The Christian Scientist finds the basis for his standard of health in the first chapter of Genesis. This chapter makes clear that God made all that was made, that this creation was the product of His infinite self knowledge, and that it partook of His nature, which is infinitely good. We read, "God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good." Gen. 1:31; God saw His creation, not as something external to Himself, but as included in His knowledge of His infinite perfection. Spiritual man and the spiritual universe express the perfection of God's being.
Jesus reflected God's self-knowledge. Even as a child he was conscious of his spiritual nature; at the age of twelve he said that he must be about his Father's business (see Luke 2:49). So far as we know, Jesus was always well. We never read of his being sick or of his having to use his spiritual power to heal himself of any ailment. He was well because he knew and continuously demonstrated that, as he put it, "I and my Father are one." John 10:30; His self-knowledge was the reflection of God's self-knowledge. Neither God nor spiritual man knows anything outside the divine perfection.
Actually there is nothing outside this perfection. Mrs. Eddy writes: "There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all." Science and Health, p. 468; We are claiming our health, our infinite well being, whenever we declare this energizing, thought-transforming truth.
