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.

It is a joy to be able to come to you this morning in this fashion and to direct your thoughts

toward the things of the Lord in a time of trouble, a time of trial, a time of

for some people a certain amount of danger and the reality of mortality faces all of us

in a time like this and the place to go is to the Word of God and that's what I want to

do this morning.

But to begin with, let me remind you of something that Job's friend, Elephaz, said.

He said this.

He was right.

He said, man is born for trouble as sparks fly upward.

As surely as sparks off a fire fly upward, man is born for trouble.

Trouble is certain and trouble is relentless.

Life is dangerous.

In fact, there is nothing more certain than the fact that we're all going to die.

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