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.

Obviously, this is a very special day in the life of our church family.

It is for us a return to what we love the most, the fellowship of the saints and the worship

of our Lord.

There have been people all across the country and around the world affirming that we're

gathering, thankful that we're gathering,

and assigning on with us.

And there have been many people who don't understand why we would do this.

We understand that.

We understand that the world does not understand the importance of the church.

The world doesn't understand that it's not just essential.

It's the only hope of eternal life for doomed sinners.

People have been very concerned to make sure people's physical lives are protected and

the process shut down places where there's hope for their spiritual lives to be transformed that they can live eternally in the presence of God.

The Bible is very clear in describing the world of unbelievers.

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