Explorations
Christian Science
Bible Lessons
August 7,1898
SOUL.
|
- Section 4 -
(Soul imperishable) Soul changeth not. We are commonly taught that there is a human soul which sins and is spiritually lost, - that soul may be lost, and yet be immortal. If Soul could sin, Spirit, Soul, would be flesh instead of Spirit. It is the belief of the flesh and of material sense which sins. 311:7-25 Chapter 10: Science of Being (Sin only of the flesh) Soul is immortal because it is Spirit, which has no element of self-destruction. Is man lost spiritually? No, he can only lose a sense material. All sin is of the flesh. It cannot be spiritual. Sin exists here or hereafter only so long as the illusion of mind in matter remains. It is a sense of sin, and not a sinful soul, which is lost. Evil is destroyed by the sense of good. (Soul impeccable) Through false estimates of soul as dwelling in sense and of mind as dwelling in matter, belief strays into a sense of temporary loss or absence of soul, spiritual truth. This state of error is the mortal dream of life and substance as existent in matter, and is directly opposite to the immortal reality of being. So long as we believe that soul can sin or that immortal Soul is in mortal body, we can never understand the Science of being. When humanity does understand this Science, it will become the law of Life to man, - even the higher law of Soul, which prevails over material sense through harmony and immortality. 481:24-32 Chapter 14: Recapitulation
Question 16. - Does brain think, and do nerves feel, and is there intelligence in matter? ADAM = A product of nothing as the mimicry of something. + (Sense and pure Soul) If Soul sins, it must be mortal. Sin has the elements of self-destruction. It cannot sustain itself. If sin is supported, God must uphold it, and this is impossible, since Truth cannot support error. Soul is the divine Principle of man and never sins, - hence the immortality of Soul. In Science we learn that it is material sense, not Soul, which sins; and it will be found that it is the sense of sin which is lost, and not a sinful soul. 468:3 Chapter 14: Recapitulation Question 5. - What are the demands of the Science of Soul? ADAM = The opposite of good, - of God and His creation. + (Sinlessness of Mind, Soul) If Soul sinned, it would be mortal, for sin is mortality's self, because it kills itself. If Truth is immortal, error must be mortal, because error is unlike Truth. Because Soul is immortal, Soul cannot sin, for sin is not the eternal verity of being. | ||||||||
Previous Page - || - Chapters Index - || - Exit - || - Next Page |