Amen, praise the Lord Almighty!!! Its almost surreal and unbelievable when he saves us and we don't understand why he would ever choose us. He is amazing beyond explanation. The more I know about him and closer I get in my relationship by prayer and reading the word I am completely overwhelmed with who God is and how great and grand he is. God is everything and the fullness of everything. Before I knew God my life was meaningless and I had no joy or excitement to look forward to but since he has brought me from death unto life every single day and moment is exciting and anticipating knowing more about him. Thank you Lord, holy holy holy are you and to be praised and worship for we are truly unworthy of your glory but you still gave us repentance for salvation as an option and Jesus death on the cross, paying for our sin is truly amazing how loving you are Lord to do that for us by your grace. Thank you Lord thank you so much! “For you did not choose me, but I chose you. -John 15:16 worthy you are of all praise and worship Lord
What a magnificent sermon. One that brings great honour to God Almighty; John shows God's great love and mercy in the parable about the prodigal son. Who could not love and praise God for this great merecy onto those that would acknowledge their wrong doing and turn back to the truth.
God bless you. May you come to understand the scriptures now that your eyes have been opened. John MacArthur is probably the best Bible teacher alive today, but is not the only faithful expository preacher out there. When churches got away from catechisms, confessions, expository preaching, doctrine, and teaching their members to use the great puritan writings of the past, it all went down hill, into a man-made, man-centered gospel. I grew up in the church, thought I was saved, but wasn't.
Obedience is important.....it the religious leaders who crucified Christ..... . please watch Zac poonen on UA-cam and google Christian fellowship centre Bangalore for free Holy Bible study and free Holy Bible messages.. All resources are free to download and watch. God bless
J. MacArthur continued the story to the end! Never thought in that connection and it’s true! Thank you for deepening our thought and think about God’s immeasurable grace & love again! W/o His such love & grace, I couldn’t have been saved! Thank you for H S for anointing the Pastor, MacArthur!
That made me weep. God is soo amazing and vastly beyond what we can even comprehend humanly. But I was able to gleen just a little bit more into God‘s incredible grace because his servant exposited the word with diligence.
MacArthur is President of Masters University in Santa Clarita, CA. Last year the Western Association of Schools and Colleges found the institution in violation of multiple standards of accreditation, including competing loyalties among its board of directors, a lack of operational integrity, and a pattern of unethical treatment among faculty and staff. The visiting accreditation team observed - and received reports of - a climate of fear, intimidation, bullying, and uncertainty among significant numbers of faculty and staff. WASC stated its "extreme concern" that the university might be in violation of required reporting responsibilities under the Clery Act, the Violence Against Women Act, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. The university has less than two years to remedy the perceived problems and avoid withdrawal of its accreditation; Show less
@@1234poppycat this doesn't necessarily mean and doesn't directly imply Pastor John being a part of or involved in the actions that are the seminary is being accused of nor means it has anything to do directly with/by John MacArthur himself being involved in the actions that have taken place, if they indeed happened. I know my pastor and I know that if he were to be aware of any wrongdoings going on he would have addressed and repaired them immediately. It could have been something going on amongst/by/to the every day faculty and we know it is safe to say that it happens every day that things are going on in a business where the owner is unaware or the last to know
@@apluvslakers1 Of course he is involved . MacArthur is President of Masters University in Santa Clarita, CA. He also has a track record of telling lies about Catholicism in his you tube videos -- one I just read ""Catholicism re sacrifices Jesus over and over again in the Catholic Mass"" When the Catholic Mass and Eucharist is "part of the ONE living and perfect sacrifice " as Jesus commanded 3 times in John 6 (which is supported by 14 other scripture)
@@1234poppycat I was a catholic before I know what they do in their church and indeed every week they recreate the mass of Christ; some churches perform an all out live recreation with church members acting each as a character of the crucifixion of Christ with the most evident and significant person to humanity for our entire existence which is the Lord Jesus Christ always being at the center of the act showing and implying by the mass message itself that we are suffering to the Lord and he is punished for our sins with the person playing Christ showing extreme pain being felt by the actor by letting out cries of pain continously as if Christ is being sacrificed for us that very moment and we are in the very presence of him suffering and being sacrificed for us. Some other catholic churches just say it as part of the sermon that Christ is being sacrificed for us, implying then that Christ work on the cross was not completed when he suffered it once and for all so he is suffering it again and again, totally contrasting Jesus own authoritative truth when as he was passing he stated while still hanging from the cross the words" Tetelastai" - "It IS FINISHED" I also can assure you for a fact that I experienced different teachings at different Catholic churches individually, some which didn't include this teaching but some did practice it... so I guess each Church may even have authority to teach or practice whatever they believed individually within the same religion... ? Either that or maybe the church has different beliefs within the religion which can vary individually to each churchs teachings about what it believed...? Look ALL I can really tell you is for sure that I know being Catholic I was completely confused and had no idea what I believed in and all I know is that from my family, for most or all the previous generations the only thing that they knew for sure including my Mom herself is that they were Catholic because their parent was Catholic and on and on it was being passed on as a tradition to the family, I am actually the first one to boldly and gladly abandon the belief of me being Catholic as some kind of inheritance and live satisfied with that. I actually started reading the word of God and getting more interested in God something that I'm sure came from his grace alone to look upon me and give me those little questions that didn't sound right in my head once I started reading the Bible I understood completely that the church was a complete heresy and blessing me to the real living God and the word of God which the church does not teach or practice it is actually something that they are even against! so then I ask where is their authority coming from who is the authority on what they believe and why they stand by it and all I can say is if it is not from God I can imagine where it might be coming from in that case. I don't want to offend anybody please do not in any way take this the wrong way, all I really would recommend to any person who is standing strong for something and doesn't really know exactly where the belief comes from or where the tradition comes from to if they are interested in really knowing what the real religion and the real Church of God really is is to go and deep deep dive into the word of God that reveals all things through the holy Spirit as said in the same Bible that is the way it was revealed to me and I started seeing every single thing that was completely and boldly rejecting God and Christ. All my small and limited teachings I had ever been taught is that Mary is to be worshipped as God himself and praised, prayed to, believed in, taken flowers to her wooden image at the church and bowing to it and that by completely simply overlooking, skipping Christ and going directly to Mary you would get a sure and quicker response as if she has some kind of higher authority or closer access to have God actually not only hear us but to fulfill our prayers through her mediation....and that we are should pray to her and she intervenes for us to get to God which is completely blaspheming the one and only mediator as the Bible says the one and only person's name that we should be saved by is the name Jesus Christ The one and only mediator between God and man is the man Christ Jesus that goes completely against the word of God. Please just take this as a loving, concerned message do not take this as an attack in any way. I am simply concerned for people's souls for having the wrong belief or praising the wrong God will get you to hell and not to the kingdom of God I think each person should have an opportunity to really know who the real God is and therefore be saved by that God and changed and most of all saved from eternal hell and God's wrath ♥️✝️
@@apluvslakers1 you say you were a Catholic yet it is amazing how you got the fundamentals so wrong. 1 No acting out of the crucifixion 2 No Catholic Church would have people saying the Mass was sacrificing Jesus again - that is straight out of the protestant hate preacher handbook. Catholic Catechism "Worship is reserved for the Godhead alone (Father Son and Holy Spirit)" 3 "Skipping Christ and going direct to Mary" as you say is absurd as in Catholicism Mary and the Saints guide us to Jesus the mediator
great sermon wow ive listen to the mp3 of the series please dont miss that.this really touches my heart.wow thats how God loves me.wow He is really an awesome God
What a beautiful sermon, we have an amazing amazing God! I have read that before but it wasn't clear to me, John has explained this with great detail and reality
Both sons were living under their Fathers grace....its the grace that the older brother didn't see because he thought he had to earn his fathers love....an I earned it attude, always makes a person bitter...Peace
You are right John MacArthur is saying nothing like sound theology ... MacArthur is President of Masters University in Santa Clarita, CA. Last year the Western Association of Schools and Colleges found the institution in violation of multiple standards of accreditation, including competing loyalties among its board of directors, a lack of operational integrity, and a pattern of unethical treatment among faculty and staff. The visiting accreditation team observed - and received reports of - a climate of fear, intimidation, bullying, and uncertainty among significant numbers of faculty and staff. WASC stated its "extreme concern" that the university might be in violation of required reporting responsibilities under the Clery Act, the Violence Against Women Act, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. The university has less than two years to remedy the perceived problems and avoid withdrawal of its accreditation.
