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

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

Last Sunday I began really what is, I think, a two-part series on fellowship, but it could

extend a little beyond that, depending on how much we cover today.

We talked about the fact that the true church of the Lord Jesus Christ is a living fellowship

and we were speaking of the most obvious reality that we are not able to enjoy that fellowship

in the current situation.

So we are missing what is the essential identity of the church.

Yes, we belong to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Yes, we are a spiritual body.

Yes, we are linked by common eternal life.

But the church lives out its life in fellowship with one another.

In fact, the Bible lays down a command to forsake not the assembling of yourselves together

as the manner of some is, but much the more as you see the day approaching, in other words,

don't ever forsake the fellowship.

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