Article October 26, 1981 Issue

The immediacy of God's law

GEORGIANA LIEDER LAHR

Pictures of Saturn, its rings and its moons, all on the television screen in our living room—what an age we live in! Mrs. Eddy writes, "We welcome the increase of knowledge and the end of error, because even human invention must have its day, and we want that day to be succeeded by Christian Science, by divine reality." Science and Health, p. 95.

But the transmission to earth of pictures of Saturn and other planets in our solar system, from hundreds of millions of miles away in space, is far exceeded by the immediacy of God's law. In answer to the question "How would you define Christian Science?" Mrs. Eddy writes, "As the law of God, the law of good, interpreting and demonstrating the divine Principle and rule of universal harmony." Rudimental Divine Science, p. 1.

This law of God, good, is always and immediately available to us. But we must live in obedience to the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount if we are to prove the availability of divine law and its blessings. Our Master, Christ Jesus, proved the immediacy of God's law when he healed the sick and wrongdoers, calmed the sea, fed the multitudes with a few loaves and fishes, and even raised the dead. Wasn't it Christ Jesus' conscious oneness with God that made possible his works? Jesus understood and lived by God's omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience. He acknowledged no personal power, for he said, "I can of mine own self do nothing." John 5:30. But he also acknowledged God's power, saying, "The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works." 14:10 .

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