"If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." ~ Christ Jesus
First Church of Christ, Scientist • 147 E. Michigan Ave
At our Sunday Service, two readers read selections from the King James Version of the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
Here is a preview of what to expect at our service:
Subject
Christian Science
Golden Text
Psalms 31:2 deliver (to :), 14 Thou
. . . deliver me speedily:
. . . Thou art my God.
You may click the links below to sample the hymns we will be singing in this Sunday’s service.
TBA
Below is a sample of what is in this week’s Lesson Sermon on “Christian
Science”:
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Section 1
The Bible
Exodus 15:26 I am
26 I am the Lord that healeth thee.
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy
482:27–29 Christian
Christian Science is the law of Truth, which heals the sick on the basis of the one Mind or God.
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Section 2
John 8:12 I am
12 I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
272:30
Christian Science, as demonstrated by Jesus, alone reveals the natural, divine Principle of Science.
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Section 3
Jeremiah 17:14
14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
xi:9–14
The physical healing of Christian Science results now, as in Jesus’ time, from the operation of divine Principle, before which sin and disease lose their reality in human consciousness and disappear as naturally and as necessarily as darkness gives place to light and sin to reformation.
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Section 4
Matthew 5:25 (to ; )
25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him;
279:26
A logical and scientific conclusion is reached only through the knowledge that there are not two bases of being, matter and mind, but one alone, — Mind.
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Section 5
Psalms 46:7 (to ; ), 10 (to : )
7 The Lord of hosts is with us;
10 Be still, and know that I am God:
410:29–30
Christian scientific practice begins with Christ’s keynote of harmony, “Be not afraid!”
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Section 6
John 9:39 (to ; )
39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see;
473:10–12
Christ is the ideal Truth, that comes to heal sickness and sin through Christian Science, and attributes all power to God.
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Section 7
II Corinthians 3:17
17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
14:12–15
Become conscious for a single moment that Life and intelligence are purely spiritual, — neither in nor of matter, — and the body will then utter no complaints.
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Our Bible Lesson Sermons can be found in the Christian Science Quarterly which is
for sale inside our Reading Room.