You felt strong emotions, raised your hand, repeated a prayer — even joined a church and told others about your experience. But when you say you believe the gospel, which version are you talking about?
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“ Jn 20:28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God! ” This is ---more or less-- the transcript for the sermon, especially starting with the discussion of carnal "Christian" ¶ http://tinyurl.com/hqxp753 ¶ There's a fairly good correlation between the two, but not perfect.¶ 'Then they say this, “Yeah,” they say, “But MacArthur, what you’re teaching is human-works salvation.” They’re saying, “You see, you’re saying that before a person can receive the grace of salvation, they have to, on their own, acknowledge Jesus as Lord and no dead human being, dead in sin, could ever do that. And so you’re postulating a warped salvation. You have to repent. You have to acknowledge Jesus is Lord. Then you can be saved.” No, I’m not saying that. I’m not saying that at all. I’ll tell you what I’m saying. I’m saying what the Bible says, and what the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 12:3 is pretty clear: “Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says Jesus is accursed.” Now watch this one: “And no one can say Jesus is Lord except by” – what – “the Holy Spirit.” Repentance is not a human work. It’s a work that God does. Now what we’re saying is when God saves someone, he grants them repentance. He grants them the affirmation by His Spirit, that Jesus is Lord.'--John MacArthur
Widely known for his thorough, candid approach to teaching God’s Word, John MacArthur is a fifth-generation pastor, a popular author and conference speaker, and has served as pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California since 1969. John and his wife,...