AJA Deacon brother check your heart, even if what you stated above is 100% accurate, have you been praying for this man and his ministry? He has been above reproach in the pulpit for more than 60 years doing Gods work.
@@petrolo72 He consistently lies and misrepresents Catholicism and specifically the Pope. He is a hate preacher through and through. --- One example is he repeatedly says Catholics Worship Mary --Catholics worship only God Himself, the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We do not worship Mary or any Saint. To do so would be a form of idolatry. People should be cautious about making judgements on other cultures (in this case Catholic Christianity ) which they do not fully understand. We Catholic Christians pray to Mary. We love her. We talk to her. We ask her prayers. We are affectionate towards her, because she was and is so close to Jesus. As Luke 1:48 says “For He has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.” Catholics are very happy to be among those like the Orthodox, Copts, Armenians, Syriacs and Ethiopians - all other ancient Churches in fact - who call Mary blessed, who ask her prayers. At Cana Mary alerted Jesus to the wine shortage, and in response He worked his first miracle. Maybe He still works miracles at Mary’s prompting? Those who do not call Mary blessed, are disobeying the Scripture. I don’t think Jesus likes supposed Christians disrespecting his Mother.
@@noetrevino9254 It was not my opinion -- the Western Association of Schools and Colleges found the institution in violation of multiple standards of accreditation. That is fact
I put this in the category of the top 3 best expository I have ever heard. I've often thought if I could have only one page of the Bible and be stranded on an island, what page would it be? I could take this one because it's sooooo full of God.
ther.Never heard it interpreted in such a beautiful way.l love to learn the many expressive gifts of those who teach GOD's Word.What insight Thank GOD for each of YOU in JESUS name❗
i read the criticisms and am convinced that people do not comprehend when they read and listen... this man has not said anything heretic. He simply gave an ending that would have illustrated how killing the Son would be translated into the story in its context at the time the story was being told... Mr. MacArthur is really being used by the Holy Spirit... God bless him richly and God bless all you critics because you have really missed out by not seeking to understand this teaching.
The problem is that I understand what he is saying and what he is prepared to go to boost his brand of hate .... He consistently lies and misrepresents Catholicism and specifically the Pope. He is a hate preacher through and through. --- One example is he repeatedly says Catholics Worship Mary --Catholics worship only God Himself, the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We do not worship Mary or any Saint. To do so would be a form of idolatry. People should be cautious about making judgements on other cultures (in this case Catholic Christianity ) which they do not fully understand. We Catholic Christians pray to Mary. We love her. We talk to her. We ask her prayers. We are affectionate towards her, because she was and is so close to Jesus. As Luke 1:48 says “For He has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.” Catholics are very happy to be among those like the Orthodox, Copts, Armenians, Syriacs and Ethiopians - all other ancient Churches in fact - who call Mary blessed, who ask her prayers. At Cana Mary alerted Jesus to the wine shortage, and in response He worked his first miracle. Maybe He still works miracles at Mary’s prompting? Those who do not call Mary blessed, are disobeying the Scripture. I don’t think Jesus likes supposed Christians disrespecting his Mother.
It says the angels rejoice over one sinner who comes to repentance. It kind of creeps me out when I hear Mick Jagger say I thought I saw an angel cry I thought I saw a tear drop falling from his eyes in the song You'll never make a saint of me! Pray for them!
John Macarthur is one of the few pastors that teaches the true gospel. As Jesus said to the Pharisees in Matthew 24- woe to you who lead men to destruction. - for the younger Christians reads I use to let men like the guy below influence my Christian life until I meditates on this verse James 1:6 It is written to ask God to give you wisdom and he will give it to you all liberally. The answer is in our scripture. So How do we know if John Macarthur speaks the truth? In 1 John 4:3 Jesus says "if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here". This is NLV translation - in NIV it reads but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.
I enjoy a lot of his studies but he certainly does not teach the true gospel. As far as I can tell he preaches the false doctrines of the Trinity, substitutionary sacrifice of Christ, immortality of the soul, heaven as the place of reward for the righteous and hell as the eternal abode of the wicked, and that the devil is a supernatural fallen angel.
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@@Boisezx6r His theology is completely awry. He believes things like the Trinity that aren't taught in the Bible. See the list I gave for other examples of orthodox Christian doctrine but non-biblical doctrine.
Matthew 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.” Matthew 22:14 For many are called (whole word John 3:16 /Jew and Gentile Romans 9:24/ every tongue and tribe Revelation 7:9), but few are chosen (elect Romans 9:11.)
EXCELLENT MESSAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would probably not have looked at this story quite the way he taught it, but he is very right. God's grace is foolish to the world, but is life to those who accept Christ as their Savior. I like John MacArthur alot.
I use to listen to this man, but that changed when I heard him mock the Holy Spirit and the power from on High, simply because he is too proud to receive. Further, this man claims miracles nor healing is for us today! WOW! And people flock to hear this man???
Anybody else see the 1/3 as angels. the elder brother coming home as Satan. and the ending as, Satan turning his back on God's love. and going into darkness, deciding for Hell. Even in the face of God's grace and mercy.
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The focus is not on the inheritance , its to show the depravity and selfishness of all men and yet God by his mercy still chooses to save a few . Jeremiah 17:9 "The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? Romans 9:15 I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God's mercy.
God's people,or sheep are being called to come to the one true God,and to come out of all the false religions.Rome is the harlot who has a hold on many of God's people,but God is bringing them out Himself.
Thank You for your concern no doubt. May I ask you why you think His attitude was that different from that of Matthew 23? For further discussion visit my blog by clicking on my nick. Then scroll to my July 9th posting on the Parable of the Unjust Steward for a more extensive apologetic. Thank You for your interest, Ron
I think the oldest son was hurt, the anger was hiding that. We know the Father spent his time looking for the younger son, but we never hear of the time he spent with the son that chose to stay, there may in fact have been neglect of some sort. Dont ever assume your children understands grace just because they stay close by... you have to teach it to them!
well we have to be straight up with sin, and Mark has even said that it was sin, however he continues in it and continues to feed off of garbage movies and music and encourages others to do the same, the bible is clear Romans 12:1-2 Ephesians 4:29
@12:10 glorified saints? Can he elaborate on what this is and how glorified they are? @13:50 Who are the Pharisees today? Not the guy who just told us what it's like in heaven, even though he has no idea? @59:40 but not equal sonship. He wasnt promised what the other son was promised, because he hadnt earned it @1:01:01. No works, which is why he doesn't receive the promise of the other son. The works matter @1:05:40. Wow. This isn't what the text says. It's the exact opposite
Since comments are disabled for 'Is there such a thing as a former christian?' I will leave one here. He says Hebrews 6 does not talk about real christians falling away, read verse 4 and you will see that they have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit(Christians) and then fell away.
