Article April 10, 1976 Issue

Have No Fear!

HELEN A. DEL NEGRO

Nearly two thousand years ago the Apostle Paul wrote, "We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."^{Eph. 6:12;} It does seem to many an individual suffering from sickness, however, that he is wrestling "against flesh and blood." It is certain that most of these same individuals would readily admit that "rulers of the darkness of this world" might be considered a perfect description of their worst enemy: fear.

Modern medicine bases its healing theories on the belief that matter is real—that flesh and blood frequently need to be wrestled with, medicated, operated on. But even the proponents of material means of healing are becoming increasingly aware of how mental factors affect illness and especially the enormous part played by fear.

In Christian Science the healing of sickness is performed by spiritual means alone. This Science recognizes and accepts as real only Spirit and its spiritual creation, including man. Its premise of perfect God and perfect man is in accord with the spiritual account of creation found in the first chapter of Genesis in the Bible. Christian Science relegates matter—flesh, blood, bones—with its inharmonies and diseases, to the realm of false belief. It teaches people how correcting false beliefs about themselves can heal sickness.

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