Hi, friend, I'm Phil Johnson, and this is Grace to You, featuring the Bible teaching of John

MacArthur.

Today we are once again preempting our normal schedule, taking a break from John's brand-new

series on The World versus the Kingdom of God to bring you a message that is even newer.

John preached it just a week ago at the church he leads in Southern California.

Now you probably know that the United States Supreme Court recently struck down Roe versus

Wade, and by doing that, the court made abortion an issue regulated by the individual states,

rather than by the federal government.

And since that ruling, a number of American states have been letting the rest of the country

know that nothing has changed with them, they're still making abortions available, and

California conspicuously took the lead in publicizing its abortion services in a series

of billboards posted across the country and endorsed by California's governor.

And what's more, those billboards featured a biblical quote from Jesus in a blasphemous attempt

to say that the Lord himself applauded abortion.

John MacArthur was so burdened by the blatant mockery of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in fact,

burdened for the spiritual condition of California's governor, that he wrote an open letter to

the governor, which received a good deal of attention, and then a few days later, John stepped

into the pulpit to consider these issues through the crystal-clear lens of the Word of God.

So today and tomorrow, we're going to let you hear what the people at Grace Church heard.

I trust you'll be encouraged by the Bible's ability to speak powerfully to moral questions,

and to give the hope of forgiveness to anyone who would turn from his or her sin and run

to the salvation purchased by the Lord Jesus Christ and Him alone.

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