Mrs. Eddy writes: "The Jewish tribal Jehovah was a man-projected God, liable to wrath, repentance, and human changeableness" (S. & H, p. 140).
Here in one breath is the denial of God and His glory and perfection, and of the inspiration of Scripture, for Scripture in all its, parts upholds the presentation of Jehovah as God. And in quoting proof texts to rebut these blasphemous assertions, not one can be found which does not demolish utterly this wretched system. Take this proof text, for instance: "As touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living" (Matt. 22:31, 3231But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, 32I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. (Matthew 22:31‑32)).
Remember these are the words of the Lord Jesus, so if they are not true we have not Christ, and therefore no Christianity. He affirms that the Jehovah of the Old Testament is God. "I AM" is the equivalent of Jehovah, and it is the "I AM" of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Jehovah of the Old Testament, who is here presented to us as God.
But this passage affirms death and resurrection, both of which are denied by Christian Science, thus we scarcely find any proof verse that does not pierce the lines of Christian Science at several points.
In Acts 7:22And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, (Acts 7:2) we have the "God of glory" identified as the One who appeared to Abraham, not a mere tribal deity, the fruit of imagination with no real existence, but THE GOD OF GLORY.