Editorial August 6, 1984 Issue

Your healing is included in Christ's mission

CAROLYN B. SWAN

The teaching and healing mission of Christ, the eternal ideal that Christ Jesus exemplified, is active today. The Bible defines Christ's mission: "For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil."^{I John 3:8.}

Whatever would suggest to anyone that man—each one's true identity—is less than God's perfect, spiritual likeness is surely the devil's work. But the devil was classified by Jesus as only a liar (see John 8:44). Therefore the "devil's" works are lies. And every lying, devilish claim of a presence or power apart from God, infinite good, has no choice but to yield before the divinely impelled fulfillment of Christ's mission.

God, perfect Truth, knows neither liar nor lie. His allness includes no element of evil and so tolerates no sin, disease, or death. His Christ, humanity's Saviour from error, is ever present and available to all. Christ has been exemplified by Jesus and explained in Christian Science.

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