The first time I read the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, I found it contained an explanation of the Christ that made a great deal of sense to me. The author, Mary Baker Eddy, tells us, “Christ is the true idea voicing good, the divine message from God to men speaking to the human consciousness” (p. 332). She also says, “Jesus is the name of the man who, more than all other men, has presented Christ, the true idea of God, healing the sick and the sinning and destroying the power of death” (p. 473).
Mrs. Eddy makes it clear that opposition to God, good, has no real power or influence.
As I continued in my study of Christian Science, I also learned about the erroneous influence on human thought that opposes the Christ. This “antichrist,” as the Bible calls it, is a denial of the Christ that would attempt to block Christ’s power to heal. However, Mrs. Eddy makes it clear that opposition to God, good, has no real power or influence. In the textbook she tells us, “Christian Science brings to light Truth and its supremacy, universal harmony, the entireness of God, good, and the nothingness of evil” (Science and Health, p. 293).
