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To Each One Grace Was Given

The Lord's Day Morning April 2, 2006 Ephesians 4:7-13 “To Each One Grace Was Given” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians 4, as we continue to make our way through this great letter of the Apostle Paul to the Christians in Ephesus and to us. Let me remind you, if you have the outline in front of you, of where we've been — and even if you don't have the outline in front of you, let me remind you of where we've been. In Ephesians 1-3, we have stressed regularly, the Apostle Paul sets forth God's glorious plan of redemption in His church. He tells us who He is and what He has done on our behalf. He tells us our doctrine, what we are to believe, what is the faith once delivered; and then, in Ephesians 4…

Amazing Remedies

Wednesday Evening April 27, 2005 Leviticus 14:1-57 “Amazing Remedies” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Leviticus, chapter 14. Sometimes you get to passages in the Bible that are unfamiliar, and they’re difficult; and you study them, and you come away from them still not quite sure what the Lord is saying to you, having studied them. Well, I'm happy to say that this is not one of those passages tonight! It is not the most familiar passage in the Scriptures; it's not the most familiar passage in the Book of Leviticus; but it is the counterpart to the passage that we studied the last time that we were together. The last time we were together we were together in Leviticus 13, and we saw the problem of these various skin…

A Little Thick? Aaron’s Sons Sin Again

Wednesday Evening March 2, 2005 Leviticus 10:12-20 “A Little Thick? Aaron's Sons Sin Again” ” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Leviticus, chapter ten. And I want to go right back to the verses that we read the last time we were together in Leviticus, which was a couple of weeks ago. In February we looked at the tragic story of Nadab and Abihu, which covers the first eleven verses, and it would be good for us to go back and read those verses again, though our focus is going to be especially on verses 12-20 in this chapter. In a sense, this story is all of a piece, but there's so much to be said in both halves of the chapter that we've broken it in part for your consideration. But let me just remind you of the…

The Surprising Servant

The Lord's Day Morning July 4, 2004 I Timothy 1:12-14“The Surprising Servant” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to I Timothy, chapter one. We've been working our way through this book the last three weeks or so, and we come to I Timothy, chapter one, verse twelve today. I'd simply say, by way of preparation, that Paul has focused on the same themes throughout this letter so far. From the time he finished his salutation, in verses…

Denouncing Doeg

If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Psalm 52. The last time we were together in Book II of the Psalms, we were in Psalm 51, and perhaps you remember something of the ground that we covered in that familiar but very important penitential Psalm, the greatest of the penitential Psalms. Just keep that in the back of your mind, that the predecessor to Psalm 52 is Psalm 51. In some ways this Psalm stands in utter contrast with its predecessor, Psalm 51. In Psalm 51 David…

Moses’ Benediction

First Presbyterian Church Wednesday Evening Worship May 7, 2003 Exodus 39:32-43 “Moses’ Benediction” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III We've said over and over that one third of the Book of Exodus is devoted to the instructions regarding the building of the tabernacle and in the report of the carrying out of the building of the tabernacle. And we've also said over and over that the sheer volume of material on the tabernacle proves to us the importance of worship to God. If God didn't…

Priestly Garments

Exodus 38:21 — 39:31Priestly Garments If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to the Book of Exodus and to the chapter 38:21. We are just three or so sermons away from the end of this book, and tonight we're really at our last long reading. Next readings are going to be shorter, concentrating on some specific aspects of the final couple of chapters of the book. Tonight we're going to pick up in chapter 38, verse 21 where Moses begins to account for the cost of the…

The Goal of Paul’s Mission

Romans 15:14-21 The Goal of Paul's Mission If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Romans chapter 15 and to the 14th verse. We have now worked our way through a marvelous section of the book of Romans chapters 12 through 15 in which Paul spells out something of the Christian way of life. Last week we came to the end of that section and indeed the end of the main argument of the book of Romans, but we said even then that Paul had much more to say in the remainder of…

Under Grace

Grace Under Fire Romans 6:15-18 If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn to Romans 6. We’re going to be looking at Romans 6, verses 15 through 18 today. I’d like to remind you of a couple of things before we read this passage. From Romans, chapter 3 through 5, Paul has especially reminded us that our forgiveness, our acceptance with God is grounded in His grace. Romans 6 has been stressing that grace transforms. In Romans chapter 6, he is stressing that we are not only forgiven by…

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