Christianity does not give equal social rights.

Christianity does not guarantee to you that you no longer have to submit to any earthly

employer or leader.

That's just not so. It does not upset the social order. Jesus did not

propound equal rights and he did not upset the social order. Neither did

Peter, neither did Paul, neither did John, neither did any New Testament writer.

Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host Phil Johnson. Today John

MacArthur continues his study titled Singing the Lord song in a Strange Land

helping you apply biblical principles at your office, in your shop, or with your clients.

The fact is, if you're a believer, you have the same boss that I do, and the same boss as every other Christian.

Ultimately, we all work for Jesus Christ.

So if Christ is ultimately your boss,

how should that affect your perspective when your earthly boss mistreats you?

What are your responsibilities in a work environment filled with foul language or bitter

co-workers or cutthroat competition.

How is it that you can sing the Lord's song in a hostile secular workplace like that?

To help answer those questions, here's John MacArthur. I think it's obvious like that the world is a battleground. That goes without saying and I know there are many ways to define

the battle of the world but let me look at it from a spiritual viewpoint and say

the world is a the arena of a spiritual battle from Genesis chapter 3

verse 15 where there will be conflict between Satan the Serpent and the seed of the woman, there has been an unending spiritual

battle. An immense pervasive conflict. As you read through the Prophet Daniel, you find that the demons are engaged

in warfare in heaven against the angels of God. As you come all the way down to Earth, you find

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