Pontius Pilate must have glimpsed something of the spiritual consciousness exhibited by Christ Jesus when he said to those who had accused Jesus, “I find no fault in him” (John 19:6). How could there be any fault in Jesus, whose whole life was a constant “yea, yea” to Truth—to integrity, wisdom, unselfishness, to the purity of God’s creation—and a “nay, nay” to error—to confusion, hatred, selfishness, to all that would contradict God’s perfect work?
Pilate found only truth in Jesus, even as Jesus had told him (see John 18:37). He found no faulty reasoning—no duality—in the master Christian. There was no ambiguity in Jesus’ understanding of God’s omnipotence and omnipresence, no holding to Spirit and matter, good and evil, the true and the false. No “I believe in God” and “I believe in evil also.” Our Master sought to lift people out of the double-mindedness of materialistic thinking and instructed his followers, “Let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil” (Matthew 5:37).
To consistently live ever closer to the faultless and fruitful example set by our Master is a worthy goal for anyone wanting to follow Jesus and heal himself and others. To feel and see some of what Jesus knew as the Son of God, we need to practice the spirituality of single-mindedness. To be wholehearted in our pursuit of purity, love, and correct self-identification as God’s child is not just a nice character trait. It is essential in our worship of God, and in achieving consistent healing results. Jesus pointed to this fact when he said, “If … thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light” (Matthew 6:22).
