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recognize Soul as substantial and able to control the
body? Remember Jesus, who nearly nineteen centuries
ago demonstrated the power of Spirit and said,
"He that believeth on me, the works that I
do shall he do also," and who also said, "But the hour
cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall
worship the Father in spirit and in truth." "Behold,
now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation,"
said Paul.
(Logic and revelation)
Divine logic and revelation coincide. If we believe
otherwise, we may be sure that either our
logic is at fault or that we have misinterpreted
revelation. Good never causes evil, nor creates aught
that can cause evil.
Good does not create a mind susceptible of causing
evil, for evil is the opposing error and not the truth of
creation. Destructive electricity is not the offspring of infinite
good. Whatever contradicts the real nature of the
divine Esse, though human faith may clothe it with angelic
vestments, is without foundation.
(Derivatives of spirit)
The belief that Spirit is finite as well as infinite has
darkened all history. In Christian Science, Spirit, as a
proper noun, is the name of the Supreme Being.
It means quantity and quality, and applies exclusively
to God. The modifying derivatives of the word
spirit refer only to quality, not to God. Man is spiritual.
He is not God, Spirit. If man were Spirit, then men
would be spirits, gods. Finite spirit would be mortal,
and this is the error embodied in the belief that the infinite
can be contained in the finite. This belief tends to
becloud our apprehension of the kingdom of heaven and
of the reign of harmony in the Science of being.
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