Trinity Reformed Baptist Church, Meru, Kenya.

1. Where Do We Go For Meditation 2. What Do We Meditate Upon 3. When Do We Meditate

Chapter 30: Of the Lord's Supper PARAGRAPH 2 In this ordinance Christ is not offered up to His Father, nor any real sacrifice made at all for remission of sin of the quick or dead, but only a memorial of that one offering up of Himself by Himself upon the cross, once for all;3 and a spiritual oblation of all possible praise unto God for the same.4 So that the popish sacrifice of the mass, as t...

1. The Christian’s Conduct To The Authorities 1 Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,... 2. The Christian’s Conduct To Everyone Else 1…to be ready for every good work, 2 to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.

1. Parents are not to provoke their children to anger. (Negatively) 2. Parents are to bring up their children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. (Positively)

1. Definition of hatred i) Righteous hatred. ii) Sinful hatred 2. Hatred is a characteristic of God. i) God hates sinful deeds. ii) God hates wicked people.

1. The Pastor must speak God’s Word to God’s people. 2. The Pastor must teach God’s Word by exhorting and rebuking with all authority. 3. The Pastor must not let God’s people to disregard the Word of God.

Revelation 1:9-20 9 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet 11 saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to E...

Ephesians 6:1-3 1. The General Command To Obey (v.1). 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2. The Specified Manner Of Obedience (v.2a). 2 “Honor your father and mother”… 3. The Promise Attached To Obedience (vv.2b-3). 2…(this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”

3. Afflictions Work For The Good Of God’s People

Chapter 30: Of the Lord's Supper PARAGRAPH 1 The supper of the Lord Jesus was instituted by him the same night wherein he was betrayed, to be observed in his churches, unto the end of the world, for the perpetual remembrance, and showing to all the world the sacrifice of himself in his death,1 confirmation of the faith of believers in all the benefits thereof, their spiritual nourishment, and...

Titus 2:11-14 1. God’s grace brings salvation to all people (2:11). 2. God’s grace trains us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions (v.12a) 3. God’s grace trains us to live in Godliness by looking ahead and behind (v.12b-14)

Ephesians 5:32-33 1. The Substance Of The Mystery 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 2. The Application Of The Mystery 33 However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. - Husband Is To Love His Wife As Himself 33 However, let each one of you love his wife as himself,… - Wife Is To Respect...

1. Temptation Works For The Good Of God’s People 2. Sin Works For The Good Of God’s People

Chapter 29: Of Baptism PARAGRAPH 3 The outward element to be used in this ordinance is water, wherein the party is to be baptized, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.5 5  Matt. 28:19–20 ;  Acts 8:38 PARAGRAPH 4 Immersion, or dipping of the person in water, is necessary to the due administration of this ordinance.6 6  Matt. 3:16 ;  John 3:23

1. Submission (v.9) 2. Wellpleasing (v.9) 3. Not Argumentative (v.9) 4. Honesty (v.10) 5. Loyalty (v.10)

Luke 22:44 39  And he came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him.  40  And when he came to the place, he said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”  41  And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed,  42  saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours...

Colossians 3:1-5 1. Direct Your Affections To Christ 2. Direct Your Hope To The Coming Glory 3. Direct Your Fight To Your Sinful Desires

Series Passage: Romans 8:28 28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. 1. The Son's Intercession Works For The Good of God's People 2. The Spirit's Intercession Works For The Good of God's People 3. The Intercession Of The Saints Works For The Good of God's People 4. The Fellowship Of The Sain...

Chapter 29: Of Baptism PARAGRAPH 2 Those who do actually profess repentance towards God, faith in, and obedience to, our Lord Jesus Christ, are the only proper subjects of this ordinance.4 4  Mark 16:16 ;  Acts 8:36–37 ,  2:41 ,  8:12 ,  18:8

Titus 2:6-8 1. An Instruction on how to Live (v.6) 6 Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. 2. Be an example to other men (v.7-8a) 7 Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, 8 and sound speech that cannot be condemned, 3. The result of right living (v.8b). 8 ...so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evi...

Ephesians 5:31 1. Because Of Their Leaving Of Their Parents 31 “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother... 2. Because Of Their Cleaving To One Another 31 “...and hold fast to his wife,... 3. Because God Has Brought Them Together 31 “...and the two shall become one flesh.”

Series Passage: Romans 8:28 28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. 1. The Attributes of God Work For The Good of God's People 2. The Promises of God Work For The Good of God's People 3. The Mercies of God Work For The Good of God's People 4. The Graces of The Spirit Work For The Good of God's...

Chapter 29: Of Baptism PARAGRAPH 1 Baptism is an ordinance of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus Christ, to be unto the party baptized, a sign of his fellowship with him, in his death and resurrection; of his being engrafted into him;1 of remission of sins;2 and of giving up into God, through Jesus Christ, to live and walk in newness of life.3 1  Rom. 6:3–5 ;  Col. 2:12 ;  Gal. 3:27 2  Mark 1:4...

Titus 2:3-5 1. Exhortations For Older Women, (v.3). 3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, 2. Exhortations For Younger Women, (v.4-5). 4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of G...

Ephesians 5:28-30 1. Do You Love Her As Your Own Body? (v.28) 28  In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.  2. Do You Demonstrate Responsible Love? (v.29-30) 29  For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,  30  because we are members of his body.