The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace

to You.

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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

Here's Grace to You, Bible teacher John MacArthur.

People always ask me as we approach the conference of what I'm going to speak on and I certainly

understand that.

The answer is usually whatever is on my mind.

It's not as if I can all of a sudden import something that's alien to where I am.

And for the last year I have been buried in the book of Galatians.

We have been going through the book of Galatians with our church congregation and it has been

really just an amazing experience for all of the family of Grace Community Churches,

all others who tune in on livestream.

And going through the book of Galatians I came to chapter 4, obviously knowing that it

was going to, it was going to rise up out of the text and verse 19.

My children with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you.

And that text gripped my mind and my heart to such a degree that it took me a long time

to get beyond it.

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