LESSON V
KNOWLEDGE AND GOOD JUDGMENT.
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FAITH and understanding go hand in hand when the works of the Christ are made manifest. Whenever either appears alone there comes a limitation in healing, for each is essential to the full manifestation of the other. |
The belief in faith alone, commonly called “blind faith,” in which the disciple does not seek knowledge, degenerates into superstition and eventually becomes barren. Increase of faith comes through increase of knowledge (“I know whom I have believed”—2 Tim. I :12), and the student who seeks to add to his consciousness of healing power must apply himself to a fervent and systematic study of divine Mind and its idea.
Misunderstanding of the character and office of God and His child, Man, is the cause of impotency in accomplishing divine works. Many a faith-healer has lost a case because of this lack of knowledge of God’s wish concerning the one for whom he is praying. Perhaps he has prayed earnestly, and is near the state of consciousness whereby the false claim of disease can
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