Still waiting on proof of MacArthur's heresy. Rodney Brown can be shown pretty easily to be a heretic in light of scripture. All we've got so far on MacArthur are unsubstantiated opinions. Show us his heresy so we can examine it against scripture.
first of all, no one called MacArthur a heretic that I am aware of. he has some skewed teaching which I'm documenting below.
it should also be noted that MacArthur is a 5 point Calvinist. that alone will result in differences in belief but does not create heresy. heresy would include not believing in the Trinity or stating Jesus is not God or there are other ways to be saved apart from what God states (in scripture). If someone is going to say they are a Christian and they reject the absolute core beliefs of what Christians agree a Christian is, then that is what is referred to as heresy.
1) MacArthur teaches that salvation is based on the life a believer lives. This is in direct contrast to scripture and known as Lordship Salvation. (there was another thread started some time back in which a Steve Lawson was posted. He is another Lordship Salvation proponent) The Bible plainly teaches that salvation is not based on how we live but on the finished work of Christ as per Romans 5:15, 6:23 and many other portions. You either believe Christ is the perfect atonement for sins or you do not and if you do not, then you are in CONTRADICTION to the word of God.
Ephesians 2:8-10, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the GIFT of God: NOT OF WORKS , lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Lordship Salvation teaches that you must REPENT as a separate act PRIOR to accepting Christ and if you do not, then you are not truly saved. Thing is, the word repent in scripture does not mean to be sorry for your sins and pour ashes on your head. What it does mean, is to CHANGE YOUR MIND. So, if you are living a sinful life without Christ, you see your need for a Savior; the issue of sin is dealt with throughout a believer's life and if we do not wish to make God a liar, we agree with HIM, that we cannot offer a sinless life in propitiation for our own sins, but we are entirely dependent on the GRACE of God, which is FREE and cannot be improved upon by our efforts.
p4t presented both op's so unless he states otherwise, isn't it assured he is in fact a devotee of Lordship Salvation?
now I already presented an excellent article that points out the error(s) with Lordship Salvation in the thread on Lawson's preaching and I am linking to it in this post as well
we have had numerous posts with videos presented as 'evidence' of demonic distractions (not getting into it because I don't agree with the behavior anyway and I am pointing out the imbalance of swinging the pendulum the other way which is, I would hope a fair objection to the one sided presentations of certain members of this forum, not excluding the vitriol contained in so many of their posts and the less then objective responses, such as ignoring what people actually post and twisting what is said in order to make it seem those of us who do not adhere to their 'teachers' are well on our way to hell and not truly saved (which if one takes the time to study it, is the declaration of all true Lordship adherents to anyone who does not agree with their doctrine of Lordship Salvation)
HERE IS THE ARTICLE and if you do not take the time to read it, stop presenting videos, at no cost to you other than the time it takes to copy a web address and insert into the appropriate form provided by this forum, and tell us that we are not saved, are occupied by demons or have contributed to behavior unbecoming a follower of Christ and declared it the work of the Holy Spirit.
counter the article and counter why you think Lordship Salvation is correct without adding personal insult. prove yourselves as actually caring about others by holding intelligent conversation and posting more than a 'you are wrong and here is another video'
I will also post lessor known of MacArthur's teachings such as children cannot be saved as I have time
pretty sure you have enough to chew on with this one