Every
student of the teachings of Christ Jesus is deeply impressed with his profound assurance of the presence of God, the Father, and the availability of His power in meeting the needs of mankind.
Sometimes
people speak as if the days of inspiration had passed, just as they refer to the age of miracles as long gone by, when neither statement is true.
No one who studies the life of Christ Jesus, as it is narrated in the gospels of the New Testament, can possibly fail to perceive that the effort of the great Nazarene was to reconcile man to God, good, and so to establish health, harmony, and peace among mankind.
The
figure of the Pharisee standing in his pride and self-justification, as described in the gospel of Luke, is one that may well be carefully examined by all who are striving to live in accordance with the teachings of Christ Jesus, as interpreted and explained by Mary Baker Eddy.
There
is no Christian who does not hope and expect sometime to merit the "Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.