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.

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 leader floating around in the culture

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

you have to do.

Laying aside everything you see out there, you have a right to understand what the responsibility

of the shepherd and the pastor is before the Lord and on your behalf.

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