When someone disdains to study the Word of God diligently, they are evidencing the idea

that they really don't need the Bible, that they are clever enough or ingenious enough,

to come up with something that is better or maybe equal to what the Bible has to say.

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

If you ask a handful of contemporary church leaders why people love being in their congregations,

they might mention things like great music,

friendly people, and an enjoyable atmosphere. It's easy to see that those are some of the main selling points for many churches today. Those are the reasons their leaders think you'll

love to attend each week. Well, you no doubt enjoy good music,

and you appreciate people who encourage you, who doesn't? But should those be the main things

your church leaders focus on? John MacArthur explores that question today in a study he calls

insight into a pastor's heart. And now here's John with the lesson.

We are going to pick up where we left off this discussion of preaching. I started by saying

if you're a pastor, you're a preacher above all else. That is what we are. That is what we do.

We are men utterly devoted to displaying God's glory by the exposition

of God's word. So I started by giving you at least one point in my little outline here,

and that is perspective. And the perspective is that preaching is to be both deep and high. It is to be both

profound and transcendent. And we talked a little bit about the fact that we have only one tool

to accomplish that, one tool that takes us into the depth of divine truth and lifts us to the

heights of praise. And that tool is the scripture. God has revealed depth of divine truth and lifts us to the heights of praise and that tool is the

scripture.

God has revealed and preserved divine truth in a book of which he is the author.

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