His Blood Be Upon Us [2026.02.01 Morning Sermon in Matthew 27:1–25]

Jesus is the true Priest and Elder, the true Governor, and the true Guilt-Bearer.

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The One Who Can Bear Our Guilt [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 27:1–25]

What is Jesus doing in His trial? Matthew 27:1–25 looks forward to the morning sermon in the holy assembly on the coming Lord’s Day. In these twenty-five verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that, in His trial, Jesus is being the true Priest, King, and Bearer of guilt.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)Summary of the transcript of the audio: While merely human priests, prophets, and authorities fail, Jesus stands as the perfect Priest, Prophet, and King; and, He is the only able Bearer of human guilt. The tragic outcome for Judas, consumed by ungodly sorrow and self-destruction, underscores the necessity of turning to Christ alone for forgiveness, while the crowd’s cry, 'His blood be on us and on our children,' is answered in Acts 2 with a promise unto them and their children, that Christ’s blood cleanses, rather than condemns, those who repent and believe. Christ's gift of the Holy Spirit gives life for repentance and faith in Christ, through Whom there is forgiveness even for the sin of crucifying the Lord. Ultimately, the passage calls us to embrace Christ as the sole guilt-bearer.

Our Mighty King and Prophet [Family Worship lesson in Revelation 10]

What are we to make of strange things like giant angels, secret thunder-words, and edible books? Revelation 10 looks forward to the hearing of God’s Word, publicly read, in the holy assembly on the coming Lord’s Day. In these eleven verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Jesus is ruling over even the most frightening events to finish the application of His redemption, which He proclaims in His gospel.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Our Glorified Mediator [Children's Catechism 138—Theology Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Children's Catechism question 138—especially explaining how the Lord Jesus is, right now, in glory, as our Mediator.

Q138. Where is Christ now? In heaven, interceding for sinners.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Sevenfold Lesson about Christ [Family Worship lesson in Revelation 1:4–6]

How should we respond to the book of Revelation? Revelation 1:4–6 looks forward to the hearing of God’s Word, publicly read, in the holy assembly on the coming Lord’s Day. In these three verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that we should respond to the book of Revelation especially by praising and submitting to Jesus Christ as God, our Mediator.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Fight Fear with Fear [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 10:24–33]

How can we resist fear of man? Matthew 10:24–33 looks forward to the morning sermon in public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these ten verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that fear of God cures fear of man. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

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.

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Designated Mediator [Family Worship lesson in Numbers 17]

Who can come near the Lord? Numbers 17 prepares us for the evening sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these thirteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the Lord alone chooses who may come near Him.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Man Who Stood in the Path of Wrath [2024.07.14 Evening Sermon in Numbers 16:41–50]

God's appointed mediator stands in the path of the well-deserved wrath of His people

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A Mediator for the Hopelessly Lost [Family Worship lesson in Numbers 16:41–50]

What can be done for our hardening, blinding sin, and the wrath that it deserves? Numbers 16:41–50 prepares us for the evening sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these ten verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Christ humbled Himself and suffered the wrath due to our sin to deliver us from it and glorify Himself.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Understanding the Greatness of Christ's Humiliation [Westminster Shorter Catechism 27—Theology Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 27—especially explaining how Christ was both infinitely humiliated to become a man and greatly humiliated even as a man.

Q27. Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist? Christ’s humiliation consisted in His being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the cross; in being buried, and continuing under the power of death for a time. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

What the Law Was Always Meant to Do [Family Worship lesson in Galatians 3:15–25]

Pastor prepares his family for the morning sermon at Covenant PCA in Panama City in Galatians 3:15–25. The revelation of the law has always been within the context of the promise made to Christ, into which we come by a faith that unites us to Him.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Seeing and Knowing Mediatorial Mercy [2023.04.16 Evening Sermon in Exodus 33:7–11]

To sinners who know that they deserve to be abandoned, the Lord gives them have hearts that are moved by the knowledge that they have an accepted mediator.

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Mediating, Moving Mercy [Family Worship lesson in Exodus 33:7–11]

How can a sinful people interact with God? Exodus 33:7–11 looks forward to the evening sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these five verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that for a sinful people to interact with God, they must do so through an accepted, honored mediator. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)