"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:
. . . there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
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 “Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real?”:
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Section 1
The Bible
Psalms 26:3 thy
3 thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy
288:29
330:19–20
God is what the Scriptures declare Him to be, — Life, Truth, Love.
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Section 2
Romans 13:1 there (to : )
1 there is no power but of God:
127:16–19
Christian Science reveals God, not as the author of sin, sickness, and death, but as divine Principle, Supreme Being, Mind, exempt from all evil.
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Section 3
Psalms 79:9
9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.
405:18
The good man finally can overcome his fear of sin. This is sin’s necessity, — to destroy itself. Immortal man demonstrates the government of God, good, in which is no power to sin.
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Section 4
Matthew 10:1
1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
285:27
As mortals reach, through knowledge of Christian Science, a higher sense, they will seek to learn, not from matter, but from the divine Principle, God, how to demonstrate the Christ, Truth, as the healing and saving power.
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Section 5
I Timothy 1:14
14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
347:6–7
Nothing really has Life but God, who is infinite Life; hence all is Life, and death has no dominion.
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Section 6
Psalms 18:46 let
46 let the God of my salvation be exalted.
22:11–12
“Work out your own salvation,” is the demand of Life and Love, for to this end God worketh with you.
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Our Bible Lesson Sermons can be found in the Christian Science Quarterly which is
for sale inside our Reading Room.
