"BELOVED, now are we the sons of God" (I John 3:2). What an arresting statement this is! What power and freedom are ours when we accept and realize the truth contained therein! Christian Science has come to this age to reveal the nature of God and of man, made in His image and likeness.
Christ Jesus, whose words and works Christian Science explains, identified himself as the Son of God, but he also said to the multitude (Matt. 23:9), "Call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven."
Mary Baker Eddy makes many statements in her writings with regard to the perfection of man, God's son. But she always makes it clear that it is the real man, created in the image of God, to whom she refers and not the mortal, cognized by the material senses. She also points out that the man of God's creating, the only man there actually is, is always present.
