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.

And now we come to the Word of God and again back to the book of Galatians, Galatians chapter 4.

We have come to a screeching halt at verse 19 of Galatians 4.

Because this verse is so critical to understanding the great truth of sanctification.

Verse 19 says, My children with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in You.

Paul's imagery here is very vivid.

He uses the analogy of a woman who is in labor until a fully formed child emerges.

And that's how he feels about the believers in his care, about all believers for that matter.

He has birth pain until Christ is formed in them.

This is what sanctification is.

It is becoming like Christ.

Yes, as a believer, Christ is in You.

That's the reality of redemption or salvation in its first phase.

That's justification or new birth being born again.

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