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

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Here is Grace to you Bible teacher John MacArthur.

I have been navigating over the last couple of years the current situation in our world and in our country and

trying to address issues that would be of help to you.

And there seems to be one sort of dangling issue that I haven't gotten around to, and

the Lord prompts of my heart for that subject today.

And you notice the title of the Believers' Highest Earthly Joy.

This is a call for joy, and it is a reasonable call for joy.

And it strikes me that this is an important thing to examine from the

Word of God, because if ever there was a time that your joy could fade, it would be this

particular time in the history of our society, especially for those who are older,

who have seen the degradation and the corruption and the loss and the spiraling down

and the darkening darkness in ways that really are very different from the past.

And even for the younger generation who are basically hammered incessantly with the corruption of this culture

and wonder just exactly if there is going to be anything left of society in which we could find a measure

of joy and a measure of satisfaction if things continue the way they are going.

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