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's Grace to You, Bible teacher John MacArthur.

The greatness of our salvation is what is on my mind.

It should be on yours this morning as we come to the Lord's table.

And I don't know if you think about the greatness of our salvation in the broadest possible terms,

but occasionally I'm stimulated to do that and upon having the opportunity to read some

of Jonathan Edwards over the last month or so, I have began to draw from some of his

thoughts and insights, thoughts about the cross that help expand our grasp of what our

Lord did there.

The greatness of the blessing, the greatness of the goodness procured by the Lord Jesus

in His death is not anything temporal related to time and not anything earthly related

to this world.

The greatness of the blessing and the goodness procured by the Lord Jesus Christ in His death

is both eternal and heavenly.

He did not give Himself on the cross in death to save us from sickness, to save us from sadness,

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