Congregational Worship
No Other Savior
Welcome & Call to Worship
Psalm 111:1-9
Congregational Worship
Yes I Will
Jesus Messiah
New City Catechism
Question #25 – Does Christ’s death mean all our sins can be forgiven?
Answer #25 – Yes, because Christ’s death on the cross fully paid the penalty for our sin, God will remember our sins no more.
Kingdom Prayer
Kingdom: Pray for Trinity Classical Academy as they seek to nurture character, curiosity and Christ-centered values. Pray for the faculty and staff as they seek to shape the hearts and minds of young lives. Pray for the students as they pursue education that they would pursue wisdom as well.
Church: Pray for Redeemer to be a people of learning. Pray that we grow in our grasp of orthodox doctrinal truth and cherish it with a heart of love. Pray that we always hold the Word of God as both authoritative and sufficient. Pray that we never shrink back from declaring the whole counsel of
People: Pray for Katelyn Fick to continue to grow in her pursuit of Jesus. Pray that she would be intentional in relationships with her family and friends. Pray for her as she serves the kids and families at her work. Pray that she would never be too busy to take the time to really listen and be invested with those God has put in her life.
Congregational Worship
Come Thou Fount
“Come Meet Jesus: and Understand His True Identity”
Mark 3:20-35
The most important question someone can ask and answer is: who is Jesus Christ? Many in our day say about Jesus that he was a great moral teacher and then move on. C.S. Lewis ran into the same response in his day, but refused to let people off the hook. In his seminal work Mere Christianity, Lewis posed a trilemma concerning Jesus. He must be one of three things in light of his claim to be God: a lunatic who thought he was God but wasn’t, a liar who knew he wasn’t God but lied about it, or the Lord of heaven and earth who rightly claimed that he was God incarnate.
“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God. That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic—on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg—or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse.”
–C.S. Lewis
Some things never change. Our passage this morning illustrates those same three responses to those who encountered Jesus face to face!
1. Possible Answer #1: He is a Lunatic [3:20-21]
His family’s concern
His family’s response
His family’s misapprehension
Application
2. Possible Answer #2: He is a Liar [3:22-30]
The scribe’s charge
Jesus’ response to the charge
Jesus explains the unforgiveable sin
Application
3. Possible Answer #3: He is Lord [3:31-35]
How to come under the Lordship of Jesus
What it looks like to live under the Lordship of Jesus
- For Spiritual Conversation: Right now, how would you answer the question: who is Jesus Christ? What are some ways that you tend to rationally argue with God, but the deeper issue is hardness of heart?