Article August 31, 1940 Issue

Proof of the Christ, Truth

ALBERT S. LOUER

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE enables mankind not only to understand the teachings of Christ Jesus about God, man, and the universe, but to prove them, thereby obeying the instructions of the Master to do the works he did. In order to do this, we must heed Mary Baker Eddy's words on page 392 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," "Stand porter at the door of thought." We do not half realize what a blessed, helpful message this is to all who accept and obey it. Standing porter at the door of thought is being on guard at our mental doors constantly, allowing only the good, the uplifting—the Godlike—to enter our consciousness, and barring out all that would disturb, annoy, or make us unhappy. If all were continually faithful porters at the door of thought, all would be ever usefully employed, aiding not only themselves, but others also.

Christ Jesus taught and proved sin, disease, death, lack, limitation, loss, to be untrue—unreal. He held to the truth of being that "God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good," and "without him was not any thing made that was made." As there is not the slightest good in sin, disease, death, lack, or limitation, not one of these exists in reality. Merely saying this accomplishes little, however.

When any one of these errors suggests itself to us, we should declare and know its nothingness, its unreality, and above all refuse to allow fear of that unreality to enter our consciousness. Then we are proving the truth made clear by the Apostle James, "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." When we accept and hold steadfastly to this fact, we allow nothing to enter our consciousness but that which is good. In other words, we accept only spiritual ideas, seeing all that is material as untrue—unreal. When these false beliefs would try to enter our consciousness, we treat them as Christ Jesus did, with prompt dismissal.

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