Be Holy, Not High-Handed [Family Worship lesson in Numbers 15:32–41]

Why is Sabbath breaking so bad? Numbers 15:32–41 prepares us for the evening sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these ten verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that we must be holy because we belong to our Creator and Redeemer.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Dependence and Devotion of Truly Following Christ [2024.05.19 Morning Sermon in Matthew 8:18–22]

Following Christ can only be done by His grace, because following Christ costs us everything

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The Dependence and Devotion of True Disciples [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 8:18–22]

What can get in the way of true discipleship? Matthew 8:18–22 prepares us for the morning sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these five verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that pride and half-heartedness are two obstacles to true discipleship.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Separated Unto God: the Nazirite Vow and the Christian Life [2024.03.24 Evening Sermon in Numbers 6:1–21]

Not only corporately, but each individually, saints are separated unto God as those who delight in Him, and in whom He delights, especially in/for worship.

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Separated Unto God [Family Worship lesson in Numbers 6:1–21]

What is the point of a Nazirite vow? Numbers 6:1–21 prepares us for the evening sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these twenty-one verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that, all of God’s people must be consecrated to Him as holy, finding in Him their happiness and their fellowship. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Extraordinary Devotion and Redemption [2024.02.11 Evening Sermon in Leviticus 27]

God concluded the sacrificial system with that which came from an overflow of love and generosity—which was the template for His own giving of Christ

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Statutes for Safely Drawing Near to Holiness in Our Substitute [Family Worship lesson in Leviticus 22]

What did the holiness code teach Israel? Leviticus 22 prepares us for the evening sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these thirty-three verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the holiness code emphasized to Israel that the Lord had brought them not just out of Egypt but to Himself—that He had drawn near to them, and was giving to them to draw near to Him.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Sanctity of Worship: Living in Readiness to Draw Near to Holiness [2023.12.24 Evening Sermon in Leviticus 21]

The Lord gives priests a role in His worship that requires a greater consecration of all of life

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Holy Priests, Prepared to Participate in Holy Worship [Family Worship lesson in Leviticus 21]

Why were there special rules for the consecrated lives of the priests? Leviticus 21 prepares us for the evening sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these twenty-four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that there were special rules for the consecrated lives of the priests in order to safeguard God’s holy worship.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Sanctity of Marriage: Holy People, Purified from Perversion [2023.12.03 Evening Sermon in Leviticus 18]

The difference that the Lord makes in His consecrated people was first and foremost displayed in their purity from the idolatry and perversion of the nations.

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Holy Blood for Atonement and Life [2023.11.26 Evening Sermon in Leviticus 17]

Blood was holy to Israel because God used it to point to the atonement of Christ for us and the life of Christ in us.

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Consecrated Atonement and Life in Christ's Blood [Family Worship lesson in Leviticus 17]

What is the first part of Israel’s distinguishing the holy from the common? Leviticus 17 prepares us for the evening sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these sixteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the first part of Israel’s distinguishing the holy from the common was to be their respect for the holiness of blood.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Life that Grace Teaches Us to Live and the Hope that Grace Teaches Us to Hold [Family Worship lesson in Titus 2:11–15]

What does grace teach us? Titus 2:11–15 looks forward to the second serial reading of in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these five verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that grace teaches us to pursue that for which Christ has laid hold of us. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Called to Continual Consecration [Family Worship lesson in Leviticus 11]

Why is it so dangerous to be near God? Leviticus 11 looks forward to the evening sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these forty-seven verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that there is great danger in belonging to and drawing near to the holy God because those who do so must be holy themselves. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Priest Whose Hand Is Filled in Accordance with the Command of the LORD [Family Worship lesson in Leviticus 8]

How did the priests come into their office? Leviticus 8 looks forward to the evening sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these thirty-six verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the priests came into their office by a procedure which the Lord commanded in detail. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

What the Guilt and Filth of Our Sin Requires [2023.04.02 Evening Sermon in Exodus 32:25–35]

To cancel sin's guilt and cleans from sin's stain, we must have the atonement and intercession of the Lord Jesus.

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What Our Deadly, Filthy Sin Requires [Family Worship lesson in Exodus 32:25–35]

What must happen in response to great sin? Exodus 32:25–35 looks forward to the evening sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these eleven verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that in response to great sin, there must be death, and there ought to be cleansing, intercession, atonement, and punishment. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Washings That Pointed to Cleansing and Safety in Jesus [Family Worship lesson in Exodus 30:17–25]

What do we learn from a bronze basin on a pedestal outside the tabernacle? Exodus 30:17–21 looks forward to the p.m. sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these five verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that even consecrated, veteran priests were still continually soiling themselves with sin, so that we need a sinless Priest, Whose cleansing is effective for us once and for all. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

How Sinful Mediators Were Ordained into Office: Pointing Them to the Sinless Mediator [2023.01.08 Evening sermon in Exodus 29:1–35]

The priests were consecrated by way of shocking, repeated substitutionary atonement.

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Theology Simply Explained — WSC60, The Holy Day's Holy Resting

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 60—especially explaining from Scripture that holy sort of resting unto which Christ consecrated His holy day.
WSC60: How is the sabbath to be sanctified? The sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy resting all that day, even from such worldly employments and recreations as are lawful on other days; and spending the whole time in the public and private exercises of God's worship, except so much as is to be taken up in the works of necessity and mercy.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)