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Jesus uttered things which had been "secret from the
foundation of the world," - since material knowledge
usurped the throne of the creative divine Principle, insisted
on the might of matter, the force of falsity, the insignificance
of spirit, and proclaimed an anthropomorphic God.
(The cup of Jesus)
Whosoever lives most the life of Jesus in this age
and declares best the power of Christian Science, will
drink of his Master's cup. Resistance to
Truth will haunt his steps, and he will incur
the hatred of sinners, till "wisdom is justified of
her children." These blessed benedictions rest upon
Jesus' followers: "If the world hate you, ye know that
it hated me before it hated you;" "Lo, I am with you
alway," - that is, not only in all time, but in all ways
and conditions.
The individuality of man is no less tangible because
it is spiritual and because his life is not at the mercy of
matter. The understanding of his spiritual individuality
makes man more real, more formidable in truth, and enables
him to conquer sin, disease, and death. Our Lord
and Master presented himself to his disciples after his
resurrection from the grave, as the self-same Jesus whom
they had loved before the tragedy on Calvary.
(Material skepticism)
To the materialistic Thomas, looking for the ideal
Saviour in matter instead of in Spirit and to the testimony
of the material senses and the body,
more than to Soul, for an earnest of immortality, - to
him Jesus furnished the proof that he was
unchanged by the crucifixion. To this dull and doubting
disciple Jesus remained a fleshly reality, so long as
the Master remained an inhabitant of the earth. Nothing
but a display of matter could make existence real
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