Inheritance and salvation two different things, if U accept Christ U will reach heaven but God has laid ahead works for U to do.....if U don't do U won't get rewards as others do...... God bless
denoinwa- quite the contrary. MacArthur is completely correct in his evaluation of the current crop young "reformed" pastors & mega "church" feel good self help meditation centers. Furtic, Noble, Young, Warren, Hybels, Gramling, Driscoll and all the rest are clueless about what the calling of a pastor is nor what salvation, repentance, grace and original sin are but, they can sure talk about the law and what a person has to "do" to "earn the favor & attention" of God so that they can lead an
I know John doesn't believe that you can lose and regain your salvation, but why does he say regarding the prodigal son "he is now alive AGAIN?" Around 1 hour and 19 minutes in.
Hey greg,I've been coming to grips with calvinism myself, and have a question for you, do you believe the some people will be going to Hell? if so, by what standard or measurement do you think God will use to send them to Hell?
The salvation of all is guaranteed by the death and resurrection of Christ. But you don't acknowledge that there are eons of time in "God's eonian purpose" (See Eph 3:11)... and during the eons some like those who did not enter Noah's ark... do not see life. But what happens during the eons is not the same things as what happens when the eons are complete. Eonian life is for a few. Eonian life is not the only thing Christ accomplished at the cross on our behalf. Eonian life is for believers among the nations. Eonian life is for those of Israel who keep the law. God is especially the savior of believers. But God IS the savior of all. Not all believe... but all for whom Christ died will see life, and he died for all. During the eons, many things have to happen. Sin, death, evil, trouble of all sorts, but the eons will end. And God will be all in all. You keep equating eonian life with all there is. But no... eonian life is important. There is work to do during the eons. Both on the Earth and among the celestials. Colossians 1:15-20 promises reconciliation for all... all in the heavens, all on Earth, all under the Earth. All, baby, all. Eonian destruction is the lot of the wicked and unbelieving... But there is nothing "eternal" in the word "destruction"... in fact the word "destroy" and "LOST" are the same word in the Greek New Testament... as in "the lost sheep"... The lost/destroyed sheep can be found. Those who find themselves in "eonian destruction" -- it's just what happens during the eons of time. Every warning, threat, doom verse you come up with is concerning eonian life. The word "eternal" is just not in the Bible, it was an invented word, made up by John Wycliffe, who made the first English Bible. God is the savior of all mankind, especially -- but not exclusively -- of believers. You keep jumping to this "freewill" mythology in order to limit God's work in Christ's cross. Eternal destruction needs a "freewill" mythology to get God off the hook for sending folks to "hell". I'm here to tell ya... God is not on the hook for eternal hell... there is no such thing. God locks up all together in stubbornness so that He might be merciful to all (ROM 11:32) God made sure Adam sinned. God gave the law that sin might increase. Sin is a pre-requirement for salvation. Without Joseph's brothers doing that horrible sin against Joseph, they would not have been saved from the famine. Without the horrible sin of Judas we would not have a risen savior. Even YOUR sins sent Christ to the cross, not just Judas' sin. Sin is not a problem to God. See the cross. Death is no longer a problem, Christ rose. Evil is not a problem, God created evil (ISA 45:7) The issue before us is this: God shows us grace and saves us NOW... but for what purpose? Well, in the future, we, the church which is His body, will be put on DISPLAY says Paul in Ephesians. And when the celestials see the GRACE shown to us, they too will come home to the Father. All this has nothing to do with what God has planned for Israel on the Earth during the coming eons. Israel's place is with Christ's rule on Earth, our place is with Christ's effort to "reconcile all" even those in the heavens. That is why we have a special salvation. After all, God is the savior of all, especially of believers. (I TIM 4:10) ua-cam.com/channels/G3HOrC2A7Jb5kHDEae9AAg.htmlvideos
The Bible teaches that if a true believer sows to please his sinful nature he'll DIE (go to Hell) (Rom.8:13; Gal.6:8,9)! The prodigal is a clear example of this (Lk.15:24,32). The end result of sin is spiritual death, so DO NOT BE DECEIVED (James 1:14-16). If you claim to be a Christian and yet "sin everyday", you are not cleansed (1 Jn.1:5-7), and you don't love Him (John 14:15). You must "go and sin no more" (Jn. 5:14,8:11)! ONLY if you TURN FROM SIN will He have mercy on you (Is.55:6-7).
MacArthur is great. Wish he didn't rely on Bailey so much here though. Has anyone here ever considered that Jesus might actually have been mocking the Pharisees when he told them, "you have aaalways been with me, and aaall that is mine is yours [as if]"? Mocking? From Jesus? Yes, even from The Father in numerous places. Have another look at Jesus dragging out the words "aaalways" and "aaall" and looking straight at the Pharisees while saying this. Get the picture?
John MacArthur shows us his perversion: * "a true Christian possessing saving faith can commit occasional acts of adultery". Sounds like a license to sin, if ever I heard of one! (Hence, there are some Christian adulterers according to Mac.) * "a true Christian possessing saving faith can commit occasional acts of drunkenness." Sounds like a license to sin , if ever I heard of one! (Hence, there are some Christian drunks according to Mac.) * "A true Christian possessing saving faith can murder himself (be a suicide) and afterwards go to heaven, even though he died as an unrepentant murderer." Sounds like a license to sin, if ever I heard of one! * a true Christian can commit the list of sins cited in 1 Cor. 6:9,10 just short of going all the way back to live like he used to and still have a saving faith." Sounds like a license to sin, if ever I heard of one! Here is that list, in case you are unacquainted with it. Paul, under the influence of the Holy Spirit says: Or do you not know that THE UNRIGHTEOUS WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD? [Friends, listen to this warning] DO NOT BE DECEIVED: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Cor. 6:,10) [The other apostles and Jesus added more sins that keep one out of the kingdom of God} *" no sin regardless how heinous, including child molestation, rape, murder, homosexuality, etc., will ever prevent a person previously saved from entering heaven." Sounds like a license to sin, if ever I heard of one! And Mac just voided, IN HIS PERVERTED HEAD, the scriptures above. And to top it off, MacArthur tells us: * Sin works for our good!" Sounds like a license to sin, if ever I heard of one! Paul warned us about these wicked men: Romans 6:1 What shall we say then? ARE WE TO CONTINUE IN SIN SO THAT GRACE MAY INCREASE? 2 MAY IT NEVER BE! HOW SHALL WE WHO DIED TO SIN STILL LIVE IN IT? ALL translations condemn: * adulterers [two persons engaging in sexual intercourse while one or both is married] using terms like adultery, unfaithful in marriage * criminal activity by robbers, extortioners, swindlers, cheaters, thieves * idolaters [people who worship idols] * drunkards * thieves, using terms steal, thieves, and cheats * greedy persons, described as covetous, greedy, avaricious, and selfish * slanderers, described as revilers, slanderers, lie about others, abusive, etc.
