What is God's Ideal Church? | John MacArthur Classics

Pastor John MacArthur, in one of his earliest sermons from 1969, discusses what the ideal church of God should look like. It discusses the qualities that make a church ideal. Pastor John lists five qualities: being a saved church, being surrendered to Jesus Christ in his likeness, being a suffering church, being a soul-winning church, and being a Second Coming church. The ideal church is one that is pure and has members who are in vital union with Jesus Christ. He further explains how the church in Thessalonica an example of an ideal church is.