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.

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 truthfully to us that we're not

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 fifty-one 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 some

seventy-two, if I remember, series we were doing on Wednesday nights.

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