Out of the Ivory Palaces
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
For what possible reason would the eternal Son of God submit Himself to a lowly birth and an excruciating death? In this classic Christmas message, R.C. Sproul reminds us of the great cost of our redemption and the reason why Christ came to pay it.
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| 0:00.0 | At Christmas he came out of the ivory palaces and into this world of war and only a great and enormous a a profound eternal love made my Savior go. At Christmas we spend a lot of time considering the wonder of the |
| 0:29.9 | incarnation, the birth of Christ in Bethlehem, and his humble surroundings. But do we take the time |
| 0:36.7 | to ponder the magnificence of where he came from, what he left for that first Christmas to be possible? |
| 0:43.4 | You're listening to a special Saturday edition of Renewing Her Mind |
| 0:47.5 | as each Saturday this month you'll hear Christmas messages |
| 0:51.0 | from the preaching and teaching ministry of R.C. Sprawl. |
| 0:55.0 | There is so much to ponder and give thanks to God for during the Advent season. |
| 1:00.0 | One way we're seeking to help you do that is through these hand-selected messages each Saturday, |
| 1:05.5 | but also by making R.C. sprawl's new Advent Devotional |
| 1:09.0 | available to you, our listeners. |
| 1:11.4 | You can learn how to request your copy at renewingrammind.org. |
| 1:16.0 | To help us consider the where and why of the incarnation, here's Ercey Sprawl with a message |
| 1:21.6 | titled Out of the Ivory Palaces. |
| 1:24.3 | Don't you love Christmas? |
| 1:29.3 | I love it. |
| 1:30.0 | I never get tired of Christmas. |
| 1:32.3 | It's one of those things that as soon as we throw the carcass of the turkey away |
| 1:37.1 | after Thanksgiving, Vesta wants to get out the lights and start decorating |
| 1:41.5 | and begin to think about the Christmas season. |
| 1:43.8 | And there's something precious of the constant reminders |
| 1:49.1 | of the sweetness of Christ and his birth that we celebrate at this time. |
| 1:56.4 | My text is taken from the gospel |
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