Guest Speaker : Wayne Truong

Outline:

A. God

B. Inside the home

C. Outside the home

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Mark 3:31-35 (NASB)

³¹ Then His mother and His brothers arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him and called Him. ³² A crowd was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You.” ³³ Answering them, He said, “Who are My mother and My brothers?” ³⁴ Looking about at those who were sitting around Him, He said, “Behold My mother and My brothers! ³⁵ “For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother.”

Sermon Theme/Outline: Two revealing moments with the Lord to help you understand and embrace the priority and privilege of your adoption into God’s family.

1) An Intense Moment of Interruption {addressing His Earthly Family} (3:31‑33)

2) An Intentional Moment of Instruction {about His Eternal Family} (3:34‑35)

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Subject: The Holy Spirit’s Role in the Spiritual Life

Outline:
1) The Spirit Enlightens us by Scripture (John 16:13‑15; 2 Timothy 3:16)

2) The Spirit Equips us for Service (Romans 12:6‑8; Ephesians 4:11‑13)

3) The Spirit Enlivens us to be Spiritual (Romans 8:11; Galatians 5:22)

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Mark 3:20-30 (NASB)

²⁰ And He came home, and the crowd gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal. ²¹ When His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.” ²² The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.” ²³ And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? ²⁴ “If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. ²⁵ “If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. ²⁶ “If Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but he is finished! ²⁷ “But no one can enter the strong man’s house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house. ²⁸ “Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter; ²⁹ but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin “- ³⁰ because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

Sermon Theme/Outline: Jesus meets opposition to Himself and His authoritative instruction and admonition, which clarifies our understanding of Who He is.

1) The Family’s Misguided Intervention (3:20-21)

2) The Pharisees/Scribes’ Malicious Accusation (3:22)

3) The Lord’s Calm Reasongin (3:23-27)

4) The Lord’s Clear Warning (3:28-30)

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Mark 3:13-19 (NASB)

¹³ And He went up on the mountain and summoned those whom He Himself wanted, and they came to Him. ¹⁴ And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach, ¹⁵ and to have authority to cast out the demons. ¹⁶ And He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter ), ¹⁷ and James, the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, “Sons of Thunder “); ¹⁸ and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot; ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him.

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Mark 3:13-19 (NASB)

¹³ And He went up on the mountain and summoned those whom He Himself wanted, and they came to Him. ¹⁴ And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach, ¹⁵ and to have authority to cast out the demons. ¹⁶ And He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter), ¹⁷ James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, “Sons of Thunder”); ¹⁸ and Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot; ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.

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Ephesians 1:3-14 (NASB)

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love 5 He predestined us to adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He favored us in the Beloved.

7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our wrongdoings, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and insight 9 He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He set forth in Him, 10 regarding His plan of the fullness of the times, to bring all things together in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth.

11 In Him we also have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things in accordance with the plan of His will, 12 to the end that we who were the first to hope in the Christ would be to the praise of His glory. 13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of the promise, 14 who is a first installment of our inheritance, in regard to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.

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Mark 3:13-19 (NASB)

¹³ And He went up on the mountain and summoned those whom He Himself wanted, and they came to Him. ¹⁴ And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach, ¹⁵ and to have authority to cast out the demons. ¹⁶ And He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter), ¹⁷ James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, “Sons of Thunder”); ¹⁸ and Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot; ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.

Sermon Theme/Outline: The Lord Jesus personally called and discipled very ordinary men to do the extraordinary work of Gospel ministry in the world.

1) The Lord’s Call

2) The Lord’s Cultivation

3) The Lord’s Commission

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Mark 3:7-12 (NASB)

7 Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and a large multitude from Galilee followed, and also from Judea, 8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon, a great number of people heard about everything that He was doing and came to Him. 9 And He told His disciples to see that a boat would be ready for Him because of the masses, so that they would not crowd Him; 10 for He had healed many, with the result that all those who had diseases pushed in around Him in order to touch Him. 11 And whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, “You are the Son of God!” 12 And He strongly warned them not to reveal who He was.

Sermon Theme/Outline: Three Aspects of the Messiah’s ministry that testify to His identity as the One all people must worship and follow.

1) The Magnitude of His Popularity (3:7-9)

2) The Magnificence of His Power (3:10)

3) The Majesty of His Person (3:11-12)

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