You believe the Bible because God, for his own glory, was well pleased to predestine you

and to choose you and to justify you and to sanctify you through His Word.

And when He gave you Christ, He gave you in Christ his wisdom.

Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

What was it that convinced you the Bible is true?

Were you more enlightened than other people

or somehow more receptive to spiritual truth? Then again, maybe you're not convinced and don't

think you'll ever be. Bottom line, why do some people believe the Bible is true and others reject it?

I'll say this much. The reasons are much deeper than you may have ever considered.

The next half hour could change your life and change your view of God's word forever.

Stay here as John MacArthur continues a study that's all about making a case for the Bible.

That's the title of this series. So follow along as John begins with some review.

Let's look first of all at why non-Christians do not believe the Bible.

You start with the fact that they can't, that they don't have the capability, that they

are void of the life of God.

They can't escape the natural, they can't escape the life of God.

They can't escape the natural, they can't escape being in the flesh and one who is in

the flesh minds only the things of the flesh and he cannot know the things of the

spirit.

They are unknowable to him.

The message itself was offensive, unreasonable, unbelievable, incomprehensible, incomprehensible, the people were the lowly,

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