John MacArthur Quotes

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• Christians are not left in the world by accident but are placed there on divine assignment from their Lord. Accident
• The source of most of the problems people have in their Christian lives relates to two things: either they are not worshiping six days a… Assembly
• In many churches today the congregation rules the leaders. This sort of government is foreign to the New Testament. Churches
• Many churches have de-emphasized preaching and worship in favor of entertainment, apparently believing they must lure converts by appealing to fleshly interests. As if Christ… Apparently
• No church is healthy enough to resist contamination from persistent sin in its midst, any more than the healthiest and most nutritious bushel of apples… Any
• The results of ignoring church discipline are catastrophic. Gross public sin is overlooked, ignored, and tolerated. The fellowship of believers deteriorates to the point where… Believers
• Christlikeness is the substance of spiritual dedication. Christlikeness
• The Christian life is not adding Jesus to one's own way of life but renouncing that personal way of life for His and being willing… Adding
• The conscience either indicts you, accuses you, or it exonerates you and defends you. Accuses
• Both the mind and the conscience can become so defiled that they cease making distinctions between what is pure and what is impure. Both
• Both tradition and truth inform the conscience, so the standards it holds you to are not necessarily biblical ones. The conscience can be needlessly condemning… Areas
• Conscience is to the soul what pain is to the body. We would like to avoid pain as much as possible, but at the same… Avoid
• Everybody who is created comes into the world with a sense of right and wrong. That is the law written in the hearts. In addition… Addition
• It's essential to understand...that the conscience doesn't act independently. It can only act upon a belief system. It is not a belief system. The conscience… Act
• Our sensitivity to personal guilt is a fundamental trait of our humanness that distinguishes us from animals. To try to suppress the conscience is in… Animals
• The conscience is a built-in warning system that signals us when something we have done is wrong. The conscience is to our souls what pain… Bodies
• The conscience...is not infallible. Nor is it a source of revelation about right and wrong. Its role is not to teach you moral and ethical… Accountable
• Your conscience is like the nerve endings in your fingertips. Its sensitivity to external stimuli can be damaged by the buildup of calluses or even… Any
• Everything Scripture teaches about sin and redemption assumes the literal truth of the first three chapters of Genesis. If we wobble to any degree on… Any
• God made all of His creation to give. He made the sun, the moon, the stars, the clouds, the earth, the plants to give. He… All

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