The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace to You.

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Here is Grace to you Bible teacher John MacArthur.

We're rejoicing in our hearts for the opportunity to open the Word of God together

and to try to help you understand what you probably already

know if you're a part of Grace Community Church, that the Lord has revealed to us enough

truth in His Word basically to cover any of the issues of life, and certainly that includes

the one that we're all involved in. As I look back over, well now, about 51 years of minister here at Grace Church, I remember

that through the years, basically we have gone book by book, chapter by chapter, verse

by verse, sometimes word by word.

We have worked our way through the entire New Testament, gone back to pick up some books

for a second time.

Basically in the early years, preached through the Old Testament.

Got as far as about Psalm 72, if I remember, a series we were doing on Wednesday nights.

And so basically expositing the Word of God, verse by verse.

But occasionally through the years, we have also had some very important times in our church

when we addressed a doctrine, a theological category, a theological truth, and those series

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