In these troubled times, when hatred, strife, and warfare seem to predominate in some areas of the world, every Christian Scientist must be asking himself: "What can I do to help?" Each one finds the answer by gaining an understanding of creation as given in the first chapter of Genesis and demonstrating it. Here we are told that man is made in God's own image and likeness. God is Spirit. Therefore His creation must be spiritual.
In the second chapter of Genesis, we are told of another creation which occurred when a mist arose from the earth. The general belief in the world today is in this material man, made "of the dust of the ground," who will one day, through some process or other, be redeemed and be turned into a spiritual man. Great confusion of thought has arisen in the world today because of its belief in two creations —one spiritual and one material.
Christian Science distinguishes between these two accounts of creation, separates the fact from the fable, and shows that the salvation of the world will come through the separation of these. Christ Jesus did this constantly. Jesus said (John 12:32), "I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me." He was not, of course, speaking of his human selfhood; he was referring to the Christ, the spiritual idea of sonship, which enabled him to put off every belief of the flesh.
