Editorial December 22, 1980 Issue

Leave all for Christ?

NATHAN A. TALBOT

Few, if any, invitations throughout history have resulted in quite the response Christ Jesus has received to his call "Follow me."^{See Matt. 16:24;}

For centuries, people have left behind other interests in an effort to follow this call. But how to follow in the most meaningful way has always been seen by those who love what Christ Jesus taught and want to let the Christ lead them. We need to understand just what it means to relinquish everything and follow Christ.

Touching on this wide-ranging question, Mrs. Eddy refers to a point Jesus made in his Sermon on the Mount: "More than profession is requisite for Christian demonstration. Few understand or adhere to Jesus' divine precepts for living and healing. Why? Because his precepts require the disciple to cut off the right hand and pluck out the right eye,—that is, to set aside even the most cherished beliefs and practices, to leave all for Christ."^{Science and Health, p. 141;}