No one is perfect.We all sin- including Christians. David, Peter, Moses, Solomon, they all sinned. We all sin. There is no perversion other than your legalism.
God chastises all of His sons,but He does not forsake them.If one has been adopted into the FAMILY they will never be removed,because it's God Himself who saves them.Do you not think God knows all the sins His Sons will commit after He saves them,even before He saved them or before time began for that matter?What kind of God do you believe in?
The text teaches the prodigal's son was lost, and his coming to the Father is equal to his conversion. However some will try to make the parable too literal, as if the son had always been saved and was out living in sin - I don't believe that is what it is teaching.
@JSA1957 Yes. I'm that thin skinned. So,that means that You have to take the higher path (that your god commands you to take) and you have to love me. I'm just not seeing the love that is suppose to be beyond comprehension within your statements. Are you not filled with the holy spirit ??
** John McArthur, is an very knowledgeable man, an amazing speaker, and powerful teacher~ HOWEVER, NONE of his great qualities,as a person, or pastor~SHOULD EVER CAUSE Me, or ANYONE, to RELY UPON HIS AUTHORITY & KNOWLEDGE; to DECIDE ~ WHAT THE HOLY WORD of GOD TEACHES!! * DECEPTION,is A Sin & An EVIL,So ELUSIVE~Unless,One LEARNS EVERYTHING, GOD TEACHES, EVEN THE MOST SUBTLE WORDS,or VERSE! The FACTS that DECEPTION, is So ELUSIVE, WITHIN Man's Sinful~Fallen Nature, ......* IF U Like, pls
There is a lot of passages on the Bible that are not conclusive, Why don´t we ask Mac Arthur to finish them and write what God has neglected to reveal to us? Oh, I forgot, he already re-wrote the Bible but this time in a fashion we can get it. Praise the great minister of satan, he has exalted himself above the Holy _One.
It's because I read my Bible that I can tel a quack like McArthur from a real teacher and that is why I don't take the crap that comes from their mouth as revelation. You on the other hand revere ravening wolves and worship a god made up by their imagination. May God open your eyes and let you hear and understand the Truth, so you can be an overcomer. And stop taking heed to this guy.
Excuse me, Sir, when you add a "valid inference" to scripture and then say :" this is what happened", I assume you discovered the missing conclusion that would end any speculation so the word of God can finally be attainable to the layman. And the fact that he has been teaching whatever his own imagination has devised based on what he deems fit based on the catholic, protestant, babilonic paradigms he has not get rid off and that poison the well of his understanding, defiling yhe bowl of his intellect thus turning every thought into dung. If hr has been teaching this all this long, it only speaks ill of the ones that took heed, including myself at some point.
Most of the comments here just call people names - if there is a fault in his teaching they need to show from the Bible why that is false instead of just generalizing. No matter who there will always be some fault with everyone because we are all human.
He is a man like any other, seeking holiness but prone to sin, he is not THE authority , he is a preacher trying to help others. We are responsible to read and study for ourselves. To pray for understanding and wisdom, God will guide each humble honest seeker with revelation for his own life. Don’t blame John for not being perfect
Lol,sure they do.I hope you don't really believe that."THEY WENT OUT FROM US BECAUSE THEY NEVER WERE OF US,FOR IF THEY WERE OF US,THEY'D STILL BE WITH US,BUT THEY LEFT TO MAKE KNOW THEY WERE NEVER OF US."
second thing he got wrong was calling the prodigal was a penitent sinner. He didn't repent in the far country. he is just hungry. He uses the same words pharaoh in exodus 10 says Moses to get him to stop the plague and then he refuses to release God's ppl (its fake repentance) The son repents when he sees the father run to him in a demonstration of costly unexpected love he then understands the issue is not the money but broken relationship. He said he read Ken baileys work. quite clear he didnt
No,there are pretend Christians who leave the Christian life and claim they are ex-Christians.Jesus said,'They went out from us to prove they were never of us,for if they were of us they would still be with us,but they left to show they were never of us".He also will tell many on that day who say "'lord,Lord,have we not done this and that in your name",and He will say"Depart you workers of lawlessness,I NEVER KNEW YOU",He never tells any,"I used to know you."
@123dsj123 teaches the rapture though yashua said atg the laast trump 7th you will come to me ezekiel god says i hate those that teach my children to fly to save their souls rapture nowhere in bible 1830 mary macdonald a nut said she saw a vision of the church being raptured twwo pastors darby and another fellow ran with it
I can't even begin to describe how much this came alive to me... God forgive me a sinner.
What a powerful exposition of the scriptures. We need more men like John MacArthur. God bless him.
thank God for saving me.....I was surely Lost but saved by Christ
Amen, praise the Lord Almighty!!! Its almost surreal and unbelievable when he saves us and we don't understand why he would ever choose us. He is amazing beyond explanation. The more I know about him and closer I get in my relationship by prayer and reading the word I am completely overwhelmed with who God is and how great and grand he is. God is everything and the fullness of everything. Before I knew God my life was meaningless and I had no joy or excitement to look forward to but since he has brought me from death unto life every single day and moment is exciting and anticipating knowing more about him. Thank you Lord, holy holy holy are you and to be praised and worship for we are truly unworthy of your glory but you still gave us repentance for salvation as an option and Jesus death on the cross, paying for our sin is truly amazing how loving you are Lord to do that for us by your grace. Thank you Lord thank you so much!
“For you did not choose me, but I chose you. -John 15:16 worthy you are of all praise and worship Lord
Me too brother. Lost in a big way and saved in an even bigger way. God bless
This made me weep. The gospel does that.
I'm so thankful for the complete work of grace of the savior, Lord Jesus.
Oh. My God I have never thought of an ending like this, you made my blind eyes see the truth . Thank God for Grace !
Iam so moved by this sermon.Need to listen such a Grace of God
What a magnificent sermon. One that brings great honour to God Almighty; John shows God's great love and mercy in the parable about the prodigal son. Who could not love and praise God for this great merecy onto those that would acknowledge their wrong doing and turn back to the truth.
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God bless you. May you come to understand the scriptures now that your eyes have been opened.
John MacArthur is probably the best Bible teacher alive today, but is not the only faithful expository preacher out there. When churches got away from catechisms, confessions, expository preaching, doctrine, and teaching their members to use the great puritan writings of the past, it all went down hill, into a man-made, man-centered gospel. I grew up in the church, thought I was saved, but wasn't.
Never will view this parable the same again!
I love to listen to John's intense sermons of Gods word! He makes it so crisp and clear. He truly has a gift. Thank you John!
I too love to listen to John's intense sermons of God's word. I agree that he truly has a gift. Amen.
Obedience is important.....it the religious leaders who crucified Christ..... . please watch Zac poonen on UA-cam and google Christian fellowship centre Bangalore for free Holy Bible study and free Holy Bible messages.. All resources are free to download and watch. God bless
It's like drinking honey and milk listening to john MacArthur, God bless him, and give him many more years on this earth.
I love Pastor, MacArthur. May he be forever blessed and protected..
J. MacArthur continued the story to the end! Never thought in that connection and it’s true!
Thank you for deepening our thought and think about God’s immeasurable grace & love again!
W/o His such love & grace, I couldn’t have been saved!
Thank you for H S for anointing the Pastor, MacArthur!
That made me weep. God is soo amazing and vastly beyond what we can even comprehend humanly. But I was able to gleen just a little bit more into God‘s incredible grace because his servant exposited the word with diligence.
