Tag: God Heals

Why Was Jesus Born? (Hebrews 2:9–18) Will you turn with me, please, in your Bibles  to the 2nd chapter of Hebrews. Hebrews chapter   2, verses 9 through 18 is our text this  morning. For you that may be visiting with us,   I might say that we believe in a ministry that is  a teaching ministry. [...]

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Election: Christ’s Honor and Our Blessing (2 Thessalonians 2:13–17) Today on grace to you, >> he preached the gospel so that those who were chosen could hear it and believe it. Prompted obviously by the Holy Spirit under the preaching of the gospel they would believe because they were the chosen. We have all spiritual [...]

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The People Who Missed Christmas (Selected Scriptures) Let’s pray together as we begin our study  of God’s word. Father, as we hear the   rather plaintive echo of the song, No Room, we  certainly are reminded that in our world today,   it’s a little different than it was then. For  most people, there is still no [...]

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The Paradox of Christmas (Selected Scriptures) We come now to our time for the study of the Word  of God this morning on this Christmas Sunday. Our   attention, of course, is drawn to Christmas. As  I was thinking about what I might share with you,   I was struck again with the dichotomy between  Christmas for [...]

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Examining the Virgin Birth (Selected Scriptures) I’d like to invite you to take your Bible this  morning as we look together at the birth of   Christ. We’re going to consider several passages  and so just have it ready. You can follow along   as we go from place to place and consider  the meaning of the [...]

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Jesus—The Solution to the Human Dilemma (Selected Scriptures) Well, those of you who are a part of Grace  Church, you know that I’ve been in a rut for   years and I just keep teaching the Bible  week after week after week after week,   verse by verse. But every Christmas I try to  do something different. [...]

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The Importance of Doctrinal Courage (Selected Scriptures) Today on grace to you. >> It was for freedom that Christ set us free. Therefore, keep standing firm. Do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. Trust in your works and you have just destroyed grace. What in the world makes us so embarrassed about [...]

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The Marvelous Birth of the King (Selected Scriptures) As we look to the Word of God this morning, I  want you to open your Bible to the first two   chapters of the gospel of Matthew, the first two  chapters in the New Testament. They introduce us   to the birth of the King. It never ceases [...]

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The Amazing Child of Christmas (Selected Scriptures) This morning as we consider together the  wonderful reality of the Christmas story,   I want us to look at a text of scripture  found in the first couple of chapters of   the gospel of Luke and I would invite you  if you will to open your Bible to [...]

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The Ugliness of Christmas (Selected Scriptures) For many years now, here at Grace Church, it’s  been my challenge and joy to preach Christmas   messages. In fact, some years I’ve preached two or  three Christmas messages, and so there have been   many different ways that we have looked at the  birth of Christ. This year, for [...]

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