The LORD displays His glory in the justice of His wrath, but especially in the mercy that He shows to those whom He has chosen in love.
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Showing posts with label The Gospel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Gospel. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
A Stronghold in Trouble [2026.03.22 Morning Sermon in Nahum 1:7]
The LORD displays His glory in the justice of His wrath, but especially in the mercy that He shows to those whom He has chosen in love.
Thursday, March 12, 2026
Why the Gospel Is Good News [Family Worship lesson in Mark 1:1–11]
Who is the Messiah, and what did He do? Mark 1:1–11 prepares us for the hearing of God’s Word, publicly read, in the holy assembly on the coming Lord’s Day. In these eleven verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Jesus, the Son of God, came as the Christ Who would pour out His Spirit, and take away people’s sins. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Summary of the transcript of the audio: Mark’s Gospel opens with the proclamation of good news: Jesus is the divine Savior, the Anointed One, and the Son of God, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy through His identity, mission, and divine nature. In Jesus’s baptism, His sinlessness is affirmed by the Father and the Holy Spirit descends like a dove, marking Him as the one who baptizes with the Spirit and brings forgiveness, cleansing, and divine union. This event reveals Jesus as the ultimate Prophet, Priest, and King. The call is not merely to acknowledge these truths, but to respond in worship, repentance, and daily reliance on Christ as Savior and God, Who has brought us into union and communion with Himself.
Saturday, April 12, 2025
The Son Freely Gives Himself [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 17:22–27]
What is Jesus teaching Peter as they pay the temple tax? Matthew 17:22–27 prepares us for the sermon in the morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these six verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Jesus is King and God, Who freely humbled Himself to save us. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Disobeying the Gospel [2024.10.20 Morning Sermon in Matthew 12:22-32]
As the Holy Spirit presents Christ to you in the gospel, harden not your heart, but come to Him and find the rest of forgiveness for your soul.
Tuesday, October 08, 2024
The Law and the Gospel Agree [Westminster Confession 19.7—Theology Simply Explained]
The WCF chapter on the law concludes with the fact that the law and the gospel agree with one another about how the promise is obtained and what it looks like in the life of a believer.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Saturday, October 05, 2024
Come to Jesus [2024.09.29 Morning Sermon in Matthew 11:28–30]
The Lord Jesus gives you a free, full, favorable welcome to Himself.
Friday, August 09, 2024
The Chief End of the Gospel [2024.08.07 Midweek Sermon in Romans 16:25–27]
The chief end of the gospel is God's glory in Christ, Who is glorified in strengthened Christians from all nations.
Monday, July 22, 2024
Sign of the Mediator [2024.07.21 Evening Sermon in Numbers 17]
God puts a sign of the High Priest's mediation between Himself and His people, because for His sake, He spares them from death.
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
How Jesus Harvests His Sheep [2024.07.14 Morning Sermon in Matthew 10:1–15]
Jesus, the Lord of the harvest and the great Shepherd, sends laborers to harvest His sheep by preaching in His authority, attended by His power.
Tuesday, July 09, 2024
The Lord and His Harvest [2024.07.07 Morning Sermon in Matthew 9:35–38]
Jesus has prepared a harvest of people whom He redeems through preaching in response to prayer.
Saturday, July 06, 2024
Jesus, the Lord of the Harvest [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 9:35–38]
How does Jesus respond to seeing the cursed humanity? Matthew 9:35–38 prepares us for the morning sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Jesus responds to cursed humanity with compassion in which He sends preachers and commands prayer for them.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Tuesday, July 02, 2024
Eyes and Mouths Opened by Jesus [2024.06.30 Morning Sermon in Matthew 9:27–34]
Jesus opens the eyes of some blind to see Him and of some mute to worship Him.
Monday, June 10, 2024
The Hatefulness of Pride Month [Family Worship lesson in Romans 1:24–32]
Why is perversion of marriage so abominable and alarming? Romans 1:24–32 is an important passage for our current cultural moment. In these nine verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that perversion of marriage is abominable and alarming because being given over to this sin, and its celebration, is a display of being under God’s righteous wrath for refusing to know Him. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Monday, May 13, 2024
Identifying the Saved, by How They See the Savior [2024.05.12 Morning Sermon in Matthew 8:1–17]
Because of His ability, authority, and atonement, Jesus alone can be (and is perfectly/entirely) our Savior
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Entering the Way to Life [2024.04.28 Morning Sermon in Matthew 7:13–14]
There are exactly two ways to live, and yours is either headed to destruction or to life.
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Comfort As Sure and Strong As Our God and His Word [Family Worship lesson in Isaiah 40:1–11]
What hope can there be for a people under the judgment of God? Isaiah 40:1–11 prepares us for the first serial reading in public worship on the Lord’s Day. In these eleven verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the only hope for a people under God’s judgment is the good news of God Himself. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Saturday, September 16, 2023
Christ's Gospel as the Heart of History and Scripture [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 2:12–23]
What should we learn about Jesus from the fulfillments of Scripture that Matthew identifies? Matthew 2:12–23 looks forward to the morning sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these twelve verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that we should read all of Scripture in the light of Christ. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
How the Spirit Works in Our Lives: Purposing in the Spirit because Purposed by the Spirit [2023.03.19 Morning Sermon in Acts 19:21–22]
The Spirit works in believers, giving them good and godly purposing, just as He also works through believers to execute the sovereign, unchangeable, redemptive plan of God.
Monday, January 23, 2023
The Gospel As Demonstration of Christ's Strength, Righteousness, and Love [Family Worship lesson in Romans 5:6–8]
What keeps us glorying in God’s glory and even in our tribulations? Romans 5:6–8 looks forward to the sermon in this week’s midweek meeting. In these three verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that our total dependence upon Christ's strength, righteousnes, and love in the gospel keeps us from glorying in self. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Saturday, December 24, 2022
God Makes Himself Known in the Resurrected Jesus [Family Worship lesson in Acts 17:16–34]
What is the message of the gospel in a place like Athens? Acts 17:16–34 looks forward to the morning sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these nineteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the message of the gospel is the same in every place: Christ crucified and risen. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
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