Grilling the Master

Pastor’s Pen,

This Sunday: Grilling the Master                                                                                   Mark 12: 13-44

As we celebrate the Fourth of July, we commemorate the birth of our country, and recognize that the grilling season is in full swing. In fact, we will enjoy benefits of ‘grilling season’ following our Sunday morning service. 


We also use the word grilling in a different way-- to describe what happens when politicians are grilled by the media at a press conference, or what occurs when individuals are subpoenaed to appear before a Senate or House committee. That’s where we see the kind of grilling we’ll be talking about today. 


In this section of Mark's Gospel Jesus’ authority is being questioned, as we saw last week. (11:27, 28) But as often happens in many political press conferences, when you think the grilling is over, it isn't.  In our passage today we see that the grilling of the Master by these religious leaders demonstrates their true hypocritical motivation.

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This Sunday, July 4th, is our 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)


Grilling the Master                                                                                                                         Mark 12: 13-44                                                                                       

  • The issue of taxes (13-17)
    • The “mixed” opposition    
    • The challenging question 
    • The clarifying illustration
    • The practical conclusion
  • The issue of life after death (18-27)
    • The Sadducees and their facetious question 
    • The Savior and His clarifying answer
  • The issue of the ‘greatest commandment’ (28-34)
    • The scribe and his straightforward question
    • The Savior and His surprising answer
    • The scribe and the Savior: concluding dialog
  • The Savior’s clarification: whose Son is Messiah? (35-37)
    • The interpretation of the scribes (Psalm 110:1)
    • The clarification of the Savior
    • The response of the people
  • The Savior's concluding contrast (38-44)
    • Condemnation of the religious leaders’ hypocrisy
    • Commendation of the widow’s sincerity

Applications:

Many today think they are smarter than the Lord—NONE are!                                                                    Paying taxes and supporting God’s work, especially church, are both important                       The ultimate issue: submission to Christ the Son, God’s Servant

   

      



PRAYER ITEMS

Viviana—traveling, Colombia

Jackie Permenter; loss of husband Jim 

Barbara’s grandson

Rbeda’s brother-in-law—spiritual 

Kim’s son and mother 

Donna Hancock-relief from severe back pain

Families affected by Florida disaster

RADIO THIS WEEKEND: 

As we mark the birth of our country, we celebrate the freedoms available in America, and especially our freedom in Christ. Certified Christian life coach Rodney Love joins host Don Hawkins with practical insight on Encouragement Live. 

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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