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The Gospel According to Jesus

John F. MacArthur Jr.

Theology
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The Gospel According to Jesus — modern Christian teaching.

Chapters 218
  1. "to impose a need to surrender the life to God as an added condition of salvation is most unreasonable. ≈ 4 min
  2. 6:9 – 10 and Galatians 5:19 – 21 actually describe true believers, but they are Chris tians who will forfeit ≈ 4 min
  3. 6:9 – 10 and Galatians 5:19 – 21 actually describe true believers, but they are Chris tians who will forfeit ≈ 4 min
  4. 6:9 – 10 and Galatians 5:19 – 21 actually describe true believers, but they are Chris tians who will forfeit ≈ 8 min
  5. 5. Charles C. Ryrie, Balancing the Christian Life (Chicago: Moody, 1969), 170. ≈ 4 min
  6. ers Grove, Ill.: Apollos/InterVarsity, 1999), 112. ≈ 4 min
  7. miley, trans., Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, 10 vols. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1964), ≈ 4 min
  8. see Edwin Yamauchi, "Slaves of God," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 9, no. 1 (Winter ≈ 4 min
  9. see Edwin Yamauchi, "Slaves of God," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 9, no. 1 (Winter ≈ 4 min
  10. 5. Ibid. ≈ 4 min
  11. 6. Harris, Slave of Christ, 18. ≈ 19 min
  12. 7. Ibid., 145 – 46. ≈ 4 min
  13. 8. Ibid., 145. ≈ 3 min
  14. 9. Yamauchi, "Slaves of God," 48 – 49. ≈ 9 min
  15. 1. Zane C. Hodges, The Gospel Under Siege (Dallas: Redención Viva, 1981), 14. ≈ 3 min
  16. 2. Charles C. Ryrie, Balancing the Christian Life (Chicago: Moody, 1969), 169 – 70. ≈ 3 min
  17. has no works? Can that faith save him?" (James 2:14). One branch of contemporary theology seems to ≈ 4 min
  18. understanding of the relationship between faith and works. ≈ 4 min
  19. was extremely controversial when first released. In a scathing review, Dr. B. B. Warfield took issue with ≈ 5 min
  20. was extremely controversial when first released. In a scathing review, Dr. B. B. Warfield took issue with ≈ 5 min
  21. (Chicago: Moody, 1965), 43 – 44. ≈ 5 min
  22. (Chicago: Moody, 1965), 43 – 44. ≈ 5 min
  23. In respect to the character of divine government, both the age before the cross and the ≈ 4 min
  24. on the importance of the law and its ministry in the age of grace (New York: Oxford, 1967), 3, 1254. ≈ 4 min
  25. 11. Chafer, Grace, 124. ≈ 4 min
  26. Gospel." Cited in John R. W. Stott, Christian Counter-Culture (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 1978), 37. ≈ 4 min
  27. Gospel." Cited in John R. W. Stott, Christian Counter-Culture (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 1978), 37. ≈ 4 min
  28. charts are still in print and used by many dispensationalists, also pointed to the phrase "Thy kingdom ≈ 4 min
  29. Sermon on the Mount and other teachings of Jesus to a future age. Most dispensationalists will say they ≈ 4 min
  30. ary – March 1986), 37. ≈ 3 min
  31. 17. Ibid. ≈ 3 min
  32. 18. Ibid., 38. ≈ 3 min
  33. It is true that Romans 9 – 11 deals with the question of Israel's rejection of the Messiah and the nation's ≈ 5 min
  34. of submission to Christ from the call to saving faith, and it implies that Jesus' lordship is a false addition ≈ 5 min
  35. Viva, 1983), 13 – 15. ≈ 5 min
  36. logically, kurios comes from a Greek root that means "rule, dominion, or power." Contextually, taking ≈ 5 min
  37. "Does the Bible Teach Lordship Salvation?" 41. ≈ 3 min
  38. "Does the Bible Teach Lordship Salvation?" 41. ≈ 3 min
  39. nomah, 1980), 7. ≈ 3 min
  40. tion to disciples. "Make disciples . . . baptizing them" implies that every new believer is a disciple, for all ≈ 4 min
  41. tion to disciples. "Make disciples . . . baptizing them" implies that every new believer is a disciple, for all ≈ 4 min
  42. because of his extreme emphasis on "pure grace," he often made statements with a strange antinomian ≈ 4 min
