The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace

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Here's Grace to You, Bible teacher John MacArthur.

Verse 6 and following of Romans 5, for while we were still helpless at the right time Christ

died for the ungodly, that is an incredibly amazing statement, Christ died for the ungodly.

Verse 10 while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God.

Christ died for the ungodly.

We were reconciled to God while we were enemies.

And then verse 8 says it, while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.

Therein lies the uniqueness of the gospel.

Unicness of the gospel is this.

Unicness of the gospel is offered and salvation is possible only for the ungodly and only

for sinners and only for enemies.

It's a stunning statement that Christ died for the ungodly.

With that in mind, I want you to see an illustration of this in Luke chapter 5.

So let's go to Luke 5 and we'll be there for the rest of the afternoon.

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