“Give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people” (Isaiah 51:4).
For virtually everything we do, there are standards we depend on that can’t be compromised. Imagine how highways would function if drivers could choose which traffic laws they would follow and which they would ignore. Or how secure bridges and buildings would be if engineers could ignore safety codes they thought were too demanding. Or what navigation would be like if every compass had a different north. It would bring significant chaos into our experience, wouldn’t it?
And so it is with life. There’s no question that the harmony of our lives greatly depends on our obedience to certain standards—standards of morality largely found in the Ten Commandments and in Christ Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. And Christian Science points out that the basis of these essential pillars of Christianity is the understanding of man as made in the image and likeness of God—spiritual, good, and pure—and that their purpose is to show humanity how to live in accord with this true idea of man.