Another excellent exposition of God's word I'm so blessed to have access to Mr MacArthur ,God is so g3
Beautifully Done..And He stayed Biblical throughout the sermon!!!
MacArthur is President of Masters University in Santa Clarita, CA. Last year the Western Association of Schools and Colleges found the institution in violation of multiple standards of accreditation, including competing loyalties among its board of directors, a lack of operational integrity, and a pattern of unethical treatment among faculty and staff. The visiting accreditation team observed - and received reports of - a climate of fear, intimidation, bullying, and uncertainty among significant numbers of faculty and staff. WASC stated its "extreme concern" that the university might be in violation of required reporting responsibilities under the Clery Act, the Violence Against Women Act, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. The university has less than two years to remedy the perceived problems and avoid withdrawal of its accreditation;
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@@1234poppycat this doesn't necessarily mean and doesn't directly imply Pastor John being a part of or involved in the actions that are the seminary is being accused of nor means it has anything to do directly with/by John MacArthur himself being involved in the actions that have taken place, if they indeed happened. I know my pastor and I know that if he were to be aware of any wrongdoings going on he would have addressed and repaired them immediately. It could have been something going on amongst/by/to the every day faculty and we know it is safe to say that it happens every day that things are going on in a business where the owner is unaware or the last to know
@@apluvslakers1 Of course he is involved . MacArthur is President of Masters University in Santa Clarita, CA. He also has a track record of telling lies about Catholicism in his you tube videos -- one I just read ""Catholicism re sacrifices Jesus over and over again in the Catholic Mass"" When the Catholic Mass and Eucharist is "part of the ONE living and perfect sacrifice " as Jesus commanded 3 times in John 6 (which is supported by 14 other scripture)
@@1234poppycat I was a catholic before I know what they do in their church and indeed every week they recreate the mass of Christ; some churches perform an all out live recreation with church members acting each as a character of the crucifixion of Christ with the most evident and significant person to humanity for our entire existence which is the Lord Jesus Christ always being at the center of the act showing and implying by the mass message itself that we are suffering to the Lord and he is punished for our sins with the person playing Christ showing extreme pain being felt by the actor by letting out cries of pain continously as if Christ is being sacrificed for us that very moment and we are in the very presence of him suffering and being sacrificed for us. Some other catholic churches just say it as part of the sermon that Christ is being sacrificed for us, implying then that Christ work on the cross was not completed when he suffered it once and for all so he is suffering it again and again, totally contrasting Jesus own authoritative truth when as he was passing he stated while still hanging from the cross the words" Tetelastai" - "It IS FINISHED" I also can assure you for a fact that I experienced different teachings at different Catholic churches individually, some which didn't include this teaching but some did practice it... so I guess each Church may even have authority to teach or practice whatever they believed individually within the same religion... ? Either that or maybe the church has different beliefs within the religion which can vary individually to each churchs teachings about what it believed...? Look ALL I can really tell you is for sure that I know being Catholic I was completely confused and had no idea what I believed in and all I know is that from my family, for most or all the previous generations the only thing that they knew for sure including my Mom herself is that they were Catholic because their parent was Catholic and on and on it was being passed on as a tradition to the family, I am actually the first one to boldly and gladly abandon the belief of me being Catholic as some kind of inheritance and live satisfied with that. I actually started reading the word of God and getting more interested in God something that I'm sure came from his grace alone to look upon me and give me those little questions that didn't sound right in my head once I started reading the Bible I understood completely that the church was a complete heresy and blessing me to the real living God and the word of God which the church does not teach or practice it is actually something that they are even against! so then I ask where is their authority coming from who is the authority on what they believe and why they stand by it and all I can say is if it is not from God I can imagine where it might be coming from in that case. I don't want to offend anybody please do not in any way take this the wrong way, all I really would recommend to any person who is standing strong for something and doesn't really know exactly where the belief comes from or where the tradition comes from to if they are interested in really knowing what the real religion and the real Church of God really is is to go and deep deep dive into the word of God that reveals all things through the holy Spirit as said in the same Bible that is the way it was revealed to me and I started seeing every single thing that was completely and boldly rejecting God and Christ. All my small and limited teachings I had ever been taught is that Mary is to be worshipped as God himself and praised, prayed to, believed in, taken flowers to her wooden image at the church and bowing to it and that by completely simply overlooking, skipping Christ and going directly to Mary you would get a sure and quicker response as if she has some kind of higher authority or closer access to have God actually not only hear us but to fulfill our prayers through her mediation....and that we are should pray to her and she intervenes for us to get to God which is completely blaspheming the one and only mediator as the Bible says the one and only person's name that we should be saved by is the name Jesus Christ The one and only mediator between God and man is the man Christ Jesus that goes completely against the word of God. Please just take this as a loving, concerned message do not take this as an attack in any way. I am simply concerned for people's souls for having the wrong belief or praising the wrong God will get you to hell and not to the kingdom of God I think each person should have an opportunity to really know who the real God is and therefore be saved by that God and changed and most of all saved from eternal hell and God's wrath ♥️✝️
@@apluvslakers1 you say you were a Catholic yet it is amazing how you got the fundamentals so wrong. 1 No acting out of the crucifixion 2 No Catholic Church would have people saying the Mass was sacrificing Jesus again - that is straight out of the protestant hate preacher handbook. Catholic Catechism "Worship is reserved for the Godhead alone (Father Son and Holy Spirit)" 3 "Skipping Christ and going direct to Mary" as you say is absurd as in Catholicism Mary and the Saints guide us to Jesus the mediator
great sermon wow ive listen to the mp3 of the series please dont miss that.this really touches my heart.wow thats how God loves me.wow He is really an awesome God
Wonderful message about the prodigal son& his bro--
What a beautiful sermon, we have an amazing amazing God! I have read that before but it wasn't clear to me, John has explained this with great detail and reality
Great sermon. Great God we have.
Both sons were living under their Fathers grace....its the grace that the older brother didn't see because he thought he had to earn his fathers love....an I earned it attude, always makes a person bitter...Peace
Thanks for that. Never heard that way with so many details that makes so clear. Wow
Nothing like sound theology, God bless John MacArthur.
You are right John MacArthur is saying nothing like sound theology ... MacArthur is President of Masters University in Santa Clarita, CA. Last year the Western Association of Schools and Colleges found the institution in violation of multiple standards of accreditation, including competing loyalties among its board of directors, a lack of operational integrity, and a pattern of unethical treatment among faculty and staff. The visiting accreditation team observed - and received reports of - a climate of fear, intimidation, bullying, and uncertainty among significant numbers of faculty and staff. WASC stated its "extreme concern" that the university might be in violation of required reporting responsibilities under the Clery Act, the Violence Against Women Act, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. The university has less than two years to remedy the perceived problems and avoid withdrawal of its accreditation.
AJA Deacon brother check your heart, even if what you stated above is 100% accurate, have you been praying for this man and his ministry? He has been above reproach in the pulpit for more than 60 years doing Gods work.
@@1234poppycat thank you for your opinion.
@@petrolo72 He consistently lies and misrepresents Catholicism and specifically the Pope. He is a hate preacher through and through. --- One example is he repeatedly says Catholics Worship Mary --Catholics worship only God Himself, the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We do not worship Mary or any Saint. To do so would be a form of idolatry. People should be cautious about making judgements on other cultures (in this case Catholic Christianity ) which they do not fully understand.
