So Paul knew that if he was going to be faithful to the end and he was going to endure,

he knew that if he was going to be faithful to shine the light into the darkness,

there had to be some things that anchored him down, some certainties.

He was certain regarding the superiority and exclusivity of the new covenant.

He was certain that minister was a mercy.

He was certain that he needed to have a pure heart.

Welcome to Grace To You with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

In his book Seven Ways to Fix the World, Christopher Barnatt suggests that mankind needs to adopt

a low energy lifestyle, listen to a diversity of opinions, and put more women in authority.

And while some of his ideas might be helpful, none of them would truly fix what's wrong in the world.

But what would?

If you could only do one thing to fix mankind's greatest problems, what would it be?

John MacArthur tackles that question head on today as he continues his series called The World

Versus the Kingdom of God, and with that here is John.

That passage is 2 Corinthians chapter 4, 2 Corinthians chapter 4.

Now we've been looking at the idea of the fact that there is revealed in Scripture,

that the world is made up of two kingdoms.

There's the kingdom of light and the kingdom of darkness.

And we looked at 2 Corinthians chapter 6, which says,

light and darkness are incompatible, as incompatible as lawlessness and righteousness,

as Satan and Christ, as unbelievers and believers.

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