The church has got to function in the training area.

We have to train children so they'll know how to be the right kind of mates when they marry,

so they'll know how to be the right kind of leaders in the church.

Training.

That is taking the teaching and putting it together in a way that gives a person a track where they can move

from an undeveloped to a developed place, from a minimally useful to a maximally useful place. Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur.

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

I'm your host Phil Johnson.

Ever taken a stand for some biblical principle

and faced isolation or ridicule because of it?

Maybe what you believe about marriage offended a coworker or a friend

rejected you after you gave him the gospel. Perhaps you told someone you believe in

God-ordained roles for parenting and he called you old-fashioned or backward or narrow-minded.

When that happens when society rejects what you know is true, where can you find joy, hope, even protection?

Well, today, John MacArthur is going to explain how your church should be a haven for you

and what you can do to help make it a haven for your brothers and sisters in Christ.

This lesson is part of his current series titled The Anatomy of a Church.

And now here's John with today's lesson.

There's another function the Church has to be involved in, and that is

shepherding. And we can talk a lot about this, but let me just say that we're

committed to the fact that you've got sheep and you've got

shepherds and it basically says everybody's got to care for everybody.

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