We Catholic Christians pray to Mary. We love her. We talk to her. We ask her prayers. We are affectionate towards her, because she was and is so close to Jesus. As Luke 1:48 says “For He has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.”
Catholics are very happy to be among those like the Orthodox, Copts, Armenians, Syriacs and Ethiopians - all other ancient Churches in fact - who call Mary blessed, who ask her prayers. At Cana Mary alerted Jesus to the wine shortage, and in response He worked his first miracle. Maybe He still works miracles at Mary’s prompting?
Those who do not call Mary blessed, are disobeying the Scripture. I don’t think Jesus likes supposed Christians disrespecting his Mother.
@@noetrevino9254 It was not my opinion -- the Western Association of Schools and Colleges found the institution in violation of multiple standards of accreditation. That is fact
This preaching is so rich!
This is the most clear interpretation of the story of the Prodigal Son that I've ever heard. Thank you, Pastor John. Praise be to God🙏
I put this in the category of the top 3 best expository I have ever heard.
I've often thought if I could have only one page of the Bible and be stranded on an island, what page would it be? I could take this one because it's sooooo full of God.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God; Have Mercy on Me, a Sinner.
ther.Never heard it interpreted in such a beautiful way.l love to learn the many expressive gifts of those who teach GOD's Word.What insight Thank GOD for each of YOU in JESUS name❗
The preacher of the WORD!!!
This is about my 4th time in hearing this sermon. You learn much each time you hear it.
Well, I'm convicted. Father, forgive us we know not what we do. Thank you for effective laborers. In Yeshua's (Jesus) precious name.
i read the criticisms and am convinced that people do not comprehend when they read and listen... this man has not said anything heretic. He simply gave an ending that would have illustrated how killing the Son would be translated into the story in its context at the time the story was being told... Mr. MacArthur is really being used by the Holy Spirit... God bless him richly and God bless all you critics because you have really missed out by not seeking to understand this teaching.
The problem is that I understand what he is saying and what he is prepared to go to boost his brand of hate .... He consistently lies and misrepresents Catholicism and specifically the Pope. He is a hate preacher through and through. --- One example is he repeatedly says Catholics Worship Mary --Catholics worship only God Himself, the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We do not worship Mary or any Saint. To do so would be a form of idolatry. People should be cautious about making judgements on other cultures (in this case Catholic Christianity ) which they do not fully understand.
We Catholic Christians pray to Mary. We love her. We talk to her. We ask her prayers. We are affectionate towards her, because she was and is so close to Jesus. As Luke 1:48 says “For He has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.”
Catholics are very happy to be among those like the Orthodox, Copts, Armenians, Syriacs and Ethiopians - all other ancient Churches in fact - who call Mary blessed, who ask her prayers. At Cana Mary alerted Jesus to the wine shortage, and in response He worked his first miracle. Maybe He still works miracles at Mary’s prompting?
Those who do not call Mary blessed, are disobeying the Scripture. I don’t think Jesus likes supposed Christians disrespecting his Mother.
Man,this made me weep.
Excellent exposition on the prodigal...cheers for the upload.
STUNNINGLY beautiful portrayal! _ALL GLORY_ goes to The KING of Kings, and LORD of Lords!
One of the greatest sermons ever preached
To much good stuff. I might need to watch this 4-5 times.
The word of Yah is so pure
GRACE=Gods Riches At Christs Expense
praise God his word spoken truthfully, may God give John MacArthur more years on this earth.
What a shame that stuff like this isn't all over television instead of 99% "Christian " Networks! Simply Amazing!
Amazing love
Amazing grace
Amazing God.
the one son being the one God had mercy on.
Ty John MacArthur , Grace to you ! :)
Hi friends, my name is Clélio and I am a brazilian pastor and I think that John Macarthur is the profetical voice for this generation.
It says the angels rejoice over one sinner who comes to repentance. It kind of creeps me out when I hear Mick Jagger say I thought I saw an angel cry I thought I saw a tear drop falling from his eyes in the song You'll never make a saint of me! Pray for them!
Dr. John MacArthur is an excellent orator.
Saved by his grace ❤
Very good preaching,very biblical
excellent sermon by john. perfect teaching.
Who gave you a thumb down?!
Who did that should hear him sing. It's true (and awesome)
John Macarthur is one of the few pastors that teaches the true gospel. As Jesus said to the Pharisees in Matthew 24- woe to you who lead men to destruction.
- for the younger Christians reads I use to let men like the guy below influence my Christian life until I meditates on this verse James 1:6
It is written to ask God to give you wisdom and he will give it to you all liberally. The answer is in our scripture.
So How do we know if John Macarthur speaks the truth? In 1 John 4:3 Jesus says "if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here". This is NLV translation - in NIV it reads
but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.
David Kwon ...yeah he certainly is...one of the best, he never compromise the word of God and the name of God. I thank God for JM life and ministry.
I enjoy a lot of his studies but he certainly does not teach the true gospel. As far as I can tell he preaches the false doctrines of the Trinity, substitutionary sacrifice of Christ, immortality of the soul, heaven as the place of reward for the righteous and hell as the eternal abode of the wicked, and that the devil is a supernatural fallen angel.
The greatest servant of God alive on planet Earth is Zac poonen.......he is the only servant of God who is able to put hand on his heart and say imitate me as I do Christ and Apostle Paul ......
Please watch Zac poonen on UA-cam and google Christian fellowship centre Bangalore for free Holy Bible study and free Holy Bible messages.. All resources are free to download and watch. Zac ponnen does not earn a single cent from all his resources... Zac poonen if he stayed in Indian Navy could have been in top position but God called him and he resigned from job to serve Christ in his spiritual vineyard.. God bless
@@richardmorgan3938 can you explain this please?
@@Boisezx6r His theology is completely awry. He believes things like the Trinity that aren't taught in the Bible. See the list I gave for other examples of orthodox Christian doctrine but non-biblical doctrine.
@JSA1957 Thank you for that christ like love. Excellent.
Matthew 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.”
Matthew 22:14 For many are called (whole word John 3:16 /Jew and Gentile Romans 9:24/ every tongue and tribe Revelation 7:9), but few are chosen (elect Romans 9:11.)
awesome!!!!!!!
EXCELLENT MESSAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would probably not have looked at this story quite the way he taught it, but he is very right. God's grace is foolish to the world, but is life to those who accept Christ as their Savior. I like John MacArthur alot.
Speaking of shame. We are now living in a society where Shame is Glory. The more Shameful, the more Glorious. It's really sad.
And that ladies and gentleman is why they call him Johnny-Mac.
What a bad ass!!!
I've never heard this story in this light before. Profound. Especially the ending where the older son killing the father....
We need Jesus.
That is probably the smallest pulpit John MacArthur has ever preached from.
I use to listen to this man, but that changed when I heard him mock the Holy Spirit and the power from on High, simply because he is too proud to receive. Further, this man claims miracles nor healing is for us today! WOW! And people flock to hear this man???
Anybody else see the 1/3 as angels.
the elder brother coming home as Satan.
and the ending as, Satan turning his back on God's love.
and going into darkness, deciding for Hell.
Even in the face of God's grace and mercy.
I just wrote a book that deals with this subject in a way that needs to be understood. All who have read it have told me it is very helpful, easy to read, and good illustrations.You can see it here. It is call "A Fair Election" and can be purchase on Amazon.
