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

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

Here is Grace to You Bible teacher John MacArthur.

So refreshing to be together away from all the chaos that's going on in our world, look out and see all your beautiful

faces, and thank the Lord that you're here and worshiping him.

This morning, I want to take you to a passage that has been treasure to me for many, many years.

In fact, it's actually a passage that I spoke on two years ago at a shepherd's conference

to all the men that were here.

It's one of those defining portions of Scripture as I look at my life and my ministry and

your life and your ministry in the kingdom of light.

That passage is 2 Corinthians chapter 4. Second 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 last time 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. And so we said that the Word of God calls on us to be separate, touch not the unclean

thing, have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness.

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