the unfortunate one of his impurity. When the multitude hungered, he fed them. When his foes sought to obliterate the Christ by destroying him, Jesus overcame the grave and proved the eternality of the Christ.
Although fully endowed with the Christ, Jesus claimed no exclusive possession of it. The Christ would be most impractical if it were reserved only for Jesus or for a few. The Master was no idle theoretician or impractical abstractionist. He lived the words he preached, expecting his followers to do likewise.
