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Here is Grace to you, Bible teacher John MacArthur.

Over the last few weeks or so, I've been talking to you about the church, we talked about

heaven on earth, and the elements of the church, the responsibility that every Christian

has to realize that if you're joined to Christ, you're joined to his church universal,

and you need to be joined to the church local, we talked about that, and how important

it is for you to assemble together, and even much the more as you see the end of time

and the return of Christ on the horizon.

And I felt like I was spending five or so weeks kind of telling you all what you needed

to do, and you needed equal time to hear my side.

So this morning and next Sunday morning, I want to talk about what is required of the

pastor, what is required of a faithful shepherd and pastor.

There are so many different models of pastor and church leaders floating around in the

culture that one couldn't find any norm unless one went back to the Word of God, which

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