Editorial June 30, 1973 Issue

To Heal by Christly Rebuke

Naomi Price

A divinely inspired rebuke has healing power. Christ Jesus proved this as he sailed one day with his disciples across the Sea of Galilee. A "great tempest" arose so that waves broke over the ship, and the disciples were afraid. But the Bible tells us that the Master rebuked their fears and lack of trust. "Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?" he said. Then, turning to the storm, he "rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm."^{Matt. 8:26;}

On another day, Jesus healed Peter's mother-in-law when she was ill in bed. "He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them."^{Luke 4:39;} This healing was all the more remarkable for the fact that, according to the Gospel account, the patient's fever was "great," yet through the spiritual power expressed in Jesus' rebuke she was made well at once. Without a moment of convalescence, she was able to carry out her household duties.

Everything that Jesus did was destined to benefit mankind not only in his own time but in all ages. His mission was to show humanity that Life is God, divine and altogether good, and that in truth man is spiritual, perfect, healthy, always strong and joyous in the likeness of the one divine Life, God. Through his works he demonstrated how, through the power of this true idea of spiritual perfection, all the storms and discords and diseases of mortal existence can be overcome. He insisted that his power to heal was not unique. He told his followers that they could perform the kinds of cures that he did if they would accept his revelation of God as the loving Father of the universe, and have absolute faith, as he had, in the all-presence and all-power of divine Spirit.

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