How Satan Attacks the Saints [Family Worship lesson in Revelation 13]

How does the dragon make war on the saints, and what are they to do about it? Revelation 13 looks forward to the hearing of God’s Word, publicly read, in the holy assembly on the coming Lord’s Day. In these eighteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the dragon makes war on the saints by strength of force and by subtlety of falsehood, so the saints must endure by patience and faith and by wisdom.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Triply Defeated Devil [Family Worship lesson in Revelation 12:7–12]

Why shouldn’t believers fear the devil? Revelation 12:7–12 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 the devil has been continuously defeated, from the time of his fall.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

How the Demonic Should Alarm Us [Family Worship lesson in Revelation 8:13–9:21]

How should we respond to the locusts of Revelation 9? Revelation 8:13–9:21 looks forward to the hearing of God’s Word, publicly read, in the holy assembly on the coming Lord’s Day. In these twenty-two verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the horrors of the enmity of devils and men should be a clarion call to us to repent before we find ourselves on the receiving end of the enmity of God.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Examples That Warn Against Backsliding [Family Worship lesson in Jude v5–7]

How does God remind us of the urgency of obeying Jesus as our Lord? Jude v5–7 looks forward to the second serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these three verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that those who do not obey Jesus as their Lord will suffer under His wrath forever. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Urgent: Evaluate and Evade! [2024.07.17 Midweek Sermon in Romans 16:17–20]

Christians must watch out for Satanic ploys to divide us or enable us in sinning.

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Avoiding Causers of Division or Sin [Family Worship lesson in Romans 16:17–20]

Must Christians welcome all? Romans 16:17–20 prepares us for the midweek sermon in the prayer meeting. In these four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that we are to note and to shun causers of division and stumbling. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Who Is Jesus, and Why Did He Come? [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 8:23–34]

Who is Jesus? Matthew 8:23–34 prepares us for the morning sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these twelve verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Jesus is God, the Lord over all.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

How God Shows Who Are His Children [Family Worship lesson in 1John 3:10–15]

How can we distinguish the children of God from the children of the devil? 1John 3:10–15 prepares us for the second serial reading in public worship on the Lord’s Day. In these six verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that one clear way to distinguish the children of God from the children of the devil is whether they love the brethren.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Joining Our Savior's War against Our Sin [Family Worship lesson in 1John 3:4–10]

What’s the big deal about sin? 1John 3:4–10 prepares us for the second serial reading in public worship on the Lord’s Day. In these seven verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that sin is a big deal because it is opposed to God, opposed to Christ, and opposed to the new life and identity of the believer.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Our Satanic Pride Goes Before Hellish Destruction but Under the Christ of Israel There Is Mercy [Family Worship lesson in Isaiah 13–14]

What does the Lord do in destroying Assyria? Isaiah 13–14 looks forward to the first serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these fifty-four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that in judging Assyria, YHWH would display His justice and salvation, which He does in a bigger way by judging Babylon, and in the ultimate way at the last day. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

That Word Above All [Demonic and] Earthly Powers — Whom Christ Conquers [2022.12.04 Morning Sermon in Acts 16:16–22]

Neither demonic oppression nor worldly opposition can stop the advance of the gospel, because God Himself is saving whomever He wills.

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That Word Above All Earthly Powers [Family Worship lesson in Romans 16:16–34]

How does the gospel advance in the face of demonic and worldly opposition? Acts 16:16–34 looks forward to the morning sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these nineteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that neither demonic nor worldly opposition can stop the advance of the gospel, because in almighty power, inscrutable wisdom, and determined love, God Himself is saving whomever He wills. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Properly Recognizing the Gospel Choice before Us in Every Moment [Family Worship lesson in Proverbs 29:6]

Pastor leads his family in a selection from “the Proverb of the day.” In this verse of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that every moment offers us a choice between life and death. Sin promises joy, but can only rob us of it. Righteousness—living by faith in Christ for the love of Christ by the law of Christ—is the actual path to joy.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Realizing that We're in a Battle, and Who Wins it, and with What Weapon [Family Worship lesson in 2Thessalonians 3:1–5]

What is the main issue in Christian life and ministry? 2Thessalonians 3:1–5 looks forward to the second serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these three verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that God glorifies His Word in our lives and ministries by using it to direct our hearts in that persistent love that keeps obeying Him, despite all efforts of men and demons to dissuade us.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Second Commandment: God Alone Defines, Receives, and Enables Worship—in Christ Alone! (2022.05.15 Evening Sermon in Exodus 20:4–6)

God alone can give God to us or enable us to give ourselves truly to Him, and the way that He has given us to come to Him is through Christ.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Waging and Winning Spiritual War (Family Worship lesson in Revelation 12)

How are we at spiritual war? Pastor leads his family in today's "Hopewell @Home" passage. Revelation 12 prepares us for the first portion of morning public worship on the previous Lord's Day. In these seventeen verses, the Holy Spirit teaches us that a defeated devil has made war on every Christian, and we are to wage and win that war by the blood of the Lamb and the Word of His testimony.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

“Of Repentance unto Life” part 14, WCF 15.6.4, The Duty of Reconciliation (2021.09.12 Sabbath School in 2Corinthians 2:3–11)

The duty of encouraging one another, reconciling, and reaffirming affection is as much of an apostolic command as church discipline.(click audio title within player for a page where you can download mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

WCF 14.3.2 How Satan Attacks Faith, and How We Stand (2021.05.16 Sabbath School class)

Saving faith may be often and many ways assailed, and weakened, but gets the victory

Personal Prayer and Its Infinitely Powerful God (2021.05.12 Prayer Meeting Lesson in Psalm 18:1–19)

In our working straight through the Psalms at the prayer meetings, the Lord gave us a passage that dovetailed marvelously with Lord's Day morning's sermon. The God of creation, the God who destroyed Sodom, the God who parted the sea, the God who shook and burned Sinai—this God moves, with all that He is, in response to the smallest cry of the one who is His in Christ in Whom He delights!

The God of Peace Will Soon Crush Satan under Your Feet (2021.05.09 Morning Sermon in Exodus 1:15–21)

How is it that you can live with joy, and confidence, and zeal, even if you "call a spade a spade" and rightly recognize that Satan has his fingerprints all over what's going on? Because a truly complete perception will recognize, even more, that the LORD has His fingerprints all over what is going on—fingerprints that are inked with the victorious blood of our serpent-crushing Redeemer!