Sign of the Covenant [Family Worship lesson in Genesis 17:9–14]

What is circumcision? Genesis 17:9–14 looks forward to the hearing of God’s Word, publicly read, in the holy assembly on the coming Lord’s Day. In these six verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that circumcision is a sign that points us away from ourselves and unto the grace of God.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Sign of the Covenant [Family Worship lesson in Genesis 17:9–14]

What is circumcision? Genesis 17:9–14 looks forward to the hearing of God’s Word, publicly read, in the holy assembly on the coming Lord’s Day. In these six verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that circumcision is a sign that points us away from ourselves and unto the grace of God.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Christ’s Welcome to ALL the Nations [2024.05.22 Midweek Sermon in Romans 15:8–12]

When we welcome one another in order to see all God's elect brought to worship Him, we are participating in that purpose for all things that is Christ's own aim.

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Hope for Cleansing from Sinfulness [2023.10.15 Evening Sermon in Leviticus 12]

Childbearing reminds us of our own and our children's sinfulness, but Christ is the hope not only of regeneration and justification, but of sanctification and glorification.

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What Abraham and His Children Found: the God of Promise and of Power [2022.12.07 Midweek sermon in Romans 4:16–17]

Like Abraham before them, his true seed respond to God's Word and sign with faith in the Almighty God of promise.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Heirs of Abraham through Faith, Not through Its Sign and Seal [2022.11.30 Midweek sermon in Romans 4:9–15]

To be a true child of Abraham, and come into the same inheritance as Abraham, one walks in the faith-footsteps of Abraham.

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Safe Heirs in the Savior, Not in His Sign [Family Worship lesson in Romans 4:9–15]

Who are the heirs of God and descendants of Abraham? Romans 4:9–15 looks forward to the devotional in this week’s midweek meeting. In these seven verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Abraham’s true descendants are those whose faith is accounted as righteousness apart from works.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

God’s True Sign, Despite Reprobate Church Members [2022.08.24 Midweek Sermon in Romans 3:1–4]

For the one who never comes to faith, God’s sign is still true, even as He rightly judges such a man as false. Some foolishly say that if the ones who have received the membership and its sign are not saved, then God has somehow fallen short, or His choice is somehow overruled by man’s. The apostle will deal with such folly at greater length in chapter 9. But here, he has shown that the advantages were real, which made the Jews’ ongoing need of saving grace all the more evident. ALL have sinned.

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God’s Faithful Sign—Even upon Reprobate Church Members [Family Worship lesson in Romans 3:1–4]

If there are people who receive the covenant sign, but do not receive the thing signified, does this mean that there is no advantage or profit from it? In these four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Church members’ unbelief doesn’t negate the goodness of the gift of church membership and covenant sign or the goodness of the Giver of these good gifts. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The True Benefit of Covenant Membership and Sign [2022.08.17 Midweek Sermon in Romans 2:25–29]

The covenant sign and covenant membership were profitable, because they pointed to how a believer's salvation would come, would grow, and would finish. But for the one who never comes to faithGod's sign is still true, even as He rightly judges such a man as false.

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God's Eternal Plan to Glorify Himself as Giver of Repentance to the Nations in Jesus [2022.08.14 Morning Sermon in Acts 11:2–18; Ephesians 1–4; Genesis 3:14–15; Psalm 72]

When we glorify God for giving repentance to the Gentiles, we are glorifying Him in Jesus Christ for having reconciled us to Himself, reconciled us to each other, delivering us from the devil, and bringing us under the everlasting and blessed kingship of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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True Benefits from True Circumcision [Family Worship lesson in Romans 2:25–3:4]

Who are true Jews, and what is true circumcision? In these nine verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the outward signs are only valuable when matched to an inward reality worked by the Holy Spirit.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)