Light shall shine out of darkness.

Salvation is the light of Christ shining in the darkened heart.

It's a creative act.

That's why 2nd Corinthians 517 says,

If any man be in Christ Christ he is a new what?

Creature, you have been created, you're a new creation. Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host Phil Johnson. You may

remember a time when the average person in America at least had a basic knowledge of the gospel

But now you can't take it for granted that someone has even heard about sin or the resurrection or even Jesus Christ. So in a society that is

becoming more and more biblically illiterate and even hostile to Christ, what is

the most effective way to preach the Gospel? Do you need to master a new

technique? John MacArthur has an answer you'll want to hear as he looks at why the light of

God's truth can penetrate even the most sin darkened

heart.

It's part of John's compelling study titled The World Versus The Kingdom of God.

And now here's John with the lesson.

As we come to the revelation of God in His Word, we are drawn back to 2 Corinthians chapter 4, 2 Corinthians chapter 4, we have been talking about the fact

that there are two kingdoms in the world. There are two rulers in the world. There's the kingdom of light ruled by Christ who rules by

Christ who rules by the power of his spirit through his church by indwelling believers.

And there is the kingdom of darkness ruled by Satan who by his demons and human agents and by the influence

that he has on the human heart rules the world that is passing away.

Jesus said, my kingdom is not of this world.

The kingdom of this world. The kingdom of this world is evil and headed for hell. However, Jesus

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