John MacArthur, a prime example of the older son. Such irony.
Praise our good father, who loves us all.
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The focus is not on the inheritance , its to show the depravity and selfishness of all men and yet God by his mercy still chooses to save a few .
Jeremiah 17:9 "The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?
Romans 9:15 I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God's mercy.
reformed09 amen brother
yup!
If God gets all of his joy from the salvation of sinners, why does he only save the elect?
That's the problem with Calvinists. He does not only save the elect.
God's people,or sheep are being called to come to the one true God,and to come out of all the false religions.Rome is the harlot who has a hold on many of God's people,but God is bringing them out Himself.
Thank You for your concern no doubt.
May I ask you why you think His attitude was that different from that of Matthew 23?
For further discussion visit my blog by clicking on my nick. Then scroll to my July 9th posting on the Parable of the Unjust Steward for a more extensive apologetic.
Thank You for your interest,
Ron
Could you explain it more for the information of others? :D
I think the oldest son was hurt, the anger was hiding that. We know the Father spent his time looking for the younger son, but we never hear of the time he spent with the son that chose to stay, there may in fact have been neglect of some sort. Dont ever assume your children understands grace just because they stay close by... you have to teach it to them!
So, u saying God neglected the Jews? I am speaking from the context. How he refers to it...
well we have to be straight up with sin, and Mark has even said that it was sin, however he continues in it and continues to feed off of garbage movies and music and encourages others to do the same, the bible is clear
Romans 12:1-2
Ephesians 4:29
@12:10 glorified saints? Can he elaborate on what this is and how glorified they are?
@13:50 Who are the Pharisees today? Not the guy who just told us what it's like in heaven, even though he has no idea?
@59:40 but not equal sonship. He wasnt promised what the other son was promised, because he hadnt earned it
@1:01:01. No works, which is why he doesn't receive the promise of the other son. The works matter
@1:05:40. Wow. This isn't what the text says. It's the exact opposite
jesus rocks
Since comments are disabled for 'Is there such a thing as a former christian?' I will leave one here. He says Hebrews 6 does not talk about real christians falling away, read verse 4 and you will see that they have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit(Christians) and then fell away.
Inheritance and salvation two different things, if U accept Christ U will reach heaven but God has laid ahead works for U to do.....if U don't do U won't get rewards as others do...... God bless
denoinwa- quite the contrary. MacArthur is completely correct in his evaluation of the current crop young "reformed" pastors & mega "church" feel good self help meditation centers. Furtic, Noble, Young, Warren, Hybels, Gramling, Driscoll and all the rest are clueless about what the calling of a pastor is nor what salvation, repentance, grace and original sin are but, they can sure talk about the law and what a person has to "do" to "earn the favor & attention" of God so that they can lead an
Because of the reason I gave you, the original Greek meaning
I know John doesn't believe that you can lose and regain your salvation, but why does he say regarding the prodigal son "he is now alive AGAIN?" Around 1 hour and 19 minutes in.
I hope you listened all and understand on what context he said that
What are you talking about? How did you get to your conclusion? The bible says that you can't take or add anything to the bible
What did he add or take away? Just curious.
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Hey greg,I've been coming to grips with calvinism myself, and have a question for you, do you believe the some people will be going to Hell? if so, by what standard or measurement do you think God will use to send them to Hell?
The salvation of all is guaranteed by the death and resurrection of Christ.
But you don't acknowledge that there are eons of time in "God's eonian purpose" (See Eph 3:11)... and during the eons some like those who did not enter Noah's ark... do not see life. But what happens during the eons is not the same things as what happens when the eons are complete.
Eonian life is for a few.
Eonian life is not the only thing Christ accomplished at the cross on our behalf.
Eonian life is for believers among the nations.
Eonian life is for those of Israel who keep the law.
God is especially the savior of believers.
But God IS the savior of all.
Not all believe... but all for whom Christ died will see life, and he died for all.
During the eons, many things have to happen. Sin, death, evil, trouble of all sorts, but the eons will end. And God will be all in all.
You keep equating eonian life with all there is. But no... eonian life is important. There is work to do during the eons. Both on the Earth and among the celestials.
Colossians 1:15-20 promises reconciliation for all... all in the heavens, all on Earth, all under the Earth.
All, baby, all.
Eonian destruction is the lot of the wicked and unbelieving... But there is nothing "eternal" in the word "destruction"... in fact the word "destroy" and "LOST" are the same word in the Greek New Testament... as in "the lost sheep"... The lost/destroyed sheep can be found.
Those who find themselves in "eonian destruction" -- it's just what happens during the eons of time.
Every warning, threat, doom verse you come up with is concerning eonian life.
The word "eternal" is just not in the Bible, it was an invented word, made up by John Wycliffe, who made the first English Bible.
God is the savior of all mankind, especially -- but not exclusively -- of believers.
You keep jumping to this "freewill" mythology in order to limit God's work in Christ's cross.
Eternal destruction needs a "freewill" mythology to get God off the hook for sending folks to "hell".
I'm here to tell ya... God is not on the hook for eternal hell... there is no such thing.
God locks up all together in stubbornness so that He might be merciful to all (ROM 11:32)
God made sure Adam sinned.
God gave the law that sin might increase.
Sin is a pre-requirement for salvation.
Without Joseph's brothers doing that horrible sin against Joseph, they would not have been saved from the famine.
Without the horrible sin of Judas we would not have a risen savior.
Even YOUR sins sent Christ to the cross, not just Judas' sin.
Sin is not a problem to God. See the cross.
Death is no longer a problem, Christ rose.
Evil is not a problem, God created evil (ISA 45:7)
The issue before us is this: God shows us grace and saves us NOW... but for what purpose? Well, in the future, we, the church which is His body, will be put on DISPLAY says Paul in Ephesians. And when the celestials see the GRACE shown to us, they too will come home to the Father.
All this has nothing to do with what God has planned for Israel on the Earth during the coming eons.
Israel's place is with Christ's rule on Earth, our place is with Christ's effort to "reconcile all" even those in the heavens.
That is why we have a special salvation.
After all, God is the savior of all, especially of believers. (I TIM 4:10)
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@JSA1957 I can tell. You're doing fantastic. Returning love with hate. Have you read your bible ?
Doesn’t the “Parable of the Prodigal Son” contradict the “Doctrine of Election” since the son went to the father, not the other way around?
The Bible teaches that if a true believer sows to please his sinful nature he'll DIE (go to Hell) (Rom.8:13; Gal.6:8,9)! The prodigal is a clear example of this (Lk.15:24,32). The end result of sin is spiritual death, so DO NOT BE DECEIVED (James 1:14-16). If you claim to be a Christian and yet "sin everyday", you are not cleansed (1 Jn.1:5-7), and you don't love Him (John 14:15). You must "go and sin no more" (Jn. 5:14,8:11)! ONLY if you TURN FROM SIN will He have mercy on you (Is.55:6-7).
So you have never sinned again since you were saved???
MacArthur is great. Wish he didn't rely on Bailey so much here though.
Has anyone here ever considered that Jesus might actually have been mocking the Pharisees when he told them, "you have aaalways been with me, and aaall that is mine is yours [as if]"? Mocking? From Jesus?
Yes, even from The Father in numerous places.
Have another look at Jesus dragging out the words "aaalways" and "aaall" and looking straight at the Pharisees while saying this. Get the picture?
