Editorial July 5, 1930 Issue

"Be ye stedfast, unmoveable"

Duncan Sinclair

The part played by Paul in the early days of the Christian church was indeed a heroic one. He had set himself the task of bringing the gospel of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, and never throughout the years, from his conversion on the road to Damascus until his earthly career ended in Rome, did he cease to teach and to demonstrate the truth which that gospel declared. And during that time, as his epistles show, he sought with prayerful earnestness to direct the steps of the converts whom his teaching had made, persistently admonishing them, persistently encouraging them, as they endeavored to follow in the footsteps of the humble Nazarene. Paul faltered not in his allegiance to the Master, and he longed to see all who had accepted Christianity as faithful as he himself was in their obedience. In his first letter to the Corinthian church he writes, "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord."

Steadfastness should characterize the Christians of to-day, even as Paul said it should the first Christians. Steadfastness means obedience to the truth as revealed by Jesus. Obedience to the truth results in the overcoming of worldliness or materiality; and, as Christian Science shows, the overcoming of materiality, or material sense, means healing. Paul did not ask his brethren to be allegiant to the Master merely as a person; he besought them, rather, to be true to the revealed truth and to the laws of God which the Way-shower had shown governed God's creation.

The Christian Scientist finds himself in the position of being able to respect all the worthy admonitions of Paul because he is in possession of a measure of revealed truth. All that Jesus taught of God he accepts and honors. All the works of healing Jesus did he rejoices in, seeing in these works the result of Jesus' spiritual understanding. Through Christian Science the Christian Scientist has obtained a portion of this understanding, and as he has put it into practice he has been able to overcome sin and disease for himself and also for others. And with every demonstration of the power of Truth over error he has become more steadfast, more unmovable, better prepared to continue the healing work.

Send a comment to the editors

We'd love to hear from you!

Easily submit your testimonies, articles, and poems online.

Submit

"Be ye stedfast, unmoveable"

We'd love to hear from you!

Sign up for unlimited access