Editorial December 27, 1941 Issue

Assurance Based Upon Understanding

George Shaw Cook

In more than one instance Christ Jesus, during his ministry, spoke with the utmost assurance when called upon for healing. For example, when the leper appealed to him and said, "Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean," Jesus did not hesitate even momentarily, but replied, "I will; be thou clean." At another time, when the centurion asked him to heal his servant, the immediate response of Jesus was, "I will come and heal him."

The reason why the Master could thus speak with perfect assurance was that he did not believe that his power to heal was in any way dependent upon his human personality. He understood, on the contrary, that it depended entirely upon the impersonal Christ, Truth, which he taught and demonstrated. He knew that his power to heal sickness and sin emanated solely from divine Mind as the one and only source of all goodness, spirituality, and power. He disclaimed the possession of any healing power peculiar to himself, and at one time said very definitely, "The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works."

The master Christian fully recognized and acknowledged that his true spiritual selfhood—the real man—was one with God, infinite good, and inseparable from it. For this reason, he never made the mistake of believing that he had a mind apart from God, upon which devolved the responsibility of doing the healing works; nor had he any doubt about the successful outcome of his undertakings. For the same reason he was able to speak with authority.

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