  43. mind about Jesus Christ so that He is believed and received as personal Saviour from sin." Repentance, ≈ 4 min
  44. of faith") indicate that believing itself is the only obedience called for in salvation. By believing in the ≈ 4 min
  45. commitment. G. Michael Cocoris, Lordship Salvation — Is It Biblical? (Dallas: Redención Viva, 1983), 13. ≈ 3 min
  46. 1978), 139 – 52. Hodges makes the startling claim that the people described here are true, albeit secret, ≈ 27 min
  47. Dallas Theological Seminary). Hogan has since rejected no-lordship doctrine, but this statement was ≈ 4 min
  48. 4. Zane C. Hodges, The Gospel Under Siege (Dallas: Redención Viva, 1981), 17 – 18. ≈ 9 min
  49. significance in the fact that "Jesus . . . said nothing to [the Samaritan woman] about the repair of her life ≈ 15 min
  50. Chapter 50 ≈ 4 min
  51. comment: "It is precisely this impressive fact [that the Lord asks for no spiritual commitment] that dis- ≈ 4 min
  52. 4. G. Campbell Morgan, The Gospel According to John (Old Tappan, N.J.: Revell, 1931), 75. ≈ 7 min
  53. cago: Moody, 1983). ≈ 37 min
  54. God — the Lord Jehovah — because only God can save a lost sinner." Thus he agrees, and rightfully so, ≈ 3 min
  55. 2. Thomas L. Constable, "The Gospel Message," in Walvoord: A Tribute (Chicago: Moody, 1982), ≈ 4 min
  56. 3. Ibid., 209. ≈ 23 min
  57. God" are both terms Jesus used to emphasize His incarnate deity. The blind man evidently understood ≈ 30 min
  58. conviction of sin (cf. John 16:9 – 11). I should have looked for evidence of such conviction before leading ≈ 19 min
  59. Chapter 59 ≈ 3 min
  60. 2. Ibid. ≈ 3 min
  61. 3. Lewis Sperry Chafer, Grace (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1922), 132. ≈ 3 min
  62. 4. Clarence Larkin, Rightly Dividing the Word (Philadelphia: Larkin, 1918), 61. ≈ 27 min
  63. meant to establish a special class of Christianity. These were not people living in static disobedience. ≈ 4 min
  64. meant to establish a special class of Christianity. These were not people living in static disobedience. ≈ 4 min
  65. Hodges' "failure to recognize that profession of faith can be less than saving faith." Bibliotheca Sacra 140 ≈ 4 min
  66. 4. R. B. Thieme, Apes and Peacocks or the Pursuit of Happiness (Houston: Thieme, 1973), 23. ≈ 4 min
  67. without a Doubt (Wheaton, Ill.: Victor, 1992). ≈ 5 min
  68. writes, "It is widely held in modern Christendom that the faith of a genuine Christian cannot fail. But ≈ 5 min
  69. writes, "It is widely held in modern Christendom that the faith of a genuine Christian cannot fail. But ≈ 27 min
  70. to Him. John 1:11 – 12 contrasts those who "received" Him with those who rejected Him as Messiah. ≈ 3 min
  71. temporary methods of evangelism, said, "Nowhere in Scripture is the concept for 'decisions' found. The ≈ 3 min
  72. follows His command in verse 19: "Be zealous, therefore, and repent." ≈ 24 min
  73. "The God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not ≈ 3 min
  74. of God are separate entities. "The kingdom of heaven" is used in the Gospels only by Matthew, who em- ≈ 18 min
  75. portant dual roles in the kingdom of God. First, such trials expose false believers, and second, they ≈ 11 min
  76. 5. Zane C. Hodges, The Hungry Inherit (Portland, Ore.: Multnomah, 1980), 68 – 69, emphasis added. ≈ 4 min
  77. 6. Warren W. Wiersbe, Meet Yourself in the Parables (Wheaton, Ill.: Victor, 1979), 27. ≈ 4 min
  78. implied that they had no right to assume that an incestuous fornicator was a true believer — his sin ≈ 3 min
  79. than in the secular political arena. Ironically, however, many Christians seem more willing than the ≈ 21 min
  80. 1. Cf. Zane C. Hodges, The Hungry Inherit (Portland, Ore.: Multnomah, 1980), 77 – 91. ≈ 3 min
  81. 2. C. I. Scofield, ed. The Scofield Reference Bible (New York: Oxford, 1909), 1017. ≈ 3 min
