Dan Lee
Genesis 50:15-20, Divine Sovereignty and Human ...

Joseph’s declaration in Gen. 50:20 reveals the breathtaking reality of concurrence. At the same time that men intend evil with their action, God intends good with that very action. The intentions reveal to us the two well-established and irrefutable doctrines of sovereignty and human responsibility. These two doctrines hold true to the farther extent of creation, including the fall of Satan, his presence in Eden, and the fall of man. All that has transpired perfectly accords with the eternal purpose of God. History is indeed the unfolding of the plan of God.

Dan Lee
John 17:22-26, For Love and Glory (Part-2)

Jesus prays regarding two kinds of glory. He speaks of glory in the present age for His people’s sanctification. God’s elect grow in conformity to Him as they behold His glory in Christ. Jesus also prays for future glory, that His people behold His full, divine, eternal glory in heaven. We are to behold the glory of God now for our sanctification and the glory of God in the future for our glorification.

Dan Lee
John 17:22-26, For Love and Glory

Jesus concludes His prayer with love and glory. Love is the focus of this sermon. The Lord prays that we would come to experientially know (taste) of the Father’s special love. This is the special love of the Father like His love toward His only begotten Son. Like that love, the Father loved His elect from eternity past and “in love predestined us to adoption as sons.” This is the love which Jesus wants us to savor. May the Holy Spirit reveal to us more and more of this awesome love of God.

Dan Lee
John 17:20-23, Salvation Blessing for the World

Jesus’ prayer reflects the heart of God that seeks salvation blessing for the world. Jesus sees the church as the vehicle by which the elect of God worldwide will come to faith in Him unto salvation. In this first installment on a two part sermon, we explore the facets of the church, our mission, our godliness, and the special love of God toward the elect (next sermon).

Dan Lee
John 17:14-19, A Dangerous Mission

Jesus’ prayer for His disciples is undergirded by the reality of a dangerous mission. He knows we will be hated by the world and targeted by the Devil. As such, we will need divine protection. Hence, He prays, “Keep them from the evil one.” Moreover, we will need to live holy lives if we are to make any meaningful impact for the gospel that reconciles and restored sinners to the holy and righteous Father. Our own lives would have to be sanctified in order for us to be useful to the Lord in leading the rest of His elect to this salvation. Therefore, the Lord prays, “Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.” The word of God that has regenerated us is the same word that will sanctify our lives. May the Holy Spirit through His word evermore conform us to Christ that we would be like Him on earth and make disciples for His honor and glory.

John 7:25-31, Christ of False Expectations [Part 2]

Everyone must start somewhere in their faith in Christ. But one may enter into faith in Christ with wrong expectations. In this second installment of Christ of False Expectations, we consider “the many of the crowd” who believed in Jesus with the mere expectation that the Christ is the greatest performer of signs. But is this adequate for a genuine saving faith? We consider what the Scriptures have to say about faith that saves and faith that doesn’t.

John 7:25-31, Christ of False Expectations

False expectations are commonplace in life, however, false expectations about the Messiah can be eternally catastrophic. In this first installment on a study of this text, we look at one of the two false expectations that Jesus’ audience had at the temple during the feast of Tabernacles. May the Lord always keep our hearts yielded to the true Christ who came to save us from our sins and calls us to earnestly follow Him.

John 7:19-24, The Ugliness of Sin [Part 3]

In this final installment on the ugliness of sin, we wrap up our study of the gross negligence of the religious leaders and their anger against the Lord, for which they had no right. Lastly, we look at the Lord’s call for change as His call for repentance in their specific area of lawlessness. May the Lord guard us from the hardness of heart and the ignorance that marks those who are far from Him.

John 7:19-24, The Ugliness of Sin [Part 1]

In this passage, Jesus points out the sin of the Jews. What emerges from this dialogue is the Jews’ unwillingness to obey God (v. 19a), their specific violation of God’s law (v. 19b), the vilification of God (v. 20), and their gross negligence of God’s Law (v. 21-23). Even though sin rears its ugly head through these verses, the Lord points His audience to hope and calls them to repentance (v. 24) and the quenching of their spiritual thirst (v. 37-39).

Matthew 28:16-20, What the Risen Lord wants for His world [Part 3]

The Lord has risen from the dead in glory and power. What comes next? From the Lord’s own mouth, we hear the Lord’s post-resurrection desire for the world: discipleship of all of His world. In this third installment we examine the four part definition of discipleship that the Lord gives us: baptism, trinity, obedience and His presence.

Matthew 28:1-20, What the Risen Lord wants for His world [Part 2]

The Lord has risen from the dead in glory and power. What comes next? From the Lord’s own mouth, we hear the Lord’s post-resurrection desire for the world: discipleship of all of His world. In this first installment we examine the first 15 verses of this final chapter of Matthew and see the three part confirmation of Jesus’ bodily resurrection from the dead: via the angelic announcement, the Lord’s appearance, and the Jewish leaders’ cover-up which ends up only confirming the empty tomb.

Matthew 28:1-20, What the Risen Lord wants for His world [Part 1]

The Lord has risen from the dead in glory and power. What comes next? From the Lord’s own mouth, we hear the Lord’s post-resurrection desire for the world: discipleship of all of His world. In this first installment we examine the first 15 verses of this final chapter of Matthew and see the three part confirmation of Jesus’ bodily resurrection from the dead: via the angelic announcement, the Lord’s appearance, and the Jewish leaders’ cover-up which ends up only confirming the empty tomb.