The Jewish people waited thousands of years for the arrival into the world of the blessed Messiah. Very few understood that he had arrived some thirty years prior as a babe in Bethlehem. When the time was right, God sent his chosen herald, John the Baptist, to announce to the world that the power of…
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Sermons on John
On the eve of our Lord’s crucifixion, with his disciples gathered around him, he informed them of some troubling news. He was going to be leaving them for a while, and they would be filled with sorrow, but the world would rejoice to see him gone. Then Jesus comforted his followers by informing them that…
This is a communion sermon that focuses on the spiritual presence of Christ in the life of the believer and, particularly, with the administering and receiving of the Lord’s Supper. On the night of our Lord’s betrayal, the eve of his crucifixion, Jesus explained to his disciples that he was about to leave them, and…
Palm Sunday. That is the traditional name the church uses to designate the first day of the week—Sunday—in the week leading up to our Lord’s crucifixion and triumphant resurrection. On that day, Jerusalem was packed with pilgrims who had come to observe the Jewish Passover. As Jesus entered the city seated on a donkey, the…
What if you knew a person, a friend or neighbor, who had lived his whole life—from birth to adulthood—blind, unable to see and enjoy all the visual beauties and pleasures of life, but then, suddenly and unexpectedly, a very special person came along and gave sight to your friend? Imagine how excited and grateful he…
J.I. Packer said the Incarnation is the supreme mystery of the Gospel. Jesus was God made man. He took a human nature without loss of deity. Jesus is the eternal Word made flesh. All things were made through Him (Col 1:16). He came to us as the true light, yet He was rejected by many…