Sunday, January 26
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Leap of Faith

Luke 1:41 The baby leapt in her womb, it is very probable that she had been several weeks quick (for she was six months gone), and that she had often felt the child stir but this was a more than ordinary motion of the child, which alarmed her to expect something very extraordinary, it is the same word that is used in Genesis 25:22 for the struggling of Jacob and Esau in Rebecca’s womb, and the mountains skipping, Psalm 114:4. The babe leaped as it were to give a signal to his mother that  he was now at hand whose forerunner he was to be, about six months in ministry, as he was in being or, it was the effect of some strong impression made upon the mother. Now began to be fulfilled what the angel said to his father (Luke 1:15), that he should be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his moth...
Unmerited Grace
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Unmerited Grace

John 1:15-17   Grace is a meaningful concept that is particularly meaningful to those who follow Christ. Because of Grace, our fallen nature and sinful behavior no longer form a barrier between us and God. He bestows His grace upon us without merit – meaning we don’t deserve it and can’t do anything to attain it. We have received the favor of this apostleship that is grace and a fitness for it that is truth. We have received grace for grace. All that we receive in Christ is summed up in this one word, grace we have received even grace, so great a gift, so rich, so invaluable we have received no less than grace this is a gift to be spoken of with an emphasis. It is repeated, grace for grace for to every stone in this building, as well as to the top-stone.   It is grace the good will of God ...