Children of light and children of darkness together in some kind of cause, not possible.

Not possible with the view of advancing the kingdom.

You can be in a business together, you can be on a team together, you can work together,

but you can't engage in a common alliance with the view of advancing the kingdom.

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

In the early 20th century, a movement swept across Christianity that taught that the church

should focus on fighting alcoholism and poverty and other social ills.

Now while those problems do deserve attention, should they be at the heart of the church's

mission, what does Scripture say about the purpose of the church?

Why was the church created?

And how should it interact with the world?

Consider that today as John MacArthur continues his study on how to serve the Lord and flourish

spiritually, even amid the social chaos that is everywhere today.

Our series is titled The World vs. The Kingdom of God.

And now here's John.

I've been preaching from this pulpit on the invisible kingdom, trying to distinguish the

difference between the kingdom of light and the kingdom of darkness, and obviously they're

diametrically opposed to each other.

We've tried to help to understand the foundational realities of what the kingdom of heaven and

the kingdom of God and the kingdom of light is all about.

And it comes down to, I think, two defining statements, one in John 18 where Jesus says

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