Sunday, March 3rd, 2019



SubjectChrist Jesus

Golden Text: John 14 : 6



I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” — Christ Jesus




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Responsive Reading: II Corinthians 4 : 1-6


1.     Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

2.     But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

3.     But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

4.     In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

5.     For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.

6.     For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.



Lesson Sermon



The Bible


1. Matthew 1 : 23

23     Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

2. Luke 4 : 14, 16-18, 21

14     And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.

16     And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

17     And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

18     The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

21     And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

3. Mark 8 : 11-13 (to ,), 14 (to ,), 15-17 (to 2nd ,), 18-21

11     And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

12     And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

13     And he left them,

14     Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread,

15     And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

16     And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.

17     And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them,

18     Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

19     When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.

20     And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.

21     And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?

4. Luke 18 : 1-8

1     And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

2     Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:

3     And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

4     And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

5     Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

6     And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.

7     And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

8     I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

5. Luke 7 : 1-10

1     Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum.

2     And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.

3     And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.

4     And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:

5     For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.

6     Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:

7     Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.

8     For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

9     When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

10     And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.

6. Matthew 16 : 13-17, 19, 24, 27

13     When Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

14     And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

15     He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

16     And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

17     And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

19     And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

24     Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

27     For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

7. Matthew 5 : 16

16     Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.



Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures


1. 180 : 25-30

When man is governed by God, the ever-present Mind who understands all things, man knows that with God all things are possible. The only way to this living Truth, which heals the sick, is found in the Science of divine Mind as taught and demonstrated by Christ Jesus.

2. xi : 9-16 (to 2nd ,)

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. Now, as then, these mighty works are not supernatural, but supremely natural. They are the sign of Immanuel, or “God with us,”

3. 332 : 9 (Christ)-15

Christ is the true idea voicing good, the divine message from God to men speaking to the human consciousness. The Christ is incorporeal, spiritual, — yea, the divine image and likeness, dispelling the illusions of the senses; the Way, the Truth, and the Life, healing the sick and casting out evils, destroying sin, disease, and death.

4. 473 : 12-13 (to 2nd ,)

Jesus is the name of the man who, more than all other men, has presented Christ,

5. 51 : 19-21

His consummate example was for the salvation of us all, but only through doing the works which he did and taught others to do.

6. 38 : 26-32

To those buried in the belief of sin and self, living only for pleasure or the gratification of the senses, he said in substance: Having eyes ye see not, and having ears ye hear not; lest ye should understand and be converted, and I might heal you. He taught that the material senses shut out Truth and its healing power.

7. 33 : 18-26

When the human element in him struggled with the divine, our great Teacher said: “Not my will, but Thine, be done!” — that is, Let not the flesh, but the Spirit, be represented in me. This is the new understanding of spiritual Love. It gives all for Christ, or Truth. It blesses its enemies, heals the sick, casts out error, raises the dead from trespasses and sins, and preaches the gospel to the poor, the meek in heart.

8. 135 : 26-14

Christianity as Jesus taught it was not a creed, nor a system of ceremonies, nor a special gift from a ritualistic Jehovah; but it was the demonstration of divine Love casting out error and healing the sick, not merely in the name of Christ, or Truth, but in demonstration of Truth, as must be the case in the cycles of divine light.

Jesus established his church and maintained his mission on a spiritual foundation of Christ-healing. He taught his followers that his religion had a divine Principle, which would cast out error and heal both the sick and the sinning. He claimed no intelligence, action, nor life separate from God. Despite the persecution this brought upon him, he used his divine power to save men both bodily and spiritually.

The question then as now was, How did Jesus heal the sick? His answer to this question the world rejected. He appealed to his students: “Whom do men say that I, the Son of man, am?” That is: Who or what is it that is thus identified with casting out evils and healing the sick?

9. 137 : 16 (Simon)-25

…Simon replied for his brethren, and his reply set forth a great fact: “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God!” That is: The Messiah is what thou hast declared, — Christ, the spirit of God, of Truth, Life, and Love, which heals mentally. This assertion elicited from Jesus the benediction, “Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven;” that is, Love hath shown thee the way of Life!

10. 560 : 30-4

Ignorance of the divine idea betrays at once a greater ignorance of the divine Principle of the idea — ignorance of Truth and Love. The understanding of Truth and Love, the Principle which works out the ends of eternal good and destroys both faith in evil and the practice of evil, leads to the discernment of the divine idea.

11. 138 : 9-11, 17-22

On this spiritually scientific basis Jesus explained his cures, which appeared miraculous to outsiders.

Jesus established in the Christian era the precedent for all Christianity, theology, and healing. Christians are under as direct orders now, as they were then, to be Christlike, to possess the Christ-spirit, to follow the Christ-example, and to heal the sick as well as the sinning.

12. 132 : 20-27

To-day, as of yore, unconscious of the reappearing of the spiritual idea, blind belief shuts the door upon it, and condemns the cure of the sick and sinning if it is wrought on any but a material and a doctrinal theory. Anticipating this rejection of idealism, of the true idea of God, — this salvation from all error, physical and mental, — Jesus asked, “When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?”

13. 37 : 16-17

When will Jesus’ professed followers learn to emulate him in all his ways and to imitate his mighty works?

14. 55 : 22-26

The time for the reappearing of the divine healing is throughout all time; and whosoever layeth his earthly all on the altar of divine Science, drinketh of Christ’s cup now, and is endued with the spirit and power of Christian healing.

15. 34 : 13 (to all), 14 (will)-17

If all…will take up the cross, heal the sick, cast out evils, and preach Christ, or Truth, to the poor, — the receptive thought, — they will bring in the millennium.


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