Article August 22, 1977 Issue

Spirit overrules mortal beliefs

Dropping Material Restrictions

DOROTHY F. GRAVES

The physical senses declare that we are born into a material world—that we live and die in this world governed by habit, chance, heredity, and filled with unhappiness. These invalid assertions about man and the universe masquerade as law, but the Christ, Truth, frees us.

In his Epistle to the Galatians Paul urges, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." Gal. 5:1; Our obedience to Paul's admonition disentangles us from Adam-based beliefs and the wretched ills they produce.

In reality there are no material bonds, for there is no matter or material mentality to bind man—as Christian Science shows. Mankind's enslavement is perpetuated by ignorance of the uninterrupted spiritual perfection of God and man. Knowledge of the truth of being—the enlightened knowledge that God, Spirit, is All and the basis of all—liberates. Christ Jesus assures us, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." John 8:32;

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