“Si fuerais del mundo, el mundo amaría lo suyo; pero porque no sois del mundo, antes yo os elegí del mundo, por eso el mundo os aborrece. JUAN 15.19 La persecución es inevitable para los justos. Pablo advirtió a Timoteo: «Todos los que quieren vivir piadosamente en Cristo Jesús padecerán persecución» (2 Timoteo 3.12). El verdadero creyente se aparta del mundo porque ha sido santificado mediante su identificación con Jesucristo. Él vive con rectitud y no pertenece al sistema. Debido a que un cristiano genuino representa a Dios y a Cristo, Satanás utiliza el sistema del mundo para atacarlo. Es por eso que Jesús oró por la protección del Padre de sus seguidores: «No ruego que los quites del mundo, sino que los guardes del mal» (Juan 17.15). Nuestras vidas deben ser un sermón al mundo de pecado. Efesios 5.11 dice: «Y no participéis en las obras infructuosas de las tinieblas, sino más bien reprendedlas». Si usted no está experimentando el rechazo del mundo, su vida no puede ser una amonestación para el mundo. Para tener un impacto por Cristo en este mundo hostil y perverso, se debe evitar el pecado y ser «irreprensibles y sencillos, hijos de Dios sin mancha en medio de una generación maligna y perversa, en medio de la cual resplandecéis como luminares en el mundo» (Filipenses 2.15). Usted se destaca del mundo porque Cristo le ha elegido para eso. En Juan 15.19 dice: «Yo os elegí del mundo». Jesús está diciendo literalmente: «Yo te elegí para mí mismo». Él le ha elegido para ser diferente. Así que sea el sermón viviente para el resto del mundo que Cristo le ha llamado a ser.”
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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.