Quote by John MacArthur
“Es un peligro, aun para la gente que ama a Cristo, que lleguemos a estar tan involucrados haciendo cosas para Él que comencemos a descuidar el oírlo y recordar lo que ha hecho por nosotros. Nunca debemos permitir que nuestro servicio a Cristo sobrepase nuestra adoración a Él. El momento en que nuestras obras llegan a ser más importantes que nuestra adoración, significa que hemos cambiado de lugar las verdaderas prioridades. En el momento en que se alcen las buenas acciones por sobre la doctrina y la verdadera adoración, también se estarán arruinando las obras. Hacer buenas obras por las obras tiende a exaltar el ego y a despreciar la obra de Dios. Buenas acciones, caridad humana y acciones de bondad son expresiones cruciales de una fe real, pero deben fluir de una verdadera confianza en la redención de Dios y su justicia. Después de todo, nuestras propias buenas obras nunca podrán ser un medio para ganarnos el favor de Dios; por eso es que en las Escrituras el foco de la fe está siempre sobre lo que Dios ha hecho por nosotros, y nunca sobre lo que nosotros hemos hecho por Él (Romanos 10.2–4).”
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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.