Give to God What Is God's [Family Worship lesson in Deuteronomy 29:22–29]

Why did Israel fail and suffer curse? Deuteronomy 29:22–29 looks forward to the hearing of God’s Word, publicly read, in the holy assembly on the coming Lord’s Day. In these eight verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Israel was cursed so that we would learn God’s hatred of sin. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson) Summary of the transcript of the audio: This passage reveals God's sovereign authority over the future and His holy hatred of sin, using the judgment on the land as a lasting testimony to the consequences of covenant unfaithfulness. While the secret things belong to God alone, He graciously reveals His Word for us to do, and especially His Son for us to believe in. The emphasis on divine wrath against idolatry and rebellion underscores the seriousness of forsaking God, yet it is balanced by the profound gift of revelation—culminating in the person and work of Christ, Who bears the wrath we deserve and enables obedience through His resurrection life. The sermon calls believers to focus on what God has revealed, particularly the gospel of Jesus Christ, Who is the ultimate expression of divine revelation and the only means of true life and obedience.

Our Faithful, Powerful, Merciful Lord [Family Worship lesson in Numbers 21:21–35]

What is the story of the conquest? Numbers 21:21–35 looks forward to the evening sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these fifteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the big story of the conquest of the land is the character of God.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Our Glorious Prophet [Westminster Shorter Catechism 24—Theology Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 24—especially explaining how Christ has been our glorious Prophet from the beginning, during His earthly life, in the apostolic period of the church, and ever since.

Q24. How doth Christ execute the office of a prophet? Christ executeth the office of a prophet, in revealing to us, by His Word and Spirit, the will of God for our salvation. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

How Jesus Completes Us [2024.01.07 Morning Sermon in Matthew 5:17–20]

Jesus, the great Fulfiller of all Scripture, makes to whom the kingdom already belongs fit for entrance to the kingdom of heaven by completing His sanctifying work in them.

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Christ Is the Point of All Prophecy and History [2023.09.17 Morning Sermon in Matthew 2:12–23]

Electing love sent Jesus to save us by being the opposite of what we are, bringing the opposite of what we deserve, and bearing the opposite of what He deserves.

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The Christ Who Is the Perfect Perfection [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 1:1–17]

How and why did God bring Jesus Christ into the world? Matthew 1:1–17 looks forward to the morning sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these seventeen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Jesus Christ is the Son of promise and authority, Who accomplishes God’s mission in the world. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Savior-King Who Has Kept His Promise [Family Worship lesson in Acts 28:11–31]

What promise does the book of Acts emphasize that God has kept? Acts 28:11–31 looks forward to the morning sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these twenty-one verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the conclusion to the book of Acts demonstrates that God has kept His promise to send the gospel to the nations. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Ascending to God in Our Reconciling Substitute [2023.07.23 Evening Sermon in Leviticus 1:3–17]

The Lord provides a substitute, consecrated by blood and transformed by fire, in which the worshiper ascends unto heaven, and by whose blood the worship on earth is consecrated as well

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Real Repentance Is Christ's Kingly Gift, by His Spirit, Using His Word [Family Worship lesson in Psalm 78:49–72]

How can we be encouraged by the greatness of God’s fury against His people’s sins? Psalm 78:49–72 looks forward to the opening portion of morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these twenty-four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the greatness of God’s fury against His people’s sins becomes the backdrop for the greater-ness of His delight to display the glory of Christ and the glory of His salvation. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

A Vivid Account of How the LORD Wisely, Faithfully, Justly Keeps His Word [Family Worship lesson in 2Kings 9]

What is the Spirit emphasizing to us by way of such a vivid, violent account? 2Kings 9 looks forward to the first serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these thirty-seven verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit emphasizes to us the Lord’s wisdom to keep His Word through such a variety of servants, His faithfulness to keep that Word though all others doubt or forget it, and His justness to keep that Word in avenging both His holiness in worship and His persecuted people.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

How Israel Could Approach God and Receive Fellowship and Life Instead of Fury and Death [Family Worship lesson in Exodus 24:1–11]

How can the new church/state survive the nearness of God? Exodus 24:1–11 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 by God’s binding Himself to them by blood, His people are able safely to dwell with Him.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

A Prototypical Apostolic Preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ [Family Worship lesson in Acts 13:13–41]

What was apostolic preaching like? Acts 13:13–41 looks forward to the morning sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these twenty-nine verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that apostolic preaching of the gospel announces that the Old Testament promises of salvation have been fulfilled in the resurrection of Jesus, Who was shown to be the God-Man by the resurrection, and through Whom we can have forgiveness of sin and the righteousness of God. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Word of God Rules Over All and Judges All (Family Worship lesson in 1Kings 15:25–16:28)

What are we to learn from the instability in this period of the northern kingdom? 1Kings 15:25–16:28 looks forward to the first serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these twenty-four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that for all of the raging and plotting of politics, men are going to die, and what ultimately matters is what we are before God, since His Word judges us and rules/overrules even all the treacheries/murders of men.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Word of the LORD Reigns Supreme over the World and Over Our Lives (Family Worship lesson in 1Kings 13:1–10)

What is God’s point in the strangeness of this event and this account of it? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. 1Kings 13:1–10 looks forward to the first serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these ten verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that even when it looks like men are reigning powerfully in their sin, Yahweh’s Word is reigning in His almighty power and perfect righteousness. So, let us have confidence in Yahweh to stand with Him before men, and commitment unto Yahweh to obey Him in the everyday choices of our life.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

How God's Prophecy, Purpose, and Power Give His Servants Holy Boldness (2022.03.20 Morning Sermon in Acts 4:23–31)

The Lord emboldens His servants to speak in Jesus's Name by God's prophecies and promises, God's purpose and plan, and God's powerful providence.

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How God Gives His Servants Holy Boldness (Family Worship lesson in Acts 4:23–31)

How does God answer the apostolic church’s request for boldness? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. Acts 4:23–31 prepares us for the morning sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these nine verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that some of what God uses to embolden His people to speak in Jesus’s Name are: God’s prophecies and promises, God’s purpose and plan, God’s providential power, and God’s hearing and answering prayer.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Proof Is in the Pouring: Jesus Is Both Lord and Christ (2022.01.30 Lord's Day morning sermon in Acts 2:14–36)

The Spirit’s coming at Pentecost proved that Jesus—Who had risen and ascended as Scriptures prophesied and the apostles witnessed—had taken His seat on the throne as both Lord and Christ, as the Scriptures prophesied.

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Triune Conspiracy of Salvation (2022.01.09 Morning Sermon in Acts 1:4–8)

The Triune God who planned our salvation from outside of time, and promised that salvation in the prophets, and accomplished that salvation in Christ, and announced that salvation by His Spirit in the apostles, is still the One applying that salvation through the apostolic witness.

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How We Praise God Matters (2021.12.26 Morning Sermon in Luke 1:67–79)

The main point of our praise unto God ought to be His promised and fulfilled salvation through Christ.

Taking Heed to Christ's Word (Luke 21:20–36, pt 1 — 2021.07.25 Morning Sermon)

Christ's loving and preserving Word proved true for the apostles and for the Judean Christians, and Christ's loving and preserving Word will prove true for You.