The dictionary defines innocence as being free from guilt or sin, being unacquainted with evil. In Christian Science, we learn that innocence is the manifestation of the goodness of God, which is expressed in everything He creates.
God knows nothing of evil; He is infinitely good. The omnipotence of God is the omnipotence of good. The omnipresence of God is the “everywhereness” of that good. The creation story in the first chapter of the Bible confirms, “And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good” (Genesis 1:31). Here is the authority for recognizing, and living, our own innate goodness, our own innocence. As God’s image and likeness, each of us has, in reality, a spiritual nature that is the active expression of His goodness, without any record of or acquaintance with evil (see Genesis 1:27, 28).
The creation record closes by saying, “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them” (see Genesis 2:1–3). God’s work was completed, requiring nothing further, so the goodness is forever.
