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262 in Heaven;” that is, the Principle of Being hath shown thee the way of Life.

Then Jesus added: “And on my part I say to thee, that thou art Peter, a rock [the meaning of the Greek word petros], and on this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell [hades, the underworld, or the grave] shall not prevail against it.” In other words, Jesus the Christ purposed the foundation of his society, not on the personal Peter, as a mortal man, but on the Soul-power which lay behind his confession of the Messiah.

It was evident to Peter that the Divine Principle, and not a person, was the healer of the sick. On this spiritually scientific theory Jesus explained that which was a miracle to outsiders, showing it to be neither person nor medicine that heals, but Truth and Love. The Divine Spirit cures disease by controlling the errors of mortal mind and body. The supremacy of Spirit was the rock on which Jesus built. His sublime summary points to a solid superstructure of Intelligence and Love.

Neither creed, rite, nor mystery entered into his methods. Through Mind alone he triumphed over sickness, sin, and death. By this power he opened the prison doors to the captive, unchained the fetters of belief that imprisoned mind in matter, and gave to immortal being its full scope and recompense.

The first erroneous postulate of belief is that Substance, Life, and Intelligence are something apart from God.

The second erroneous postulate is that man is both mind and matter.

The third erroneous postulate is that mind is both evil and good; when really Mind cannot be evil, since God is Mind.