Inspirational Quotes by John MacArthur

“God begins the process of perfecting us from the moment we are converted from unbelief to faith in Christ. The Holy Spirit regenerates us. He give us a new heart with a new set of holy desires (Ezek. 36:26). He transforms our stubborn wills. He opens our hearts to embrace the truth rather than reject it. He enables us to believe rather than doubt. He gives us a hunger for righteousness an a desire for Him. And thus the new birth transforms the inner person. From that point on, everything that occurs in our lives - good or bad - God uses to move us toward being like Christ (Rom. 8:28-30).”

“All those who are truly born again will be kept by God's power and will persevere as Christians until the end of their lives, and that only those who persevere until the end have been truly born again.”

“Even though the Bible is an ancient document, every person in every situation in every society that’s ever existed can find in this book things that endure forever. Here’s a book that never needs another edition. It never needs to be edited, never has to be updated, is never out of date or obsolete. It speaks to us as pointedly and directly as it ever has to anyone in any century since it was written. It’s so pure that it lasts forever.”

“It's not the length of man's life that establishes his importance and influence, in fact, the length of a man's life has very little to do with it's impact.”

“Like Lazarus lying motionless in the tomb, the unredeemed soul remains lifeless until the voice of God commands it, “Come forth!”

“Remember, loving your children is not based on emotion. Rather, it is your responsibility to pour yourself into your child’s life so that he or she grows up to love Christ.”

“Naturalists themselves like to portray their system as a philosophy that stands in opposition to all faith-based worldviews, pretending that it is scientifically and intellectually superior precisely because of its supposed non-religious character. Not so.”

“¿Qué es la depravación total? Pero el hombre natural no percibe las cosas que son del Espíritu de Dios, porque para él son locura, y no las puede entender, porque se han de discernir espiritualmente. 1 CORINTIOS 2.14 Las Escrituras enseñan que de principio a fin toda la humanidad está en completa depravación. La depravación total no significa que los pecadores incrédulos siempre son tan malos como podrían serlo (cp. Lucas 6.33; Romanos 2.14). Esto no quiere decir que la expresión de la naturaleza humana pecaminosa es siempre manifestada al máximo. Esto no quiere decir que los no creyentes no son capaces de actos de bondad, benevolencia, buena voluntad o altruismo humano. Desde luego, no quiere decir que los no cristianos no pueden apreciar la bondad, la belleza, la honestidad, la decencia o la excelencia. Lo que significa es que nada de esto tiene algún mérito para Dios. La depravación también significa que el mal ha contaminado todos los aspectos de nuestra humanidad, nuestro corazón, mente, personalidad, emociones, conciencia, motivaciones y voluntad (cp. Jeremías 17.9; Juan 8.44) Los pecadores no redimidos, por lo tanto, son incapaces de hacer nada para agradar a Dios (Isaías 64.6). Son incapaces de amar verdaderamente al Dios que se revela en las Escrituras. Son incapaces de obedecer de corazón, con motivos justos. Son incapaces de comprender la verdad espiritual. Son incapaces de fe genuina. Y esto significa que son incapaces de agradar a Dios o buscarlo verdaderamente a Él (Romanos 3.11). La depravación total significa que los pecadores no tienen la capacidad de hacer el bien espiritual u obrar para su propia salvación del pecado. Están tan completamente alejados de amar la justicia, tan completamente muertos en el pecado, que no pueden salvarse a sí mismos, o incluso ser aptos para la salvación de Dios. La humanidad incrédula no tiene la capacidad de desear, entender, creer o poner en práctica la verdad espiritual (cp. 1 Corintios 2.14).”

“The bell in the steeple may be well hung, fairly fashioned, and of soundest metal, but it is dumb until the ringer makes it speak. And . . . the preacher has no voice of quickening for the dead in sin, or of comfort for living saints unless the divine spirit [Spirit] gives him a gracious pull, and begs him speak with power. Hence the need of prayer for both preacher and hearers.”

“El que encubre sus pecados no prosperará; mas el que los confiesa y se aparta alcanzará misericordia. PROVERBIOS 28.13 Lo que es evidente es que la gente en nuestra cultura se ha vuelto muy buena en culpar del cambio tomando de chivos expiatorios a los padres, las decepciones de la infancia y otras disfunciones que escapan a su control. No importa cuál es el problema que sufra, tanto si usted es un asesino caníbal en serie o simplemente alguien que está luchando con angustia emocional, es fácil encontrar a alguien que le explicará por qué su problema no es culpa suya. Esto puede ser espiritualmente destructivo. No aborda el problema real de la pecaminosidad humana. Alimenta las peores tendencias de la naturaleza humana. Engendra la forma más catastrófica de la negación: la de la propia culpa. Se añade más culpa por culpar a alguien que no es realmente el culpable en lo absoluto. Desconocer nuestra culpabilidad personal nunca puede liberarnos del sentimiento de culpa. Por el contrario, los que se niegan a reconocer su pecado en realidad se hacen esclavos de su propia culpa. «Si decimos que no tenemos pecado, nos engañamos a nosotros mismos, y la verdad no está en nosotros. [Pero] si confesamos nuestros pecados, él es fiel y justo para perdonar nuestros pecados, y limpiarnos de toda maldad» (1 Juan 1.8–9). Jesucristo vino al mundo para salvar a los pecadores. Él dijo específicamente que no había venido a salvar a los que quieren exonerarse a sí mismos (Marcos 2.17). Donde no hay reconocimiento del pecado y la culpa, cuando la conciencia ha sido objeto de abusos en silencio, no puede haber salvación, ni santificación y por lo tanto, una verdadera emancipación del poder implacable del pecado.”

