Our Master meant it

        Christ Jesus was not a man who went about saying things because he had nothing better to do!  And when he commanded us, "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations...to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you", I believe he meant all things.  (Matthew 28:19, 20)

        And the word all I take to include Jesus' "Heal the sick".  (Matthew 10:8) And heal others as he did, by relying on God's mighty power -- not material means.

        Many people gain inspiration and comfort from contemplating the human personality of Jesus, the awesome things he said and did (and I am certainly one of them).  How important it is, though, to gain a practical understanding of the spiritual truths he expressed and proved.

        The purpose of Jesus' unequaled example was not merely to inspire mankind but to show us how to be free from every form of material bondage, physical suffering included.  Did not he promise, "Verily, Verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me the works that I do shall he do also"?  (John 14:12)

        This can be accomplished, however, only as one understands the spiritual laws underlying his words and deeds.  We would not expect to succeed in applying the laws of mathematics simply by admiring the professor's personality or even his instruction.  In like manner, the changeless Principle of Jesus' healing and teaching has to be learned.

        This is explained fully and clearly in the textbook of Christian Science, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.  The law of Spirit, God, is available for everyone to learn and use in his or her daily life.  When the spiritual truths are brought into contact with one's particular problem through prayer and purified living--and it makes no difference whether the problem is physical, emotional, moral, or financial-- the result is the restoration of harmony, healing.

        The first chapter of the Bible states that God created man ins His own image and likeness.  In accordance with this original, true account of creation, students of Christian Science pray with true understanding that man and the universe are spiritual and perfect, here and now.

        In the measure that one is able to see himself and others in this spiritual likeness,  he is employing the Master's method, who healed sin, disease, and discord through spiritual means alone. 

        Mrs. Eddy writes:  "The physical healing of Christian Science results now, as in Jesus' time, from the operation of divine Principle, before which sin and disease lose their reality in human consciousness and disappear as naturally and as necessarily as darkness gives place to light and sin to reformation."  Then she continues, "Now, as then, these mighty works are not supernatural, but supremely natural."  (Science and Health, p. xi)

        For the readers of my blog who are not acquainted with Christian Science, I can assure you that many are the times in my life that I have experienced this.  And so can you.  It's a wonderful thing to be following in Jesus' footsteps through a reliance on God for healing.