  82. 3. Ibid. ≈ 3 min
  83. this excellent observation: "While 'the gift of God is eternal life,' entering the kingdom of heaven is ≈ 4 min
  84. Others discover it only after diligent searching, like the man who bought the pearl. But in either case, ≈ 4 min
  85. Others discover it only after diligent searching, like the man who bought the pearl. But in either case, ≈ 4 min
  86. 7. Cf. verses 31 – 35. This was the point of the parables of the mustard seed and leaven. ≈ 7 min
  87. 1972), 94. ≈ 29 min
  88. the marks of genuineness. Repentance wrought a dramatic change in his behavior, and he turned from ≈ 25 min
  89. the translators. It does not appear in the Greek texts. ≈ 18 min
  90. 2. C. H. Spurgeon, Expository Encyclopedia (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1977), 4:337. ≈ 11 min
  91. 1. H. A. Ironside, Except Ye Repent (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1937), 7. ≈ 3 min
  92. as language can declare, that repentance is essential to salvation and that none could be saved apart from ≈ 4 min
  93. as language can declare, that repentance is essential to salvation and that none could be saved apart from ≈ 4 min
  94. as language can declare, that repentance is essential to salvation and that none could be saved apart from ≈ 4 min
  95. as language can declare, that repentance is essential to salvation and that none could be saved apart from ≈ 4 min
  96. as language can declare, that repentance is essential to salvation and that none could be saved apart from ≈ 4 min
  97. gelists to record Jesus' words about the content of the message He was commissioning the disciples to ≈ 4 min
  98. gelists to record Jesus' words about the content of the message He was commissioning the disciples to ≈ 4 min
  99. gelists to record Jesus' words about the content of the message He was commissioning the disciples to ≈ 4 min
  100. gelists to record Jesus' words about the content of the message He was commissioning the disciples to ≈ 4 min
  101. gelists to record Jesus' words about the content of the message He was commissioning the disciples to ≈ 4 min
  102. other hand, wherever there is true faith, there is also real repentance. . . . The two cannot be separated; ≈ 4 min
  103. Revell, 1981), 3:280. ≈ 5 min
  104. abhor their errors and misdeeds, and have determined to enter upon a better course of life, so that it ≈ 5 min
  105. 1972), 92 – 93. ≈ 4 min
  106. 1972), 92 – 93. ≈ 4 min
  107. 1972), 92 – 93. ≈ 4 min
  108. 20. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1959), ≈ 7 min
  109. 21. See appendix 1. ≈ 8 min
  110. 1. Charles C. Ryrie, Balancing the Christian Life (Chicago: Moody, 1969), 35. ≈ 3 min
  111. negative answer: "Can that faith save him? Of course not!" Cf. A. T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New ≈ 4 min
  112. that in order for faith to be dead, it must have been alive at one time (p. 20). He theorizes that the salva- ≈ 4 min
  113. that in order for faith to be dead, it must have been alive at one time (p. 20). He theorizes that the salva- ≈ 4 min
  114. ary – March 1986), 37 – 45. Blauvelt begins his article with a recognition that intellectual assent is not ≈ 5 min
  115. of life . . . cannot be the gospel." ≈ 5 min
  116. works," this brief statement is as close as Hodges comes in the book to giving a definition of faith: "Faith, ≈ 5 min
  117. Christian cannot fail. But this is not an assertion that can be verified from the New Testament" (ibid., ≈ 5 min
  118. 1906 volume), 32. ≈ 4 min
  119. borrow heavily here from Augustus Strong, Systematic Theology (Philadelphia: Judson, 1907), 837 – 38. ≈ 4 min
  120. Revell, 1981), 3:124. ≈ 4 min
  121. while Paul acknowledged his own disobedience, he wrote that the desire to do good was his consuming ≈ 4 min
  122. words to Titus (Hodges, Gospel Under Siege, 96). He writes, "The people Paul has in mind in Titus 1:16 ≈ 4 min
