From Old Testament times, the Jewish people knew that only God and his Messiah could open the eyes of the blind. However, over their long history, it had never happened. Therefore, when Jesus healed the eyes of a man born blind in John 9:1-41, he caused quite a stir. Some rejected the miracle as spurious, but the healed man held firm to what he knew to be true: "I was blind, and now I see." This is the same testimony of the simplest Christian whose spiritual eyes Jesus has opened to the truth. (sermon notes)
Because humans were dead in our sins, the only possible solution was for God to make us alive because of his grace.
The early church produced several creeds that continue to exercise great influence over what Christians believe about Jesus Christ to this day. (Here is...
Sooner or later every kingdom that opposes God will be “all gone,” but there is a kingdom that will not pass away.
