Apprising Ministries shows you that the evidence is pretty clear it’s the latter in this case.
The Sermon on the Mount, Part 22
37 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. 38 “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.'” 39 But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. 40 Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This certainly is the Prophet.” 41 Others were saying, “This is the Christ.” Still others were saying, “Surely the Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He? 42 “Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” 43 So a division occurred in the crowd because of Him. 44 Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him. 45 The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” 46 The officers answered, “Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks.” John 7:37–46, NASB
We come to the last two verses of our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 7:28, 29. I confess to all that this study has been extremely humbling for me. Not only did I exegete each passage so I could develop each post, I translated each word from the Greek to English. This involved not only the translation work, which really isn’t that difficult, but the more difficult part of getting the grammar correct. It is at that point that I did a great deal of study and cross-referencing and further exegeting. After all, the process of exegeting Sacred Scripture has as its primary goal the original message penned by the author of the text. It as we pursue that goal that the Holy Spirit moves through the Word of God which bears the very form of our Lord to bring the truth to bear upon our hearts and through this we are transformed through the renewal of our minds. In this dark age in which professing Christians can confess to love the Lord Jesus and love his Word, but then deny the necessity of defending his doctrines for the sake of unity with others who deny those truths, we must determine whether we really love the Lord Jesus or not. If we really do then that means we really would love his truth completely and that means his doctrines as well even to the point of death. Yes, that also means that we must divide from fellowship with those who refuse to do so.
The Emerging Church Wild Goose Chase Moves On Westward
Christ’s Authority
Jack Hayford To Remarry WF Heretic Benny Hinn To Ex-Wife
Southern Baptist Megapastor Ed Young, Jr. Vehemently Attacks Calvinist Christians
Glory Only in the Cross
1 And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. 2 For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. 3 I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling, 4 and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God. 1 Cor. 2:1-5, NASB
Martin Luther is considered the “Lighting rod of the Protestant Reformation.” It was through his battle with the Roman Catholic Church that the doctrine of salvation through Justification by Grace through Faith alone was recovered and from that, many Christian martyrs went to their deaths refusing to compromise their faith by denying the truth of knowing Jesus Christ and Him crucified based not upon the wisdom of men, but on the power of God. So much of the pressure being brought to bear upon Christians in our time is to not be so precise in our theology, but be more willing to “compromise” along doctrinal grounds for the sake of “unity.” The “mega-church” model is based precisely upon never offending anyone, but being non-threatening and willing to be all things to all people in order to attract everyone, but to what?
Crossing Church Swearing Allegiance To Eric Dykstra As Ignatius’ Jesuits To The Pope
John MacArthur Calls Out the Word Faith Movement Cult
As this insipid cult of greed slithers deeper into the mainstream of the church visible because of its embrace by Seeker Driven celebrity pastors like Steven Furtick it becomes important for you to know what exactly it teaches beneath the surface.
So, Apprising Ministries brings you this excerpt of a John MacArthur sermon where he uncovers much of it for us. Paraphrasing the Apostle Paul, says MacArthur: You show me a person who preaches the money gospel, the money Message, the wealth message; I’ll show you a person who has been corrupted by the love of money.
Man-Centered Methods Of Rick Warren À La Robert Schuller
On Mormonism, Kolob, & its False View of God
John MacArthur on Prophet-Fuhrers Like Rick Warren and Their Seeker Driven Mutiny
Time Is Short
Apprising Ministries brings you a sermon from Robert Murray M’Cheyne (1813-1843) on this critical topic. Regardless of our personal eschatological views, this much is clear: We are in the last days.
In fact, the Bible teaches that we have been for some 2,000 years now. Therefore, time is short for a number of areas of our lives, which ought to be of great concern to each of us.
Ed Young, Jr. Honoring The Dishonorable
John MacArthur On Roman Catholicism, Tim Keller’s Mysticism, And Mark Driscoll’s Pornographic Divinations
The Emerging Church Wild Goose Chase 2012
John Downey Responds to Rick Warren’s Twitter Swine Email
I continue my coverage of this sad situation where, in an email to his Saddleback staff, Southern Baptist megapastor Rick Warren decided to single out fellow Southern Baptist John Downey as an example of the wrong kind of person for his staff to follow.
Included in Warren’s orders was a reference to not casting Saddleback pearls before swine. As an SBC pastor myself I contacted John and he gave me permission to publish his reasoned response to Rick Warren at Apprising Ministries.
John MacArthur Comments On Linking With NAR Heretics To Reclaim America
Apprising Ministries alerts you that this idea of reclaiming America will very likely become more and more of a hot topic this year. Take for example, the popularity of The Harbinger.
Along this line, I bring you this exclusive audio clip from the 20 June 2012 Worldview Weekend program with Brannon Howse who asks MacArthur about hooking up with heretics towards this cause.