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.

A lot of things on my mind and my heart, as we come to this conclusion,

the Lord always has a way of directing us so that he puts the pieces together,

I think, in a sovereign, supernatural way.

The message by Steve about the triumphant return of Christ with all of its violence and judgment, severity, followed by his kind invitation, even to a group of pastors to be sure you're in Christ, was so important

because we can be tempted in a lot of ways. And one of the ways that we can be tempted

is to even doubt our own condition. We can be tempted to doubt that the Lord

really has his hands on us permanently and forever. And if there is any doubt in your mind about your eternal destiny or moments of doubt, or you

wonder if something could change with God or with you that could obviate his promise, then you of all people would be the most terrified

because you know what the scripture says is coming.

And you know it's coming.

The critics said in Peter's Day, no, no, no, all things continue as they

were since the beginning. And Peter said, did you forget the universal flood? No, it's happened

before and there's evidence of it all over the earth. It's coming. So we, in order to enjoy the prospects and

the promises of our eternal salvation, need to understand what Romans 8 provides for us,

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