Article July 31, 1954 Issue

GROWING IN GRACE

RONALD GRAY WALKER

The Bible records that the Apostle Peter once said (Acts 10:34), "God is no respecter of persons." In the light of Christian Science we see that the love of God is impartially bestowed upon His entire creation, including man. We also learn that the power of divine Love, which is manifested humanly in the healing of sin, disease, and death, is brought into our experience not through personal ability or tense struggles, but through growth in grace. It is only through our reflecting the Christlike qualities of humility, obedience, and unselfed love that we are fitted to experience grace, defined in a dictionary as "enjoyment of the divine favor."

When the light of the Christ, Truth, appeared to the humble and receptive thought of Mary Baker Eddy, there began to dawn in human consciousness the realization of a divine power capable of meeting every possible human need. This is the power of the Christ, which is made available through the study and application of Mrs. Eddy's discovery of Christian Science. It enables every individual, regardless of his status, to follow in the footsteps of the Master and to work out his own salvation in the way Jesus pointed out.

Jesus showed mankind that the true way of salvation from all human ills is not obtained through willful outlining or the selfish endeavor to use spiritual means for achieving material ends. Through his perfect example he proved that only by growth in grace, by daily Christlike living, can the saving divine power be demonstrated. It was through grace that Jesus, the perfect embodiment and expression of the Christ, Truth, reflected the divine power. Referring to the power of the Christ, or Word of God, John wrote in his Gospel (1:14), "The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."

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