Peter Chen
Psalm 127:1, Without the LORD, Frustration!

This familiar psalm reminds us that the ultimate worker and provider in all our endeavors is the LORD. While the natural principle of cause and effect is indeed taught in Scripture, this psalm shows us that that principle must always be accompanied by the understanding that the LORD is the crucial provider in all our affairs. Whether it's our homes or the house of God, our greatest need is the LORD’s provision. In this unique psalm of Solomon, the Holy Spirit teaches us that human strength and ingenuity alone do not guarantee success. It is the LORD and His provision that ensure true success. May we learn to pray, depend on the LORD, and carry out His work with hearts that wait on Him.

Peter Chen
Revelation 7:1-14 The Protection of God's People

Revelation 7 shows that the wrath of the Lamb will be poured out on those who dwell on the earth, not upon Jesus’ own beloved people. John is shown two groups that will stand despite the intense judgments to come and contrary to the unbelievers’ outcry (6:17): the 144K Israelites and the raptured Gentile church of God. This sermon is part one of two sermons on Revelation 7 on the important topic of the rapture and its implications.

Peter Chen
Micah 5:2-4 The Messianic Message of Micah

Micah prophesied of the Messiah that He is the LORD God and that He is the shepherd over His people. This is the true message of Christmas that woos us to worship Christ, to love, honor, and serve Him. May we ponder deeply the wonder of Christmas, that the LORD, the eternal God, came from heaven in human flesh, born in Bethlehem, born of a woman, in the person of Jesus, to seek and save that which was lost and to shepherd all His elect who repent and trust in Him, to guide them away from sin and in the pathway of sanctification all the way home to glory.

Peter Chen
Psalm 37 - God: Your only refuge!

Psalm 37 is a Psalm written by Israel’s greatest king, king David. It reveals only two possibilities for the end of a person’s life. The wicked will be cut off by God’s judgment. Although they prosper abundantly in the present, their end is certain. They are not satisfied with prosperity, so they seek to destroy the righteous. Yet, the righteous seek refuge in the LORD. A repeated refrain in the Psalm is, “do not fret.” The path for settling your soul is through seeking refuge in God. The Christian’s heart is encouraged through this revelation of God, who sustains the righteous. Moreover, the Psalm directs Christians to trust, with great hope, in the LORD. The result is that they can progress through life’s difficulties and into eternity because of the salvation of God. He truly delivers those who seek refuge in Him from evildoers.

Dan Lee
Revelation 4-6, The Reign of God

The revelation of the future is given from the perspective of heaven. God reigns as the supreme ruler and deity who is enthroned and worshipped in heaven. What is true in heaven becomes the reality on earth as the revelation of the future unfolds. This revelation commences with Jesus breaking open the seals and shows the backdrop against which the judgments of God will come: ordinary and natural suffering in the fallen world and the persecution of Christians and their holy prayer for justice. In response to their prayer, divine wrath is poured out upon the world (with the seventh seal [8:1] and the trumpet and bowl judgments that ensue). All of this affirms the resounding biblical call to be ready for Christ. He is indeed coming quickly. May we be dressed in readiness and keep our lamps lit.

John 7:40-52, Come to Christ (Part 2)

The second of the Jews’ reaction to Christ was skepticism (7:41b-42). These were people who were only interested in raising objections to the legitimacy of Jesus’ messiahship but not interest in finding the truth. Skepticism must be directed away from the loving and trustworthy God of truth and toward the world and its ideas. May the Lord help us to perceive the biblical logic of love and live as those who wholeheartedly trust in the Lord and His Word.

John 7:40-52, Come to Christ

After the loud invitation of Christ for those who thirst to come to Him, the Jews react and their reactions give us an open window as to how we ought to properly respond to the Lord’s call to come to Him, as well, how we are to relay the message of Christ to others. In this first installment in this series, we look at the confessors of verses 40-41a and their inadequate response to Jesus’ words.

John 7:37-39, Satisfied and Transformed (Part 2)

In this second installment on Satisfied and Transformed, we look more in depth at what John reveals regarding the Holy Spirit’s new covenant work. Believers are to be receptive to the Holy Spirit. In what ways is the Holy Spirit at work in the lives of believers? Listen to find out. May God enable us to be a church of men, women and children full of the Holy Spirit.

John 7:37-39, Satisfied and Transformed

A righted relationship with God through Jesus Christ brings a spiritual satisfaction to the human soul. Jesus calls all those gathered at the feast of Booths to this blessing of God. Jesus offers this spiritual satisfaction as that which is available, conditional and transformative. Are you satisfied in Christ and are you a conduit of His blessing to others? This is what Christ came to bring to everyone who thirsts for the holy God.

John 7:32-36, The Unstoppable Purpose of God

The religious leaders of Jesus’ day wanted to stop His influence from spreading, but they could not. Even though they seek to stop Him now (and will seek to kill Him even in the future), they will not succeed, because the purpose of God is unstoppable, whether it relates to Jesus’ life or His death. And His unstoppable influence continued from Pentecost down through the ages to today when Jesus is continuing to build His church. May the unstoppable proclamation of Jesus Christ advance through His church for the glory of God.

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.