Reply To: Present and Represent the Ever-Present

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Reply To: Present and Represent the Ever-Present

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March 1, 2019 at 10:15 pm #8229

Gary

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You are raising a really good point, but this would be more helpful, if you stuck with the word “present” as a verb, not an adjective. When Mrs. Eddy wrote that Jesus..presented Christ, that means that he introduced Christ to the world. And when she describes his struggle as wanting “not the flesh, but the Spirit, be represented in me,” that means that he wanted to illustrate the Christ by his example. He “presented” Christ to the world by “re-presenting” that Christ in word and deed every day of his earthly life. And that is why his example is totally practical for each of us.
Thank you for raising this very important point.