Dan Lee
John 17:1-2, Salvation for the Glory of God

Jesus’ prayer in John 17 begins with a focus on the glory of God. Jesus prays that His impending death will ultimately glorify the Father and that this would come about through the granting (gifting) of eternal life to His elect. What Jesus’ crucifixion puts on display is the glory of God’s grace in salvation.

Dan Lee
Deuteronomy 27-34, Two Ways to Live

As Moses closes his final message to the children of Israel, he focuses on the consequences of obedience and disobedience. He does so by setting down before them two pathways: the pathway to life, good, and the blessing, and the other pathway to death, evil, and the curse. Along with these options for their future, he reveals to them their future in apostasy, judgment, and even a restoration afterwards. The Pentateuch closes with an allusion to the prophet like Moses to come, the Lord Jesus, who speaks from the LORD and all the people ought to hear. The call to choose life echoes throughout the ages, calling all to be reconciled and restored to God and to enter into His blessing through the Savior and Lord Jesus Christ.

Dan Lee
Deuteronomy 12-26, The Place and The Prophet

In this final legal section of the Pentateuch, Moses touches on a wide range of laws. Among these, two stand out as the most prominent in the main message of Moses regarding the Messiah: the place of worship and the future prophet like Moses. These two ideas propel us to build up God’s church, hope in Christ’s return, and listen to Christ.

Dan Lee
Deuteronomy 1-11, Remember and Obey

Moses speaks his final message to the children of Israel before heading up Mount Nebo and see the land of Canaan and die there. His aim is to expound the law but he is gripped by the urgency of the spiritual needs of his people and thus he earnestly exhorts them with a long introduction (nearly all of 11 chapters) to remember and obey. In this three part study of Deuteronomy, we examine the practical relevance of this exhortation and consider the ultimate Israelite who lived up to all that this exhortation required.

Dan Lee
Numbers 22-24, The Messianic Prophecies of ...

The very perplexing figure of Balaam shows that God can use even a wicked pagan priest to speak forth His truth. Unbeknownst to this man, the LORD intended to use him to reinforce His immutable commitment to bless Israel and send the Messiah for our salvation. Balaam’s prophecies show that Jesus is the coming king who will reign supremely over all the nations, crushing all His enemies. They also show that Jesus is the promised seed of the woman, the seed of Abraham, who grants the blessing of salvation to all the elect of God.

Hebrews

Hebrews 11:17-27, Examples of Faith

This sermon series covers the devotions and Sunday sermon at our annual family camping trip. The examples of faith we saw revolved around the God whom the men of faith believed: 1) Abraham believed in the power of God (Heb. 11:17-19), 2) Isaac and Jacob believed in the providence of God (Heb. 11:20-21), 3) Joseph believed in the promise of God (Heb. 11:22), and 4) Moses believed in the reward of God (Heb. 11:23-27).

Hebrews 11:4-10, Examples of Faith

Throughout our devotions together over the weekend camping trip, we give attention to four examples of faith: Abel worshipped God (11:4), Enoch pleased God (11:5-6), Noah listened to God (11:7), and Abraham hoped in God (11:8-10). All of these were acts of faith, teaching us how men of old exercised their faith in the LORD and how He accepted and approved of their acts of faith. May the Lord evermore build us up to live as men and women of faith who know how to trust in our God and live by faith not by sight.

Hebrews 11:1-3, Biblical Faith

What is faith according to the Bible? This is a pivotal question since the nature of our faith makes all the difference as to whether we truly belong to the Lord, whether we are recipients of His blessing, whether we are forgiven of our sins, and whether we possess eternal life. In this kickoff study to our four-part devotions during our annual vacation together (“Examples of Faith” from Hebrews 11:4-10), we examine the definition of biblical faith, how that is proven by the examples of faith, and what is the fundamental starting point of that faith. May the Lord ground us and strengthen us in true biblical faith which is based on God’s self-revelation to us in His faithful word.

Hebrews 10:19-27, Three Treasures in Christ (Part 4)

In this final study of this text (vv. 26-27, we consider the severe warning against conscious unrepentance. The dangers of such response (non-response) to the truth of God is to die with no forgiveness of sins and to have God as one’s enemy. This section of Scripture brings up two very important questions. Is this Scripture saying that one can lose their salvation? How about a person who is weak and without self-control, what are they to do to avoid conscious unrepentance? Listen to learn more.

Hebrews 10:19-27, Three Treasures in Christ (Part 3)

With the third treasure in Christ (the gift of the church), God gives us a duty to consider one another (the church) for the purpose of stimulation unto love and good works. There is work for us to do in this life. God saved us from our sins to labor for the Lord, and we hear the calling of our beloved Father to labor alongside each other and ensure that no one is slack in their service to the Lord as we keep our eyes toward the coming of Christ, for whom we want to be ready as a bride for her husband.

Hebrews 10:19-27, Three Treasures in Christ (Part 2)

In this second installment from Hebrews 10:19-27, we consider the second treasure of heaven which Christ has won for us at the cross. We are called to hold fast the confession of our hope (of heaven, that is) without wavering (firmly), for He who promised is faithful. May the Lord grant us wisdom to hold fast this biblical hope of our eternal inheritance in heaven and live as eschatologically minded people.