Following the Master No Matter the Cost

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Matt Jury under John MacArthur

True Christianity is not about adding Jesus to my life. Instead, it is about devoting myself completely to Him — submitting wholly to His will and seeking to please Him above all else. It demands dying to self and following the Master, no matter the cost. In other words, to be a Christian is to be Christ’s slave.

original emphasis, John MacArthur, Slave, p. 22

Was God Sovereign in the Cross?

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Matt Jury under John MacArthur

If God was sovereignly in control when the unlawful hands of murderous men put His beloved Son on a cross, why would anyone balk at the notion that God is still sovereignly in control even when lesser evils occur? The Cross therefore establishes God’s absolute sovereignty beyond question.

John MacArthur, The Murder of Jesus, p. 8

Life Is Worship

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Matt Jury under John MacArthur

True worship involves every aspect of life.

John MacArthur

The Healthy Church

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Matt Jury under John MacArthur, Mark Dever

A healthy church is one that is motivated by a common affection for God and His Word and really knows what it is to love one another.

John MacArthur in Mark Dever, et al., Preaching the Cross, p. 147

Pastor, What Are You Communicating?

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Matt Jury under John MacArthur

Nothing is wrong with the message. Nothing can be. It is God’s Word! If they don’t hear the truth, cool music won’t help. If they don’t like the message, drama and video won’t help. Our task is to go on preaching repentance and submission to Christ Jesus as Lord.

John MacArthur, Hard to Believe, p. 49

Truth Divides People

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Matt Jury under John MacArthur

The truth divides people. The more fundamental the truth, the deeper and wider the division. The goal of Christian preaching — the goal of presenting the Gospel, the goal of the church — is not just to open the door so wide that we suck everybody in and make them feel comfortable. The goal is to preach the truth to as many people as possible, so that we can sort out the true from the false.

John MacArthur, Hard to Believe, p. 173

Those Who Worship Deepest

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Matt Jury under John MacArthur

Those who understand the Gospel the deepest are the ones who worship with the greatest exaltation and exhileration.

John MacArthur in Mark Dever, Preaching the Cross, p. 153

Evidence of a Transformed Heart

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Matt Jury under John MacArthur

The way you can tell a person is truly a Christian is by what he desires. If he longs to praise and worship God and Christ, that is evidence of a transformed heart.

John MacArthur, Hard to Believe, p. 167

Daily Worship

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Matt Jury under Jerry Bridges, John MacArthur

Music and liturgy can assist or express a worshipping heart, but they cannot make a non-worshipping heart into a worshipping one. The danger is that they can give a non-worshipping heart the sense of having worshiped. So the crucial factor in worship in the church is not the form of worship, but the state of the hearts of the saints. If our corporate worship isn’t the expression of our individual worshipping lives, it is unacceptable.

John MacArthur in Jerry Bridges, The Joy of Fearing God, p. 240

The Sobering Reality of Leadership

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Matt Jury under John MacArthur

Whatever the leaders are, the people become. . . . People will not rise above the spiritual level of their leadership.

John MacArthur, The Book on Leadership, p. 176

Life Is Worship

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. (Psalm 29.2)

Category Archives: John MacArthur

Following the Master No Matter the Cost

Was God Sovereign in the Cross?

If God was sovereignly in control when the unlawful hands of murderous men put His beloved Son on a cross, why would anyone balk at the notion that God is still sovereignly in control even when lesser evils occur? The Cross therefore establishes God’s absolute sovereignty beyond question.

Life Is Worship

True worship involves every aspect of life.

The Healthy Church

A healthy church is one that is motivated by a common affection for God and His Word and really knows what it is to love one another.

Pastor, What Are You Communicating?

Nothing is wrong with the message. Nothing can be. It is God’s Word! If they don’t hear the truth, cool music won’t help. If they don’t like the message, drama and video won’t help. Our task is to go on preaching repentance and submission to Christ Jesus as Lord.

Truth Divides People

Those Who Worship Deepest

Those who understand the Gospel the deepest are the ones who worship with the greatest exaltation and exhileration.

Evidence of a Transformed Heart

The way you can tell a person is truly a Christian is by what he desires. If he longs to praise and worship God and Christ, that is evidence of a transformed heart.

Daily Worship

The Sobering Reality of Leadership

Whatever the leaders are, the people become. . . . People will not rise above the spiritual level of their leadership.