"Do you love Jesus?" That question often comes up these days. Christians can answer yes, they love the man who established Christianity. But they are learning there is more to it than that. "Implicit faith in the Teacher and all the emotional love we can bestow on him, will never alone make us imitators of him," writes Mrs. Eddy in Science and Health (p. 25). "We must go and do likewise, else we are not improving the great blessings which our Master worked and suffered to bestow upon us."
Sunday School teachers have much reason to love the great Teacher for the example he set. Not only does it serve as the teaching model; it is pathway to salvation as well—final proof that God is supreme and evil unreal. Those engaged in helping children discover the Science of Christ know the need to "go and do likewise."
An error requiring quick dismissal is the belief that Jesus' works, including his teaching, are far too much for us to begin to imitate. Such a suggestion would stop us short on the first step of effort. Jesus was not talking to a few extraordinary people when he said (John 14:12), "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also." He speaks to anyone who will believe—accept Truth. No step is more important than a right beginning.
