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.

Dan Lee
John 17:9-13, For the Joy of God's Elect

Jesus’ first petition for His disciples is found in these verses. Jesus prays that the Father would keep them in His name. Jesus prays for a special people, His disciples and He does so because He was about to physically leave His disciples. What He would no longer be able to do in His physical absence, He asks the Father to accomplish. May the Lord grant to us a greater work of His Spirit to draw us to walk in Jesus’ ways and thus live with His joy evermore in our hearts.

1 Samuel 2:1-11, God Is Our Fortress (Part 3)

The woman who seems to have nothing speaks as if she has everything. What’s her secret? How does this woman exude such confidence and hope? She knows the LORD and she trusts in Him. Her impressive knowledge of God is the subject of this study. Her theology is robust and she heartily worships the true God and anchors her hope in His promise of the Messiah. True men of God and women of God pray to Him, submit to Him, worship Him and hope in Him.

1 Samuel 1:19-2:1, God Is Our Fortress (Part 2)

The example of Hannah is a breath of fresh air amid our culture of selfish ambition, self-fulfillment, and self-worth. This woman of God exhibits what true godliness is. She depends on the Lord, she offers herself to the Lord in humble submission to His will with integrity and with the fear of the Lord, and she worships the Lord for He is her true joy, strength, and confidence.

1 Samuel 1:1-11, God Is Our Fortress

On this Mother’s Day, we begin a study of one woman of God who faced suffering and distress with dependence on the LORD, Yahweh, the sovereign and omnipotent God (“the LORD of hosts”). She prays to Him and wholeheartedly submits her life under His will. She also praises and hopes in the LORD her God. May the Lord encourage the women of our church to follow in the footsteps of this woman of God and depend on the Lord for all the resources that they need for life and godliness.

John 13:12-17, Foundations for Christlike Service (Part 2)

Jesus shows us that His self-abasement removes every excuse for not serving. Jesus’ humility and service demand that we serve in the like fashion. He who is so much greater than us has humbled Himself. How can we ever say we are too dignified to perform the lowly thing as Jesus did? We have been served so well by our Lord and Teacher. How can we ever say we will receive from His blessing and not extend the same to others? We, thus, have an obligation to serve. We also have a calling to imitate. Christ gave Himself as an example of service so that we would follow it. This is our calling and objective in life, to conform to the image of Christ. Lastly, Jesus calls us to take action and adopt this mentality of humility and servanthood as the pattern for our lifestyle. These are the foundations for Christlike service. May the Holy Spirit evermore conform us to Christ and His likeness and make us into humble servants like Him.

John 13:12-17, Foundations for Christlike Service

Jesus drew a second lesson from His act of footwashing, namely, the lesson on humble service. Four foundations/principles for christlike service emerges out of Jesus’ words: 1) a proper view of Jesus as Teacher and Lord (Respect), 2) obligation to humble service (Obligation), 3) imitation to Christ as the will of God (Imitation), and 4) action as the intent of Jesus’ lesson (Action). Humble service is difficult, but with the foundations the Lord lays down for us, we are driven to humble ourselves and do the hard thing in doing good unto others. May the Lord make us into humble servants in the likeness to Christ.

Acts 2:22-39, The Undeniable Resurrection of Jesus as the Christ

On this Resurrection Sunday, we examine the very first preaching of the resurrection of Jesus as the Messiah which took place on Pentecost day in Acts 2. In that sermon, Simon Peter powerfully demonstrates the resurrection of Jesus as the Christ from the four testimonies of God, Scripture, witnesses, and the Holy Spirit. Most astonishingly, Peter extends the living testimony of the Holy Spirit well beyond his own audience in Jerusalem in that setting, to all whom the Lord will call to Himself (v 39). Peter concludes his sermon with the call of the gospel unto repentance, baptism, forgiveness of sins, and the Holy Spirit.

John 13:6-11, The Continued Cleansing of Sin

What does foot-washing signify? How is the believer who is completely clean to be washed still? In this sermon, we examine the biblical doctrine of salvation, namely, the doctrines of justification, sanctification, and glorification. We zero in on the import of the second of these. While the justified believer does not wallow in sin, issues of sin are still present because he is not yet glorified and is being sanctified. In the process of sanctification, the continued cleansing of sin is necessary, demands confession, and results in repentance and transformation by the Holy Spirit.