Westminster Evangelistic Ministries

God is your savior thru Jesus Christ -Jude 25a-. And you need God as your Savior -Context-. This God keeps you from stumbling -Jude 24a-. He will present you blameless before His glory -Jude 24b-. Then, you will marvel at His majesty -Jude 25b-. And you will do so forever and ever -Jude 25c-.

From the first four verses of Jude, here is Jude's purpose for writing. Prove your calling and maintain your confession by studying our common salvation and contending for the faith once for all time delivered the saints. More simply- Constantly review the content of your faith and always be ready to fight for it.

Ezekiel is in the -Vally of Dry Bones.- Jonathan Edwards- -God in His eternal decree has connected salvation with the means of salvation.- William Greenhill- -We must use means, and look to God to be all in all in them.- WSC- -The outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of redemption are his ordinances, especially the word, sacraments, and prayer- all of which are made effectual to the elect for salvation.-

The Jewish opposition to Jesus and Pilate's interaction with the the Savior give us an opportunity to behold our King as He condescends to save us from the degradation of our sin.

This message reviews Titus and applies Paul's main message to Titus, to you, and to me.

As a Christian, because God Himself is at work in you, you ought to work out the implications of your salvation.

While God called Moses up to Mount Sinai, God calls you and me to come to Mount Zion, a metaphor for the church, where He meets with us, reveals Himself to us, and renews His covenant with us. So, the invitation is, -Come to Zion.-

Christianity demands change. Christ affects change. He does so by revealing Himself to us. Since this is the case, we can rightly pray, Lord Jesus, show us your life-changing glory.- Moses' plea undergirds our plea.

The true Christian distinctives are not primarily your doctrinal stance, your position on the Bible, your gospel proclamation, your regularly Bible reading, or your prayer life. True Christian distinctives do not center on what you do. What separates you from all other individuals and churches is the presence of Christ.

Since messages are prepared for specific times and places, the practice sessions are never quite the same as the real thing. Nevertheless, because several folks have asked, here is a recording of a rerun giving the content actually presented at my 55th class memorial service including the personal testimony of my conversion.

Isaiah's call was not easy. It was to preach and bring about the hardening leading to judgment. Even so, Isaiah is told that His work will be3 fulfilled in Christ. His task was to always follow Christ's calling

Behold your King, Jesus Christ- find your rest and safety in Him.

-Whenever anybody starts talking about the principles of Christianity, you ought to be nervous. Christianity is, in the first place, not about principles- it-s about a person. And when you move away from the person to principles, you are probably betraying the faith- -Robert Godfrey, Chairman of Ligonier Ministries-.

We are not unlike the great Apostle Paul in several respects. If we are Christians, we have been surprised by glory, we have been pressed into the service of Jesus Christ, and part of our purpose is to testify to both small and great.

Jesus Christ prays for you to be sanctified through the truth of Scrioture

Like the Apostle Paul, you too, having been converted to faith in Christ, are pressed into His service. you and I must grasp this reality and rejoice in it.

Note how Paul's change of life, and yours, involves an encounter with the glory of Christ, resulting in conviction, wrestling with God in prayer, actual conversion, baptism, and membership in a local body of Christ. In all of this, Paul was, and all Christians are, surprised by Glory.

While pity parties promote self-centeredness, they also undermine endurance and perseverance. A change of focus is needed, off of self and upon the great things God is doing through Jesus Christ.

How can you sing the Lord's song in this fallen, sinful world- Psalm 137 gives you your answer- Remember heaven- contemplate hell- center on Christ.

You sing about Jesus when you sing the Psalms. Psalm 100 exhorts you to worship Jesus Christ your creator and redeemer.

As Christians, we have two great reasons to persevere in the faith- -1- Those who draw back from Christ face certain judgment, and -2- Those who do persevere will receive final blessing.

God calls His people to assemble together to draw near to Him in faith, to hold fast the confession of their hope, and to encourage one another to love.

Jesus Christ is Lord of the unseen world you will enter- trust Him as your guide.

In this second Q-A session week take a look at the fact that each of us should live before God with a good conscience informed by Scripture. The attached pdf gives white board information.

Jesus healed the man with the withered hand on the Sabbath giving him a taste of the healing rest of heaven. You and I must trust Christ to give us the healing rest of heaven.

After a short review of the ten lessons on this series, we took questions, wrote them on the white board, and began to attempt to answer. See the attached pdf for the review outline and the questions asked by the class.

Acts 11-19-26 shows how converts become disciples and are doers of the Word recognized as Christians.

Does Psalm 150 exhort us to accompany our singing with musical instruments- Perhaps the Psalm encourages the Old Testament saints to sing and give praise with the sounding of the sounding of the instruments in the temple worship- Listen and learn.

