Article January 15, 1979 Issue

Dealing with guilt

ARDEN EVANS COOK

Many people today ignore or question the Judeo-Christian ethic of the Ten Commandments. Some even think that a strict moral code does harm by making people feel guilty, so that they lose their ability to lead useful, productive lives. However, the rejection of moral standards cannot solve the problem of guilt, any more than the elimination of laws would solve the problem of crime. Only scientific Christianity can reveal the way in which sin is forgiven without the moral law being compromised.

Imagine how comforting Christ Jesus' words "Thy sins are forgiven"Luke 7:48; must have been to the guilt-burdened woman who had interrupted the dinner at the house of Simon the Pharisee! How glorious it must have been to feel the healing touch of Christly forgiveness taking away the torment of guilt!

Millions of people long for forgiveness to lift the burden of guilt from their hearts. In order to understand the Christly process of forgiveness it is necessary to understand the nature of man. Christian Science brings out that man's nature is spiritual, reflecting the nature of his Father-Mother God. God being sinless, He forms man as the sinless expression of Himself.

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