The Master's Credentials

Pastor’s Pen,

This Sunday: The Master’s Credentials                                                                                Mark 11:27-12:12

This weekend we returned to our study of the Gospel of Mark, and since we have covered Christ’s Triumphal Entry on Palm Sunday, we move to the next segment, where we see Israel's Messiah responding to a check of His credentials and a challenge to His authority.


The issue of the authority of Jesus Christ is as critical today as it was in the first century. Is He who He claims to be? Does He have the right to have authority over our lives. In today's text we will see three verdicts to this question given.


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Sunday July 4th-Grand Re-opening Celebration

We’d love to have you join us in person for services at 10:45 AM, followed immediately by a fellowship dinner. Hamburgers and hotdogs furnished, bring a dish if possible, if not bring yourself! We’d love to have all of you who have not been able to join us in recent months, and those who have, so we can celebrate our church and our country together!


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 We appreciate those who help sanitize our facilities for services each Saturday morning in preparation for Sunday worship as well as those who make it possible for us to ‘live-stream’ on Facebook at 10:45 each Sunday morning, and to post each Sunday’s message on our website (www.fccwylie.org) on Sunday afternoons. 


When you enter the sanctuary Sunday, after you are given a bulletin, stop by the communion table where the offering plates are located in the rear of the worship center and pick up your disposable communion cup. Been following the service, please dispose of it in the trash can next to the rear communion table.


We continue to hold our Sunday services with all safety protocols and pre-service sanitizing in place. No Sunday school yet, and the nursery is not available.  We are now following the latest CDC guidelines which allow fully vaccinated individuals to go without masks. We use bulletins printed untouched by human hands, with songs, etc. printed therein, and pre-packaged communion elements. Offering plates are located at the rear, or giving can be done online at www.fccwylie.org.


If you still feel uncomfortable attending, feel free to join our live stream on Facebook, at 10:45 AM, which includes communion and the worship hymns. Or the message is available each Sunday afternoon on our website. (www.fccwylie.org)


The Master’s Credentials                                                                                       Mark 11:27-12:12

                                                                                       

  • Confrontation (11:27-33)
    • The demand   
    • The dilemma 
    • The decision
  • Explanation (12:1-12)
    • Details of the parable 
    • Decision of the lord of the vineyard 
    • Verification from Scripture
  • Reaction
    • Will
    • Emotions
    • Intellect

Applications:

Every knee will ultimately bow to Him                                                                    Blessed are all who put their trust in Him


      

PRAYER ITEMS

Viviana—traveling , Colombia

Jackie Permenter; loss of husband Jim 

Rodney Love’s wife Beth— praise for recovery 

Kim’s son and mother 

Donna Hancock-relief from severe back pain

RADIO THIS WEEKEND: 

Life during the coronavirus epidemic has been incredibly uncertain. Serious illness and death, the loss of income, isolation and loneliness, all have contributed. Faith-based life coach, pastor and university professor John Coleman joins host Don Hawkins to provide perspective and encouragement. Encouragement Live can be heard Saturdays at 7:05 PM on 90.5 FM and on www.theworshipchannel.org. Re-broadcast Sunday at 9 PM on The Worship Channel.

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