The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace

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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

Here's Grace to You, Bible teacher John MacArthur.

Well, good evening, everybody.

This is Sunday night, May 3, 2020.

And you are actually in my office.

This isn't a stage.

This is my office at Grace Community Church.

I do have to confess that they clean my desk off.

It doesn't normally look this clean.

There's normally a lot more work hanging around on this desk that I need to get to.

But yes, this is my office and it has been since way back in the 1970s.

This is the sort of center of my world in ministry here at Grace Church, which we so much love.

We moved to my office tonight because it allows me to talk to you a little bit about the church.

For the last couple of Sunday nights, we've done Q&A in our church auditorium.

I'll be at an empty auditorium. We put a desk out there so you could see that the church was empty.

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