“La justificación es distinta de la santificación, porque en la justificación de Dios no hace justo al pecador, Él lo declara justo (Romanos 3.28; Gálatas 2.16). La justificación imputa la justicia de Cristo a favor del pecador (Romanos 4.11). La santificación imparte justicia al pecador personalmente y en la práctica (Romanos 6.1–7; 8.11–14). La justificación tiene lugar fuera de los pecadores y los cambios de su situación (Romanos 5.1–2). La santificación es interna y cambia el estado del creyente (Romanos 6.19). La justificación es un acontecimiento, la santificación es un proceso. Los dos deben distinguirse uno del otro, pero nunca se pueden separar. Dios no justifica a quien no santifica, y Él no santifica a quien no justifica. Ambos son elementos esenciales de la salvación. La corrupción de la doctrina de la justificación da como resultado graves errores teológicos. Si la santificación se incluye en la justificación, entonces la justificación es un proceso, no un suceso. Esto hace que la justificación sea progresiva, no completa. Entonces se está de pie delante de Dios en base a la experiencia subjetiva, no seguro por una declaración objetiva. La justificación, por lo tanto, puede ser experimentada y luego perdida. La seguridad de la salvación en esta vida se vuelve prácticamente imposible porque la seguridad no puede ser garantizada. El fundamento de la justificación del pecador es en última instancia la virtud propia continua en el presente, no la justicia perfecta de Cristo y su obra expiatoria. Es evidente que esta idea va en contra de la enseñanza bíblica.”
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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.