Rev. Cyril A. Stevens – Sermon 0967A recorded on January 20, 1985 teaching from Isaiah 32:1-2 – The Manhood of Jesus Christ.
Pastor Cyril A. Stevens emphasizes the necessity of understanding Jesus Christ through His manhood and incarnation, describing Him using the Isaiah 32 imagery of a refuge from the storm and streams of water in the desert. He stresses that Jesus was simultaneously very God and very man, a union essential for God to meet humanity and take on human nature. The core message centers on Christ’s triumph over Satan, the accuser, by paying the full penalty for humanity’s sin, an act symbolized by the Roman custom of marking a paid debt with the words “paid in full” or “it is finished”. Ultimately, Stevens presents salvation as an amnesty of God offered through Jesus, warning that the only unforgivable sin is rejecting this freely given gift of forgiveness.