Hebrews 1:1-14/John 12:1-8

 Theme: How does Mary’s act show Jesus to be the Christ, the Son of God? 1. Gospel-Driven Generosity

2. Greed-Driven Calculation

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Questions 1. Kids: What is pure nard? Or spike nard? 2. How does Mary’s faith in Christ cause her to respond to Jesus in thanksgiving? 3. What is Judas’s response to Mary’s act of devotion toward Jesus? 4. What connection can we make between Psalm 45, Hebrews 1, and our 

Isaiah 40

WHAT MAN OUGHT TO BELIEVE CONCERNING GOD

Q. 6. What do the Scriptures make known of God? A. The Scriptures make known what God is, the persons in the Godhead, his decrees, and the execution of his decrees.

Q. 7. What is God? A. God is a Spirit, in and of himself infinite in being, glory, blessedness, and perfection; all-sufficient, eternal, unchangeable, incomprehensible, everywhere present, almighty, knowing all things, most wise, most holy, most just, most merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.

Psalm 49

Westminster Larger Catachism

Q. 5. What do the Scriptures principally teach? A. The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.

2 Kings 13:20-21/John 11

John 16:4-15

Westminster Larger Catechism

Q. 4. How doth it appear that the Scriptures are the Word of God? A. The Scriptures manifest themselves to be the Word of God, by their majesty and purity; by the consent of all the parts, and the scope of the whole, which is to give all glory to God; by their light and power to convince and convert sinners, to comfort and build up believers unto salvation: but the Spirit of God bearing witness by and with the Scriptures in the heart of man, is alone able fully to persuade it that they are the very Word of God.