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God's gift of Messiah--goes on. In the lives of His people in salvation and through His people as we give the gospel and make disciples of all nations. The mandate of the Lord Jesus gave us--to go to the world and spread his truth--has never changed. But why should His followers do this? Why have they done this, down through the ages, in spite of the most difficult of hardships, pain, loss and even martyrdom? There is a glorious answer, found in Holy Scripture. Come with the Grace United crew as we discover how and why His Gift Goes On as we conclude our Christmas, 2021 series.

Intro – Read Luke 2:34-35 – In Luke’s presentation of the life of Christ, everything has been rosy up to this point. But danger lurks in the second half of Simeon’s prophecy. Luke 2:34, “And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother.” Stop there. See anything strange? Simeon has just expounded…

It’s Not the Baptist’s Church John 3:22-36 Rev. Mark A. Barber Last Week, we saw how Nicodemus was witnessed to by Jesus who knows the hearts of all people. The whole gospel is a witness to the person and work of Christ. We saw in the earlier sermon “How to be a Good Baptist” how John the Baptist was…

Intro – Read Luke 4:31-37. If the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, (Prov 9:10), we live in a doomed generation. Mark Galli, editor at CT, documents representative comments from 21st century sermons: “Jesus is always patient." "Jesus’ mercy embraces even the demons." "Jesus is ever-welcoming,…

Introduction: Last week, we began studying the Book of Revelation. We were reminded of the Book as being a comedy in the sense that it ends in a eternal wedding for believers and a tragedy to unbelievers ending in eternal death. We also remember that John tells us that what He is giving here is a full…

Intro – One day with Mom and Dad gone, brother Jon, age 15, got ahold of the car keys and helped himself to a ride in Dad’s brand new Ford station wagon. Naturally, his sin found him out when he backed into a fence and put a heavy scratch on the rear fender. When I found out, we connived to save his…

September 6, 2015 Read Lu 12:54-59 – A man went to the college cafeteria to dine with his son. Upon reaching the entrance the boy said, “They have nothing good tonight. Let’s leave.” Dad asked, “You haven’t even seen the food yet.” The boy replied, “When there are more than 6 knives in the peanut butter,…

Intro – Gold was discovered in California in 1848 which led to its becoming a state in 1850 with the motto “Eureka – I have found it!” Today we have a true Eureka moment -- the first announcement of the best news ever heard by any man anywhere. It’s all about Jesus and it’s all about the gospel. And…

Intro – A lecturer named Emily Kimbrough was once being introduced when a loud hissing sound came from off-stage. The MC excused herself to speak to a maintenance man beckoning from the side. She returned to announce, “Before we continue with the program I have some unhappy news. We will be delayed for…

WHERE IS THE KINGDOM? LUKE 17: 20-21 Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, 21 nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is within you.” INTRODUCTION:…