Jesus said we are not to be angry with one another, and yet Jesus made a whip.

What's the difference?

Jesus never got angry with people who personally offended him, but Jesus got angry with those

who defiled the glory of God.

We have the right to react in indignation when God is dishonored, but not to react in retaliation

over personal injury.

Welcome to Grace to You with the Bible teaching of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

The average American would probably say that freedom basically means being able to do whatever you want. And most likely that same average American would not list loving his enemies

as something he would ever want to do. You can see then how that kind of love, loving those you

don't want to love, would set a person apart.

John MacArthur shows you why you need to stand out in how and whom you love.

And he looks at what it takes to experience God's blessing in all of your relationships.

The title of John's current series, Love No Matter What. But before today's lesson,

I have a letter here from a listener who wanted to express her love and thankfulness for grace to you.

Here's what Roz wrote to us. She says, in 1997, I was introduced to the sermons of John MacArthur

through a library in a small Baptist church.

My friend who introduced me to John's teaching was an avid listener of 101.5 Word FM in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

And that friend and the other people that God placed around me to draw me to himself, loved to listen to John on the

radio and read his books. And I can see why. John MacArthur has been the most influential person

in my life as a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. The first Bible I ever read was a gift from grace

to you that was the MacArthur Study Bible in the New

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