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Showing posts with label Fellowship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fellowship. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 09, 2025
Earthly and Heavenly Companionship [Family Worship lesson in Ecclesiastes 4:7–12]
How is love of money so evil? Ecclesiastes 4:7–12 looks forward to the call to worship in public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these six verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that love of money rejects both the fellowship of God and the fellowship of man.How is love of money so evil?(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
The family devotional lesson explores the vanity and misfortune of pursuing labor solely for personal gain, emphasizing the necessity of fellowship with God and with others for a meaningful life. Drawing from Ecclesiastes 4, it argues that true purpose and strength are found not in isolated striving but in relationships—both human and divine—where mutual support and God's presence provide comfort, resilience, and lasting significance. Ultimately, the message underscores that God’s presence is the essential third strand that binds human connections, transforming individual efforts into a source of shared blessing and enduring purpose.
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Brotherly Love from the Father, Son, and Spirit [Family Worship lesson in 3John v13–14]
How should believers relate toward one another? 3John v13–14 looks forward to the second serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these two verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that believers should love to be face to face and delight in one another. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Doing Unto Others as Father Teaches Us to Desire Done to Us [2024.04.20 Pastoral Letter and Hopewell Herald]
Hopewell
Herald – April 20, 2024
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” is known and quoted by many who don’t even profess to be Christians.
In tomorrow’s morning sermon text, we find that it comes in the context of learning from our good and wise Father that holiness is what we most need from Him, and that He even uses our brothers and sisters in Christ in His loving, sanctifying work.
In this context, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” means, among other things: go to church! Do not neglect the assembling of yourselves together. Stir one another up unto love and good deeds.
Get as much earthly duty out of the way as you can, so that there will be as little “deeds of necessity” as possible on the Lord’s Day.
Prepare your heart and mind for the worship of God by coming clean with Him and laying hold of Christ as your sin offering.
Plan the morning in such a way as to prepare heart and mind for the public worship of God.
As we approach the service, and especially in secret prayer just before it begins, lay hold of Christ as your Ascension, and bring Him in your faith-hand as your Tribute, enjoying your and Father’s shared delight in Him as your Fellowship.
In the assembly, be attentive and soft-hearted to the Word as it is read and preached, with Jesus as our Prophet, Who declares God’s Name to us as His brethren (cf. Heb 2:12). At the conclusions of readings and sermons, voice a heart-felt “Amen!”
Join with all your heart, as we are led in prayer that is formed from the Word, with Jesus being our truster-in-chief as High Priest of our prayers (cf. Heb 2:13). And let this conclude in a heart-felt “Amen!” when each prayer is completed.
Sing with all your heart, as Jesus sings His Father’s praise through us in the midst of the assembly (cf. Heb 2:12). Give a heart-felt “Amen!” whenever we have sung God’s Word together.
As Father nourishes us richly upon His Son, joyously come to Christ’s table, eager for one another’s partaking as well (cf. Heb 13:8–16; 1Co 11:33; Rom 15:5–7), under the ministry of the elders (cf. Heb 13:7, 17).
In love and wisdom, the Father has filled His public worship with those means of His sanctifying grace, as we come through the Son, in dependence upon the work of the Spirit. This is what we would have Him do unto us. From Him we learn that this is in which we would have others participate, as they do unto us. This is what we ought to do unto each other.
Looking forward to our loving one another like Father does,
Pastor
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Favor and Fellowship from the Throne [2024.04.14 Evening Sermon in Numbers 7:89–8:4]
For the people who know that the great thing about them is their God, their great God insists that they know His great grace to them in favor and fellowship.
Treasuring Sanctification with Other Saints [2024.04.14 Morning Sermon in Matthew 7:1–6]
Treasuring heaven trains us to treasure holiness and God's holy ones.
Friday, April 12, 2024
Fellowship-Facing Favor from Father [Family Worship lesson in Numbers 7:89–8:4]
How does arranging a lamp connect to 12 days of offering collection? Numbers 7:89–8:4 prepares us for the evening sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these five verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that every one of the Lord’s people ultimately enjoy the shining of His favor and the sharing of His fellowship in Christ.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Truly Reformed Love [2024.03.27 Midweek Sermon in Romans 12:9–16]
True love among believers is a law-defined, grace-sustained, providence-arranged life together.
