Worship Preparation for March 21, 2021

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Call to Worship: Isaiah 40:1-2
Confession of Faith: Westminster Shorter Catechism Q23-26
Hymns and Psalter Selections:

  1. #99A The LORD God Reigns on High

  2. #245 Great Is Thy Faithfulness

  3. #219 O Worship the King

Sermon: Mark 3:22-30

Discussion Questions:

  1. Who are the people that bring a charge against Christ? What is that charge?

  2. Who is Beelzebul?

  3. What does the accusation of the “theologians” in this passage teach you regarding the world today?

  4. Jesus responds with a parable. What is a parable, and what is the parable Jesus employs in this passage?

  5. What is the warning that Jesus offers? What is the unpardonable sin? Does that sin occur today? How?

Applications: The Lord Jesus has conquered sin and Satan and has freed His people from their sins.

  1. The followers of Christ will be accused of all sorts of things today. They will be hated on account of Him. Do not be surprised when that accusation comes from within the visible church.

  2. Our climate today is opposed to intellectual debate. Theological issues have practical relevance. Theology is “Dead orthodoxy.” WE must know our theology to live correctly.

William Hill