“El mensaje bíblico no es que la humanidad se divide entre el moral y el inmoral. El claro mensaje de la Biblia es que «todos pecaron, y están destituidos de la gloria de Dios» (Romanos 3.23). No hay división entre la gente buena y la gente mala, todos somos pecadores y todos merecemos la condenación. En realidad, el incrédulo moral quizá esté en un estado peor que el pecador libertino, porque la persona moral no entiende su propia necesidad. Independientemente del nivel de moralidad externa que una persona pueda lograr, él o ella es un pecador condenado sin Cristo. Usted puede ser el fariseo más moral en Israel, el filántropo más generoso en su ciudad, el estudiante con la vida más limpia en la residencia de la universidad, el padre más bueno y más activo en la asociación de padres y maestros, o usted pudiera ser el más devoto seguidor de la última moda espiritual. Pero sin Cristo, se irá al infierno junto con los traficantes de drogas y las prostitutas. A menos que haya sido reconciliado con Dios por medio de su Hijo Jesucristo, toda la moralidad en el mundo no le ayudará.”
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John F. MacArthur, Jr. is a fifth-generation preacher who serves as a pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. He is also a prolific author, conference speaker, and is president of The Master's College and Seminary. MacArthur received a B.A. from Los Angeles Pacific College, his M.Div. from Talbot Theological Seminary, Litt.D. at Grace Graduate School, and D.D. from Talbot Theological Seminary. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, he regularly teaches Expository Preaching at the seminary and frequently speaks in chapel.
MacArthur's pulpit ministry has been extended around the globe through his media ministry, Grace to You, and its satellite offices in Australia, Canada, Europe, India, New Zealand, Singapore, and South Africa. In addition to producing daily radio programs for nearly 2,000 English and Spanish radio outlets worldwide, Grace to You distributes books, software, audiotapes, and CDs by John MacArthur. In thirty-six years of ministry, Grace to You has distributed more than thirteen million CDs and audiotapes.
John Fullerton MacArthur, Jr. is a United States evangelical writer and minister, noted for his radio program entitled Grace to You. MacArthur is a fifth-generation pastor, a popular author and conference speaker and has served as the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California since 1969, and as the President of The Master's College (and the related The Master's Seminary) in Santa Clarita, California.
Theologically, MacArthur is a conservative far-right Baptist, a strong proponent of expository preaching, a dispensationalist and a self-described Calvinist. He has been acknowledged by Christianity Today as one of the most influential preachers of his time, and is a frequent guest on Larry King Live as representative of an evangelical Christian perspective.
MacArthur has authored or edited more than 150 books, most notably the MacArthur Study Bible, which has sold more than 1 million copies and received a Gold Medallion Book Award. Other best-selling books include his MacArthur New Testament Commentary Series (more than 1 million copies), Twelve Ordinary Men, (more than 500,000 copies), and the children's book A Faith to Grow On, which garnered an ECPA Christian Book Award.