What Men of Grace Have Found [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 9:9–13]

Whom does Jesus call? Matthew 9:9–13 prepares us for the morning sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these five verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Jesus calls sinners to repentance.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Legal, Relational, and Moral Benefits of Union with Christ [Westminster Shorter Catechism 32—Theology Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 32—especially explaining how union with Christ has brought us into inestimable benefits already, now, in this life.

Q32. What benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in this life? They that are effectually called do in this life partake of justification, adoption and sanctification, and the several benefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from them.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Call That Awakens Our Soul [Westminster Shorter Catechism 31—Theology Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 31—especially explaining what the Spirit must do (and does) to bring the elect into Christ by Faith.

Q31. What is effectual calling? Effectual calling is the work of God’s Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills, he doth persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Spirit Brings Us into Christ [Westminster Shorter Catechism 30—Theology Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 30—especially explaining how the Spirit’s application to us of Christ’s redemption occurs by His bringing us into union with Christ.

Q30. How doth the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ? The Spirit applieth to us the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us, and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Jesus Gives Faith by Hearing Him [Family Worship lesson in Romans 10:14–17]

How can Jews and Greeks come to believe in Jesus and call upon the name of the Lord Jesus? Romans 10:14–17 prepares us for the sermon in the midweek prayer meeting. In these four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the Lord sends preachers, whose message He accompanies by His own calling in the heart, through which He gives saving faith. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Sovereign, Genuine, Complete, Impartial Salvation [Family Worship lesson in Romans 10:9–13]

What are some consequences of God’s sovereignty in salvation? Romans 10:9–13 prepares us for the sermon in the midweek prayer meeting. In these five verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that God’s sovereign salvation will always include what is needed, will always be completed, and is for every type of needy sinner. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Law Always Taught “Faith Alone” [2023.12.27 Midweek Sermon in Romans 10:4–9]

The law always taught that righteousness was not by works but by dependence upon the sovereign God Who brought His salvation near to us, working His salvation in us by grace.

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God’s Purpose According to Election [2023.11.15 Midweek Sermon in Romans 9:10–13]

That God's purpose according to election may stand, faith in the promised seed comes not by works, but by the effectual call of God.

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Symptoms of Life (or Death!) in How We Hear and Respond to True Gospel Preaching [2022.09.25 Morning Sermon in Acts 13:42–48]

When God gives a living, saving response to gospel preaching, hearers want more of it, rejoice over it, glorify it, and believe in the Christ Who addresses them in the preaching.

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Appointed to Live Forever by Way of a Believing Response to the Preaching of the Gospel [Family Worship lesson in Acts 13:42–48]

What are the possible responses to the preaching of the gospel, and who is responsible for them? Acts 13:42–48 looks forward to the morning sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these seven verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that even the very best gospel preaching may be rejected by those who are given over to judge themselves unworthy of salvation, but the Lord has appointed others to eternal life, and these will believe. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

God's Method (Hearing a Man Speak Words) and Message (Who Jesus Is and What He Has Done) [2022.07.24 Morning Sermon in Acts 10:1–43]

God's method for giving repentance and faith is His Word preached, and God's message is Who Jesus is and what Jesus has done.

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What Men of Grace Have Found: Called from Love, to Peace and Holiness, by Grace (2022.05.04 Midweek Meeting Sermon in Romans 1:7–8)

That which God's love is determined to give us from all eternity, He calls us into by grace that first gives us faith, which brings us into peace and a status of holiness, and continues to testify of that peace until we come into a condition of perfect holiness.

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Covenantal Reasons to "Fear Not" (Family Worship lesson in Isaiah 43:1–7)

How does the Lord support the simple, blessed command to “Fear Not”? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. Isaiah 43:1–7 prepares us for the opening portion of Morning Public Worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these seven verses, the Holy Spirit teaches us to dwell upon the Lord’s creating us for Himself, calling us to Himself, companionship to us Himself, and completing His work in us.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

What Happens When Jesus Brings Salvation to a House (Family Worship lesson in Luke 19:1–10)

What happens when Jesus seeks and saves the lost? Pastor leads his family in today's "Hopewell @Home" passage. Luke 19:1–10 prepares us for the first second reading in the morning worship service on the coming Lord's Day. In these ten verses of holy Scripture, we learn that Jesus does the impossible (saving a rich man) by giving him curiosity, knowing him, seeking him out, making him to receive Jesus gladly, giving him willingness to give anything up for Jesus, making him wish to reflect well upon his new Master, and promising to do the same in and for the rest of his household.

How to Eat the Bread of Everlasting Life for the World (Family Worship in John 6:32–40)

What is infinitely better than the bread from heaven for which the people were asking in John 6? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. In these nine verses, the Lord Jesus declares Himself to be the bread from God Himself, for the whole world, that completely satisfies through everlasting life. The way to eat this bread is to come to Jesus and believe in Jesus—a coming and believing that God Himself gives, and which the Father and the Son are determined in almighty love and power to make perfectly effectual.