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

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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, starting at verse 16 in just a few moments.

A number of years 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. You have to have the

revelation of God. You have to have the truth. You have to have the biblical gospel. Others would

say people need more proof. They need some kind of defense for the veracity of the claims of the gospel.

Others would say, well, what people really need is to know that God loves them, and if we just

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