Article December 3, 1990 Issue

"You cannot defeat God"

The striking thing about early Christianity was its immediacy. The teachings of Christ Jesus demanded that people go and do like-wise. God's power was at hand to be lived. If we are sometimes tempted to believe that this power is no longer present, the following account may go a long way in renewing our conviction. Dr. Isaac A. O. Ojo is a senior lecturer in chemistry at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Here he tells of two examples of the practical effects of what he has learned of the Science of Christ.

Isaac A. O. Ojo

Two weeks after I'd been introduced to Christian Science by a senior colleague in the university, I was synthesizing a compound to make a new pesticide. These particular chemicals have to be handled very carefully during the process of synthesis. A chemical accidentally poured on my thigh while I was carrying it from one place to another. Its effect on my skin about two hours later was similar to having a hot charcoal put on my thigh and bound to it.

I had to turn to God to know that what Jesus said could be proved: "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them." I could see that what I had poured on my thigh could have no effect on my knowing that God is All-in-all. Whatever does not come from God has in itself no reality, no power to harm what God creates.

When my friend introduced me to Christian Science, he gave me a copy of A Century of Christian Science Healing. This book is a compilation of various types of healings that have occurred through prayer over the hundred years between 1866 and 1966. In it I read about a chemist who had an accident with potassium cyanide, considered a deadly chemical. Remembering this experience made me be steadfast in my conviction that if potassium cyanide could not kill that man—understanding God to be All-in-all, I could see that this chemical could not kill me.

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