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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| d0120e0 | Why be tied to a Book out of the past when one can communicate every day with the living God? | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 901f099 | 13:4-7 In the previous comments (vv.1-3), the focus is on the emptiness produced when love is absent from ministry. In these verses, the fullness of love is described, in each case by what love does. Love is action, not abstraction. Positively, love is patient with people and gracious to them with generosity. Negatively, love never envies, or brags, or is arrogant, since that is the opposite of | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 3936bd2 | Often it is those who preach "tolerance," "nonjudgmentalism," and "intellectualism" who are most intolerant." | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| b994d6a | God's Word is sufficient, comprehensive, completely without error, and able to meet every need and fulfill the desires of every heart. If we obey it, we will be blessed in whatever we do. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 7eccb53 | You'll never know what the Word can do if you don't study and apply it. It isn't enough to simply say you believe it. It must occupy an exalted place in your life. Since God Himself exalts it and magnifies it (Ps. 138:2), how much more should we? | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| b9ad589 | gift. Although the revelatory gift of prophecy has ceased, the proclamation of the prophetic Word still continues today--as preachers exposit the Scriptures and exhort people to obey (2 Tim. 2:4). | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 1fd53b6 | If I had plenty, I'd be content with what I have. | Avner Strauss | ||
| 2a0cdd2 | In Jerusalem, even the silence speaks. In Jerusalem, the Skies are Lower | Avner Strauss | ||
| e7cccf6 | Words flow under a bridge of silence. | Avner Strauss | ||
| 27f85d7 | You cheat yourself if you stay a baby. You cheat yourself if you stay a spiritual young man and all you know is doctrine. You must strive to reach the place where you begin to walk in the very presence of the God of the universe, where you really begin to touch the Person Himself. That's the ultimate end of growth. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| ab9ea6b | true vine, | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| bd08d83 | another of the disciples said to Him, 'Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.'" The phrase "bury my father" did not refer to a funeral service but was a colloquialism for awaiting the father's death in order to receive the inheritance. Jesus therefore told the man, "Follow Me; and allow the dead to bury their own dead" (vv. 21-22)." | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| c9d9613 | I think they do more damage to Christianity than the most committed atheist. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| ef94faf | All whom God sovereignly chooses will come to Christ. However, what the Bible teaches regarding divine election should not restrain anyone from coming to Christ, for our Lord went on to say in that verse, "The one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out." -- | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| b35d28b | being assured of our salvation is no arrogant stoutness. It is faith. It is not presumption. Rather it is confidence in God's promise. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 6edfe6d | since Christ suffered for usa in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. 3For we have spent enough of our past lifetimea in doing the will of the Gentiles--when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries. 4In.. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 01c3566 | 7But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. 8And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins."a 9Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. 10As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God." | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| fe31fb5 | Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies--Psalm 103:1-4 | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 2a59006 | Human ideas and concepts are temporal and completely incapable of producing spiritual truth or guidance. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| a89136e | If saving faith is present, it can't help but produce fruit. Good works don't save a person, but they do show that his or her faith is genuine. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| cc0bbbc | Thus, we can see that obeying the command to be filled with the Spirit does not involve emotional hype or mystical encounters. It comes from reading, meditating on, and submitting to the Word of Christ, allowing the Scriptures to permeate our hearts and minds. Said another way, we are filled with the Holy Spirit when we are filled with the Word, which He inspired and empowers. As we align our thinking with biblical teaching, applying its tr.. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 74f9c12 | But the day of our death will be better than the day of our birth, because the first time we were born into sin. But when we die, we will awaken into the glorious presence of Christ (cf. 2 Cor. 5:8). | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| dacf29e | from the dead, giving them new, glorified bodies that will dwell forever on the New Earth (2 Peter 3:13; Rev. 21:1, 22-27). | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 657f20b | Authentic worship requires both spirit and truth (John 4:23). Anything short of that is a blasphemous counterfeit. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 29647fa | The apostle John gave all the tests that he did in order to give the true believer a biblical basis for confidence. Let's review his spiritual inventory: Do you enjoy fellowship with God and Christ? Are you sensitive to sin in your life? Do you obey the Scriptures? Do you reject this evil world? Do you love Christ and eagerly await His return? Do you see a decreasing pattern of sin in your life? Do you love other Christians? Do you receive .. