Chapter X - Science Of Being
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When the last mortal fault is destroyed, then the final
When the last mortal fault is destroyed, then the final
trump will sound which will end the battle of Truth with
error and mortality; "but of that day and hour, knoweth
no man." Here prophecy pauses. Divine Science alone
can compass the heights and depths of being and reveal
the infinite.
Primitive error
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Truth will be to us "the resurrection and the life" only
Truth will be to us "the resurrection and the life" only
as it destroys all error and the belief that Mind, the only
immortality of man, can be fettered by the
body, and Life be controlled by death. A sin-
ful, sick, and dying mortal is not the likeness of God, the
perfect and eternal.
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Matter is the primitive belief of mortal mind, because
Matter is the primitive belief of mortal mind, because
this so-called mind has no cognizance of Spirit. To
mortal mind, matter is substantial, and evil is
real. The so-called senses of mortals are material.
Hence the so-called life of mortals is dependent on
matter.
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Explaining the origin of material man and mortal mind,
Explaining the origin of material man and mortal mind,
Jesus said: "Why do ye not understand my speech?
Even because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of your
father, the devil [evil], and the lusts of your father ye will
do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode
not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When
he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar,
and the father of it."
Immortal man
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This carnal material mentality, misnamed mind, is
This carnal material mentality, misnamed mind, is
mortal. Therefore man would be annihilated, were it
not for the spiritual real man's indissoluble
connection with his God, which Jesus brought
to light. In his resurrection and ascension, Jesus showed
that a mortal man is not the real essence of manhood, and