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false principles. It is foreign to the nature and spirit of Christ. It
does not lead to Him who is life and salvation. The one who attracts
minds to himself leads them to separate from the True Source of their
strength.
It is not God’s purpose that any human being should yield his mind
and will to the control of another, becoming a passive instrument in his
hands. No one is to merge his individuality in that of another. He is not
to look to any human being as the source of healing. His dependence
must be in God. In the dignity of his God-given manhood he is to be
controlled by God Himself, not by any human intelligence.
God desires to bring men into direct relation with Himself. In
all His dealings with human beings He recognizes the principle of
personal responsibility. He seeks to encourage a sense of personal
dependence and to impress the need of personal guidance. He desires
to bring the human into association with the divine that men may
be transformed into the divine likeness. Satan works to thwart this
purpose. He seeks to encourage dependence upon men. When minds
are turned away from God, the tempter can bring them under his rule.
He can control humanity.—
The Ministry of Healing, 241-243
(1905).
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Temporary Relief, but the Mind Permanently Damaged—No
individual should be permitted to take control of another person’s
mind, thinking that in so doing he is causing him to receive great
benefit. The mind cure is one of the most dangerous deceptions which
can be practiced upon any individual. Temporary relief may be felt,
but the mind of the one thus controlled is never again so strong and
reliable. We may be as weak as was the woman who touched the hem
of Christ’s garment; but if we use our God-given opportunity to come
to Him in faith, He will respond as quickly as He did to that touch of
faith.
It is not God’s design for any human being to yield his mind to
another human being. The risen Christ, who is now set down on the
throne at the right hand of the Father, is the Mighty Healer. Look to
Him for healing power. Through Him alone can sinners come to God
just as they are. Never can they come through any man’s mind. The
human agent must never interpose between the heavenly agencies and
those who are suffering.—MS 105, 1901. (.)
Look From the Human to the Divine—There is something better
for us to engage in than the control of humanity by humanity. The