Now the Jews had developed a system of works, righteousness, a humanly devised system of

self-stimulated, fleshly effort that fell far short.

Jesus is busy in the sermon on the Mount, tearing down their paper palace piece by piece.

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

You hear the gospel and pray the sinner's prayer.

You faithfully serve your church and you tell others about Christ.

Yet one day you stand before the God you claim to know and find out to your horror that

he doesn't know you.

How could that possibly happen?

John MacArthur answers that today on Grace to You.

He's walking you through a self-examination that will help you know whether you're truly

saved or self-dissieved.

So stay here and take John's salvation survey.

Here in Southern California we are constantly made aware of the need for a good foundation

on a house.

Seems as though annually we either have earthquakes or floods.

Waves have a way of cracking foundations and floods have a way of washing them away

altogether.

And living in California can be an experience depending upon where you may live and times

like that.

Whenever we go about to build something, it's very necessary that we build it with an

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