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

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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

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

We're doing a series.

I'm not sure how long it'll go, but we're looking at conversations with Jesus during his

life and ministry.

And one of the ones that is most fascinating and definitive is found in Luke 4.

So you can open your Bible if you will to Luke chapter 4.

And we're going to be looking at starting at verse 16 in just a few moments.

Before a year ago, I was asked a question actually by a rabbi who asked me if people know

the facts about Jesus Christ, why don't they acknowledge Him as Savior?

What causes people to resist that?

And just recently I had a similar conversation with someone who said when people know the

truth, why is it that they don't receive Christ as their Savior?

Really that comes down to one great reality and this passage will reveal that to us.

Some people would say people need more information and that's true.

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