In the study and practice of Christian Science, one seeks to gain an understanding of God and to realize the nature and character of the real man, the spiritual man, made in God's image.
In defending the body against the attacks of disease and sin, one must have a clear understanding of the indestructible identity of man as the likeness of God.
The Scriptural teaching that man is God's likeness implies great truths that need our attention; for if man is God's likeness, His image, he must be Godlike.