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John MacArthur

John MacArthur


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.

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There is one God. The Bible has one Creator. It is one book. It has one plan of grace, recorded from initiation, through execution, to consummation. From predestination to glorification, the Bible is the story of God redeeming His chosen people for the praise of His glory.
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Truth cannot be subjective; there is no such thing as your truth or my truth. Truth is forever fixed. Authentic Christianity has always held that Scripture is absolute, objective truth. The Bible is God’s truth regardless of whether a person believes, understands, or likes it. It is permanent and universal truth, and therefore, is the same for everyone.
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The Christian life is a call to glory through a journey of suffering.
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In thought and practice we are far from holy, but in the new nature we are perfectly holy: “In Him [we] have been made complete” (Col. 2:10).
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God sends His people forth as ambassadors into a fallen, lost world, bearing amazing good news.
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When it comes to spiritual rescue from judgment and hell, our Savior was able and eager to reach out to us and save us from eternal death.
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He suffered not just death, but death on a cross—the most excruciating, embarrassing, degrading, painful and cruel death ever devised.
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Simply because God loved us, He provided a way for us to return to Him.
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Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ, not even our own disobedience or our failure to love Him as we should. We can be thankful for His love which is unending and will reach out to recover us.
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El hecho de que la obra sea difícil y nos encontremos con la adversidad no puede alterar nuestro llamado.
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ivinlos en un mundo de concesiones, en una sociedad que ha abandonado los parámetros morales y los principios cristianos a cambio de la conveniencia o del pragmatismo. La filosofía subyacente consiste en alcanzar nuestros objetivos sin importar los medios que sean necesarios para ello. Esta perspectiva egocéntrica debería tener como lema: «Si le sirve, hágalo». Esta noción lleva inevitablemente a comprometer la conciencia y las convicciones. Como las concesiones son tan prevalentes en nuestra sociedad, se podría decir que ya no poseemos una conciencia nacional; el sentimiento de culpa y el remordimiento no son factores que determinen la conducta. Los políticos. que deberían defender los altos ideales de nuestro país, nos están conduciendo en cambio hacia las concesiones. Ellos promueven sus elevados estándares e ideales antes de las elecciones, pero luego los comprometen cuando obtienen su puesto. Lo mismo sucede en el mundo de los negocios, desde los ejecutivos de corporaciones hasta los vendedores; en los tribunales, desde los jueces hasta los abogados; en los deportes, desde los dueños de los equipos hasta los atletas; y en todas las demás áreas de la vida. Como resultado, la gente aprende a mentir, a engañar, a robar y a esconder la verdad. En resumen, a hacer lo que sea necesario para obtener lo que quieren. De esa manera, el acomodo se convierte en un estilo de vida. Desgraciadamente, la filosofía y la práctica del compromiso ha invadido hasta la iglesia. Como la tolerancia es la ideología operante de nuestra sociedad, la iglesia adopta una perspectiva similar para alcanzar a los perdidos. Muchas iglesias buscan ahora modos de presentar el evangelio a la gente sin que se sientan ofendidos. Pero la misma naturaleza del evangelio es ofensiva, porque confronta a los pecadores con su pecado. Ignorando eso, muchas iglesias comprometen voluntariamente la Palabra de Dios en vez de mantenerse firmes en el evangelio, ofreciendo así al mundo una versión suavizada incapaz de efectuar cambio alguno. A nivel personal, el espíritu de compromiso se aprecia aún más en nuestras relaciones sociales. Es posible que usted haya tenido oportunidades de proclamar a Cristo a los no creyentes, pero se ha quedado callado por sentirse intimidado o por falta de confianza. Quizás haya claudicado en la Palabra de Dios respecto a algún asunto ético en su trabajo o en su vecindario, y se haya convencido a sí mismo de que tal concesión era necesaria para mantener su confianza como empleado o vecino. Sin embargo, su testimonio cristiano es proclamado a través de su total devoción a la Palabra de Dios como la autoridad suprema, sean cuales sean las consecuencias. Dios atrae a los elegidos a su reino por medio de cristianos que demuestran ser diferentes del resto del mundo, que revelan su verdadera fidelidad por su devoción y obediencia a las normas de Dios.
