Loving Those Who Don’t Love You

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Loving Those Who Don’t Love You

The Lord's Day Morning September 27, 2009 Luke 6: 27-36 “Loving Those Who Don't Love You” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you’ll remember throughout Luke chapter 6, from the time Jesus called twelve disciples to follow Him, He is clearly sending the signal that He is creating the people of God anew. And just like Moses gathered twelve tribes and Joshua led twelve tribes into the Promised Land, so also Jesus has twelve disciples in this new Israel that He is bringing about. As we looked at the Beatitudes these last few weeks, we saw that Jesus was saying that one difference between His disciples, His followers, and the world, is that His disciples value something different than the world values. They treasure something different than the world treasures. They worship something…

Dead in Sin

The Lord's Day Morning October 2, 2005 Ephesians 2:1-3 “Dead in Sin” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians, chapter two, as we continue to work our way through this great letter of the Apostle Paul. In Ephesians 2, having praised God in Ephesians 1 for the greatness of God's mercy to us in Jesus Christ, having interceded in the second half of Ephesians 1 to God to enlighten our eyes to appreciate, to understand, to come to a greater comprehension of God's mercy to us in Jesus Christ, Paul now sets the mercy of God against the backdrop of our predicament. In Ephesians 2, verses 1-3 in particular, Paul is going to tell us in the starkest terms the human plight. He will describe to us the state of our hearts, the…

The Parallels Between the Broken Covenant of Works and…

Romans 5:18-19 The Parallels Between the Broken Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Romans, chapter 5. We’re going to be looking at verses 18 and 19, but let me ask you to allow your eyes to roam back to verse 12, because you will remember that in verse 12 Paul began a sentence which he did not complete. There is a “just as” for which there is no “so also” in verse 12. In fact the apostle interrupted himself mid-sentence to tell you two very important things. One thing he wanted to tell you in verses 13 and 14, another thing he wanted to tell you in verses 15 through 17. Having accomplished his purpose in telling you those two things before he completed his sentence, in verse 18 he now goes back…

The Broken Covenant of Works Brought Death into the…

The Broken Covenant of Works brought Death into the World Romans 5:12-14 If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Romans, chapter 5. It’s been a month since we’ve been in Romans together, so let me refresh your memories. In Romans 1 and 2 the apostle tells us what the problem is. Our problem. The problem of sin and estrangement from God. Rebellion against Him. In Romans, chapter 3 he sets forth God’s solution, the only solution to our predicament, and that is…

All Are Under Sin

Romans 3:9-18 All Are Under Sin If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Romans, chapter 3, as we continue to work our way through this glorious letter of the apostle Paul to the church in Rome, but by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit to all of us, because all Scripture is given by inspiration and is profitable for all those of us who are believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, as we have looked through the first eight verses of Romans, chapter 3, we have come into contact…

God Gave Them Over (3)

Romans 1:28-32 God Gave Them Over (3) If you have your Bibles I’d invite you to turn with me to Romans, chapter 1 as we continue to work our way through the first chapter of this great book. You remember Paul’s argument as we’ve been looking at it the last few weeks. Beginning in Romans 1, 16 and 17 he has set forth in outline his gospel. Beginning in Romans 1:18 and going all the way to Romans 3:20 he explains why his gospel is necessary. Why it is that everyone is in need of the gospel…

We Have No Excuse

Romans 1:18-20 The Bad News: The Wrath of God against Mankind Bad News for Bad Pagan; We Have No Excuse If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Romans, chapter 1, verse 18. We’re continuing to work our way through this glorious epistle of Paul to the Romans. The last time we were together we were in verses 16 and 17 where Paul announces the theme of his entire book. And today we begin what is the first section proper. Everything before verse 18 is really Paul’s…

The Dream of the Four Beasts

If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Daniel, chapter 7, as we continue our study through this great book. We come tonight to the 7th chapter which introduces us into the second section of the book. You’ll remember that we've already said that part of this book is written in Hebrew, and part of this book is written in Aramaic. The Aramaic section of the book runs from chapter 2 to chapter 7. And so this chapter is the last of the Aramaic section and as it is in the…

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