  123. 1858 volume), 4:265. ≈ 4 min
  124. word translated "faith" in Ephesians 2:8: "By grace you have been saved through faith." ≈ 4 min
  125. Chapter 125 ≈ 4 min
  126. tament Commentary: Matthew 1 – 7 (Chicago: Moody, 1985), 131 – 233. For a popular treatment of the ≈ 4 min
  127. they disobey, they are chastened. ≈ 4 min
  128. the case of a sinning believer, the Spirit will operate by producing conviction, hatred for his sin, and ≈ 7 min
  129. Works, 55 vols. (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1967), 54:308 – 9. ≈ 7 min
  130. 2. Cited in John Murray, Collected Writings, 4 vols. (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1977), 2:202. ≈ 10 min
  131. 3. Luther, in ibid. ≈ 4 min
  132. "Where can one find a statement of the gospel in the sermon? . . . A plain statement of the gospel [cannot ≈ 3 min
  133. 2. Cf. R. C. H. Lenski, The Interpretation of Matthew's Gospel (Columbus, Ohio: Wartburg, 1943), ≈ 7 min
  134. 3. John R. W. Stott, Christian Counter-Culture (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 1978), 193. ≈ 4 min
  135. 4. The wage that is due is death (Rom. 6:23). ≈ 4 min
  136. 5. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1959), ≈ 21 min
  137. emphasis added. ≈ 2 min
  138. 2. In 1 Corinthi ans 1:2 and 6:11, for example, all believers are said to be sanctified. ≈ 4 min
  139. 3. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Romans: The New Man (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1974), 190. ≈ 8 min
  140. "Often Paul's statements are treated in a very one-dimensional way. Even though every epistle he wrote ≈ 16 min
  141. 5. Arthur W. Pink, An Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1953), 424. ≈ 7 min
  142. Hodges writes, "How fortunate that one's entrance into the kingdom of God [does] not depend on his ≈ 3 min
  143. The term disciple is sometimes used in Scripture in a general sense, to describe those who, like Judas, ≈ 3 min
  144. 3. John R. W. Stott, Basic Christianity (London: Inter-Varsity, 1958), 108. ≈ 19 min
  145. 4. Notice that in this same verse our Lord says the one who does look back is unfit for the kingdom ≈ 3 min
  146. Chapter 146 ≈ 3 min
  147. 2. Ibid., 55. ≈ 7 min
  148. 3. Marc Mueller, "Jesus Is Lord," Grace Today (August 1981), 6. ≈ 4 min
  149. "The Great Option: A Study of the Lordship Controversy," Baptist Reformation Review 5 (Spring 1976): ≈ 7 min
  150. of Paul's understanding of the term 'Lord.' " Darrell L. Bock, "Jesus as Lord in Acts and in the Gospel ≈ 4 min
  151. of Paul's understanding of the term 'Lord.' " Darrell L. Bock, "Jesus as Lord in Acts and in the Gospel ≈ 4 min
  152. 7. See chap. 2, n. 21. ≈ 4 min
  153. for salvation places the emphasis on works rather than grace. God does not need anything from man. ≈ 4 min
  154. 9. John Flavel, The Works of John Flavel (London: Banner of Truth, reprint), 2:111. ≈ 4 min
  155. 10. A. W. Tozer, I Call It Heresy! (Harrisburg, Pa.: Chris tian Publications, 1974), 10 – 11. ≈ 1 min
  156. walk on water. He was so confident in his own spiritual power that he announced ≈ 6 min
  157. 1. Hugh Schoenfield, The Passover Plot (New York: Bantam, 1965). ≈ 13 min
  158. 1. J. Gresham Machen, The Christian View of Man (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1937), 186 – 87. ≈ 4 min
  159. ing the kingdom. But Revelation 21:7 – 8 makes the meaning of these verses indisputable: "He who ≈ 15 min
  160. (Chicago: Moody, 1986); Love Not the World: 1 John 2:3 – 17 (Chicago: Moody, 1986); Marks of a True ≈ 4 min
  161. 261 – 86, for an excellent study on the meaning of the term "overcomer." Dr. Rosscup shows conclusively ≈ 4 min
  162. 5. John F. MacArthur, The MacArthur New Testament Commentary: Hebrews (Chicago: Moody, ≈ 4 min
  163. 6. John F. MacArthur, Faith Works: The Gospel According to the Apostles (Dallas: Word, 1993). ≈ 1 min
