At the heart of the doctrine of ordination is the wonderful reality that it is the Holy Spirit Who leads His church
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Tuesday, December 03, 2024
The Leader of the Church [2024.12.01 Evening Sermon in Numbers 27:12–23]
At the heart of the doctrine of ordination is the wonderful reality that it is the Holy Spirit Who leads His church
Friday, November 29, 2024
Ordination by the Spirit [Family Worship lesson in Numbers 27:12–23]
What are we to learn from the ordination of Joshua? Numbers 27:12–23 looks forward to the hearing of God’s Word, publicly read, in the holy assembly on the coming Lord’s Day. In these twelve verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the ordination of Joshua displays God’s grace to His church, even though they are sinners.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
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 09, 2024
The Mercy of the Rejected God [2024.07.07 Evening Sermon in Numbers 16:1–40]
Without compromising wrath, God shows mercy to rebels through a Mediator.
Friday, July 05, 2024
Standing Together in Saintly Service [2024.07.03 Midweek Sermon in Romans 16:1–2]
Believers have been consecrated by God to serve Him and each other.
Monday, June 03, 2024
The Power and Prayer of Humility Under Fire [2024.06.02 Evening Sermon in Numbers 12]
The Lord will vindicate His own, which liberates them from fear to pray for their enemies
Monday, May 13, 2024
The God Who Summons and Sends Us [2024.05.12 Evening Sermon in Numbers 10:1–10]
Divine authority summons us and sends us in the gladness of the Lord
Monday, March 11, 2024
Our Anointed Redeemer [Westminster Shorter Catechism 23—Theology Simply Explained]
Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 23—especially explaining how Christ redeems us by executing particular offices.
Q23. What offices doth Christ execute as our Redeemer? Christ, as our Redeemer, executeth the offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king, both in His estate of humiliation and exaltation.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Q23. What offices doth Christ execute as our Redeemer? Christ, as our Redeemer, executeth the offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king, both in His estate of humiliation and exaltation.
Wednesday, November 08, 2023
Elders Who Rule Well—and Otherwise [Family Worship lesson in 1Timothy 5:17–25]
How are we to acknowledge the value of godly elders’ ministry in the church? 1 Timothy 5:17–25 looks forward to the second reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these nine verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that we are both to honor godly elders doubly and hold them accountable as examples unto the flock. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Monday, September 04, 2023
Officer Qualifications 4: The Deacon's Oversight of Service in His Own Household and in Christ's Household [Biblical Theology of the Diaconate #49, 2023.09.03 Sabbath School]
A Deacon's first testing ground and ongoing chief priority in his ministry is overseeing the service of his own household, so that he may be well-equipped to oversee the service of a congregation of households that maintain the same covenantal priority.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Teaching-Sanctified Teachers of the Word [Family Worship lesson in Titus 1:8–9]
What must an elder persist in being? Titus 1:8–9 looks forward to the second serial reading of in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these two verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that an elder must have a Word-formed character for his work in the Word. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Monday, August 21, 2023
Officer Qualifications 2: What an Elder Mustn't Be and Where He Must Prove It [Biblical Theology of the Diaconate #47, 2023.08.20 Sabbath School]
Part of the reformation in Ephesus, which also included properly ordaining and installing a diaconate, was the ordination and installation of elders who weren't fleshly, and who were proven in the home, in the church, and in the community.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Tuesday, July 04, 2023
Spiritual Men to Lead a Spiritual People in Service to the Soul and Body [Biblical Theology of the Diaconate #40, 2023.07.02 Sabbath School]
By virtue of other believers' union with Christ, they ought to be the special objects of our love and service—especially in helping their weaknesses, since we have missed our opportunity to reciprocate Christ's love to Him in His human weakness. Service to one another in soul requires corresponding service to one another in body. And both require that the work of the Spirit in us be expressed in the manner in which we help one another. To lead us in this service, the Lord has given us ordained servants over both the spiritual service of the body and the material service of the body.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Officers Specialized by the Spirit for Overseeing Service to Soul or Body [Biblical Theology of the Diaconate #39, 2023.06.25 Sabbath School]
The 39th lesson in the congregational series on the Biblical Theology of the Diaconate, in preparation for recognizing, ordaining, and installing a proper diaconate.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
How the Triune God Oversees and Shepherds His Church on Earth [2023.05.21 Morning Sermon in Acts 20:28]
Since it is the triune God Who is redeeming us, the church must do only and all that He says, in dependence upon Him.
Monday, April 03, 2023
The Servant-Character of Christ [2023.04.02 Sabbath School Lesson, Biblical Theology of the Diaconate #28]
We need Deacons to oversee our diaconal service, because all Christians must serve diaconally as followers of the Christ Who came as a servant.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Thursday, February 09, 2023
Elders Who Rule Well—and Otherwise [Family Worship lesson in 1Timothy 5:17–25]
How are we to acknowledge the value of godly elders’ ministry in the church? 1 Timothy 5:17–25 looks forward to the second reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these nine verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that we are both to honor godly elders doubly and hold them accountable as examples unto the flock. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Tuesday, December 06, 2022
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)
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.
Monday, October 24, 2022
The Ordaining and Operating of a Spirit-Led Synod [2022.10.23 Morning Sermon in Acts 15:1–17]
The Spirit answers difficult questions of faith through councils of elders who work through the issue theologically, under Scripture.
Monday, October 17, 2022
Christ's Ordained Way of Making and Gathering Disciples [2022.10.16 Morning sermon in Acts 14:21–28]
The Lord makes and gathers disciples by preaching, follow-up, sessions, presbyteries, and congregations.
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