Hi, friend. This is Phil Johnson. Welcome to a special edition of Grace to You with John MacArthur.

We've interrupted our regular schedule to bring you a message that John preached just a few days ago,

titled Calling Rulers to Repentance. Now, before the message, a quick timeline will be helpful.

Less than two weeks ago, John wrote an open letter to the governor of California out of a desire to

honor the Lord Jesus and out of a concern for the governor's spiritual condition. John was motivated

to write the letter because of billboards that Governor Newsom had put up in several American states,

specifically states with the most restrictive laws against abortion, because the California

governor wanted to assure women across the country that they are welcome to come have abortions in

California. But what's worse, the billboards included a quote from Mark chapter 12 with the words of

Jesus himself, blasphemously claiming that abortion is a loving procedure and that God endorses it.

So John called on his congregation to pray for Governor Newsom and he wrote the open letter that

I mentioned, which called the governor to repentance. And a few days later, John sat down with me for

an interview on this matter. We aired that interview Monday this week. And then the Sunday before

last, John preached the message that we aired the first half of yesterday on the program. And we're

going to wrap that up today. So with that, follow along now as John MacArthur continues,

his very timely message titled Calling Rulers to Repentance. Now, as you know, last Sunday

at the conclusion of the service, I'm inviting you to pray for the governor of California,

Gavin Newsom. And I did that purposely because obviously we would love to see him come to Christ.

I think probably all of you know that we wrote him a letter, an open letter, since he is very open

about advocating the things that dishonor God. We are also open about calling him to faith and

repentance. And we have done that. And there has obviously been an amazing response to that,

coming from a lot of angles, but for the most part, very encouraging to us.

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