Every experience of Christian healing—from the Gospel accounts through the book of Acts, down the centuries to the present day—points to God as the divine healing Principle. The Bible uses terms such as rock, foundation, corner stone, and refuge to describe the solid, dependable, life-sustaining power of God, on which individuals can rely in every age with sacred confidence.
Through our individual experiences of Christ-healing, we discover for ourselves that divine Principle endures, operating with healing and saving efficacy now as in previous eras. God’s power is no more diminished by passing time, changes in human circumstances, or pressures from an increasingly materialistic society than is the science of mathematics. In Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer of Christian Science, explains, “From the infinite One in Christian Science comes one Principle and its infinite idea, and with this infinitude come spiritual rules, laws, and their demonstration, which, like the great Giver, are ‘the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever’ ” (p. 112).
Central to the teachings of Christ Jesus is the revelation that the kingdom of heaven—the realm and reign of God, Spirit, including God’s spiritual, perfect man—is here and now. In prayer that longs to know God, this reality of His all-power and ever-presence, and of ourselves as His cherished offspring, comes into clearer focus. This has the effect of dispelling fear and healing disease. Divine Principle operates in human consciousness with such healing certainty that Christian Science terms its means and effect divine law.
