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

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

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

There is a bluntness in the gospel.

The utter absence of ambiguity characterizes the truth.

False religion is necessarily and typically ambiguous.

The gospel is not.

It is blunt, straightforward.

The gospel tells the truth with candor, plainly spoken truth that is so straightforward

and so unmistakable as to be blatantly offensive.

In fact, the introductory line of the Christian gospel goes like this.

Every human being is a sinner.

Every human being sins because every human being possesses a corrupt nature, a wicked disposition.

Beyond just that corruption and wicked disposition, all human beings are rebels against God.

They have rebelled against God by the willful and constant violation of His holy law,

which is a reflection of His holy nature.

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