Worship: October 23rd, 2011

On Sunday, October 23rd, Pastor Tony preached from the Gospel of Mark, using primarily text from Mark 8:10-21. He emphasized that we are warned about allowing our thinking to be molded and assimilated to that of the world around us. Key points included: We must be aware of the thinking of the world; What we must be molded and assimilated into; Do we have knowledge of the bread of life. Worship was at 8:30 or 11:00 a.m.

8:30 am Early Worship Service
9:45 am Children’s Sunday School
10:00 am Youth and Adult Sunday School
11:00 am Late Worship Service
6:00 pm Evening Prayer & Study

Preaching: Rev. Tony Felich (Sermon Audio Page | Other Sermons)

Text: Mark 8:11-21

The Pharisees Demand a Sign

11The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. 12And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.” 13And he left them, got into the boat again, and went to the other side.

The Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod

14Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. 15And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” 16And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread. 17And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? 18Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember? 19When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.” 20“And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” And they said to him, “Seven.” 21And he said to them, “Do you not yet understand?”

Worship Hymns:

Hymn of Adoration: #5 God, My King, Thy Might Confessing
Hymn or Spiritual Song: #470 How Vast the Benefits Divine
Hymn of Response: #146 Break Thou the Bread of Life
Dismissal Hymn: #358 For All the Saints (6)

Additional Readings: The Shorter Catechism Q/A’s 19-21

Q. 19. What is the misery of that estate whereinto man fell?
A. All mankind by their fall lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable to all the miseries of this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell forever.

Q. 20. Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?
A. God, having out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer.

Q. 21. Who is the Redeemer of God’s elect?
A. The only Redeemer of God’s elect is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eternal Son of God, became man, and so was, and continueth to be, God and man in two distinct natures, and one person, forever.

Full Liturgy for October 23rd, 2011 (PDF)

Sermons from the Exposition of Mark
(click on the link for the sermon page with audio)

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