"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:
. . . the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
You may click the links below to sample the hymns we will be singing in this Sunday’s service.
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Below is a sample of what is in this week’s Lesson Sermon on “Matter”:
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Section 1
The Bible
John 6:63 (to : )
63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing:
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy
469:2–4 (to 1st . )
What is termed matter is unknown to Spirit, which includes in itself all substance and is Life eternal. Matter is a human concept.
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Section 2
Psalms 57:5
5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
280:1 (only)
In the infinitude of Mind, matter must be unknown.
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Section 3
II Peter 3:8 beloved
8 beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
598:23–24
One moment of divine consciousness, or the spiritual understanding of Life and Love, is a foretaste of eternity.
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Section 4
Romans 8:2 the
2 the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
271:7
Jesus instructed his disciples whereby to heal the sick through Mind instead of matter. He knew that the philosophy, Science, and proof of Christianity were in Truth, casting out all inharmony.
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Section 5
Psalms 46:1, 6, 10, 11 (to ; )
1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 11 The Lord of hosts is with us;
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“He uttered His voice, the earth melted.” This Scripture indicates that all matter will disappear before the supremacy of Spirit.
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Section 6
Revelation 19:6
6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
319:13
Throughout the infinite cycles of eternal existence, Spirit and matter neither concur in man nor in the universe.
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Our Bible Lesson Sermons can be found in the Christian Science Quarterly which is
for sale inside our Reading Room.
