People who base their thoughts, decisions, and actions on divine Principle are safe. Their human lives may not always be easy, because they will be a reproach to others who build on a less solid foundation. They may attract hostility and malice but are sure in the long run to triumph in truth and goodness. They must eventually demonstrate the immortality of Life, because divine Principle is God, and God, infinite Truth and Love, is supreme.
One might say that this promise of victory is implied in one of the concluding statements in Christ Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. Toward the end of his unparalleled discourse on the practical application of fundamental truths of God and man—divine Principle, Love, and His expression, or idea—the Master said, "Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock." Matt. 7:24, 25;
Students of Christian Science who have attained the point where they feel they understand and accept its teachings enough to become affiliated as members with the Church of Christ, Scientist, know that by taking this step they are in a sense acknowledging their own determination to allow divine Principle alone, rather than human considerations and personal influences, to govern their lives. In the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy refers to the spiritual meaning of "Church" as "the structure of Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds from divine Principle." Science and Health, p. 583; Knowing this, one who identifies himself with Church will, therefore, presumably aim to demonstrate in every aspect of his own life that Principle is his source and his only motivating power. He will want to prove that—not only in affairs directly connected with the institution of church, but in all personal and business dealings—he is invariably governed by divine Principle.
