Our responsibility is to shine the light into the darkness.

The light is in us because Christ is in us.

The light is also in the word of God

because therein is the light of the gospel revealed. This is the light of the gospel revealed.

This is the heart of the point and purpose of the church in the world,

to preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord. Lord.

Welcome to Grace to

Welcome to Grace to you

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

Have you ever returned to your hometown after a few years of being away and you barely recognize it?

The field behind your house is sprouted apartments, your high school's

been demolished, your favorite restaurant has gone out of business. Things you

had pictured staying the same instead changed drastically.

Perhaps you get a similar feeling when you look at the way our culture has changed over the

past few decades.

Foundational institutions and beliefs that we've always depended on are being

turned upside down. So what is driving this transformation and can you do

anything to slow the cultural decline?

John MacArthur answers those questions today in his study called the World

versus the Kingdom of God.

And now here's John.

We come now to the study of the word of God and we have been looking at 2 Corinthians chapter 4.

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