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Grace to You: Pulpit Podcast

The Divine Credentials of the Christmas Child (Colossians 1:15-19)

Grace to You: Pulpit Podcast

John MacArthur

Grace, Bible, Church, Scriptures, Jesus, Religion & Spirituality, Truth, John, Christianity, Macarthur, Salvation, Christ

4.82.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Check here each week to keep up with the latest from John MacArthur's pulpit at Grace Community Church.

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

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to You.

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If you've never contacted Grace to You, we want to send you a free booklet by John that

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unpacks fifteen Greek words in Scripture that explain a stunning paradox, how a God

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of perfect justice can show mercy to sinners who deserve only punishment.

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Request your free booklet titled 15 Words of Hope by writing to Hope at gty.org.

0:28.7

This offer is good in North America and Europe through June 2023.

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

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

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I want to kind of go back to the basics if I can with you this morning.

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And that is to talk about Immanuel, God with us.

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Who is this child?

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The announcement to Joseph was that this child would be named Jesus for, he would save

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his people from their sins.

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And that his name would be Immanuel, which in Hebrew means God with us.

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God came down to save his people from their sins.

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As we read in Luke, Mary said, how can this happen?

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I am a virgin.

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And the angel declared to her that the Holy Spirit would come upon her and by His power

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the Son of God would take up residence in her womb so that the child would be both

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God and man, the God man, the Lord Jesus Christ.

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I want us to think about the reality of who Christ is today.

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