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The Results of Righteousness

From the November 1967 issue of The Christian Science Journal


The spiritual law that heals sickness, sin, and all discord is available to everyone. This law is explained in Christian Science. When one abides by the morale of Science, the spiritual forces of true being which are at work in one's consciousness and life are brought to light, and one experiences the healing power of righteousness.

Righteousness, as understood in Christian Science, is the inevitable result of cultivating Godlike qualities or thoughts. What Paul described as "the fruit of the Spirit" is righteousness and, as he said, it is expressed in such qualities as "love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance." Gal. 5:22, 23; The expression of these qualities destroys the unrighteousness of mortal mind, or the human will, which perpetuates the belief in human difficulties. When the false, material sense of mind in matter yields to the divine Mind, human difficulties are corrected, adjusted, and healed, for, as Paul said of Christly qualities, "Against such there is no law."v. 23;

If an individual attempts to apply Christian Science to a physical problem, disregarding the degree of spiritual regeneration that is demanded to heal him, he will be sadly disappointed. The study and practice of Science are effective and sure and meet all human needs proportionately as the carnal mind's action in consciousness is destroyed by the action that reflects God, divine Mind. Human thinking and conduct must be brought into harmony with God's law, the law of divine Love. In Paul's Epistle to the Romans we read, "Now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life." Rom. 6:22;

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