Grace Reformed Presbyterian Church

I praise the Lord for this sermon. Anyone that delights in growing in sanctification should keep this in their "heavy rotation" of sermons. Very timely for this age. May the church be on guard against pride.

Until this sermon by Pastor Josiah, I never understood this somewhat mysterious Scripture verse. Pastor Josiah draws out nuances and inferences of which I was never previously aware. Overall, according to Pastor Josiah, it seems that what God's Word is telling us is that our gratitude and blessings toward others must flow from sincere, humble, genuinely grateful hearts, with no hidden motives. Thank you, sir!

Thank Pastor, that was a powerful sermon. I’m glad that I’m gifted with weaknesses.

Christ is the great light that shines in our darkness and sin and who brings us to life and light, to salvation. He is King of Light, Sovereign to intervene in our lives. The initiative is His, the liberation is His.

With God's grace may I hold on to the teachings of Jesus. Thank you Pastor Dan for the Sermon.

I enjoyed your sermon very much, I started listening to Family Radio about 6 months ago because I'm a music minister in our church and I loved the hymns on the broadcast. I am very disturbed by Mr. Camping's teachings regarding "leaving the church", and I have heard a few distraught callers filled with confusion over leaving their church, and that really bothered me because he seemed to be needlessly confusing and scaring people. Thanks for clarifying this issue for me, because I feel that since the church truly is "the body of Christ", Jesus will not abandon us, as Camping insists he already has. Good job, Dan, and thank you!

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Very nice sermon! Good cadence. Dan has a gift of preaching like a one on one conversation with the listener. You could listen to this once or twice a year.

This sermon presents a 50-word definition of the gospel (not 49, as indicated in a previous comment): (1-2)"In Christ, (3-9)God the infinite spirit becomes a human, (10-13)to share his love: (14-18)he lives a perfect life; (19-23)he dies a substitute death; (24-27)he rises to heaven; (28-32)and he promises to return, (33-37)to give glorious lasting life, (38-43)to anyone who turns from sin, (44-50)and who places their confidence in Him."

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I realize this is an old posting; however, I did want to respectfully reply. I believe when we examine the Scriptures closely we can find that God Himself changed the sabbath day from the 7th to the 1st day of the week. In Matt 28:1 the same Greek word (sabbaton) is used twice...its first occurrence represents the literal ending of sabbath day with sunrise on Sunday morning -- but I believe Scripture also supports the underlying spiritual truth that, with the resurrection of Christ, this also represents the end of the OT 7th day sabbaths. The next occurence in v1 has been mistranslated as "day of the week" when it is the identical Greek word used earlier in the verse. One can argue that a more proper translation for this portion of v1 would be "as it began to dawn toward the first of the sabbath" -- representing the beginning of the NT Sunday sabbath. Just my thoughts on this sabbath morning in January 2006. Jeff

Regarding Christmas: I agree with Spurgeon's doctrine and practice. CONCERNING SPURGEON'S BELIEFS: "We have no superstitious regard for times and seasons...because we find no Scriptural warrant whatever for observing any day as the birthday of the Saviour." CONCERNING SPURGEON'S PRACTICE: His sermon text for Dec.24, 1871 is Luke 2:10-12 "Joy in Bethlehem" -- -- an intriguing insight into the true Spurgeon, who was both a guardian of the truth and a wise pastor, selecting the appropriate text for the season which surrounded him.

"However, I must admit, I once met a minister who generally preached on the theme of resurrection during Decembers.) (By the way, his church eventually folded)" Folded since he didn't tickle the ears. ?

Your comments still make me wonder if you've even listened to the sermon. The sermon does not advocate the establishing of some superstitious day as the day of our Lord's birth. This sermon assumes that the overwhelming majority of American culture already celebrates the Christmas season (though with a mixed understanding), and thus the sermon seizes the cultural opportunity to become all things to all people to win some for Christ (I Cor.9:19-23) and to help the sermon listeners to enrich their understanding of Christ and to prompte in them a joyful response -- and to appreciate our Lord's wonderful incarnation on behalf of an undeserving people, like you and me. (However, I must admit, I once met a minister who generally preached on the theme of resurrection during Decembers.) (By the way, his church eventually folded.)

If you read the full quote, it is even more amazing. However, even going off of the quote that was given (my space was limited by the form submission), you miss the real thrust of the whole thing. His main focus was not on the issue of the date of Christ's birth. His focus was on the fact that it is superstitious to even set up a holy day that isn't taught in Scripture. Upon this point, you ducked. Further, I cannot wish you a merry Christ's Mass, since I am not Catholic. However, I do praise the Lord for the incarnation of Christ, His life, His death on the cross, His shedding of blood for the remission, His bodily resurrection from the grave, His ascension, and His soon coming.