Article May 30, 1959 Issue

"TAKE . . . THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT"

RICHARD CARVER

The Apostle Paul advises (Eph. 6:13-17) : "Take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. . . . And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God."

Our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, says in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 37), "Mortals try in vain to slay Truth with the steel or the stake, but error falls only before the sword of Spirit."

Paul's recommendation that this sword be taken shows that we must not supinely accept the claims of error but must promptly, vigorously, and persistently oppose them with the truth of being, namely that everything real is created by God and is therefore perfect and that nothing imperfect is made by Him or ever can be real.

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