Mari Ikeda ❖ Video ❖ Audio  Peter Carl Geissler [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The Friend of Sinners (Mark 2:13-17) A. Jesus’ calling (13-15) 1. His one-way invitation (13-14) 13 Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. 14 As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.  2. He becomes a friend of us (15) 15 While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for…

Andy Nagahara ❖ Video ❖ Audio  Are You Disregarding God’s Word? (Psalm 50) A. Turn away from counterfeit worship(1-6) 1. The call for a trial (1-6) 0 A psalm of Asaph. 1 The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets. 2 From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth. 3 Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages. 4 He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people: 5 “Gather to me my consecrated ones, who made a…

Mari Ikeda ❖ Video ❖ Audio  Active Faith (Mark 2:1-12) A. Jesus answers to our active faith (1-5) 1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. 4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man…

Andy Nagahara ❖ Video ❖ Audio  The Joy of Relying on God’s Power and His Word (Psalm 49) For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all who live in this world, both low and high, rich and poor alike: My mouth will speak words of wisdom; the utterance from my heart will give understanding. I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle: (0-4) Why should I fear when evil days come, when wicked deceivers surround me– those who trust in their wealth and boast of their great riches? (5-6) No man…

Mari Ikeda ❖ Video ❖ Audio  What About Jesus Makes Him So Wonderful? (Mark 1:40-45) 40 A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.” 41 Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” 42 Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed. 43 Jesus sent him away at once with a strong warning: 44 “See that you don’t tell this to anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to…