Article September 14, 1918 Issue

Admitting the truth of the Bible we must accept its statements...

Robert G. Steel

Kalamazoo (Mich.) Gazette

Admitting the truth of the Bible we must accept its statements that God made all, and that all He made will stand forever. Since God is Spirit, as the Bible teaches, all that He created must be like Him, spiritual, since it is inconceivable that a spiritual noumenon could be the cause of material phenomena. In its insistence that matter is temporal, unreal, inasmuch as God did not make it, Christian Science is in perfect agreement with the Scriptures.

Christian Science teaches that what we term matter is but the subjective state of mortal or material mind, cognizable only through the material senses. In his second epistle to the Corinthians Paul says: "The things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." On page 286 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, this is made clear in these words: "God's thoughts are perfect and eternal, are substance and Life. Material and temporal thoughts are human, involving error, and since God, Spirit, is the only cause, they lack a divine cause. The temporal and material are not then creations of Spirit. They are but counterfeits of the spiritual and eternal."

Christian Science teaches that every material phenomenon is an illusion of mortal, material mind, itself a lie about immortal, divine Mind—and that mortal man, therefore, is the counterfeit and not the counterpart of God's man. Material life is thus seen to be a poor imitation of the spiritual, real life. Endeavoring to make Life, which is God, dependent upon matter dishonors the creator, limits God's power, and misses the true import of Christ Jesus' teaching and example.

Enjoy 1 free Sentinel article or audio program each month, including content from 1898 to today.

Send a comment to the editors
NEXT IN THIS ISSUE
Article
A recent issue published an abstract of a clergyman's...
September 14, 1918
Contents

We'd love to hear from you!

Easily submit your testimonies, articles, and poems online.

Submit