The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace to You.

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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

Here is Grace to you Bible teacher John MacArthur.

Well, you might have expected that I would go to the book of Revelation, and I will.

Sometime soon.

I'm not sure when.

But I wanted to be an encouragement to all of you today.

I think about this kind of the final Sunday in 55 years of ministry, and next Sunday we sort of launch into year 56, which seems

really impossible. But I wanted to bring to you something that would encourage you.

And I, in fact, have chosen a passage of Scripture that may well be the most encouraging

in all the Bible.

That's Romans Chapter 8, so I invite you to turn in your Bible to Romans chapter 8.

It's a great chapter, but we're going to look particularly at verses 31 to 39.

Romans chapter 8 versus 31 to 39.

And I'll read that for you just so you have it in mind.

What then shall we say to these things?

If God is for us, who is against us?

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