First Church of Christ, Scientist, La Cañada Flintridge

Wednesday Meeting Readings

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Jesus taught how to heal
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
The Bible
  1. Matt. 4:23-25

    23And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

    24And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

    25And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judæa, and from beyond Jordan.

  2. Matt. 5:1, 2

    1And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:

    2And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

  3. Matt. 7:24-29 whosoever

    24whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

    25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

    26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

    27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

    28And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:

    29For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

  4. Matt. 8:1-3, 5-10, 13-16

    1When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

    2And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

    3And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

    5And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

    6And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.

    7And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.

    8The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

    9For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

    10When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

    ... 13And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.

    14And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever.

    15And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.

    16When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:

  5. Matt. 9:20-22

    20And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:

    21For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.

    22But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

  6. Luke 13:10-13

    10And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.

    11And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.

    12And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

    13And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

  7. Matt. 10:1 when, 5-8

    1when 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.

    ... 5These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not.

    6But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

    7And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

    8Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

  8. Heb. 4:1, 2 (to :), 8-12, 16

    1Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

    2For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them:

    ... 8For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.

    9There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

    10For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

    11Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

    12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

    ... 16Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

  9. Acts 3:1-13 (to ;)

    1Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

    2And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

    3Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.

    4And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.

    5And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.

    6Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

    7And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

    8And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

    9And all the people saw him walking and praising God:

    10And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.

    11And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.

    12And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?

    13The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus;


Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy

  1. SH 136:9-10 (to ?)

    9    The question then as now was, How did Jesus heal the sick?

  2. SH 137:1

    His stu-dents saw this power of Truth heal the sick, cast out evil, 3raise the dead; but the ultimate of this wonderful work was not spiritually discerned, even by them, until after the crucifixion, when their immaculate Teacher stood before 6them, the victor over sickness, sin, disease, death, and the grave.

  3. SH 138:9-13, 17-22, 25

    On this spiritually scientific basis Jesus explained his cures, which appeared miraculous to outsiders. He showed that diseases were cast out neither 12by corporeality, by materia medica, nor by hygiene, but by the divine Spirit, casting out the errors of mortal mind.

        Jesus established in the Christian era the precedent for 18all Christianity, theology, and healing. Christians are New era in Jesusunder as direct orders now, as they were then, to be Christlike, to possess the Christ-spirit, to 21follow the Christ-example, and to heal the sick as well as the sinning. ... The Christian can prove this to-day as readily as it was proved centuries ago.

  4. SH 482:13-16, 22-23, 26

    Question. — Is it important to understand these ex-planations in order to heal the sick?

    15Answer. — It is, since Christ is “the way” and the truth casting out all error. This enabled Jesus to demonstrate his con-trol over matter.

        Sickness is part of the error which Truth casts out. 27Error will not expel error. Christian Science is the law Sickness erroneousof Truth, which heals the sick on the basis of the one Mind or God. It can heal in no 30other way, since the human, mortal mind so-called is not a healer, but causes the belief in disease.

  5. SH 483:1-21

    483:1    Then comes the question, how do drugs, hygiene, and animal magnetism heal? It may be affirmed that they 3True healing transcendentdo not heal, but only relieve suffering tempo-rarily, exchanging one disease for another. We classify disease as error, which nothing but Truth or 6Mind can heal, and this Mind must be divine, not human. Mind transcends all other power, and will ultimately su -persede all other means in healing. In order to heal by 9Science, you must not be ignorant of the moral and spir-itual demands of Science nor disobey them. Moral igno-rance or sin affects your demonstration, and hinders its 12approach to the standard in Christian Science.

        After the author’s sacred discovery, she affixed the name “Science” to Christianity, the name “error” to 15Terms adopted by the authorcorporeal sense, and the name “substance” to Mind. Science has called the world to battle over this issue and its demonstration, which 18heals the sick, destroys error, and reveals the universal harmony. To those natural Christian Scientists, the an-cient worthies, and to Christ Jesus, God certainly revealed 21the spirit of Christian Science, if not the absolute letter.

  6. SH 271:7-16

        Jesus instructed his disciples whereby to heal the sick through Mind instead of matter. He knew that the phi-9losophy, Science, and proof of Christianity were in Truth, casting out all inharmony.

        In Latin the word rendered disciple signifies student; 12and the word indicates that the power of healing was not Studious disciplesa supernatural gift to those learners, but the result of their cultivated spiritual understand-15ing of the divine Science, which their Master demonstrated by healing the sick and sinning.

  7. SH 365:7-19

    The benign thought of Jesus, finding utterance in such words as “Take no thought for your life,” would heal 9the sick, and so enable them to rise above the supposed necessity for physical thought-taking and doctoring; but if the unselfish affections be lacking, and common 12sense and common humanity are disregarded, what men-tal quality remains, with which to evoke healing from the outstretched arm of righteousness?

    15    If the Scientist reaches his patient through divine Love, the healing work will be accomplished at one Speedy healingvisit, and the disease will vanish into its native 18nothingness like dew before the morning sun-shine.

  8. SH 321:29

    And so it was in the coming 30centuries, when the Science of being was demonstrated by Jesus, who showed his students the power of Mind by changing water into wine, and taught them how to handle 322 322:1serpents unharmed, to heal the sick and cast out evils in proof of the supremacy of Mind.

  9. SH 366:3-19

    3    In order to cure his patient, the metaphysician must first cast moral evils out of himself and thus Moral evils to be cast outattain the spiritual freedom which will en-6able him to cast physical evils out of his patient; but heal he cannot, while his own spiritual barrenness debars him from giving drink to the thirsty 9and hinders him from reaching his patient’s thought, — yea, while mental penury chills his faith and under-standing.

    12    The physician who lacks sympathy for his fellow-being is deficient in human affection, and we have the The true physicianapostolic warrant for asking: “He that loveth 15not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?” Not having this spiritual affection, the physician lacks faith in the divine 18Mind and has not that recognition of infinite Love which alone confers the healing power.

  10. SH 430:2

    Jesus demonstrated this, healing the dying 3Life all-inclusiveand raising the dead. Mortal mind must part with error, must put off itself with its deeds, and immortal manhood, the Christ ideal, will appear. 6Faith should enlarge its borders and strengthen its base by resting upon Spirit instead of matter. When man gives up his belief in death, he will advance more rapidly 9towards God, Life, and Love. Belief in sickness and death, as certainly as belief in sin, tends to shut out the true sense of Life and health. When will mankind wake 12to this great fact in Science?

  11. SH 446:11

        Whoever practises the Science the author teaches, 12through which Mind pours light and healing upon this Exclusion of malpracticegeneration, can practise on no one from sin-ister or malicious motives without destroying 15his own power to heal and his own health. Good must dominate in the thoughts of the healer, or his demon-stration is protracted, dangerous, and impossible in Sci-18ence. A wrong motive involves defeat. In the Science of Mind-healing, it is imperative to be honest, for victory rests on the side of immutable right. To understand 21God strengthens hope, enthrones faith in Truth, and verifies Jesus’ word: “Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.”


From the Christian Science Hymnal:  
Hymn 388: “When like a stranger on our sphere"
Hymn 565: “Rise up and walk”
Hymn 504: “I want to know the truth that Jesus taught us”