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

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

Here's Grace to You, Bible teacher John MacArthur.

As we have moved up toward the celebration of our Lord's first coming, we have been looking

at His second coming when He went away.

The angel said the same Jesus who has gone away will so come in like manner as you've

seen Him go.

So the promise of our Lord is that He would return and we are obviously in nearer to His

return than ever in history as time marches on His return becomes nearer and nearer.

I think it's important for us to live in the light of the return of Christ, not necessarily

a popular subject to talk about today because with the prospects of the returning Christ

there's the reality of divine judgment on sinners on the earth and even on the earth and

the universe itself.

But it's important for us to understand that it is the very reality of the return of Christ

and judgment and the eternal punishment goes along with judgment that is behind our

need to preach the gospel, have to be faithful to give the bad news in order to make the

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