"THERE is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death" (Rom. 8:1,2). In spite of this rousing proclamation written centuries ago by Paul, the so-called law of sin and death continues to defraud mortals. Why? Because mortal thinking, captivated by false material sense, is ignorant of God's government, wherein man, forever free from the bondage of materiality, expresses health and harmony in accord with His spiritual law.
True law is the revealed will of God. Jesus' earthly ministry was a continuous demonstration of God's will. Because his pure spiritual sense understood man's inseparable relationship to the Father, even in his darkest hour in the garden of Gethsemane the shadow of death could not dim the fervency of his lifelong prayer that God's will transcend his own. Completely silencing human will, he was lifted above the tomb of finite sense to spiritual resurrection.
The faithful mediator at all times applied Spirit's law of harmony, which annuls the false law of sin, disease, and death. His healing statements were simple reiterations of the basic spiritual facts of creation. He so clearly understood that man is Godlike that under God's authority he successfully commanded the blind to see, the lame to walk, the deaf to hear, the sinner to be cleansed, and the dead to arise. His constant understanding of the complete and eternal perfection of man as God's reflection enabled him instantly to destroy the lying testimony of the material senses. He proved conclusively the falsity of the material law of incurable disease when he healed the leper. Likewise, by healing instantaneously he proved groundless the supposition that Christian healing requires either process or convalescence.
