The lecture is very much about getting to know God better, and looks to two spiritual teachers (whose remarkable careers proved they knew God really well) as guides. From Christ Jesus we learn (for example) that understanding God and our tender relationship to this divine Parent has practical healing results. We see how Mary Baker Eddy underpinned the concept of God as Love, with the scientific concept of God as divine Principle.

The lecture tackles the problem of evil head on: if God is good and all-powerful, how can evil exist? Explains the radical solution presented by Christian Science: that ultimately sin, sickness and death are illusions or delusions; showing the Biblical basis in Christ Jesus’ teaching that the devil is a liar and father of lies, and Paul’s advice about “casting down imaginations”. Examples from the Lecturer’s own experience and healing practice show the practical application of this to everyday challenges.

The lecture ends as it began, asking “God or delusion?”. But now instead of being merely an intellectual enquiry “is God real or a delusion”, it becomes a question of “Choose Ye”. What are we accepting as real? God’s view or a deluded material sense based view? The practical healing power of making the right choice is brought out. Thus the audience can leave with practical spiritual tools to prove for themselves, through healing, that God is indeed alive and well!

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