Note: This is truly one of the most important sermons that I’ve come across from a modern pastor/preacher. Election, predestination, righteousness imputed, sovereign grace, etc., are all absolutely blessed doctrines. However, this type of message (or warning) is no less important, seeing that it identifies the scriptural evidences of true spiritual life, and true spiritual…
MacArthur on Theological Orthodoxy (Right Doctrine) and Pharisaism “The Pharisees were in no sense guilty of an undue emphasis on theological orthodoxy. If anything, their problem was the opposite. They weren’t careful enough in seeking to understand the Scriptures. In fact, they set Scripture aside in favor of their own rote traditions. Tradition, not theology,…
There’s no two ways about it…. Syncretism, (broad) ecumenism, (alternative religious) “inclusiveness,” and (acceptive) tolerance are all antithetical to true religion. We should strive to live peaceably with all who reject the True Gospel but we should never validate, support, or defend them in their error.
Sanctification: The Believer’s Transformation Part Two John MacArthur Biblical Passages: Colossians 3:1-17 “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life…
Sanctification: The Believer’s Transformation Part One John MacArthur (with associated passages and a personal note) Biblical Passages: Philippian 2:12-16 “Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always OBEYED, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God which worketh…
Spiritual Wrestlings 