John MacArthur shows us his perversion:
* "a true Christian possessing saving faith can commit occasional acts of adultery". Sounds like a license to sin, if ever I heard of one!
(Hence, there are some Christian adulterers according to Mac.)
* "a true Christian possessing saving faith can commit occasional acts of drunkenness." Sounds like a license to sin , if ever I heard of one!
(Hence, there are some Christian drunks according to Mac.)
* "A true Christian possessing saving faith can murder himself (be a suicide) and afterwards go to heaven, even though he died as an unrepentant murderer." Sounds like a license to sin, if ever I heard of one!
* a true Christian can commit the list of sins cited in 1 Cor. 6:9,10 just short of going all the way back to live like he used to and still have a saving faith." Sounds like a license to sin, if ever I heard of one!
Here is that list, in case you are unacquainted with it.
Paul, under the influence of the Holy Spirit says:
Or do you not know that THE UNRIGHTEOUS WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD? [Friends, listen to this warning] DO NOT BE DECEIVED: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Cor. 6:,10) [The other apostles and Jesus added more sins that keep one out of the kingdom of God}
*" no sin regardless how heinous, including child molestation, rape, murder, homosexuality, etc., will ever prevent a person previously saved from entering heaven." Sounds like a license to sin, if ever I heard of one! And Mac just voided, IN HIS PERVERTED HEAD, the scriptures above.
And to top it off, MacArthur tells us:
* Sin works for our good!" Sounds like a license to sin, if ever I heard of one!
Paul warned us about these wicked men:
Romans 6:1
What shall we say then?
ARE WE TO CONTINUE IN SIN SO THAT GRACE MAY INCREASE?
2 MAY IT NEVER BE!
HOW SHALL WE WHO DIED TO SIN STILL LIVE IN IT?
ALL translations condemn:
* adulterers [two persons engaging in sexual intercourse while one or both is married] using terms like adultery, unfaithful in marriage
* criminal activity by robbers, extortioners, swindlers, cheaters, thieves
* idolaters [people who worship idols]
* drunkards
* thieves, using terms steal, thieves, and cheats
* greedy persons, described as covetous,
greedy, avaricious, and selfish
* slanderers, described as revilers, slanderers, lie about others, abusive, etc.
Warren McGrew David committed adultery and murder and he was a man after gods own heart
No one is perfect.We all sin- including Christians. David, Peter, Moses, Solomon, they all sinned. We all sin. There is no perversion other than your legalism.
@Warren McGrew Man oh man you smack of self righteousness and pharasitical attitudes.
God chastises all of His sons,but He does not forsake them.If one has been adopted into the FAMILY they will never be removed,because it's God Himself who saves them.Do you not think God knows all the sins His Sons will commit after He saves them,even before He saved them or before time began for that matter?What kind of God do you believe in?
SO WAS THE PRODIGAL SON LOST OR BACKSLIDEN???
The text teaches the prodigal's son was lost, and his coming to the Father is equal to his conversion. However some will try to make the parable too literal, as if the son had always been saved and was out living in sin - I don't believe that is what it is teaching.
@JSA1957 Yes. I'm that thin skinned. So,that means that You have to take the higher path (that your god commands you to take) and you have to love me. I'm just not seeing the love that is suppose to be beyond comprehension within your statements. Are you not filled with the holy spirit ??
** John McArthur, is an very knowledgeable man, an amazing speaker, and powerful teacher~ HOWEVER, NONE of his great qualities,as a person, or pastor~SHOULD EVER CAUSE Me, or ANYONE, to RELY UPON HIS AUTHORITY & KNOWLEDGE; to DECIDE ~ WHAT THE HOLY WORD of GOD TEACHES!! * DECEPTION,is A Sin & An EVIL,So ELUSIVE~Unless,One LEARNS EVERYTHING, GOD TEACHES, EVEN THE MOST SUBTLE WORDS,or VERSE! The FACTS that DECEPTION, is So ELUSIVE, WITHIN Man's Sinful~Fallen Nature, ......* IF U Like, pls
There is a lot of passages on the Bible that are not conclusive, Why don´t we ask Mac Arthur to finish them and write what God has neglected to reveal to us? Oh, I forgot, he already re-wrote the Bible but this time in a fashion we can get it. Praise the great minister of satan, he has exalted himself above the Holy _One.
shut up and go read your bible Satan
It's because I read my Bible that I can tel a quack like McArthur from a real teacher and that is why I don't take the crap that comes from their mouth as revelation. You on the other hand revere ravening wolves and worship a god made up by their imagination. May God open your eyes and let you hear and understand the Truth, so you can be an overcomer. And stop taking heed to this guy.
Excuse me, Sir, when you add a "valid inference" to scripture and then say :" this is what happened", I assume you discovered the missing conclusion that would end any speculation so the word of God can finally be attainable to the layman. And the fact that he has been teaching whatever his own imagination has devised based on what he deems fit based on the catholic, protestant, babilonic paradigms he has not get rid off and that poison the well of his understanding, defiling yhe bowl of his intellect thus turning every thought into dung. If hr has been teaching this all this long, it only speaks ill of the ones that took heed, including myself at some point.
Most of the comments here just call people names - if there is a fault in his teaching they need to show from the Bible why that is false instead of just generalizing. No matter who there will always be some fault with everyone because we are all human.
He is a man like any other, seeking holiness but prone to sin, he is not THE authority , he is a preacher trying to help others. We are responsible to read and study for ourselves. To pray for understanding and wisdom, God will guide each humble honest seeker with revelation for his own life. Don’t blame John for not being perfect
you have a very poor comprehension of the scripture if you view it that way... sorry...
can you narrow your point?
Prove your statements on John Macarthur!!!
Lol,sure they do.I hope you don't really believe that."THEY WENT OUT FROM US BECAUSE THEY NEVER WERE OF US,FOR IF THEY WERE OF US,THEY'D STILL BE WITH US,BUT THEY LEFT TO MAKE KNOW THEY WERE NEVER OF US."
second thing he got wrong was calling the prodigal was a penitent sinner. He didn't repent in the far country. he is just hungry. He uses the same words pharaoh in exodus 10 says Moses to get him to stop the plague and then he refuses to release God's ppl (its fake repentance) The son repents when he sees the father run to him in a demonstration of costly unexpected love he then understands the issue is not the money but broken relationship. He said he read Ken baileys work. quite clear he didnt
No,there are pretend Christians who leave the Christian life and claim they are ex-Christians.Jesus said,'They went out from us to prove they were never of us,for if they were of us they would still be with us,but they left to show they were never of us".He also will tell many on that day who say "'lord,Lord,have we not done this and that in your name",and He will say"Depart you workers of lawlessness,I NEVER KNEW YOU",He never tells any,"I used to know you."
Don't write these statments if u can't back them up!! Your nothing but a troublemaker!!
Very disappointed to hear John MacArthur refer to the starving children of Calcutta with disdain.
Ummm ....what are you talking about? When did he say that? #troll?
@@AaronDavidMatthew Listen again. However, I am a huge fan of the good pastor.
@@tonyrussell5058He's the closest thing to a modern Pharisee
Do you know Greek? Learn it cuz then you'll know what attitude Jesus had
@123dsj123 teaches the rapture though yashua said atg the laast trump 7th you will come to me ezekiel god says i hate those that teach my children to fly to save their souls rapture nowhere in bible 1830 mary macdonald a nut said she saw a vision of the church being raptured twwo pastors darby and another fellow ran with it