We're protected because God has given us a living hope.

That is to say it's a hope built into our faith that cannot die.

God has given us a faith that is energized by divine power that cannot be assaulted.

No force is its equal.

And God also protects us through a faith that is tested and tried.

Welcome to Grace to You with the Bible teaching of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

In the decades that Grace to You has been on the radio, airing thousands of

John MacArthur's sermons covering hundreds of topics, an issue that always gets a huge response,

the doctrine of election. Why do you suppose that is? Well, if you've ever wrestled with the

idea that God chooses whom he saves, or whether sinners

have free will to choose or reject Christ, or if you can lose your salvation, then you've

wrestled with issues of God's sovereignty and salvation what are known as the Doctrines of Grace.

John is helping you sort out those questions from Scripture in his current series called the Doctrines of Grace. John is helping you sort out those questions from Scripture in his

current series called The Doctrines of Grace. We'll continue that study in just a moment, but first,

the Grace to You staff recently returned to the office from the holiday break, and many of them

have been doing nothing but digging through piles of letters that we

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