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.

All of our worship is necessarily worship not only in spirit, but in truth, and so it needs

to be informed by the Word of God.

And we're going to look at the Word of God this morning and we're going to look at a truth

that is the supreme truth about the very nature of God.

This is not only our first blessing, but is that which is most preeminently true about God.

Go back to Ephesians chapter 1 and I just want to let you know you're very privileged

to be here today because what you're going to hear in this next little while is the

foundation of the world.

This next little while is foundational to absolutely everything you ever think about in your life.

And certainly foundational to our worship and preparing us for heavenly worship.

I draw you back to chapter 1 verse 3 and I just want to read down into verse 6.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us with every spiritual

blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.

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