Friday, September 13th | Mark 3:20-35

Passage:
20 Jesus entered a house, and the crowd gathered again so that they were not even able to eat. 21 When his family heard this, they set out to restrain him, because they said, “He’s out of his mind.”

22 The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons.”

23 So he summoned them and spoke to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand but is finished. 27 But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

28 “Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for all sins 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.”

31 His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent word to him and called him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him and told him, “Look, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside asking for you.”

33 He replied to them, “Who are my mother and my brothers? ” 34 Looking at those sitting in a circle around him, he said,“Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”

-- Mark 3:20-35 (CSB)

Song:
Sons and Daughters by Brett Stanfill

Lyrics:
Before He spoke creation
The God of Heaven knew our names
Formed in His reflection
We are His glory on display

And His heart is good
He is always kind
With a cross He proved
He is on my side

We are the sons we are the daughters of God
No matter where we go
We're close to the Father's heart
And though we stumble He will not let us fall
We are the Lord's and He will never forsake His own
We are the sons we are the daughters of God

His love He lavished on us
And called us children of the King
And in His loving kindness
He chose the lowly and the weak

When the lies speak louder than the truth
Remind me I belong to You
When I can't see past the dark of night
Remind me You're always by my side
(You’re by my side)

Prayer:
O Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, look on us and have mercy on us; you who are yourself both victim and priest, yourself both reward and redeemer, keep safe from evil all those whom you have redeemed, O Savior of the world.
-Irenaeus