“The advertising scheme is anything but subtle. If you want to be healed, send in your money; and if you don’t get healed, you didn’t send enough. Like the wicked religious leaders condemned in Luke 20, Benny Hinn devours “widows’ houses” as he hawks false hope in exchange for money;”

“Plenty of tolerant people out there say, “Okay, you’re into this cross thing, and Jesus being crucified, and that’s your truth. Good for you—we are an inclusive people. You’re welcome to your foolish view of religion, your foolish perspective, your simple, silly story of a crucified Jew, and that’s fine if that’s your truth. But that’s not our truth.” Well, here’s the rub: It is your truth. It’s everybody’s truth. It’s the only truth. The power of the crucified Christ is the only power of God by which He saves. Salvation comes only through a belief in that gospel, the gospel of Jesus. No gospel, no salvation. The absolute exclusivity of it has always been a shameful, embarrassing, inconvenient message to worldly-wise sinners, but the truth is nonnegotiable. Other religions are not truth and lead only to eternal damnation. Islam is a damning system. Buddhism is a damning system. Hinduism is a damning system. Simply not believing the gospel is itself enough to damn a person. People in false religions do not worship the true God by another name, as some suggest. They unwittingly worship Satan’s demons. Here is what the Bible says: “The things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God” (1 Cor. 10:20). Even so, a book called The Christ of Hinduism actually exists, and it argues that Hinduism’s symbols and doctrines contain the Christian message. But there is no Christ of Hinduism, nor has the true God any part in Hinduism. Christ is the only way to the one true God, and biblical Christianity is the only way to the one true Christ. Misguided people who recognize any other god and engage in any other religion are not worshipping and sacrificing to God, but to demons. I didn’t make this up. This isn’t my theology. This is Christianity 101.”

“In spite of their gross theological error, charismatics demand acceptance within mainstream evangelicalism. And evangelicals have largely succumbed to those demands, responding with outstretched arms and a welcoming smile. In so doing, mainstream evangelicalism has unwittingly invited an enemy into the camp. The gates have been flung open to a Trojan horse of subjectivism, experientialism, ecumenical compromise, and heresy. Those who compromise in this way are playing with strange fire and placing themselves in grave danger.”

“Let’s begin with a simple assumption. Since God has a will for us, He must want us to know it. If so, then we could expect Him to communicate it to us in the most obvious way. And how would that be? Through the Bible, His revelation.”

“Bizarre doctrinal inventions, proclaimed by Hinn under the alleged influence of the Holy Spirit, only confirm his true nature. What should we conclude about someone who has claimed that the Trinity consists of nine persons;65 that God the Father “walks in a spirit body” complete with hands, mouth, hair, and eyes;66 that the Lord Jesus assumed a satanic nature on the cross;67 and that believers should think of themselves as little Messiahs?68 It is ludicrous to think Holy God would authenticate such egregious error by giving a false teacher like Benny Hinn miracle power. Such would make God a participant in Hinn’s deception. But that is obviously not the case.”

“When the world is hostile and persecuting, when the world moves against him and ostracizes or alienates him, a true disciple is not afraid, because he has utterly and totally given himself over to the lordship of Christ, confident in His care no matter what, even against the hostility of the world. Another characteristic of discipleship is that a true disciple is loyal to his Lord. In verse 32 Jesus told us, “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.” When the heat is on, when the pressure and the persecution are bearing down and the world is attacking, the true believer will openly confess Christ. He won’t bail out. He won’t deny his faith. He won’t recant. He’ll stand up and proclaim Christ, no matter what the circumstances. He’ll go to prison and even face execution before he will deny his Lord. Someone will say, “What about Peter? He was a real disciple, but he denied his Lord.” It’s true. He did. But it was before the Holy Spirit came to live in him. After that, he never again was disloyal. He died for being loyal to Christ: crucified upside down, as he requested, because he said he was not worthy to die like his Lord. Such loyalty marks the ones whom Christ will confess belong to Him.”

“Benny Hinn hizo una serie de declaraciones proféticas célebres en diciembre de 1989, ninguna de las cuales se hizo realidad. Él con toda confianza le dijo a su congregación en el Centro Cristiano de Orlando que Dios le había revelado que Fidel Castro iba a morir en algún momento de la década de 1990, que la comunidad homosexual en Estados Unidos sería destruida por el fuego antes de 1995 y que un gran terremoto podría causar estragos en la costa este antes de el año 2000. Se equivocó en todos los aspectos,”

“The Spirit-filled life is nothing more than living in the conscious presence of the indwelling Christ.”

“La Biblia es un libro sobrenatural que proporciona beneficios sobrenaturales. Se”

“You’ve probably had a similar experience with someone you know. I’ve already recounted the stories of three of my closest friends—one in high school, one in college, and one in seminary—who seemed so dedicated to serving the Lord, and yet all of them eventually turned their backs on Him. One became a dope-smoking rock-concert promoter, and another became a Buddhist. These were not casual acquaintances, but friends at a very close level. I was sure they shared my passion for the true gospel as much as they shared my love for sports. These three young men proved to me that you can profess Christ and not know Him. You can think you’re a Christian and later see clearly that you’re not; you can certainly deceive other people. Seeing these seemingly intelligent, dedicated, strong Christians abandon their beliefs forced me to think about who is really a Christian and what being a Christian really means. Their actions portrayed them as fellow soldiers of Christ, but in the end their hearts exposed them as traitors. Spiritual defectors are an integral part of the story of Christianity, both past and present. They’re in your life and mine, just as they were in Jesus’ life. They shouldn’t surprise you, defeat you, disappoint you, or cause you to despair. Jesus’ insights on spiritual defectors in John 6, and the reaction to His teaching about the issue, give us one of the most compelling and enlightening stories of His ministry. It’s worth considering closely.”