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| d610b57 | We should give our children the impression that the most wonderful thing in the world is Christianity; and that there is nothing in life comparable to being a Christian.4 MARTYN-LLOYD JONES | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 4859a73 | Your security from divine judgment doesn't depend on living a perfect life but on being sheltered by the blood of Christ. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 7f69941 | But unlike the Jewish nation, the Gentiles' mourning will not generally result from genuine repentance. "Mourn" is from kopto, which literally means "to cut." The word became associated with mourning due to the pagans' practice of cutting themselves when in extreme grief or despair. First Kings 18:28 records that the frenzied, panicked prophets of Baal "cut themselves according to their custom with swords and lances" | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 09a09bc | True faith, genuine commitment to Christ, results in "works." A changed heart results in a changed life." | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| adf6c23 | How does a leader build trust? When people are convinced you will do everything in your power for their good and nothing for their harm, they'll trust you. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| b759ac4 | 1But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 1a458cc | Anxiety is blatant distrust of the power and love of God. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 5a88b68 | An expositor should make every effort not to preach preconceived notions of what a given text may say. His sacred trust is to let the text speak for itself and not impose on it what he thinks or wishes it said. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 7b944bb | 19 "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent." | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 898c07b | A later church father, Tertullian, wrote concerning Rome, "Without ceasing, for all our emperors we offer prayer. We pray for life prolonged; for security to the empire; for protection to the imperial house; for brave armies, a faithful senate, a virtuous people, the world at rest, whatever, as man or Caesar, an emperor would wish."3 The" | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 6de51ab | The remarkable thing about those statements is not the profundity of their sentiments as such, but that they were expressed in the midst of very difficult times for the church. It was attempting to survive and grow even though targeted for sometimes-vicious persecution by a pagan, cruel, anti-Christian government in Rome. Accusations | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| c843f6f | But if believers are to grow in Christlikeness, they must be continually filled with the Spirit--allowing His power to permeate their lives so that all they think, say, and do reflects His divine presence. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 29bf945 | 7Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 0388daa | Just because the work is difficult, and just because we meet with adversity, that cannot alter our calling. We are Christ's ambassadors to the world. Those who reject us reject Christ. Regardless of what happens, we ought to hold firm and persevere with Him. There is no higher ground on which to stand. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 4252fa9 | He was never deterred by opposition, never disheartened by criticism, and never ashamed, for any reason, of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Although that gospel was then, and still is today, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, it is the only way God has provided for the salvation of men, and Paul was both overjoyed and emboldened by the privilege of proclaiming its truth and power wherever he went. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 91f1199 | Porque somos hechura suya, creados en Cristo Jesus para buenas obras, las cuales Dios preparo de antemano para que anduviesemos en ellas. EFESIOS 2.10 No se puede dejar de subrayar que las obras no juegan ningun papel en la obtencion de la salvacion. Sin embargo, las buenas obras tienen que ver con vivir la salvacion. Ninguna obra buena puede ganar la salvacion, pero las buenas obras son el resultado de la salvacion genuina. Las buenas obra.. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 00bc621 | Es un peligro, aun para la gente que ama a Cristo, que lleguemos a estar tan involucrados haciendo cosas para El que comencemos a descuidar el oirlo y recordar lo que ha hecho por nosotros. Nunca debemos permitir que nuestro servicio a Cristo sobrepase nuestra adoracion a El. El momento en que nuestras obras llegan a ser mas importantes que nuestra adoracion, significa que hemos cambiado de lugar las verdaderas prioridades. En el momento en.. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 08ccffb | That's the choice: eternal death or eternal life. To gain eternal life, you have to let go of your spiritual pride, and die to yourself. To lead others to Christ, to save them from this eternal judgment, you have to speak that truth in love; you have to tell them the truth without pulling any punches. Does that seem impossible? Will your audience turn you off? Well, as we can see, they turned Jesus off. In fact, they hated His message so mu.. | John F. MacArthur Jr. | ||
| 8d607e7 | If you suffer for the truth of the gospel, and you will, remember you're in good company. You're following the best example who ever served God; you are on the Lord's side, casting off self-righteousness to walk through the narrow gospel gate that leads to eternal life, and faithfully giving that gospel to others. | John F. MacArthur Jr. |