Now our calling and duty as the children of light, as Paul calls us, is to make sure that

we shine the light of the gospel into the darkness.

That's our responsibility. We don't make alliances, common cause with the darkness,

but we shine the light of the gospel into the darkness.

Welcome to Grace to you with

John MacArthur. I'm your host Phil Johnson. The Apostle Paul suffered repeated

beatings and deprivation and even a stoning. Yet no matter how evil the world became or how often

he was persecuted, Paul endured.

But what gave this man of God the strength to stay faithful?

What truths did Paul cling to when trials kept coming and no doubt seemed too tough to bear.

John MacArthur considers those questions today in a biblical look at the current chaos in our society

showing you why you can have confidence that God is

still in control and how to effectively serve the Lord and serve others in these

difficult days. John calls this series,

The World versus the Kingdom of God.

And now here's John.

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

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