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Enjoying the Shining of God's Face and the Sharing of God's Fellowship [2024.01.17 Evening Sermon in Leviticus 24:1–9]
The end of all that God is doing in all of history is to bring to Himself a people in Christ, upon whom He shines His favor in Christ, and whom He brings into the enjoyment of His fellowship in Christ.
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Opportunities for Fruit and Fellowship [Family Worship lesson in Titus 3:12–15]
What goes into believers’ plans and greetings? Titus 3:12–15 prepares us for the second serial reading in public worship on the Lord’s Day. In these four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that believers humbly see their neediness and seek/accept help, but also rejoice at opportunities to be used by Christ to meet others’ needs. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Thursday, August 31, 2023
How Union With Christ Puts Our Suffering in Its Place [2023.08.30 Midweek Sermon in Romans 8:18]
Union with Christ is the great factor in properly accounting for believers' suffering
Tuesday, August 08, 2023
Shalom: Table Fellowship with God as the Climax of All Things [2023.08.06 Evening Sermon in Leviticus 3]
When the LORD brings us near in Christ, it is for favorable, feasting fellowship with Himself
Tuesday, July 04, 2023
God's Grace through Our Fellowship—and Sometimes Despite It [2023.06.25 Morning Sermon in Acts 21:15–30]
As believers share their lives, they share in service, in worship, and in dependence on God to keep them from harming one another spiritually.
Saturday, June 24, 2023
God's Grace in, through, and Even Despite Our Christian Fellowship [Family Worship lesson in Acts 21:15–30]
How do believers properly treasure one another and their fellowship in the Word? Acts 21:15–30 looks forward to the morning sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these sixteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that believers properly treasure one another and their fellowship in the Word by responding to it together in love, faith, and submission toward God. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Treasuring Christ Above All, and His Treasured Saints for His Own Sake [2023.06.18 Morning Sermon in Acts 21:1–14]
When we treasure Christ, we submit to His providential will, because we know that will is bringing praise to His Name and perfect blessedness to His people.
Tuesday, June 06, 2023
Priceless Provision for Interfacing with God [2023.06.04 Evening Sermon in Exodus 37:1–38:20]
The richness of the provision for constructing the furnishings and hangings corresponded to the richest provision: interaction with the living God Himself.
Friday, June 02, 2023
Provision for Worship that Interacts with God in Christ [Family Worship lesson in Exodus 37:1–38:20]
What does this passage show about the construction of the tabernacle’s furnishings and utensils? Exodus 37:1–38:20 looks forward to the evening sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these forty-nine verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the construction of the tabernacle’s furnishings and utensils shows that God mercifully provided all that was necessary for the carrying out of His worship.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Tuesday, May 02, 2023
The Diaconal Impact of the Spirit-Given Priorities of the Church [2023.04.30 Sabbath School; Biblical Theology of the Diaconate #32]
Biblical Theology of the Diaconate (#32): the pouring out of the Spirit and the gathering of believers into Christ produced a worship-obsessed people who lived worship-transformed lives in what they did with their time, wealth, and homes.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Monday, April 03, 2023
The Lord's Day, the Lord's Way [2023.04.02 Morning Sermon in Acts 20:1–16]
On the Lord's Day, He calls us to come away to Himself to realize our primary purpose of fellowship with, and delight in, Him.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
How Mature Christians Relate to Other Believers [Family Worship lesson in 2Timothy 1:3–5]
What thanksgivings, desires, and joys should fill believers’ prayers for each other? 2Timothy 1:3–5 looks forward to the second reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these three verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that believers are thankful for one another’s faith, desiring to see one another’s face, and rejoicing over one another’s fellowship.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
Monday, November 21, 2022
What We Learn from the Ceiling and Roof of God's Tent [2022.11.20 Evening sermon in Exodus 26:1–14]
The tabernacle was a very mobile, temporary anticipation of glorious presence to come.
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