Don't You Worry?

An excerpt from John MacArthur's sermon on 2 John 1:4. I find this very convicting.
-Doug

At this point, I told you this morning I want to just say a personal word. This is John MacArthur, not the Apostle John. But I...people ask me often, "Do you ever worry about what people think about what you say?" And I can honestly say I don't. Actually the thought doesn't enter my mind. I'm not trying to be harsh, I'm not trying to be unloving, I'm not trying to be unkind, I'm not trying to ride roughshod over people either their understanding or their feelings. But, you see, what men think bears very little weight to me. It is not a heavy burden for me. There is a far greater weight that I feel and it's the weight of the revelation of God. That is a heavy thing to me. The truth of God is very heavy upon me. It is the greatest weight that I feel in my life by far. The glory of God, the Old Testament word for glory is the word in Hebrew weight. I have a rather heavy view of God and His Word. It weighs heavy on me and nothing equals the weight of that. Human opinion, popularity, whatever, bears very little weight. It is as a feature compared to the weight of the revelation of God that I feel.

God has exalted His Word to the level of His name, Psalm 138. It is as heavy as God is weighty. And I feel the weight of that and that is why for me study and preaching is so intense because this is my responsibility to feel the weight of the truth of God and then to dispense it to you.

This is my calling. This is not unusual. I 'm not alone in this. This is the calling of every man of God, of every teacher of the Bible, of every leader in the church, every pastor, elder. At least this is what the church is about. We are the pillar and foundation of the truth. And it is a weighty matter to me. Nothing is as important to me as divine truth, for it is in divine truth that I know God, it is in divine truth that I know Christ, the Holy Spirit, salvation, that I understand everything I need to understand that matters.