mp3 – Delivered on September 28, 2014 by Stephen Fix for morning worship
Jesus Christ the Priest
May 22, 2011 – Morning Worship
Monday – Exodus 28-29; Revelation 22:4
Why are the priestly garments such a focus here? What do we learn about the priesthood from these passages? Why might this be important for us?
Tuesday – Leviticus 8
What strikes you about the role of the priest in Israel? What do we learn about the priesthood from this passage? How does this instruct us in our following of Christ?
Wednesday – Psalm 110; Hebrews 5:1-10
What does this passage teach us about the priestly office and its importance for us?
Thursday – Hebrews 4:14-15; 7:1-8:13
How is Jesus the fulfillment of Israel’s priestly office? How is he a better priest than Aaron and his sons? How does this challenge, comfort and encourage us?
Friday – Hebrews 9-10
Why is Jesus Christ the Great High Priest? How does this truth change our lives today? Forever?
Saturday – John 17; Romans 8:34
How is Jesus Christ acting as our priest right now? In what ways might understanding this make our lives distinct from someone who doesn’t know this?
A Different Gospel
March 29, 2009 – Morning Worship
Monday – Galatians 1:1-10; Exodus 32
Why is Paul so astonished?
Tuesday – Genesis 19:12-26; Exodus 16:1-8; Hebrews 6:1-12
Why is “turning back” so wrong in these passages from God’s perspective? How can you apply it in your life?
Wednesday – Jeremiah 23:9-22; Ezekiel 3; I Thessalonians 2:1-16
The message of apostles, prophets, even angels are only to be accepted if what?
Thursday – Esther 1; Matthew 22:1-14
To be called and refuse to come – why is that so bad in these verses?
Friday – Ezra 4:1-6; Nehemiah 4; Galatians 1:6-8; Matthew 16:21-23
“There are some who trouble you” – about what? How can you apply this?
Saturday – I Samuel 17; Isaiah 30:1-7; 31:1-3; Romans 1:16-17; 3:21-30
What’s the bottom line (i.e. the truth of the gospel)?
Biblical Church Government – Membership
January 25, 2009 – Morning Worship
Monday – Exodus 24; Hebrews 9:15-10:25
See that we are to publicly affirm our covenant with God.
Tuesday – Matthew 16:13-20; 18:15-20; Exodus 18
Do these texts teach us anything about church membership?
Wednesday – Acts 6:1-7; I Timothy 3:1-13
Who is allowed to vote for church officers? Why?
Thursday – Jeremiah 23; Hebrews 13:17; I Peter 5:1-5
Who are the elders to keep watch over?
Friday – I Corinthians 5; Leviticus 24:10-16
Who are the ones that the church is commanded to judge?
Saturday – I Corinthians 11:17-34; Genesis 1-14
Who should be allowed to take the Lord’s supper? Why?
Biblical Church Government
January 18, 2009 – Morning Worship
Monday – Exodus 3; Ephesians 1:1-14; 5:25; Deuteronomy 7
What is God’s perspective of the church?
Tuesday – Romans 10; 16:5; Matthew 18:15-20; 28:18-20
What is man’s (our) perspective of the church?
Wednesday – Exodus 18; 24:1; Acts 6:1-7; 14:23; 20:17-38
The church is ruled by Jesus on His Word through elders and deacons.
Thursday – Psalm 15; Jeremiah 23:1-22; I Timothy 3:1-13
See the qualifications for elders and deacons.
Friday – Acts 13:1-3; 15:1-35
See how the churches are connected to one another.
Saturday – Matthew 16:13-20; Acts 20:17-38; I Timothy 4:6-16
How does Jesus protect His church?
The Lord’s Supper and Church Discipline
January 11, 2008 – Morning Worship
Monday – I Corinthians 5; Exodus 22
Why is the church to exercise church discipline?
Tuesday – Matthew 18:15-20; I Corinthians 1-22
Why do we connect church discipline with participation in the Lord’s Supper?
Wednesday – Matthew 16:13-20; 18:15-20
What does it mean for the elders to exercise “the keys to the kingdom” and “the power to bind and loose”?
Thursday – Deuteronomy 13; Leviticus 20
See Old Testament examples of the Lord’s desire that the people of God remove sins from their midst?
Friday – Matthew 7:1-7; I Corinthians 5 (esp. vs. 12)
How are we to both be non-judgmental and to judge those inside the church?
Saturday – Hebrews 12:3-17; II Samuel 12:1-15
Why should the exercise of church discipline in the church encourage us?
The Way We Worship
September 7, 2008 – Morning Worship
Monday – Exodus 20:4-5; Leviticus 26:1-2; Romans 1:18-25
What do these verses teach us about worship?
Tuesday – Exodus 32; Jeremiah 2:9-13
See how easily God’s people can fall into what?
Wednesday – Deuteronomy 6:10-15; Leviticus 23
Worship is not only inward and private, but also outward and public. Why?
Thursday – Acts 2:42; I Kings 8
In Acts 2:42 we see the main elements of New Testament worship – what are they?
Friday – Psalms 149, 150; Ephesians 5:19-20; James 5:13
Singing praises and thanksgivings, etc. to God is part of worship. Why?
Saturday – Romans 10:8-17; II Timothy 4:1-8; I Timothy 4:13
Why are preaching, teaching and the public reading of Scripture so central to our worship of God?