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.

Those of us who know the Lord, those of us who are his living church, those who are his children in the world, the subject of his kingdom

and his ambassadors in the earth, have been given a lot of instruction by the Spirit of God

through the Word of God.

And we're looking at an epistle, the epistle of Ephesians, you can turn to it now,

which gathers up so much important instruction for godly living in the world. We find ourselves

in chapter 5 now, and verses 18 and 19.

We looked at them last week, and I want us to look at them one more time this morning.

Let me read Ephesians 5, 18, and 19.

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the spirit,

speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody

with your heart to the Lord.

We've been doing that. We've been doing exactly what verse 19 says.

Speaking to one another in Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody

in our hearts to the Lord.

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