Having the Lord Jesus Christ is to have everything needed in spiritual life for time and eternity.

To have Him is to have everything, not to have Him is to have absolutely nothing at all.

All joy, peace, meaning, value, purpose, hope, fulfillment in life, now and forever is bound up in Christ.

Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

And we are returning today to a series that's unlike any we've ever put together. Not long ago, we asked our staff members, which message of John MacArthur stands out to you the most? Which one is your

absolute favorite? And our staff responded, so we are currently presenting 10 of those messages

in a series that we've titled John MacArthur's most memorable sermon.

And the message you will hear today was chosen by Vicki Demian.

And Vicki joins me in the studio now. Welcome, Vicki.

Thank you, Phil.

Vicki's been on our staff for 37 years.

So she's a fixture here at Grace to You.

She works in the development department, and she's a good organizer.

And the message she selected is the sufficiency of Christ.

So, Vicki, why is that the sermon you picked?

I picked that.

It has a special significance to me because of the part where John talks about rationalism or human wisdom, because it reminds me of how I came to Christ. It was a very long journey. I put a lot of value in education, and I'd been in school my whole life. And when I was in college,

I was hoping it was going to give me direction for my life, you know, what job to pursue,

that kind of thing. And after four years of a secular school, I found out, no, they didn't

have the answers to life, and they specifically didn't have any direction

for my life. So I reached graduation, and I had kind of come to the end of my rope. It was a very

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