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278 “He uttered His voice, the earth melted.” This Scripture indicates that all falsity, termed matter, will disappear before the supremacy of Spirit.

Jesus foresaw the reception the Science of Mind must receive before it would be understood, but this coldness hindered him not. He fulfilled his Soul-mission, and then sat down at the right hand of the Father. Persecuted from city to city, he still went about doing good deeds, for which he was maligned and stoned. His life proved, divinely and scientifically, that God is Love; whereas priest and rabbi affirmed God to be a person who loves and hates. The Jewish theology gave no evidence of unchanging Love.

The truth Jesus taught, the elders scoffed at. Why? Because it demanded more than they were willing to practise. It was enough for them to believe in a personal Deity, but that belief never made a Christian.

Mortal belief will vanish in a moral chemicalization. This chemicalization has begun, and will continue until belief yields to understanding. The basis of all health, sinlessness, and immortality is Truth, not believed merely, but understood. Belief may change, but understanding is spiritually changeless.

Was it just for Jesus to suffer? No; but it was inevitable, for not otherwise could he show forth the power of Truth and Love.

Jesus sent forth seventy students at one time, but only eleven left a desirable historic record. Tradition credits him with two or three hundred other disciples, who have left no name. “Many are called but few are chosen.” Either they fell away from grace, or never truly understood their Master's instruction.