Luke 13:10-17
Luke 2:10-11
Jeremiah 17:9
Romans 7:24-25
The woman with the disabling spirit represents how spiritually crippled we are by sin and death.
Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
in light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise.
To all life thou givest, to both great and small;
in all life thou livest, the true life of all;
we blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,
and wither and perish but naught changeth thee.
Great Father of glory, pure Father of light,
thine angels adore thee, all veiling their sight;
all praise we would render, O help us to see
’tis only the splendor of light hideth thee.
THOSE BOUND BY SATAN BECOME BOUND FOR HEAVEN.
WE ARE SAVED, NOT BY WHAT WE HAVE DONE, BUT BY WHAT JESUS DID.
“Regeneration, however it is described, is a divine activity in us, in which we are not the actors but the recipients.” – Sinclair B. Ferguson
FREEDOM ISN’T ABOUT SOMETHING WE’VE DONE. FREEDOM IS ABOUT WHAT JESUS DID.
Jesus has the power to do what he wants to do, for whomever he chooses, whenever he chooses.
“As he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame, and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.”
Charles Spurgeon: “DO NOT GO TO THE SYNAGOGUE OF LONG-FACED HYPOCRITES TO HEAR THE MINISTER WHO PREACHES WITH A NASAL TWANG, WITH MISERY IN HIS FACE, WHILST HE TELLS YOU THAT GOD HAS GOODWILL TOWARDS MEN. I KNOW YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT HE SAYS, FOR HE DOES NOT PREACH WITH JOY IN HIS COUNTENANCE, HE IS TELLING GOOD NEWS WITH A GRUNT, AND YOU ARE NOT LIKELY TO RECEIVE IT. BUT GO STRAIGHT WAY TO THE PLAIN WHERE BETHLEHEM SHEPHERDS SAT BY NIGHT, AND WHEN YOU HEAR THE ANGELS SINGING OUT THE GOSPEL, BY THE GRACE OF GOD UPON YOU, YOU CANNOT HELP BELIEVING THAT THEY MANIFESTLY FEEL THE PRECIOUSNESS OF TELLING.”
And together, the beloved of God said, “AMEN.”