Chaplain David Saltzman – “The Powers of Grace and Mercy,” – Verdugo Community Church March 9, 2025

In his sermon from Mark 2:1 – 12, “The Powers of Grace and Mercy,” Chaplain David Saltzman looks at what it means to use the power of God’s love to show others grace and mercy. In that story to get around the crowd a paralyzed man is lowered by his friends through the roof of Jesus’s house so that he can be healed. Jesus first forgives the man’s sins. When the religious leaders present reject his ability to do this, he then heals the man in front of them and all those gathered there, demonstrating that he is indeed the promised Son of Man. God empowers us through grace to love and show others mercy.

 

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Verdugo Community Church is a Free Methodist congregation serving the Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, and Glendale areas in Los Angeles. It is located at 4300 Verdugo Road, Los Angeles, CA 90065. Our email address is verdugofmc@gmail.com. Contact Pastor Gail at (323) 500-3343.

 

Worship service copyright 2025 by Verdugo Community Church. Sermon copyright 2025 by David Saltzman and Verdugo Community Church.