When Satan comes at you, wielding the sword of his false doctrine, wielding the sword that wants

to strike a death blow against you, what insulates you and protects you from the fatality

of that blow is the helmet of salvation, the protection or the defense of knowing you are

saved, knowing you belong to God.

Welcome to Grace to You, featuring the Bible teaching of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

There's no deception with more terrifying consequences than to believe that you're a Christian when you're really not. Yet, that's the case for countless people.

How can you make sure you're not one of them? How can you have complete confidence that you're going

to heaven? How can you be sure you're not falling for myths about salvation?

That's the title of John MacArthur's study that's beginning today.

As a way of launching this series, let's hear how John set it up once before.

We asked him whether these myths about salvation are things that even longtime believers might relate to and maybe even struggle with.

And here's what John had to say.

Of course, people struggle with some very, very important issues.

And there's a direct reason why they do.

And that's because there's so much bad teaching.

There's so much false teaching.

And there are many people who don't have the mechanisms, don't have the discernment to sort it out.

I mean, one of the most dangerous things a person can do is go to church.

Really?

That could be absolutely devastating in its danger.

Because you have no guarantee you're going to hear the truth.

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