  164. "The message of faith only and the message of faith plus commitment of life cannot both be the gospel; ≈ 3 min
  165. 2. Zane C. Hodges, The Gospel Under Siege (Dallas: Redención Viva, 1981), 4. ≈ 3 min
  166. 3. Cyril C. Richardson, ed., Early Christian Fathers (New York: Macmillan, 1970), 177. ≈ 3 min
  167. 4. Ibid., 92. ≈ 3 min
  168. 5. Ibid., 194 – 95. ≈ 3 min
  169. 6. Henry Bettenson, ed., Documents of the Christian Church (New York: Oxford, 1963), 54. ≈ 3 min
  170. the whole life of the faithful to be an act of repentance. ≈ 3 min
  171. confession and absolution) which is administered by the priesthood. ≈ 3 min
  172. tance is void if it does not externally produce different kinds of ≈ 3 min
  173. rior penitence); namely right up to entrance into the kingdom of ≈ 3 min
  174. 7. Ibid., 186. ≈ 3 min
  175. 1977), 5:19 – 22. ≈ 4 min
  176. 1977), 5:19 – 22. ≈ 4 min
  177. 10. Dillenberger, Martin Luther, xxix. ≈ 4 min
  178. 11. Ibid., 18. ≈ 4 min
  179. 1965), 182. ≈ 3 min
  180. 1965), 182. ≈ 3 min
  181. 14. Phillip Schaff, ed., Creeds of Christendom, 3 vols. (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1977), 3:24 – 25. ≈ 3 min
  182. 15. Ibid., 3:410 – 13. ≈ 3 min
  183. delphia: Fortress, 1978), 362. ≈ 3 min
  184. delphia: Fortress, 1978), 362. ≈ 3 min
  185. delphia: Fortress, 1978), 362. ≈ 3 min
  186. delphia: Fortress, 1978), 362. ≈ 3 min
  187. 2:98 – 99. ≈ 3 min
  188. 21. John C. Olin, ed., A Reformation Debate (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1966), 68. ≈ 3 min
  189. tian Education, n.d.), 26 – 27. ≈ 3 min
  190. tian Education, n.d.), 26 – 27. ≈ 3 min
  191. unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and ≈ 3 min
  192. overtaken and surprised by temptations, so as to fall into the com- ≈ 3 min
  193. Scripture (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1980), 226 – 31. ≈ 3 min
  194. Depravity (Chicago: Moody, 1969), 289. ≈ 3 min
  195. Depravity (Chicago: Moody, 1969), 289. ≈ 3 min
  196. Depravity (Chicago: Moody, 1969), 289. ≈ 3 min
  197. 1979), 129. ≈ 4 min
  198. in The Complete Works of the Late Rev. Thomas Boston, Ettrick, 12 vols (Wheaton, Ill.: Roberts, 1980 ≈ 4 min
  199. in The Complete Works of the Late Rev. Thomas Boston, Ettrick, 12 vols (Wheaton, Ill.: Roberts, 1980 ≈ 4 min
  200. 31. George Whitefield, Journals (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1960), 323 – 24. ≈ 3 min
  201. 259, 263. ≈ 3 min
  202. 33. John Gill, A Body of Divinity (Grand Rapids: Sovereign Grace, 1971), 552. ≈ 3 min
  203. 34. Ibid., 555. ≈ 4 min
  204. 35. Charles H. Spurgeon, The Soul Winner (Pasadena, Tex.: Pilgrim, 1978), 32 – 33. ≈ 4 min
  205. of Truth, 1962), 224 – 25. ≈ 4 min
  206. 37. John Charles Ryle, Holiness (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1979), 57. ≈ 4 min
  207. 38. Benjamin B. Warfield, Biblical and Theological Studies (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1968), 402 – 3. ≈ 4 min
  208. 39. R. A. Torrey, How to Work for Christ (Old Tappan, N.J.: Revell, n.d.), 32. ≈ 4 min
  209. 40. W. H. Griffith Thomas, The Principles of Theology (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1979), 186 – 87. ≈ 4 min
  210. 41. Ibid., 200 – 205. ≈ 4 min
  211. 42. Ibid., 205. ≈ 4 min
  212. emphasis added. ≈ 3 min
  213. (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1962), 98. ≈ 3 min
  214. 45. Ibid., 99. ≈ 3 min
  215. 46. Arthur W. Pink, "Signs of the Times," Studies in the Scriptures, 16: 373 – 75. ≈ 3 min
  216. 47. Pink, Gleanings, 291. ≈ 3 min
  217. 48. A. W. Tozer, I Call It Heresy! (Harrisburg, Pa.: Chris tian Publications, 1974), 18 – 19. ≈ 23 min
  218. 1. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Knowing the Times (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1989), 2. ≈ 68 min
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