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Claiming our divine immunity
When I was in the US Foreign Service, working at embassies abroad, I had the protection of diplomatic immunity. This legal immunity, derived from the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, allows diplomats serving in a foreign country to go about their duties without interference from local laws or officials. The protection granted by international law is especially important to diplomats operating in nations hostile to their own governments and policies.
Recently I realized that, generally speaking, a diplomat’s situation is a lot like the human situation itself. Though it appears that we are subject to the so-called laws of sin, sickness, and death, we are actually the representatives of divine Spirit and have immunity from these supposed laws of matter. Wherever we go and in whatever situation we find ourselves, we remain subject to the spiritual laws of God alone, at all times.

November 21, 2016 issue
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Letters
Kim Kilduff, Doreen Joffe
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Dear God … Thank You for being You
Judith Hardy Olson
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The where of prayer
George Moffett
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Claiming our divine immunity
George M. Nutwell III
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A gift from the holidays
Marilyn Wickstrom
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Finding the pearl of great price
Andrew Mitchell
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Stuck with a bad habit? Not me!
Charlene Anne Miller
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Depression gives way to Love
Elaina Cokinos
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Severe condition healed
Jim Baker
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Study of Science and Health dissolves antipathy
Name Withheld
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Song of David
Steven Richardson
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Mercy for the corrupt who come clean?
<i>The Monitor’s</i> Editorial Board
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Divine Love: where mercy meets justice
Elizabeth Mata
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The richest kind of thanksgiving
Barbara Vining