Churches need leaders who are faithful to the gospel, but we can't forget who the

Church's actual leader is and that's Jesus Christ. Welcome to the Radical

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When we pause to reflect on who Jesus is,

and it only makes sense that we would want to submit to his plan

and trust and his power to carry out the church's mission.

In today's new sermon from Matthew chapter 4 versus 18 through 22,

David Platt encourages the church to look to Christ and his Gospel as we seek to make disciples of all

nations. Here's David with a new sermon titled The Leader of the Church

from Matthew Chapter 4.

Well, if you have a Bible, and I hope you or somebody around you does

that you can look on with,

let me invite you to open with me to Matthew chapter 4

and while you're turning there

I want to welcome especially those of you

gathering at Prince William and Montgomery County and Loudoun.

It is good to be together around God's Word and my heart is definitely full today in the process of preaching here.

Over these last eight months, I've begun to love and feel a part of this church, but in light of the fact that I've been serving in an interim capacity

I haven't felt the freedom to speak in terms of us as the church even last week in a lot of the vote to come I was trying to be

careful to exhort you as the church more than speaking about us because well you

obviously could have decided not us this last Wednesday night

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