Defiled to the Core [2025.02.02 Morning Sermon in Matthew 15:1–20]

What comes from us is unclean, so we must have Christ, and what comes from Him, by His Spirit.

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Wise Motivations [2025.01.22 Midweek Sermon in Proverbs 10:1–5]

Wisdom is motivated by whatever God promises to it.

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Motive to Honor Authorities [Westminster Shorter Catechism 66—Theology Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 66—especially explaining how the Lord doesn’t only tell us to honor authorities, but sets before us motives for doing so.

Q66. What is the reason annexed to the fifth commandment? The reason annexed to the fifth commandment is a promise of long life and prosperity (as far as it shall serve for God’s glory and their own good) to all such as keep this commandment.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Honoring Others Under God [Westminster Shorter Catechism 64—Theology Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 64—especially explaining how because authority is from God, it must be employed for others’ good and treated with respect, whatever side of it you may be on.

Q64. What is required in the fifth commandment? The fifth commandment requireth the preserving the honor, and performing the duties, belonging to every one in their several places and relations, as superiors, inferiors or equals. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Loving God in Real Life [Westminster Shorter Catechism 63—Theology Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 63—especially explaining the connection between the proper worship of God and a life of genuine honor and obedience, which begins with honoring our parents.

Q63. Which is the fifth commandment? The fifth commandment is, Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Preventing Self-Destruction [2024.08.21 Midweek Sermon in Proverbs 1:8–19]

Have God as your Friend to protect you from the enticements of your sinful heart, beginning with godly parents as friends to protect you from the enticements of sinful men

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What Honoring Authorities Looks Like [Children's Catechism 92—Theology Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Children’s Catechism question 92—especially explaining what difference honoring makes in our submitting to and obeying authorities.

Q92. What does the fifth commandment teach us? To love and obey our parents and teachers.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Why the 5th Commandment is 5th [Children's Catechism 91—Theology Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Children’s Catechism question 91—especially explaining how honoring parents is the school in which we learn to love God, honor all authorities, and love our neighbors.

Q91. What is the fifth commandment? The fifth commandment is, Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Holy Duty of Excommunication [Family Worship lesson in Leviticus 20]

What are the implications of God’s holiness for congregations of sinful saints? Leviticus 20 prepares us for the evening sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these twenty-seven verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that congregations of sinful saints must maintain church discipline, so that sin is never tolerated in the Lord’s holy church.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Gospel Joy for Parents of Grace [Family Worship lesson in Proverbs 10:1]

Pastor teaches his family a selection from “the Proverb of the day.” In this verse of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the parent-child relationship is one in which grace to believers produces gospel joy.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Honoring Masters for God’s Sake [Family Worship lesson in 1Timothy 6:1–2]

Besides mature widow prayer-warriors and elders who rule well, whom else must believers honor? 1 Timothy 6:1–2 looks forward to the second reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these two verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that believers ought to honor whomever God’s providence sets over them. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Godly Submission to Rulers [Family Worship lesson in Titus 3:1–3]

How are we to interact with wicked rulers and neighbors? Titus 3:1–2 looks forward to the second serial reading of in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these three verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Christians should adorn the gospel by being godly citizens and neighbors. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Instructed Babies that Grow Up to Be Parents Who Instruct Babies [Family Worship lesson in Proverbs 4:1–4]

Pastor teaches his family a selection from “the Proverb of the day.” In these four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us to incline ears, mind, and life toward good doctrine from our parents, so that we may be equipped to be the ones giving the good doctrine to future generations.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Honoring Masters for God’s Sake [Family Worship lesson in 1Timothy 6:1–2]

Besides mature widow prayer-warriors and elders who rule well, whom else must believers honor? 1 Timothy 6:1–2 looks forward to the second reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these two verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that believers ought to honor whomever God’s providence sets over them. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Everyone Ought to Speak Respectfully to Everyone Else in the Church and in the Home [Family Worship lesson in 1Timothy 5:1–2]

How is the minister to treat those whom he is teaching and showing the faith? 1Timothy 5:1–2 looks forward to the second reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these two verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that as the minister maintains his authority, a great part of the example that the faith produces in him is to be found in how he treats every single person in the church.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Theology Simply Explained—WSC66, God's Own Reason for Us to Keep the Fifth Commandment

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 66—especially explaining that God has so ordered His world that personal, family, church, and national blessing comes through the keeping of the fifth commandment.

WSC66: What is the reason annexed to the fifth commandment? The reason annexed to the fifth commandment is a promise of long life and prosperity (as far as it shall serve for God’s glory and their own good) to all such as keep this commandment.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Theology Simply Explained—WSC65 Zeal to Honor All and to Fulfill Duty unto All

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 65—especially explaining how by stating this commandment in the positive, rather than the negative, the Lord emphasizes vigilance to do the things required: honor all and do our duty to all, taking our own position and theirs as assignments from the Lord.

WSC65: What is forbidden in the fifth commandment? The fifth commandment forbiddeth the neglecting of, or doing anything against, the honor and duty which belongeth to every one in their several places and relations.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Theology Simply Explained—WSC64 (2), What an Honoring Obedience Looks Like

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 64—especially explaining how an “honoring” obedience will be cheerful, sincere, consistent, complete, etc...

WSC64: What is required in the fifth commandment? The fifth commandment requireth the preserving the honor, and performing the duties, belonging to every one in their several places and relations, as superiors, inferiors or equals.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Theology Simply Explained — WSC64 (1), Honor and Duty from All to All in God's Economy

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 64—especially explaining how God’s design of levels of authority calls every one of us to honor every other person, and lays upon us a duty to each of them.

WSC64: What is required in the fifth commandment? The fifth commandment requireth the preserving the honor, and performing the duties, belonging to every one in their several places and relations, as superiors, inferiors or equals.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Theology Simply Explained — WSC63, The Fifth Commandment as the Hinge between the Two Tables of the Law

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 63—especially explaining how the placing of the fifth commandment bridges love of God and love of neighbor, connecting the two tables of the law, so that we act more directly upon God Himself, when we interact with neighbors whom He has put in authority over us.

WSC63: Which is the fifth commandment? The fifth commandment is, Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)