"If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new" (II Cor. 5:17). Those who are seeking physical healing rejoice in the freedom which comes from an honest and earnest search for a better understanding of God and His Christ, the true idea of sonship. Latent fears are laid aside and traits of character are changed as one prays for release from some specific form of illness.
What do the words, "If any man be in Christ," mean in the light of Christian Science? Those who know and accept as true "the scientific statement of being," found on page 468 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, are gaining the spiritual idea of God and man. And to them "all things" are becoming new.
This statement reads: "There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all. Spirit is immortal Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God, and man is His image and likeness. Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual."
