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January 25, 2019 at 9:04 am #8027

Gary

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In contrast, Jesus’ mission was to show us how to build correctly, on the “rock” of Truth. When John sent two disciples to ask him “Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?”, Jesus’ answer was not a direct “Yes,” but, rather, an instruction on how to recognize the truth. He said, “Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk,…” Furthermore, Jesus told another audience “If ye continue in my word (Truth), then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.”
This was the point of Jesus’ mission. The Jews were under the rule of Rome and were looking for freedom. Many were looking for a political or military saviour to free them from Roman rule. But Jesus had a higher, more permanent freedom to offer, — the freedom from the false beliefs of sin, disease, and death. The truth he was offering is not material or human. It is divine, and therefore spiritual. And it is recognized by its fruits, or, as Mrs. Eddy writes, “by demonstration, — by healing both disease and sin;…”
We can be so grateful for Jesus and for Mrs. Eddy, who disregarded old false human beliefs to prove to us the power of Truth and the true freedom it brings, which is our divine right.