Sermons and Biblical Studies

PSALM 139 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain (Psalm 139:6). The doctrine of God’s incomprehensibility does not mean that God is utterly unknowable. Rather it means that no one has total, comprehensive, exhaustive knowledge of who God is or what His infinite character is like. There are two … Continue reading “GOD’S INCOMPREHENSIBILITY”

ACTS 17:16–34 Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious” (Acts 17:22). We have now looked at four great hymns in Luke 1 and 2: the Magnificat, or Song of Mary (Luke 1:46–55); the Benedictus, or Song of … Continue reading “THE GOD WE WORSHIP”

LUKE 2:41–52 “Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?” (Luke 2:49). Every year many Jews went to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover. Luke tells us about something that happened when Jesus was 12 years old. After the feast of Passover was over, “Jesus stayed … Continue reading “JESUS LOST AND FOUND”

LUKE 2:36–40 She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying (Luke 2:37). Yesterday we looked at the prophecy of Simeon. At the very moment that Simeon was speaking, an aged woman came up to Mary and Joseph and joined in praising God (Luke 2:38). We are told that this woman’s … Continue reading “THE MINISTRY OF PRAYER”

LUKE 2:21–35 Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against” (Luke 2:34). Some time before the birth of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit told a man named Simeon “that … Continue reading “A PROPHECY OF PAIN”

HEBREWS 4:14–16 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin (Hebrews 4:15). Jesus was not only fully God, He was also fully man. He became man in order to … Continue reading “JESUS’ SINLESS HUMANITY”

MARK 2:1–12 “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” (Mark 2:7). The New Testament presents many arguments for the full deity of Jesus Christ. Today let’s look at a few of them. One of the most important is that Jesus forgave sins, and this is something … Continue reading “THE DEITY OF JESUS”

JOHN 1:10–13 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him (John 1:10). Nineteenth century liberal thought was highly anti-supernatural, and the liberal theologians of that era sought to strip away all the miracles and wonders from the story of Jesus as we find it … Continue reading “HISTORY AND FAITH”

PHILIPPIANS 2:5–11 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness (Philippians 2:6–7). In the nineteenth century a new heresy arose around the person of Christ: the kenotic heresy. The kenotic theory … Continue reading “HE LAYS HIS GLORY BY”

JOHN 1:6–18 No one has ever seen God, but God the One and only, who is at the Father’s side, has made Him known (John 1:18). One of the problems the early church faced was how to interpret Biblical religion, which existed in Hebrew thoughtforms, in a Greek context. The categories of Greek philosophy continually … Continue reading “BEGOTTEN NOT CREATED”