 | CHAPTER XIV - RECAPITULATION Science and Health with KEY to THE SCRIPTURES |  |
Understanding versus belief
Question. - You speak of belief. Who or what is it that believes?
Answer. - Spirit is all-knowing; this precludes the need of believing. Matter cannot believe, and Mind understands. The body cannot believe. The believer and belief are one and are mortal. Christian evidence is founded on Science or demonstrable Truth, flowing from immortal Mind, and there is in reality no such thing as mortal mind. Mere belief is blindness without Principle from which to ex- plain the reason of its hope. The belief that life is sen- tient and intelligent matter is erroneous.
The Apostle James said, "Show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works." The understanding that Life is God, Spirit, lengthens our days by strengthening our trust in the deathless reality of Life, its almightiness and immortality.
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