If God didn't spare his own son, which was the most he could give, how will he not also

with him, that is with his son, freely give us all things? If God gave us the most, he wouldn't

hold back the least. In Christ, we are sufficient. We have a sufficient salvation.

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

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

According to author Herman Melville, most men fear God and at the same time dislike him.

They distrust his heart and believe he is cold and mechanical like a watch.

Is that really what God is like? Is he more like a stern teacher than a loving father?

Does he even care if you're suffering? Does your

happiness matter to God? If you've ever had a hard time believing that God is generous and

compassionate, today's message may radically alter your understanding of who God is and how to pray

to him and how to react to life's trials. The truth John MacArthur looks at

today could change your life by changing how you view God. So stay here as John continues his

study called Myths About Salvation. And now here's John with the message.

Versus three and four of 2 Peter chapter 1. Let me read them to you,

seeing that his divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness

through the true knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and excellence. For by these

he has granted to us his precious and magnificent promises in order that

by them you might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption

that is in the world by lust.

I want you to know those two verses are a mouthful.

Not only that, they are a mindful, and they are a heartful of great truth.

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