Exploring in depth what Christian Science is and how it heals.
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" Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" ( II Tim. 2:15 ).
In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mary Baker Eddy writes ( p. 450 ), "The Christian Scientist has enlisted to lessen evil, disease, and death; and he will overcome them by understanding their nothingness and the allness of God, or good.
Christian Science teaches that God is omnipresent Being. In every age countless people have recognized the presence of God.
Christian Science came to the world as a new tongue, destined to break through the limits and barriers of human language and speech. Those who daily prove its healing power do not depend upon stereotyped phrases or the mere letter of Science.
In answer to the question, "What are body and Soul?" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 477 ) Mary Baker Eddy writes in part: "Identity is the reflection of Spirit, the reflection in multifarious forms of the living Principle, Love.
" Truth is always the victor. " These thought-provoking words appear on page 380 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
A Little girl stood gazing out over a beautiful landscape, brilliant with color. She was enchanted by the view, and turning to her mother, she exclaimed, "Aren't we grateful that God made everything in technicolor?" This incident brought to the writer's thought the deep gratitude which flooded her consciousness when she began the study of Christian Science and discovered that spiritual beauty, color, symmetry, and radiancy are essential qualities of God's creation—wholly spiritual.
Exultation surely has a place in Christian Science. According to one definition, "exult" means "to rejoice in triumph; to glory, as in victory.
In determining the validity of a treasury note, or bill, a bank teller is guided by his knowledge of the genuine article. In other words, he adheres to the known facts about the original for his information.
Can we ever be outside the presence of infinite Love, the very source and substance of our being? Certainly not. To be cut off or shut out from Life in all its completeness, permanency, and beauty is impossible when we comprehend that God is man's Life.