Article November 27, 1976 Issue

Signs of the Times

G. E. Tiley

The Reverend G. E. Tiley
The Vicarage, Chewton Mendip Bath, Somerset, England in a letter to his parishioners

Have you ever considered the implication of Our Lord's words when He said "The works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do." I always remember lecturing at one of our leading Theological colleges only to find that most of the miracles of Jesus had been debunked or blue-pencilled in their teaching, and even the Resurrection had been watered down to suit our present-day scientific outlook. Many of the students were left wondering if there was anything left to preach about.

It is time to say that ... Jesus was ahead of us all in the things He did, 2,000 years ago. But then He came ... to give us hope and vision, and above all to acquaint us with our limitless possibilities, when cooperating with God. And so, far from writing off Our Lord's activities, can we not look forward to the day when we shall understand and accomplish similar so-called miracles. The spiritual laws ... are still scientific and knowable, and we must press on to their discovery. Having reached the end of discovering the geography of our planet, we now have the exciting prospect of learning how to control it, and not abuse it with greed and pollution. Our sources of energy are going to be noiseless, and limitless and harmless, when we tap the higher realms of knowledge, which we are on the verge of doing. The sheer comparison of Jesus' effortless, painless, and utterly perfect way of healing with the mountain of drugs and machinery which are used in medicine today surely should inspire us to move closer to His way of doing things. God's way is so utterly joyous, creative, and successful.

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