THE GREAT FIRST CAUSE

"The Scriptures imply that God is All-in-all. From this it follows that nothing possesses reality nor existence except the divine Mind and His ideas." (S&H 331:11-13) Through our study of Christian Science we realize God as Almighty, or "The creative Principle -- Life, Truth, and Love." (S&H 502:27-28 to 1st .) Job realized this when he proclaimed "The spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life." (Job 33:4) This solves the dilemma in philosophy of which came first the chicken or the egg. God is the First Cause.

"The Scriptures also declare that God is Spirit." (S&H 331:13-14) Then we realize that this creative Principle, Spirit, or Mind, is the only substance. Nothing can be added to or be outside the infinite Only. Matter, which is the opposite of Spirit, cannot be the product of Spirit. A truly scientific understanding of being is spiritual, because all Science or Truth is based on the allness of God, Spirit.