Article October 23, 1926 Issue

"He that believeth"

EDNA BROMILOW

Jesus said, "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also." "He [not you] that believeth"! Thus, he was not addressing only those around him. Unless we are doing the works, there is no evidence that we are believing on him. Our works are the proofs that we do believe. If we do believe with certainty, we cannot help doing "the works." To deny that there is divine healing, to deny that we may do "the works," would be to repudiate the teachings of Jesus. Spiritual healing was the proof of spiritual understanding offered by Christ Jesus—the most perfectly instructed Christian Scientist who ever trod the earth.

Jesus used spiritual means in healing. He taught no other; and he said, "Go, and do thou likewise." He made spiritual healing the test. He said also, "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils." On page 231 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy writes, "If God heals not the sick, they are not healed, for no lesser power equals the infinite All-power; but God, Truth, Life, Love, does heal the sick through the prayer of the righteous."

We may think we believe, and wonder why our prayers are not answered; but proofs are proofs; and if we cannot prove or demonstrate a fact, certainly we are not sure of that fact. There is a great difference between blind belief and understanding; and because we may not have realized this, we may have been unable to do "the works." If we really understand Jesus' teachings and works, we also shall do the works that he did.

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