Our future is all bright. Our future is all light. Our future is all day. And when the day

star comes and the dawning of our eternal day arrives, we will reach the destiny for which we

were redeemed in the past and are sustained in the present.

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur. I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

Wanting Republicans to give people a clear choice in elections, Ronald Reagan said that voters need a

political party raising a banner of bold colors, not pale pastels. His point, sharp contrasts reveal

clear distinctions. Well, Scripture knows the importance of contrasts, and it uses them to

highlight differences between believers and non-believers. And in that there is no gray area.

You're either saved or you're deceived. And what awaits you if you're on the wrong side?

Find out in John MacArthur's series from First Thessalonians titled The Rapture and the Day of the

Lord. Here now is John. The domain of the lost, the domain of those without God, without Christ is

the domain of darkness, the dominion of ignorance, sin, wickedness, and rebellion, the realm of the fallen,

sinful nature in Adam and unredeemed. But you, he says, brethren, are not in that darkness.

You're by nature, not darkness. We have risen, Paul says in Romans 6 to walk in newness of life.

We are new creations. He says in 2 Corinthians 5, 17, old things have passed away. All things have

become new. We are a new creation. Again, he says in Galatians 6, 15, we have been created in

Christ Jesus unto good works which God has before ordained that we should walk in them. Our life

is hidden with Christ in God and therefore our life is different. No need to fear missing the

rapture, friends. No need to fear that you might get caught in the day of the Lord. No need to fear

wrath. No need to fear condemnation. We have nothing to do with the darkness. We have everything to

do with the light. We're day people. Can I put it to you simply? We belong in the day. We live in

the day and future for us is the dawning of an eternal day. So we don't need to be anxious then

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