"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
Man
Golden Text
Matthew 5:48
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
You may click the links below to sample the hymns we will be singing in this Sunday’s service.
Below is a sample of what is in this week’s Lesson Sermon on “Man”:
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Section 1
The Bible
Deuteronomy 32:3 I will, 4 (to 1st : )
3 I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect:
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy
516:9 (only), 21
God fashions all things, after His own likeness.
Man and woman as coexistent and eternal with God forever reflect, in glorified quality, the infinite Father-Mother God.
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Section 2
Psalms 138:8 (to 2nd : )
8 The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever:
336:27–28
The Science of being furnishes the rule of perfection, and brings immortality to light.
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Section 3
Psalms 119:89, 105
89 For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.
105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
325:13–15
When spiritual being is understood in all its perfection, continuity, and might, then shall man be found in God’s image.
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Section 4
Genesis 17:1 I am
1 I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
476:32–4
Jesus beheld in Science the perfect man, who appeared to him where sinning mortal man appears to mortals. In this perfect man the Saviour saw God’s own likeness, and this correct view of man healed the sick.
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Section 5
Psalms 37:37
37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
428:22–23
The great spiritual fact must be brought out that man is, not shall be, perfect and immortal.
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Section 6
II Corinthians 13:11
11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
249:1
Let us accept Science, relinquish all theories based on sense-testimony, give up imperfect models and illusive ideals; and so let us have one God, one Mind, and that one perfect, producing His own models of excellence.
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Our Bible Lesson Sermons can be found in the Christian Science Quarterly which is
for sale inside our Reading Room.
