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The Exposition of Matthew 9:35-38
Written by Jimmie Burroughs (Miracles of Jesus) Introduction We began our study of the miracles of Jesus’ Gallian ministry a few months ago, and now we are coming to the end and getting ready to move into Matthew chapter 10 next week. We are at the point when things are about to change in Jesus Gallian ministry. When we come to chapter 10, there is a transition beginning, leading up to big changes in Jesus’ entire approach to His ministry. What is that something big? Israel rejects Jesus as the Messiah. When Israel rejected the offer of the kingdom, everything changed from that point forward. We will have to wait…
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God’s Amazing Grace
Written by Jimmie Burroughs “Amazing grace! How sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see… Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; ‘tis grace has brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.” – John Newton, 1772. In that great old hymn, there are four kinds of grace, though not mentioned in word: convicting grace, saving grace, living grace and dying grace. We will discuss those later, but first, what is “God’s Amazing Grace?” According to Steve McVey’s definition, “Grace is a system of living whereby God blesses us…
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Can You Lose Your Salvation?
Written by Jimmie Burroughs The most difficult Scripture in the Bible is found in Hebrews chapter six. Bible commentaries often leave off discussing it. Dr. R.W. Dale, who was considered one of the great minds in the field of conservative scholarship, wrote: “I know how this passage has made the heart of many a good man tremble. It rises up in the New Testament with a gloomy grandeur, stern, portentous, awful, sublime as Mount Sinai when the Lord descended upon it in fire, and threatening storm clouds were around Him, and thundering and lightnings and unearthly voices told that He was there.” Hebrews 6:4-6, “For as touching those who were once…