Restoration is more than just saying to a guy, be worn, be filled, you know.

I mean, we'll let you back in, now you're all right, and then the person is still struggling

out of the same load, because nobody's underneath there helping to carry that load until

eventually it lightens in the process of spiritual obedience.

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

Today, John will continue his study called My Brother's Keeper with the look at how to confront fellow Christians in unrepentant sin and how to restore them to fellowship when they do repent. So be sure to stick around for that.

But, John, before we get to the lesson, we have reached a major milestone that we're excited about

and for which we're thanking the Lord. Today we are celebrating the 10,000th Grace to You broadcast.

It's amazing to think that we've been going that long,

but I wonder, do you remember the very first broadcast because I do?

I'm not sure that I do remember the first broadcast.

Yeah, I'm not surprised you don't,

because I think the team who were doing it put it together

without much

involvement with you and the beginning and closing of the broadcast were vastly different than

they are today. There was a sort of like a drama, a skit that introduced the broadcast. It didn't

even seem to fit Grace to you, really. I was a listener. I was a 25-year-old youth pastor, and I heard you were going to be on the radio,

and you were on in three cities, and one of them was the Tampa Bay Area.

I lived in St. Petersburg, and so I tuned in, listened on that first broadcast.

I had heard you teach maybe just once or twice, but you were already my favorite teacher.

So when I heard you're going to be a radio broadcast with John MacArthur, I started to listen.

For the next three years, while I lived in Florida, I built my days around Grace to You and the broadcast.

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