The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with grace

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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

Here is Grace to you, Bible teacher John MacArthur.

When I say that Christ is ahead of the church, you don't rebel against that.

You most likely affirm that.

But so many, many of you have come from a Roman Catholic background.

You have been taught since your children that the Pope was the head of the church.

And the truth of the matter is that has been the teaching of the Roman Catholic church

through the centuries.

And in fact, for people who denied that, there was very often severe persecution and even

martyrdom.

One could say that the doctrine of Christ as the head of the church has sailed down through

history on a sea of blood.

I think we need to understand that.

But let's begin by looking at Ephesians chapter 1.

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