When you find a place that teaches the word, you'll find a place where doctrine is clear,

you'll find a place where holiness is pursued, you'll find a place of spiritual authority,

all very, very essential in your spiritual development and to the glory of God.

Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host, Phil Johnson. If your work

relocated you to a different state, you obviously would try to find a new home,

a school for your kids and places to shop. And of course, if you're a Christian,

you would also need to find a good church. But how do you do that? What do you look for?

What are the marks of a church that truly honors God and serves His people?

John MacArthur helps you sort out those critical questions today as he continues a study recorded

at the Master's University. It's helping you see what to look for in a church. And with that,

here's the lesson. The church scene is frankly frightening. In the thousands of letters that we

get at Grace to you every, well, every week. I would say that the communist complaint that we

receive is from people who cannot find a church. Where they feel the truth of God is honored

and ministry is done in a biblical way. This is no small frustration. It's not that there are

many, there aren't many churches, there are lots of churches. It's trying to discern

what is a good church, what is a right church. And I want to help you with that.

I want to talk about what a church should be. And the first thing you look for in a church is a

high view of God, a high view of God. A high view of God. Proverbs 9, 10 says, the fear of the Lord

of the beginning of wisdom, everything starts with fearing God. That's the beginning of everything.

And that's crystal clear in Scripture. The holiness of God is the first and central element in

the church. The glory of God, the exaltation of God. There's a second, and I think equally critical

focus. If you are looking for a church, if you want a church to be what it should be, and if you

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