Article October 3, 1970 Issue

Error Must Be Condemned

M. BETH KELLAM

Students of Christian Science find that as they declare and affirm the spiritual truths of real, scientific being, this activity itself compels them to condemn and deny evil, or error. They must prove that God's omnipotence precludes the possibility of a secondary, opposing, or divisive power. As they accept and apply this truth in individual experience, they will realize that their thinking cannot be mesmerized and overcome by the threats of evil.

Because Christ Jesus was not deceived by the machinations of mortal mind, a mind apart from God, he was more sensitive to its presentments, recognized them immediately for what they were, and rejected them. He denounced impersonal evil (error) for all time in these familiar words addressed to his opponents: "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him."^{John 8:44;}

Perhaps it seems more loving, or at least easier, to go along merely knowing that only good exists. But that is only half the work to be done. Jesus demonstrated the healing power of affirming the allness and goodness of God and denying evil. This method most certainly is being proven today in the experience of active Christian Scientists.

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