The hope of the Gospel is signified and portrayed in baptism with the washing of water and baptism is not fulfilled until we reach heaven and we are fully cleaned forever from all of our sin.

The pattern for our worship comes from the Temple -2 Cor. 6-16- rather than from Old Testament celebrations like the one led by Miriam -Exodus 15-20-. The former is guided and directed from heaven. The latter is conditioned by the culture. Our worship should connect us more closely to heaven rather than the culture around us.

Moses' trumpets, which were blown over the sacrifices, and David's, accompanying the Levitical choirs, harps point forward to Gospel preaching and Spirit filled singing, respectively. See Isaiah 58-1, Revelation 1-10, 4-1- along with Revelation 5-8-10, 14-1-3.

Hebrews shows you the inadequacy of the old system -1-4-. And so, Christ comes and lives out Psalm 40 -5-7-. He shows you His sufficiency by replacing the inadequate old system and sanctifying you -8-10-. Completing His work, Christ sits down as your King -11-14-. As your King, He writes His Law in your heart -15-16-. He also forgives you and reminds you that there is no need for any other sacrifice for sin -17-18-. Know the sufficient Christ.

This lesson seeks to show in part, the long OT history of Psalmody in Israel leading up to Paul-s statement in Colossians 3-16 along with why -psalms and hymns and songs- refer to the Old Testament Psalter.

Christ's blood settles God's dispute with you and makes you God's heir -verses 15-17-. Even the first covenant required blood for cleansing and forgiveness -verses 18-22-. Christ entered heaven on your behalf based on His blood -verses 23-24-. And so, Christ put away sin once for all at the end of the ages -verses 25-26-. Now He prepares to come a second time for ultimate salvation -verses 27-28-. Eagerly await Him -verse 28-.

Does Colossians 3-16 command Psalmody- No way, you say. But perhaps the text really does. Listen and see.

Where do we get the various elements of worship- This lesson shows how dome of them come from the synagogue and some of them come from the temple. Remember, -We are the temple of the living God- -1 Cor. 6-16-.

As the Apostle Paul teaches us, -We are the temple of the living God- Since this is the case, public worship is an entrance into the special gracious presence of God. We enter His presence in an orderly way. For this reason, we follow an orderly process for entering God's presence. We have an order of worship.

There are God mandated changes in worship over the course of the biblical history. Men and women are responsible to maintain the standards of worship ordained by God in the era in which they live. The attached pdf outlines the Biblical Transitions in worship.

Change is hard. Early Hebrew converts experienced this difficulty and many turned back to their old traditions and away from Christ. They failed to embrace the changes that lead to Christ. The text outlines these changes and exhorts us to embrace them.

The church gathered for worship is the special dwelling place of God in the Spirit. Therefore, worship is a special meeting with and encounter with God.

Which principle do we follow- This one- In worship, whatever is not commanded is forbidden- Ot this one- In worship whatever is not forbidden is permitted-

The Old Testament tabernacle, temple, and sacrifices were meant to lead men and women to Christ. But the ancient people looked at the temple and the sacrifices as ends in themselves. They missed Christ. A similarly, we can cling to the outward means of daily devotions, church attendance, etc. and fail to cling to Christ.

This text, like many others, gives you the opportunity to glimpse the life changing greatness of Jesus Christ

This exposition of Psalm 100 shows how an understanding of Hebrew poetic structure leads to proper meaning and appropriate application.

This final conference lesson reviews the benefits believers receive as a result of the redemption accomplished by Christ and personally applied by the Holy Spirit. We cover WSC 34-38. The attached pdf is the handout for this lesson.

The Catechism Sermon for Wednesday Evening Conference Worship- Question 28- Wherein consisteth Christ's exaltation---Answer- Christ's exaltation consisteth in his rising again from the dead on the third day, in ascending up into heaven, in sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and in coming to judge the world at the last day.

WSC 29-33 outlines the Grace of God in applying the salvation accomplished by Christ to us individually by the power of the Holy Spirit. The handout for this lesson is the attached pdf.

WSC 20-24 shows forth God's glory in how He sovereignly accomplishes the redemption of His elect people. See the attached pdf for the hand for this lesson.

Shorter Catechism questions and answers 14-19 display -The Glory of God in Sin and the Fall,- under the category of -God's Good Providence.- The handout for this lesson is the attached pdf.

Shorter Catechism Questions and Answers relate -God's Glory in the Good News of His Providential Care of Us.- The handout for this lesson is the attached pdf.

In Shorter Catechism answers 7-10 see the glory of God in the Good News that God is our creator. The handout for this lesson is the attached pdf.