Everything that we are and have and ever hope to be all that we believe in is predicated on the reality of the resurrection.

There would be no Christianity if there were no resurrection.

Conversely, because there is a resurrection, all elements of our faith are affirmed as true in every sense. Since.

Thanks for joining us for the Friday edition of Grace to you.

In just a few minutes, John MacArthur's us for the Friday edition of Grace to you.

In just a few minutes, John MacArthur is going to begin a study of the resurrection of Jesus

Christ.

It's a look at how Christ's resurrection can transform your worship and your day-to-day walk with the Lord.

But John, before the lesson, the other day on the broadcast, you read a letter from a listener

in England.

She said that when she listens to the broadcast, she can't tell

whether the message is 30 years old or if it was preached very recently because all of it is so perfectly

relevant. Part of it is so perfectly relevant.

Part of that is because everything you preach

comes from scripture, including the illustrations you use.

You don't borrow illustrations from popular culture or recent events.

Talk about that a little bit.

Yeah, I never wanted to sort of time-stamp my ministry.

When I started out 50 years ago, I wanted to be certain that as I taught the word of God,

there were no cultural bounds, there were no geographical bounds, and there were no geographical bounds and there were no time bounds.

So I want to just teach the word of God

without drawing from the current context around me so that it would be timeless because I think the Bible

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