Editorial October 7, 1944 Issue

Possibilities

Margaret Morrison

"With God all things are possible." This statement of Jesus to his disciples remains to be proved by his followers today. That this fact was realized by the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, is evidenced by many statements in her various writings, one of which is found on page 183 of "Miscellaneous Writings." It is as follows: "Man is God's image and likeness; whatever is possible to God, is possible to man as God's reflection." In the preceding paragraph on the same page she writes: "Man must love his neighbor as himself, and the power of Truth must be seen and felt in health, happiness, and holiness: then it will be found that Mind is All-in-all, and there is no matter to cope with."

Does not this reveal the secret of Jesus' great works and of those "greater works" which he declared his followers should do? "There is no matter to cope with." Only as the false concepts of a matter world, material creation, material so-called forces are superseded by spiritual perception will man in God's image and likeness appear and his infinite possibilities be realized. Then will power be found in its proper sphere of Spirit and the greater works promised by Jesus be made manifest. Belief in what are called time and space will truly be annihilated, not merely superseded by a belief in speed, the propulsion that is believed to be matter force, and which sometimes, in its destructive elements, proves to be the master of men. When man is understood as the expression of the infinite God, omnipresence will be understood. Man will find himself in omnipresence, immediately in the place where he needs to be, knowing neither time nor space to be traversed, slowly or speedily, by uncertain methods and intricacies of human inventions. Jesus demonstrated this when he needed to be on the other side of the sea, and "immediately the ship was at the land whither they went." This is the result of the purity of spiritual perception. Jesus knew no matter to cope with.

Through this spiritual perception one sees the possibility of universal peace, because he understands peace to be the established law of the universe. To establish this law of universal peace among nations, elaborate human systems of government, penal codes, taxation, distribution, and so forth must give place to the simplest, most profound, most powerful and effectual law ever given to men. That law was cited by Jesus when tempted by a lawyer of that day with a question as to what was the "great commandment in the law": "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." And he continued: "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." This is no law of men's devising, but the inevitable, eternal, and inescapable demand of God. Obedience to this law makes possible in experience the glory, the beauty, the majesty and power of divine realities, the government of Principle.

Send a comment to the editors

We'd love to hear from you!

Easily submit your testimonies, articles, and poems online.

Submit

Possibilities

We'd love to hear from you!

Sign up for unlimited access