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If there is ever a “time of need” in our lives when it is appropriate to “draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help” (Heb. 4:16), it’s in the midst of our most difficult trials. Suffering is a special type of circumstance in which we must draw upon the lordship and example of Jesus Christ. In fact, it is often as we follow Him through suffering that we experience our deepest intimacy with our Lord.
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Todavía como en la antigüedad, el hombre por sí mismo recibe su precio. Por treinta piezas Judas se vendió a sí mismo, no a Cristo1.
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Cuando consideramos la Palabra de Dios como la máxima autoridad, eso nos abre el camino para que desarrollemos la integridad, en vez de las concesiones. El diccionario The A►nerican Heritage Dictionary (Houghton Mifflin, 1992) define a la integridad como «una firme adhesión a un estricto código moral o ético», «el estado de mantenerse incólume; solidez» o «la cualidad o condición de ser íntegro o no dividido; totalidad». Procede de la palabra integer, que significa «entero» o «completo». Esencialmente, la integridad significa ser fiel a las normas éticas de uno mismo; en nuestro caso, a las normas de Dios. Sus sinónimos son honestidad, sinceridad, incorruptibilidad. Describe a alguien sin hipocresía ni doblez, a alguien que es totalmente consistente en las convicciones que expresa. Una persona que carece de integridad (alguien que dice una cosa y hace otra) es un hipócrita.
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We see Him among the thousands of Galilee, anointed of God with the Holy Ghost and power, going about doing good: with no pride of birth, though He was a king; with no pride of intellect, though omniscience dwelt within Him; with no pride of power, though all power in heaven and earth was in His hands; or of station, though the fullness of the Godhead dwelt in Him bodily; or of superior goodness or holiness: but in lowliness of mind esteeming every one better than Himself, healing the sick, casting out devils, feeding the hungry, and everywhere breaking to men the bread of life. We see Him everywhere offering to men His life for the salvation of their souls: and when, at last, the forces of evil gathered thick around Him, walking, alike without display and without dismay, the path of suffering appointed for Him, and giving His life at Calvary that through His death the world might live.1
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Just because the work is difficult, and just because we meet with adversity, that cannot alter our calling. We are Christ’s ambassadors to the world. Those who reject us reject Christ. Regardless of what happens, we ought to hold firm and persevere with Him. There is no higher ground on which to stand.
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En ninguna parte es la integridad tan decisiva como en el liderazgo de la iglesia, porque el líder espiritual debe mantener la integridad para ser un ejemplo confiable que todos puedan imitar. Pero hay muchos líderes que carecen de integridad y que son, por definición, unos hipócritas. Nuestro Señor no tiene paciencia con estas personas. Los escribas y los fariseos fueron blanco frecuente de los acerbos ataques de Cristo a causa de su hipocresía. Él dijo de ellos: «Porque dicen, y no hacen» (Mt. 23:3). Eso es falta de integridad: seguían un conjunto de reglas, mientras mandaban a los demás que vivieran según otro. Después de pronunciar varios ayes sobre ellos, Jesús ofreció les dio esta reprensión final: «¡Serpientes, generación de víboras! ¿,Cómo escaparéis de la condenación del infierno?» (v. 33).
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Those who love Christ are an open rebuke to the society in which they live. That was the apostle Peter’s point when he described Christians as “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession . . . [who] proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called [them] out of darkness into His marvelous light” (1 Pet. 2:9). Our dark world will resent and be hostile toward anyone who represents the Lord Jesus Christ in that way. That resentment and hostility may be felt at certain times and places more than others, but it is always present to some extent. Fortunately, we have One to whom we can turn when we suffer—the very One who suffered for us: the Lord Jesus Christ. Peter wrote, “For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps” (v. 21). Peter’s model of how to respond to suffering was Jesus Christ, and we need to follow His example.
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For those who may not yet know Him, my prayer is that the Lord will draw you through this study of His Word and by the truth of the gospel to embrace Christ with your whole heart as Lord and Savior and friend. Regardless of who you are or what circumstances brought you here, may the Spirit of God impress on you the importance of giving your all to Him who freely gave His all for His people.
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For Paul, the doctrine of justification by faith is a powerful incentive to holiness.
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