JOHN MACARTHUR ABOUT ASSURANCE
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We are perfected by believing God and Trusting in the Atonement He provided for our salvation.. When all our sins are being forgiven they are forgotten by God and we are as white as wool even while we are a scarlet red in sins..
Isaiah 1: KJV
18 "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."
Isaiah 43: KJV
25 "I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins."
Psalms 103: KJV
10 "He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. {11} For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. {12} As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. {13} Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him."
Isaiah 1: KJV
18 "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."
Isaiah 43: KJV
25 "I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins."
Psalms 103: KJV
10 "He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. {11} For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. {12} As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. {13} Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him."
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That's exactly what I'm talking about. Those who are Calvinists (Reformed) are also Amillennialists. But MacArthur holds to Five Point Calvinism on one hand and the premillennial pre-tribulation Rapture on the other hand. So he is trying to have it both ways and confusing those who listen to him.
That's why I suggest you do your own personal serious Bible study. And that is hard work.
That's why I suggest you do your own personal serious Bible study. And that is hard work.
No.
It's not about 'earning' assurance.
There's no such thing as 'earning' assurance.
I think you're confusing 'assurance' with 'security'.
The Bible says the assurance that you are really saved comes from seeing Christ in your behavior.
That shows you are indeed a new creation through faith in Christ.
Your behavior is what shows if you really have faith in Christ.
But for security? NO.
Works do not secure salvation.
Works do not make salvation secure.
The security of salvation comes through believing in Christ.
The assurance that you really do believe in Christ comes by seeing Christ in you.
It's not about 'earning' assurance.
There's no such thing as 'earning' assurance.
I think you're confusing 'assurance' with 'security'.
The Bible says the assurance that you are really saved comes from seeing Christ in your behavior.
That shows you are indeed a new creation through faith in Christ.
Your behavior is what shows if you really have faith in Christ.
But for security? NO.
Works do not secure salvation.
Works do not make salvation secure.
The security of salvation comes through believing in Christ.
The assurance that you really do believe in Christ comes by seeing Christ in you.
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No.
I am displaying the qualities of the Spirit "in increasing measure" (2 Peter 1:8)
I explained this already.
It's not about being sinlessly perfect.
It's about growing up into Christ and away from your sin and moving onto perfection.
It starts with denouncing and confessing your sin.
I am displaying the qualities of the Spirit "in increasing measure" (2 Peter 1:8)
I explained this already.
It's not about being sinlessly perfect.
It's about growing up into Christ and away from your sin and moving onto perfection.
It starts with denouncing and confessing your sin.
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I have already explained.. If you want to be forgiven you must acknowledge your sin is sin to God.. If one believes that sinning is wrong one will take steps to at lest make an effort to avoid it.. In this couples case that would either be marrying or separating.. In the end God will judge.. But they are showing by their refusal to marry or separate that they do not actually believe and agree with Gods rule.. They are showing by their actions that they are using the grace of God as a license to sin..
My position is solid.. I am not shifting at all.. For a person to be saved they must believe God.. That means believe His revealed will.. If one believes in the words of God one believes in God.. If one believes in 99% of Gods will, bt disbelieves in His will regarding the way a man and a woman can rightfully engage in a husband and wife relationship. then they have created an Idol version of God who is not the actual God of the Holy Bible.. Believing God and Trusting 100% in the Atonement He provides leads to salvation..
In the end God shall judge these people.. If they have disbelieved Him then they will be among those who cry LORD LORD and He shall reply, i never knew you..
You seem to be seeking to justify these two in their living in sin.. Do you agree that it is ok for them to engage in sexual relationships and to live as husband and wife without being married???
In the end God shall judge these people.. If they have disbelieved Him then they will be among those who cry LORD LORD and He shall reply, i never knew you..
You seem to be seeking to justify these two in their living in sin.. Do you agree that it is ok for them to engage in sexual relationships and to live as husband and wife without being married???
The Law is 100% truth and it's job is to convict / convince people of their sinful state.. The Law is Good.. But a mans attempts at doing the Law will NEVER be 100% perfect.. For all people fall short of the standards of God.. Thus we need to have all the times we fail to do the Law justly forgiven.. And the Gospel Way of salvation provides that Way through which all sinners need to be saved..
We are saved 100% by the grace of God and not by our performance in Law doing..
So i place my faith (trust ) 100% on the Atonement of Jesus for my Salvation..
I believe that the Law is good and that it reveals to me and everyone else who is honest, their desperate need for the Atonement of Jesus to be saved.. So i have absolutely Zero% faith ( trust ) that my attempts at law doing shall see me saved.. Believing the law is good and truth does NOT mean i believe that the Way to be saved is by doing the Law..
We are saved 100% by the grace of God and not by our performance in Law doing..
So i place my faith (trust ) 100% on the Atonement of Jesus for my Salvation..
I believe that the Law is good and that it reveals to me and everyone else who is honest, their desperate need for the Atonement of Jesus to be saved.. So i have absolutely Zero% faith ( trust ) that my attempts at law doing shall see me saved.. Believing the law is good and truth does NOT mean i believe that the Way to be saved is by doing the Law..