Lord's Day: June 21, 2026 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: First John Topic: Of Man Scripture: Proverbs 20:6–7; 31:10; John 5:24; 1 Corinthians 11:27–32; John 19:30; Exodus 20:12; 1 Peter 2:17; Romans 12:9–10; Ephesians 2:10; Proverbs 4:1–13; 1 Corinthians 4:14–17; Romans 1:16; Matthew 23:6–12; Ephesians 5:1–2, 15–33; 1 Corinthians 11:3; Genesis 2:23; 1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Peter 3:7; Ephesians 6:1–4; Matthew 6:33; Proverbs 22:6; 2 Timothy 3:15; Deuteronomy 6:1–9, 20–21; Joshua 24:15

Many a man will call out his own lovingkindness, But a faithful man, who can find? A righteous man who walks in his integrity— How blessed are his sons after him. Proverbs 20:6–7

• Men, like women, need local, godly role models and influences in their life to show them the way—highlights the importance of a sound local church.

I. A Godly Father is a Godly Son

• A godly son is a wise son, recognizes the generational wisdom of his spiritual forefathers who came before him.

II. A Godly Father is a Godly Husband

• A godly husband loves his wife and honors her, 1 Peter 3:7

III. There are some who deny the importance of family worship…

• Ephesians 6:1–4
• God commands fathers to be intentional about training their children, not haphazard.

IV. The Family & Worship

• "A sacred duty of parents, especially fathers, is to practice family worship in the home, since they are ultimately responsible for teaching and modeling the Scriptures to their children." (Of Mankind, Gender, Marriage, Family, & Sexuality)
• John Calvin on Ephesians 5:31

Join us on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:

• ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church
  4712 Montana Ave
  El Paso, Texas 79903

Contact us at:

• web: ThornCrownCovenant.Church
  call/text: (915) 843-8088
  email: ThornCrownCovenantBChurch@gmail.com

Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com

Lord's Day: June 14, 2026 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: First John Topic: God's Decree Scripture: 1 John 5:14–16; Ephesians 5:15–17; Psalm 143:10; Colossians 4:12; Acts 20:27; Ephesians 1:7–10; Deuteronomy 29:29; 1 Corinthians 14:33; Isaiah 46:10–11; Job 42:1–2; Genesis 50:20; Acts 2:23; 4:28; Colossians 3:11; Ezekiel 33:10–11; 1 Samuel 2:25; John 6:40; 1 Thessalonians 4:3–11; 5:18; 1 Peter 2:13–15; 1 John 2:1; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; John 17:17; 2 Peter 3:18; 1 Timothy 3:15; Hebrews 10:24–25; 2 Samuel 10:12; James 4:13–17; 1 John 2:17

“The secret things belong to Yahweh our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may do all the words of this law." Deuteronomy 29:29

I. The will of God

• The will of God is a doctrine that is not so difficult to understand in one sense (although certain aspects are complex)—but it is difficult for many to accept.
• Ephesians 1:7-10

II. Does God have more than one will?

• God’s decree does not always reflect His commands; yet His purposes are always accomplished in accord with His will.

III. Does God have a permissive will?

• Isaiah 46:10-11
• Was there a Cross because of sin? Or was there sin because of the Cross?
• Jonathan Edwards: “God decrees all things, and even all sins. Acts ii. 23. “Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain;” iv. 28. “For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.” If the thing meant, be only that Christ’s sufferings should come to pass by some means or other; I answer, they could not come to pass but by sin.”
• Gordon Haddon Clark, Christian Philosophy, The Works of Gordon Haddon Clark (The Trinity Foundation, 2004), IV

IV. How then can we know the will of God? For our specific lives?

• What about Dr. Emerson Eggerichs' The 4 Wills of God? Pietism

Join us on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:

• ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church
  4712 Montana Ave
  El Paso, Texas 79903

Contact us at:

• web: ThornCrownCovenant.Church
  call/text: (915) 843-8088
  email: ThornCrownCovenantBChurch@gmail.com

Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com

Lord's Day: June 7, 2026 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: First John Topic: Prayer Scripture: 1 John 5:10–15; Ephesians 6:18; Romans 13:12; Hebrews 4:14–16; 1 John 3:21–23; John 14:13–15; 16:23–24; Matthew 6:7–13; Psalm 125:2; 22:3; 113:1–9; James 4:3; 5:16

And this is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him. 1 John 5:14–15

I. Confidence & Boldness before Him

• These verses are precious gospel promises and indicatives, and guide our understanding of our assured confidence and status before God as believers, and our intimate relationship with Him, how we relate to Him in prayer
• Prayer: to boldly ask God, confidently, according to His will

II. Now, we have confidence before Whom? Who is Him?

• The Father? The Son?
• The Lord's Prayer

III. Prayer: God’s Condescension

IV. To ask boldly, according to His will

• What does it mean to ask God according to His will?

Join us on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:

• ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church
  4712 Montana Ave
  El Paso, Texas 79903

Contact us at:

• web: ThornCrownCovenant.Church
  call/text: (915) 843-8088
  email: ThornCrownCovenantBChurch@gmail.com

Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com