The inescapable account says that the eternal God created out of nothing without pre-existing

material the heavens and the earth, which simply means the universe.

Death did not exist, nor any corrupting influence, and the creation was good.

Perhaps people have mocked you for your firmly held belief in what Scripture says about creation.

Maybe you've been told that science does not support what the Bible says about the origins of the universe.

So how do you answer those critics?

Consider that today, as John MacArthur continues his study titled, The Battle for the Beginning, on Grace to You.

But before the lesson, John, I know that many of our listeners were aware that 2023 has brought some

unusual health problems to you, starting on January 1st of this year.

So give us an update on where you're at on your health right now, because people ask me this all the time.

So let's hear it from your mouth.

Well, yes, I was preaching at Grace Church on January 1st, and as I got up to give the sermon in the first service we have to duplicate services,

I just felt like I couldn't get my breath.

That had never happened to me before.

And I think I said to the congregation, just give me a minute to catch my breath, and that was kind of shocking.

So at that point, I began to feel a little bit better, and I went ahead and preached for 50 minutes, preached the sermon.

But when I finished that, and I went to the office to wait until the next one, the elders were there and a couple of medical doctors said,

you're done. We're pulling you out of the game. You don't get to play the second half.

Wow.

And they took my blood pressure and determined that I had some kind of atrial fibrillation.

And they took me to the emergency hospital, and the upshot of it all was they put four stints in my arteries that were blocked.

80% or 90% and the good news is the doctors said you didn't have a heart attack, and you have a very strong heart.

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