And so the key in looking at a church is there manifestly there, a lofty view of God.

If it's all about success and it's all about tweaking your life and feeling better about yourself

and solving your problems and fixing you, etc., etc., that's selling short the priority.

Imagine yourself standing before a thousand college students trying to steer them toward greater

spiritual growth. What would you tell them?

John MacArthur regularly finds himself in that situation at the Masters University,

where he serves as Chancellor. And on one of those occasions, and it's the one we're going to

eavesdrop on today on Grace to you, John gave practical instruction in this key area,

how to choose a good church. Hard to overstate just how important finding a solid church is to your

spiritual growth. So today, John is going to help you make sure that you're choosing a church for

the right reasons as he continues his study on Grace to you called what to look for in a church.

Those of you who know me know that I am addicted to the church. I am a fanatic for the church.

I love the church. It is my life and breath. It is the source of my highest joy and my most

overwhelming anguish. It is on my mind all the time. I sort of live in the aura of the church,

all that it is and all that it calls for and requires and provides. It's a real adventure to be a

pastor. The church has never ceased to be an adventure. Really an amazing adventure.

And when I speak about the church, I'm not speaking about something sort of off the top of my head

or off the cuff or something I hope might be true, but when I talk about the church, I'm talking

about that to which I've given most attention throughout my entire life. And I believe that one

can understand what the Bible says about the church. I don't think that that's intended to be

ambiguous. I don't think the Lord said, now go out and build the church and it's all going to be

a riddle and see if you can figure the riddle out. I think it's patentably obvious what the church

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