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Here's Grace to You, Bible teacher John MacArthur.

This morning we're going to talk about the exaltation of the sun, the exaltation of the sun.

Open your Bible to Philippians chapter 2.

We have really been doing a series on unity in the church which is of grave concern

to our Lord.

Jesus said to His disciples in the upper room the night of His betrayal that you have

love for one another.

Men will know that you belong to Me.

By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, that you have love for one another.

We've been talking about the fact that the church of Jesus Christ does not always demonstrate

that kind of love that gives glory to our Lord.

In fact we're seemingly living in a time when there is more hostility in the church,

more rank or more dispute, more efforts to isolate people, more concern about rights

and privileges and power and status and even turns to hatred and vengeance and demanding

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